Baie-D'Urfé
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Baie-D'Urfé
|official_name = Town of Baie-D'Urfé
|native_name =
|settlement_type = Town
|image_skyline = Hôtel de ville de Baie-D'Urfé, 20410, chemin Lakeshore (Baie-D'Urfé).jpg
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|image_caption = The town hall of Baie-D'Urfé
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|image_map = Carte localisation Île de Montréal - Baie-D'Urfé.svg
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|map_caption = Location on the Island of Montreal.
(Outlined areas indicate demerged municipalities).
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Canada
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Quebec
|subdivision_type2 = Region
|subdivision_name2 = Montréal
|subdivision_type3 = RCM
|subdivision_name3 = None
|established_title = Founded
|established_title1 = Town charter
|established_date1 = March 1911
|established_title2 = Merged into
{{nowrap|Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé}}
|established_date2 = January 1, 2002
|established_title3 = Reconstituted
|established_date3 = January 1, 2006
|named_for = François-Saturnin Lascaris d'Urfé
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|government_footnotes = {{Cite web |url=http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/66112/ |title=Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Baie-D'Urfé |access-date=2012-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501174804/http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/66112/ |archive-date=2012-05-01 |url-status=dead }}[https://archive.today/20121208213211/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1022 Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: LAC-SAINT-LOUIS (Quebec)]
|government_type =
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Heidi Ektvedt
|leader_title1 = Federal riding
|leader_name1 = Lac-Saint-Louis
|leader_title2 = Prov. riding
|leader_name2 = Jacques-Cartier
|area_total_km2 =
|area_land_km2 = 6.03
|area_water_km2 =
|area_urban_km2 =
|elevation_m =
|population_total = 3,764
|population_as_of = 2021
|population_density_km2 = 623.9
|population_blank1_title = Pop 2016-2021
|population_blank1 = {{decrease}} 1.5%
|population_blank2_title = Dwellings
|population_blank2 = 1375
|population_note =
|timezone = EST
|utc_offset = −5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = −4
|postal_code_type = Postal code(s)
|postal_code = H9X
|area_codes = 514 and 438
|blank_name = Highways
{{jct|state=QC|A|20}}
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{{jct|state=QC|TCH|40}}
|website = {{URL|https://www.baie-durfe.qc.ca/en/|baie-durfe.qc.ca}}
|footnotes =
}}
Baie-D'Urfé ({{IPA|fr|bɛ dyʁfe|lang}}, {{IPA|fr-CA|be d͡zʏʁˈfe||LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoit Rochon-Baie-D'Urfé.wav|label=Canadian French:}}; previously spelled Baie d'Urfé or Baie d'Urfee)[http://linuxfocus.org/~guido/book-a-history-of-the-town-of-baie-d-urfe/then-and-now/#namechange The town's name] is an on-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is part of the West Island area of the Island of Montreal.[https://www.baie-durfe.qc.ca/en/the-town/page/discover-baie-durfe Town of Baie-D'Urfé website]
As part of the 2002–2006 municipal reorganization of Montreal, Baie-D'Urfé was merged into the city of Montreal on January 1, 2002, joining with neighbouring Beaconsfield to create the borough of Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé. After a change of provincial government in 2003 and a provincial referendum in 2004, Beaconsfield and Baie-D'Urfé both voted to demerge and were reconstituted as independent municipalities on January 1, 2006. However, they remain part of the urban agglomeration of Montreal.
Toponymy
Baie-D'Urfé is named after François-Saturnin Lascaris d'Urfé, a French Sulpician priest known as l'Abbé d'Urfé. He was the community's first pastor, who was sent by the Gentlemen of Saint-Sulpice to serve as a missionary for the parish of Saint-Louis-du-Bout-de-l'Île (which was later renamed in his honour), a small community of settlers, soldiers, traders, and Indians.
The town's name went through several typographical changes: prior to 2002, the town's name was written as Baie-d'Urfé (no capital "d"); prior to 1969, place names in Quebec were not hyphenated; and prior to 1960, its original name was officially spelled Baie d'Urfée.
Overview
Baie-D'Urfé is largely a "bedroom community" that extends from Autoroute 40 to Lac Saint-Louis. It is composed of both a residential and industrial sector. The residential sector is characterized by a wide range of house types and sizes, all based on spacious lots. The residential section of the municipality has retained a rural charm, accentuated by its lack of sidewalks and limited commercial activity. It is a favourite spot for boaters, who use either the local yacht or boat clubs. The community is within the part of the Island of Montreal locally referred to as the West Island. North of Autoroute 20 and the CN and CP railway lines lies a modest-sized industrial park. The industrial park, covering approximately a third of the town's land area, is somewhat isolated from the rest of the town, features its own off-hours security patrol, and is home to a number of large industrial firms' operations.
The town's active community members participate in many of the town's associated or private clubs, including the Baie-D'Urfé Curling Club. It competes with a few other suburbs for top spot in the rankings of highest average household incomes in Canada. The median income for a household in Baie-D'Urfé was $128,611, and the median income for a family was $194,335. Males had an average income of $112,882, compared to $62,245 for females.
Demographics
{{stack|{{Historical populations
|title = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Baie-D'Urfé
|type = Canada
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|state = Quebec
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|percentages =
|footnote =
|source = Statistics Canada
|1966|4061
|1971|3881
|1976|3955
|1981|3674
|1986|3571
|1991|3849
|1996|3774
|2001|3813
|2006|3902
|2011|3850
|2016|3823
|2021|3764
}}}}According to the Office québécois de la langue française, Baie-D'Urfé has been officially recognized as a bilingual municipality since 2005-11-02.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-19 |title=Organismes reconnus offrant des services dans une langue autre que le français |url=https://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/francisation/admin_publ/organismes-reconnus.aspx |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca}}
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Baie-D'Urfé had a population of {{val|3764|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1325|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1375|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:3764-3823}}|3823|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|3823|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|6.03|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|3764|6.03|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022}}
{{Canada census
|location = Baie-D'Urfé
|2021_population=3,764 | 2021_pop_delta=-1.5 | 2021_land_area=6.03 | 2021_pop_density=623.9
|2021_median_age=50.4 | 2021_median_age_m=49.6 | 2021_median_age_f=50.8
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=1,375 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=1,325 |2021_mean_hh_income=145,000
|2021_geocode=2021A00052466112 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
|2016_population=3,823 | 2016_pop_delta=-0.7 | 2016_land_area=6.03 | 2016_pop_density=633.9
|2016_median_age=49.0 | 2016_median_age_m=49.1 | 2016_median_age_f=49.0
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=1,381 | 2016_mean_hh_income=118,784 | 2016_access_date=2022-01-20
|2011_population=3,850 | 2011_pop_delta=-1.3 | 2011_land_area=6.03 | 2011_pop_density=638.8
|2011_median_age=46.5 | 2011_median_age_m=46.8 | 2011_median_age_f=46.3
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=1,423 | 2011_mean_hh_income=108,399 | 2011_access_date=2022-01-20
}}
| class="wikitable" |
| +Home Language (2016)
! Language ! Population ! Percentage (%) |
| English
| 2,580 | 72% |
| French
| 675 | 19% |
| Other
| 330 | 9% |
| class="wikitable" |
| +Mother Tongue (2016)
! Language ! Population ! Percentage (%) |
| English
| 1,995 | 54% |
| French
| 825 | 23% |
| Other
| 835 | 23% |
| class="wikitable" |
| +Visible Minorities (2016)
! Ethnicity ! Population ! Percentage (%) |
| Not a visible minority
| 3,285 | 88.5% |
| Visible minorities
| 425 | 11.5% |
Local government
The current mayor of Baie-D'Urfé is Heidi Ektvedt.[https://www.baie-durfe.qc.ca/en/democratic-life/page/municipal-council Baie-D'Urfé Town Council]
There are six Town Councillors:
- Nadia Bissada
- Tony Brown
- Brigitte Chartrand
- Stephen Gruber
- Wanda Lowensteyn
- Tom Thompson
Baie-D'Urfé is the first town in Canada to have a youth council; this consists of young people aged 10 years and up, and is entitled the Junior Council. It was established in 2008. The town celebrated its centennial in 2011, and the Junior Council re-enacted two of the town's earliest council meetings (which had been held originally on July 18 and September 16, 1911, respectively).
=List for former mayors=
{{Div col}}
- Vivian de Vere Dowker (1911–1917)
- Fred. J. Shaw (1917–1925)
- John Watterson (1925–1931)
- Erastus W. Wilson (1931–1933)
- Walter Maughan (1933–1935, 1937–1941, 1943–1945)
- C. J. Smith (1935–1937)
- Alexander Howard Pirie (1941–1943)
- W. Frederic MacBride (1945–1947)
- Frederic W. Case (1947–1951)
- Jean Gélinas (1951–1955)
- William Harvey Cruickshank (1955–1957)
- Thomas Roche Lee (1957–1961)
- Lars J. Firing (1961–1965)
- A. Clark Graham (1965–1977)
- David H. Kennedy (1977–1983)
- Anne Myles (1983–2002)
- Maria Tutino (2006–2020)
- Heidi Ektvedt (2020–present)
{{Div col end}}
Education
The Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys operates Francophone public schools that, until June 15, 2020, were operated by the Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys. The change was a result of a law passed by the Quebec government that changed the school board system from denominational to linguistic."[http://www.csmb.qc.ca/fr-CA/recherche-etablissement.aspx Recherche d'établissements]." Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys. Retrieved on December 8, 2014. École primaire Joseph-Henrico is located in the city."[http://www2.csmb.qc.ca/jhenrico/Accueil/joindre.html Pour nous joindre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419154450/http://www2.csmb.qc.ca/jhenrico/Accueil/joindre.html |date=2016-04-19 }}." École primaire Joseph-Henrico. Retrieved on April 11, 2016. "20, rue Maughan Baie d'Urfé, Qc H9X 3C9"
The Lester B. Pearson School Board operates English-language public schools. Dorset Elementary School is in the city."[http://dorset.lbpsb.qc.ca/contact.htm Contact Us]." Dorset Elementary School. Retrieved on April 11, 2016. "106 Dorset Road Baie D'Urfé, Québec H9X 2Z6" A portion is zoned to Christmas Park Elementary School and St. Edmund Elementary School in Beaconsfield."[http://www.lbpsb.qc.ca/content/CSLBP_Carte_2016_v06.pdf School Board Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921001425/http://www.lbpsb.qc.ca/content/CSLBP_Carte_2016_v06.pdf |date=2017-09-21 }}." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on September 28, 2017.
The Alexander von Humboldt Schule Montréal, a private German international school, is in the town.
See also
References
External links
{{Commons category|Baie-D'Urfé}}
- [https://www.baie-durfe.qc.ca/en/ Town of Baie-D'Urfé – municipal website]
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Baie-D'Urfé
| North = Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
| Northeast = Kirkland
| East = Beaconsfield
| South = Lake Saint-Louis
Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot
| West = Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Quebec