Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality

Thérèse-De Blainville is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is located immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles.

Thérèse-De Blainville
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°40′N 73°53′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
Effective	May 26, 1982
County seat	Bois-des-Filion
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Paul Larocque
Area [2][3]
• Total	211.90 km^2 (81.82 sq mi)
• Land	207.20 km^2 (80.00 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	157,103
• Density	758.2/km^2 (1,964/sq mi)
• Change 2011–2016	1.9%
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.mrc-tdb.org

The population according to the 2016 Canadian Census was 157,103.[3]

Subdivisions

There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Cities & Towns

• Blainville
• Bois-des-Filion
• Boisbriand
• Lorraine
• Rosemère
• Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines
• Sainte-Thérèse

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec[4]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		155,865		133,825	0.11%	85.85%		6,685	6.96%	4.28%		1,575	22.44%	1.01%		12,385	22.44%	7.95%
2011		154,144		133,980	5.71%	86.91%		6,250	5.57%	4.05%		1,355	27.83%	0.87%		10,115	18.51%	6.56%
2006		143,370		126,740	9.40%	89.09%		5,920	4.96%	4.12%		1,060	30.86%	0.73%		8,535	25.24%	5.95%
2001		130,514		115,850	9.42%	88.76%		5,640	0.06%	4.32%		810	16.49%	0.62%		6,815	31.5%	5.22%
1996		119,240		105,870	n/a	88.78%		5,605	n/a	4.7%		970	n/a	0.81%		5,190	n/a	4.35%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[5]

Autoroutes A-13 A-15 (TCH) A-640

Principal Highways Route 117 Route 148

Secondary Highways Route 335 Route 344

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 141035 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
2. Geographic code 730 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Thérèse-De Blainville, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
5. Official Transport Quebec Road Map