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city of Québec, Canada
- 1669 – 2002
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Repentigny (French pronunciation: [ʁəpɑ̃tiɲi] ⓘ) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located north of the city on the lower end of the L'Assomption River, and on the St. Lawrence River. Repentigny and Charlemagne were the first towns off the eastern tip of the Island of Montreal. Repentigny is part of the Lanaudière region.
Repentigny was also the western terminus of the Chemin du Roy, a road that extends eastward towards Quebec City.
In 1647, the area was granted as a seignory by Jean Talon to Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny. In 1670, the seignory was sold in part to Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye, while the son of Pierre Legardeur, Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny, built a large dwelling at the mouth of the L'Assomption River in the remaining part of the seignory, marking the start of the settlement. During the town's first 250 years, Repentigny was only inhabited by a few hundred peasants, or habitants, and was an agricultural community. In 1677, the first population census only shows 30 inhabitants.
In 1845, the Parish Municipality of Repentigny was founded, abolished in 1847, and reestablished in 1855. Its first mayor was Benjamin Moreau in 1855. In 1857, it lost part of its territory when the Parish Municipality of Saint-Paul-l'Ermite (renamed to Le Gardeur in 1978) was formed.
In 1957, Repentigny changed its status from parish municipality to city.
Repentigny merged with its neighbouring city of Le Gardeur on June 1, 2002. The city's area grew from 29 km2 (11 sq mi) to 69 km2 (27 sq mi) and the population grew by 70%.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Repentigny had a population of 86,100 living in 34,174 of its 34,710 total private dwellings, a change of 2.2% from its 2016 population of 84,285. With a land area of 61.52 km2 (23.75 sq mi), it had a population density of 1,399.5/km2 (3,624.8/sq mi) in 2021.
In 2021, Repentigny was 81.4% white/European, 17.6% visible minorities, and 1.0% Indigenous. The largest visible minority groups were Black (9.9%), Arab (3.3%), and Latin American (2.2%).
As of 2021, 85.8% of residents spoke French as their mother tongue. Other common first languages were Spanish (2.3%), Arabic (2.0%), Haitian Creole (1.8%), English (1.7%), Kabyle (0.7%), and Italian (0.6%). 1.6% of residents listed both French and a non-official language as mother tongues, while 0.9% listed both French and English.
In 2013, 70.3% of the population was Christian, down from 89.3% in 2011. 59.0% of residents were Catholic, 6.7% were Christian n.o.s, 1.6% were Protestant and 3.0% belonged to other Christian denominations or Christian-related traditions. Non-religious and secular people made up 23.3% of the population, up from 8.7% in 2011. 6.4% of residents followed other religions and spiritual traditions, up from 1.9% in 2011. The largest non-Christian religion was Islam, at 5.8% of the population.
List of former mayors:
Repentigny is home of many festivities:
Repentigny is the central point for transit in South-Central Lanaudière. Its Centre d'Échange Rive Nord-Est (Northeastern Shore Transit Exchange Centre), administered by Réseau de transport métropolitain, is the main infrastructure for transit in the region. Unlike a bus terminal, no departures are available from the Centre d'Échange, but transfers from one circuit to the other are possible. 9 of the 10 RTCR de la MRC de L'Assomption transit system circuits travel via Centre d'Échange, in addition to the 2 CRTL regional lines. Thus, Repentigny is directly connected to Terrebonne, Charlemagne, L'Assomption, Montreal, Montréal-Est, Saint-Sulpice, Lavaltrie, Lanoraie, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier, Berthierville, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, Saint-Paul-d'Industrie, Crabtree, Sainte-Marie-Salomé and Joliette.
The city of Repentigny takes part in the L'Assomption MRC public transportation network effort and pan-regional Lanaudière Regional Transport Commission, linking all of the Regional County Municipalities of Lanaudière, even the northernmost ones. In addition there is the MRC Les Moulins.
Repentigny is connected to Montreal's Central Station by commuter rail via the Repentigny Station of Réseau de transport métropolitain's Mascouche Line.
Commission scolaire des Affluents operates francophone public schools
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public school
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