Blainville, Quebec

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footnotes = Blainville is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec and is located km to mi|50|precision=0|spell=UK northwest of downtown Montreal. According to the 2006 Canadian Census, it has a population of 46,493.

Blainville lies at the foot of the Laurentians, a range of ancient, worn-down mountains and hills, which forms a part of the Canadian Shield.

Mostly known as a home for heavy industry, the town is also a centre of recreational and tourist activities. It is at the southern limit of the web of cross-country ski trails that meander through the Laurentides.

Blainville is known to have expensive neighbourhoods near its golf course, such as Le Blainvillier. The price range for a home is as low as $250,000 Canadian to as high as $1,500,000 Canadian or even higher, depending how far it is from the golf course.

Blainville has the greatest population increase in the Laurentides area. The population increased by 57.1% between 1996 and 2006.

The Boréale brewery is located in Blainville.

References

Language

The 2006 census found that 91.4% of residents spoke French as their mother tongue.

The next most common languages were English (2.8%) and Portuguese (1.4%). [cite web | title = Blainville, V | work = Detailed Mother Tongue (103), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data | publisher = Statistics Canada | date = 2007-11-20 | url = http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89202&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=701&Temporal=2006&Theme=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&GID=773117 | accessdate = 2008-08-02]

External links

* [http://www.ville.blainville.qc.ca/ Ville de Blainville (in French only)]
* [http://www.blainville.org/ Blainville Counsel Discussion (in French only)]
* [http://www.zoneasb.ca/ Association Soccer Blainville]