# Pierrefonds-Roxboro

Pierrefonds-Roxboro (French pronunciation:) is a borough of the city of Montreal. It was created January 1, 2006, following the demerger of parts of the city.

## Geography

It is composed of the former municipalities of Pierrefonds and Roxboro, spanning the northern part of the West Island. Besides its land borders with the borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève, as well as the boroughs of Saint-Laurent and Ahuntsic-Cartierville to the east, it borders the municipalities of Senneville, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Kirkland, and Dollard-des-Ormeaux.
The borough has an area of 27.1 km$^2$ (10½ sq. mi.) and a population of 69,297.
Pierrefonds has the largest nature park in the City of Montreal, the Cap-Saint-Jacques Nature Park. It is also home to several English elementary schools (St. Anthony School, St. Charles School, Greendale, Terry Fox School, Kingsdale Academy) as well as the public English high school, Pierrefonds Community High School. There are also three French private schools, Collège Charlemagne, Collège Beaubois and École Charles-Perrault.
Roxboro has two nature parks known as Roxboro Island and Roxboro Woods, three elementary schools (Lalande, French; Charles A. Kirkland, English; and Socrates, Greek) as well as a small library and a large library. It also had a Federal Canada Post office . The former headquarters of the Roxboro Volunteer Fire Brigade is now Station 58 of the Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal and houses a single engine company. The adjacent former Roxboro Town Hall houses the Fire Prevention officers for Fire Division 11, and also serves as a borough point of service for the Roxboro area.

## Politics

| District | Position | Name | Party |
| — | Borough mayor City councillor | Dimitrios (Jim) Beis | Ensemble Montréal |
| Bois-de-Liesse | City councillor | Benoit Langevin | Ensemble Montréal |
| Bois-de-Liesse | Borough councillor | Louise Leroux | Ensemble Montréal |
| Cap-Saint-Jacques | City councillor | Catherine Clément-Talbot | Ensemble Montréal |
| Cap-Saint-Jacques | Borough councillor | Chahi (Sharkie) Tarakjian | Ensemble Montréal |
Federally, it is part of the ridings of Lac-Saint-Louis and Pierrefonds-Dollard, provincially, it's part of Nelligan and Robert-Baldwin.

## Transportation

The borough was served by the Sunnybrooke and Roxboro-Pierrefonds stations on the Deux-Montagnes commuter train line. Major thoroughfares include Saint Charles Boulevard, Saint Jean Boulevard, Des Sources Boulevard, as well as Gouin, and Pierrefonds Boulevards. Autoroute 13 also crosses the easternmost part of the borough.

## Demographics

According to the Office québécois de la langue française, the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro has been officially recognized as a bilingual municipality since 2005-12-07. It is the sole borough in the City of Montreal to be bilingual.

## Education

The Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys operates Francophone public schools, but were previously operated by the Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys until June 15, 2020. The change was a result of a law passed by the Quebec government that changed the school board system from denominational to linguistic.
Specialized schools:
* École secondaire Rose-Virginie-Pelletier (RVP)
High schools:
* École secondaire de l'Altitude
Primary schools:
* du Grand-Chêne
* Harfang-des-Neiges
* Lalande
* Murielle-Dumont
* Perce-Neige
* Saint-Gérard
* Charles-Perrault
The Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) operates Anglophone public schools.
Vocational Education:
* West Island Career Centre
High schools:
* Pierrefonds Community High School
Elementary Schools:
* Beechwood Elementary School
* Greendale Elementary School
* St. Anthony Elementary School
* St. Charles Elementary School
* Terry Fox Elementary School
* Kingsdale Academy
* In addition, Westpark Elementary and Wilder-Penfield Elementary in Dollard-des-Ormeaux and Margaret Manson Elementary School in Kirkland serve portions of the borough.

### Public libraries

The Montreal Public Libraries Network operates the Pierrefonds Branch (13 555, boulevard Pierrefonds) and the William G. Boll Branch (110, rue Cartier) in the borough.