# Vaudreuil-Dorion

Vaudreuil-Dorion (French pronunciation:) is a suburb of Greater Montreal, in the Montérégie region of southwestern Quebec, Canada. The result of the merger of two towns, Vaudreuil and Dorion, it is located in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality.

## History

On 23 November 1702, governor of New France Louis-Hector de Callière gave a seigneury to Philippe de Vaudreuil, who was governor of Montreal at the time. Rigaud de Vaudreuil later became governor of New France.
In 1725, the region had only 38 inhabitants. About 1742 people began to be interested in the region and Vaudreuil's population rose. 381 people lived in Vaudreuil in 1765. With the creation of the Grand Trunk Railway, people began to live in Dorion, which was called Vaudreuil Station. Dorion became a village in 1891.
Dorion was bisected by Autoroute 20 which links Downtown Montreal and Toronto via Highway 401 in Ontario. The Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway links between Toronto and Montreal are located in Dorion. Housing developments began in the 1950s and continued well into the 1970s. Throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, housing began sprouting north and east of Dorion.
Vaudreuil and Dorion merged in 1994, becoming the City of Vaudreuil-Dorion.

## Geography

Vaudreuil-Dorion is located on the south shores of the Lake of Two Mountains at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers, just off the western edge of Île Perrot. The city consists of two non-contiguous parts: its eastern part is the larger main area along Lake of Two Mountains where the population centres of Vaudreuil and Dorion are located; the western portion is a smaller rural area that borders Rigaud, and is separated from the eastern portion by Saint-Lazare and Hudson.

## Demographics

| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1976 | 11,473 | — |
| 1981 | 13,357 | +16.4% |
| 1986 | 13,722 | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 17,107 | +24.7% |
| 1996 | 18,466 | +7.9% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 2001 | 19,920 | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 25,789 | +29.5% |
| 2011 | 33,305 | +29.1% |
| 2016 | 38,117 | +14.4% |
| 2021 | 43,268 | +13.5% |
Population amounts prior to 1994 are total of Dorion (Ville) and Vaudreuil (Ville). Source: Statistics Canada :
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Vaudreuil-Dorion had a population of 43,268 living in 16,713 of its 17,260 total private dwellings, a change of 13.5% from its 2016 population of 38,117. With a land area of 72.65 km$^2$ (28.05 sq mi), it had a population density of 595.6/km$^2$ (1,542.5/sq mi) in 2021.
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec :
| Census | Total | French | French | French | English | English | English | French & English | French & English | French & English | Other | Other | Other |
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
| 2021 | 42,585 | 20,660 | 4.6% | 48.5% | 9,715 | 23.1% | 22.8% | 1,505 | 84.7% | 3.5% | 9,130 | 43.3% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | 37,590 | 21,665 | 0.2% | 57.6% | 7,895 | 21.6% | 21.0% | 815 | 114.0% | 2.2% | 6,370 | 50.5% | 17.0% |
| 2011 | 32,590 | 21,245 | 14.0% | 65.2% | 6,495 | 56.1% | 19.9% | 610 | 34.4% | 1.9% | 4,240 | 82.4% | 13.0% |
| 2006 | 25,400 | 18,630 | 14.6% | 73.4% | 4,160 | 57.9% | 16.4% | 285 | 72.7% | 1.1% | 2,325 | 294.1% | 9.2% |
| 2001 | 19,650 | 16,260 | 11.5% | 82.8% | 2,635 | 8.0% | 13.4% | 165 | 36.5% | 0.8% | 590 | 22.9% | 3.0% |
| 1996 | 18,185 | 14,580 | n/a | 80.2% | 2,865 | n/a | 15.8% | 260 | n/a | 1.4% | 480 | n/a | 2.6% |

## Local government

Vaudreuil-Dorion federal election results :
| Year | Year | Liberal | Liberal | Conservative | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | New Democratic | Green | Green |
| | 2021 | 49% | 9,522 | 15% | 2,921 | 22% | 4,340 | 10% | 2,021 | 2% | 419 |
| | 2019 | 48% | 10,151 | 11% | 2,324 | 25% | 5,166 | 11% | 2,247 | 4% | 917 |
Vaudreuil-Dorion provincial election results :
| Year | Year | CAQ | CAQ | Liberal | Liberal | QC solidaire | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | Parti Québécois |
| | 2018 | 34% | 5,757 | 38% | 6,548 | 10% | 1,802 | 11% | 1,878 |
| | 2014 | 17% | 3,218 | 57% | 10,950 | 5% | 1,037 | 18% | 3,465 |
Vaudreuil-Dorion forms part of the federal electoral district of Vaudreuil—Soulanges and has been represented by Peter Schiefke of the Liberal Party since 2015. Provincially, Vaudreuil-Dorion is part of the Vaudreuil electoral district and is represented by Marie-Claude Nichols, an independent MNA, since 2014.
List of former mayors:
* Jean Lemaire (1994–1998)
* Réjean Boyer (1998–2005)
* Guy Pilon (2005–present)

## Transportation

The city is the point of intersection for three of Canada's busiest highways: Autoroute 40/Autoroute 30/Autoroute 20 (connecting the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor) and Highway 417 connects to Ottawa and Arnprior, Autoroute 20 and Highway 401 connects Toronto to Montreal and Autoroute 30 is Montreal's Southern Bypass.
Local bus service is operated by Exo La Presqu'Île, connecting to the Vaudreuil and Dorion stations on the Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter rail line.

## Media

CJVD-FM operates studios in Vaudreuil-Dorion, broadcasting at 100.1 FM in Vaudreuil-Soulanges, the West Island and Valleyfield. On the air since 2008, CJVD airs a French and English hits format spanning from the 1960s to 1995.

## Education

Commission scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone public schools:
* École Brind'Amour Pavillon P
* École Sainte-Madeleine
* École Saint-Michel
* École Harwood (serves sector Dorion-Garden)
* École du Papillon-Bleu (pavillon St-Jean-Baptiste and pavillon Sainte-Trinité)
* École Hymne-au-Printemps
* École Secondaire de la Cité-des-Jeunes
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone public schools:
* Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elementary School
* Other sections are zoned to Mount Pleasant Elementary School in Hudson, St. Patrick Elementary School in Pincourt, and Birchwood Elementary School and Evergreen Elementary School in Saint-Lazare.

## Notable people

* Christian Chagnon - handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics
* André Hainault - soccer player, Canada and Houston Dynamo
* Constant Montpellier - jockey
* Norbert Murphy - archer, Paralympic bronze medalist
* Hormisdas Pilon - Quebec politician
* Sasha Pokulok - ice hockey defenceman
* Marc-André Servant - ice dancer
* Maxime Deschamps - figure skater
* Lionel Groulx - Quebec nationalist