Rosemère
City
Rosemère church.
Coat of arms
Motto:  "Vivat floreat crestat" (Latin for, "Live, Bloom and Grow")
Location within Thérèse-De Blainville RCM.
Rosemère Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates:45°38′13″N73°48′00″W / 45.63694°N 73.80000°W /45.63694; -73.80000[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
RCM	Thérèse-De Blainville
Constituted	January 1, 1947
Government [2]
• Mayor	Eric Westram
• Federal riding	Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
• Prov. riding	Groulx
Area [2][3]
• Total	12.20 km2 (4.71 sq mi)
• Land	10.77 km2 (4.16 sq mi)
Elevation	29 m (95 ft)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	14,294
• Density	1,326.9/km2 (3,437/sq mi)
• Pop 2006–2011	0.9%
Time zone	UTC– 05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC– 04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J6Z, J7A
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways A-640	R-117 R-344
Website	www.ville.rosemere.qc.ca

Rosemère (French pronunciation:[ʁozmɛʁ]) is an affluentsuburb ofMontreal, in southwesternQuebec, Canada on thenorth shore of theRivière des Mille Îles in theThérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality. The town is noted for its green look, due to the high density of trees. Some wooded areas in the town have been left intact as the town has grown around them. Homes are mostly upscale, varying from renovated cottages to unique character homes. It is almost entirely residential, with no significant industries.Boulevard Curé-Labelle, the town's main commercial artery, is lined up by suburban shops and shopping malls, the largest of which isPlace Rosemère.

Its most famous resident is likelyAlexandre Bilodeau, who became the first Canadian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal on Canadian soil. He won themen's moguls event at the2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver,British Columbia.

In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Rosemère had a population of14,090 living in5,249 of its5,340 total private dwellings, a change of0.9% from its 2016 population of13,958. With a land area of 10.68 km² (4.12 sq mi), it had a population density of1,319.3/km² (3,416.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Canada Census Mother Tongue – Rosemère, Quebec[5]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		14,090		10,025	3.18%	71.15%		1,730	24.4%	12.27%		340	61.9%	1.52%		1,725	24.10%	12.24%
2016		13,800		10,355	3.4%	75.04%		1,390	23.84%	10.07%		210	10.52%	1.52%		1,390	9.49%	10.07%
2011		14 135		10,720	0.03%	75.84%		1,825	10.68%	12.91%		190	13.15%	1.35%		1,270	14.56%	9.06%
2006		14,010		10,685	5.66%	76.26%		2,020	3.57%	14.41%		215	20.93%	1.53%		1,085	24%	7.74%
2001		13,215		10,080	12.9%	76.27%		2,095	4.3%	15.85%		170	5.5%	1.24%		875	8.5%	6.62%
1996		12 025		8,770	n/a	72.93%		2,190	n/a	18.21%		180	n/a	1.49%		805	n/a	6.69%

The area that would become Rosemère was first settled in 1714, with the establishment of theMille-Îles Seigneury.^[6] By 1780, theseigneury was well established, with large tracts of land under cultivation. Rosemère was named by J.P. Withers, of theCanadian Pacific Railway, who moved to the area in 1880. At first he called his new home "Rose", after the many wild roses growing there. Later he added "mere", an old English word for a lake. The Rivière des Mille Îles is wide and has the appearance of a lake at this location, so the English meaning would be "lake of roses". After the town's incorporation, documents were forwarded toQuebec City, and an accent was added to the middle 'e', according to statements by residents. In French, the name does not mean "Mother of Roses", which would be said "Mère des Roses" in French. The town's name has no sensible meaning in French, though in typical Canadian fashion, the name has become bilingual.

In the first half of the last century, Rosemère had several natural sandy beaches on theRivière des Mille Îles and many cottages along the shoreline that were only used during the summer. These beaches fell into disuse in the early 1960s because of pollution. A majority of the year-round residents werefrancophone and many of the summer-only residents wereanglophone. AfterWorld War II, Rosemère was transformed into abedroom community ofMontreal with the construction of homes in farmland and forested areas northwest of Grande Côte. By 1964, 65% of Rosemère's residents were anglophone. While the French and English residents of Rosemère have always enjoyed the ambiance of the area in harmony, the English population has declined over the years to today's 16% (2001 Canadian Census), but has since climbed to 19.89% (2006 Canadian Census)^{[citation needed]}.

The French- and English-speaking communities of Rosemère have cohabitated for a long time, each of them leaving its own mark and institutions. In 1992, a public consultation process confirmed the desire of residents to preserve the Town of Rosemère's bilingual status.

TheCommission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) operates French-language schools in the city.^[7]

• École secondaire Hubert-Maisonneuve (lower secondary)^[8]
• École primaire Alpha^[9]
• École primaire Val-des-Ormes^[10]

Some students are zoned to École primaire du Ruisselet inLorraine and École primaire de Fontainebleau inBlainville. Upper secondary students are zoned toÉcole Polyvalente Sainte-Thérèse inSainte-Thérèse or toÉcole secondaire Rive-Nord inBois-des-Filion.^[11]

Furthermore, the administration building for theSir Wilfrid Laurier School Board which operates English-language schools found in theLaval,Laurentides andLanaudière regions is located in Rosemère. It neighbours one of its secondary schools,Rosemère High School which also houses the English school board's educational and complementary services.^[12] The board also operates McCaig Elementary School, which is located in very close proximity to the high school, as it is located on the same street.^[13] McCaig and Rosemère High serve all areas of the municipality.^[14][15]

The francophone private schoolAcadémie Sainte-Thérèse has a campus in Rosemère.Externat Sacré-Cœur is also in the town.

Population history, according to theInstitut de la statistique du Québec:

• 12,186 inhabitants (as of 1996);
• 12,675 (as of 1997);
• 13,050 (as of 1998);
• 13,287 (as of 1999);
• 13,497 (as of 2000);
• 13,692 (as of 2001);
• 13,933 (as of 2002);
• 14,198 (as of 2003);
• 14,340 (as of 2004);
• 14,271 (as of 2005);
• 14,276 (as of 2006);
• 14,281 (as of 2007);
• 14,188 (as of 2008);
• 14,294 (as of 2011).

Rosemère is connected to Montreal'sLucien-L'Allier Station by commuter rail via theRosemère station of theExo (Réseau de transport métropolitain)Saint-Jérôme line. Localbus service is provided byExo'sLaurentides section.

The city of Rosemère is part of the following regional boundaries:

• Administrative region:Laurentides;
• MRC:Thérèse-De Blainville;
• Provincial electoral district:Groulx;
• Federal electoral district:Rivière-des-Milles-Iles.

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec
• Rivière aux Chiens (rivière des Mille Îles), a river

• City of Rosemère

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