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Vaudreuil-Dorion | |
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 Avenue Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Dorion | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM | |
  Vaudreuil-Dorion Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates:45°24′N74°02′W / 45.400°N 74.033°W /45.400; -74.033[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Constituted | 16 March 1994 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Paul Dumoulin |
| • Federal riding | Vaudreuil |
| • Prov. riding | Vaudreuil |
| Area | |
• Total | 92.56 km2 (35.74 sq mi) |
| • Land | 72.65 km2 (28.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 43,268 |
| • Density | 595.5/km2 (1,542/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  13.5% |
| • Dwellings | 17,260 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 450, 579 and 354 |
Highways A-20 A-30  A-40 (TCH) |  R-338 R-340 R-342 |
| Website | www |
Vaudreuil-Dorion (French pronunciation:[vodʁœjdɔʁjɔ̃]) is asuburb ofGreater Montreal, in theMontérégie region of southwesternQuebec, Canada. The result of the merger of two towns, Vaudreuil and Dorion, it is located in theVaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality.
On 23 November 1702, governor ofNew FranceLouis-Hector de Callière gave a seigneury toPhilippe 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. Around 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 theGrand Trunk Railway, people began to live in Dorion, which was called Vaudreuil Station. Dorion became a village in 1891.
Dorion was bisected byAutoroute 20 which linksDowntown Montreal andToronto viaHighway 401 in Ontario. TheCanadian National Railway andCanadian 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.
Vaudreuil-Dorion is located on the south shores of theLake of Two Mountains at the confluence of theSaint Lawrence andOttawa Rivers, just off the western edge ofÎle Perrot. The city consists of two non-contiguous parts: its eastern part is the larger main area alongLake of Two Mountains where the population centres of Vaudreuil and Dorion are located; the western portion is a smaller rural area that bordersRigaud, and is separated from the eastern portion bySaint-Lazare andHudson.
Vaudreuil-Dorion has ahumid continental climate (Köppen:Dfb).
| Climate data for Vaudreuil-Dorion | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.0 (23.0) | −3.2 (26.2) | 2.4 (36.3) | 10.1 (50.2) | 18.0 (64.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 25.7 (78.3) | 24.8 (76.6) | 20.8 (69.4) | 13.2 (55.8) | 5.8 (42.4) | −1.5 (29.3) | 11.2 (52.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.7 (16.3) | −7.4 (18.7) | −1.6 (29.1) | 5.8 (42.4) | 13.5 (56.3) | 18.8 (65.8) | 21.5 (70.7) | 20.4 (68.7) | 16.2 (61.2) | 9.4 (48.9) | 2.7 (36.9) | −4.5 (23.9) | 7.2 (44.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −13.0 (8.6) | −12.1 (10.2) | −5.9 (21.4) | 1.7 (35.1) | 8.8 (47.8) | 14.2 (57.6) | 17.1 (62.8) | 16.2 (61.2) | 12.0 (53.6) | 5.8 (42.4) | −0.5 (31.1) | −8.0 (17.6) | 3.0 (37.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 61.3 (2.41) | 57.2 (2.25) | 59.7 (2.35) | 74.4 (2.93) | 65.0 (2.56) | 87.7 (3.45) | 78.7 (3.10) | 81.5 (3.21) | 65.1 (2.56) | 69.7 (2.74) | 60.8 (2.39) | 77.8 (3.06) | 838.9 (33.01) |
| Source: Weather.Directory[5] | |||||||||||||
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| Population amounts prior to 1994 are total of Dorion (Ville) and Vaudreuil (Ville). Source: Statistics Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Vaudreuil-Dorion had a population of43,268 living in16,713 of its17,260 total private dwellings, a change of13.5% from its 2016 population of38,117. With a land area of 72.65 km2 (28.05 sq mi), it had a population density of595.6/km2 (1,542.5/sq mi) in 2021.[6]
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 43,268 (13.5% from 2016) | 38,117 (+14.4% from 2011) | 33,305 (+29.1% from 2006) |
| Land area | 72.65 km2 (28.05 sq mi) | 72.73 km2 (28.08 sq mi) | 72.52 km2 (28.00 sq mi) |
| Population density | 595.5/km2 (1,542/sq mi) | 524.1/km2 (1,357/sq mi) | 459.3/km2 (1,190/sq mi) |
| Median age | 40.8 (M: 39.6, F: 41.6) | 38.6 (M: 38.0, F: 39.3) | 37.1 (M: 36.4, F: 37.8) |
| Private dwellings | 17,260 (total) | 14,853 (total) | 13,292 (total) |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $77,341 | $69,772 |
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | French | English | French & English | 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% | |||||
| Year | Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | Green | ||||||
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| 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 | |
| Year | CAQ | Liberal | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | |||||
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| 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 ofVaudreuil—Soulanges and has been represented byPeter Schiefke of theLiberal Party since 2015. Provincially, Vaudreuil-Dorion is part of theVaudreuil electoral district and is represented byMarie-Claude Nichols, an independent MNA, since 2014.
List of former mayors:[12]
Première Moisson[13] Bakery was founded in Dorion in 1991. The products (breads, cakes, pastries and pastries) are still prepared and distributed in its various branches across Quebec. As of July 2013, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Vaudreuil-Dorion (CCIVD) will serve the territory of the MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges.
The city is the point of intersection for three of Canada's busiest highways:Autoroute 40/Autoroute 30/Autoroute 20 (connecting theQuebec City-Windsor Corridor) andHighway 417 connects toOttawa andArnprior,Autoroute 20 andHighway 401 connects Toronto to Montreal andAutoroute 30 is Montreal's Southern Bypass.
Local bus service is operated byExo La Presqu'Île, connecting to theVaudreuil andDorion stations on theVaudreuil-Hudson commuter rail line.
CJVD-FM operates studios in Vaudreuil-Dorion, broadcasting at 100.1 FM inVaudreuil-Soulanges, theWest Island andValleyfield. On the air since 2008, CJVD airs a French and English hits format spanning from the 1960s to 1995.
Commission scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone public schools:
Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone public schools:
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