Dorval, Quebec
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Train station and Trudeau Airport in Dorval
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 Location on the Island of Montreal. (Outlined areas indicate demerged municipalities). |
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 Dorval
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| Coordinates: 45°27′N 73°45′W / 45.450°N 73.750°WCoordinates: 45°27′N 73°45′W / 45.450°N 73.750°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Montréal |
| RCM | None |
| Founded | 1667 |
| Constituted | January 1, 2006 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Edgar Rouleau |
| • Federal riding | Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle |
| • Prov. riding | Marquette |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29.10 km2 (11.24 sq mi) |
| • Land | 20.88 km2 (8.06 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 18,208 |
| • Density | 872.2/km2 (2,259/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 0.7% |
| • Dwellings | 8,433 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | H4S, H4Y, H9P, H9S |
| Area code(s) | 514 and 438 |
Highways A-13 A-20
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 A-40 A-520
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| Website | www |
Dorval /dɔːrˈvæl/ is an on-island suburb on the island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. In 2011, the Canadian Census indicated that the population increased by 0.7% to 18,088. Although the city has the largest surface area in the West Island, it is among the least densely populated. Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport constitutes about 60% of the city's land, forcing all of Dorval's population to be concentrated in the southern part of the city.
Dorval is the oldest city in the West Island, having been founded in 1667, and one of the oldest in Canada and North America.
The history of Dorval dates back more than 350 years to 1665 when Sulpician priests established a mission on the outskirts of Ville-Marie, a French settlement which later became known as Montreal. Dorval was originally named Gentilly. It was later renamed La Présentation-de-la-Vierge-Marie and finally Dorval. It was incorporated as a village in 1892, a town in 1903, and a city in 1956. (In French it was termed a cité, an old term used to translate the English legal term "city.")
As with many other settlements on the island of Montreal, the Grand Trunk Railway, which came to Dorval in 1855, was highly instrumental in attracting many wealthier families, mostly English-speaking, in search of a summer refuge in proximity to their downtown residence and place of work. Access to Dorval from Montreal was also facilitated by the extension of streetcar service to Dorval's eastern city limits in the interwar period. After the Second World War many middle-class families migrated to Dorval from the city of Montreal and from other parts of Canada. This migration was made possible by the widening of highway 20 and by the large-scale construction of new dwellings. This new housing consisted mostly of single family homes with some townhouses and low-rise apartment buildings, built on lands previously used for agriculture and recreational activities. The post-war period also saw the construction of Dorval Gardens shopping centre in 1954, one of Greater Montreal's first mall-style shopping centres. Today the shopping centre remains the city's principal centre of retail trade.
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