L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève | ||
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| Borough of Montreal | ||
Église Sainte-Geneviève.
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 Location of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève on Island of Montreal. (Gray areas indicate demerged municipalities). |
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| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Montréal | |
| Established | January 01, 2006 | |
| Electoral Districts Federal |
Pierrefonds—Dollard Lac-Saint-Louis |
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| Provincial | Nelligan | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Borough | |
| • Mayor | Normand Marinacci | |
| • Federal MPs |
Frank Baylis (LPC) Francis Scarpaleggia (LPC) |
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| • Quebec MNA | Martin Coiteux (PLQ) | |
| Area | ||
| • Land | 23.63 km2 (9.12 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 18,097 | |
| • Density | 765.8/km2 (1,983/sq mi) | |
| • Change (2006-2011) |
 2.9% |
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| • Dwellings (2006) | 6,648 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| Postal code(s) | H9J | |
| Area code(s) | (514) and (438) | |
| Website | ville.montreal.qc.ca/ lilebizardsaintegenevieve | |
L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal.
On 24 October 1678, the government of Louis de Buade de Frontenac granted Île Bizard, then named Île Bonaventure as a seigniory to Jacques Bizard. This was the first concession on the West Island of Montreal. The village of Sainte-Geneviève was born in the early eighteenth century. Antoine Faucon, father of Saint-Sulpice, participated in the construction of the first church in the village's history. The Municipality of the Village of Sainte-Geneviève was created in 1859.
During the first half of the twentieth century, farmers in Île Bizard and Sainte-Geneviève were then oriented toward gardening. The territory was thus transformed into a garden of Montreal. In 1959, it was incorporated as Ville Sainte-Geneviève.
From the late 1950s, the creation of two major golf courses opened the door to massive sales of land and the abandonment of agriculture, which had become unprofitable. In 1959, the Royal Montreal Golf Club opened, and has since hosted several professional golf tournaments.
Over the last fifty years, urbanization has increased and the population has increased tenfold, especially after the opening of Autoroute 40 that connected the western, central and eastern parts of Montreal.
On January 1, 2002, the municipalities of L'Île-Bizard, Sainte-Geneviève, and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue were merged into the city of Montreal as the borough of L'Île-Bizard—Sainte-Geneviève—Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. When Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue voted to demerge from Montreal, the borough was reorganized into its present form on January 1, 2006.
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