Blainville

Blainville is a city in Quebec, Canada, located in the Lower Laurentians on Montreal's North Shore, approximately 25 km north of the metropolis. Blainville is part of the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality (MRC). With a population of 61,114 in 2024, Blainville is the third most populous city in the Laurentians administrative region after Saint-Jérôme and the 18th most populous in Quebec.

History

Louis de Buade de Frontenac, driven by the desire to develop New France, granted land to prominent members of society, who thus acquired the title of seigneur. This is how the seigneury of Mille-Îles was created, north of the Rivière des Mille-Îles.

In 1792, a disagreement between Seigneur Hertel and Seigneuress Lamarque led to the division of this seigneury by a boundary known as the Grande Ligne (now known as Curé-Labelle Boulevard, Route 117). In 1968, the City of Blainville ceased to have dealings with the parish of Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, officially granting it city status on June 14.

The seigneury is named after its third seigneur, Jean-Baptiste Céloron de Blainville (1660-1756).

Geography

The City of Blainville is located on the southern edge of the Lower Laurentians region, north of the Rivière des Mille Îles, on the north shore of the Greater Montreal area. The terrain is generally that of the St. Lawrence Lowlands and was once part of a predominantly agricultural area. The road network, which includes Highway 15 and Route 117, has transformed it gradually becoming a dormitory town since the 1980s.