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Laval, Quebec

Administration
Full nameLaval
Official nameVille de Laval
Settlement typeCity
Motto"Unité, progrès, grandeur"(French)
"Unity, Progress, Greatness"
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
Established1965
Government
City MayorGilles Vaillancourt (since 1989)
Geography
Total Area95.4 sq mi (247.09 km2)
Elevation299 ft (91.1 m)
Demography
Total Population376845 (Ranked 14th) (2006)
Density (pop.)1492.2/km2 (3864.8/sq mi)
Other information
Time zoneEastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code spanMetropolitan Montreal 122 FSAs H7A to H7Y
Area code450

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Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006. Laval geographically is separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies. Laval occupies all of Île Jésus as well as the Îles Laval.

Laval constitutes region 13 of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec as well as a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) with geographical code 65.


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Search for drowning man continues in Laval - CBC.ca Tweet this news
CBC.ca--Nobody has been reported missing from Montreal or -Laval-, he said. Fifty-two people have drowned in -Quebec- so far in 2010, almost double the 30 who died in ... - Date : Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:21:20 GMT+00:00
Laval school tax system unfair; board - Montreal Gazette Tweet this news
Montreal Gazette---...- school tax situation in -Laval- has anglophones paying more than francophones this year. Chairperson Steve Bletas says the board's appeals to the -Quebec- ... - Date : Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:15:51 GMT+00:00
No evidence of road-construction price-fixing in Quebec: study - Montreal Gazette Tweet this news
Montreal Gazette--The contractor said he learned how the Fabulous 14 had divvied up 10 important road contracts in -Laval- among themselves, rigging the bids to share the work ... - Date : Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:12:41 GMT+00:00
Couche-Tard profit jumps on margins, sales - CANOE Tweet this news
CANOE---Laval-, -Quebec--based Couche-Tard sells gasoline at about 80 percent of its locations. Couche-Tard shares closed 64 Canadian cents higher, or 3.2 percent, ... - Date : Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:04:14 GMT+00:00
Laval anti-smog initiative boosts public transit - Montreal Gazette Tweet this news
Montreal Gazette--The fare breaks could be offered again this summer if smog alerts are announced, the STL says. The STL says it is the only -Quebec- public transit agency to ... - Date : Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:42:04 GMT+00:00
Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid: Look for the evolution of sustainable ... - The Car Guide Tweet this news
The Car Guide---Quebec- Deputy Premier and Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife Nathalie Normandeau, Rector and Vice-Rector of Université -Laval-, Denis Brière and Eric ... - Date : Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:21:37 GMT+00:00
FP Tech Desk: Apple Inc. to buy Canadian 3D mapping firm: reports - Financial Post Tweet this news
Financial Post--One is 'Université -Laval- Alum 03′. The other is 'Apple'. If the sale is confirmed, Poly9 will be the second mapping company acquired by Apple in the past ... - Date : Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:58:30 GMT+00:00
DEATHS - Montreal Gazette Tweet this news
Montreal Gazette--Perron, -Laval-, -Qc-. H4J 1C5 Published in the Montreal Gazette from 7/14/2010 - 7/15/2010 FENSTER, Coral Norma (nee Ripstein) Gracefully, at home, ... - Date : Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:17:30 GMT+00:00
Neptune Reports Net Profit for the First Quarter - MarketWatch (press release) Tweet this news
MarketWatch (press release)---LAVAL-, -Quebec-, Jul 14, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. ("Neptune") (NASDAQ:NEPT) (TSX:CA:NTB) today reports its ... - Date : Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:06:26 GMT+00:00
Road closure warnings - Montreal Gazette Tweet this news
Montreal Gazette--60 (Highway 13 North / -Laval- / 32th Avenue) and the entrance from Hwy 520 (Fenelon Boulevard), according to the following schedule: 11 pm Wednesday, ... - Date : Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:03:44 GMT+00:00

1971 - 228,010
1976 - 246,240
1981 - 268,335
1986 - 290,791
1991 - 321,937
1996 - 334,882
2001 - 349,896
2006 - 376,845

Ethnic origin Population Percent
Canadian 168,090 46.1%
French 88,210 24.2%
Italian 34,500 9.5%
Greek 18,760 5.1%
Irish 15,555 4.3%
Haitian 12,250 3.4%
Lebanese 10,725 2.9%
Québécois 8,055 2.2%
English 7,655 2.1%
Armenian 7,640 2.1%
Portuguese 7,370 2%
Scottish 6,535 1.8%
First Nations 6,415 1.8%
German 6,090 1.7%
Spanish 5,070 1.4%
Romanian 3,885 1.1%
Moroccan 3,645 1%

Mother tongue Population Percentage
French 242,155 66.41%
English 25,270 6.93%
English and French 2,375 0.65%
French and a non-official language 4,025 1.10%
English and a non-official language 1,695 0.46%
English, French and a non-official language 685 0.19%
Italian 16,025 4.39%
Arabic 14,070 3.86%
Greek 14,070 3.86%
Spanish 8,065 2.21%
Armenian 6,420 1.76%
Creole 5,120 1.40%
Portuguese 4,670 1.28%
Romanian 2,970 0.81%
Vietnamese 1,900 0.52%
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,415 0.39%
Chinese languages 1,365 0.37%

Mother tongue Population Percentage
Persian 1,260 0.35%
Lao 1,035 0.28%
German 955 0.26%
Russian 935 0.26%
Polish 875 0.24%
Hungarian 785 0.22%
Panjabi (Punjabi) 775 0.21%
Tamil 545 0.15%
Urdu 485 0.13%
Croatian 430 0.12%
Turkish 305 0.08%
Tagalog 190 0.05%
Yiddish 175 0.05%
Hebrew 150 0.04%
Dutch 140 0.04%
Serbian 140 0.04%
Bengali 125 0.03%



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