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{{for|the electoral district|Repentigny (federal electoral district)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
 
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Repentigny
| official_name = Ville de Repentigny
| native_name =
| settlement_type = [[City (Quebec)|City]]
| image_skyline = Vue duRue ParcNotre-Dame de- l'IleRepentigny Lebel(vue 02aérienne).jpg
| image_caption = Aerial = Viewview of Lebel Island Park, Repentigny
| image_flag = Flag of = Repentigny.png
| image_shield flag_size = repentignycoat.gif125px
| shield_size image_shield = 100x90pxrepentignycoat.gif
| image_blank_emblemshield_size = 100x90px
| blank_emblem_size image_blank_emblem = 100x90px
| nickname blank_emblem_size = 100x90px
| motto nickname =
| image_mapmotto =
| image_map = Repentigny Quebec location diagram.png
| map_caption = Location within L'Assomption RCM.
| pushpin_map = Canada Central Quebec
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_label =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in central Quebec.
| coordinates = {{coord|45|44|N|73|28|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint =
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="toponymie"/>
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Lanaudière]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[L'Assomption Regional County Municipality|L'Assomption]]
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1670
| established_title1 = Constituted
| established_date1 = June 1, 2002
| established_title2 =
| established_date2 =
| government_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot"/>
| government_type =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = [[Nicolas Dufour]]
| leader_title1 = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|MP]]
| leader_name1 = [[Monique Pauzé]] ([[Bloc Québécois|BQ]])
| leader_title2 = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|MNAs]]
| leader_name2 = [[FrançoisPascale LegaultDéry]] ([[Coalition Avenir Québec|CAQ]])<br />[[LiseFrançois LavalléeLegault]] ([[Coalition Avenir Québec|CAQ]])
| area_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref name="cp2011cp2021"/>
| area_magnitude area_total_km2 = 1 E871.25
| area_total_km2 area_land_km2 = 7161.2552
| area_land_km2 area_water_km2 = 60.89
| area_water_km2 area_water_percent =
| area_water_percentelevation_m =
| population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/>
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 86,100
| population_footnotes = <ref name="stat2016">[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2460013&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Repentigny&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= Statistics Canada - Repentigny 2016 Community Profile].</ref>
| population_totalpopulation_as_of = [[Canada 2021 = 84965Census|2021]]
| population_density_km2 = 1399.6
| population_as_of = [[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]
| population_blank1_title = Pop&nbsp;<small>2016–2021</small>
| population_density_km2 = 1395.4
| population_blank1 = {{increase}} 2.2%
| population_blank1_title = Pop&nbsp;<small>2011–2016</small>
| population_blank2_title = Dwellings
| population_blank1 = {{increase}} 2.8%
| population_blank2_title population_blank2 = Dwellings34,710
| population_blank2 population_note = 33,876
| population_notetimezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| timezone utc_offset = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]−5
| utc_offsettimezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight = −5Time|EDT]]
| timezone_DST utc_offset_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]−4
| utc_offset_DSTpostal_code_type = [[Canadian postal code|Postal = −4code(s)]]
| postal_code_type postal_code = [[CanadianList of J postal codecodes of Canada|PostalJ5Y, J5Z, code(s)J6A]]
| postal_code area_code = [[ListArea ofcodes J postal codes450 ofand Canada579|J5Y,450 J5Z,and J6A579]]
| area_code blank_name = [[AreaHighways codes<br 450 and 579/>{{jct|450 and 579]]state=QC|A|40}}
| blank_name blank_info = <br /> {{jct|state=QC|QC|138}} <br /> {{jct|state= HighwaysQC|QC|341}} <br /> {{jct|state=QC|AQC|40344}}
| website = {{URL|www.ville.repentigny.qc.ca}}
| blank_info = <br> {{jct|state=QC|QC|138}} <br> {{jct|state=QC|QC|341}} <br> {{jct|state=QC|QC|344}}
| website footnotes = {{URL|www.ville.repentigny.qc.ca}}
| footnotes =
}}
 
'''Repentigny''' ({{IPA-|fr|ʁəpɑ̃tiɲi|-|Fr-Paris--Repentigny.ogg}}) is an [[off-island suburbs|off-island suburb]] of [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], Canada. It is located [[North Shore (Laval)|north]] of the city on the lower end of the [[L'Assomption River]], and on the [[Saint Lawrence River]]. Repentigny and [[Charlemagne, Quebec|Charlemagne]] were the first towns off the eastern tip of the [[Island of Montreal]]. Repentigny is part of the Lanaudière region.
 
==History==
It was founded in 1670 by [[Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny|Jean-Baptiste Le Gardeur]], son of Seigneur [[Pierre Le Gardeur]]. During the town's first 250 years, Repentigny was only inhabited by a few hundred peasants, or [[habitants]], and was an agricultural community. In 1677, the first population census only shows 30 inhabitants. Its first mayor was Benjamin Moreau 1855.
 
Repentigny merged with its neighbouring city of [[Le Gardeur, Quebec|Le Gardeur]] on June 1, 2002. The city's area grew from 29 to 69&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and the population grew by 70%.
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In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Repentigny had a population of {{val|86100|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|34174|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|34710|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:86100-84285}}|84285|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|84285|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|61.52|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|86100|61.52|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022}}</ref>
 
In 2021,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-02-09 |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Repentigny, Ville (V) [Census subdivision], Quebec |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> Repentigny was 81.4% white/European, 17.6% visible minorities, and 1.0% Indigenous. The largest visible minority groups were [[Black Canadians|Black]] (9.9%), [[Arab Canadians|Arab]] (3.3%), and [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]] (2.2%)
 
85.8% of residents spoke [[French language|French]] as their mother tongue. Other common first languages were [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (2.3%) [[Arabic]] (2.0%), [[Haitian Creole]] (1.8%) [[English language|English]] (1.7%), [[Kabyle language|Kabyle]] (0.7%), and [[Italian language|Italian]] (0.6%). 1.6% of residents listed both French and a non-official language as mother tongues while 0.9% listed both French and English.
 
In 2013, 70.3% of the population was [[Christians|Christian]], down from 89.3% in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2013-05-08 |title=2011 National Household Survey Profile - Census subdivision |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2460013&Data=Count&SearchText=repentigny&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> 59.0% of residents were [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], 6.7% were Christian n.o.s, 1.6% were [[Protestantism|Protestant]] and 3.0% belonged to other Christian denominations or Christian-related traditions. Non-religious and secular people made up 23.3% of the population, up from 8.7% in 2011. 6.4% of residents followed other religions and spiritual traditions, up from 1.9% in 2011. The largest non-Christian religion was [[Islam]], at 5.8% of the population.
{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|2021 ethnic origins<ref name=":0" />
|Percent
|-
|[[Canadian ethnicity|Canadian]]
|33.0%
|-
|[[French people|French]] n.o.s
|20.1%
|-
|[[Québécois people|Québécois]]
|12.8%
|-
|[[French Canadians|French Canadian]]
|6.8%
|-
|[[Haitian Canadians|Haitian]]
|6.3%
|-
|[[Italian Canadians|Italian]]
|4.0%
|-
|[[Irish Canadian|Irish]]
|3.7%
|-
|Arab n.o.s
|1.8%
|-
|African n.o.s
|1.6%
|-
|[[Algerian Canadians|Algerian]]
|1.4%
|-
|[[Moroccan Canadians|Moroccan]]
|1.3%
|-
|Caucasian ([[White people|White]]) n.o.s
|1.3%
|-
|[[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] n.o.s
|1.2%
|-
|[[Scottish-Canadian|Scottish]]
|1.2%
|-
|[[English-Canadian|English]]
|1.1%
|-
|[[Acadians|Acadian]]
|1.0%
|-
|[[Berbers|Berber]]
|1.0%
|-
| colspan="2" |Note: Includes multiple responses
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="19"|Canada Census Mothermother Tonguetongue - Repentigny, Quebec<ref name="scpast">Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census|2016]], [[Canada 2021 Census|2021]] census</ref>
|-
! Census
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! Trend
! Pop %
|-
| {{center|2021}}
|
| {{center|85,690}}
|
| 73,520
| {{decrease}} 2.1%
| 85.79%
|
| 1,420
| {{increase}} 3.2%
| 1.66%
|
| 785
| {{increase}} 101.2%
| 0.92%
|
| 8,295
| {{increase}} 39.6%
| 9.68%
|-
| {{center|2016}}
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|}
 
==Arts and culture==
'''Single responses:''' 51.60% of respondents gave a single response of 'Canadian', while a further 17.67% identified with both 'Canadian', and one or more other ancestries. 15.13% of respondents gave a single response of [[French people|French]], 1.86% of respondents gave a single response of [[French-speaking Quebecer|Québécois]], 1.37% gave a single response of [[Italian Canadians|Italian]], 1.34% gave a single response of [[Irish Canadian|Irish]] and 1.27% gave a single response of [[Haitian Canadian|Haitian]].
Repentigny is home of many festivities:
*Festival de Feu et de Glace (''Festival of Fire and Ice'', a winter fest), January–February.
*Festival de spectacles jeune-public de Lanaudière (Youth theatre fest), early July.
*Rendez-Vous Estival (''Summer Rendez-Vous'', a theme park with familial activities and rock shows), early August.
*Festival Gospel (''Gospel Fest'', International gospel choirs fest), mid-August.
*National de Soccer (''Soccer Nationals'', 18- level national soccer event), mid-August.
*Internationaux de Tennis junior du Canada Banque Nationale (''National Bank Junior Tennis Internationals of Canada'', the biggest sports event in the city), late August-early September
*Fête du Petit-Village (''Little town fest'', cultural rendez-vous in the old Saint-Paul-l'Ermite sector), every two autumns.
*The [[Fête Nationale du Québec]], la [[Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day|St-Jean]], brings many activities, such as shows and performances on stage in L'île Lebel.
*Many outdoor shows and movie projections
 
==Infrastructure==
'''Multiple responses:''' Counting both single and multiple responses, the most commonly identified ethnocultural ancestries were:
Repentigny is the central point for transit in South-Central [[Lanaudière]]. Its [[Terminus Repentigny (AMT)|Centre d'Échange Rive Nord-Est]] (Northeastern Shore Transit Exchange Centre), administered by [[Réseau de transport métropolitain]], is the main infrastructure for transit in the region. Unlike a bus terminal, no departures are available from the ''Centre d'Échange'', but transfers from one circuit to the other are possible. 9 of the 10 [[RTCR de la MRC de L'Assomption]] transit system circuits travel via Centre d'Échange, in addition to the 2 [[CRT Lanaudiere|CRTL regional]] lines. Thus, Repentigny is directly connected to [[Terrebonne, Quebec|Terrebonne]], [[Charlemagne]], [[L'Assomption]], [[Montreal]], [[Montréal-Est]], [[Saint-Sulpice, Quebec|Saint-Sulpice]], [[Lavaltrie, Quebec|Lavaltrie]], [[Lanoraie]], [[Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier]], [[Berthierville]], [[La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas]], [[Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola]], [[Saint-Paul-d'Industrie]], Crabtree, [[Sainte-Marie-Salomé]] and [[Joliette]].
{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|-
|Canadian
|69.27%
|-
|[[French Canadian|French]]
|32.45%
|-
|[[Irish Canadian|Irish]]
|4.06%
|-
|[[Italian Canadians|Italian]]
|3.22%
|-
|[[French-speaking Quebecer|Québécois]]
|2.54%
|-
|[[First Nations in Canada|North American Indian]]
|2.32%
|-
|[[Scottish-Canadian|Scottish]]
|1.60%
|-
|[[Haiti]]an
|1.54%
|-
|[[English-Canadian|English]]
|1.26%
|-
|[[German-Canadian|German]]
|1.24%
|-
|}
{{clear|left}}
<small>''Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total number of respondents and may total more than 100% due to dual responses. <br />All ethnocultural ancestries of more than 1% are listed in the table above according to the exact terminology used by [[Statistics Canada]].</small><ref>{{cite web | title = Repentigny, V | work = Ethnic Origin (247), Generation Status (4), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3) and Sex (3) for the Population 15 Years and Over of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data | publisher = Statistics Canada | date = 20 November 2007 | url = http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?Temporal=2006&PID=92341&GID=772954&METH=1&APATH=3&PTYPE=88971&THEME=80&AID=&FREE=0&FOCUS=&VID=0&GC=99&GK=NA&RL=0&d1=1&d2=0 | access-date = 2008-08-08}}</ref>
 
The city of Repentigny takes part in the L'Assomption MRC public transportation network effort and pan-regional Lanaudière Regional Transport Commission, linking all of the Regional County Municipalities of Lanaudière, even the northernmost ones. In addition there is the [[MRC Les Moulins]].<ref>[http://www.amt.qc.ca/tc/autobus/index.asp AMT autobus]</ref>
==Transit==
Repentigny is the central point for transit in South-Central [[Lanaudière]]. Its [[Terminus Repentigny (AMT)|Centre d'Échange Rive Nord-Est]] (Northeastern Shore Transit Exchange Centre), administrated by [[Réseau de transport métropolitain]], is the main infrastructure for transit in the region. Unlike a bus terminal, no departures are available from the ''Centre d'Échange'', but transfers from one circuit to the other are possible. 9 of the 10 [[RTCR de la MRC de L'Assomption]] transit system circuits travel via Centre d'Échange, in addition to the 2 [[CRT Lanaudiere|CRTL regional]] lines. Thus, Repentigny is directly connected to [[Terrebonne, Quebec|Terrebonne]], [[Charlemagne]], [[L'Assomption]], [[Montreal]], [[Montréal-Est]], [[Saint-Sulpice, Quebec|Saint-Sulpice]], [[Lavaltrie, Quebec|Lavaltrie]], [[Lanoraie]], [[Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier]], [[Berthierville]], [[La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas]], [[Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola]], [[Saint-Paul-d'Industrie]], Crabtree, [[Sainte-Marie-Salomé]] and [[Joliette]].
 
The city of Repentigny takes part in the L'Assomption MRC public transportation network effort and pan-regional Lanaudière Regional Transport Commission, linking all of the Regional County Municipalities of Lanaudière, even the northmost ones. In addition there is the [[MRC Les Moulins]].<ref>[http://www.amt.qc.ca/tc/autobus/index.asp AMT autobus]</ref>
 
Repentigny is connected to Montreal's [[Montreal Central Station|Central Station]] by commuter rail via the [[Repentigny (AMT)|Repentigny Station]] of [[Réseau de transport métropolitain]]'s [[Mascouche Line (AMT)|Mascouche Line]].
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* Franklin Hill Elementary School in Repentigny (2004)<ref>"[http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/179%20-%20WEB%20FRANKLIN%20HILL.pdf FRANKLIN HILL ELEMENTARY ZONE]." [[Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board]]. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.</ref>
 
==Notable residentspeople==
*[[Julie Brosseau]], [[women's basketball]] player
*[[Les Cowboys Fringants]], a [[French-speaking Quebecer|Québécois]] folk-pop band.
*[[Marie Deschamps]], a Canadian Supreme Court Justice.
*[[Benoît Hogue]], a former NHL hockey player
*[[Joseph Juneau]], co-founder of Juneau, Alaska
*[[Samuel Piette (soccer)|Samuel Piette]], a soccer player for [[CF Montréal]]
*[[Jason Pominville]], a hockey player for the [[Buffalo Sabres]]
*[[Pascal Leclaire]], a former NHL hockey player
*[[Marie-Ève Pelletier]], a former professional tennis player.
*[[Maxim Lapierre]], Pittsburgh Penguins forward.
*[[Solomon Juneau]], founder of [[Milwaukee]], the largest city in the US state of Wisconsin
*[[Maxim Lapierre]], Pittsburgh Penguins forward
*[[Karl Ouimette]], a soccer player for the [[San Francisco Deltas]]
*[[ThomasPascal Meilleur-GiguèreLeclaire]], aformer soccerNHL hockey player for [[CF Montréal]]
*[[Thomas Meilleur-Giguère]], soccer player for [[Pacific FC]]
 
*[[Karl Ouimette]], soccer player for the [[Atlético Ottawa]]
==Culture==
*[[Marie-Ève Pelletier]], former professional tennis player
Repentigny is home of many festivities :
*[[Samuel Piette (soccer)|Samuel Piette]], soccer player for [[CF Montréal]]
*Festival de Feu et de Glace (''Festival of Fire and Ice'', a winter fest), January–February.
*[[Jason Pominville]], hockey player for the [[Buffalo Sabres]]
*Festival de spectacles jeune-public de Lanaudière (Youth theatre fest), early July.
*[[Mike Ruiz]], fashion photographer and judge for Cycle 3 of ''[[Canada's Next Top Model]]''
*Rendez-Vous Estival (''Summer Rendez-Vous'', a theme park with familial activities and rock shows), early August.
*[[Aurélie Tran]], artistic gymnast and member of the [[Canada women's national artistic gymnastics team|Canadian national team]]
*Festival Gospel (''Gospel Fest'', International gospel choirs fest), mid-August.
*National de Soccer (''Soccer Nationals'', 18- level national soccer event), mid-August.
*Internationaux de Tennis junior du Canada Banque Nationale (''National Bank Junior Tennis Internationals of Canada'', the biggest sports event in the city), late August-early September
*Fête du Petit-Village (''Little town fest'', cultural rendez-vous in the old Saint-Paul-l'Ermite sector), every 2 autumns.
*The [[Fête Nationale du Québec]], la [[Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day|St-Jean]], brings many activities, such as shows and performances on stage in L'île Lebel.
*Many outdoor shows and movie projections
 
==See also==
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==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="cp2021">{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Repentigny&DGUIDlist=2021A00052460013&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 | title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Repentigny, Ville (V) &#91;Census subdivision&#93;, Quebec | date=9 February 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="cp2011">{{SCref |unit=csd |code=2460013}}</ref>
<ref name="mamrot">{{mamrot |type=municipalite |60013}}</ref>
<ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |53054}}</ref>
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| North = [[L'Épiphanie, Quebec|L'Épiphanie]] / [[L'Assomption, Quebec|L'Assomption]]
| Northeast = [[Saint-Sulpice, Quebec|Saint-Sulpice]]
| East = ''[[Saint Lawrence River]]''<br />[[Verchères, Quebec|Verchères]]
| Southeast = ''[[Saint Lawrence River]]''<br />[[Varennes, Quebec|Varennes]]
| South = ''[[Rivière des Prairies]]''<br />[[Le Gardeur Bridge]] to:<br />[[Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles]] ([[Montreal]])
| Southwest = ''[[L'Assomption River]]''<br />Bridge to: [[Charlemagne, Quebec|Charlemagne]]
| West = [[Terrebonne, Quebec|Terrebonne]]
| Northwest = [[Mascouche]]
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