Boisbriand, Quebec
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Boisbriand is an off-island suburb of Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, in southwestern Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 on the north shore
North Shore (Laval)
The North Shore is the general term for the northern suburbs of Montreal. The North Shore is located in southwestern Quebec on the northern shores of the Rivière des Prairies and the Rivière des Mille Îles, opposite the Island of Montreal and the Island of Laval. It consists of twenty...

 of the Rivière des Mille-Îles in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville.

The Hasidic community of Kiryas Tosh
Kiryas Tosh
Kiryas Tosh is a Hasidic Jewish community in the town of Boisbriand, Quebec. It is affiliated with the Tosh Hasidic Dynasty. The community is home to approximately 350 families, or about 3,000 people. -History:...

 is located within the city limits. The rapidly growing community of 3,000 is home to the Tosher Rebbe, Meshulim Feish (Ferencz) Lowy, who established the community in 1963.

Although relatively small, Boisbriand is the town in Quebec which has the highest number of highways per square kilometres. There are 3: Highway 13
Quebec Autoroute 13
Autoroute 13 , is a freeway in the urban region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its southern end is at the junction of A-20 on the Island of Montreal near Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. Its northern terminus is at the junction of A-640 near Boisbriand...

 on the west, Highway 15
Quebec Autoroute 15
Autoroute 15 is a highway in western Quebec, Canada...

 on the east, and Highway 640 in the middle/north.

According to the Canada 2001 Census
Canada 2001 Census
The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 15, 2001. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 30,007,094. This was a 4% increase over 1996 Census of 28,846,761. In...

:
  • Population: 26,666
  • % Change (1996-2001): 6.0
  • Dwellings: 91,495
  • Area (km².): 277.76
  • Density (persons per km².): 962.8

Sport

Boisbriand is home to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
The Blainville-Boisbriand Armada are a junior ice hockey team of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The team is based out of Boisbriand, Quebec. The team play its home games at the Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau.-History:...

 of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League...

. The Armada play their home games at Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau
Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau
The Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau is a 3,100 capacity multi-purpose arena in Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada. It is home to the future Blainville-Boisbriand Armada ice hockey club in the QMJHL, who were previously known as the Montreal Junior Hockey Club, that is due to begin play in 2011....

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