Repentigny

Part of the Lanaudière region. Also the western terminus of the Chemin du Roy, a road that extends eastward towards Quebec City.

• Name — Repentigny • Official Name — Ville de Repentigny • Type — City • Shield Size — 100x90px • Blank Emblem Size — 100x80px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Type2 — Region • Subdivision Name2 — Lanaudière • Subdivision Type3 — RCM • Subdivision Name3 — L'Assomption • Established Title — Founded • Established Date — 1670 • Established Title1 — Constituted • Established Date1 — June 1, 2002 • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Nicolas Dufour • Leader Title1 — MP • Leader Name1 — Monique Pauzé (BQ) • Leader Title2 — MNAs • Leader Name2 — Pascale Déry (CAQ) François Legault (CAQ) • Area Total Km2 — 70.95 • Area Land Km2 — 61.52 • Population Total — 86,100 • Population As Of — 2021 • Population Density Km2 — 1399.6 • Population Blank1 Title — Change 2016–21 • Population Blank1 — 2.2% • Population Blank2 Title — Dwellings • Population Blank2 — 34,710 • Time Zone — EST • Utc Offset — −5 • Time Zone Dst — EDT • Utc Offset Dst — −4 • Postal Code Type — Postal code(s) • Postal Code — J5Y, J5Z, J6A • Area Codes — 450, 579 • Custom Label Sec1 — Highways

• Illustration — Antoine-Jetté windmill, built in 1823 In 1647, the area was granted as a seignory by Jean Talon to Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny. In 1670, the seignory was sold in part to Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye, while the son of Pierre Legardeur, Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny, built a large dwelling at the mouth of the L'Assomption River in the remaining part of the seignory, marking the start of the settlement. 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. In 1845, the Parish Municipality of Repentigny was founded, abolished in 1847, and reestablished in 1855. Its first mayor was Benjamin Moreau in 1855. In 1857, it lost part of its territory when the Parish Municipality of Saint-Paul-l'Ermite (renamed to Le Gardeur in 1978) was formed. In 1957, Repentigny changed its status from parish municipality to city. Repentigny merged with its neighbouring city of Le Gardeur on June 1, 2002. The city's area grew from to and the population grew by 70%.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Repentigny had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of 61.52 km2, it had a population density of sqmi in 2021.

In 2021, Repentigny was 81.4% white/European, 17.6% visible minorities, and 1.0% Indigenous. The largest visible minority groups were Black (9.9%), Arab (3.3%), and Latin American (2.2%). • Panethnic groups in the City of Repentigny (2001−2021) • Panethnic group — 2021 — 2016 — 2011 — 2006 — 2001 • Pop. Population — % percentage — Pop. Population — % percentage — Pop. Population — % percentage — Pop. Population — % percentage — Pop. Population — % percentage • European — 69,170 — 72,695 — 74,950 — 72,380 — 53,245 • African — 8,385 — 5,880 — 3,675 — 1,735 — 520 • Middle Eastern — 3,475 — 1,560 — 805 — 370 — 35 • Latin American — 1,895 — 1,230 — 650 — 425 — 115 • Indigenous — 885 — 820 — 575 — 310 — 135 • Southeast Asian — 420 — 405 — 320 — 230 — 75 • East Asian — 330 — 275 — 165 — 240 — 135 • South Asian — 65 — 65 — 45 — 10 — 10 • Other/multiracial — 355 — 190 — 160 — 50 — 20 • Total responses — 84,985 — 83,110 — 81,370 — 75,730 — 54,255 • Total population — 86,100 — 84,285 — 82,000 — 76,237 — 54,550 • Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses • 2021 ethnic origins — Percent • Canadian — 33.0% • French n.o.s — 20.1% • Québécois — 12.8% • French Canadian — 6.8% • Haitian — 6.3% • Italian — 4.0% • Irish — 3.7% • Arab n.o.s — 1.8% • African n.o.s — 1.6% • Algerian — 1.4% • Moroccan — 1.3% • Caucasian (White) n.o.s — 1.3% • First Nations n.o.s — 1.2% • Scottish — 1.2% • English — 1.1% • Acadian — 1.0% • Berber — 1.0% • Note: Includes multiple responses

As of 2021, 85.8% of residents spoke French as their mother tongue. Other common first languages were Spanish (2.3%), Arabic (2.0%), Haitian Creole (1.8%), English (1.7%), Kabyle (0.7%), and 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. • Canada Census mother tongue - Repentigny, Quebec • Census — Total — French — English — French & English — Other • Year — Responses — Count — Trend — Pop % — Count — Trend — Pop % — Count — Trend — Pop % — Count — Trend — Pop % • 73,520 — 2.1% — 85.79% — 1,420 — 3.2% — 1.66% — 785 — 101.2% — 0.92% — 8,295 — 39.6% — 9.68% • 75,165 — 0.026% — 89.73% — 1,375 — 9.45% — 1.64% — 390 — 24.35% — 0.46% — 5,940 — 32,4% — 7.04% • 75,185 — 5.07% — 92.21% — 1,245 — 18.57% — 1.53% — 485 — 110.86% — 0.59% — 4,015 — 39.17% — 4.92% • 71,555 — 36.39% — 93.86% — 1,050 — 65.35% — 1.37% — 230 — 84% — 0.3% — 2,885 — 177.4% — 3.78% • 52,460 — 1.8% — 96.17% — 635 — 26.59% — 1.16% — 125 — 40.47% — 0.23% — 1,040 — 20.93% — 1.91% • 51,520 — n/a — 96.17% — 865 — n/a — 1.61% — 210 — n/a — 0.39% — 860 — n/a — 1.61%

In 2013, 70.3% of the population was Christian, down from 89.3% in 2011. 59.0% of residents were Catholic, 6.7% were Christian n.o.s, 1.6% were 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.

• Illustration — City hall List of former mayors: • Benjamin Moreau (1855–1858) • Louis Thouin (1858–1862) • Ulric Deschamps (1862–1864) • Antoine Deschamps (1864–1866) • François Grenier (1866–1870) • Amédée Meunier (1870–1875) • Absalon Thouin (1875–1877) • Joseph Hétu (1877–1880) • Joseph Grenier (1880–1882) • Napoléon Thifault (1882–1887) • Eusèbe Juneau (1887–1899) • Joseph-Napoléon Thouin (1899–1904) • Ménard Nantais (1904–1905) • Joseph Deschamps (1905–1908) • J.-Oscar Beaudoin (1908–1911, 1929–1932, 1933–1935) • Napoléon Provost (1911–1915) • Stanilas Coiteux (1915–1919) • Hector Grenier (1919–1929) • Ulric Deschamps (1932–1933, 1935–1941) • Jean-Baptiste Deschamps (1935) • Rosaire Deschamps (1941–1949, 1953–1960) • Agapit Nantais (1949–1953) • Robert Lussier (1960–1968) • Louis-Philippe Picard (1968–1987) • Jacques Dupuis (1987–1993) • Alain Brien (1993–1997) • Chantal Deschamps (1997–2021) • Nicolas Dufour (2021–present)

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 St-Jean, brings many activities, such as shows and performances on stage in L'île Lebel. • Many outdoor shows and movie projections

Repentigny is the central point for transit in South-Central Lanaudière. Its 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 CRTL regional lines. Thus, Repentigny is directly connected to Terrebonne, Charlemagne, L'Assomption, Montreal, Montréal-Est, Saint-Sulpice, 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 northernmost ones. In addition there is the MRC Les Moulins. Repentigny is connected to Montreal's Central Station by commuter rail via the Repentigny Station of Réseau de transport métropolitain's Mascouche Line.

Commission scolaire des Affluents operates francophone public schools • Centre de formation professionnelle des Riverains (1971) • Centre la Croisée • École primaire Alphonse-Desjardins (1951) • École primaire de la Paix (1988) • École primaire des Moissons (1982) • École primaire du Moulin (1986) • École primaire Émile-Nelligan (1971) • École primaire Entramis (1986) • École primaire Henri-Bourassa (1966) • École primaire Jean-Duceppe (1992) • École primaire Jean-XXIII (1959) • École primaire la Majuscule (1998) • École primaire la Passerelle (1957) • École primaire la Tourterelle (1991) • École primaire le Bourg-Neuf (1989) • École primaire Longpré (1962) • École primaire Louis-Fréchette (1965) • École primaire Louis-Joseph-Huot (1960) • École primaire Marie-Victorin (1961) • École primaire Pie-XII (1961) • École primaire St-Paul (1956) • École primaire Tournesol (1981) • École primaire Valmont-sur-Parc (2016) • École secondaire Félix-Leclerc (1992) • École secondaire Jean-Baptiste-Meilleur (1963) • École secondaire Jean-Claude-Crevier (1948) • École secondaire l'Horizon (1988) Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public school • Franklin Hill Elementary School (2004)

• Julie Brosseau, women's basketball player • Les Cowboys Fringants, Québécois folk-pop band • Marie Deschamps, Canadian Supreme Court Justice • Benoît Hogue, former NHL hockey player • Joseph Juneau, co-founder of Juneau, Alaska • Solomon Juneau, founder of Milwaukee, the largest city in the US state of Wisconsin • Maxim Lapierre, former NHL hockey player • Pascal Leclaire, former NHL hockey player • Thomas Meilleur-Giguère, soccer player for Pacific FC • Karl Ouimette, soccer player for the Atlético Ottawa • Marie-Ève Pelletier, former professional tennis player • Samuel Piette, soccer player for CF Montréal • Jason Pominville, former NHL hockey player • Mike Ruiz, fashion photographer and judge for Cycle 3 of Canada's Next Top Model • Aurélie Tran, artistic gymnast and member of the Canadian national team