16 Facts About Laval Quebec

Laval Quebec is geographically separated from the mainland to the north by the Riviere des Mille Iles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Riviere des Prairies.

Laval Quebec-des-Rapides became Laval Quebec's first city in 1912, followed by L'Abord-a-Plouffe, which was granted village status three years later.

Laval Quebec-sur-le-Lac was founded in the same year and had its tourist-based economy based on Montrealers.

Laval Quebec began to grow throughout the following years because its proximity to Montreal made it an ideal suburb.

Laval Quebec is bordered on the south by Montreal across the Riviere des Prairies, on the north by Les Moulins Regional County Municipality and by Therese-De Blainville Regional County Municipality and on the west by Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality across the Riviere des Mille Iles.

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Florent Gagne, a former head of the Surete du Laval Quebec, will serve as the city's head trustee, with responsibility for reviewing and approving or rejecting all decisions made by city council.

Letters of the Laval Quebec signature are related one to the other to point out the merger of the 14 municipalities of Jesus island in 1965.

Politically, Laval has been historically a battleground area between the Quebec separatist parties and the federalist parties .

Long seen as a bedroom community, Laval Quebec has diversified its economy, especially in the retail sector, developing numerous shopping malls, warehouses and various retail stores.

Laval Quebec is studying the possibility of expanding this park in the next few years.

Laval Quebec is working with a private developer on an expansion project for the park that should be announced in the near future.

The Laval Quebec Science and High Technology Park is a beacon of the metropolitan economy, in an environment befitting the best technopolises in the world.

The Biotech City spans the entire territory of the Laval Quebec Science and High Technology Park and is a unique concept in Canada in that its residents comprise both universities and companies.

The arrival of the Metro in Laval Quebec was long-awaited as it was first promised in the 1960s.

The AMT and the City of Laval Quebec have developed reserved bus and taxi lanes on Notre-Dame Boulevard between Vincent Massey Street and Place Alton-Goldbloom and another on De la Concorde Blvd between De l'Avenir and Laval Quebec Blvds, as well as between Ampere Ave and Roanne St These reserved lanes opened shortly after 31 October 2007.

Laval Quebec is served by media from Montreal, however it does have some of its own regional media outlets.