Boucherville, Quebec
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Boucherville is a town in the Montérégie region of the Canadian province of Québec. It is a suburb of Montréal on the South shore of the Saint-Lawrence river. Boucherville is part of the Communauté Métropolitaine de Montréal regional government.
As of 2001, the population was 36,253. In 1996, the population was 34,989 (A population change of +3.6%). The area of the town is 70.80 square kilometres.
After the 2002 municipal mergers, Boucherville became a borough of Longueuil. It has since then demerged in 2006 by way of referendum.
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| Historical populations | |
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| Census year |
Population |
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| 1681 | 179 |
| 1698 | 393 |
| 1706 | 429 |
| 1739 | 1,027 |
| 1765 | 748 |
| 1790 | 1,492 |
| 1851 | 2,764 |
| 1861 | 2,695 |
| 1871 | 2,131 |
| 1891 | 1,816 |
| 1901 | 1,916 |
| 1911 | 2,066 |
| 1921 | 1,984 |
| 1931 | 1,683 |
| 1941 | 2,022 |
| 1951 | 3,030 |
| 1961 | 8,182 |
| 1971 | 9,997 |
| 1981 | 29,704 |
| 1991 | 33,796 |
| 1996 | 34,989 |
| 2001 | 36,253 |
| 2006 | 38,123 |
