Delson is an
off-island suburb (
South shore) of
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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, Canada. It is situated 8 mi/13 km SSE of Montreal within the
regional county municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM (, , MRC) is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality.
Regional county municipalit ...
of
Roussillon
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in the administrative region of
Montérégie
Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion.
...
. The population as of the
Canada 2021 Census
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was 8,328.
On its small territory, Delson is crossed by
Route 132 and the Turtle River (Rivière de la Tortue). The city owns a portion of the Champlain industrial park as well as the Delson
commuter train
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station with service to and from Montreal on the
AMT
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's
Candiac Line.
History
The origin of the name Delson comes from the
Delaware and Hudson Railway, now a subsidiary of the
Canadian Pacific Railway
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, which runs through the town. The
Canadian Railway Museum
The Canadian Railway Museum () ''Musée ferroviaire canadien''), operating under the brand name Exporail in both official languages, is a rail transport museum in Saint-Constant, Quebec, Canada, on Montreal's south shore.
Collection
Establishe ...
(Exporail) occupies a large tract between Delson and
Saint-Constant.
Delson was founded in 1918 as a
village municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the gov ...
before obtaining its status of a city 21 February 1957. The village of Delson was created from three parishes: St Andrews (1924) of the
United Church
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and St David (1938) of the
Anglican
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church, as well as Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus (1932) of the
Catholic
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faith.
Geography
The city lies along the south shore of the
Saint Lawrence River
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, south of the island of
Montreal
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.
Lakes & Rivers
The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries:
*Rivière de la Tortue (
) – runs south to north through the center of Delson, emptying into the
Saint Lawrence River
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.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Delson had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Notable people
Delson is the hometown of retired NHL goalie
Marcel Cousineau
Marcel Cousineau (born April 30, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 26 games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Islanders, and Los Angeles Kings between 1996 and 2000.
Playing c ...
.
See also
*
Roussillon Regional County Municipality
Roussillon () is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Saint-Constant, Quebec. The region's population was 171,443 as of the 2016 census.
Subdivisions
There are 11 subdivisions and one native ...
*
Rivière de la Tortue (Delson)
The rivière de la Tortue (''English: Turtle River'') is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, flowing in the administrative region of Montérégie, southwest of the province of Quebec, in Canada. This river flows in the Region ...
*
List of cities in Quebec
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References
External links
Official Site Ville de Delson (French only)Official Site AMTOfficial Site Canadian Railway Museum (Exporail) at Delson/
Saint-Constant
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Cities and towns in Quebec
Incorporated places in Roussillon Regional County Municipality
Quebec populated places on the Saint Lawrence River
Greater Montreal
Delaware and Hudson Railway