Boisbriand, Quebec

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Boisbriand (also called Flashwood, raw translation of "bois brillant") is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville.

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

Although relatively small, Boisbriand is Quebec's town which count the highest number of highways per square kilometers. There are 3, highway 13 on the west, highway 15 on the east, and highway 640 in the middle/north.

According to the Canada 2001 Census:

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

	North: Mirabel
West: Saint-Eustache	Boisbriand	East: Sainte-Thérèse
	South: Laval

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v • d • e Municipalities of the CMM/Montreal CMA

Urban agglomeration of Montreal • Urban agglomeration of Longueuil • Laval

North Shore	Blainville • Bois-des-Filion • Boisbriand • Charlemagne • Deux-Montagnes • Gore¹ • Kanesatake¹ • L'Assomption • L'Épiphanie (P)¹ • L'Épiphanie (V)¹ • Lavaltrie¹ • Lorraine • Mascouche • Mirabel • Oka • Pointe-Calumet • Repentigny • Rosemère • Saint-Colomban¹ • Saint-Eustache • Saint-Placide¹ • Saint-Joseph-du-Lac • Saint-Sulpice • Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines • Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac • Sainte-Thérèse • Terrebonne

South Shore	Beauharnois² • Beloeil² • Calixa-Lavallée² • Candiac • Carignan • Chambly • Châteauguay² • Contrecoeur² • Coteau-du-Lac¹ • Delson • Hudson • Kahnawake¹ • L'Île-Cadieux • L'Île-Perrot • La Prairie • Léry² • Les Cèdres • Les Coteaux¹ • McMasterville² • Mercier² • Mont-Saint-Hilaire² • Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot • Otterburn Park² • Pincourt • Pointe-des-Cascades • Richelieu • Saint-Amable • Saint-Basile-le-Grand • Saint-Constant • Saint-Isidore • Saint-Jean-Baptiste² • Saint-Lazare • Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu • Saint-Mathieu • Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil • Saint-Philippe • Saint-Zotique¹ • Sainte-Catherine • Sainte-Julie • Terrasse-Vaudreuil • Varennes² • Vaudreuil-Dorion • Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac • Verchères

¹Does not belong to the CMM — ²Does not belong to the Montreal CMA

v • d • e Administrative divisions of Laurentides (Region 15)

Small caps indicate municipalities with over 10,000 inhabitants (2006 census).

Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories	Deux-Montagnes · Thérèse-de-Blainville · Mirabel · La Rivière-du-Nord · Argenteuil · Les Pays-d'En-Haut · Les Laurentides · Antoine-Labelle

Major¹ municipalities	Saint-Eustache · Deux-Montagnes · Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac · Pointe-Calumet · Boisbriand · Sainte-Thérèse · Blainville · Rosemère · Lorraine · Bois-des-Filion · Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines · Mirabel · Saint-Colomban · Saint-Jérôme · Sainte-Sophie · Prévost · Saint-Hippolyte · Lachute · Brownsburg-Chatham · Estérel · Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson · Sainte-Adèle · Saint-Sauveur · Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts · Barkmere · Mont-Tremblant · Rivière-Rouge · Mont-Laurier

Administrative divisions of Quebec