L'Île-Perrot, Quebec, is a charming town and municipality nestled on Île Perrot in southwestern Quebec, Canada. This picturesque town, located at the western end of Lake Saint-Louis, is home to a population of 10,756 as per the Canada 2016 Census. L'Île-Perrot shares its borders with the local island communities of Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Pincourt, and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot. The town also encompasses Dowker Island and the small Claude and Bellevue Islands (Île Claude and Île Bellevue).
The history of L'Île-Perrot, Quebec, dates back to October 29, 1672, when the island was granted to François-Marie Perrot, a captain in the Picardy Regiment and the governor of Montreal in 1670. The place welcomed its first parish priest in 1786. The Municipality of l'Isle-Perrot was founded in 1845, abolished in 1847, and re-established in 1855 as the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Jeanne-Chantal-de-l'Isle-Perrot. The name was partially derived from the Sainte-Jeanne-Chantal Parish established there in 1832. In 1946, the name was changed to L'Île-Perrot, and in 1955, it transitioned from a parish municipality to a town. The town's size significantly reduced in 1949 when a large part of its territory was split off to form the new Parish Municipality of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot.
According to the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, L'Île-Perrot, Quebec, had a population of 11,638 living in 4,997 of its 5,150 total private dwellings. This represented an 8.2% increase from its 2016 population of 10,756. With a land area of 5.46 km2 (2.11 sq mi), the town had a population density of 2,131.5/km2 (5,520.6/sq mi) in 2021.
L'Île-Perrot, Quebec, is well-connected with Autoroute 20 running through the town. Three at-grade intersections serve as exits. The east side of L'Île-Perrot is bordered by a branch of the Ottawa River, with a crossing via Autoroute 20 over the Galipeault Bridge (Pont Galipeault) to Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue on Montreal Island. The town also offers a shuttle bus service operated by CIT La Presqu'Île, connecting to the Île-Perrot station on the Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter rail line.
