Delson is an off-island suburb (South shore

South Shore (Montreal)

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) of Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

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. It is situated 8 mi/13 km SSE of Montreal within the regional county municipality

Regional county municipality

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 of Roussillion

Roussillon Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Roussillon is a regional county municipality of Quebec in Canada. The seat is in Saint-Constant, Quebec. The region's population was 149,996 in 2006.-Communities:*Cities and Towns**Candiac**Châteauguay**Delson**La Prairie**Léry**Mercier...

 in the administrative region of Montérégie

Montérégie

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. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census

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 was 7,322.

On its small territory, Delson is crossed by Route 132

Quebec route 132

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 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 Metropolitan Transport Agency (AMT)

Agence métropolitaine de transport

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's Delson-Candiac line.

History

The origin of the name Delson comes from the Delaware and Hudson Railway, now a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

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, which runs through the town. The Canadian Railway Museum

Canadian Railway Museum

The Canadian Railway Museum Musée Ferrovaire Canadien) is a rail transport museum in Delson/Saint-Constant, Quebec south of Montreal.-Collection:...

 (Exporail) occupies a large tract between Delson and Saint-Constant

Saint-Constant, Quebec

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.

Delson was founded in 1918 as a village

Village

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 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

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 and St David (1938) of the Anglican as well as Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus (1932) of the Catholic

Catholicism

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 faith.

Population

Population trend

Census	Population	Change (%)
2006	7,322	4.2%
2001	7,024	4.8%
1996	6,703	10.6%
1991	6,063	N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	6,440	88.16%
English only	515	7.05%
Both English and French	65	0.89%
Other languages	285	3.90%

External links

1. Official Site Ville de Delson (French only)
2. Official Site AMT
3. Official Site Canadian Railway Museum (Exporail) at Delson/Saint-Constant
   Saint-Constant, Quebec
   Saint-Constant is an off-island suburb of Montreal in the Roussillon Regional County Municipality of southwestern Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 23,957.-Population:Population trend-Language:...