Laval, Quebec

Laval
City
Ville de Laval
From top, left to right: Le Domaine Bellerive apartment complex, Cinémas Cineplex Laval, Papineau-Leblanc Bridge, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Catholic Parish, Quebec Autoroute 15 through Laval
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Motto(s):  "Unité, progrès, grandeur"  (French) "Unity, Progress, Greatness"
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Coordinates: 45°35′N 73°45′W / 45.583°N 73.750°W / 45.583; -73.750[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laval
RCM	None
Constituted	6 August 1965
Government [2]
• Type	Laval City Council
• Mayor	Stéphane Boyer
• Federal riding	Alfred-Pellan / Vimy / Laval— Les Îles / Marc-Aurèle-Fortin
• Prov. riding	Chomedey / Fabre / Laval-des- Rapides / Mille-Îles / Sainte-Rose / Vimont
Area [3]
• Land	247.23 km2 (95.46 sq mi)
Elevation	91 m (299 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	443,192
• Density	1,710.9/km2 (4,431/sq mi)
• Change 2011–2016	5.3%
Demonym(s)	Lavallois, Lavalloise[4]
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	H7A to H7Y
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.laval.ca/Pages/En/home.aspx

Laval (/ləˈvæl/ lə-VAL, French: [laval] ^ⓘ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is in the southwest of the province, north of Montreal. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third-largest city in the province after Montreal and Quebec City, and the thirteenth largest city in Canada, with a population of 443,192 in 2021.

Laval is geographically separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies. Laval occupies all of Île Jésus as well as the Îles Laval.

Laval constitutes one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec, with a region code of 13, as well as a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) with geographical code 65. It also constitutes the judicial district of Laval.^[5] It is the smallest administrative region in the province by area.