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Pincourt, Quebec, incorporated as a town in 1959, population 14,751 (2021 census), 14,558 (2016 census). Pincourt is one of the four municipalities covering the territory of Île Perrot, an island located off the western end of Île de Montréal, at the mouth of the Ottawa River, between lakes Saint-Louis and Deux-Montagnes. The three other municipalities are L'Île-Perrot, Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot and Terrasse-Vaudreuil. Pincourt, some 40 km west of Montreal, occupies the western portion of the island. Across the channel is the city of Vaudreuil-Dorion.
History of Pincourt
The name Pincourt goes back to the days of the fur traders and voyageurs who, on seeing the pine forest which at that time covered most of the western half of the island, described the trees as being rather short and dwarf-like in stature. They called the place Pins courts, meaning "short pines." The name stuck and the abridged, singular version was adopted.
The locality was built up around a Roman Catholic mission church, Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, after 1890. With no major industry, growth was slow, so it was not until 1950 that the locality was incorporated as a village. Town status came soon after in 1959. Pincourt is a typical residential suburb of Montreal, well-served by the Rigaud-Montreal commuter train.
