Dollard-des-Ormeaux is a predominantly English-speaking town on the Island of Montreal

Island of Montreal

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 in southwestern Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

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. The town was named after French

France

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 martyr Adam Dollard des Ormeaux

Adam Dollard des Ormeaux

Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, , also known as Adam Daulaut, Daulac, or simply as Dollard des Ormeaux, was a colonist and soldier of New France...

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The town was merged with the city of Montreal

Montreal

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 for several years, but its residents elected to reinstate the city as its own separate entity in 2006.

In 2001, the official Commission de toponymie du Québec

Commission de toponymie du Québec

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 ruled that the correct way to write the city's name was Dollard-Des Ormeaux (one hyphen, one space, all title caps).