Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Quebec
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Saint-Vincent-de-Paul is a neighbourhood
Neighbourhood
A neighbourhood or neighborhood is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town or suburb. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. "Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition...

 in the eastern part of Laval
Laval, Quebec
Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006...

, 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
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul may refer to:*Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Gironde, France*Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Landes, France*Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Quebec, Canada...

 was a town before August 6, 1965. Saint-Vincent-de-Paul is named after Vincent de Paul
Vincent de Paul
Vincent de Paul was a priest of the Catholic Church who became dedicated to serving the poor. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. He was canonized in 1737....

.

Geography

It is surrounded by Duvernay
Duvernay, Quebec
Duvernay is a neighbourhood in the eastern part of Laval and was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965.-Geography:It is located south-west of Saint-Francois, south-east of Auteuil, east of Vimont and Pont-Viau and around Sant-Vincent-de-Paul. The Rivière des Prairies passes...

 at the east and west and by Saint-François
Saint-François, Quebec
Saint-François is the second largest neighbourhood of Laval, Quebec, Canada, after Duvernay. It was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965.Agriculture occupies most of the land area....

 at the north .

Roads and Bridges

The Pie IX Bridge
Pie IX Bridge
The Pie IX Bridge is a bridge in Quebec, spanning the Rivière des Prairies. It connects the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul area of Laval, on Île Jésus, and the borough of Montreal North in Montreal, on the Island of Montreal...

 connects St-Vincent-de-Paul and the Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 borough of Montreal North across the Rivière des Prairies
Rivière des Prairies
The Rivière des Prairies is a delta channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada....

. Also there is a school named after him in various places like Ohio and Markham

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