Sainte-Geneviève is a former municipality located on the Island of Montreal

Island of Montreal

The Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies....

 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

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...

. It is part of the Borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève

L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève

L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève is a borough of the city of Montreal.-Geography:The borough is composed of the former municipalities of L'Île-Bizard and Sainte-Geneviève. The first is a separate island, the largest of the City of Montreal besides the Island of Montreal itself, and the second is a...

 in the City of 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...

, created on January 1, 2002.

This Historic Municipality is a small village populated by a dozen or more traditional Quebec-style dwellings, historical sites and a few left-over colonial mansions! Now shared with a variety of, other later added type of dwellings, from duplex to apartment building, including now, many fantastic retirement retreats! Located on the north-west shore of the Island of Montreal on the Historic Gouin Blvd., overlooking the [Rivière des Prairies] across the river from [Île Bizard]. One of the best spots to witness, on a small local scale, fireworks celebration for St. John the Baptist day! It is surrounded by the former municipality of [Pierrefonds, Quebec] North-West. On January 1, 2002, it was officially part of the City of Montreal and did not choose to secede in the [Montreal Merger~demerger vote]] on June 20, 2004. So now a separate part of one small island of Mtl?

The Cégep Gérald-Godin and the Église Sainte-Geneviève

Église Sainte-Geneviève, Montréal

The Église Sainte-Geneviève is a parish church located in the former village of Sainte-Geneviève, Québec on the north-west shore of the Island of Montreal overlooking the Rivière des Prairies...

, built in 1844 and designed by renowned Quebec architect Thomas Baillargé, are located here.