Beaconsfield, Quebec

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Beaconsfield within the Island of Montreal.

Beaconsfield (2006 Population 19,194) is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, located on the North shore of Lake Saint-Louis, and bordered on the West by Baie-d'Urfé, on the North by Kirkland and on the East by Pointe-Claire. It was incorporated in 1910. It is part of the region of Greater Montreal commonly referred to as the West Island. With the amalgamation of the Island's 27 distinct municipalities on January 1, 2002, it was merged with neighbouring Baie-d'Urfé to create the Borough of Beaconsfield–Baie-d'Urfé, in the city of Montreal. On June 20, 2004 it voted to demerge and was re-established as a city on January 1, 2006.

The population of Beaconsfield is mostly English-speaking. Most buildings in Beaconsfield are single-family homes and bungalows, with very few businesses, so that it may be characterized as a bedroom community. Beaconsfield is also home to a recreation centre that provides swimming, ice hockey, figure skating, karate and many other activities to the community. It houses the Beaconsfield Bluefins, a competitive swim club that has trained athletes from the beginner to the national competition levels, in addition to the Lakeshore Panthers, who are usually among Quebec's top minor hockey league teams.

Beaconsfield is served by the Agence Metropolitain de Transport [1] train system, Beaconsfield and Beaurepaire stations.