Manufacturers include paint, construction materials, printers, and hospital supplies.

Attractions include Parc de la Chute-Montmorency (Montmorency Falls Park), which contains a fortification built in 1759 by James Wolfe and Manoir Montmorency, the home from 1791 to 1794 of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn.

An Internment camp was set up at The Armoury in Beauport, Quebec from December 1914 to June 1916.

[2] It was incorporated as a city in 1976 through the amalgamation of seven municipalities (Beauport, Saint-Michel-Archange, Giffard, Villeneuve, Montmorency, Courville and Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux).

During the 1990s its population continued to grow because of its economic diversification, available space, and outdoor recreational opportunities.