Boucherville is part of both the urban agglomeration of Longueuil and Montreal Metropolitan Community regional government.

After having lived in Quebec City and Trois-Rivières, Boucher moved to the Percées Islands by the southern shores of Saint Lawrence River, where he founded Boucherville.

Due to the loss of power, a Canadian National Railway M420W was intentionally derailed and brought to the city hall to serve as an emergency generator.

[6] As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, Boucherville ceased to exist as an independent city on January 1, 2002 and became a borough of Longueuil.

Founder Pierre Boucher is commemorated by a museum in his name at the Séminaire Saint-Joseph and a statue erected at the National Assembly of Quebec, in addition to a monument on the Boucherville's waterfront.

The Carrefour de la Seigneurie shopping mall acted as a commercial anchor to the area, hosting a Dominion supermarket, a branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, a convenience store, a pharmacy and a medical clinic.

All these businesses have since moved on or disappeared and today the mall has been eclipsed by more modern shopping centres such as the Carrefour de la Rive Sud.

Students were bussed to either the Boucherville Elementary School (Protestant) or Marguerite Bourgeois (Catholic).

The Faubourg Sainte-Anne was a neighbourhood located at the south-western edge of the village, at the intersection of what are now the Montarville and Marie-Victorin boulevards (then known as "chemin de la Savanne" and "rue Sainte-Famille" respectively).

[7] Including lots 153 to 159 and serviced by several small streets, the district was last mentioned in notarized records in 1875.

[5] In an 1811 report by Jacques Viger, the village included:[5] Boucherville's industrial park, located near Highway 20 expanded considerably in the 1980s.

[14] Since 1974, the head office of Rona, a Canadian distributor and retailer in hardware, home improvement and gardening products, has been located in Boucherville.

[15] Other companies that are or were based in Boucherville include Campagna Motors, St. Just Aviation, Noveko International, Dana TM4 and Proxim.

"Têtes à claques", a French language internet phenomenon, is also based in the city of Boucherville.

In 1973, a youth drop-in centre, the Maison des Jeunes was opened at 78 boulevard Marie-Victorin.

From March 30, 1974 to late June 1974, the Maison enjoyed financial support from the local Club Richelieu.

[16] It remained there for over a quarter century, with the exception of three months in 1982 when it was relocated to the Boucherville Elementary School while the building was being renovated.

In 2001, the Maison des jeunes la Piaule moved into its new purpose-built facilities on chemin du Lac.

Boucherville's only high school, the French-language public École secondaire de Mortagne[22] was built in 1968.

The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served the municipality.