On August 10, 1960, it passed a resolution expressing its desire to merge the three municipalities and the city of Laval-des-Rapides, under the name "Cité de Laval".

On January 16, 1961 The referendum was won by the "fusionist", and the birth of the new city was celebrated by civic festivities, held from October 8 to 15, 1961.

[1] Chomedey is bordered on the south by the Rivière des Prairies, on the east by Laval-des-Rapides, Duvernay and Vimont, on the north by Sainte-Rose, on the north-west by Fabreville and on the west by Sainte-Dorothée.

It includes a large number of Jews, Christians, Muslims, Portuguese, Lebanese, Algerians, Moroccans, Syrians, Egyptians, Haitians, Italians, Armenians and the largest Greek community of Quebec.

Mirroring the geographic linguistic divisions in Montreal, there are more English-speakers in the west of Ile Jesus than in the east, and Chomedey has been home to the city's Anglophone and allophone minorities, notably a large community of Greeks.

des Prairies is a biotechnology museum named after Dr.Armand Frappier who was instrumental in the fight against tuberculosis in Canada [18][19] Église and Park Saint-Maxime, between 77e and 80e Avenue.

Prior to the church's construction in 1958, religious services were celebrated in the first École Saint-Maxime, located at 3781, boulevard Lévesque.

The present-day metal Lachapelle bridge dates from 1890 and was doubled in size in 1977 after undergoing extensive modifications in 1940.

The first bridge that linked the banks of Montréal and île Jésus was built of wood around 1848 and replaced the ferry that brought travellers from Cartierville to L'Abord-à-Plouffe.

The Centre seeks to satisfy residents' social, recreational and cultural needs by offering a wide range of activities aimed at different age groups.