residents were non-religious or secular, up from 11.6% in 2011. 5.1% belonged to other religions, up from 1.3% in 2011. The largest non-Christian religions were Islam (4.2%) and Buddhism (0.4%). The 2021 census found that 82.2% of residents spoke French as a mother tongue. Although 60.0% of residents reported knowledge of both English and French, English was the mother tongue of only 4.1% of respondents. The next most frequent native languages were Arabic (2.3%), Spanish (1.7%), and Portuguese (1.0%). Government Richard Perreault, the leader of Vrai Blainville, has served as mayor since his 59-41 win against Florent Gravel (Mouvemment Blainville) in 2013. In 2017, he was re-elected with over 75% of the vote in a race that pitted him against Gravel again. Blainville forms part of the federal electoral district of Therese-de-Blainville and has been represented by Louise Chabot of the Bloc Québécois since 2019. Provincially, Blainville is part of the Blainville electoral district and is represented by Mario Laframboise of the Coalition Avenir Québec party. Former mayors Roger Boisvert (1968-1973) André De Carufel (1973-1977) Paul Mercier (1977-1993) Onil Charron (1993) Pierre Gingras (1993-2005) François Cantin (2005-2013) Richard Perreault (2013-) Economy The brewery of Les Brasseurs du Nord, makers of Boréale beer, is located in Blainville. Sports Blainville co-hosted the 2009 Quebec Winter Games along with Rosemère and Sainte-Thérèse. The application of the three cities was sponsored by Gaétan Boucher a former Canadian Olympic speed skating champion and four time Olympic medalist. The event took place in March, and a semi-Olympic pool was built in Blainville. In July 2004, Le Fontainebleau Golf Club hosted John Daly, Vijay Singh, Phil Mickelson and Hank Kuehne. In July 2010, it hosted the Montreal Championship, a PGA Tour event. The event had been scheduled again in 2011 but did not take place. The event has since relocated to the La Vallée du Richelieu Golf Club on the south shore. The city's soccer team is A.S. Blainville. The city of Blainville also has a hockey team which competes in the QMJHL, the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. Transportation Blainville is served by the Blainville commuter rail station on the Réseau de transport métropolitain's Saint-Jérôme line. Local bus service is provided by RTM Laurentides. Education The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) operates Francophone public schools. 10 elementary schools in Blainville as well as one in Lorraine and one in Sainte-Thérèse École secondaire Henri-Dunant École secondaire Lucille-Teasdale Some areas