Laval (English: ; French: [laval] (listen)) is a Canadian city in southwestern Quebec, north of Montreal. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third-largest city in the province after Montreal and Quebec City, and the thirteenth largest city in Canada with a population of 422,993 in 2016.Laval is geographically separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies. Laval occupies all of Île Jésus as well as the Îles Laval.
Laval forms its own administrative region in Quebec which constitutes the 13th region of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec as well as a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) with geographical code 65. It also constitutes the judicial district of Laval.


Laval is the seat of the judicial district of Laval, which includes territory equivalent to that of a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD). The judicial district comprises all municipalities on Île Jésus as well as three municipalities on Île Bizard.
The incumbent mayor since 2013 is Marc Demers, who was elected without opposition in November 2013. He replaced former mayor Gilles Vaillancourt, who resigned amid allegations of corruption in October 2012 after serving for 23 years.

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