L'Informateur de Rivière-des-Prairies is indispensable not only for the hundreds of clients and advertisers in Riviere-des-Prairies, but also for consumers in Montreal-Nord, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montreal-Est, Anjou and Saint-Leonard. In addition to its objective and timely news coverage, L'Informateur is appreciated for lending strong support to major local events.

Coverage: Rivière-des-Prairies (i.e., part of the borough of Pointe-aux-Trembles/Rivière-des-Prairies)

Foundation:
Under the leadership of co-owners and co-publishers Nicole Kingsley and Jean-Guy Forest, the first issue of L'Informateur de Rivière-des-Prairies appeared on March 28, 1984, as a continuation of Babillard, which was founded in 1982. It had 16 pages and a circulation of 11,000.

L'Informateur was the first commercial newspaper in Riviere-des-Prairies - a personal achievement for Jean-Guy Forest, the driving force behind many plans and projects for the community's economic and political future. In 1989, the paper was sold to Télémédia, and, in 1995, to Transcontinental.

Run: 20,553 copies weekly

Prominent Facts:
- A market of more than 58,682 people
- $767,172,018 Cdn in consumer spending
- 66.1% are homeowners