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The '''Centre-Sud''' ({{IPA|fr|sɑ̃tʁ syd}}) is a [[List of neighbourhoods in Montreal|neighbourhood]] located in the easternmost edge of the [[Ville-Marie, Montreal|Ville-Marie]] [[boroughs of Montreal|borough]] of the city of [[Montreal]].

Home to Montreal's [[Gay Village, Montreal|Gay Village]] and to the [[Sainte-Marie, Montreal|Sainte-Marie]] area, the Centre-Sud has long been seen as one of the city's most complex and troubled neighbourhoods.<ref name="capone">{{cite news|title=Une nuit avec Capone|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/vivre/urbania/200910/21/01-913463-une-nuit-avec-capone.php|publisher=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]|location=Montreal|date=26 October 2009|access-date=4 January 2021|language=French}}</ref>

Having held a notorious reputation for poverty and [[prostitution]] for decades, particularly on [[Ontario Street (Montreal)|Rue Ontario]] and Rue Dufresne, gentrification has changed the neighbourhood considerably in recent years.<ref name="capone" /><ref name="prostitution">{{cite news|title=Prostitution dans le quartier Centre-Sud: les citoyens exigent des solutions|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2002/09/18/prostitution-dans-le-quartier-centre-sud-les-citoyens-exigent-des-solutions|publisher=[[TVA Nouvelles]]|location=Montreal|date=18 September 2002|access-date=22 November 2020|language=French}}</ref><ref name="prostitution2">{{cite news|title=Prostitution dans le Centre-Sud de Montréal - Le groupe Stella n'apprécie pas les opérations policières|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/1493/prostitution-dans-le-centre-sud-de-montreal-le-groupe-stella-n-apprecie-pas-les-operations-policieres|publisher=[[Le Devoir]]|location=Montreal|date=21 May 2002|access-date=23 January 2021|language=French}}</ref><ref name="gentrification" />

== History ==
=== Early history ===
During the era of [[New France]], when [[Ville-Marie (fort)|the city was fortified]], the populated area east of the walls came to be known as ''Faubourg Québec'', a name that would live on as [[Faubourg à m'lasse]].<ref name="early history">https://ocpm.qc.ca/sites/ocpm.qc.ca/files/pdf/P97/4.2_cartes_historiques_ville-marie_2009.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627142133/https://ocpm.qc.ca/sites/ocpm.qc.ca/files/pdf/P97/4.2_cartes_historiques_ville-marie_2009.pdf |date=2022-06-27 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

In 1782, the [[Molson family]] settled the area, purchasing a small [[brasserie]] from [[Irish people|Irishman]] Thomas Loyd, which eventually developed into [[Molson Brewery|the brewery of the same name]].<ref name="early history" />

Following the [[Lower Canada Rebellion]], several [[Patriote movement|patriots]] were hanged at the [[Pied-du-Courant Prison]], a prison by the water. It ceased to be a prison in 1912, and the historic building was acquired by the [[Société des alcools du Québec|SAQ]] in 1921, serving as its head office for a time.<ref name="early history" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/memoiresdesmontrealais/la-prison-au-pied-du-courant-et-le-monument-aux-patriotes|title = La prison Au-Pied-du-Courant et le monument aux Patriotes|date = 15 May 2020}}</ref>

Construction of the [[Jacques Cartier Bridge]] began in 1925, and was opened to traffic on May 14, 1930, becoming a prominent landmark in the neighbourhood.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://jacquescartierchamplain.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_Fiche_Pont_JC_EN_WEB_2020-08.pdf| title=Jacques Cartier Bridge| website=Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (JCCBI)| access-date=2020-08-30| archive-date=2020-09-21| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921115328/https://jacquescartierchamplain.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_Fiche_Pont_JC_EN_WEB_2020-08.pdf| url-status=dead}}</ref>

A large section of the neighbourhood known as [[Faubourg à m'lasse]] was torn down in 1963 to build the [[Maison Radio-Canada]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Jeanne|last=Corriveau|title=Réinventer le "Faubourg à m'lasse"|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/2008/12/13/223164.html|publisher=[[Le Devoir]]|location=Montreal|date=13 December 2008|access-date=14 December 2008|language=French}}</ref>

=== Contemporary ===
[[File:Rue Dufresne.jpg|thumb|150px| ''Rue Dufresne'', was notorious for [[prostitution]] and [[drug house]]s from the 1990s to 2010s<ref name="capone" /><ref name="pute de rue" />]]
[[File:Graffiti Rue Ontario.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Street art|Mural]] on ''[[Ontario Street (Montreal)|Rue Ontario]]'', acknowledging the Centre-Sud's long held reputation for prostitution]]

An impoverished [[working class]] neighbourhood, the Centre-Sud began attracting members of the gay and lesbian community in the 1980s, due in part to affordability, after the migration of many gay businesses from other parts of the city. The area between St-Hubert and De Lorimier developed into the [[Gay Village, Montreal|Gay Village]] by the 1990s as a result.

During the [[Quebec Biker War]], the [[Rock Machine]] had their bunker in the Centre-Sud from 1992 to 1997,<ref name="rock machine">{{cite news|title=L'ancien bunker des Rock Machine n'est plus qu'un amas de débris|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2001/10/18/lancien-bunker-des-rock-machine-nest-plus-quun-amas-de-debris|publisher=[[TVA Nouvelles]]|location=Montreal|date=18 October 2001|access-date=24 November 2020|language=French}}</ref> which contributed to a bad reputation for poverty,<ref>{{cite news|first=Dominique|last=Forget|title=Mon quartier me rend malade|url=https://lactualite.com/sante-et-science/mon-quartier-me-rend-malade/|publisher=[[L'Actualité]]|location=Montreal|date=8 May 2013|access-date=22 November 2020|language=French}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-_0csCC1hY |title=CONTE DU CENTRE SUD - Bande annonce |date=2016-07-06 |last=cinémaniak |access-date=2024-06-10 |via=YouTube}}</ref> organized crime and [[prostitution]].<ref name="capone" /><ref name="prostitution" /><ref name="prostitution2" /><ref name="pute de rue">{{cite book|title=Pute de Rue|publisher=[[:fr:Éditions des Intouchables|Éditions des Intouchables]]|author=Nadeau, Roxanne|date=24 September 2003|isbn=2-89549-119-4|language=French|url=https://www.gallimardmontreal.com/catalogue/livre/pute-de-rue-nadeau-roxanne-9782895491194}}</ref><ref name="jolicoeur">{{cite book|title=Hôtel Jolicoeur|publisher=Self-Publication|author=Collective authors|date=January 2013|isbn=978-2-9813755-0-6|language=French|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/373278/les-vies-revees-d-un-bordel-disparu}}</ref><ref name="fille de rue">{{cite book|title=L'enfer d'une fille de rue|publisher=[[:fr:Béliveau Éditeur|Béliveau Éditeur]]|author=St-Sauveur, Isa-Belle|date=2020|isbn=978-2-89793-106-3|language=French|url= https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2020/02/27/lenfer-dune-fille-de-rue}}</ref>

In 2001, a section of the neighbourhood known as ''l'îlot Huron'', where the bunker and other illicit businesses thrived, was demolished to build a ramp to the Jacques Cartier Bridge and a large park, ''Parc des Faubourgs''.<ref name="rock machine" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://basdelacote.net/le-parc-des-faubourgs/|title=Le parc des Faubourgs &#124; chroniques du bas de la côte|access-date=2020-12-06|archive-date=2020-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030194143/http://basdelacote.net/le-parc-des-faubourgs/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Parc des Faubourgs.jpg|thumb|right|''Parc des Faubourgs'', former site of the [[Rock Machine]] bunker]]

In recent years the neighbourhood has experienced significant [[gentrification]] and social change.<ref name="gentrification">{{cite news|title=Embourgeoisement : que va devenir le quartier Centre-Sud?|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/le-15-18/segments/reportage/102100/montreal-developpement-immobilier-condos|publisher=[[Ici Radio-Canada Télé|Radio Canada]]|location=Montreal|date=15 January 2019|access-date=6 December 2020|language=French}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Faced with eviction, tenants in Centre-Sud throw a protest party|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/eviction-party-centre-sud-1.5198712|publisher=[[Ici Radio-Canada Télé|Radio Canada]]|location=Montreal|date=7 July 2019|access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref>

== Features ==
The [[Jacques Cartier Bridge]] and the [[Maison Radio-Canada]] are prominent in the skyline, as well as the [[Sûreté du Québec]]'s headquarters, known as the ''Prison Parthenais''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sqi.gouv.qc.ca/immeubles-pat/Pages/Mtl-WilfridDerome-1701Parthenais-3214.aspx|title=Registre patrimonial SQI - Édifice Wilfrid-Derome - 1701, rue Parthenais, Montréal|access-date=2020-12-19|archive-date=2022-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318070655/https://www.sqi.gouv.qc.ca/immeubles-pat/Pages/Mtl-WilfridDerome-1701Parthenais-3214.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Notable features include the [[Molson Brewery]], [[Gay Village, Montreal|Gay Village]], [[Hopital Notre-Dame]], [[Macdonald Tobacco|JTI MacDonald]] tobacco company and the historic [[Pied-du-Courant Prison|Pied-du-Courant prison]].

The Cente-Sud is well known for its [[street art]] and  murals, notably of Québécois singers and actors, including [[Paul Buissonneau]], [[Raymond Lévesque]], [[Marjo (singer)|Marjo]], [[Robert Gravel]], [[Pauline Julien]], [[Plume Latraverse]] and [[Yvon Deschamps]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imtl.org/quartier/Centre-sud.php?TheTYPE=2&subType=11&detail=1|title = Les murales du quartier Centre-Sud de Montreal}}</ref>

Due to its poverty and proximity to [[Downtown Montreal|downtown]], a significant number of [[Homeless shelter|shelters]], [[supervised injection site]]s<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.spectrederue.org/accueil/ |title=Notre mission et nos valeurs – Spectre de rue |access-date=2020-12-22 |archive-date=2020-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221113046/http://www.spectrederue.org/accueil/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and resources for the homeless are located in the neighbourhood. This includes [[Dans la Rue]] for [[Youth homelessness|homeless youth]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://danslarue.org/en/contact-us/|title=Contact us - Organization helping homeless and at-risk youth in Montreal – dans la rue}}</ref> and the [[Old Brewery Mission]]'s ''Patricia Mackenzie Pavilion'' for [[Homelessness in Canada|homeless women]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.missionoldbrewery.ca/en/contact/|title=Contact|access-date=2020-12-21|archive-date=2023-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511015107/https://www.missionoldbrewery.ca/en/contact/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Another shelter, ''Refuge des Jeunes'', for young men 18-25, is also in the Centre-Sud.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.refugedesjeunes.org/en/|title = Le Refuge des Jeunes}}</ref>

== Public services ==
The city of Montreal operates the ''[[:fr:Bibliothèque Frontenac|Bibliothèque Frontenac]]'' and ''[[:fr:Bibliothèque Père-Ambroise|Bibliothèque Père-Ambroise]]'' [[Public library|libraries]] respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://montreal.ca/lieux/bibliotheque-frontenac|title=Bibliothèque Frontenac|date=26 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://montreal.ca/lieux/bibliotheque-pere-ambroise|title = Bibliothèque Père-Ambroise| date=21 December 2023 }}</ref>

The city also operates several indoor pools and arenas including the ''Aréna Camillien-Houde'', ''Centre Jean-Claude-Malépart'' and ''Piscine Quintal''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://montreal.ca/lieux/arena-camillien-houde|title = Aréna Camillien-Houde| date=5 September 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://montreal.ca/lieux/centre-jean-claude-malepart|title = Centre Jean-Claude-Malépart}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://montreal.ca/lieux/piscine-quintal|title = Piscine Quintal| date=21 August 2023 }}</ref>

The [[City hall|borough hall]] of [[Ville-Marie, Montreal|Ville-Marie]], is also located in the Centre-Sud, in the Place Dupuis shopping mall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://montreal.ca/lieux/mairie-darrondissement-de-ville-marie|title=Mairie d'arrondissement de Ville-Marie}}</ref>

== Geography ==
The neighbourhood is bordered by the [[Saint Lawrence River]] to the south, [[Saint Hubert Street]] to the west, the [[Canadian Pacific]] rail line to the east and [[Sherbrooke Street]] to the north.

[[The Plateau]] is located to the north, [[Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve]] to the east and the [[Quartier Latin, Montreal|Quartier Latin]] to the west.

Its main arteries running east to west are [[Ontario Street|Rue Ontario]], [[De Maisonneuve Boulevard|Boulevard De Maisonneuve]], [[Saint Catherine Street|Rue Saint Catherine Est]] and [[René Lévesque Boulevard|Boulevard René Lévesque]].

Major streets and avenues running north to south include [[Saint Hubert Street|Saint-Hubert]], [[Papineau Avenue|Papineau]], [[De Lorimier Avenue|De Lorimier]], [[D'Iberville Street|D'Iberville]] and Frontenac.

== Transportation ==
The neighbourhood is accessible by the following [[Montreal Metro]] stations, [[Frontenac (Montreal Metro)|Frontenac]], [[Papineau (Montreal Metro)|Papineau]], [[Beaudry (Montreal Metro)|Beaudry]] and [[Berri-UQAM]] (partly).

The following [[Société de transport de Montréal|STM]] bus routes pass through the Centre-Sud;
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|{{rint|montreal|bus|10}}
|De Lorimier
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|{{rint|montreal|bus|14}}
|Atateken 
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|{{rint|montreal|bus|15}}
|Sainte-Catherine
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|{{rint|montreal|bus|30}}
|Saint-Denis/Saint-Hubert
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|{{rint|montreal|bus|34}}
|Sainte-Catherine
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|{{rint|montreal|bus|45}}
|Papineau
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|{{rint|montreal|bus|85}}
|Hochelaga
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|{{rint|montreal|bus|94}}
|D'Iberville
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|{{rint|montreal|bus|125}}
|Ontario
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|{{rint|montreal|bus|185}}
|Sherbrooke
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|{{rint|montreal|bus|night|355}}
|Papineau
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|{{rint|montreal|bus|night|358}}
|Sainte-Catherine
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|{{rint|montreal|bus|445}}
|Express Papineau
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== Education ==
The [[Commission scolaire de Montréal]] (CSDM) operates French-language public schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cssdm.gouv.qc.ca/trouver-une-ecole/|title = Trouver une école}}</ref>

=== Elementary ===
* ''École Marguerite-Bourgeoys''
* ''École Garneau''
* ''École Champlain''
* ''École Jean-Baptiste-Meilleur''
* ''École Saint-Anselme''

=== Secondary ===
* ''École Pierre-Dupuy''

=== Specialized ===
* ''École des métiers des Faubourgs-de-Montréal''
* ''École Éducation pour Adultes Centre Lartigue''
* ''École Éducation pour Adultes Centre Gédéon-Ouimet''

== Politics ==
The neighbourhood is part of the [[Montreal City Council]] district of Sainte-Marie and the federal riding of [[Laurier—Sainte-Marie]]. Provincially it’s part of [[Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques]], with a small eastern corner in the [[Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (provincial electoral district)|Hochelaga-Maisonneuve]] riding, despite not being part of that neighbourhood.

== Notable people ==
* [[:fr:Richard Beaulieu|Richard Beaulieu]], [[comic book]] artist and writer<ref name="chroniques" />
* [[Janette Bertrand]], journalist and actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advitam - Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec |url=https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/695611 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=advitam.banq.qc.ca}}</ref>
* [[Dino Bravo]] (1948-1993), professional wrestler
* [[Daniel Breton]], environment activist and former MNA for Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques
* [[André Desjardins]] (1930-2000), corrupt trade unionist and [[loanshark]], notably involved with the mafia and later [[Mom Boucher]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Fournier |first=Louis |date=1992 |title= Louis Laberge : le syndicalisme, c'est ma vie |
trans-title= |url= |language= French |location= |publisher=  Québec / Amérique | page=418| isbn= 2-89037-565-X}}</ref>
* [[Camillien Houde]] (1889-1958), former [[Mayor of Montreal|mayor]] of Montreal<ref>Débats reconstitués de l'assemblée législative : [https://web.archive.org/web/20070101140051/http://www.assnat.qc.ca/Indexweb/Recherche.aspx?cat=sv&Session=rd16l1se&Section=particip&Requete=HOUDE%20Camillien%20(Montr%C3%A9al-Sainte-Marie) débats de 1923-1924],[https://web.archive.org/web/20070101140105/http://www.assnat.qc.ca/Indexweb/Recherche.aspx?cat=sv&Session=rd16l3se&Section=particip&Requete=HOUDE%20Camillien%20(Montr%C3%A9al-Sainte-Marie) débats de 1926],[https://web.archive.org/web/20070101140118/http://www.assnat.qc.ca/Indexweb/Recherche.aspx?cat=sv&Session=rd16l4se&Section=particip&Requete=HOUDE%20Camillien%20(Montr%C3%A9al-Sainte-Marie) débats de 1927]. ''"À partir de cette époque, on le surnomme « le p'tit gars de Sainte-Marie », surnom qui lui restera"''.</ref>
* [[Gilles Latulippe]] (1937-2014), comedian and actor<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-07 |title=LATULIPPE, Gilles – ARTUS |url=https://artus.ca/latulippe-gilles/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* [[Léo Major]] (1921-2008), WW2 veteran and recipient of the [[Distinguished Conduct Medal]] (DCM)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paré |first=Jason |date=2020-11-17 |title=Léo Major: un héros de guerre québécois méconnu |url=https://journalmetro.com/local/mercier-hochelaga-maisonneuve/2580640/leo-major-heros-guerre-quebecois-meconnu/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Journal Métro |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* [[Manon Massé]], social activist, co-spokesperson of [[Québec solidaire|Québec Solidaire]], MNA for Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques<ref>{{cite web | url-access=limited  |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/336600869757204/3595071730576752 |archive-date = 2022-04-27| url = https://www.facebook.com/QS.ManonMasse/posts/3595071730576752 |title = Manon Massé on Facebook  |website=[[Facebook]]}}{{cbignore}}''"J’habite le Centre-Sud de Montréal. Dans ma circonscription, Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques, l’itinérance, on la côtoie au quotidien..."''{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>

== Popular culture ==
The neighbourhood is the subject of [[:fr:Richard Beaulieu|Richard Beaulieu]]’s ''Chroniques du Centre-Sud'', a 2014 graphic novel portraying the neighbourhood in the 1990s.<ref name="chroniques">{{cite book|title=Chroniques du Centre-Sud|publisher=[[:fr:Pow Pow|Éditions Pow Pow]]|author=Suicide, Richard|date=March 2014|isbn= 978-2-924049-14-3|language=French|url=https://editionspowpow.com/boutique/chroniques-du-centre-sud-2/}}</ref>

The novel ''Ces Spectres Agités'' by [[Louis Hamelin]] is also set in the Centre-Sud.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ces Spectres Agités|publisher=[[:fr:Éditions du Boréal|Boréal]]|pages= 12, 40, 60–62, 134, 230|author=Hamelin, Louis|date=1991|isbn=978-2-7646-2057-1|language=French|url=https://www.editionsboreal.qc.ca/catalogue/livres/ces-spectres-agites-1768.html}}</ref>

In 2013, a group of collaborative authors and photographers, released ''Hôtel Jolicoeur''. A novel, in a scrapbook format, about a former [[motel]] and [[brothel]] located in the heart of the Centre-Sud, on the corner of Ontario and Papineau.<ref name="jolicoeur" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Les vies rêvées d'un bordel disparu|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/373278/les-vies-revees-d-un-bordel-disparu|publisher=[[Le Devoir]]|location=Montreal|date=16 March 2013|access-date=24 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hôtel Jolicoeur, un étrange objet|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/livres/201304/02/01-4636863-hotel-jolicoeur-un-etrange-objet.php|publisher=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]|location=Montreal|date=2 April 2013|access-date=24 December 2020}}</ref>

Other novels set in the Centre-Sud include the autobiographies ''Pute de Rue'' (2003) by Roxanne Nadeau<ref name="pute de rue" /> and ''L’Enfer d’une fille de rue'' (2020) by Isa-Belle St-Sauveur.<ref name="fille de rue" />

The 2003 documentary, ''[[Sexe de rue]]'', focuses on  prostitution in the neighbourhood.

[[Atach Tatuq]] released a song about the Centre-Sud in 2005 entitled ''Australie'' in their final album [[Deluxxx]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBEmWn9ZopY |title=Dee (Atach Tatuq) - Australie |date=2009-07-28 |last=tranceplante |access-date=2024-06-10 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

It's also featured in ''Rue Ontario'', a 2010 single by [[Bernard Adamus]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmhskszxZF4 |title=Rue Ontario (MHMHMH) (feat. Bernard Adamus) |date=2011-01-24 |last=poskal |access-date=2024-06-10 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
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|File:Quartier_Sainte-Marie.jpg
 |alt1=Sainte-Marie, looking south towards the Jacques Cartier bridge 
 |Sainte-Marie, looking south towards the Jacques Cartier bridge 
|File:Cbc-bldg.jpg
 |alt2=The Maison Radio-Canada
 |The Maison Radio-Canada
|File:Macdonald Tobacco Montreal.JPG 
 |alt3=The historic [[JTI-Macdonald Corp|JTI MacDonald]] factory on Ontario Street 
 |The historic [[JTI-Macdonald Corp|JTI MacDonald]] factory on Ontario Street
|File:Saint Catherine Street, rainbow, Montreal 1.jpg 
 |alt4=The Gay Village
 |The Gay Village
|File:Frontenac Station Montreal Metro.jpg
 |alt5=The area around the Frontenac station
 |The area around the Frontenac station
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.imtl.org/montreal/borough/Centre-sud.php]

{{Geographic Location (8-way)
 | Centre    = Centre-Sud
 | North     = [[Image:Flag of Montreal.svg|25px]] [[Le Plateau-Mont-Royal]] ([[Montreal]]) 
 | Northeast = [[Image:Flag of Montreal.svg|25px]] [[Rosemont, Montreal|Rosemont]] ([[Montreal]]) 
 | East      = [[Image:Flag of Montreal.svg|25px]] [[Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve]] ([[Montreal]]) | Southeast = 
 | South     = ''[[Saint Lawrence River]]''
 | Southwest = [[Image:Flag of Montreal.svg|25px]] [[Old Montreal]] ([[Montreal]])  
 | West      = [[Image:Flag of Montreal.svg|25px]] [[Quartier Latin, Montreal|Quartier Latin]] ([[Montreal]]) 
 | Northwest =  
}} 
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{{Prostitution in Canada}}

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[[Category:Ville-Marie, Montreal]]
[[Category:Centre-Sud]]
[[Category:LGBTQ culture in Montreal]]
[[Category:Red-light districts in Canada]]
[[Category:Skid rows]]
[[Category:Poverty in Canada]]
[[Category:Homelessness in Canada]]
[[Category:Urban decay in Canada]]
[[Category:Gentrification in Canada]]
[[Category:Gay villages in Canada]]