Montréal-Est

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Montreal East (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".) is an on-island suburb in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the island of Montreal. Montreal-Est has been home to many large oil refineries since 1915.

History

The formation of Montréal-Est as a municipality was initiated in 1910 by businessman Joseph Versailles, who had bought Script error: No such module "convert". of land there. The town was incorporated on 4 June 1910 under the name Montreal East, when it separated from Pointe-aux-Trembles and Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies. Versailles was mayor of the town until his death in 1931.[1][2]

On January 1, 2002, as part of the 2002–2006 municipal reorganization of Montreal, it was merged into the City of Montreal and became part of the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est. After a change of government and a 2004 referendum, it was the only community in the eastern half of the Island of Montreal that de-merged, and it was re-constituted as a city on January 1, 2006.

Demographics

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Home language (2021)[4]
Language Population Percentage
French 3,685 87%
English 215 5%
Other languages 195 5%
Mother tongue (2021)[4]
Language Population Percentage
French 3,460 81%
English 180 4%
Other languages 435 10%
Visible minorities (2021)[4]
Ethnicity Population Percentage
Not a visible minority 3,445 80.9%
Visible minorities 805 18.9%

Economy

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Gulf Montreal Refinery

There are three refineries that make up the majority of the Montreal Oil Refining Centre:

Total production: 386,000 bpd

Local government

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Montréal-Est federal election results[6]
Year Liberal Conservative Bloc Québécois New Democratic Green
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2019 Template:Canadian party colour | 24% 438 Template:Canadian party colour | 14% 260 Template:Canadian party colour | 47% 841 Template:Canadian party colour | 10% 178 Template:Canadian party colour | 4% 63
Montréal-Est provincial election results[7]
Year CAQ Liberal QC solidaire Parti Québécois
style="width: 0.25em; background-color: Template:Canadian party colour| 2018 Template:Canadian party colour | 35% 597 Template:Canadian party colour | 12% 202 Template:Canadian party colour | 18% 304 Template:Canadian party colour | 33% 569
style="width: 0.25em; background-color: Template:Canadian party colour| 2014 Template:Canadian party colour | 25% 449 Template:Canadian party colour | 22% 395 Template:Canadian party colour | 7% 133 Template:Canadian party colour | 43% 757

Template:Stack end Montréal-Est forms part of the federal electoral district of La Pointe-de-l'Île and has been represented by Mario Beaulieu of the Bloc Québécois since 2015. Provincially, Montréal-Est is part of the Pointe-aux-Trembles electoral district and is represented by Chantal Rouleau of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.

List of former mayors:[8]

  • Joseph Versailles (1910–1931)
  • Adélard Rivet (1931)
  • Albert Berthiaume (1931–1933)
  • J.-A. Napoléon Courtemanche (1933–1952)
  • Joseph-Émile-Roland MacDuff (1952–1962)
  • Édouard Rivet (1962–1982)
  • Yvon Labrosse (1982–2002, 2006–2009)
  • Robert Coutu (2009–2021)
  • Anne St-Laurent (2021–present)

Attractions

The Dufresne-Nincheri Museum, a historic building in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, has the mission to preserve, study, and influence the history and heritage of Montréal-Est (East Montreal). It was originally named the Château Dufresne Museum.

Transportation

Montréal-Est is served by Notre-Dame Street and Sherbrooke Street, which run east-west through large portions of the Island of Montreal.

Montréal-Est joined Westmount as the only Montreal island municipalities to refuse to adopt the name of Boulevard René-Lévesque for their portion of the major east-west street, Dorchester. To this day, the street is called Rue Dorchester in Montréal-Est.[9] It also preserves a section of Rue de Montigny, which has otherwise been replaced by Boulevard de Maisonneuve apart from one block downtown. Rue Sainte-Catherine and Rue Ontario also reappear in Montréal-Est, far away from their main downtown sections.

North-south streets in the city include Avenue Georges-V and Avenue Marien.

Education

The city is served by two school boards. The French schools are part of the Commission scolaire Pointe-de-l'Ile while the English schools are part of the English Montreal School Board.

Francophone schools:

  • École primaire St-Octave[10]

Notable people

References

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External links

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