Montréal-Est, Quebec
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| Montreal-East | |
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| Ville de Montréal-Est | |
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| Coordinates: 45°39′00″N 73°31′00″W / 45.65°N 73.5166667°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Montreal (06) |
| Electoral district | Federal: La Pointe-de-l'Île MP: Francine Lalonde Provincial: Pointe-aux-Trembles (electoral district) MNA: Nicole Léger |
| Creation | June 4, 1910 |
| Annexation | January 1, 2002 |
| Reconstitution | January 1, 2006 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Robert Coutu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.45 km2 (4.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2006 Census) | |
| • Total | 3,822 |
| • Density | 306.9/km2 (795/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal code span | H1B |
| Area code(s) | 514/438 |
- For the former electoral district, please see Montreal East (electoral district).
Montreal East (in French: Montréal-Est), is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the island of Montreal, formerly part of the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est. Montreal-Est has consistently been the home to many large oil refineries since 1915.
Montreal-Est was originally founded in 1910 by businessman Joseph Versailles. On January 1, 2002 it was merged into the City of Montreal. It voted on June 20, 2004 to demerge and was re-established as a town on January 1, 2006. It was the only community in the eastern half of the island that voted to demerge. Montreal East Mayor is Robert Coutu.
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[edit] Refineries
The three refineries are the majority of the Montreal Oil Refining Center.
- Shell Canada Montreal East Refinery : 161,000 barrels per day (bpd) [1]
- Petro Canada Montreal Refinery : 160,000 bpd
- Gulf Oil Canada Ltd. Montreal East Refinery : 65,000 bpd.
Total production: 386,000 bpd
[edit] Demographics
| Mother Tongue | Population | Percentage |
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| French | 3,230 | 87.4% |
| English | 150 | 4.1% |
| English and French | 25 | 0.7% |
| English and a non-official language | ~ | ~ |
| French and a non-official language | 10 | 0.4% |
| English, French and a non-official language | ~ | ~ |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 70 | 1.9% |
| Spanish | 40 | 1.1% |
| Italian | 25 | 0.7% |
| Portuguese | 15 | 0.4% |
| Arabic | 10 | 0.3% |
| Creole | 10 | 0.3% |
| German | 10 | 0.3% |
| Swahili | 10 | 0.3% |
[edit] Rue Dorchester
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.
[edit] Famous people
- Sabrina Dutremble, author who wrote part of the book Le Québec en 2025 (Joey Cornu Editeur).
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Shell production
- ^ "Montreal-Est, V". Detailed Mother Tongue (103), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data. Statistics Canada. 2007-11-20. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89202&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=701&Temporal=2006&Theme=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&GID=773017. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
