Boroughs of Montreal
Appearance
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The city of Montreal is divided into 19 boroughs (in French, arrondissements), each with a mayor and council.
Powers
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The borough council is responsible for:
- Fire prevention
- Removal of household waste and residual materials
- Funding of community
- Social and local economic development agencies
- Planning and management of parks and recreational facilities
- Cultural and sports facilities, organization of recreational sports and sociocultural activities
- Maintaining local roads
- Issuing permits
- Public consultations for amendments to city planning bylaws
- Public consultations and dissemination of information to the public
- Land use planning and borough development.
List of Montreal boroughs
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Number (map) |
Borough | Population Canada 2016 Census[1] |
Area in km² |
Density per km² |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Ahuntsic-Cartierville | 134,245 |
24.2 |
5,547.3
|
2. | Anjou | 42,796 |
13.7 |
3,123.8
|
3. | Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | 166,520 |
21.4 |
7,781.3
|
4. | Lachine | 44,489 |
17.7 |
2,513.5
|
5. | LaSalle | 76,853 |
16.3 |
4,714.9
|
6. | Le Plateau-Mont-Royal | 104,000 |
8.1 |
12,839.5
|
7. | Le Sud-Ouest | 78,151 |
15.7 |
4,977.8
|
8. | L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève | 18,413 |
23.6 |
780.2
|
9. | Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | 136,024 |
25.4 |
5,355.3
|
10. | Montréal-Nord | 84,234 |
11.1 |
7,588.6
|
11. | Outremont | 23,954 |
3.9 |
6,142.0
|
12. | Pierrefonds-Roxboro | 69,297 |
27.1 |
2,557.1
|
13. | Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles | 106,734 |
42.3 |
2,523.2
|
14. | Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie | 139,590 |
15.9 |
8,779.2
|
15. | Saint-Laurent | 98,828 |
42.8 |
2,309.1
|
16. | Saint-Léonard | 78,305 |
13.5 |
5,800.4
|
17. | Verdun | 69,229 |
9.7 |
7,137.0
|
18. | Ville-Marie | 89,170 |
16.5 |
5,404.2
|
19. | Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension | 143,853 |
16.5 |
8,718.3
|
List of former boroughs
Map
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Montreal_arrondissements.png/400px-Montreal_arrondissements.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Montreal-boroughs-post-demerger.png/400px-Montreal-boroughs-post-demerger.png)
See also
References
- ^ "Population totale en 2011 et en 2016 - Variation — Densité" (PDF). Canada 2016 Census (in French). Ville de Montréal. 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2018.