Saint-Laurent, Quebec

Coordinates: 45°30′07″N 73°42′25″W / 45.502°N 73.707°W / 45.502; -73.707
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Not to be confused with Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, known simply as "Saint-Laurent" before 1998.
Saint-Laurent
Borough of Montreal
Saint-Laurent borough hall.
Saint-Laurent borough hall.
Official logo of Saint-Laurent
Location on the Island of Montreal. (Dark grey areas indicate demerged municipalities).
Location on the Island of Montreal.
(Dark grey areas indicate demerged municipalities).
Coordinates: 45°30′07″N 73°42′25″W / 45.502°N 73.707°W / 45.502; -73.707
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionMontréal
EstablishedJanuary 01, 2002
Electoral Districts
Federal
Saint-Laurent
ProvincialSaint-Laurent and
Acadie
Government
[1][2][3]
 • TypeBorough
 • MayorAlan DeSousa (EM)
 • Federal MP(s)Emmanuella Lambropoulos (LPC)
 • Quebec MNA(s)Marwah Rizqy (PLQ)
Christine St-Pierre (PLQ)
Area
[4]
 • Land42.88 km2 (16.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[5]
 • Total98,828
 • Density2,310.7/km2 (5,985/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
Increase 5.3%
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)EDT
Postal code(s)
H4L, H4M, H4R, H4S, H4T
Area code(s)(514) and (438)
Highways
A-13
A-15
A-40
A-520
Websiteville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=8297%2C91205594&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Saint-Laurent (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ loʁɑ̃]) is a borough of the city of Montreal, the largest in area of Montreal's boroughs. Prior to its 2002 merger, it was a city.

History

Saint-Laurent was first settled in 1700 after land grants were given, including one to Bernard Bleignier dir Jarry, who is associated later with a village mayor and city councillor. Saint-Laurent was founded as the Parish of Saint-Laurent in 1720.

Merger and proposed demerger

The City of Saint-Laurent or Ville Saint-Laurent was merged into the City of Montreal on January 1, 2002, by the Parti Québécois government. On June 20, 2004, the demerger forces lost a referendum on the issue of recreating Saint-Laurent as a city. While 75% of the turnout voted to demerge, this only represented 28.5% of the total eligible voting population, falling short of the requisite 35% as set by the province.

Geography

Neighbourhoods within this borough include Bois-Franc and Norgate.

The borough has two municipal districts: Norman-McLaren and Côte-de-Liesse.[6]

Demographics

Historical populations
YearPop.±%
196659,188—    
197162,955+6.4%
197664,404+2.3%
198165,900+2.3%
198667,002+1.7%
199172,402+8.1%
199674,240+2.5%
200177,391+4.2%
200684,833+9.6%
201193,842+10.6%
201698,828+5.3%
[5]
Home language (2016)[7]
Language Population Percentage (%)
French 31,380 37%
English 21,530 25%
Other languages 32,185 38%

Mother tongue figures from the 2016 census of Canada are: French (26,950), English (13,360), non-official languages (51,310) largest linguistic groups are Arabic, Chinese, Greek and Spanish.

In 2016 the immigrant population was 54% percent.

Ethnicity Population Percent
Canadian 16,685 21.78%
French 9,570 12.49%
Lebanese 7,875 10.28%
Israeli 6,765 9.98%
Chinese 5,460 7.13%
Greek 4,265 5.57%
Italian 3,285 4.29%
English 2,800 3.66%
Irish 2,375 3.1%
East Indian 2,265 2.96%

Linguistic trend

Mother tongue language (2006)[4]
Language 1996 2001 2006
French 23,715 24,520 24,280
English 13,550 12,805 13,290
English and French 1,540 1,030 710
Other languages 35,445 38,255 45,590
Population 74,240 77,391 84,833
Historic houses in Saint-Laurent.

Economy

Air Canada Centre, Air Canada headquarters

Saint-Laurent is the second-largest employment hub within the metropolitan region, after downtown Montréal.[8]

Air Canada Centre,[9] also known as La Rondelle ("The Puck" in French), is Air Canada's headquarters,[10] located on the grounds of Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport and in Saint-Laurent.[11][12] In 1990 the airline announced that it was moving its headquarters from Downtown Montreal to the airport to cut costs.[13]

In addition Air Transat's headquarters and a regional office of Air Canada Jazz are in Saint-Laurent and on the grounds of Trudeau Airport.[14][15] Before its dissolution Jetsgo was headquartered in Saint-Laurent.[16]

Bombardier Aerospace has the Amphibious Aircraft Division in Saint-Laurent.[17]

Norgate Shopping Centre (a strip mall) is the oldest shopping centre in Canada. It was built in Saint-Laurent in 1949, is still operational, and was refurbished in the 2010s.

From 1974 to 1979, General Motors Diesel Division buses were built in a plant in Saint-Laurent.

Decarie Hot Dog[18] (French: Décarie Hot Dogs; founded 1969)[19] is a greasy spoon diner counter restaurant and landmark located in Saint-Laurent.

Government

Borough council

Saint-Laurent is divided into two districts, Norman-McLaren and Côte-de-Liesse. The Norman-McLaren district is named for Norman McLaren, a cinema pioneer at the National Film Board of Canada, whose headquarters are located in the borough district.

As of the November 5, 2017 Montreal municipal election, the current borough council consists of the following councillors:

District Position Name   Party
— Borough mayor
City councillor 		Alan DeSousa   Ensemble Montréal
Côte-de-Liesse City councillor Francesco Miele   Ensemble Montréal
Borough councillor Jacques Cohen   Ensemble Montréal
Norman-McLaren City councillor Aref Salem   Ensemble Montréal
Borough councillor Michèle Biron   Ensemble Montréal

Federal riding of Saint-Laurent

Main article: Saint-Laurent (electoral district)

The riding has elected a Liberal Party of Canada member of Parliament since its creation in 1986. Before that, it was a part of the riding Dollard, which was represented by Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MP Gerry Weiner. The fall of the PC Party resulted in the riding becoming a Liberal Stronghold. It was the riding of longtime MP and former federal Liberal leader Stéphane Dion. Dion has represented the riding since 1996. He survived the Orange Wave that eliminated many of his Liberal cohort in the federal election of 2011, besting his closest adversary by greater than 5700 votes.[20]

Infrastructure

Borough Hall of Saint-Laurent.

Saint-Laurent has three fire stations and two police stations, one municipal court building, two libraries, the former City Hall (now the borough hall). There are two indoor hockey arenas, the municipal Raymond Bourque Arena, named after Raymond Bourque a former NHL player and Hockey Hall of Fame member and a Multipurpose Sports Complex.[21] There is also the commercial Bonaventure's Arena which has rinks available for rent.

Transportation

Saint-Laurent has many transportation links, with one Exo bus terminus (Terminus Côte-Vertu), two Montreal Metro stations (du Collège, Côte-Vertu), three commuter train stations (Bois-Franc, du Ruisseau and Montpellier), four autoroutes (Autoroute 15 (Decarie Expressway and Laurentian Autoroute), Autoroute 40 - Metropolitan Boulevard/Transcanada Highway, Autoroute 520, and Autoroute 13), and a secondary highway (Route 117), in addition to major urban boulevards (Marcel-Laurin Boulevard, Henri Bourassa Boulevard, Cavendish Boulevard, Côte-Vertu Boulevard, Decarie Boulevard, Thimens Boulevard). The former Cartierville Airport is no more, having been turned into a residential subdivision called Bois-Franc.

Part of Trudeau International Airport also lies within the territory of Saint-Laurent.[11][22]

Education

LaurenHill Academy

Saint-Laurent contains two CÉGEPs within its limits, one English (Vanier College) and one French (Cégep de Saint-Laurent). An art museum, the Saint-Laurent Museum of Art, is located on the campus of Cégep de Saint-Laurent, along with a bowling alley and an indoor college hockey rink.

The Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys (CSMB) operates Francophone public schools. The district operates the École secondaire Saint-Laurent buildings Émile-Legault and Saint-Germain in Saint-Laurent.[23] It also operates multiple primary schools and the Centre de formation professionnelle Léonard-De Vinci (Édifice Côte-Vertu and Édifice Thimens).[24]

The English Montreal School Board (EMSB) operates the following Anglophone public schools in the borough:[25]

Private schools:

  • École Alex Manoogian(ՀԲԸՄ ԱԼԵՔ ՄԱՆՈՒԿԵԱՆ ՎԱՐԺԱՐԱՆ)-Armen Québec
  • École Maïmonide, Campus Jacob Safra
  • École Montessori Ville-Marie, Campus Saint-Laurent
  • École bilingue Notre-Dame de Sion
  • École Dar-Al-Iman
  • École Les jeunes Musulmans canadiens
  • École Education Plus

Previously it housed a campus of the United Talmud Torahs of Montreal Jewish school.[29]

Kativik School Board, which operates schools in Nunavik, has its main office here.[30]

Public libraries

Du Boisé Branch

The Montreal Public Libraries Network operates the Vieux-Saint-Laurent Branch and the Du Boisé Branch in Saint-Laurent.[31]

International relations

See also: List of sister cities in Canada

Twin towns — Sister cities

Saint-Laurent is twinned with:

Notable people

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Laurent, Quebec.

References

  1. ^ "Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Régions: Saint-Laurent (Montreal)".
  2. ^ "Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: SAINT-LAURENT--CARTIERVILLE (Quebec)".
  3. ^ "40th General Election Riding Results: SAINT-LAURENT". Chief Electoral Officer of Québec. "40th General Election Riding Results: ACADIE". Chief Electoral Officer of Québec.
  4. ^ a b "Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Laurent, Quebec". Statistics Canada: 2006 Community Profiles. Statistics Canada. 13 March 2007.
  5. ^ a b "PROFIL SOCIODÉMOGRAPHIQUE. Recensement 2016. Arrondissement de Saint-Laurent. Édition mai 2018" (PDF). Ville de Montréal.
  6. ^ "Ville de Montréal - Arrondissement Saint-Laurent - Coordonnées des élus". ville.montreal.qc.ca.
  7. ^ "Ville de Montréal - Montréal en statistiques - Saint-Laurent". ville.montreal.qc.ca.
  8. ^ CA (2009-06-15). "Local transportation plan adopted - Vos nouvelles - Nouvelles Saint-Laurent News". Nouvellessaint-laurent.com. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  9. ^ World Airline Directory. Flight International. March 17–23, 1999. "46.
  10. ^ "Investors Contacts Archived 2016-02-04 at the Wayback Machine." Air Canada. Retrieved on May 18, 2009.
  11. ^ a b "Detailed Map of Dorval Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine." City of Dorval. Retrieved on November 4, 2010.
  12. ^ Israelson, David. "Companies eye exits in case of separation." Toronto Star. September 11, 1994. Retrieved on September 23, 2009.
  13. ^ "Air Canada layoffs blamed on free trade." Toronto Star. October 10, 1990. A1. Retrieved on September 23, 2009.
  14. ^ "Contact Us." Air Transat. Retrieved on May 20, 2009.
  15. ^ "Contact Us." Air Canada Jazz. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.
  16. ^ "Talk to Us." Jetsgo. Retrieved on June 5, 2009.
  17. ^ "Aerospace Directory." Bombardier Inc. Retrieved on December 4, 2010. "3400 Douglas-B. Floréani Road Saint-Laurent, Québec Canada H4S 1V2." Address in French: "3400, rue Douglas-B. Floréani Saint-Laurent (Québec) H4S 1V2 Canada"
  18. ^ tripadviser
  19. ^ Ian Harrison (7 July 2014). "The 50 Most Iconic Meat Dishes in Montreal". Eater Montreal.
  20. ^ "Spotlight on Montreal ridings: Saint-Laurent". CBC News. September 30, 2015.
  21. ^ "Ville de Montréal - Borough Saint-Laurent - Multipurpose sports complex". ville.montreal.qc.ca.
  22. ^ "ab11e5b4-ccb1-430e-9a7c-598d63c7480b.gif Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine." City of Montreal. Retrieved on December 4, 2010.
  23. ^ "- Commission Scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys". www.csmb.qc.ca.
  24. ^ "ÉCOLES ET CENTRES." Commission Scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys. Retrieved on December 7, 2014.
  25. ^ "House Education." City of Montreal. Retrieved on December 10, 2014.
  26. ^ "École primaire Cedarcrest Elementary School". cedarcrest.emsb.qc.ca.
  27. ^ "École Gardenview School". gardenview.emsb.qc.ca.
  28. ^ http://www.slaec.ca/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  29. ^ Seidman, Karen. "UTT-Herzliah to leave St. Laurent" (Archive). Montreal Gazette. October 12, 2010. Retrieved on April 23, 2016.
  30. ^ Home page. Kativik School Board. Retrieved on September 22, 2017. "Montreal Office 9800, boul. Cavendish Suite 400 Saint-Laurent (Québec) H4M 2V9 [...] Kuujjuaq Office P.O. Box 150 Kuujjuaq, QC J0M 1C0"
  31. ^ "Les bibliothèques par arrondissement." Montreal Public Libraries Network. Retrieved on December 7, 2014.
  32. ^ "National Commission for Decentralised cooperation". Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  33. ^ "50 ans de jumelage entre Saint-Laurent et Lethbridge". 18 July 2017.

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