Montreal East (in French: Montréal-Est) 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.
Montreal East
Montréal-Est | |
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City | |
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Motto: Peux ce que Veux | |
![]() Location on the Island of Montreal | |
![]() ![]() Montreal East Location in southern Quebec | |
Coordinates: 45.63°N 73.52°W / 45.63; -73.52[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montreal |
UA | Urban agglomeration of Montreal |
Creation | June 4, 1910 |
Constituted | January 1, 2006 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Anne St-Laurent |
• Federal riding | La Pointe-de-l'Île |
• Prov. riding | Pointe-aux-Trembles |
Area | |
• Total | 13.96 km2 (5.39 sq mi) |
• Land | 12.15 km2 (4.69 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 4,394 |
• Density | 361.6/km2 (937/sq mi) |
• Pop. (2016–21) | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 2,124 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | H1B |
Area code(s) | 514 and 438 |
Highways ![]() | ![]() |
Website | ville![]() |
The formation of Montréal-Est as a municipality was initiated in 1910 by businessman Joseph Versailles, who had bought 6 square kilometres (2.3 sq mi) 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][5]
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.
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street is called Rue Dorchester in Montréal-Est.[6] It also preserves a section of Rue de Montigny, which has otherwise been replaced by Boulevard de Maisonneuve apart from one block downtown.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.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1966 | 5,779 | — |
1971 | 5,075 | −12.2% |
1976 | 4,372 | −13.9% |
1981 | 3,778 | −13.6% |
1986 | 3,592 | −4.9% |
1991 | 3,767 | +4.9% |
1996 | 3,523 | −6.5% |
2001 | 3,547 | +0.7% |
2006 | 3,822 | +7.8% |
2011 | 3,728 | −2.5% |
2016 | 3,850 | +3.3% |
2021 | 4,394 | +14.1% |
Source: Statistics Canada |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Montréal-Est had a population of 4,394 living in 2,018 of its 2,124 total private dwellings, a change of 14.1% from its 2016 population of 3,850. With a land area of 12.15 km2 (4.69 sq mi), it had a population density of 361.6/km2 (936.7/sq mi) in 2021.[7]
Language | Population | Percentage (%) |
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French | 3,685 | 87% |
English | 215 | 5% |
Other languages | 195 | 5% |
Language | Population | Percentage (%) |
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French | 3,460 | 81% |
English | 180 | 4% |
Other languages | 435 | 10% |
Ethnicity | Population | Percentage (%) |
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Not a visible minority | 3,445 | 80.9% |
Visible minorities | 805 | 18.9% |
There are three refineries that make up the majority of the Montreal Oil Refining Centre:
Total production: 386,000 bpd
List of former mayors:[10]
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.
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:
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