Outremont, Quebec
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![]() Location of Outremont on the Island of Montreal. (Light grey areas indicate City of Montreal). | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montreal (06) |
Created | January 1, 2002 |
Electoral Districts Federal | Outremont |
Provincial | Mont-Royal–Outremont |
Government | |
• Type | Borough |
• Mayor | (PM) |
• Federal MP(s) | Rachel Bendayan (LPC) |
• Quebec MNA(s) | Pierre Arcand (PLQ) |
Area | |
• Land | 3.9 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 23,954 |
• Density | 6,221.8/km2 (16,114/sq mi) |
• Dwellings | 9,170 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | H2V |
Area code(s) | (514) and (438) |
Website | outremont.ville.montreal.qc.ca |
Outremont is an affluent residential borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists entirely of the former city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec. The neighbourhood is inhabited largely by francophones, and is home to a Hasidic Jewish community.
Geography[]
A separate city until the 2000 municipal mergers, Outremont is located north of downtown, on the north-western side of Mount Royal – its name means "beyond the mountain" although it encompasses Murray Hill (colline d'Outremont), one of the three peaks that make up Mount Royal. It was named for the house – Outre-Mont – built c. 1830 for Louis-Tancrède Bouthillier, a former Sheriff of Montreal.
The borough is bounded to the northwest by Mount Royal, to the northeast by Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension and Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, to the east by Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and the Mile End district, to the south by Ville-Marie, and to the west by Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. The Mount Royal Cemetery is located in the south eastern tip of the borough.
History[]
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The area was originally known as Côte Sainte-Catherine. It came to be named Outremont after the country residence built by Louis-Tancrède Bouthillier in 1833 that he named Outre-Mont. In 1875, the new Village of Outremont was named after the house, which still exists today on Rue McDougall.
In 1927, Outremont became the first place in the world to use a snow blower to clear its streets in the winter. It was the first production model of Canadian inventor Arthur Sicard's Sicard Industries.[5]
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau was born and raised in Outremont.
Features[]
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Outremont is served by the Outremont and Édouard-Montpetit stations on the Blue Line of the Montreal Metro. (Édouard-Montpetit station is actually located in Côte-des-Neiges, but right on the Outremont border.)
Major thoroughfares include Avenue Van Horne and chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, with avenue Bernard and avenue Laurier as the principal shopping and dining areas. The area has a number of trendy restaurants, cafés and shops. Residents include a substantial percentage of expatriates from France. There is also a sizable Hassidic Jewish community, representing about 20% of Outremont's population, which resides mainly in the eastern and northern portions of the borough.[6] Many Jewish synagogues, schools and businesses can be found on avenues Van Horne, Bernard and St-Viateur.
Among the attractions in the mainly residential community are the Mount Royal Cemetery, the Salle Claude-Champagne, the Théâtre Outremont, the Saint-Grégoire-l'Illuminateur Armenian Cathedral and part of the Université de Montréal campus.
Outremont also has a rail yard along its northern border. The rail yard has been purchased by the Université de Montréal and is to be developed to house its hospital complex, its research faculties and the faculty of Health Sciences (Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal).
Outremont was twinned as a sister city with Oakwood, Ohio and Le Vésinet, France.
Demographics[7][]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1966 | 30,881 | — |
1971 | 28,550 | −7.5% |
1976 | 27,089 | −5.1% |
1981 | 24,338 | −10.2% |
1986 | 23,080 | −5.2% |
1991 | 22,935 | −0.6% |
1996 | 22,571 | −1.6% |
2001 | 22,933 | +1.6% |
2006 | 22,897 | −0.2% |
2011 | 23,566 | +2.9% |
2016 | 23,954 | +1.6% |
Home language (2016)
Language | Population | Percentage (%) |
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French | 13,885 | 61% |
English | 4,260 | 19% |
Other languages | 4,460 | 20% |
Mother Tongue (2016)
Language | Population | Percentage (%) |
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French | 13,160 | 58% |
English | 3,075 | 13% |
Other languages | 6,650 | 29% |
Ethnicity | Population | Percentage (%) |
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Not a visible minority | 20,995 | 90.3% |
Visible minorities | 2,255 | 9.7% |
Politics[]
Federal and provincial elections[]
The borough is entirely contained within the federal riding of Outremont and the provincial riding of the Mont-Royal–Outremont
Borough council[]
The borough is represented on Montreal City Council by its borough mayor alone. The borough is further divided into four districts, each of which elects one borough councillor.
District | Position | Name | Party | |
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— | Borough mayor Montreal city councillor |
Projet Montréal | ||
Claude-Ryan | Borough councillor | Mindy Pollak | Projet Montréal | |
Jeanne-Sauvé | Borough councillor | Fanny Magini | Projet Montréal | |
Joseph-Beaubien | Borough councillor | Valérie Patreau | Projet Montréal | |
Robert-Bourassa | Borough councillor | Jean-Marc Corbeil | Ensemble Montréal |
Education[]
The Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys operates Francophone public schools.[8]
Adult schools include:
- Centre d’éducation des adultes Outremont
Specialized schools include:
- Secondaire Adapté à ta Situation SAS[9]
Secondary schools include:
- École secondaire Paul-Gérin-Lajoie-d'Outremont
- Pensionnat du Saint-Nom-de-Marie
Primary schools include:
- Guy-Drummond
- Lajoie
- Nouvelle-Querbes
- Saint-Germain-d'Outremont
The Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) operates Anglophone public schools.
Public libraries[]
The Montreal Public Libraries Network operates the Robert-Bourassa Branch in Outremont.[10]
References[]
- ^ "Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Régions: Outremont (Montreal)". Archived from the original on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
- ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: OUTREMONT (Quebec)
- ^ Chief Electoral Officer of Québec - 40th General Election Riding Results: OUTREMONT[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/MTL_STATS_FR/MEDIA/DOCUMENTS/PROFIL_SOCIOD%C9MO_OUTREMONT%202016.PDF
- ^ About Sicard
- ^ Statistics Canada 2001 Community Profile
- ^ http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/MTL_STATS_FR/MEDIA/DOCUMENTS/PROFIL_SOCIOD%C9MO_OUTREMONT%202016.PDF
- ^ "ÉCOLES ET CENTRES." Commission Scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys. Retrieved on December 7, 2014.
- ^ http://www3.csmb.qc.ca/ecoles/Default.aspx?alias=www3.csmb.qc.ca/ecoles/sas
- ^ "Les bibliothèques par arrondissement." Montreal Public Libraries Network. Retrieved on December 7, 2014.
External links[]
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Montreal/Outremont. |
See also[]
- Boroughs of Montreal
- Districts of Montreal
- Municipal reorganization in Quebec
- Outremont, Quebec
- Boroughs of Montreal
- Populated places disestablished in 2002
- 2002 disestablishments in Quebec
- Former municipalities in Quebec
- Former cities in Quebec
- Mount Royal
- Jewish communities in Canada
- Orthodox Jewish communities
- Orthodox Judaism in Quebec