Urban agglomeration of Longueuil

The urban agglomeration of Longueuil was created on January 1, 2006 as a result of the de-amalgamation process brought upon by the Charest government. It encompasses all the boroughs that were merged into the previous city of Longueuil and still retains the same area as that mega-city.

Urban agglomeration of Longueuil
Urban agglomeration
Quebec
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
Incorporated	January 01, 2002
Seat	Longueuil
Government [1]
• Type	Prefecture
• Regional conference of elected officers	Monique Bastien (President)
Area [2]
• Land	282.21 km2 (108.96 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	436,785
• Density	1,546.7/km2 (4,006/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	5.2%
• Dwellings	187,260
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Website	www.longueuil.ca

The urban agglomeration of Longueuil is coextensive with the territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Longueuil, whose geographical code is 58.

In 2012, Longueuil mayor Caroline St-Hilaire proposed that the Urban agglomeration of Longueuil leave the Montérégie and become its own administrative region.^[4]

History

Longueuil merged on January 1, 2002 with the communities of Boucherville, Brossard, Greenfield Park, LeMoyne, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Saint-Hubert, and Saint-Lambert. These cities became boroughs of the Longueuil megacity. Saint-Lambert and LeMoyne combined to become one borough called Saint-Lambert/LeMoyne. The former city of Longueuil was renamed Le Vieux-Longueuil borough.

The former city hall of Brossard, became the city hall for the new city of Longueuil.

On June 20, 2004, the former boroughs of Boucherville, Brossard, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Saint-Lambert voted to demerge from Longueuil to reconstitute themselves as municipalities on January 1, 2006. The rest of the city stayed intact.

The departure of Saint-Lambert from the city of Longueuil resulted in the immediate disbanding of the Saint-Lambert/LeMoyne borough. LeMoyne's small population and territory did not allow it to become a borough of its own. In 2005, the population of LeMoyne was given the choice to pick a new borough between Le Vieux-Longueuil, Saint-Hubert and Greenfield Park. Le Vieux-Longueuil ended up being the winner and amalgamated LeMoyne into its borough on January 1, 2006.

Following the demergers, Longueuil relocated its city hall from Brossard to Saint-Hubert, where it is still located.

Structure

According to the Act respecting the exercise of certain municipal powers in certain urban agglomerations, the cities and boroughs of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil are structured as follows:

Central municipality

• Ville de Longueuil
  • Borough of Le Vieux-Longueuil
  • Borough of Greenfield Park
  • Borough of Saint-Hubert

Related municipalities

• Ville de Boucherville
• Ville de Brossard
• Ville de Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
• Ville de Saint-Lambert

Population and representation by district

Cities and Boroughs of Longueuil Agglomeration (2016 census)^[5]

	City/Borough	Population	Pct (%)	# of Representatives	# of council votes
	Boucherville	41,671	10.0%	1	1.76
	Brossard	85,721	20.7%	1	3.21
	Longueuil	239,700	57.7%	6	10.63
	Vieux-Longueuil	138,550	33.3%
	Saint-Hubert	84,420	20.2%
	Greenfield Park	16,735	4.0%
	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	26,394	6.3%	1	1.13
	Saint-Lambert	21,861	5.3%	1	1
	Total	415,347	100.0%	10	17.73

Agglomeration powers

Main article: Urban agglomerations of Quebec

Under this new system of municipal organization, the agglomeration city and the reconstituted cities (in this case, Boucherville, Brossard, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Saint-Lambert) share powers and responsibilities. The urban agglomeration is headed by an agglomeration council which exercises these agglomeration powers.

Demographics

Historical Census Data - Urban agglomeration of Longueuil, Quebec

Year	Pop.	±%
2001	371,934	—
2006	385,533	+3.7%
2011	399,097	+3.5%
2016	415,347	+4.1%
[6][7][2]

Language
Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	295,710	71.96%
English only	29,350	7.14%
Both English and French	4,695	1.14%
Other languages	73,520	17.89%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[8]

Autoroutes A-10 A-15 A-20 (TCH) A-25 A-30

Principal Highways R-112 R-116 R-132 R-134

Secondary Highways: None

External Routes: None

See also

• Longueuil City Council
• Municipal reorganization in Quebec
• Urban agglomerations of Quebec
• Longueuil
• List of mayors of Longueuil
• Boroughs of Longueuil
• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Régions: Urban agglomeration of Longueuil^{[dead link]}
2. "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Longueuil, Territoire équivalent [Census division], Quebec and Longueuil, Ville [Census subdivision], Quebec". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
3. "Census Profile, 2021 Census - Longueuil, Territoire équivalent". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
4. Normandin, Pierre-André (2012-01-31). "Longueuil veut quitter... la Montérégie" (in French). La Presse. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
5. Développement social du Vieux-Longueuil (DSVL) (2019). "Portrait social du Vieux-Longueuil 2019" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
6. "2006 Community Profile: Longueuil (Territoire équivalent)". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. 2010-06-12. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
7. "2011 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Urban agglomeration of Longueuil, Quebec". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
8. Gouvernement du Québec, Ministère des Transports. "Official Transport Quebec Road Map". Quebec511.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved 2013-08-01.

External links

• Bill 6 (An Act to amend various legislative provisions respecting municipal affairs) as applied to the Ville de Longueuil
• Reconstituted municipalities (in French)
• CRÉ (in French)

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