Montreal East (French: Montréal-Est, pronounced [mɔ̃ʁeal ɛst]) 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 | |
|---|---|
City | |
 | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Peux ce que Veux | |
 Location on the Island of Montreal | |
  Montreal East Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45.63°N 73.52°W[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) |  14.1% |
| • Dwellings | 2,124 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 514 and 438 |
Highways  A-40 |  R-138 |
| Website | ville |
History
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.
Demographics
In the 2021 Canadian census 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.[6]
| Ethnicity | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Not a visible minority | 3,445 | 80.9% |
| Visible minorities | 805 | 18.9% |
Economy
There are three refineries that make up the majority of the Montreal Oil Refining Centre:
- Shell Canada Montreal East Refinery : formerly produced 161,000 barrels per day (bpd) before conversion to a storage facility[8]
- Petro-Canada Montreal Refinery : 160,000 bpd
- Gulf Canada/Kemtec/Coastal Canada Montreal East Refinery : 65,000 bpd
Total production: 386,000 bpd
Local government
| Year | Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | Green | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29% | 487 | 8% | 131 | 49% | 834 | 9% | 151 | 0% | 0 | |
| 2019 | 24% | 438 | 14% | 260 | 47% | 841 | 10% | 178 | 4% | 63 | |
| Year | CAQ | Liberal | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 35% | 597 | 12% | 202 | 18% | 304 | 33% | 569 | |
| 2014 | 25% | 449 | 22% | 395 | 7% | 133 | 43% | 757 | |
Montréal-Est forms part of the federal electoral district of La Pointe-de-l'Île and has been represented by Mario Beaulieu of the Bloc Québécois since 2015. Provincially, Montréal-Est is part of the Pointe-aux-Trembles electoral district and is represented by Chantal Rouleau of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.
List of former mayors:[11]
- Joseph Versailles (1910–1931)
- Adélard Rivet (1931)
- Albert Berthiaume (1931–1933)
- J.-A. Napoléon Courtemanche (1933–1952)
- Joseph-Émile-Roland MacDuff (1952–1962)
- Édouard Rivet (1962–1982)
- Yvon Labrosse (1982–2002, 2006–2009)
- Robert Coutu (2009–2021)
- Anne St-Laurent (2021–present)
Attractions
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.
Transportation
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.[12] 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.
Education
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:
- École primaire St-Octave[13]
Notable people
- Roméo Dallaire, Lieutenant-General (retired), Canadian senator, author
- Michel Plasse, professional hockey player (1948–2006)
References
External links
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