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'Longueuil' (English pronunciation , French ) is a city in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from Montreal, of which it is a suburb. Residents of Longueuil are called ''Longueuillois''. In 2006, the population of the new city of Longueuil totaled 229,330, making it the fifth largest city in Quebec and 19th largest in Canada. The current city has an approximate land area of 115.59 km².
History
Origin of the name
There are several explanations for the origin of the city's name. According to Abbé Faillon, Charles Le Moyne (1626-1685), lord of the area starting in 1657, named it after a village which is today the seat of a canton in the district of Dieppe in his homeland of Normandy. In France, the name is spelled "Longueil" and it is rumored that it was a mistake to spell it "Longueuil".
Descendants of the Longueuil family claim that one of their ancestors was with Samuel de Champlain when he explored the region in 1611. An outpost was started on the other side of the river and was named in honor of Longueuil.
Prior to 2002
Prior to the 2002 municipal mergers, the city of Longueuil was composed of Ville Jacques-Cartier, Montreal South (Montréal-Sud) and Longueuil. These three cities, along with the former city of LeMoyne, currently form the borough of Vieux-Longueuil. Locals refer to the borough of Vieux-Longueuil as "Longueuil proper" to distinguish it from the part of the borough known as "Old Longueuil". ''For more information on this area, please see Vieux-Longueuil.''
The Coat of Arms of Longueuil
Mergers
The city 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 have become boroughs of the new city. Saint-Lambert and Le Moyne became one borough, and the former city of Longueuil became the borough of Vieux-Longueuil.
Demergers
On June 20, 2004, the former boroughs of Boucherville, Brossard,Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Saint-Lambert voted to demerge from Longueuil and reconstitute themselves as municipalities, having obtained 10% of signatures at a registry requesting a referendum and 35% or more majority yes votes at the referendum out of the total voting population on electoral lists. The rest of the city stayed intact, with the only change being LeMoyne voting to join the Vieux-Longueuil borough, rather than return on its own.
Politics
'MPs:'
★ Maka Kotto (Saint-Lambert)
★ Carole Lavallée (Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert)
★ Caroline St-Hilaire (Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher)
'MNAs:'
★ Nicole Ménard (Laporte)
★ Camil Bouchard (Vachon)
★ Bernard Drainville (Marie-Victorin)
★ Marie Malavoy (Taillon)
Demographics
★ 'Population in 2006:' 229,330
★ 'Population in 2001:' 225,761
★ '2001 to 2006 population change (%):' 1.6
★ 'Total private dwellings:' 101,746
★ 'Private dwellings occupied by usual residents:' 98,735
★ 'Population density per square kilometre:' 1,984.0
★ 'Land area (square km):' 115.59
Language
From Canada 2001 Census
| Language | Population | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
| French only | 188,685 | 83.58% |
| English only | 15,055 | 6.67% |
| Both English and French | 1,920 | 0.85% |
| Other languages | 17,990 | 7.97% |
Ethnicity
Source: [1]
| Ethnic Origin | Population | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 153,635 | 70.21% |
| French | 68,940 | 31.51% |
| Irish | 9,960 | 4.55% |
| English | 6,920 | 3.16% |
| Italian | 5,610 | 2.56% |
| Scottish | 4,820 | 2.22% |
| Haitian | 3,815 | 1.74% |
| Québécois | 3,660 | 1.67% |
| First Nations | 3,070 | 1.4% |
| German | 2,890 | 1.32% |
Visible Minorities
From Canada 2001 Census
| Race | Population | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
| White | 205,265 | 90.92% |
| Black | 6,565 | 2.91% |
| Latin American | 2,155 | 0.95% |
| Southeast Asian | 2,055 | 0.91% |
| Arab | 1,820 | 0.81% |
| Chinese | 1,650 | 0.73% |
| South Asian | 1,345 | 0.6% |
Administration
Up until 2006, the city of Longueuil had 7 boroughs. This has changed following the demergers. The Saint-Lambert-LeMoyne borough was split apart, with LeMoyne joining Vieux-Longueuil.
The three current boroughs are:
===Vieux-Longueuil===
Main articles: Vieux-Longueuil
Population (2006): 135,634 [2]
Borough President: Jacques Goyette [3]
★ 'District 1' (Michel Desjardins) ★ 'District 2' (Simon Crochetière) ★ 'District 3' (Claudette Tessier) | ★ 'District 4' (Jacques Goyette) ★ 'District 5' (Robert Charland) ★ 'District 6' (Alain St-Pierre) | ★ 'District 7' (Marie-Lise Sauvé) ★ 'District 8' (Manon D. Hénault) ★ 'District 9' (Nicole Lafontaine) | ★ 'District 10' (Nicole Béliveau) ★ 'District 11' (Johane Fontaine-Deshaies) ★ 'District 12' (Normand Caisse) | ★ 'District 13' (Gilbert Côté) ★ 'District 14' (Robert Gladu) ★ 'District 15 LeMoyne' (Gilles Grégoire) |
===Greenfield Park===
Main articles: Greenfield Park, Quebec
Population (2006): 17,251 [4]
Borough President: Bernard Constantini [5]
★ 'District 16' (Mireille Carrière) ★ 'District 17' (Robert Myles) ★ 'District 18' (Bernard Constantini) |
===Saint-Hubert===
Main articles: Saint-Hubert, Quebec
Population (2006): 77,793 [6]
Borough President: Stéphane Desjardins [7]
★ 'District 19' (Jacques Lemire) ★ 'District 20' (Roger Roy) ★ 'District 21' (Jacques E. Poitras) | ★ 'District 22' (Lise Bélisle Dutil) ★ 'District 23' (Stéphane Desjardins) ★ 'District 24' (Suzanne Charbonneau) | ★ 'District 25' (Lorraine Guay-Boivin) ★ 'District 26' (Michel Latendresse) |
Education
Higher Education
'CEGEPs'
★ CÉGEP Édouard-Montpetit, ''Borough of Vieux-Longueuil''
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★ École nationale d'aérotechnique, ''Borough of Saint-Hubert''
'Technical and Professional Colleges'
''Borough of Vieux-Longueuil''
★ Pierre-Dupuy Professional Formation Centre
★ Collège Info-Technique
'University Campuses'
''Borough of Vieux-Longueuil''
★ Université de Montréal Campus
★ Université de Sherbrooke Campus
Secondary Schools
'Public Anglophone'
''Borough of Greenfield Park''
★ Centennial Regional High School
''Borough of Saint-Hubert''
★ Heritage Regional High School
'Public Francophone'
''Borough of Greenfield Park''
★ École secondaire Participative l'Agora
''Borough of Saint-Hubert''
★ École secondaire André-Laurendeau
★ École secondaire Mgr-A.M.-Parent
''Borough of Vieux-Longueuil''
★ École secondaire Gérard-Filion
★ École secondaire Jacques-Rousseau
★ École secondaire St-Jean-Baptiste
'Private Francophone'
''Borough of Greenfield Park''
★ École secondaire Internationale St-Edmond
''Borough of Vieux-Longueuil''
★ Collège Charles-LeMoyne
★ Collège Français
★ Collège Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
Economy
★ Rive-Sud Industry Chamber of Commerce
★ Aerospace engineering:
★
★ Héroux-Devtek,
★
★ Pratt & Whitney Canada
★ Canadian Space Agency: (John H. Chapman Space Center), ''Borough of Saint-Hubert''.
Transportation
Roads
Most of the community's residents commute to Montreal to work. This generates major traffic problems; owing to the width of the Saint Lawrence River between the Island of Montreal and the south shore, there are only five automobile crossings (the Honoré-Mercier, Champlain, Victoria, and Jacques-Cartier bridges and the Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine tunnel), and they are severely congested. (See the list of bridges in Montreal.)
★ 'Quebec Autoroutes':
★
★ Autoroute 10
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★ Autoroute 15
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★ Autoroute 20
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★ Autoroute 30
★ 'Quebec Provincial Highways':
★
★ Route 112
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★ Route 116
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★ Route 132
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★ Route 134
★ 'Bridges'/'Tunnels':
★
★ Jacques Cartier Bridge
★
★ Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel.
Public Tranportation
The city is also served by the Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke metro station, connected to downtown Montreal by the yellow line of the metro. The Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL) bus lines almost all terminate here, or cross over the Champlain Bridge to arrive at the Terminus Centre-Ville (AMT) in downtown Montreal (under the 1000 de la Gauchetière office tower, at Bonaventure metro). The Mont-Saint-Hilaire commuter train line also serves the south shore. Until the mid-1950s, it was served by interurban streetcars operated by the Montreal and Southern Counties Railway.
★ 'Buses': Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL).
★ 'Montreal Metro - Yellow Line': Longueuil-Université-de-Sherbrooke Station.
★ 'Airports': Saint-Hubert Airport.
★ 'Commuter Trains': AMT's Montreal-Mont Saint-Hilaire Line stops at Saint Hubert Station.
Health
''Borough of Greenfield Park''
★ Charles-Lemoyne Hospital
''Borough of Vieux-Longueuil''
★ Pierre-Boucher Hospitality Centre
Media
'Newspapers':
★ Le Courrier du Sud (Longueuil)
★ Le Journal de Saint-Hubert (St. Hubert)
★ Le Magazine (Greenfield Park, LeMoyne and the city of St. Lambert)
★ Longueuil Extra (Longueuil)
'Radio':
★ CHMP-FM 98.5
★ CHAA-FM 103.3
'Television':
★ Télé Rive-Sud (TVRS)
Sports
Famous people
★ Marcel Aubut, former president and Chief Executive Officer of the Quebec Nordiques
★ Micheline Beauchemin, textile artist and weaver
★ Jean Béliveau, Former Montreal Canadiens center (1950-71) and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
★ Marco Berthelot, curler
★ Daniel Brabant, former baseball player
★ Richard Brodeur Former National Hockey League goaltender known as 'King Richard' with the Vancouver Canucks (1980-87)
★ Elisha Cuthbert, known as Kim Bauer on 24, grew up in Greenfield Park
★ Garry Galley, former NHLer
★ Céline Galipeau, news presenter
★ Claude Gladu, mayor
★ Benoit Huot, swimmer
★ Marlene Jennings, politician
★ Conrad Kirouac, Christian brother and botanist
★ Guy Laliberté, Cirque du Soleil founder and Chief Executive Officer
★ Patrick Leduc, soccer player
★ Pauline Marois the former Taillon MNA
★ Julie Masse, singer
★ Jacques Olivier the former mayor
★ François Paré, author
★ Julie Snyder, TV host
★ Caroline St-Hilaire, politician
★ Maxime Talbot, Pittsburgh Penguins hockey star
★ Jack Todd, Montreal Gazette columnist
Sister Cities
★ Whitby, Ontario
See also
★ HMCS Longueuil
★ Municipal reorganization in Quebec
★ Natrel
★ Vieux-Longueuil
★ Saint-Hubert, Quebec
★ Greenfield Park, Quebec
★ LeMoyne, Quebec
External links
★ Ville de Longueuil
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