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Longueuil (in English, in French) is a city in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from Montreal, of which it's 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 a 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's 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 honour 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, which had amalgamated in 1969. 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.
Municipal reorganization
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 became 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.
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.
Mayors
The former municipalities that now form the new city of Longueuil all have had dozens of different mayors. Since the 2002 municipal mergers, Longueuil has had two mayors.
Government
Municipaldemergers. The Saint-Lambert-LeMoyne borough was split apart, with LeMoyne joining Vieux-Longueuil. The city currently has three boroughs and 26 councilors.
The current mayor is Claude Gladu, who also happened to be the mayor up until the mergers. His term began in 2005 and is scheduled to end in 2009.
The council president is Marie-Lise Sauvé.
The three current boroughs are:
Population (2006): 135,634
Borough President: Jacques Goyette
Population (2006): 17,251
Borough President: Bernard Constantini
Population (2006): 77,793
Borough President: Stéphane Desjardins
Federal
MPs:
Provincial
MNAs:
Nicole Ménard (Laporte)
Camil Bouchard (Vachon)
Bernard Drainville (Marie-Victorin)
Marie Malavoy (Taillon)
Economy
Rive-Sud Industry Chamber of Commerce
Aerospace engineering:
Canadian Space Agency: (John H. Chapman Space Center), Borough of Saint-Hubert.
Culture
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)
Sport
| Club |
Sport |
League |
Stadium/Arena |
| Le Collège Français de Longueuil |
Ice Hockey |
Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League |
Colisée Jean Béliveau |
| Longueuil Ducs |
Baseball |
Ligue de Baseball Élite du Québec |
Parc Paul-Pratt |
| Greenfield Park Packers |
Canadian football |
Midget AAA |
Parc Pierre Laporte |
| St. Hubert Rebelles |
Canadian football |
Midget AAA |
Centre Rosanne-Laflamme |
| South Shore Monarx |
Canadian football |
Quebec Junior Football League |
Centre Sportif Collège Édouard-Montpetit |
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Demographics
According to the 2006 Canadian Census, the City of Longueuil had 229,330 people, an increase of 1.6% over 2001's figure of 225,761. Longueuil occupies 115.59 square kilometres of space, giving the city a population density of 1,984 persons per kilometre squared. There were 101,746 private dwellings, 98,735 of which were occupied by usual residents.
Of the 132,570 workers in Longueuil, the median income was $26,537, which is above Quebec's provincial average of $25,464. Among the 69,990 full time workers, the median income was $37,521 or slightly below the provincial average.
| Language |
Population |
Percentage (%) |
| French |
181,785 |
80.15% |
| English |
15,400 |
6.79% |
| Both English and French |
1,795 |
0.79% |
| French and a non-official language |
1,245 |
0.55% |
| English and a non-official language |
350 |
0.15% |
| English, French and a non-official language |
205 |
0.09% |
| Spanish |
5,315 |
2.34% |
| Arabic |
3,155 |
1.39% |
| Creole |
1,980 |
0.87% |
| Romanian |
1,520 |
0.67% |
| Persian |
1,455 |
0.64% |
| Vietnamese |
1,395 |
0.62% |
| Portuguese |
1,365 |
0.60% |
| Chinese, n.o.s. |
1,280 |
0.56% |
| Italian |
1,245 |
0.55% |
| Ethnic Origin |
Population |
Percent |
| Canadian |
132,210 |
58.3% |
| French |
68,325 |
30.1% |
| Irish |
14,115 |
6.2% |
| English |
8,075 |
3.6% |
| Italian |
7,870 |
3.5% |
| First Nations |
6,780 |
3% |
| Scottish |
6,635 |
2.9% |
| Québécois |
5,630 |
2.5% |
| Haitian |
5,140 |
2.3% |
| German |
4,870 |
2.1% |
| Spanish |
3,315 |
1.5% |
| Chinese |
3,080 |
1.4% |
| Portuguese |
2,590 |
1.1% |
| Race |
Population |
Percentage (%) |
| White |
199,980 |
88.2% |
| Black |
9,230 |
4.1% |
| Latin American |
4,580 |
2% |
| Arab |
3,565 |
1.6% |
| Chinese |
2,710 |
1.2% |
| Southeast Asian |
2,340 |
1% |
| South Asian |
1,610 |
0.7% |
Education
Higher Education
CEGEPs
CÉGEP Édouard-Montpetit, Borough of Vieux-Longueuil
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
Infrastructure
Commuting
According to the 2006 Census, about 39,485 city residents (17.2% of the total population) commute to work in Montreal on a daily basis, while only 38,090 residents (16.6%) work in the city itself. A further 6,915 residents (3.0%) work in Boucherville every day, 4,775 (2.1%) work in Brossard, 2,795 (1.2%) in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, and 1,815 (0.8%) work in Saint-Lambert, the four other constituent cities of the Longueuil agglomeration.
By contrast only 8,845 people commute from Montreal to work in Longueuil every day, while 4,080 people commute from Brossard to work in Longueuil, 2,940 people commute from Boucherville, 2,090 from Sainte-Julie, 1,825 from Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, 1,815 from Chambly, and 1,810 from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Roads
The Saint Lawrence River between the Island of Montreal and the south shore is traversed by only five automobile crossings (the Honoré-Mercier, Champlain, Victoria, and Jacques-Cartier bridges and the Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine tunnel), and they're severely congested. (See the list of bridges in Montreal.)
Quebec Autoroutes:
Quebec Provincial Highways:
Bridges/Tunnels:
Boulevards
- Taschereau Boulevard
- Cousineau Boulevard
- Grande Allée Boulevard
- Curé Poirier Boulevard
- Churchill Boulevard
- Jacques Cartier Boulevard
- Roland Therrien Boulevard
Streets, Roads and Avenues
- Chambly Road
- St. Charles Street
- St. Helene Street
- St. Laurent Street
Public Transportation
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.
Hospitals
The city is served by two hospitals. The Charles-LeMoyne Hospital in the borough of Greenfield Park is the main hospital for Greenfield Park and Saint-Hubert. The Pierre-Boucher Hospital is the main hospital for the borough of Vieux-Longueuil.
Geographic location
Sister Cities
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