Montreal North (French: Montréal-Nord) is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was a separate city until 2002. Image File history File links Location of Montreal North within Montreal File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A borough IPA: (  listen) is a political division originally used in England. ... An arrondissement is an administrative division in some francophone countries: France Paris Main article: Arrondissements of Paris The city of Paris, in France is divided into 20 arrondissements. ... Please visit and contribute to the Montreal Wikiportal See and add to this ongoing discussions about English Names in Montreal and Titles of borough articles City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 500. ... Beginning in 1963, a terrorist group that became known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices and at least two murders by FLQ gunfire and three violent deaths by bombings. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Geography

The borough is an oblong situated along the Rivière des Prairies, in the northeastern part of the island. Dusk over ÃŽle de la Visitation and the Pont Papineau-Leblanc, Rivière des Prairies The Rivière des Prairies (sometimes called the Back River in English) is a channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada. ...

It is bordered to the west by Ahuntsic—Cartierville, to the southwest by Villeray—Saint-Michel—Parc-Extension, to the south by Saint Leonard, at the southeast corner by Anjou, and to the east by Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles—Montréal-Est. Ahuntsic—Cartierville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Villeray—Saint-Michel—Parc-Extension - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Saint Leonard (French Saint-Léonard) is a borough of the City of Montreal. ... Anjou is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est is a borough in the eastern end of Montreal, Quebec. ...

It has an area of 11.07 km² and a population of 83,600.

Government

Municipal

The present borough mayor is Marcel Parent.

The citizens of the borough elect three city councillors, who at present are Marcel Parent, Jean-Marc Gibeau, and James V. Infantino.

The borough is also divided into two districts, each of which elect one borough councillor:

• Marie-Clarac (councillor: Georgette L. Morin)
• Ovide-Clermont (councillor: Normand Fortin)

Federal and provincial

The borough is located almost entirely in the federal riding of Bourassa, except for a tiny southeastern corner in Honoré-Mercier. Bourassa is the name of a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada. ... Honoré-Mercier is the name of a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada. ...

The provincial electoral district of Bourassa—Sauvé is coterminous with the borough except for a northwestern section in the electoral district of Crémazie.

Features

Major borough thoroughfares include Saint Michel Blvd., Pie IX Blvd. (Quebec Autoroute 25), Lacordaire Blvd., Langelier Blvd., Léger Blvd., and Henri Bourassa Blvd. The Pie IX Bridge connects Montreal North to the Laval district of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul. Autoroute 25 (also called Autoroute Louis-H-Lafontaine in Montreal) is an Autoroute in the Lanaudière region of Quebec. ... The Pie IX Bridge is a Quebec bridge, spanning the Rivière des Prairies. ... Motto: Unité, progrès, grandeur (Unity, Progress, Greatness) Area: 247. ...

External link

• Borough website (English and French)

Montreal boroughs
Pre-2002 city of Montreal:
Ahuntsic—Cartierville | Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | Le Plateau-Mont-Royal | Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles—Montréal-Est | Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie | Le Sud-Ouest | Ville-Marie | Villeray—Saint-Michel—Parc-Extension
Merged municipalities:
Anjou | Beaconsfield—Baie-d'Urfé | Côte Saint-Luc—Hampstead—Montreal West | Dollard-des-Ormeaux—Roxboro | Dorval—L'Île-Dorval | Kirkland | Lachine | LaSalle | L'Île-Bizard—Sainte-Geneviève—Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | Montreal North | Mount Royal | Outremont | Pierrefonds—Senneville | Pointe-Claire | Saint-Laurent | Saint Leonard | Verdun | Westmount
Boroughs or sections in italics will demerge on January 1, 2006.