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The government of Quebec sought to speed up the amalgamation of the province's municipalities, intensifying a campaign it had been waging during the 1990s. The latest round of restructuring was marked by the consolidation of suburban areas and their respective cities into super administrative units called villes amalgamated cities). Following the examples set by authorities in Boston and Ontario (in particular, Ottawa and Toronto), the government argued that mergers would improve the distribution of revenue and responsibilities between richer suburban communities and their poorer, inner city counterparts. // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... Alternative meanings: Boston (disambiguation) The 18th-century Old State House in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal it began, loyal it remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... Ottawa - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... }|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Location. ...

Many suburban residents, especially those who were wealthy and English-speaking, resented the apparent attempt by large urban centers to grab more power and loudly protested the annexations of their communities. Nevertheless, the government abolished more than two hundred suburban municipal areas on January 1, 2002. English Canada is a term used to describe either: the anglophone residents of Canada or the Canadian provinces other than Quebec and, sometimes, New Brunswick, in which French is an official language of the provincial governments. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Merged cities

The following entities were created from these amalgamations:

Cities over 40,000 or who merged over 5 cities

• City of Montreal: former city of Montreal; cities of Anjou, Beaconsfield, Côte-Saint-Luc, Dorval, Lachine, LaSalle, Montreal East, Montreal North, Montreal West, Outremont, Pierrefonds, Pointe-Claire, Saint-Laurent, Saint-Léonard, Verdun and Westmount; towns of Baie-d'Urfé, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Hampstead, Kirkland, L'Île-Dorval, Mount Royal, Roxboro, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue and Sainte-Geneviève; village of Senneville; parish of Saint-Raphaël-de-l'Île-Bizard.

• City of Quebec: former city of Quebec; cities of Beauport, Cap-Rouge, Charlesbourg, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Lac-Saint-Charles, Loretteville, Saint-Émile, Sainte-Foy, Sillery, Val-Bélair, Vanier; municipality of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures.

• City of Longueuil: former city of Longeuil; cities of Boucherville, Brossard and Saint-Lambert; towns of Greenfield Park, LeMoyne, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Saint-Hubert.

• City of Gatineau: former city of Gatineau; cities of Aylmer and Hull; town of Buckingham; township of Masson-Angers.

• City of Lévis: former city of Lévis; cities of Charny, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Rédempteur and Saint-Romuald; municipalities of Pintendre and Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon; parishes of Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville and Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy.

• City of Saguenay: Former cities of Chicoutimi, Jonquière, La Baie, Laterrière; municipalities of Shipshaw and Lac-Kénogami; part of the township of Tremblay and 2 unincorporated areas.

• City of Shawinigan: former city of Shawinigan; cities of Grand-Mère and Shawinigan-Sud; municipality of Lac-à-la-Tortue; village of Saint-Georges; parishes of Saint-Gérard-des-Laurentides and Saint-Jean-des-Piles; and the unincorporated areas of Lac-des-Cinq and Lac-Wapizagonke.

• City of Saint-Hyacinthe: Former city of Saint-Hyacinthe; village of Sainte-Rosalie; parishes of Sainte-Rosalie, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur, Notre-Dame-de-Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Thomas-D'Aquin.

• City of Rimouski: former city of Rimouski; city of Pointe-au-Père; municipality of Mont-Lebel; village of Rimouski-Est; parishes of Sainte-Blandine and Saint-Odile-sur-Rimouski.

• City of Rouyn-Noranda: former city of Rouyn-Noranda; city of Cadillac; municipalities of Arntfield, Bellecombe, Cléricy, Cloutier, D'Alembert, Destor, Évain, McWatters, Mont-Brun, Montbeillard and Rollet; unincorporated areas of Lac-Montanier, Lac-Surimau and Rapides-des-Cèdres.

• City of La Tuque: Former city of La Tuque; municipalities of La Bostonnais, La Corche, Lac-Édouard; Village of Parent; unincorporated areas of Kiskissink, Lac-Berlinguet, Lac-des-Moires, Lac-Pellerin, Lac-Tourlay, Obedjiwan, Petit-Lac-Wayagamac and Rivière-Windigo

• Municipality of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine: municipalities of Fatima, Grande-Entrée, Grosse-Île, Havre-aux-Maisons, L'Étang-du-Nord and L'Île-du-Havre-Aubert; village of Cap-aux-Meules.

• City of Sherbrooke: former city of Sherbrooke; cities of Bromptonville and Fleurimont; towns of Lennoxville and Rock Forest; municipalities of Ascot, Deauville and Saint-Élie-d'Orford.

• City of Trois-Rivières: former city of Trois-Rivières; cities of Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap, Saint-Louis-de-France and Trois-Rivières-Ouest; municipality of Pointe-du-Lac.

• City of Saint-Jérôme: former city of Saint-Jérôme; cities of Bellefeuille, Lafontaine and Saint-Antoine.

• City of Val-d'Or: former city of Val-d'Or; municipalities of Dubuisson, Sullivan, Val-Senneville and Vassan.

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Outremont redirects here. ... Pierrefonds is a borough of the City of Montreal, located along the Rivière des Prairies. ... Pointe-Claire is a former town in southwestern Quebec; population 29,286 (Statistics Canada, 2001). ... Saint-Laurent is one of the largest boroughs of the city of Montreal. ... Saint-Léonard is a borough of the City of Montreal. ... Verdun is a borough of the City of Montreal, situated along the St. ... Westmount City Hall Some typical homes in Westmount Westmount is a former (and future) city in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Island of Montreal, an enclave of the city of Montreal; pop. ... Baie-dUrfé, located near to the western tip of the Island of Montreal, was a city in Quebec, Canada. ... Dollard-des-Ormeaux is a borough of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. ... Hampstead is a former town in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Island of Montreal; pop. ... Kirkland is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Island of Montreal. ... 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LAncienne-Lorette is a town in central Quebec, Canada, west of Quebec City. ... Loretteville is a town in central Quebec, Canada northwest of Quebec City. ... Saint-Émile is a town in central Quebec, Canada, northwest of Quebec City. ... Sainte-Foy is a city in central Quebec, Canada on the St. ... Val-Bélair is a town in central Quebec, Canada, northwest of Quebec City. ... Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures is a town, formerly an incorporated municipality in central Québec, Canada on the St. ... Longueuil 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. ... Boucherville is a town in the Canadian province of Quebec. ... Brossard is a city in southwestern Canada on the St. ... Saint-Lambert, Quebec is a borough of the city of Longueuil, on the south shore of Montreal, and on the bank of the St. ... Greenfield Park, Quebec was a city until January 1, 2002 and a borough of Longueuil since then, when the suburbs southwest of Montreal were merged. ... Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, east of Montreal. ... As of January 1, 2002, Saint-Hubert is a borough of Longueuil, Quebec. ... Motto: ? Area: 342. ... Aylmer is a sector in western Quebec, Canada on the Ottawa River. ... Hull is a former city in western Quebec, Canada, now part of the city of Gatineau. ... Map of Quebec with Gatineau highlighted in red. ... Lévis (officially Ville de Lévis) is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada. ... Charny is a city in central Quebec, Canada located south of Quebec City and east of the city of Lévis. ... Saint-Jean-Chrysostome is a town in central Quebec, Canada south of Quebec City within the City of Lévis. ... Saint-Nicolas is a town in central Quebec, Canada on the St. ... Pintendre is a municipality in Quebec, Canada located south of Lévis; population 6,209 (Statistics Canada, 2001). ... Saguenay (officially Ville Saguenay) is a city (2001 pop. ... City of Chicoutimi near the Saguenay river Chicoutimi ( From Shkoutimeou , meaning the end of the deep water in the Montagnais dialect) Situated at the confluence of Chicoutimi river and Saguenay River. ... Jonquière was a city on the Saguenay River in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, near Chicoutimi. ... La Baie was a city in northeastern Quebec, Canada where the Rivière à Mars flows into the Baie des Ha! Ha!, a bay of the Saguenay River. ... Le village étudié Lieu de passage le long de la route qui mène au lac Saint-Jean, Laterrière a été fondée en 1846 par le père oblat, Jean-Baptiste Honorat. ... Shawinigan is a city in the Province of Quebec, Canada on the Saint-Maurice River. ... Grand-Mère is a town in central Quebec, Canada on the Saint-Maurice River. ... 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Other mergers

• City of Beauharnois: former city of Beauharnois; city of Maple Grove; village of Melocheville.

• City of Thetford Mines: Former cities of Thetford Mines and Black Lake; municipality of Pontbriand, village of Robertsonville and township of Thetford-Partie-Sud.

• City of Saint-George: Former city of Saint-george; municipality of Aubert-Gallion and parishes of Saint-Georges-Est and Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande.

• City of Mont-Tremblant: Former municipalities of Mont-Tremblant, Lac-Tremblant-Nord; village and parish of Saint-Jovite.

• City of Rivière-Rouge: Former municipalities of La Macaza and Marchand; former villages of L'Annonciation and Sainte-Véronique.

• City of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield: Former cities of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Saint-Timothée; municipality of Grand-île.

• City of Matane: Former city of Matane; municipalities of Petit-Matane and Saint-Luc-de-Matane; parish of Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane.

• City of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts: Former city of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts; municipalities of Sainte-Agathe-Nord and Ivry-sur-le-Lac.

• City of Mont-Laurier: Former city of Mont-Laurier; municipalities of Des Ruisseaux and Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles.

• City of Sept-îles: Former cities of Sept-Îles and Moisie, municipality of Gallix.

• City of Cookshire-Eaton: Former city of Cookshire, municipality of Eaton and township of Newport.

• City of Magog: Former city and township of Magog; village of Omerville

• City of Saint-Sauveur: Former village of Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts and parish of Saint-Sauveur.

• City of Sainte-Marguerite-Estérel: Former city of Estérel and parish of Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson.

• City of Saint-Pie: Former city and parish of Saint-Pie.

• Municipality of Lacolle: Former village of Lacolle and parish of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel.

• Municipality of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge: Former township of Grenville and village of Calumet.

• City of Sutton: Former city and township of Sutton.

• City of Port-Cartier: Former city of Port-Cartier an municipalité of Rivière-Pentecôte.

• City of Métis-sur-Mer: Former village of Métis-sur-Mer and municipality of Les Boules.

• City of Lac-Etchemin: Former city of Lac-Etchemin and parish of Sainte-Germaine-du-Lac-Etchemin.

• City of Mont-Joli: Former city of Mont-Joli and municipality of Saint-Jean-Baptiste.

• City of Alma: Former city of Alma and municipality of Delisle.

• Municipality of Adstock: former municipality of Adstock and village of Sainte-Anne-du-Lac.

• City of Terrebonne: former cities of Terrebonne, Lachenaie, and La Plaine

Calls for de-amalgamation

After the mergers took place, local communities which had opposed amalgamation clamored for the right to reconstitute the abolished municipalities if they wished. Jean Charest, the leader of the opposition at the time, promised to introduce laws to ensure the public would be democratically consulted on questions of municipal governance in future. The Honourable John James Jean Charest, P.C., (born June 24, 1958) is a lawyer and the Premier of the Province of Quebec, Canada. ...

In the general election of April 14, 2003, Jean Charest's Liberal Party soundly defeated the ruling Parti Québécois led by Bernard Landry. The Liberals benefited considerably from the anti-PQ discontent in constituencies that had experienced municipal amalgamations. Map of Quebecs ridings and how they voted by percentage The Quebec general election of 2003 was held on April 14, 2003, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec (Canada). ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Parti libéral du Québec (Liberal Party of Quebec), or PLQ, is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Quebec. ... The Parti Québécois or PQ is a political party that advocates national sovereignty for Quebec from Canada. ...

Honoring its promise, the new government adopted Bill 9, which created a formal process by which old municipalities could be reconstituted (in legal terms). Contrary to what was promised by Jean Charest (full de-amalgamation), Bill 9 only restored specific powers to the demerged cities (e.g., animal control, garbage pickup, local streets maintenance, some cultural facilities). The "bigger" expenses (e.g., police, fire, main streets, expension programs) and a big part of the taxes would remain in the hands of local urban "administrations", which are controlled by the central merged city. In fact, the demerged city only recovered some powers of secondary importance, and abandoned their other powers to the full control of the central city from which they had de-amalgamated.

This consulting process about Bill 9 requires 10% of voters residing within an amalgamated municipality to sign a petition to demand the holding of a referendum on de-amalgamation. To succeed, a referendum has to fulfill two conditions: A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ...

• A majority must vote yes to de-amalgamation.
• 'Yes' voters must represent at least 35% of all registered electors.

On June 20, 2004, referendums were held in 89 of the former municipalities of Quebec. The 'Yes' vote recorded majorities in several municipalities, but did not reach the required threshold of 35% of registered voters. A total of 20 former municipalities meet the conditions required to de-amalgamate, and will be re-estabished on January 1, 2006. These are Baie-d'Urfé, Beaconsfield, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Dorval, Kirkland, L'Île-Dorval,Pointe-Claire, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue and Senneville in the West Island; Côte-Saint-Luc, Hampstead, Mount Royal, Montreal West and Westmount in the West End of Montreal; Montreal East in the East End of Montreal; Boucherville, Brossard,Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Saint-Lambert in Longueuil; L'Ancienne-Lorette and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures in Quebec City. Baie-dUrfé, located near to the western tip of the Island of Montreal, was a city in Quebec, Canada. ... This page is about Beaconsfield in Quebec, Canada. ... Dollard-des-Ormeaux is a borough of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. ... Dorval is a former city in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the western part of the Island of Montreal; pop. ... Kirkland is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Island of Montreal. ... LÃŽle-Dorval is a former municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in Lac Saint-Louis off of the Island of Montreal. ... Pointe-Claire is a former town in southwestern Quebec; population 29,286 (Statistics Canada, 2001). ... Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is a former town in southwestern Quebec, Canada, at the western tip of the Island of Montreal; pop. ... The West Island is the unofficial name given to the mostly suburban municipalities of Baie-dUrfé, Beaconsfield, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Dorval, Kirkland, Lachine, ÃŽle-Bizard, Pierrefonds, Pointe-Claire, Roxboro, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Sainte-Geneviève, and Senneville, which comprise the western portion of the Island of Montreal, in... Côte-Saint-Luc is a city in the province of Québec, Canada, situated on the ÃŽle de Montréal (Montréal Island) and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. ... Hampstead is a former town in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Island of Montreal; pop. ... Mount Royal (in French: Mont-Royal) is a former town located on the northwest side of Mount Royal, north of downtown Montreal, on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. ... Montreal West (French: Montréal-Ouest) is a former town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Island of Montreal. ... Westmount City Hall Some typical homes in Westmount Westmount is a former (and future) city in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Island of Montreal, an enclave of the city of Montreal; pop. ... Boucherville is a town in the Canadian province of Quebec. ... Brossard is a city in southwestern Canada on the St. ... Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, east of Montreal. ... Saint-Lambert, Quebec is a borough of the city of Longueuil, on the south shore of Montreal, and on the bank of the St. ... Longueuil 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. ... LAncienne-Lorette is a town in central Quebec, Canada, west of Quebec City. ... Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures is a town, formerly an incorporated municipality in central Québec, Canada on the St. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Don de Dieu feray valoir (I shall put Gods gift to good use) Ville de Québec, Québec, Canada Location. ...