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This is the list of theneighbourhoods in the city ofMontreal,Quebec,Canada. They are sorted by theborough they are located in.
No particular neighbourhoods.
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Montreal's trendy and colourful Plateau Mont Royal neighbourhood is located on the twin North-South axes ofSaint Laurent Boulevard andSaint Denis Street, and East-West axes ofMount Royal Avenue andSherbrooke Street. The granite-paved, pedestrian-onlyPrince Arthur Street is also located in this neighbourhood. In the summer, nightlife often seems as active as in the day in this area.
The Plateau boasts the highest population density of all Montreal and the greatest number of creative people in Canada, according to Statistics Canada. The same source also states that it is the urban place where the most people travel mainly by foot, bicycle or public transport. In 1997, Utne Reader magazine included the Plateau Mont-Royal in its list of "15 Hippest places to live."[1] The exterior staircase is a distinctive feature of the city's architecture.
The tiny "Mile End" district, officially part of the Plateau borough but generally considered distinct, is home to many Montreal artists and filmmakers. The city's two famousbagel emporia,Fairmount Bagel andSt. Viateur Bagel, are located on their respective streets. Fairmount Avenue is also home toWilensky's, immortalized in theMordecai Richler novelThe Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz.
Montreal has a modestPortuguese population, some of which is concentrated in Little Portugal, which is at the corner ofSaint-Laurent Boulevard and Rachel street. Portuguese businesses can be found along several blocks of Saint-Laurent between Pine and Marie-Anne. The Portuguese area has largely absorbed what used to be the traditional Jewish neighbourhood.
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District directly southwest of downtown Montreal and west of the old harbour. In the 19th century Griffintown and adjacent Goose Village were home to thousands of Irish immigrants (mostly Catholics), many of whom worked for the railway and on massive local projects such as theVictoria Bridge, or in theNorthern Electric building, now Le Nordelec, just across the bridge in Point St. Charles.
Griffintown became a multi-ethnic neighbourhood by the turn of the twentieth century, with French-Canadians, Anglo-Protestants and, later, Italians and others, but keeping a majority of Irish Catholics. The Irish community claims the neighbourhood as alieu du mémoire because of its significance as one of the earliest sites of Irish immigration in North America.
Many of the immigrants who arrived on "fever ships" or "coffin ships" during the diaspora sparked by theGreat Famine of Ireland suffered from typhoid or other diseases and were quarantined in hastily constructed wooden "fever sheds" at Grosse-Île outside Quebec City and in Griffintown and Goose Village. Roughly six thousand Irish immigrants died infever sheds at nearbyWindmill Point during thetyphus epidemic of 1847. They are commemorated by a black rock near theVictoria Bridge.
The collapse of heavy industry following World War II and the later closure of theLachine Canal created poor economic conditions, and for several decades Griffintown was a low-income neighbourhood featuring small industries and offices and sporadic remaining residential buildings. In recent years it has undergone a massive change, with major condo projects spring up, some obliterating the old street grid. The old urban geography is vanishing in Griffintown by the day.
An area located in the South-West borough, south of downtown between theLachine Canal and theSt. Lawrence River. Often referred to as 'The Point', it was originally a mainlyEnglish-speakingIrish working-class neighbourhood developed around factories and otherVictorian-era industry. Changes in economic fortune in the mid-20th century led Point St. Charles into a decline that has only recently begun to change as a wave ofgentrification has given the area new life. The neighbourhood has a documented reputation as one of the poorest in Montreal, and one of the roughest in Canada. Its inhabitants have been the subject of severalNational Film Board of Canada documentaries.[2] PlaywrightDavid Fennario hails from the district.
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Jeanne-Sauvé
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Robert-Bourassa
Montreal has the second largestItalian population in Canada afterToronto. There are around 250,000 Montrealers of Italian ancestry living within its Metropolitan Area. Montreal's Little Italy, located onSt. Lawrence Boulevard between Jean-Talon and St. Zotique, is home to Montreal's originalItalian Canadian community. Although many Italians in Montreal have since moved to other parts of town, Montreal's Little Italy has not lost its heritage, as it is home to a large collection of Italian restaurants, bars, and shops.
There is also a very prominentItalian Canadian community in the Montreal borough ofSaint Leonard, nicknamedCittà Italiana. This borough is located further east on Jean-Talon Boulevard.Città Italiana can be considered Montreal's secondLittle Italy and is home to Montreal'sVia Italia. Many Italian cultural centres, such asThe Leonardo Da Vinci Centre, are located in Saint Leonard. Its services are offered in English, French and Italian. This cultural building contains theaters, gyms,bocce playing areas, and a cafe.
Downtown Montreal lies at the foot of Mount Royal, most of which is a major urbanpark, and extends toward theSt. Lawrence River. It is located entirely within theVille Marie borough. The Downtown area contains dozens of notableskyscrapers—which bylaws restrict to the height of Mount Royal—including the aforementioned1000 de La Gauchetière and1250 René-Lévesque.[3] The Tour de la Bourse (Stock Exchange Tower) is also another significant building in Montreal, and is home to theMontreal Exchange, which trades in derivatives such as futures contracts and options. The Montreal Exchange was the firststock exchange in Canada.[4] In 1999 all stock trades were transferred to Toronto in exchange for exclusivity in derivatives trading.[5]
Place Ville-Marie, anI. M. Pei-designedcruciform office tower built in 1962, sits atop an underground shopping mall that forms the nexus of Montreal'sunderground city, the world's largest at 32 kilometres (20 mi) in length.[6] The underground city gives its 500,000 daily visitors indoor access to 2,000 stores, 200 restaurants, 1,200 offices, 1,600 housing units,10 metro stations, train stations, bus terminals, and tunnels extending all over downtown.[6] The central axis for downtown isSaint Catherine Street, the city's busiest commercial artery.[7] Other major streets includeSherbrooke,René Lévesque Boulevard,Peel,Mountain Street,De Maisonneuve Boulevard andCrescent Street.
Old Montreal(French: Vieux-Montréal) is a historic area located southeast of downtown containing many different attractions such as theOld Port of Montreal,Place Jacques-Cartier,Montreal City Hall, theBonsecours Market, Place d'Armes,Pointe-à-Callière Museum, theNotre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, and theMontreal Science Centre.
Architecture and cobbled streets in Old Montreal have been maintained or restored and are frequented by horse-drawncalèches carrying tourists. Old Montreal is accessible from the downtown core via theunderground city and is served by severalSTM bus routes and metro stations, ferries to the South Shore and a network of bicycle paths.
The riverside area adjacent to Old Montreal is known as the Old Port. The Old Port was the former site of the worldwidePort of Montreal, but its shipping operations have been moved further east to its current larger site, leaving the former location as a recreational and historical area maintained byParks Canada. The newPort of Montreal is now Canada's largest container port and the largest inland port onEarth.[8]
Montreal has a small but active Chinatown just south of downtown, featuring many Chinese shops and restaurants, as well as a number ofVietnamese establishments. Several of these restaurants offer dim sum from as early as 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and can be quite crowded, especially on Sundays. The principal axes of Chinatown areSaint Laurent Boulevard andLa Gauchetière Street.
Montreal is known as aqueer orgay-friendly city. Itspride festival,Divers/Cité, is claimed to be one of the largest in North America; organizers estimate that itdrew 1.4 million people in 2002. It benefits from financial support from all three levels of government. Montreal is home to one of the largestgay villages in the world. Gay Village (known in French asle Village gai) is centred on the downtown Beaudry metro station. Montreal is a centre of Queer life and culture in Canada and hosts severalcircuit parties every year. As the local gay publication is in French, an alternative for English visitors isGAYroute with details about Montreal's gay community in English. The 2006World Outgames were held in Montreal. The 2001 census recorded that 6.3% of couples in the city were same-sex, the fourth highest percentage for cities in Canada.[9]
Parc Extension or 'Parc-Ex' as it is known by the locals, is a key location of the city. It is set in the middle of Montreal and has two metro stations along with three of the main bus routes crossing through it. Its name derives from the fact that it is the neighborhood that begins at the end of a main city street; Parc avenue, therefore extending the reach of the long avenue. Some of the most notable things about Parc Extension is that it is home to a little over 100 different ethnicities yet is mostly known for its Greek community which helped make the district what it is today.
Montreal's Greektown has historically been located in the district of Parc Extension. Jean-Talon Boulevard, which runs through Parc Extension, is home to manyGreek restaurants and shops. The same can be said for Parc Avenue. Thousands ofGreek Canadians took to the streets and celebrated in Greektown after Greece defeated Portugal in the2004 European Football Championship.
Saint-Michel is the home of Le Boulevard shopping centre (recently renovated) and also is home to the headquarters of the world-renowned Cirque Du Soleil as well as theTohu, la Cité des Arts du Cirque and the Complexe environmental Saint-Michel. The former Miron and Francon quarries are also located here. Autoroute 40 runs through the area and adds a distinctive feel to the neighborhood. Saint-Michel is one of the most ethnically diverse areas in Montreal and in the province of Quebec. Italians, Haitians, Arabs, Asians, Hispanics as well as people of French descent (Québécois) represent the major ethnic groups of this inner city area. Thus, the area has a very distinctive cultural feel. In the early 1990s, this part of Montreal was mostly known for street gang problems. Although, these problems persists somewhat to this day, the situation is better controlled and opinion of the area has improved.
Out of all common-law couples, Vancouver had the highest proportion—15.0 per cent—who were gay. Toronto came second at 9.8 per cent, Ottawa third at 6.7 per cent, and Montreal fourth at 6.3 per cent.
