Papineau Avenue (officially in french: avenue Papineau) is the longest north–south street in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

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. The part of the street between Henri Bourassa Boulevard and

Quebec Autoroute 40 Autoroute 40, officially known as Autoroute Félix-Leclerc outside Montreal and Metropolitan Autoroute/Autoroute Métropolitaine within Montreal, is an Autoroute on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in the Canadian province of Quebec. I ...

is the Montreal portion of

Quebec Autoroute 19 Autoroute 19, also known as Autoroute Papineau (Papineau Highway), is an autoroute in Quebec. It crosses the Rivière des Prairies via the Papineau-Leblanc Bridge, connecting the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in Montreal and the Duvernay ne ...

, commonly referred to as '' Autoroute Papineau''. North of Henri Bourassa Boulevard, it becomes a true autoroute before crossing the

Rivière des Prairies The Rivière des Prairies (; ), called the Back River in English, is a delta channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada. The Kanien'kehá:ka called it ''Skowanoti'', meaning "River behind the island". The river separates the citi ...

on the

Papineau-Leblanc Bridge The Papineau-Leblanc Bridge was one of the first cable-stayed spans in North America. It is part of Quebec Autoroute 19 and is one of the connections between Laval and Montreal, Quebec, Canada, spanning Rivière des Prairies. It was fabricated fr ...

. In the south, the avenue ends at

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. It traverses the boroughs of Ville-Marie, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal,

Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie is a borough (''arrondissement'') in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the centre-east of the city. Geography The borough is bordered to the northwest by Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension ...

, Villeray-St-Michel-Parc-Extension and Ahuntsic-Cartierville. The street is named after

Joseph Papineau Joseph Papineau (October 16, 1752 – July 8, 1841) was a notary, seigneur, and political figure in Lower Canada. Between 1773 and 1775, he worked as a surveyor. Papineau was also a horticulturalist whose estate home at Montebello is a to ...

, Lower Canadian politician and father of

Louis-Joseph Papineau Louis-Joseph Papineau (October 7, 1786 – September 23, 1871), born in Montreal, Quebec, was a politician, lawyer, and the landlord of the ''seigneurie de la Petite-Nation''. He was the leader of the reformist Patriote movement before the Low ...

, the leader of the

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and belligerent in the

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of 1837.

Transportation

The street is served by the Papineau Montreal Metro station which is located one block east on

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. The

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metro station also has an entrance to Papineau, on the adjacent

Jean-Talon Street Jean Talon Street (officially in french: rue Jean-Talon) is one of the longest streets on the Island of Montreal. It runs from Decarie Boulevard in the west through Anjou in the east to Galeries d'Anjou. Jean Talon was the first Intendant of New ...

. The street is also served by three STM bus routes. The ''

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'' serves the street during the daytime, the 445 Papineau on weekdays and the ''359 Papineau'' 359 Schedule
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References

Streets in Montreal Centre-Sud Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Ahuntsic-Cartierville {{quebec-road-stub