Saint-Hubert ( , , ) is a

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in the city of

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, located in the Montérégie region of

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, Canada. It had been a separate city prior to January 1, 2002, when it along with several other neighbouring south shore municipalities were merged into Longueuil. Saint-Hubert had a population of 78,336 in 2006. The area of the borough is . Longueuil's

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is now located in Saint-Hubert. Saint-Hubert is located about from downtown

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. The borough has a wide array of commercial, industrial and agricultural enterprises. The

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is arguably the most important of these enterprises.

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designs and manufactures jet engines at a plant near

Saint-Hubert Airport Saint-Hubert Airfield is a public use airfield located near Saint-Hubert, Belgium, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium. It is the second highest aerodrome in Belgium at above sea level. It has four grass runways, in two parallel pairs, almost perpen ...

. The

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has its head office in the borough. The

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, a school that teaches

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is located in the borough and operated by

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History

The city's namesake is derived from

Hubertus Hubertus or Hubert ( 656 – 30 May 727 A.D.) was a Christian saint who became the first bishop of Liège in 708 A.D. He is the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians and metalworkers. Known as the "Apostle of the Ardennes", he was ...

, who later became commonly known as St. Hubert. It was originally established as a parish in 1860, and was granted official city status in 1958. In 1971, the former city of Laflèche (previously known as Mackayville), merged with the city of Saint-Hubert. ;October Crisis At the height of the 1970

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, Quebec

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was kidnapped from his

Saint-Lambert, Quebec Saint-Lambert () is a city (french: ville) in southwestern Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Montreal. It is part of the Urban agglomeration of Longueuil of the Montérégie administrative region. It ...

home and held at Saint-Hubert Airport. The city of Saint-Hubert, like many other Quebec municipalities, named a park in his honour, ''Parc Pierre-Laporte''. ;Recent history In 1992, the city began work on the creation of a large park, to be known as ''

Parc de la Cité Parc de la Cité, is a large park in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 6205 Davis Boulevard in the borough of Saint-Hubert. Geography This park is located between boulevard Gaétan Boucher and rue des Orchidées; between boulevard J ...

''. It is located in the heart of the city and includes a one-kilometre long man-made lake. Croydon - Was part of St-Hubert from 0 Montée St-Hubert to Orchard ( St. Andres st) to Grande Allée to Maricourt.

Politics

It is split between the Vachon and Laporte (Laflèche) provincial electoral districts. Vachon's Member of the National Assembly is

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of the

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. Laporte's Member of the National Assembly is

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of the

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. It is composed of five municipal districts, each with a city councillor. The borough president is Lorraine Guay-Boivin of Action Longueuil.

Economy

Pascan Aviation 9736140 Canada Inc., doing business as Pascan Aviation, is a regional airline based in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. Based at Montreal Saint-Hubert Longueuil Airport in the Saint-Hubert borough of Longueuil, Pascan operates scheduled flights within ...

has its headquarters in Saint-Hubert.

Neighbourhoods

Today, there are four distinct sectors of Saint-Hubert: * Iberville * Laflèche * Laurendeau * Maricourt

Historic neighbourhoods

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(source)
/ref> within the borough of Saint-Hubert. ;Brentwood Brentwood was located in between Rue Kimber and Chemin Chambly. Chemin Noble was among the main streets in the area, with Cousineau Boulevard becoming important much later on. Chemin Noble was named for Benjamin Noble, superintendent and resident of the area, upon its founding in the late 1910s. Brentwood was considered a "summer hideaway" by many Montrealers. It had no streets, electricity or telephone service. A small "hut-like" train station was located next to the railroad tracks and provided service to Montreal via the

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. ;Brookline Brookline was also located in between Rue Kimber and Chemin Chambly. Mountainview Boulevard was the locale's main street, with Cousineau Boulevard becoming a major artery much later on. Brookline was an anglophone working-class area. The tramway station was located on the southwest part of the railroad tracks, between Rue Rideau and Rue Léonard. ;Castle Gardens Castle Gardens was the smallest of Saint-Hubert's neighbourhoods. It was located in between the CN railway line, and Grande-Allée (formerly known as Chemin de la Côte-Noire), in between Rue Canon and Rue Jonergin (originally known as Ireland Street). ;Croydon Croydon, or St. Lambert Annex, was a large neighbourhood located along Montée Saint-Hubert from Grande Allée to Boulevard de Maricourt at the railroad tracks. Along the railroad tracks, it stretched from Montée Saint-Hubert to Rue Donat, while its borders became smaller closer to Grande Alleé. It was an English-speaking working-class area. Croydon's limits expanded in 1935 to include Castle Gardens. ;East Greenfiel
East Greenfield
was located in close proximity to what is today known as the Litchfield Industrial Park. It stretched from Grande-Allée to Boulevard de Maricourt. The following streets ran north–south: Cornwall, Wesley, Quévillon, Kensington, Belmont, Nantel, Campbell. Perpendicular to these streets were Barlow, Milligan, Viateur, Lalande, Mcrae, Spriggs and Robinson. In 1935, its boundaries were extended to the nearby municipality of Saint-Joseph de Chambly. The 1935 census indicated that the majority of residents along Grande-Allée were francophone, while the rest of the area had a substantial anglophone population. The area was served by St. Stephen Anglican Church and Wesley United Church. ;Pinehurst Pinehurst was located east of to East Greenfield, and could be accessed by Rue Cornwall. This area started to develop in the mid-1910s. ;Springfield Park Springfield Park was located in between Rue Kimber and Boulevard Cousineau. It was originally an English-speaking

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area served by the

. Today it is primarily a French-speaking

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area. Springfield Street, now known as Prince Charles Street, was the neighbourhood's main street.

Demographics

Education

;Post Secondary *French-language **

(

) ;Secondary *English-language **

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**Royal George (closed) *French-language ** École Secondaire André-Laurendeau ** École Secondaire Mgr-A.-M.-Parent ;Primary * English-language ** Kensington Elementary (closed) ** Royal Charles Elementary ** Royal Oak Elementary (closed) ** Terry Fox Elementary ** Vincent Massey (closed) * French-language ** Ecole Primaire Charles-LeMoyne ** Ecole Primaire de La Mosaïque ** Ecole Primaire De Maricourt ** Ecole Primaire des Mille-Fleurs ** Ecole Primaire des Quatre-Saisons ** Ecole Primaire des Quatre-Vents (closed) ** Ecole Primaire D'Iberville ** Ecole Primaire Du Jardin-Bienville ** Ecole Primaire Gaétan-Boucher ** Ecole Primaire Laurent-Benoît ** Ecole Primaire Maurice-L.-Duplessis ** Ecole Primaire Monseigneur-Forget ** Ecole Primaire Paul-Chagnon ** Ecole Primaire Saint-Joseph ** Ecole Primaire Socrates ** École Primaire Mille-Sports The

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previously served the municipality.

Transportation

;Airport The borough has a medium-sized airport known as

Montréal/St-Hubert Airport Montréal Saint-Hubert Longueuil Airport (french: Aéroport Montréal Saint-Hubert Longueuil), also called Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport, is located in the Saint-Hubert borough of Longueuil, Quebec. The airport is located east of Downtown ...

. In terms of aircraft movements, it is among the busiest in Canada. The airport was once the location of a Canadian Air Force Base which ceased operation in 1995, but which continues to use the area. The airport includes a

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, next to which stands the headquarters of the

. ;Rail Saint-Hubert is served by the Longueuil–Saint-Hubert

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station on the

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Mont-Saint-Hilaire line Mont-Saint-Hilaire (also designated exo3) is a commuter railway line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by Exo, the operator of public transport services across this region. The Mont-Saint-Hilaire line was operated by the Cana ...

. ;Important roads * Grande-Allée *

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* Cousineau Boulevard * Chemin Chambly * Payer Boulevard * Mountainview Boulevard * Kimber / Maricourt Boulevards * Gaëtan Boucher Boulevard

Sister cities

Saint-Nazaire Saint-Nazaire (; ; Gallo: ''Saint-Nazère/Saint-Nazaer'') is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, in traditional Brittany. The town has a major harbour on the right bank of the Loire estuary, near the Atlantic Ocean ...

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(1991)

Notable people

Gaétan Boucher Gaétan T. Boucher, (born May 10, 1958), is a Canadian former speed skating Olympic champion. Biography Boucher first trained in ice hockey, the leading sport in Canada but then changed to speed skating after winning a national title in 1972. ...

, speedskater *

Jon Lajoie Jonathan Lajoie ( ; born August 21, 1980) is a Canadian comedian, actor, rapper, singer, songwriter, director, record producer, musician and Internet celebrity from Montreal, Quebec. He gained fame mostly from his eponymous YouTube channel, pos ...

, comedian *

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, model *

Patrick Leduc Patrick Leduc (born December 26, 1977 in Saint-Lambert, Quebec) is a Canadian soccer player who formerly played for Montreal Impact in the USSF Division 2 Professional League. Career Youth and amateur Before turning pro Leduc played amateur so ...

, soccer player *

Kaytranada Louis Kevin Celestin (born August 25, 1992), known professionally as Kaytranada (stylized as KAYTRANADA, shortened as KAYTRA), is a Haitian-Canadian record producer and DJ. Celestin rose to prominence after releasing a series of mixtapes, remixes, ...

, DJ and producer * Marie-Claude Molnar, paralympic cyclist

Notes

References

External links

Official website for former city of Saint-Hubert
(archives)
The Montreal & Southern Counties Railway (from the memoirs of V.M. Manning)

{{Authority control Former municipalities in Quebec Boroughs of Longueuil Populated places disestablished in 2002