The Sainte-Marie

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is located in the eastern edge of the Centre-Sud in the

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of Ville-Marie. The

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and

Maison Radio-Canada Maison Radio-Canada (English: ''CBC House'') is the broadcast headquarters, studios and master control for all French-language radio and television services of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as ''Société Radio-Canada''/ ...

overlook the neighbourhood.

History

Prior to the construction of the Maison Radio-Canada, the area was part of the working-class neighborhood popularly known as Faubourg à m'lasse, demolished in the 1960s. Quartier_Sainte-Marie

Sainte-Marie, and the Centre-Sud more broadly, have a long held reputation for poverty, organized crime and prostitution casting the neighbourhood in a negative light. This has notably changed in recent years, with increased

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Geography

Sainte-Marie is part of the larger Centre-Sud, its boundaries are roughly De Lorimier Avenue to the west, the CP rails to the east,

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to the north and the St. Lawrence River to the south. The Sainte-Marie rapids separate Sainte-Marie from St. Helen's Island. A notable landmark in the area is the JTI MacDonald tobacco company, which has been located on Ontario Street for many decades. The

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have their headquarters in the heart of the neighbourhood on Parthenais Street. The building commonly known as the ''Prison Parthenais'', is prominent in the skyline.

Politics

The neighbourhood is part of the

Montreal City Council The Montreal City Council (french: Conseil municipal de Montréal) is the governing body in the mayor–council government in the city of Montreal, Quebec. The head of the city government in Montreal is the mayor, who is first among equals in th ...

district of Sainte-Marie and the federal riding of

Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laurier—Sainte-Marie is a federal electoral district in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. Its population in 2016 was 111,835. Geography The district includes Côte ...

. Provincially it’s part of

Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques is a provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It comprises part of the borough of Ville-Marie and part of the borough of Le Plateau ...

, with a small eastern corner in the

Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Hochelaga-Maisonneuve () is a neighbourhood in Montreal, Canada, situated in the east end of the island, generally to the south of the city's Olympic Stadium and east of downtown. Historically a poor neighbourhood, it has experienced significan ...

riding, despite not being part of that neighbourhood. Frontenac Station Montreal Metro

Transport

The area is served by the

Montreal Metro The Montreal Metro (french: Métro de Montréal) is a rubber-tired underground rapid transit system serving Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The metro, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), was inaugurated on October 14, ...

station Frontenac.

References

External links

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Quartier Sainte-Marie - Official Website
{{Authority control Neighbourhoods in Montreal Centre-Sud Red-light districts in Canada