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Sainte-Marie, Montreal
The Sainte-Marie () neighbourhood is located in the eastern edge of the Centre-Sud area, in the borough of Ville-Marie. The Jacques Cartier Bridge and Maison 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. 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 gentrification. 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, Sherbrooke Street 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 bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Neighbourhoods In Montreal
This is the list of the neighbourhoods in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are sorted by the Boroughs of Montreal, borough they are located in. Ahuntsic-Cartierville * Ahuntsic * Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Nouveau-Bordeaux * Cartierville *Saint-Sulpice * Sault-au-Récollet (Île de la Visitation) Anjou, Quebec, Anjou *Bas-Anjou: The Southeastern older portion, where the main services are located (town Hall, main library, fire station, high school) *Haut-Anjou: The L-shaped part consisting of every street North of Autoroute 40 and every street West of Autoroute 25 Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce * Côte-des-Neiges * Notre-Dame-de-Grâce **Benny Farm * Snowdon, Montreal, Snowdon * Le Triangle * Monkland Village * Glenmount Lachine, Quebec, Lachine * Ville Saint-Pierre LaSalle, Quebec, LaSalle No particular neighbourhoods. Cecil-P.-Newman Sault-Saint-Louis Le Plateau-Mont-Royal The Plateau Montreal's trendy and colourful Plateau Mont Royal neighbourhood i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontenac Station Montreal Metro
Frontenac may refer to: People *Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France Places Canada Quebec *Château Frontenac, hotel in Quebec City *Frontenac, Quebec *Frontenac County, Quebec *Frontenac (Montreal Metro), Montreal Metro station *Frontenac National Park (Parc national de Frontenac) * Frontenac (provincial electoral district), Quebec provincial electoral district * Frontenac (Quebec federal electoral district), former federal electoral district *Frontenac (1912–1973 provincial electoral district), former Quebec provincial electoral district *Frontenac Lake (Milieu River), Lac-Ashuapmushuan, RCM Le Domaine-du-Roy, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Ontario *Fort Frontenac, French fort and trading post located in what is now Kingston, Ontario *Frontenac County: ** Township of Central Frontenac ** Township of Frontenac Islands ** Township of North Frontenac ** Township of South Frontenac * Frontenac Provincial Park, a provincial park near Kingston, Ontario *Frontenac Public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (provincial Electoral District)
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve () is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located within Montreal, and its territory mostly covers the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, and also parts of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Ville-Marie and Le Plateau-Mont-Royal boroughs. It is bordered to the east by the Canadian National Railway yard, to the south by the Saint Lawrence River, to the north by Rachel and Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( , ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François River, Saint-François and Magog River, Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territ ... Streets and to the west by Frontenac Street. It was created for the 1989 election from parts of Maisonneuve and Sainte-Marie electoral districts. In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged. Members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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-Mont-Royal of the city of Montreal, including the eastern portion of Downtown Montreal as well as the Vieux-Montreal area. It was created for the 1989 election from parts of Saint-Jacques and Sainte-Marie electoral districts. In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged. Members of the National Assembly Election results , - , Liberal , Richard Brosseau , align="right", 7,989 , align="right", 30.47 , align="right", -0.67 , - , - , - , - , - , - , Liberal , Claude Longpré , align="right", 9,722 , align="right", 31.14 , align="right", -1.79 , - , - , Socialist Democracy , Ginette Gauthier , ali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurier—Sainte-Marie
Laurier—Sainte-Marie () is a federal Electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons since the 1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 federal election. Its 2016 population was 111,835. 2019 Canadian federal election, Since 2019, its Member of Parliament (Canada), member of Parliament (MP) has been Steven Guilbeault of the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party. Geography The district includes Côte Saint-Louis and the eastern parts of the Plateau and Mile End, Montreal, Mile End in the Borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and the eastern part of Downtown Montreal and the western part of Centre-Sud (including part of the neighbourhood of Sainte-Marie, Montreal, Sainte-Marie) in the Borough of Ville-Marie, Montreal, Ville-Marie. History In 1987, the district of "Laurier—Sainte-Marie" was created from Laurier (federal electoral district), Laurier, Hochelaga (electora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sûreté Du Québec
The (SQ; , ) is the State police, provincial police service for the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. There is no official English name, though the agency's name is sometimes translated as Quebec Provincial Police (QPP) and Quebec Police Force (QPF) in English-language sources. The headquarters of the are located on Parthenais Street in Montreal's Sainte-Marie, Montreal, Sainte-Marie neighbourhood, and the service employs over 5,700 officers. The SQ is one of three provincial police services in Canada, alongside the larger Ontario Provincial Police and smaller Newfoundland Constabulary, and the third-largest Law enforcement in Canada, police service in Canada (behind the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Ontario Provincial Police). Function The primary function of the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) is to enforce provincial laws, some municipal bylaws, the federal ''Criminal Code (Canada), Criminal Code'' and many other laws throughout Quebec, and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario Street
Ontario Street (officially in ) is an east-west artery in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It crosses the boroughs of Ville-Marie and Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. In the latter borough, the street becomes a mix of residential and commercial and is known as ''Promenade Ontario''. History John Solomon Cartwright (1802-1869), a banker ( Bank of Upper Canada) from Kingston, Ontario, and James Bell Forsyth (1804-1845), a local merchant with family owned Forsyth, Richardson and Company, purchased and subdivided the farm of Sir John Johnson in the northern part of ''Faubourg Quebec''. They gave the three new streets the names of three different Great Lakes: Erie, Huron, and Ontario. Ontario Street was later 1845) extended in stages toward both the east and the west. Until 1948, it was believed that the street was named after the Province of Ontario, but the discovery of the subdivision documents by a city of Montreal historian corrected that inaccuracy. Although it had been known as O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherbrooke Street
Sherbrooke Street (officially in ) is a major east–west artery and at in length, is the second longest street on the Island of Montreal, Canada. The street begins in the town of Montreal West, Quebec, Montreal West and ends on the extreme tip of the island in Pointe-aux-Trembles, intersecting Gouin Boulevard and joining up with Notre-Dame Street. East of Cavendish Boulevard this road is part of Quebec Route 138. The street is divided into two portions. ''Sherbrooke Street East'' is located east of Saint Laurent Boulevard and ''Sherbrooke Street West'' is located west. Sherbrooke Street West is home to many historic mansions that comprised its exclusive Golden Square Mile district, including the now-demolished Van Horne Mansion, the imposing Beaux-Arts style Montreal Masonic Memorial Temple as well as several historic properties incorporated into Maison Alcan, the world headquarters for Alcan. Sherbrooke Street East runs along the edge (both administrative and topographic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Pacific
The Canadian Pacific Railway () , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, known until 2023 as Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001. The railway is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. In 2023, the railway owned approximately of track in seven provinces of Canada and into the United States, stretching from Montreal to Vancouver, and as far north as Edmonton. Its rail network also served Minneapolis–St. Paul, Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago, and Albany, New York, in the United States. The railway was first built between eastern Canada and British Columbia between 1875 and 1885 (connecting with Ottawa Valley and Georgian Bay area lines built earlier), fulfilling a commitment extended to British Columbia when it entered Canadia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ici Radio-Canada Télé
Ici Radio-Canada Télé (stylized as ICI Radio-Canada Télé, and sometimes abbreviated as Ici Télé) is a Television in Canada, Canadian Canadian French, French-language terrestrial television, free-to-air television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as Société Radio-Canada [SRC]), the national public broadcasting, public broadcaster. Its English-language counterpart is CBC Television. Its headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT, as well as the master control facilities of all of its owned-and-operated stations nationwide. Until the 2012 List of defunct CBC and Radio-Canada television transmitters, closedown of the CBC / Radio-Canada rebroadcaster network, it was the only francophone network in Canada to broadcast terrestrially in all Canadian provinces. Programming This network is considered more popular than CBC Television. It does not face such intense comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
