Côte-des-Neiges (, ) is a

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, Quebec, Canada. It is located at the geographic centre of the

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on the western slope of

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and is part of the borough of

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (, ) is a Montreal borough, borough (''arrondissement'') of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The borough was created following the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, 2002 municipal reorganization of M ...

History

Historically, the original settlement, the Village of Côte-des-Neiges, was founded in 1862 and annexed by Montreal in two parts in 1908 and 1910. In 1876, land owner and farmer James Swail began residential subdivisions on the eastern side of Decelles Avenue. In 1906, a large housing development was started in the area, called Northmount Heights, built by developer Northmount Land Company. Much of this area has been expropriated by the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (; UdeM; ) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on M ...

. Geographically it was bordered by Decelles Avenue to the north east and the

Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery (, ) is a rural cemetery located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which was founded in 1854. The entrance and the grounds run along a part of Côte-des-Neiges Ro ...

to the south east,

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to the southwest and situated on the confluence of

Côte-des-Neiges Road Côte-des-Neiges Road (officially in ) is a street in Montreal, home to Plaza Côte-des-Neiges. It is served by Métro Côte-des-Neiges and two bus lanes. BIXI Montréal, BIXI bike rental is also available. It extends from the intersection of She ...

and Queen Mary Road. It was one of the last areas of the city of Montreal to be developed and urbanized. Up until

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it remained a village surrounded by working farms to the north and west. A ski hill to the south near present-day Ridgewood Avenue at the foot of the mountain and present day Saint Joseph's Oratory, was once used regularly by the Montreal Ski Club into the 1940s.

Demographics

Today, the neighbourhood has a large immigrant and student population, and is one of the most densely populated and ethnically diverse neighbourhoods in Canada. With over 100 different ethnic communities, predominantly: Québécois, Filipino, West Indian (

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), South Asian (

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and

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), Jewish, Latin American, Iranian, Chinese, Arab, Vietnamese and most recently Eastern European and African. It is one of the few Montreal neighbourhoods where neither the French nor English language dominate. Both national languages are spoken equally, along with many others by a high number of multilingual speakers.

Education

Bibliotheque interculturelle de Cote-des-Neiges

The '' Centre de services scolaire de Montréal'' (CSSDM) operates Francophone public schools. For instance: * École primaire des Nations * École primaire Félix-Leclerc * École primaire Iona The

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(EMSB) operates Anglophone public schools. The

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operates the Côte-des-Neiges library and the ''Bibliothèque interculturelle''. The main campus of

and its two schools HÉC Montréal and Polytechnique Montréal are located within the neighbourhood.

Points of interest

The most notable institutions in Côte-des-Neiges are

, Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, Saint-Justine's Hospital, the Jewish General Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital,

Plaza Côte-des-Neiges This is a list of small shopping centres (mostly neighbourhood shopping centres) in the island of Montreal. *A neighbourhood shopping centre is an industry term in North America for a shopping centre with of gross leasable area, typically anch ...

, and Saint Joseph's Oratory (the large domed basilica, perched above the neighbourhood, which is by far its most important tourist attraction).

Metro stations

* Orange Line **

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** Côte-Sainte-Catherine ** Plamondon **

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** De La Savane * Blue Line **

** Côte-des-Neiges ** Université-de-Montréal ** Édouard-Montpetit

Notable people

* André Bouchard - environmentalist, grew up in Côte-des-Neiges * Normand Brathwaite - actor and comedian, born in Côte-des-Neiges * Napoléon Charbonneau - lawyer, lived in Côte-des-Neiges * John Hamilton Fulton - banker, born in Côte-des-Neiges * Kris Joseph - basketball player, grew up in Côte-des-Neiges * Alexander Julien - musician, member of Vision Eternel, born in Côte-des-Neiges * Marie-Anne-Marcelle Mallet - nun, born in Côte-des-Neiges * David Ross McCord - lawyer, lived in Côte-des-Neiges *

Pierre Nadeau Pierre Nadeau (; 19 December 1936 – 3 September 2019) was a Canadian journalist, television presenter and producer. He began in journalism as a radio reporter in 1956, inspired by his father's work with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Rad ...

- journalist, grew up in Côte-des-Neiges * Léa Roback - trade unionist, died in Côte-des-Neiges * Sugar Sammy - comedian and actor, grew up in Côte-des-Neiges * Justin Trudeau - politician, owned a home in Côte-des-Neiges until 2013 * Sophie Grégoire Trudeau - television host, owned a home in Côte-des-Neiges until 2013 * Xue Yiwei - writer, resident in Côte-des-Neiges * Arthur Yale, politician, cofounder of Plateau-Mount RoyalLa presse
, 8 mars 1917, jeudi 8 mars 1917, p. 14

References

External links

Town of Montreal, Statistics 2006
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cote-Des-Neiges Neighbourhoods in Montreal Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce