Outremont () is an affluent residential

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(''

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'') of the city of

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, Quebec, Canada. It consists entirely of the former city on the

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in southwestern

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. The neighbourhood is inhabited largely by

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, and is also home to a

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community. Since the 1950s, Outremont has been mostly residential, but some streets such as Van Horne, Bernard and Laurier have many commercial buildings. The most important road in Outremont is

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, where the borough hall is located. The neighborhood's major commercial streets are

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, Bernard Avenue, and Van Horne Avenue.

Geography

A separate city until the 2000 municipal mergers, Outremont is located north of downtown, on the north-western side of

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– its name means "beyond the mountain" although it encompasses Murray Hill (colline d'Outremont), one of the three peaks that make up Mount Royal. It was named for the house – ''Outre-Mont'' – built c. 1830 for Louis-Tancrède Bouthillier, a former Sheriff of

. The borough is bounded to the northwest by

, to the northeast by

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and

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, to the east by

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and the

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district, to the south by Ville-Marie, and to the west by

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. The Mount Royal Cemetery is located in the south eastern tip of the borough.

Toponymy

The area was originally known as Côte Sainte-Catherine. The name Outremont came from how it was called at the time by travelers. Travelers who wished to travel north from downtown Montreal had to go "through" the mountain as in "Outre-Mont". In 1833, Louis-Tancrède Bouthillier built a country residence that he named ''Outre-Mont''; it still exists today on Rue McDougall. The term Outremont gradually becomes the term used to designate the region.

History

In 1875, Louis Beaubien, a federal representative, gets a federal sanction for the village. To achieve the minimum amount of residence needed, Louis Beaubien counts barns and other farm buildings as residences. The town changes its name from Cote-Sainte-Catherine to Outremont. The village is home to only 300 souls. In 1927, Outremont became the first place in the world to use a

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to clear its streets in the winter. It was the first production model of Canadian inventor Arthur Sicard's Sicard Industries. Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau was born and raised in Outremont.

Features

Outremont is served by the Outremont and Édouard-Montpetit stations on the Blue Line of the

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. (Édouard-Montpetit station is actually located in

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, but right on the Outremont border). Major thoroughfares include Avenue Van Horne and chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, with avenue Bernard and avenue Laurier as the principal shopping and dining areas. The area has a number of trendy restaurants, cafés and shops. Residents include a substantial percentage of expatriates from France. There is also a sizable Hassidic Jewish community, representing about 20% of Outremont's population, which resides mainly in the eastern and northern portions of the borough. Many Jewish synagogues, schools and businesses can be found on avenues Van Horne, Bernard and St-Viateur. Among the attractions in the mainly residential community are the Mount Royal Cemetery, the Salle Claude-Champagne, the Théâtre Outremont, the Saint-Grégoire-l'Illuminateur Armenian Cathedral and part of the

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campus. Outremont also has a rail yard along its northern border. The rail yard has been purchased by the Université de Montréal and is to be developed to house its hospital complex, its research faculties and the faculty of Health Sciences (Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal). Outremont was twinned as a

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with Oakwood,

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and

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Demographics

Source: Home language (2016) Mother Tongue (2016)

Politics

Federal and provincial elections

The borough is entirely contained within the federal riding of Outremont and the provincial riding of the Mont-Royal–Outremont.

Borough council

The borough is represented on Montreal City Council by its borough mayor alone. The borough is further divided into four districts, each of which elects one borough councillor. The current borough administration was elected in the November 2021 municipal elections.

Education

The '' Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys'' operates Francophone public schools. Adult schools include: * ''Centre d’éducation des adultes Outremont'' Specialized schools include: * ''Secondaire Adapté à ta Situation SAS'' Secondary schools include: * ''École secondaire Paul-Gérin-Lajoie-d'Outremont'' * ''Pensionnat du Saint-Nom-de-Marie'' * ‘’Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf'' Primary schools include: * ''Guy-Drummond'' * ''Lajoie'' * ''Nouvelle-Querbes'' * ''Saint-Germain-d'Outremont'' * ''Buissonnière - Saint-Anne'' Additionally, Collège Stanislas, a primary and secondary school is in Outremont. The Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) and

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(EMSB) operate Anglophone public schools in the greater Montreal area.

Public libraries

The

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operates the Robert-Bourassa Branch in Outremont.Les bibliothèques par arrondissement
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. Retrieved on December 7, 2014.

References

External links

Borough website
(in French)
Historical buildings of Outremont on IMTL

Outremont Restaurants
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