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City of Longueuil
Ville de Longueuil
Flag of City of Longueuil
Flag		 Official seal of City of Longueuil
Seal
Motto: "Labor et Concordia"  (Latin)
"Work and Harmony"
City of Longueuil
City of Longueuil
Coordinates: 45°19′N 73°18′W / 45.31, -73.3
Country Flag of Canada Canada
Province Flag of Quebec Quebec
Region Montérégie
RCM or TE Urban agglomeration of Longueuil (TE 58)
Founded 1657
Established Jaunuary 1st, 2002
Government
 - City Mayor Claude Gladu (since 2006)
Area
 - Total 115.59 km² (44.6 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 229,330 (Ranked 19th)
 - Density 1,984.0/km² (5,138.5/sq mi)
  Metro population est. 2006
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span J4G to J4N, J4T, J4V
Area code = 450
Website: www.longueuil.ca

Longueuil (pronounced[help] /lɒŋˈgɔɪ]/ in English, IPA: [lɔ̃gœj] in French) is a city in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from Montreal, of which it is a suburb. Residents of Longueuil are called Longueuillois. In 2006, the population of the new city of Longueuil totaled 229,330, making it the fifth largest city in Quebec and 19th largest in Canada. The current city has an approximate land area of 115.59 km².

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There are several explanations for the origin of the city's name. According to Abbé Faillon, Charles Le Moyne (1626-1685), lord of the area starting in 1657, named it after a village which is today the seat of a canton in the district of Dieppe in his homeland of Normandy. In France, the name is spelled "Longueil" and it is rumored that it was a mistake to spell it "Longueuil".

Descendants of the Longueuil family claim that one of their ancestors was with Samuel de Champlain when he explored the region in 1611. An outpost was started on the other side of the river and was named in honor of Longueuil.

Prior to the 2002 municipal mergers, the city of Longueuil was composed of Ville Jacques-Cartier, Montreal South (Montréal-Sud) and Longueuil, which had amalgamated in 1969. These three cities, along with the former city of LeMoyne, currently form the borough of Vieux-Longueuil. Locals refer to the borough of Vieux-Longueuil as "Longueuil proper" to distinguish it from the part of the borough known as "Old Longueuil". For more information on this area, please see Vieux-Longueuil.

The Coat of Arms of Longueuil
The Coat of Arms of Longueuil

The city merged on January 1, 2002 with the communities of Boucherville, Brossard, Greenfield Park, LeMoyne, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Saint-Hubert, and Saint-Lambert. These cities became boroughs of the new city. Saint-Lambert and Le Moyne became one borough, and the former city of Longueuil became the borough of Vieux-Longueuil.

On June 20, 2004, the former boroughs of Boucherville, Brossard,Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Saint-Lambert voted to demerge from Longueuil and reconstitute themselves as municipalities, having obtained 10% of signatures at a registry requesting a referendum and 35% or more majority yes votes at the referendum out of the total voting population on electoral lists. The rest of the city stayed intact, with the only change being LeMoyne voting to join the Vieux-Longueuil borough, rather than return on its own.

Main article: List of mayors of Longueuil, Quebec

The former municipalities that now form the new city of Longueuil all have had dozens of different mayors. Since the 2002 municipal mergers, Longueuil has had two mayors.

Mayors of the new city of Longueuil (2002-)
Mayor Term Began Term Ended
Jacques Olivier 2002 2005
Claude Gladu 2006 incumbent

MPs:

MNAs:

  • Population in 2006: 229,330
  • Population in 2001: 225,761
  • 2001 to 2006 population change (%): 1.6
  • Total private dwellings: 101,746
  • Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 98,735
  • Population density per square kilometre: 1,984.0
  • Land area (square km): 115.59

Mother Tongue Language From Canada 2006 Census

Language Population Percentage (%)
French only 181,790 80.15%
English only 15,395 6.79%
Both English and French 1,795 0.79%
Other languages 27,845 12.28%

Source: [1]

Ethnic Origin Population Percent
Canadian 153,635 70.21%
French 68,940 31.51%
Irish 9,960 4.55%
English 6,920 3.16%
Italian 5,610 2.56%
Scottish 4,820 2.22%
Haitian 3,815 1.74%
Québécois 3,660 1.67%
First Nations 3,070 1.4%
German 2,890 1.32%

From Canada 2001 Census

Race Population Percentage (%)
White 205,265 90.92%
Black 6,565 2.91%
Latin American 2,155 0.95%
Southeast Asian 2,055 0.91%
Arab 1,820 0.81%
Chinese 1,650 0.73%
South Asian 1,345 0.6%


Main article: Longueuil City Council


Up until 2006, the city of Longueuil had 7 boroughs. This has changed following the demergers. The Saint-Lambert-LeMoyne borough was split apart, with LeMoyne joining Vieux-Longueuil. The city currently has three boroughs and 26 councilors.

The current mayor is Claude Gladu, who also happened to be the mayor up until the mergers. His term began in 2005 and is scheduled to end in 2009.

The council president is Marie-Lise Sauvé.

The three current boroughs are:

Main article: Vieux-Longueuil

Population (2006): 135,634 [2]
Borough President: Jacques Goyette [3]

Main article: Greenfield Park, Quebec

Population (2006): 17,251 [4]
Borough President: Bernard Constantini [5]

Main article: Saint-Hubert, Quebec

Population (2006): 77,793 [6]
Borough President: Stéphane Desjardins [7]

CEGEPs


Technical and Professional Colleges
Borough of Vieux-Longueuil

  • Pierre-Dupuy Professional Formation Centre
  • Collège Info-Technique


University Campuses
Borough of Vieux-Longueuil

Public Anglophone
Borough of Greenfield Park

Borough of Saint-Hubert


Public Francophone
Borough of Greenfield Park

  • École secondaire Participative l'Agora

Borough of Saint-Hubert

  • École secondaire André-Laurendeau
  • École secondaire Mgr-A.M.-Parent

Borough of Vieux-Longueuil

  • École secondaire Gérard-Filion
  • École secondaire Jacques-Rousseau
  • École secondaire St-Jean-Baptiste


Private Francophone
Borough of Greenfield Park

  • École secondaire Internationale St-Edmond

Borough of Vieux-Longueuil

  • Collège Charles-LeMoyne
  • Collège Français
  • Collège Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes

  • Rive-Sud Industry Chamber of Commerce

Most of the community's residents commute to Montreal to work. This generates major traffic problems; owing to the width of the Saint Lawrence River between the Island of Montreal and the south shore, there are only five automobile crossings (the Honoré-Mercier, Champlain, Victoria, and Jacques-Cartier bridges and the Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine tunnel), and they are severely congested. (See the list of bridges in Montreal.)

The city is also served by the Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke metro station, connected to downtown Montreal by the yellow line of the metro. The Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL) bus lines almost all terminate here, or cross over the Champlain Bridge to arrive at the Terminus Centre-Ville (AMT) in downtown Montreal (under the 1000 de la Gauchetière office tower, at Bonaventure metro). The Mont-Saint-Hilaire commuter train line also serves the south shore. Until the mid-1950s, it was served by interurban streetcars operated by the Montreal and Southern Counties Railway.

Borough of Greenfield Park

  • Charles-Lemoyne Hospital

Borough of Vieux-Longueuil

  • Pierre-Boucher Hospitality Centre

Newspapers:

Radio:

Television:

Club Sport League Stadium/Arena
Le Collège Français de Longueuil Ice Hockey Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League Colisée Jean Béliveau
Longueuil Ducs Baseball Ligue de Baseball Élite du Québec Parc Paul-Pratt
Greenfield Park Packers Football Midget AAA Parc Pierre Laporte
St. Hubert Rebelles Football Midget AAA Centre Rosanne-Laflamme
Collège Édouard-Montpetit Lynx College Sports Collegiate AA and AAA Centre Sportif Collège Édouard-Montpetit
South Shore Monarx Football Quebec Junior Football League Centre Sportif Collège Édouard-Montpetit

Quebec Portal

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Urban agglomeration of Longueuil
Urban agglomeration Urban agglomeration of Longueuil
Cities Longueuil · Boucherville · Brossard · Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville · Saint-Lambert
Boroughs Greenfield Park · Saint-Hubert · Vieux-Longueuil
Pre-2002 towns and cities (now merged) Jacques-Cartier · Mackayville-Laflèche · LeMoyne · Montreal South (Montréal-Sud) · Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur · Préville
Agglomeration services Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL) · Service de police de Longueuil (SPL)  · Service de Sécurité incendie de Longueuil (SSIL)
Administrative subdivisions of Quebec • Urban agglomerations of Quebec • Municipal reorganization in Quebec
margin-left Montérégie (16)

Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories (*): Brome-Missisquoi · La Haute-Yamaska · Acton · Le Bas-Richelieu · Les Maskoutains · Rouville · Le Haut-Richelieu · La Vallée-du-Richelieu · Longueuil* · Lajemmerais · Roussillon · Les Jardins-de-Napierville · Le Haut-Saint-Laurent · Beauharnois-Salaberry · Vaudreuil-Soulanges

Major municipalities: Cowansville · Granby · Sorel-Tracy · Saint-Hyacinthe · Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu · Chambly · Saint-Basile-le-Grand · Mont-Saint-Hilaire · Beloeil · Brossard · Saint-Lambert · Boucherville · Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville · Longueuil · Sainte-Julie · Varennes · La Prairie · Candiac · Sainte-Catherine · Saint-Constant · Mercier · Châteauguay · Beauharnois · Salaberry-de-Valleyfield · Pincourt · Vaudreuil-Dorion · Saint-Lazare

Subdivisions of Region number: 01 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 · 09 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17
Subdivisions of Quebec
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Coordinates: 45°32′N, 73°31′W

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