Henri Bourassa Boulevard is a major east-west street located in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada. Situated in northern Montreal Island, it runs parallel to Gouin Boulevard

Gouin Boulevard

Gouin Boulevard is the longest street on the Island of Montreal, stretching across the north side of the island from Senneville in the west to Pointe-aux-Trembles in the east at Sherbrooke Street ....

. Spanning 29 kilometres in length, it links the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles

Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles

Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles is a suburban borough on the eastern tip of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the farthest borough in the eastern end of the island of Montreal.-Geography:...

 in the east to Autoroute 13

Quebec Autoroute 13

Autoroute 13 , is a freeway in the urban region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its southern end is at the junction of A-20 on the Island of Montreal near Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. Its northern terminus is at the junction of A-640 near Boisbriand...

 in the West Island

West Island

The West Island is the unofficial name given to the western cities and boroughs of the Island of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada...

. It was enlarged in steps beginning in 1954, following expropriations, but also a new segment.

It is named after Henri Bourassa

Henri Bourassa

Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa was a French Canadian political leader and publisher. He is seen by many as an ideological father of Canadian nationalism....

 (1868–1952), a Quebec politician, and founder of the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir

Le Devoir

Le Devoir is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and the rest of Canada. It was founded by journalist, politician, and nationalist Henri Bourassa in 1910....

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Henri-Bourassa

Henri-Bourassa (Montreal Metro)

Henri-Bourassa is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the Ahuntsic district in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...

 metro station

Montreal Metro

The Montreal Metro is a rubber-tired metro system, and the main form of public transportation underground in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada....

is located on Henri Bourassa Boulevard.