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The city of 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...

 is divided into 19 borough
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....

s (in French
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, arrondissement
Arrondissement
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), each with a mayor and council.

Powers

The borough council is responsible for:
  • Fire prevention
  • Removal of household waste and residual materials
  • Funding of community
  • Social and local economic development agencies
  • Planning and management of parks and recreational
  • Cultural and sports facilities, organization of recreational sports and sociocultural activities
  • Maintaining local roads
  • Issuing permits
  • Public consultations for amendments to city planning bylaws
  • Public consultations and dissemination of information to the public
  • Land use planning and borough development.

List of Montreal boroughs

  • Ahuntsic-Cartierville
    Ahuntsic-Cartierville
    Ahuntsic-Cartierville is a borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Geography:The borough is located in the northern part of Montreal along the banks of the Rivière des Prairies, and includes some islands in the river such as Île aux Chats, Île Perry, and Île de la Visitation...

  • Anjou
  • Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
    Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
    Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada-Geography:Located to the north and west of Mount Royal, it was part of the City of Montreal prior to the 2002 municipal mergers...

  • Lachine
  • LaSalle
    LaSalle (borough)
    LaSalle is a community in the Greater Montreal Region of Quebec, Canada. Of which, for quite a lengthy time was once a municipality following the town's inaugural foundation in 1912 until the classification as a borough of the city of Montreal during the 2002 amalgamation.All of which was a...

  • Le Plateau-Mont-Royal
    Le Plateau-Mont-Royal
    Le Plateau-Mont-Royal is a borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.The Plateau-Mont-Royal takes its name from its location on relatively flat terrain north of Sherbrooke Street and downtown, and east of Mont-Royal...

  • Le Sud-Ouest
    Le Sud-Ouest
    Le Sud-Ouest is a borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Geography:Le Sud-Ouest is an amalgam of several neighbourhoods with highly distinct histories and identities, mainly with working-class and industrial origins, grouped around the Lachine Canal...

  • L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève
    L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève
    L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève is a borough of the city of Montreal.-Geography:The borough is composed of the former municipalities of L'Île-Bizard and Sainte-Geneviève. The first is a separate island, the largest of the City of Montreal besides the Island of Montreal itself, and the second is a...

  • Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
    Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
    Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve is a borough of Montreal, Quebec.-History:In 1860, Hochelaga developed as a village counting a little more than 1000 inhabitants. In 1874, Hudon — a cotton factory- moved in...

  • Montréal-Nord
    Montréal-Nord
    Montreal North is a borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists entirely of the former city of Montréal-Nord on Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It was amalgamated into the City of Montreal on January 1, 2002...

  • Outremont
    Outremont (borough)
    Outremont is a borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists entirely of the former city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada...

  • Pierrefonds-Roxboro
    Pierrefonds-Roxboro
    Pierrefonds-Roxboro is a borough of the city of Montreal. It is composed of the former municipalities of Pierrefonds and Roxboro, spanning the northern part of the West Island...

  • 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:...

  • Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
    Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
    Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie is a borough in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the centre-east of the city.-Geography:...

  • Saint-Laurent
  • Saint-Léonard
    Saint-Léonard (borough)
    Saint Leonard is a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Formerly a separate city, it was amalgamated into the city of Montreal in 2002.The former city was originally called St...

  • Verdun
    Verdun (borough)
    Verdun is a borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, situated along the St. Lawrence River. It consists of the former city of Verdun, which was merged with the city of Montreal on January 1, 2002. Verdun did not hold a demerger referendum on June 20, 2004. Verdun was founded in 1671, making it...

  • Ville-Marie
  • Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension
    Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension
    Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension is a borough in the city of Montreal, Quebec. It has a population of 145,485 and an area of 16,05 km².-Location:...


List of former boroughs

  • Beaconsfield–Baie-d'Urfé
    Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé
    Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé is a former borough in the West Island area of Montreal, Quebec. It was composed of the municipalities of Beaconsfield and Baie-D'Urfé.Forced merger: January 1, 2002...

    • Baie-d'Urfé, Quebec
      Baie-d'Urfé, Quebec
      Baie-D'Urfé is a suburb located near to the western tip of the Island of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada. After the amalgamation of the Island's 27 distinct municipalities, it was merged on January 1, 2002 with neighbouring Beaconsfield to create the borough of Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé, in the new...

    • Beaconsfield, Quebec
      Beaconsfield, Quebec
      Beaconsfield , 2006 Population 19,194) is a municipality on the Island of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of Lake Saint-Louis and is bordered on the west by Baie-D'Urfé, on the north by Kirkland and on the east by Pointe-Claire...

  • Côte-Saint-Luc–Hampstead–Montréal-Ouest
    • Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec
      Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec
      Côte Saint-Luc is a mostly residential city in Quebec, Canada, located on the Island of Montreal. The English version of this toponym is "Saint Luke's Slope".-History:...

    • Hampstead, Quebec
      Hampstead, Quebec
      -History:The Town of Hampstead was founded in 1914. It was designed to be an exclusive garden city. There are no retail shops within municipal boundaries. Houses were assigned relatively large lots to allow space for trees and shrubbery. The town's roads were designed with curves in order to slow...

    • Montreal West, Quebec
      Montreal West, Quebec
      Montreal West is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Island of Montreal. On January 1, 2002 it, along with its neighboring suburbs of Côte Saint-Luc and Hampstead, was merged into a borough of the City of Montreal to be known as Côte-Saint-Luc—Hampstead—Montréal-Ouest, though 97% of the...

  • Dollard-Des Ormeaux–Roxboro
    Dollard-Des Ormeaux–Roxboro
    Dollard-Des Ormeaux–Roxboro is a former borough in the West Island area of Montreal, Quebec. It was composed of the former municipalities of Dollard-des-Ormeaux and Roxboro, and was formed on January 1, 2002....

    • Dollard-Des Ormeaux, Quebec
      Dollard-Des Ormeaux, Quebec
      Dollard-des-Ormeaux is a predominantly English-speaking town on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada...

    • Roxboro did not demerge
  • Dorval–L'Île-Dorval
    Dorval–L'Île-Dorval
    Dorval–L'Île-Dorval was a former borough in the West Island area of Montreal, Quebec. It was composed of the former municipalities of Dorval and L'Île-Dorval....

    • Dorval, Quebec
      Dorval, Quebec
      Dorval is a city on the island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. As of the 2006 Canadian Census, the population increased by 2.2% to 18,088. Although the city has the largest surface area in the West Island, it is among the least densely populated...

    • L'Île-Dorval, Quebec
      L'Île-Dorval, Quebec
      L'Île-Dorval is a municipality and an island in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in Lac Saint-Louis off the Island of Montreal.A cottaging spot, it had only two permanent residents as of the 1996 census, making it the smallest municipality in Canada both in area and population. By the 2001 census the...

  • L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève–Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
    L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève–Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
    L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève–Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is a former borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, in the West Island area.The borough was created following the municipal mergers of 2002 and consisted of the former municipalities of L'Île-Bizard, Sainte-Geneviève, and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue...

    • Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec
      Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec
      Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is a town located at the western tip of the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is the second oldest community in Montreal's West Island, having been founded as a parish in 1703...

    • Sainte Geneviève and L'Île Bizard did not demerge
  • Kirkland, Quebec
    Kirkland, Quebec
    Kirkland is a town on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. As of 2006, the population was 20,491. It is named after Charles-Aimé Kirkland, a Quebec provincial politician....

  • Mount Royal, Quebec
    Mount Royal, Quebec
    Mount Royal is a town located on the northwest side of Mount Royal, north of downtown Montreal, on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. The town is completely surrounded by Montreal. The population was 18,933 at the 2006 census...

  • Pierrefonds-Senneville
    Pierrefonds-Senneville
    Pierrefonds-Senneville is a former Montreal borough in the West Island area of Montreal, Quebec.It was formed by forced merger on January 1, 2002...

    • Senneville, Quebec
      Senneville, Quebec
      Senneville is a village on the western tip of the Island of Montreal. It is the wealthiest town on the West Island, closely followed by Dollard-des-Ormeaux and Baie D'Urfé...

    • Pierrefonds did not demerge
  • Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est
    Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est
    Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est was a borough in the eastern end of Montréal, Québec. The borough was located at the eastern tip of the Island of Montréal....

    • Montreal East, Quebec
      Montréal-Est, Quebec
      Montreal East , is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the island of Montreal, formerly part of the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est. Montreal-Est has consistently been the home to many large oil refineries since 1915.Montreal-Est was originally founded in 1910...

    • Point-aux-Trembles and Rivière des Prairies had been part of Montreal before the merger
  • Pointe-Claire
  • Westmount, Quebec
    Westmount, Quebec
    Westmount is a city on the Island of Montreal, an enclave of the city of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada; pop. 20,494; area 4.02 km²; population density of 5,092.56 inhabitants/km²....


See also

  • Districts of Montreal
    Districts of Montreal
    This is the list of the neighbourhoods in the city of Montreal. They are sorted by the borough they are located in.-Ahuntsic-Cartierville:* Ahuntsic* Nouveau-Bordeaux* Cartierville* Île de la Visitation* Sault-au-Récollet-Anjou:...

  • History of Montreal
    History of Montreal
    The human history of Montreal, located in Quebec, Canada, spans some 8,000 years. At the time of European contact, the area was inhabited by the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, a discrete and distinct group of Iroquoian-speaking indigenous people. They spoke Laurentian...

  • Montreal Merger
    Montreal Merger
    As with other large cities like New York City and Toronto, the legal geographic boundaries of Montreal have been reorganized to incorporate adjacent communities which are integral to its social and economic life.-Merger and demerger:...

  • Municipal reorganization in Quebec
    Municipal reorganization in Quebec
    The most recent episode of municipal reorganization in Quebec, Canada, was undertaken in 2002 by the Parti Québécois Government of Quebec, headed by Premier Lucien Bouchard and his successor Bernard Landry....

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