Saint-Lambert, Quebec
Encyclopedia
Saint-Lambert is a Canadian
city in the province of Quebec
located opposite Montreal
on the south shore
of the St. Lawrence River. Saint-Lambert was named for either the early French Canadian
hunter Lambert Closse
or for Roman Catholic Bishop Lambert of Maastricht. It was home to 21,599 people according to the Canada 2006 Census
.
Saint-Lambert is divided into two main sections: the original city of Saint-Lambert and the Préville
neighborhood. The original city of Saint-Lambert (as it existed prior to 1969) is located from the Country Club of Montreal
golf course to the border of the Vieux-Longueuil
borough. It includes the city's downtown, known as "The Village". On the other side of the Country Club of Montreal is the former city Préville, which merged with Saint-Lambert in 1969. It extends to the borders of the city of Brossard
and the Longueuil borough of Greenfield Park
.
was dividing up seigneuries in the new colony of New France
. One of these was known as La Prairie, comprising La Prairie de la Magdeleine and La Prairie de Saint-Lambert. The lower part of the latter, was known as Mouillepied, due to the swampy conditions of the area. Saint-Lambert's first two permanent residents were André Marsil and André Achim in the 18th century. Today André Marsil's house can be found on the corner of Riverside Drive and Notre-Dame Avenue, and has been converted into a textile
museum called the Marsil Museum .
In 1722, Mouillepied was transferred from La Prairie seigneurie to Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil parish
.
Following the establishment of the railway
in 1852 and the completion of the Victoria Bridge
in 1854, the village received a permanent link to the island of Montreal
. With it came a quick growth in Saint-Lambert's population and the construction of new housing. Saint-Lambert detached itself from Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil and achieved municipality status in 1857, under its first mayor, Louis Bétournay. At the time, Saint-Lambert did not include Mouillepied, which instead had remained in Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil.
In 1892, Saint-Lambert reaches village status, and in 1921 attains city status.
The Victoria Bridge is the oldest bridge linking Montreal to the South Shore, and is the only rail line linking Quebec's largest city to New York City
. Because of this, Saint-Lambert became an important passenger and freight stop for a long period of time. This is evident in the city's architecture, in which many old industrial buildings are found near the railway tracks. Many of these have since been converted into loft
s such as the former Waterman pens
factory, originally built in 1908.
During World War I
and World War II
, Saint-Lambert had one of the highest military enlistment rates in Canada. The small city lost a total of 132 soldiers in both wars. This number was a significant portion of the young people at the time.
In the 1950s, the development of Saint-Lambert was enhanced with the building of the St. Lambert Locks in the St. Lawrence Seaway, to bypass the smaller Lachine Canal
, and this became the most easterly lock in the Seaway. Suburban growth from Montreal in this period also affected Saint-Lambert, as well as many of the older communities on the South Shore.
Since its establishment, the city's limits have barely changed. In 1948, the old Mouillepied area had evolved in the form of a new city called Préville
which then merged with Saint-Lambert in 1969.
Saint-Lambert had an anglophone majority population during the beginning of the 20th century, but has increasingly become the home to upper-middle class francophone families, especially after 1976
.
The late 1990s saw the construction of a new residential neighbourhood in Saint-Lambert, known as "Le Haut Saint-Lambert". It was built on the remaining vacant land in city limits near LeMoyne
.
In 2007, the city of Saint-Lambert celebrated its 150th anniversary.
to form a borough in the new Longueuil
mega-city. There was a strong "de-merger" movement and a referendum was won on June 20, 2004, to re-establish the former city. The city was officially "re-born" on January 1, 2006, while on January 7, 2006, the Saint-Lambert flag was hoisted in front of city hall and the mayor, councillors and city manager took their oath of office.
period black shale. This bedrock is covered by deep clay drift over most of the town. Soils were poorly drained in their natural state; as such, they were classified as gleysols—strongly acidic (Longueuil series) under most of the town and neutral to mildly alkaline (Boucherville series) in part of the western section (Préville). Drainage and excavation have been used to adapt the soil for housing construction.
The most common trees in Saint-Lambert are those species which tolerate poor drainage. These include poplar
s, willow
s, red maple
, silver maple
and green ash
. The American elm
was formerly abundant but its population has been severely reduced by Dutch elm disease
. Non-native species are commonly represented by Norway maple
, silver birch
, English oak, blue spruce
, common horsechestnut and honey locust
. Rare exotics which benefit from St-Lambert's favorable microclimate include Japanese maple and tulip tree
. Most trees in Saint-Lambert show some evidence of damage from an ice storm in January 1998
and a severe thunderstorm in June 2008.
The climate of Saint-Lambert is characterized by abundant precipitation and one of the longest, warmest growing seasons in Quebec. As in other parts of Greater Montreal, lengthy spells of hot humid weather are common in summer. Thunderstorm
s are frequent and occasionally cause widespread damage. Heavy snow is usual in winter and several damaging ice storm
s have occurred over the town's history.
The mayor of the City of Saint-Lambert is Philippe Brunet
. There are eight city councillors.
, because it includes a considerable portion of the highly sovereigntist
Vieux-Longueuil
neighbourhood of Longueuil.
The city of Saint-Lambert is located in the federal riding of Saint-Lambert
, and its Member of Parliament is Sadia Groguhé
of the New Democratic Party
.
In provincial politics, Saint-Lambert forms part of the Laporte riding and its Member of the National Assembly
is Nicole Ménard
of the Quebec Liberal Party. The provincial riding is named after Pierre Laporte
, a Quebec government cabinet minister who was kidnapped from outside his Saint-Lambert home and murdered by the Front de libération du Québec
in the October Crisis
of 1970.
, particularly on the part of the strip in the city's downtown (between Riverside Drive and the CN tracks), known as "the Village". This part of Victoria is most notably the location to the flagship of Taylor's
department store. On this part of Victoria alone, there are around 44 businesses that sell durable and semi-durable goods; 22 cafés, bistros and restaurants and 960 street parking spaces. Around 50% of customers in the area come by automobile and 40% come by foot.
Saint-Lambert is also home to Groupe Serdy
, the owner of cable television specialty channels Évasion
and Zeste
. Roctest, a firm that specializes in making instrumentation for civil engineering projects also has its head office and factory in Saint-Lambert. Other notable Saint-Lambert businesses include Les Éditions Héritage book publisher and a Dare Foods
(formerly Lido Biscuit) cookie factory.
As of the census
of 2006, there were 21,599 people, 10,572 dwellings, and 5,840 families residing in the city. The population density
was 2,859.3 people per square kilometer (7,405.6/mi2). The linguistic makeup of the city was 73.8%% francophone
, 15.2% anglophone
, and 9.5% all other languages combined.
In the city the population was spread out with 15.1% under the age of 15, 9.1% from 15 to 24, 21.1% from 25 to 44, 29.1% from 45 to 64, and 25.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. 44.1% of the population is male, and 55.9% is female.
The median income for a household in the city was $61,583, and the median income for a family was $89,786. The median income for the city was $36,293. About 11.9% of the population were low income, including 9.0% of those under age 18. The average value of an owned dwelling was $311,329.
According to the 2001
census, there were 15,690 Roman Catholics in Saint-Lambert, who accounted for seventy-six percent of the population. They are served by three churches. Église catholique de St-Lambert and Église catholique Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin serve Francophone Catholics, and St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church serves Anglophone Catholics.
Additionally, there were 1,970 Protestants in Saint-Lambert in 2001, accounting for 9.5% of all residents. They share five churches with the rest of the south shore Protestant population. St. Barnabas Anglican Church, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, St. Lambert United Church, South Shore Seventh-day Adventist Church and Good Sheppard Lutheran Church.
The number of non-Christians in Saint-Lambert amounts to less than five percent of the population, and 9.6% of the population observe no religion whatsoever.
Saint-Lambert's citizens are well served in educational institutions for a city of its size. The highest level of these is the public anglophone CEGEP
with 2,500 students, Champlain College Saint-Lambert
which also houses an office for Université du Québec à Montréal
.
The Commission Scolaire Marie-Victorin
has jurisdiction over three French language
primary schools in Saint-Lambert, École Des Saints-Anges, École Rabeau and Préville Elementary.
Collège Durocher Saint-Lambert is a large French language private school and is therefore not affiliated with any school board. It consists of two campuses, the Saint-Lambert Campus on the corner of Riverside and Notre-Dame Avenue as well as the Durocher Campus on the corner of Riverside and Tiffin Road, opposite Champlain Regional College.
The English language
Riverside School Board
operates five schools on Saint-Lambert's territory. The most notable of these is the IB
-accredited Chambly Academy
which is home to over five-hundred students from Grade 7-Grade 11. The other secondary school that the board operates in the city is The Alternate School which is meant to reintegrate at-risk youth into mainstream society. St. Lambert Elementary School
serves Kindergarten to Grade 6, and also houses around five-hundred students. Intellectually disabled students are served by REACH School as well as a program at Chambly Academy geared toward their academic success. ACCESS Continuing Education and Career Training Centre is an adult education
institution, helping adults and immigrants get high school diplomas.
Saint-Lambert is also home a library, the Saint Lambert Municipal Memorial Library. It has two branches, the main branch is located on Mercille Avenue, and the other branch located in Préville.
Various large events take place annually in Saint-Lambert. One of these is Saint-Lambert Days, which takes place over a four day period in late August and features live concerts and performances, games, and sidewalk sales.More than 80,000 people attend St. Lambert Days each year.
and Rive-Sud Express
.
serves Saint-Lambert railway station with its daily Montreal-Quebec City, Montreal-Gaspé and Montreal-Halifax trains.
Amtrak
, the U.S. national passenger rail system, also provides daily service to Saint-Lambert railway station, operating its Adirondack
in both directions between Montreal
and New York City
, using the Victoria Bridge.
Saint-Lambert railway station is also served by commuter rail on the Agence métropolitaine de transport's
Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line.
, although it was once serviced by Chambly Transport and Commission de Transport de la Communauté Urbaine de Montréal
. Interurban
streetcar
service was operated until 1956 by the Montreal and Southern Counties Railway
.
The following RTL buses lines travel through Saint-Lambert:
Saint-Lambert is served by the most important autoroute in Quebec province: Autoroute 20
. Saint-Lambert is also served by one of the most important provincial highway: Route 132
. The Route 112
is also serving Saint-Lambert.
Important streets
Bridges
In Saint-Lambert, two bridges link with Montreal (one to the Old Port and the other one, a bridge meant for bicycles, that connects to Île Notre-Dame
). The Victoria Bridge links Saint-Lambert to Montreal Island. The Jacques Cartier Bridge
in Longueuil
is half a kilometre from Saint-Lambert and the Champlain Bridge
in Brossard
is a kilometre away from Saint-Lambert.
, British Columbia
, Canada
Marblehead
, Massachusetts
, United States
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
city in the province of 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....
located opposite 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...
on the south shore
South Shore (Montreal)
The South Shore is the general term for the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec located on the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite the Island of Montreal. The South Shore is located within the Quebec administrative region of Montérégie....
of the St. Lawrence River. Saint-Lambert was named for either the early French Canadian
French Canadian
French Canadian or Francophone Canadian, , generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France in the 17th and 18th centuries...
hunter Lambert Closse
Lambert Closse
Raphaël Lambert Closse was a merchant when he disembarked at Ville-Marie, Nouvelle-France in 1647.His exact date of birth is unknown, however, he was born in Mogues in the Ardennes department of today's northern France....
or for Roman Catholic Bishop Lambert of Maastricht. It was home to 21,599 people according to the Canada 2006 Census
Canada 2006 Census
The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...
.
Saint-Lambert is divided into two main sections: the original city of Saint-Lambert and the Préville
Préville
Préville is a neighborhood in Saint-Lambert, Quebec and a former city. Formed from part of the Ville Jacques-Cartier's territory on March 11, 1948, Préville merged into the city of Saint-Lambert in 1969....
neighborhood. The original city of Saint-Lambert (as it existed prior to 1969) is located from the Country Club of Montreal
Country Club of Montreal
The Country Club of Montreal is a private 18 hole golf course located in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada. Originally dedicated to polo, the club's vocation changed to golf on November 17th, 1910, making it the second oldest golf course in Greater Montreal...
golf course to the border of the Vieux-Longueuil
Vieux-Longueuil
Vieux-Longueuil is the largest borough in the city of Longueuil.From 2002 to 2006, Vieux-Longueuil borough stood for what used to be the city of Longueuil from 1969 to 2002...
borough. It includes the city's downtown, known as "The Village". On the other side of the Country Club of Montreal is the former city Préville, which merged with Saint-Lambert in 1969. It extends to the borders of the city of Brossard
Brossard
Brossard is a suburban area, located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, opposite the island and city of Montreal.Brossard is subdivided into many smaller sections. These sections are characterized by having street names that all begin with the same letter of the alphabet...
and the Longueuil borough of Greenfield Park
Greenfield Park, Quebec
Greenfield Park is a borough of the city of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. It covers an area of , with a population of 17,491 as of December 2004. Greenfield Park is the only borough of Longueuil that has an officially bilingual status. It is primarily a post-war suburban area. Like the other two...
.
History
In 1636, Louis XIV of FranceLouis XIV of France
Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
was dividing up seigneuries in the new colony of New France
New France
New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
. One of these was known as La Prairie, comprising La Prairie de la Magdeleine and La Prairie de Saint-Lambert. The lower part of the latter, was known as Mouillepied, due to the swampy conditions of the area. Saint-Lambert's first two permanent residents were André Marsil and André Achim in the 18th century. Today André Marsil's house can be found on the corner of Riverside Drive and Notre-Dame Avenue, and has been converted into a textile
Textile
A textile or cloth is a flexible woven material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by spinning raw fibres of wool, flax, cotton, or other material to produce long strands...
museum called the Marsil Museum .
In 1722, Mouillepied was transferred from La Prairie seigneurie to Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
.
Following the establishment of the railway
Grand Trunk Railway
The Grand Trunk Railway was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The railway was operated from headquarters in Montreal, Quebec; however, corporate...
in 1852 and the completion of the Victoria Bridge
Victoria Bridge (Montreal)
Victoria Bridge , formerly originally known as Victoria Jubilee Bridge, is a bridge over the St. Lawrence River, linking Montreal, Quebec, to the south shore city of Saint-Lambert....
in 1854, the village received a permanent link to the island of Montreal
Island of Montreal
The Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies....
. With it came a quick growth in Saint-Lambert's population and the construction of new housing. Saint-Lambert detached itself from Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil and achieved municipality status in 1857, under its first mayor, Louis Bétournay. At the time, Saint-Lambert did not include Mouillepied, which instead had remained in Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil.
In 1892, Saint-Lambert reaches village status, and in 1921 attains city status.
The Victoria Bridge is the oldest bridge linking Montreal to the South Shore, and is the only rail line linking Quebec's largest city to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Because of this, Saint-Lambert became an important passenger and freight stop for a long period of time. This is evident in the city's architecture, in which many old industrial buildings are found near the railway tracks. Many of these have since been converted into loft
Loft
A loft can be an upper story or attic in a building, directly under the roof. Alternatively, a loft apartment refers to large adaptable open space, often converted for residential use from some other use, often light industrial...
s such as the former Waterman pens
Waterman pens
The Waterman pen company is a major manufacturer of fountain pens. Established in 1884 in New York City by Lewis Edson Waterman, it is one of the few remaining first-generation fountain pen companies, as Waterman S.A.. It is currently owned by Newell Rubbermaid.- History :The initial years of...
factory, originally built in 1908.
During World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
and World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Saint-Lambert had one of the highest military enlistment rates in Canada. The small city lost a total of 132 soldiers in both wars. This number was a significant portion of the young people at the time.
In the 1950s, the development of Saint-Lambert was enhanced with the building of the St. Lambert Locks in the St. Lawrence Seaway, to bypass the smaller Lachine Canal
Lachine Canal
The Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.The canal gets its name from the French word for China...
, and this became the most easterly lock in the Seaway. Suburban growth from Montreal in this period also affected Saint-Lambert, as well as many of the older communities on the South Shore.
Since its establishment, the city's limits have barely changed. In 1948, the old Mouillepied area had evolved in the form of a new city called Préville
Préville
Préville is a neighborhood in Saint-Lambert, Quebec and a former city. Formed from part of the Ville Jacques-Cartier's territory on March 11, 1948, Préville merged into the city of Saint-Lambert in 1969....
which then merged with Saint-Lambert in 1969.
Saint-Lambert had an anglophone majority population during the beginning of the 20th century, but has increasingly become the home to upper-middle class francophone families, especially after 1976
Quebec general election, 1976
The Quebec general election of 1976 was held on November 15, 1976 to elect members to National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. It was one of the most significant elections in Quebec history, rivalled only by the 1960 general election, and caused major repercussions in the rest of Canada...
.
The late 1990s saw the construction of a new residential neighbourhood in Saint-Lambert, known as "Le Haut Saint-Lambert". It was built on the remaining vacant land in city limits near LeMoyne
LeMoyne, Quebec
LeMoyne is a neighbourhood in Longueuil, Quebec within the Vieux-Longueuil borough. LeMoyne makes up 2% of the total area of the Vieux-Longueuil borough and is the only neighbourhood of the borough that wasn't part of the pre-2002 city of Longueuil...
.
In 2007, the city of Saint-Lambert celebrated its 150th anniversary.
Amalgamation and de-amalgamation
On January 1, 2002, municipal reorganization merged Saint-Lambert with LeMoyneLeMoyne, Quebec
LeMoyne is a neighbourhood in Longueuil, Quebec within the Vieux-Longueuil borough. LeMoyne makes up 2% of the total area of the Vieux-Longueuil borough and is the only neighbourhood of the borough that wasn't part of the pre-2002 city of Longueuil...
to form a borough in the new Longueuil
Longueuil
Longueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the third largest city in...
mega-city. There was a strong "de-merger" movement and a referendum was won on June 20, 2004, to re-establish the former city. The city was officially "re-born" on January 1, 2006, while on January 7, 2006, the Saint-Lambert flag was hoisted in front of city hall and the mayor, councillors and city manager took their oath of office.
Geography
Saint-Lambert is underlain by OrdovicianOrdovician
The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six of the Paleozoic Era, and covers the time between 488.3±1.7 to 443.7±1.5 million years ago . It follows the Cambrian Period and is followed by the Silurian Period...
period black shale. This bedrock is covered by deep clay drift over most of the town. Soils were poorly drained in their natural state; as such, they were classified as gleysols—strongly acidic (Longueuil series) under most of the town and neutral to mildly alkaline (Boucherville series) in part of the western section (Préville). Drainage and excavation have been used to adapt the soil for housing construction.
The most common trees in Saint-Lambert are those species which tolerate poor drainage. These include poplar
Poplar
Populus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar , aspen, and cottonwood....
s, willow
Willow
Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
s, red maple
Red Maple
Acer rubrum , is one of the most common and widespread deciduous trees of eastern North America. It ranges from the Lake of the Woods on the border between Ontario and Minnesota, east to Newfoundland, south to near Miami, Florida, and southwest to east Texas...
, silver maple
Silver Maple
The silver maple —also called creek maple, river maple, silverleaf maple, soft maple, water maple, or white maple—is a species of maple native to eastern North America in the eastern United States and Canada...
and green ash
Green Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica is a species of ash native to eastern and central North America, from Nova Scotia west to southeastern Alberta and eastern Colorado, south to northern Florida, and southwest to eastern Texas....
. The American elm
American Elm
Ulmus americana, generally known as the American Elm or, less commonly, as the White Elm or Water Elm, is a species native to eastern North America, occurring from Nova Scotia west to Alberta and Montana, and south to Florida and central Texas. The American elm is an extremely hardy tree that can...
was formerly abundant but its population has been severely reduced by Dutch elm disease
Dutch elm disease
Dutch elm disease is a disease caused by a member of the sac fungi category, affecting elm trees which is spread by the elm bark beetle. Although believed to be originally native to Asia, the disease has been accidentally introduced into America and Europe, where it has devastated native...
. Non-native species are commonly represented by Norway maple
Norway Maple
Acer platanoides is a species of maple native to eastern and central Europe and southwest Asia, from France east to Russia, north to southern Scandinavia and southeast to northern Iran....
, silver birch
Silver Birch
Betula pendula is a widespread European birch, though in southern Europe it is only found at higher altitudes. Its range extends into southwest Asia in the mountains of northern Turkey and the Caucasus...
, English oak, blue spruce
Blue Spruce
Picea pungens is a species of spruce native to western North America, from southeast Idaho and southwest Wyoming, south through Utah and Colorado to Arizona and New Mexico. It grows at high altitudes from altitude, though unlike Engelmann Spruce in the same area, it does not reach the alpine...
, common horsechestnut and honey locust
Honey locust
The Honey locust, Gleditsia triacanthos, is a deciduous tree native to central North America. It is mostly found in the moist soil of river valleys ranging from southeastern South Dakota to New Orleans and central Texas, and as far east as eastern Massachusetts.-Description:Honey locusts, Gleditsia...
. Rare exotics which benefit from St-Lambert's favorable microclimate include Japanese maple and tulip tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Liriodendron tulipifera, commonly known as the tulip tree, American tulip tree, tuliptree, tulip poplar or yellow poplar, is the Western Hemisphere representative of the two-species genus Liriodendron, and the tallest eastern hardwood...
. Most trees in Saint-Lambert show some evidence of damage from an ice storm in January 1998
North American ice storm of 1998
The North American ice storm of 1998 was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms which combined to strike a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec to Nova Scotia in Canada, and bordering areas from northern New York to central Maine in the...
and a severe thunderstorm in June 2008.
Climate
Thunderstorm
A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm, a lightning storm, thundershower or simply a storm is a form of weather characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder. The meteorologically assigned cloud type associated with the...
s are frequent and occasionally cause widespread damage. Heavy snow is usual in winter and several damaging ice storm
Ice storm
An ice storm is a type of winter storm characterized by freezing rain, also known as a glaze event or in some parts of the United States as a silver thaw. The U.S. National Weather Service defines an ice storm as a storm which results in the accumulation of at least of ice on exposed surfaces...
s have occurred over the town's history.
Municipal
Philippe Brunet
Philippe Brunet is a Canadian politician, currently serving as mayor of Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada. Prior to being elected mayor, he served as a city councilor for District 4 under the previous administration of Sean Finn.-External links:**...
. There are eight city councillors.
| District number | Councillor |
|---|---|
| District 1 | Gilles Girard |
| District 2 | Gilles Therrien |
| District 3 | Natalie Kirk |
| District 4 | François Boissy |
| District 5 | Marc-André Croteau |
| District 6 | Francis Dumais |
| District 7 | Alain Dépatie |
| District 8 | Martin Croteau |
Federal and provincial
Traditionally, the city of Saint-Lambert is predominantly federalist, specifically Liberal both federally and provincially. Despite this, in federal politics the riding tends to usually go in favour of the Bloc QuébécoisBloc Québécois
The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...
, because it includes a considerable portion of the highly sovereigntist
Quebec sovereignty movement
The Quebec sovereignty movement refers to both the political movement and the ideology of values, concepts and ideas that promote the secession of the province of Quebec from the rest of Canada...
Vieux-Longueuil
Vieux-Longueuil
Vieux-Longueuil is the largest borough in the city of Longueuil.From 2002 to 2006, Vieux-Longueuil borough stood for what used to be the city of Longueuil from 1969 to 2002...
neighbourhood of Longueuil.
The city of Saint-Lambert is located in the federal riding of Saint-Lambert
Saint-Lambert (electoral district)
Saint-Lambert is a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec. It has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2006 was 94,541.-Geography:...
, and its Member of Parliament is Sadia Groguhé
Sadia Groguhé
Sadia Groguhé is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2011 election. She represents the electoral district of Saint-Lambert as a member of the New Democratic Party....
of the New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
.
In provincial politics, Saint-Lambert forms part of the Laporte riding and its Member of the National Assembly
National Assembly of Quebec
The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...
is Nicole Ménard
Nicole Ménard
Nicole Ménard is a Quebec politician. She is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Laporte in the Montérégie region...
of the Quebec Liberal Party. The provincial riding is named after Pierre Laporte
Pierre Laporte
Pierre Laporte was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician who was the Deputy Premier and Minister of Labour of the province of Quebec before being kidnapped and killed by members of the group Front de libération du Québec during the October Crisis. Mr...
, a Quebec government cabinet minister who was kidnapped from outside his Saint-Lambert home and murdered by the Front de libération du Québec
Front de libération du Québec
The Front de libération du Québec was a left-wing Quebecois nationalist and Marxist-Leninist paramilitary group in Quebec, Canada. It was active between 1963 and 1970, and was regarded as a terrorist organization for its violent methods of action...
in the October Crisis
October Crisis
The October Crisis was a series of events triggered by two kidnappings of government officials by members of the Front de libération du Québec during October 1970 in the province of Quebec, mainly in the Montreal metropolitan area.The circumstances ultimately culminated in the only peacetime use...
of 1970.
Economy
Most of Saint-Lambert's commercial activity is based on Victoria AvenueVictoria Avenue (Saint-Lambert, Quebec)
Victoria Avenue is a major street located in city of Saint-Lambert, Quebec and in the borough of Greenfield Park in the city of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. Victoria Avenue extends from Riverside Drive, near Route 132 and the Saint Lawrence River in the north, to the Brossard municipal boundary in...
, particularly on the part of the strip in the city's downtown (between Riverside Drive and the CN tracks), known as "the Village". This part of Victoria is most notably the location to the flagship of Taylor's
Taylor's (department store)
Taylor's , is a department store chain located in Quebec, Canada. The flagship store and headquarters are located at 556 Victoria Avenue in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, the chain's original location.-Locations:...
department store. On this part of Victoria alone, there are around 44 businesses that sell durable and semi-durable goods; 22 cafés, bistros and restaurants and 960 street parking spaces. Around 50% of customers in the area come by automobile and 40% come by foot.
Saint-Lambert is also home to Groupe Serdy
Groupe Serdy
Groupe Serdy is a Canadian television broadcasting and video production company based in Saint-Lambert, Quebec.-Television broadcasting:*Évasion - a specialty channel devoted to travel and adventure.*Zeste - a specialty channel devoted to food....
, the owner of cable television specialty channels Évasion
Evasion
Evasion may refer to:*Évasion, a Canadian French-language travel and adventure television channel*Evasion , a deceptive act*Evasion , to avoid government mandate through specious means...
and Zeste
Zeste
Zeste is a Canadian French-language Category B specialty channel owned by Groupe Serdy. Zeste airs food-related entertainment and lifestyle programming.-History:...
. Roctest, a firm that specializes in making instrumentation for civil engineering projects also has its head office and factory in Saint-Lambert. Other notable Saint-Lambert businesses include Les Éditions Héritage book publisher and a Dare Foods
Dare Foods
-History:“Feel good food is at the heart of everything we do at Dare, especially when it comes to baking delicious, quality snacks for your family.” They are dedicated to creating high quality snacks for the average person....
(formerly Lido Biscuit) cookie factory.
Demographics
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 21,599 | 2.6% |
| 2001 | 21,051 | 0.4% |
| 1996 | 20,971 | 0.0% |
| 1991 | 20,976 | N/A |
As of the census
Canada 2006 Census
The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...
of 2006, there were 21,599 people, 10,572 dwellings, and 5,840 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 2,859.3 people per square kilometer (7,405.6/mi2). The linguistic makeup of the city was 73.8%% francophone
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, 15.2% anglophone
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, and 9.5% all other languages combined.
In the city the population was spread out with 15.1% under the age of 15, 9.1% from 15 to 24, 21.1% from 25 to 44, 29.1% from 45 to 64, and 25.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. 44.1% of the population is male, and 55.9% is female.
The median income for a household in the city was $61,583, and the median income for a family was $89,786. The median income for the city was $36,293. About 11.9% of the population were low income, including 9.0% of those under age 18. The average value of an owned dwelling was $311,329.
| Ethnic Origin | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 10,645 | 50.6% |
| French French people The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups... |
8,340 | 39.6% |
| Irish Irish people The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha... |
2,035 | 9.7% |
| English English people The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens... |
1,640 | 7.8% |
| Scottish Scottish people The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,... |
1,340 | 6.4% |
| Italian Italian people The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people... |
860 | 4.1% |
| German | 785 | 3.7% |
| First Nations First Nations First Nations is a term that collectively refers to various Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. There are currently over 630 recognised First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada, roughly half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. The... |
495 | 2.4% |
| Belgian Demographics of Belgium This article is about the demographic features of the population of Belgium, including ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population... |
360 | 1.7% |
| Spanish Spanish people The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history.... |
360 | 1.7% |
| Chinese Chinese people The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity .... |
330 | 1.6% |
| Québécois French-speaking Quebecer French-speaking Quebecers are francophone residents of the Canadian province of Quebec.... |
220 | 1% |
| Language | Population | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
| French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
15,885 | 75.46% |
| English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
4,040 | 19.19% |
| Both English and French | 340 | 1.97% |
| Other languages | 785 | 3.73% |
Canada 2001 Census
The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 15, 2001. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 30,007,094. This was a 4% increase over 1996 Census of 28,846,761. In...
census, there were 15,690 Roman Catholics in Saint-Lambert, who accounted for seventy-six percent of the population. They are served by three churches. Église catholique de St-Lambert and Église catholique Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin serve Francophone Catholics, and St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church serves Anglophone Catholics.
Additionally, there were 1,970 Protestants in Saint-Lambert in 2001, accounting for 9.5% of all residents. They share five churches with the rest of the south shore Protestant population. St. Barnabas Anglican Church, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, St. Lambert United Church, South Shore Seventh-day Adventist Church and Good Sheppard Lutheran Church.
The number of non-Christians in Saint-Lambert amounts to less than five percent of the population, and 9.6% of the population observe no religion whatsoever.
Education
Cégep
CEGEP is an acronym for , which is literally translated as "College of General and Vocational Education" but commonly called "General and Vocational College" in circles not influenced by Quebec English. It refers to the public post-secondary education collegiate institutions exclusive to the...
with 2,500 students, Champlain College Saint-Lambert
Champlain College Saint-Lambert
Champlain College Saint-Lambert is the Champlain Regional College campus serving the Greater Montreal Area. The campus is located in the city of Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada on Montreal's south shore...
which also houses an office for Université du Québec à Montréal
Université du Québec à Montréal
The Université du Québec à Montréal is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Basic facts:The UQAM is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québec , a public university system with other branches in Gatineau , Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec City, Chicoutimi, and...
.
The Commission Scolaire Marie-Victorin
Commission scolaire Marie-Victorin
Commission scolaire Marie-Victorin is a Canadian school board operating in the province of Quebec and serving the cities of Longueuil , Brossard and Saint-Lambert. It is a French-language school board.CSMV was created on July 1, 1998 when school boards were reconfigured based on language...
has jurisdiction over three French language
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
primary schools in Saint-Lambert, École Des Saints-Anges, École Rabeau and Préville Elementary.
Collège Durocher Saint-Lambert is a large French language private school and is therefore not affiliated with any school board. It consists of two campuses, the Saint-Lambert Campus on the corner of Riverside and Notre-Dame Avenue as well as the Durocher Campus on the corner of Riverside and Tiffin Road, opposite Champlain Regional College.
The English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
Riverside School Board
Riverside School Board
The Riverside School Board is an English-language school board in the province of Quebec and provides educational services and programs to all students who have a certificate of eligibility for English education in Quebec. They are responsible for anglophone public schools on Montreal's South Shore...
operates five schools on Saint-Lambert's territory. The most notable of these is the IB
International Baccalaureate Organization
The International Baccalaureate , formerly the International Baccalaureate Organization , is an international educational foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1968. IB offers three educational programmes for children ages 3–19.The organization's name and logo were changed...
-accredited Chambly Academy
Chambly Academy
Chambly Academy is a public secondary school, in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada, renamed following the merger of Chambly County High School and Penfield Academy in 1999. It is located at 675 Green Street and borders the Club De Golf St-Lambert...
which is home to over five-hundred students from Grade 7-Grade 11. The other secondary school that the board operates in the city is The Alternate School which is meant to reintegrate at-risk youth into mainstream society. St. Lambert Elementary School
St. Lambert Elementary School
St. Lambert Elementary School is an elementary school belonging to the Riverside School Board. The School is located in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada and is the only English-language elementary school that serves the city of Saint-Lambert. The school is composed of three main floors...
serves Kindergarten to Grade 6, and also houses around five-hundred students. Intellectually disabled students are served by REACH School as well as a program at Chambly Academy geared toward their academic success. ACCESS Continuing Education and Career Training Centre is an adult education
Adult education
Adult education is the practice of teaching and educating adults. Adult education takes place in the workplace, through 'extension' school or 'school of continuing education' . Other learning places include folk high schools, community colleges, and lifelong learning centers...
institution, helping adults and immigrants get high school diplomas.
Culture
There are a handful of notable cultural institutions based in Saint-Lambert, such as the Museum of Costume and Textile of Quebec , Le Balcon d'Art and La Foire d'Art Contemporain de Saint-Lambert.Saint-Lambert is also home a library, the Saint Lambert Municipal Memorial Library. It has two branches, the main branch is located on Mercille Avenue, and the other branch located in Préville.
Various large events take place annually in Saint-Lambert. One of these is Saint-Lambert Days, which takes place over a four day period in late August and features live concerts and performances, games, and sidewalk sales.More than 80,000 people attend St. Lambert Days each year.
Media
The city of Saint-Lambert is home to two weekly newspapers, the St-Lambert Journal and Le Saint-Lambert Mag. It is also served by two other regional weekly newspapers, Le Courrier du SudLe Courrier du Sud
Le Courrier du Sud is a free French language weekly tabloid newspaper based in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. The newspaper is distributed to 143 992 homes in the cities of Longueuil , Brossard and Saint-Lambert. Le Courrier du Sud is owned by Quebecor Media, the same owners as the Montreal daily Le...
and Rive-Sud Express
Rive-Sud Express
Rive-Sud Express is a free French-language weekly tabloid newspaper based in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada. The newspaper is distributed to 145,000 homes in cities of Boucherville, Longueuil , Brossard and Saint-Lambert...
.
Passenger rail
Via RailVIA Rail
Via Rail Canada is an independent crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail services in Canada. It is headquartered near Montreal Central Station at 3 Place Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec....
serves Saint-Lambert railway station with its daily Montreal-Quebec City, Montreal-Gaspé and Montreal-Halifax trains.
Amtrak
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
, the U.S. national passenger rail system, also provides daily service to Saint-Lambert railway station, operating its Adirondack
Adirondack (Amtrak)
The Adirondack is a passenger train operated daily by Amtrak between New York City and Montreal. The trip takes approximately 11 hours to cover a published distance of , traveling through the scenic Hudson Valley and the Adirondack Mountains...
in both directions between 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...
and New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, using the Victoria Bridge.
Saint-Lambert railway station is also served by commuter rail on the Agence métropolitaine de transport's
Agence métropolitaine de transport
The Agence métropolitaine de transport is the umbrella organization that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transportation services across Canada's Greater Montreal Region, including the Island of Montreal, Laval , and communities along both the North Shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles...
Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line.
Transit
Saint-Lambert is served by Réseau de transport de LongueuilRéseau de transport de Longueuil
Réseau de transport de Longueuil is a public transit carrier in the city of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada and nearby communities on the South Shore of Montreal...
, although it was once serviced by Chambly Transport and Commission de Transport de la Communauté Urbaine de Montréal
Société de transport de Montréal
The Société de transport de Montréal is a public transport agency that operates transit bus, and rapid transit services in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
. Interurban
Interurban
An interurban, also called a radial railway in parts of Canada, is a type of electric passenger railroad; in short a hybrid between tram and train. Interurbans enjoyed widespread popularity in the first three decades of the twentieth century in North America. Until the early 1920s, most roads were...
streetcar
Tram
A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...
service was operated until 1956 by the Montreal and Southern Counties Railway
Montreal and Southern Counties Railway
The Montreal and Southern Counties Railway Company was an interurban streetcar line that ran between Montreal and Granby until 1956. A second branch served the city of Longueuil....
.
The following RTL buses lines travel through Saint-Lambert:
| Route Name | Route Map | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (Terminus Longueuil Terminus Longueuil (AMT) Terminus Longueuil, an AMT bus terminus part of the Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke Metro complex . There are 1838 park and ride spaces nearby... - Boul. Grand-Allée [via Churchill]) |
||
| 2 (Terminus Longueuil - Lemoyne LeMoyne, Quebec LeMoyne is a neighbourhood in Longueuil, Quebec within the Vieux-Longueuil borough. LeMoyne makes up 2% of the total area of the Vieux-Longueuil borough and is the only neighbourhood of the borough that wasn't part of the pre-2002 city of Longueuil... [via Tiffin]) |
||
| 6 (Terminus Longueuil - Terminus Brossard-Panama Terminus Brossard-Panama (AMT) Terminus Brossard-Panama is an AMT bus terminus in Brossard, Quebec, Canada. It is served by buses of the Réseau de transport de Longueuil as well as by routes of the CIT Le Richelain and CIT Roussillon. Inaugurated in the fall of 1991, it is located at the intersection of Panama Street and... [via Victoria]) |
||
| 13 (Terminus Longueuil — Terminus Panama [via Riverside]) | ||
| 14 (Terminus Longueuil - Brossard Brossard Brossard is a suburban area, located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, opposite the island and city of Montreal.Brossard is subdivided into many smaller sections. These sections are characterized by having street names that all begin with the same letter of the alphabet... {R section} [via HWY 132]) |
||
| 15 (Terminus Longueuil — Terminus Panama [via Alexandra] and on to Terminus Centre Ville Terminus Centre-Ville (AMT) Terminus Centre-Ville is a bus terminus located within 1000 de La Gauchetière, Montreal. It is multimodal with the Bonaventure metro station on the Orange Line, the Central Station, the Lucien-L'Allier train station as well as the Lucien-L'Allier metro station... at rush hours only) |
||
| 37 (Terminus Centre Ville — Du Dauphiné [via Champlain Bridge Champlain Bridge (Montreal) The Champlain Bridge is a steel truss cantilever bridge with approach viaducts constructed of prestressed concrete beams supporting a prestressed concrete deck paved with asphalt... ]) |
||
| 54 (Terminus Longueuil - Terminus Brossard-Panama Terminus Brossard-Panama (AMT) Terminus Brossard-Panama is an AMT bus terminus in Brossard, Quebec, Canada. It is served by buses of the Réseau de transport de Longueuil as well as by routes of the CIT Le Richelain and CIT Roussillon. Inaugurated in the fall of 1991, it is located at the intersection of Panama Street and... [via Tascherau]) |
||
| 55 (Terminus Centre Ville — St. Lambert [via Victoria Bridge]) | ||
| 106 (Terminus Longueuil — Brossard {B section}[via Victoria]) | ||
| 115 (Terminus Centre Ville - Greenfield Park Greenfield Park, Quebec Greenfield Park is a borough of the city of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. It covers an area of , with a population of 17,491 as of December 2004. Greenfield Park is the only borough of Longueuil that has an officially bilingual status. It is primarily a post-war suburban area. Like the other two... [via Champlain Bridge]) |
Roads and infrastructure
Quebec Autoroute 20
Autoroute 20 is a major Quebec Autoroute, following the Saint Lawrence River through one of the more densely-populated parts of Canada, and is part of the Trans-Canada Highway. At , it is the longest Autoroute in Quebec...
. Saint-Lambert is also served by one of the most important provincial highway: Route 132
Quebec route 132
Route 132 is the longest highway in Quebec. It follows the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River from the border with the state of New York in the hamlet of Dundee , west of Montreal to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and circles the Gaspé Peninsula...
. The Route 112
Quebec route 112
Route 112 is a busy east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its eastern terminus is in Frampton at the junction of Route 275, and the western terminus is in Downtown Montreal , after crossing the Victoria Bridge...
is also serving Saint-Lambert.
Important streets
- Victoria AvenueVictoria Avenue (Saint-Lambert, Quebec)Victoria Avenue is a major street located in city of Saint-Lambert, Quebec and in the borough of Greenfield Park in the city of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. Victoria Avenue extends from Riverside Drive, near Route 132 and the Saint Lawrence River in the north, to the Brossard municipal boundary in...
- Green Street
- Desaulniers Boulevard
- Riverside
- Notre-Dame Street
- Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier Boulevard
- Simard Boulevard
- Tiffin Road
Bridges
In Saint-Lambert, two bridges link with Montreal (one to the Old Port and the other one, a bridge meant for bicycles, that connects to Île Notre-Dame
Île Notre-Dame
Île Notre-Dame is an artificial island built in 10 months from 15 million tons of rock excavated for the Montreal Metro in 1965. It was created for Expo 67 to celebrate Canada's centennial. The island is part of the city of Montreal and forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago...
). The Victoria Bridge links Saint-Lambert to Montreal Island. The Jacques Cartier Bridge
Jacques Cartier Bridge
The Jacques Cartier Bridge is a steel truss cantilever bridge crossing the Saint Lawrence River from Montreal Island, Montreal, Quebec to the south shore at Longueuil, Quebec, Canada...
in Longueuil
Longueuil
Longueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the third largest city in...
is half a kilometre from Saint-Lambert and the Champlain Bridge
Champlain Bridge (Montreal)
The Champlain Bridge is a steel truss cantilever bridge with approach viaducts constructed of prestressed concrete beams supporting a prestressed concrete deck paved with asphalt...
in Brossard
Brossard
Brossard is a suburban area, located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, opposite the island and city of Montreal.Brossard is subdivided into many smaller sections. These sections are characterized by having street names that all begin with the same letter of the alphabet...
is a kilometre away from Saint-Lambert.
Notable natives and residents
- Luc AngersLuc AngersLuc Angers is a Quebec politician in Gatineau, Quebec. He is the councillor of the district of Les Promenades District in the Gatineau sector.Angers studied and received degrees at three different universities...
, politician - Douglas BennettDouglas Bennett (canoer)Douglas Bennett was a Canadian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1930s to the late 1940s. He won a silver medal in the C-1 1000 m event at 1948 Summer Olympics in London....
, won silver medal at 1948 Olympics1948 Summer OlympicsThe 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin... - Arlette CoustureArlette CoustureArlette Cousture, is a Canadian writer.Cousture was born in Saint-Lambert, Quebec.In 1998, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.-External links:* at The Canadian Encyclopedia...
, writer - Régine ChassagneRégine ChassagneRégine Chassagne is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist musician and singer, and a founding member of the band Arcade Fire. She is married to co-founder Win Butler.-Life and career:...
, Arcade Fire - Pierre-Claude Drouin, ice hockey player
- Gabriel FontaineGabriel FontaineGabriel Fontaine was a Progressive Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons...
, politician - Sean FinnSean FinnSean Finn is a Canadian politician and businessman. He currently serves as the Executive Vice-President, Corporate Services and Chief Legal Officer at Canadian National Railway's head office in Montreal....
, mayor - Steve KasperSteve KasperStephen Neil "The Friendly Ghost, The Shadow" Kasper is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played his entire 13 season playing career in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning. Kasper won the Frank J...
, retired ice hockey player - Émilie HeymansÉmilie HeymansÉmilie-Joane Heymans is a Canadian diver. Born in Brussels, Belgium and raised in Greenfield Park , a suburb of Montreal, she started diving in 1993, at age 11...
, diver - Marc LabrècheMarc LabrècheMarc Labrèche is a Quebec actor, comedian and host.-Background:The son of Quebec comedian Gaetan Labrèche, he expressed interest in scene acting in his early years...
, actor and comedian - Anne Marie La TraverseAnne Marie La TraverseAnne Marie La Traverse is a Canadian television executive. She is the founder and executive producer through Pink Sky Entertainment of Flashpoint. La Traverse's other productions include Hunt for Justice: The Louise Arbour Story, Tripping the Wire and Playing House.- External links :*...
, executive producer - Pierre LaportePierre LaportePierre Laporte was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician who was the Deputy Premier and Minister of Labour of the province of Quebec before being kidnapped and killed by members of the group Front de libération du Québec during the October Crisis. Mr...
, politician - Don MacIverDon MacIverDon MacIver is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played six games with the Winnipeg Jets during the 1979–80 NHL season. He started his hockey career with the St. Mary's Huskies university team where he spent three years. He spent his the rest of his hockey career with the Central...
, retired ice hockey player, doctor and anesthesiologistAnesthesiologistAn anesthesiologist or anaesthetist is a physician trained in anesthesia and peri-operative medicine.... - Steve MacLeanSteven MacLean (astronaut)Steven Glenwood MacLean is a Canadian astronaut. He is the current President of the Canadian Space Agency, appointed on September 1, 2008....
, astronaut - Jim MunsonJim MunsonJim Munson is a Canadian Senator and retired journalist.Munson spent most of his journalism career with CTV, which he joined in 1979 after working for Broadcast News for several years. He served as the network's correspondent in Ottawa and then London, England...
, Canadian senator - Jean-Marc PelletierJean-Marc PelletierJean-Marc Pelletier is an American-born, Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently a Free Agent. He last played with the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga...
, ice hockey player - Harold William Hounsfield Riley, politician
- David Saint-JacquesDavid Saint-JacquesDavid Saint-Jacques is a Canadian astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency . He was selected to join the CSA in the 2009 CSA selection along with Jeremy Hansen....
, astronaut - Carolyn Marie SouaidCarolyn Marie SouaidCarolyn Marie Souaid is a Canadian poet, educator, publisher and editor.-Biography:Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, she studied at McGill University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and a diploma in Education , and at Concordia University, where she earned a Master...
, poet - Todd SwiftTodd SwiftTodd Swift is a Canadian poet, editor, cultural activist and university lecturer based in the United Kingdom.Swift was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and raised in Saint-Lambert, Quebec. He received a B.A. in English from Concordia University and an M.A...
, poet - Yolande ThibeaultYolande ThibeaultYolande Thibeault is a journalist and politician in Quebec, Canada. She was elected a Member of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons for the Saint-Lambert Riding in the 1997 general election. She was re-elected in the 2000 election with considerable majority over other candidates.She is a...
, politician
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, British Columbia
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Marblehead, Massachusetts
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, United States
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See also
- List of municipalities in Quebec
- Municipal reorganization in QuebecMunicipal reorganization in QuebecThe 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....
- Urban agglomeration of LongueuilUrban agglomeration of LongueuilThe urban agglomeration of Longueuil was created on January 1, 2006 as a result of the de-amalgamation process brought upon by the Charest government...
- Ville LeMoyneLeMoyne, QuebecLeMoyne is a neighbourhood in Longueuil, Quebec within the Vieux-Longueuil borough. LeMoyne makes up 2% of the total area of the Vieux-Longueuil borough and is the only neighbourhood of the borough that wasn't part of the pre-2002 city of Longueuil...