21-656: Candiac ( French pronunciation: [kɑ̃djak] ) is a suburb of Montreal , in the Canadian province of Quebec ; it is located on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite Montreal near La Prairie . The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 22,997. Candiac was created January 31, 1957, when the government of Quebec accepted the request of a Canadian-European investors group,
42-542: A population of approximately 3.7 million people who make more than 750,000 trips daily. The major transit commissions under the ARTM are: (In Montreal, except where otherwise noted.) 45°34′N 73°40′W / 45.56°N 73.66°W / 45.56; -73.66 Val%C3%A9rie Plante Valérie Plante (born June 14, 1974) is a Canadian politician serving as the 45th and current mayor of Montreal since 2017. First elected to Montreal City Council in
63-610: Is also present in the Leman's coat of arms and is said to honour Montcalm's legacy. The silver cross is a typical French-Canadian symbol that reminds citizens of their French heritage. The stars were taken from the Leman's coat of arms and the towers from Montcalm's. The crown symbolizes the Château de Candiac and the maple leaves symbolize Canada. The floral emblem of Candiac is the Campanula carpatica , better known as White Clips. In
84-463: Is the most populous metropolitan area in Quebec and the second most populous in Canada after Greater Toronto . In 2015, Statistics Canada identified Montreal 's Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) as 4,258.31 square kilometres (1,644.14 sq mi) with a population of 4,027,100, almost half that of the province. A smaller area of 3,838 square kilometres (1,482 sq mi) is governed by
105-491: The 2013 election , she has served as leader of the Projet Montréal party since December 2016. Plante was Projet Montréal's candidate for mayor in the 2017 municipal election , and was elected Mayor of Montreal on November 5, 2017. She is the first woman to be elected mayor of Montreal, having been preceded only by councillor Jane Cowell-Poitras 's two brief stints as acting mayor following mayoral resignations in
126-583: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Candiac had a population of 22,997 living in 8,731 of its 8,960 total private dwellings, a change of 9.3% from its 2016 population of 21,047 . With a land area of 17.27 km (6.67 sq mi), it had a population density of 1,331.6/km (3,448.9/sq mi) in 2021. The CIT Le Richelain provides commuter and local bus services. Commuter trains provided by Exo link Candiac to Lucien L'Allier train station in downtown Montréal . The City of Candiac has four (4) main municipal buildings:
147-632: The Candiac Development Corporation . The investors had collected over $ 4.5 million and bought 2,500 acres (10 km) of land from farmers and the neighbouring towns. In its early days, Candiac was home to 320 people who mostly lived near the St. Lawrence River. Most of the inhabitants were either farmers or Montrealers who owned a second residence in Candiac. Candiac was named after the birthplace of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm , who
168-702: The Island of Montreal , Laval ( Île Jésus ), and communities along both the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River . The ARTM's mandate also includes the management of reserved High-occupancy vehicle lanes , metropolitan bus terminuses, park-and-ride lots, and a budget of $ 163 million, which is shared amongst the transit corporations and inter-municipal public transit organizations. The Exo/ARTM's territory spans 63 municipalities and one native reserve, 13 regional county municipalities, and 21 transit authorities. It serves
189-607: The Mille-Îles River , those on the South Shore that were never included in the megacity of Longueuil , and those on the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Peninsula . Crabtree Notre-Dame-des-Prairies Saint-Charles-Borromée Only a portion of the municipalities and MRC's located in geographical entities highlighted in light gray are part of the CMM/CMA. There are 82 municipalities that are part of
210-649: The Montreal Metropolitan Community ( MMC ; French : Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal , CMM). This level of government is headed by a president (currently Montreal mayor Valérie Plante ). The inner ring is composed of densely populated municipalities located in close proximity to Downtown Montreal . It includes the entire Island of Montreal , Laval , and the Urban Agglomeration of Longueuil . Due to their proximity to Montreal's downtown core, some additional suburbs on
231-469: The South Shore ( Brossard , Saint-Lambert , and Boucherville ) are usually included in the inner ring, despite their location on the mainland. The outer ring is composed of low-density municipalities located on the fringe of Metropolitan Montreal. Most of these cities and towns are semi-rural. Specifically, the term off-island suburbs refers to those suburbs that are located on the North Shore of
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#1732780845196252-797: The Université de Montréal . She then worked for a number of non-profit organizations, most notably as communications director of the Girls Action Foundation – Fondation Filles d'Action. In the 1990s, she worked as a tour guide at Vimy Ridge in France . In the 2013 Montreal municipal election , Plante was elected councillor for the Sainte-Marie district of the Ville-Marie borough, defeating former provincial minister and 2009 Montreal mayoral candidate Louise Harel . She
273-518: The Hotel de Ville (city hall), Centre Roméo-V.-Patenaude (renovated in 2005), Centre Frank-Vocino (the old library, now the Ideal Club meeting area), and Centre Claude-Hébert (the new restored library). The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served the municipality. Greater Montreal Greater Montreal ( French : Grand Montréal , [ɡʁɑ̃ mɔ̃ʁeal] )
294-497: The MMC and 91 municipalities that are part of the CMA. There are 79 municipalities that overlap between the two, with 3 municipalities being part of the MMC but not the CMA, and 12 municipalities being part of the CMA but not the MMC. Kanesatake and Kahnawake are not included in the previous counts. Exo operates the region's commuter rail and metropolitan bus services, and is
315-489: The November 7, 2021 against Coderre by a wider margin, taking 52 percent of the vote to his 37 percent. The majority of Projet Montréal on council was also increased. Plante campaigned on adding 60,000 social housing units and continuing to focus on improving urban life. On October 23, 2024 Plante announced that she will not seek a third term in the next election scheduled on November 2, 2025. She will continue as mayor until
336-629: The early 2010s and by the ceremonial appointment of Lise Payette as mayor of the city for one day to mark the International Women's Year in 1976. Plante was born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec , on June 14, 1974. She spent a year in North Bay, Ontario , as a teenager to learn English. In 1994, she moved to Montreal to attend university, receiving a degree in anthropology in 1997, and another in museology in 2001, both from
357-405: The first woman to lead the city in its 375-year history. Few had predicted that Plante would be able to take down the incumbent mayor, Denis Coderre , a former federal Liberal MP and cabinet minister, at the beginning of the campaign. Plante won over voters on a promise to improve public transit, alleviate traffic woes and make the city more family friendly. On election day, Plante won 51 percent of
378-650: The second busiest such system in Canada after Toronto's GO Transit. Established in June 2007, Exo's commuter rail system has six lines linking the downtown core with communities as far west as Hudson , as Far south as Mont-Saint-Hilaire , as far east as Mascouche , and as far north as Saint-Jérôme . Along with Exo, a sister agency, the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain ( ARTM ) plans, integrates, and coordinates public transport across Greater Montreal, including
399-603: The vote, compared to 46 percent for Coderre. Projet Montréal also won a majority of seats on the city council . One of Plante's key campaign planks in the 2017 municipal election was the creation of a " Pink Line ", a new Montreal Metro line to improve public transit service between downtown and on two axes to the boroughs of Montréal-Nord and Lachine . Her election posters were hung up around Montreal to spread her mayoral ideas. Valérie Plante claimed that her posters were strategically placed in certain areas where she knew her ideas would easily be spread. Plante decisively won
420-735: Was born in 1712 at Château de Candiac in Vestric-et-Candiac , near Nîmes , in France . Montcalm died at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham at Quebec City while fighting for the Kingdom of France in the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 . Montcalm's heritage and the first mayor, Jean Leman, family's coat of arms were the inspiration for Candiac's coat of arms . The colour red symbolizes charity and justice, two very important values. It
441-423: Was named opposition critic for downtown, tourism, and for women's affairs. She was also named vice-president of city council, as well as substitute mayor for Ville-Marie. In the fall of 2016, Plante announced her run for the leadership of Projet Montréal. She went on to win the leadership election with 51.9%, defeating Guillaume Lavoie . Valérie Plante was elected Mayor of Montreal on November 5, 2017, becoming
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