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27-487: Mercier denotes the eastern portion of the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough of the city of Montreal , Quebec. It consists of two neighbourhoods Mercier-Ouest ( Longue-Pointe ) and Mercier-Est ( Tétreaultville ). Mercier was named after Honoré Mercier (1840–1894), Premier of Quebec from 1887 to 1891. Urbanization began in 1890, and the western portion, Longue-Pointe, become an industrial area by

54-1258: A base, CFB Montreal , in the east of the borough. The borough is home to the Church of Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge-d'Hochelaga . The Montreal Public Libraries Network operates the Hochelaga, Langelier, Maisonneuve, and Mercier libraries. The borough has one French language cégep , College de Maisonneuve . The Commission scolaire de Montréal (CSDM) operates French-language public schools. The English Montreal School Board (EMSB) operates English-language schools. (for high school, students must go to nearby Vincent Massey Collegiate in Rosemont) La ville de Montreal, Arrondissement de Mercier-Hochelaga Maisonneuve: Plan strategic de developpement economique 2005-2008 (Plan D'action local pour l'economie et l'emploi) Le Groupe DBSF, Corporation de developpement de l'Est, May 2005 45°34′03″N 73°31′32″W  /  45.567542°N 73.525435°W  / 45.567542; -73.525435 Rue Notre-Dame Notre-Dame Street (officially in French : Rue Notre-Dame )

81-494: A more detailed histories of respective areas Hochelaga was founded as a village in 1870, and annexed to Montreal in 1883. In response, dissatisfied landowners founded the village of Maisonneuve to the east. Maisonneuve grew rapidly and became known as the Pittsburgh of Canada for its heavy industry, before finally being annexed to Montreal in 1918. These factories hired many workers, including immigrants and people from

108-737: Is a historic east–west street located in Montreal , Quebec , Canada . It runs parallel to the Saint Lawrence River , from Lachine to the eastern tip of the island in Pointe-aux-Trembles , then continuing off the island into the Lanaudière region. One of the oldest streets in Montreal, Notre-Dame was created in 1672. The gardens of Château Vaudreuil , which had served as the official residence in Montreal of

135-550: Is an example of citizen's groups fighting against gentrification , further urbanization and industrialization. Their activism is focused toward the RUI Integrated Urban Renewal and Contrecoeur projects currently underway in the district. Mercier is home to Promenade Bellerive Park , one of the east end's largest green spaces. Other notable features include the Place Versailles shopping mall,

162-711: Is limiting the Port of Montreal 's expansion along the St. Lawrence River in Mercier-Est. They preserved the promenade Bellerive south of Notre-Dame Street in Mercier-Est. Unlike neighbouring Hochelaga-Maisonneuve , it suffered a lesser degree of economic decline and poverty related to the movement of capital and production to Toronto . Since 1987, Mercier-Est has become well known for social mobilization against government projects intended to intensify industrialization. Social organization still exist today. Solidarité Mercier-Est

189-650: Is located to the west, Montréal-Est to the east, Rosemont to the northwest and Saint-Léonard and Anjou to the northeast. Autoroute 25 divides the neighbourhood into Mercier-Est and Mercier-Ouest. Mercier is served by the Assomption , Cadillac , Langelier , Radisson and Honoré-Beaugrand stations of the Green line . Assomption, Cadillac and Langelier stations are in Mercier-Ouest, whereas Radisson and Honoré-Beaugrand stations are in Mercier-Est. All of

216-474: Is terminus at Rene-Levesque boulevard. At the intersection of Av. Souligny and Rue Dickson, Av. Souligny serves as a brief highway spur that would have been a continuation of Autoroute 720 (if it had been fully completed), using the same kilometer markers. It provides access to Autoroute 25 via exits 15N and 15S. Notre-Dame Street continues off of the Island of Montreal, heading northeast towards Quebec City , and

243-481: The Governors General of New France from 1723, fronted Notre-Dame. The street's extension in 1821 led to the demolition of Montreal's Citadel . The Bingham house, which became Donegana's Hotel , was also located on Notre-Dame. In the early 1900s, it was the site of the former Dominion Park . In Old Montreal , it is the site of such key structures as Montreal City Hall , Palais de Justice de Montréal ,

270-698: The Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district. The borough is divided among the following federal ridings: It is divided among the following provincial electoral districts: The borough is bisected by Autoroute 25 and contains the Montreal entrance to the Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel . It is served by the eastern end of the green line of the Montreal metro ; the Honoré-Beaugrand and Radisson stations are connected to important bus termini. Attractions in

297-637: The Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal , the Sanctuaire Marie-Reine-des-Coeurs and the historic Chateau Dufresne . The Canadian Armed Forces also have a reserve base, CFB Montreal , in Mercier-Ouest. Mercier is bordered roughly by the train tracks near Rue Viau to the west, Avenue Georges-V to the east, Rue Sherbrooke to the north, and the St-Lawrence River to the south. Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

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324-593: The Lafontaine Tunnel as a divided 6 lane highway. Work commenced on the third section of the Autoroute 720 in 1970, subsequent to the completion of the first two sections. This involved demolishing 1200 homes and businesses in order to create a 9 km right-of-way to link up with Autoroute 25. However, rising costs and a change in government never allowed the Ville-Marie expressway to extended beyond

351-975: The Quebec Court of Appeal, the Château Ramezay , Notre-Dame Basilica and the Saint-Sulpice Seminary and the Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site . Further west, the street is home to the École de technologie supérieure and runs through Montreal's Little Burgundy neighbourhood, historically the home to the English-speaking black community. Joe Beef Restaurant is located on Notre-Dame Street in Little Burgundy. The funeral of Lt.-General Sir Benjamin d'Urban passed down Rue Notre Dame in 1849 and

378-841: The area include the Olympic Stadium , Saputo Stadium and Montreal Biodome , the Montreal Botanical Garden , the Château Dufresne , Collège de Maisonneuve , the Marché Maisonneuve , the Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, the Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont , and the Place Versailles shopping centre located at the intersection of Rue Sherbrooke Est and Autoroute 25. The Canadian Armed Forces also have

405-452: The borough of Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie , on the northeast by Saint Leonard and Anjou , and to the east by Montréal-Est . To the south is the Saint Lawrence River . Its main arteries running east to west are Rue Notre-Dame , Rue Sainte-Catherine Est , Rue Ontario , Rue Hochelaga, Avenue Pierre De Coubertin and Rue Sherbrooke . It has an area of 25,4 km and the evolution of industry and transportation has profoundly transformed

432-533: The borough. The borough is often cast in a negative light, mainly due to its economic planning and high poverty rate. However, it is often neglected to mention that the borough, despite a descriptive accent on its poverty, has large industrial zones and is commercially dynamic. It is often considered 'up and coming' with new revitalization plans for its residential zones. According to 'Recensement des établissements et de l'emploi à Montréal (REEM 2000)' there's been an increase of 95% in professional and technical jobs in

459-511: The borough. However, this can be attributed to gentrification in the area, specifically in the Hochelaga district. The average family income in Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve is $ 48,544 and personal income of $ 29,919 are considerably below the Montreal average. Nearly 19% of the borough's population is considered low-income, and there are patches of poverty scattered throughout the borough and heavily concentrated in

486-574: The construction of the Autoroute 25 saw the demolition of many residential buildings in Mercier and divided it into two districts, Mercier-Ouest and Mercier-Est. The extension of the metro and elimination of the tramway exacerbated industrial activity, and the remnants of the rural landscape of Longue-Pointe disappeared. Citizens battled against the urbanization plans of the 1960s in hopes of preserving their village community. The only success they had

513-447: The demolition of many residential buildings in Mercier and divided it into two districts: Mercier-Ouest and Mercier-Est. Starting in the 1980s, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve suffered significant economic and social decline, gaining a bad reputation for poverty, unemployment and organized crime. In recent years, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, and to a much lesser extent Mercier, has experienced significant change and gentrification . Located in

540-520: The early 20th century. This social transformation was induced by the arrival of large industries in Longue-Pointe and the building of a tramway on Notre-Dame Street . Originally an agglomeration of old villages, Longue-Pointe and Tétreaultville, they were annexed to Montreal in 1910. The neighbourhood's social and economic character was vastly transformed during the urban planning of the 1960s in Montreal in anticipation of Expo 67 . In 1960,

567-541: The east end of the Island of Montreal , it was part of the City of Montreal prior to the 2002 municipal mergers . It is composed of the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve , Mercier-Ouest (Longue-Pointe) and Mercier-Est (Tétraultville) areas. Each area has roughly the same population, but they differ in their commercial and social characteristics. The largely oblong borough is bordered to the west by Ville-Marie ( Centre-Sud ), northwest by

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594-720: The ridings of Bourget (renamed to Camille-Laurin in 2022) and Anjou-Louis-Riel . At the Montreal city council it's represented in the municipal electoral districts of Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe, Louis-Riel and Tétreaultville. The Commission scolaire de Montréal (CSDM) operates French-language public schools. The English Montreal School Board (EMSB) operates English-language schools. (for high school, students must go to nearby Vincent Massey Collegiate in Rosemont) Mercier%E2%80%93Hochelaga-Maisonneuve See Mercier and Hochelaga-Maisonneuve articles for

621-522: The stations mentioned above, except for Assomption, are located along Rue Sherbrooke Est. Autoroute 25 cuts through Mercier, leading to the Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel . Its main arteries running east to west are Rue Notre-Dame , Avenue Pierre De Coubertin, Rue Hochelaga and Rue Sherbrooke . Mercier is in the federal ridings of Hochelaga , Honoré-Mercier and La Pointe-de-l'Île . Provincially it's located in

648-418: The street as minute guns sounded from Saint Helen's Island to mark the movement of the cortege to the military burying ground on Victoria Road (now Rue Papineau)". The spire of Christ Church can be seen on the left, together with one of the towers of Notre-Dame Basilica in the background. The building with the cupola and pennant at half-mast, in the middleground on the right, is Donegana's Hotel , which

675-419: The surrounding countryside. They worked in the shoe , textile , tanning , slaughterhouse , tobacco, food, and shipbuilding industries. In 1920, many factories closed and moved east to Mercier . Mercier was an agglomeration of old villages: Beau-Rivage, Longue-Pointe and Tétreaultville. It was previously annexed to Montreal in 1910, before Maisonneuve. In 1960, the construction of the Autoroute 25 saw

702-592: Was captured in a painting by James Duncan. The funeral was instrumental in allaying bitter feelings and in preventing clashes between troops and the populace following the Burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal on April 25, 1849. In her book British Regulars in Montreal , Elinor Senior describes the cortege as follows: "All shops were closed from half-past ten in the morning until one o'clock. Sir James Edward Alexander estimated that 10,000 lined

729-405: Was situated at the corner of Notre-Dame and Bonsecours streets. It was destroyed by fire only a few months after the procession, on August 16, 1849. There were plans to turn the eastern portion of Notre-Dame street into an expressway. It was originally envisioned that autoroute 20 and the Ville-Marie expressway (until 2021 known as autoroute 720) now Route 136 were to extended all the way to

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