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Le Sud-ouest

Le Sud-Ouest is a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Geography

Located southwest of downtown Montreal (hence the name), the borough is bordered to the northwest by Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, to the north by Westmount, to the northeast by Ville-Marie, to the south by Verdun, and to the west by LaSalle. To its southeast it lies along the Saint Lawrence River.

It has a population of 66,474 and an area of 11,93 km².

Government

Municipal

The current borough mayor is Jacqueline Montpetit.

The borough is divided into two districts:

Federal and provincial

The borough is divided among the following federal ridings: It is divided among the following provincial electoral districts:

Features

The borough comprises several distinct districts, mainly with working-class and industrial origins, grouped around the Lachine Canal. These include Saint-Henri, Little Burgundy, and Griffintown to the north of the canal, and Côte-Saint-Paul, Pointe-Saint-Charles, and Ville Émard to its south.

The borough is served by the green and orange and lines of the Montreal Metro, including Place-Saint-Henri, Lionel-Groulx, Charlevoix, Angrignon, Georges-Vanier, Monk, and Jolicoeur stations.

The borough is traversed and partly delimited by Quebec Autoroutes 15 (Décarie Aut.) and 20 (Ville-Marie Aut.); Autoroute 10 (Bonaventure Aut.) also passes through it. The Montreal ends of the Champlain Bridge and Victoria Bridge lie in Le Sud-Ouest.

Major thoroughfares include Notre Dame St., Laurendeau St., St. Patrick St., La Vérendrye Blvd., De l'Église St., Monk Blvd., Centre St., Charlevoix St., Wellington St., Atwater Ave., and Guy St.

Important features of the borough include the Lachine Canal and its recreational facilities (including the Lachine Canal National Historic Site of Canada), the Atwater Market, the former Negro Community Centre, Sir George-Étienne Cartier Square, the Maison Saint-Gabriel, Saint Columba House, Angrignon Park, and Ignace Bourget Park.

Historically, large portions of this borough have been and are the centre of the Irish Catholic presence in Montreal.

See also

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Boroughs of Montreal
Ahuntsic-Cartierville - Anjou - Cte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grce - L'le-Bizard–Sainte-Genevive - Lachine - LaSalle - Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve - Montral-Nord - Outremont - Pierrefonds-Roxboro - Le Plateau-Mont-Royal - Rivire-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles - Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie - Le Sud-Ouest - Saint-Laurent - Saint-Lonard - Verdun - Ville-Marie - Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension
The city of Montreal is divided into 19 boroughs (in French, arrondissements), each with a mayor and council.

Powers

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Ville de Montréal
City of Montreal

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Coat of arms
Nickname: 5-1-4, MTL, Heavy MTL, Mount Real, Real City
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Québec
Quebec [1]

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Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember)

Capital Quebec City
Largest city Montreal
Official languages French
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City of Westmount
Ville de Westmount

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Motto: Robur meum civium fides
(My strength is the faithfulness of my citizens)

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Ville-Marie is the name of a borough (arrondissement) in the centre of the city of Montreal, Quebec.

Location

The borough comprises all of downtown Montreal, the Centre-Sud area, most of Mount Royal Park, Saint Helen's Island, and Île Notre-Dame.
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Verdun is a borough (arrondissement) of the City of Montreal, situated along the St. Lawrence River. Population (2001): 60,564. It consists of the former city of Verdun, Quebec, which was merged with the city of Montreal on January 1, 2002; Verdun did not hold a
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LaSalle is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists entirely of the former city of LaSalle located on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada.
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Origin Lake Ontario
Mouth Gulf of Saint Lawrence/Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries Canada (Ontario, Quebec)
United States (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Wisconsin)
Length 1,197 km (744 mi)
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Ville-Émard is a district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Located in the southwest part of the city, it is bounded by Angrignon Park to the west, the Lachine Canal to the north, Côte-Saint-Paul to the east, and the Canal de l'Aqueduc to the south. It is part of the borough of Le Sud-Ouest.
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Saint-Henri is a neighbourhood in southwestern Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest.

Saint-Henri is usually considered to be bounded to the east by av.
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Pointe-Saint-Charles]] Pointe-Saint-Charles is a neighbourhood in the borough Le Sud-Ouest in city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located between the Saint Lawrence River and the Lachine Canal.

Pointe-Saint-Charles was Canada's first industrial slum.
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Jeanne-Le Ber is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 112,863.
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The Lachine Canal (Canal Lachine in French) is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, through the boroughs of Lachine and Le Sud-Ouest.
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Saint-Henri is a neighbourhood in southwestern Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest.

Saint-Henri is usually considered to be bounded to the east by av.
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Griffintown is an area of Montreal, located to the south of rue Notre-Dame between rue Guy and rue McGill. It is part of the borough of Le Sud-Ouest. It spans from the neighbourhood of Point St. Charles to the Old Port, and north to Notre-Dame street.
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Pointe-Saint-Charles]] Pointe-Saint-Charles is a neighbourhood in the borough Le Sud-Ouest in city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located between the Saint Lawrence River and the Lachine Canal.

Pointe-Saint-Charles was Canada's first industrial slum.
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Ville-Émard is a district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Located in the southwest part of the city, it is bounded by Angrignon Park to the west, the Lachine Canal to the north, Côte-Saint-Paul to the east, and the Canal de l'Aqueduc to the south. It is part of the borough of Le Sud-Ouest.
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The Green (Line 1) line is one of the four lines of the metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The section between Atwater and Frontenac was part of the initial network; the extension to Honoré-Beaugrand was completed in 1976, and to Angrignon in 1978.
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The Orange (Line 2) line is the longest of the four lines of the metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It formed part of the initial network, and was extended between 1980 and 1986. On April 28, 2007 three new stations in Laval opened; this is the second line to leave Montreal Island.
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Montreal Metro

Locale Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Transit type(s) Rapid transit
Began operation October 14, 1966
System length 66.0 km or 41.0 miles
No. of lines 4
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Place-Saint-Henri is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Saint-Henri area of the borough of Le Sud-Ouest.
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Lionel-Groulx is a station of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is in the Saint-Henri area of the borough of Le Sud-Ouest. It is a transfer station between the Green Line and Orange Line.

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Charlevoix is a station on the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is on the Green Line in the district of Pointe-Saint-Charles in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest.
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Angrignon is a metro station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the current terminus for the western-bound Green Line, and includes a large terminal for buses to southwest Montreal, the West Island, and South Western Quebec.
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Monk is a metro station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It features many works of art, including the large sculpture Pic et Pelle by artist Germain Bergeron. Monk also features many balconies that overlook the main station below, however they have been closed for the
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Jolicoeur is a station on the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is on the Green Line, located in the Ville-Émard district in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest. It was inaugurated on September 3, 1978, as part of the extension of the Green Line westward to Angrignon.
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The Autoroute system in the province of Quebec, Canada, is a network of expressways which operate under the same principle of controlled access as the Interstate Highway System in the United States or the 400-Series Highways in neighbouring Ontario.
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Autoroute 15

Autoroute Décarie, Autoroute des Laurentides

164 km (0 mi)
1958

I-87 towards Champlain, NY

A-10/A-20 in Montreal
A-440 in Laval
Route 117/Route 329 in Sainte-Agathe
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Autoroute 20

Autoroute Jean-Lesage, Autoroute du Souvenir

517 km (0 mi)
(main section; Rimouski section is 31 km (19 mi))
1964

Hwy 401 towards Cornwall, ON

A-10/A-15 in Montreal
A-55 in Drummondville
A-73 near Québec
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