Hampstead, Quebec Explained

Hampstead
Settlement Type:City
Nickname:Garden City
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates:45.4833°N -111°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Quebec
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Montreal
Subdivision Type3:RCM
Subdivision Name3:None
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:January 1, 2006
Government Footnotes:[1] [2]
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Jeremy Levi
Leader Title1:Federal riding
Leader Name1:Mount Royal
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Leader Name2:D'Arcy-McGee
Area Footnotes:[3]
Area Total Km2:1.77
Area Land Km2:1.79
Area Note:There is an apparent discrepancy between 2 authoritative sources.
Population Total:7037
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:3922.1
Population Blank1 Title:Pop. 2016-2021
Population Blank1: 0.9%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:2622
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Postal Code:H3X
Area Code:514 and 438
Blank Name:Highways
Blank Info:No major routes

Hampstead is an on-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is an independent municipality bordering the municipality of Côte Saint-Luc and the Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough of Montreal.

History

The Town of Hampstead was founded in 1914. It was designed to be an exclusive garden city. There are no retail shops within municipal boundaries. Houses were assigned relatively large lots to allow space for trees and shrubbery. The town's roads were designed with curves in order to slow down traffic and to create an interesting and intimate landscape. Despite its rather flat topography—much of the territory was once a golf course—the town was named after another garden city, the London suburb of Hampstead Village. Like its namesake, Hampstead is the home of many affluent citizens, and competes with a few other suburbs for first place in the rankings of highest average household incomes in Canada.

Merger and demerger

On January 1, 2002, as part of the 2002–06 municipal reorganization of Montreal, it was merged with Côte-Saint-Luc and Montreal West and became the Côte-Saint-Luc–Hampstead–Montréal-Ouest borough of the City of Montreal. However, after a change of government and a 2004 referendum, all three were re-constituted as independent cities on January 1, 2006.

Demographics

According to the Office québécois de la langue française, Hampstead has been officially recognized as a bilingual municipality since 2005-11-02.[4]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hampstead had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.79km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]

Canada 2006 Census[6] Population % of Total Population
Visible minority group South Asian 45 0.6
55 0.8
145 2.1
130 1.9
80 1.1
Southeast Asian 45 0.6
Other visible minority 155 2.3
Total visible minority population655 9.4
Aboriginal group 0 0
0 0
0 0
Total Aboriginal population 0 0
6,340 90.6
Total population 6,995 100

In terms of mother tongue, the 2006 census found that, including multiple responses, almost 63% of residents spoke English, and about 16% of residents spoke French. The next most commonly reported first languages learned were Hebrew, Yiddish, Polish and Romanian.[7]

Mother TonguePopulation (2006)Percentage (2006)Population (2016)Percentage (2016)
English4,26060.9%3,95056.7%
French97513.9%1,25518.0%
English and French450.6%1301.9%
English and a non-official language550.8%701.0%
French and a non-official language851.2%450.6%
English, French and a non-official language200.3%350.5%
Hebrew2403.4%1502.2%
Yiddish1752.5%751.1%
Polish1602.3%300.4%
Romanian1452.1%1001.4%
Spanish1351.9%1452.1%
Arabic1101.6%1101.6%
Korean901.3%600.9%
Hungarian650.9%450.6%
Tagalog600.9%701.0%
Chinese450.6%1151.6%
Italian400.6%650.9%
Russian400.6%801.1%
German350.5%400.6%
Persian350.5%1351.9%
Vietnamese350.5%400.6%
Bisayan200.3%
Greek200.3%350.5%
Serbian200.3%250.4%
+Home language (2006, 2011 and 2016)LanguagePopulation (2006)Percentage (2006)Population (2011)Percentage (2011)Population (2016)Percentage (2016)
English5,44077.77%5,19072.53%4,83069.30%
French89012.72%1,04514.61%1,06515.28%
Both English and French701.00%1201.68%1301.87%
Other languages5908.43%5858.18%72010.33%

The town is noted for having the highest percentage of Jewish residents of any city in Canada, and the third highest worldwide outside Israel.

Religion (2001)[8] PopulationPercentage% (of total in Quebec)
Jewish5,17074.2%5.75%
Catholic76010.9%0.01%
No religious affiliation3004.3%0.07%
Protestant2954.2%0.09%
Christian Orthodox2804%0.28%
Muslim450.6%0.04%
Buddhist751.1%0.18%
Christian, n.i.e.250.4%0.04%
Hindu150.2%0.06%
Other100.1%0.26%

Local government

In the November 6, 2005 municipal elections, William (Bill) Steinberg was elected mayor of Hampstead. Steinberg was the first new mayor after 4 years of civic control by Gérald Tremblay, when Hampstead was part of Montreal. Mayor Steinberg defeated Irving Adessky who had been mayor for 27 years (1974-2001) and former councillor Gerald Kestner. In his honour, the community centre has been renamed after him. Steinberg was re-elected on November 1, 2009 defeating former town councillor David Sternthal with 61% of the vote. On November 3, 2013 Mayor Steinberg was re-elected for a third term defeating former town councillor Bonnie Feigenbaum with 61.21% of the vote (voter turnout was 44.5%).[9] In the 2017 Municipal Elections, Steinberg, Warren Budning, Harvey Shaffer, Jack Edery, and Michael Goldwax were acclaimed. Bill Steinberg served as Mayor for 16 years (2005-2021).[10]

Current Government:

  1. Leon Elfassy
  1. Jack Edery
  1. Harvey Shaffer
  1. Michael Goldwax
  1. Warren Budning
  1. Jason Farber

Former mayors

List of former mayors:[11]

Transportation

Two major thoroughfares exist in Hampstead. One is Queen Mary Road and the other is Fleet Road. While it is difficult to drive quickly down Queen Mary (because of all the stop signs), Fleet Road is geared for automobile traffic, with synchronized traffic lights.

Hampstead is accessible by the following STM bus lines:[12] 51 Édouard-Montpetit (Queen-Mary), 66 The Boulevard (Côte-Saint-Luc), 161 Van Horne (Fleet), 166 Queen Mary (Macdonald).

There were various stages of development for Hampstead. The newer areas tend to be to the north and to the west. The city is almost completely composed of single family residences, except for the apartment buildings on Côte-Saint-Luc Road, and the duplexes and triplexes along MacDonald, Cleve, Dufferin, Heath, Holtham, Harrow and Aldred Roads. There are no commercial properties in the city. There is only one school in the city, the Hampstead Elementary School, which is public.

At the beginning of each summer is Hampstead Day, which features a small carnival and fireworks, curated by the staff of the Hampstead Pool and of the Hampstead Day Camp.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Hampstead is twinned with:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire des municipalités: Hampstead . www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca . Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation . 14 June 2022 . fr.
  2. http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1114 Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: MOUNT ROYAL (Quebec)
  3. Web site: Hampstead, Ville (V) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population . www12.statcan.gc.ca . 9 February 2022 . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . 14 June 2022.
  4. Web site: 2022-12-19 . Organismes reconnus offrant des services dans une langue autre que le français . 2023-04-20 . www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca.
  5. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec . . February 9, 2022 . August 29, 2022.
  6. Web site: Pickering, Ontario (City) Census Subdivision. Statistics Canada. Community Profiles, Canada 2006 Census. 2012-06-02. 2017-02-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20170203043328/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3518001&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=35&B1=All. dead.
  7. Web site: Hampstead, V . Detailed Mother Tongue (103), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data . Statistics Canada . 2007-11-20 . 2008-02-06.
  8. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2466060&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=hampstead&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= Canada. 2002. 2001 Community Profiles. Released June 27, 2002
  9. Web site: Résultats des élections pour les postes de maire et de conseiller.
  10. Web site: Bill Steinberg Official Website.
  11. Web site: Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Hampstead (ville) 19.2.1914 - 1.1.2002 * 1.1.2006 - ... . www.mairesduquebec.com . Institut généalogique Drouin . 14 June 2022.
  12. Web site: Town of Hampstead.