Little Maghreb | |
Native Name: | Le Petit Maghreb |
Native Name Lang: | fr |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Montreal |
Pushpin Label Position: | Bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Downtown Montreal |
Coordinates: | 45.5629°N -73.5948°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Montreal |
Subdivision Type3: | Borough |
Subdivision Name3: | Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | H2A |
Area Code: | 514, 438 |
Little Maghreb (fr|'''Petit Maghreb''') is a neighbourhood in the borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension in Montreal. The neighbourhood is centered on fifteen blocks of Jean Talon Street stretching from Saint-Michel Boulevard in the West to Pie-IX Boulevard in the East.[1] Maghrebi merchants in the area, mainly from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, have joined together to create a Little Maghreb identity for the neighbourhood, in the same way as Chinatown had become a symbol for Chinese Montrealers, and Little Italy had become the focal point of the city's Italian community.[2]
Originally a part of the Saint-Michel neighbourhood, the late 1990s marked the beginning of the neighbourhood's Maghrebi flavour. This was a product of the opening of the Dar Al-Arkam Mosque on the corner of Jean-Talon and 17th Avenue and the arrival of thousands of immigrants from Algeria, Morocco, Libya, and Tunisia.[3]
Little Maghreb is served by the Saint-Michel Metro station on the Blue Line, with the upcoming eastbound extension of the Blue Line also continuing under the district.