| Montreal East | |
| Native Name: | Montréal-Est |
| Native Name Lang: | fr |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Motto: | Peux ce que Veux |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Montreal |
| Subdivision Type3: | UA |
| Subdivision Name3: | Urban agglomeration of Montreal |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Established Date: | June 4, 1910 |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | January 1, 2006 |
| Established Date3: | January 1, 2006 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Anne St-Laurent |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | La Pointe-de-l'Île |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Pointe-aux-Trembles |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.96 |
| Area Land Km2: | 12.15 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 4,394 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 361.6 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop. (2016–21) |
| Population Blank1: | 14.1% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 2124 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | H1B |
| Area Code: | 514 and 438 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Montreal East (French: italic=no|'''Montréal-Est''') is an on-island suburb in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the island of Montreal. Montreal-Est has been home to many large oil refineries since 1915.
The formation of Montréal-Est as a municipality was initiated in 1910 by businessman Joseph Versailles, who had bought of land there. The town was incorporated on 4 June 1910 under the name Montreal East, when it separated from Pointe-aux-Trembles and Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies. Versailles was mayor of the town until his death in 1931.
On January 1, 2002, as part of the 2002–2006 municipal reorganization of Montreal, it was merged into the City of Montreal and became part of the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est. After a change of government and a 2004 referendum, it was the only community in the eastern half of the Island of Montreal that de-merged, and it was re-constituted as a city on January 1, 2006.
In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Montréal-Est had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 12.15km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
| +Home language (2021)[5] | Language | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| French | 3,685 | 87% | |
| English | 215 | 5% | |
| Other languages | 195 | 5% |
| +Mother tongue (2021) | Language | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| French | 3,460 | 81% | |
| English | 180 | 4% | |
| Other languages | 435 | 10% |
| +Visible minorities (2021) | Ethnicity | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not a visible minority | 3,445 | 80.9% | |
| Visible minorities | 805 | 18.9% |
There are three refineries that make up the majority of the Montreal Oil Refining Centre:
Total production: 386,000 bpd
| Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | Green | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29% | 487 | 8% | 131 | 49% | 834 | 9% | 151 | 0% | 0 | ||||||
| 2019 | 24% | 438 | 14% | 260 | 47% | 841 | 10% | 178 | 4% | 63 | ||||||
| CAQ | Liberal | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 35% | 597 | 12% | 202 | 18% | 304 | 33% | 569 | |||||
| 2014 | 25% | 449 | 22% | 395 | 7% | 133 | 43% | 757 | |||||
List of former mayors:[7]
The Dufresne-Nincheri Museum, a historic building in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, has the mission to preserve, study, and influence the history and heritage of Montréal-Est (East Montreal). It was originally named the Château Dufresne Museum.
Montréal-Est is served by Notre-Dame Street and Sherbrooke Street, which run east-west through large portions of the Island of Montreal.
Montréal-Est joined Westmount as the only Montreal island municipalities to refuse to adopt the name of Boulevard René-Lévesque for their portion of the major east-west street, Dorchester. To this day, the street is called Rue Dorchester in Montréal-Est. It also preserves a section of Rue de Montigny, which has otherwise been replaced by Boulevard de Maisonneuve apart from one block downtown. Rue Sainte-Catherine and Rue Ontario also reappear in Montréal-Est, far away from their main downtown sections.
North-south streets in the city include Avenue Georges-V and Avenue Marien.
The city is served by two school boards. The French schools are part of the Commission scolaire Pointe-de-l'Ile while the English schools are part of the English Montreal School Board.
Francophone schools: