| Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles | |
| Settlement Type: | Borough of Montreal |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Logopat.png |
| Blank Emblem Size: | 175px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name2: | Montreal |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Montréal |
| Seat Type: | Electoral Districts Federal |
| Seat: | La Pointe-de-l'Île Honoré-Mercier |
| Parts Type: | Provincial |
| Parts: | Pointe-aux-Trembles LaFontaine |
| Government Type: | Borough |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Caroline Bourgeois (PM) |
| Leader Title1: | Federal MP(s) |
| Leader Name1: | Mario Beaulieu (BQ) Pablo Rodríguez (LPC) |
| Leader Title2: | Quebec MNA(s) |
| Leader Name2: | Chantal Rouleau (CAQ) Marc Tanguay (PLQ) |
| Established Title3: | Merge into Montreal |
| Established Date3: | January 1, 2002 |
| Area Land Km2: | 42.3 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 106,743 |
| Population Density Km2: | 2,524.7 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank1: | 42,420 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Area Code: | (514) and (438) |
| Blank Name: | Access Routes[2] |
| Blank Info: | |
| Website: | https://montreal.ca/riviere-des-prairies-pointe-aux-trembles |
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles is a suburban borough (arrondissement) on the eastern tip of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at the eastern end of the Island of Montreal.
The borough is located at the eastern tip of the Island of Montreal. It is composed of the districts of Rivière-des-Prairies, Pointe-aux-Trembles and La Pointe-aux-Prairies, which were part of the City of Montreal prior to the 2002 municipal mergers. Prior to 2002, it was an exclave separated from the rest of Montreal by independent cities to the west. From January 1, 2002 to January 1, 2006, the borough included the town of Montreal East, which has now demerged from Montreal.
The borough's name lists the two neighbourhoods according to their date of annexation to Montreal (Rivière-des-Prairies joined in 1963 and Pointe-aux-Trembles in 1982). It has a population of 102,457.
Rivière-des-Prairies is mainly composed of suburbs, as well as multiple forested areas and fields. Pointe-aux-trembles is more urban and dense but remains suburban in nature. The third district, La Pointe-aux-Prairies, is a typical suburb composed of townhouses, condos and single-family dwellings, which makes it a destination of choice for young families that wish to remain on the island of Montréal. The Saint Lawrence River flows at the southern border of Montreal, while the Rivière des Prairies River forms Montreal Island's northern boundary with Laval.
| +Home language (2016) | Language | Population | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| French | 68,490 | 71% | |
| English | 15,755 | 16% | |
| Other languages | 12,020 | 13% |
| +Mother Tongue (2016) | Language | Population | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| French | 63,700 | 63% | |
| English | 6,985 | 7% | |
| Other languages | 29,915 | 30% |
| +Visible Minorities (2016) | Ethnicity | Population | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not a visible minority | 77,370 | 74.5% | |
| Visible minorities | 26,440 | 25.5% |
The borough is divided into three districts—La Pointe-aux-Prairies, Pointe-aux-Trembles and Rivière-des-Prairies—and has seven elected representatives since the November 2005 municipal election: one borough mayor, three city councillors, and three borough councillors.
As of the November 5, 2017 Montreal municipal election, the current borough council consists of the following councillors: tango
| District | Position | Name | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Borough mayor City councillor | Caroline Bourgeois | Projet Montréal | ||
| La Pointe-aux-Prairies | City councillor | Richard Guay | Ensemble Montréal | ||
| Borough councillor | Lisa Christensen | Projet Montréal | |||
| Pointe-aux-Trembles | City councillor | Suzanne Décarie | Ensemble Montréal | ||
| Borough councillor | Gilles Déziel | Ensemble Montréal | |||
| Rivière-des-Prairies | City councillor | Giovanni Rapanà | Ensemble Montréal | ||
| Borough councillor | Nathalie Pierre-Antoine | Ensemble Montréal |
Federally it's in the ridings of Honoré-Mercier and La Pointe-de-l'Île, and provincially part of LaFontaine and Pointe-aux-Trembles.
The Borough is served by two school boards. The French schools are part of the Centre de Service Scolaire Pointe-de-l'Ile while the English schools are part of the English Montreal School Board.
Francophone schools:
Anglophone schools:
The borough is served by the Pointe-aux-Trembles and Rivière-des-Prairies branches of the Montreal Public Libraries Network.[5]