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Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census totalled 254,483, making it Montreal's second largest suburb, the fifth most populous city in Quebec and twentieth largest in Canada.
Charles Le Moyne founded Longueuil as a seigneurie in 1657. It would become a parish in 1845, a village in 1848, a town in 1874 and a city in 1920. Between 1961 and 2002, Longueuil's borders grew three times, as it was amalgamated with surrounding municipalities; there was a strong de-amalgamation in 2006 (see 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec).
Longueuil is a residential, commercial and industrial city. It incorporates some urban area features, but is essentially a suburb. Longueuil can be classified as a commuter town as a large portion of its residents commute to work in Montreal. Most buildings are single-family homes constructed in the post-war period. The city consists of three boroughs: Le Vieux-Longueuil, Saint-Hubert and Greenfield Park.
Longueuil is the seat of the judicial district of Longueuil. Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11. Residents of the city are called Longueuillois.
His son, Charles Le Moyne de Longueuil, built Fort Longueuil as his fortified residence. It was constructed of stone between 1685 and 1690 and had four towers.
Fort Longueuil was believed to be occupied by United States troops during the American Revolutionary War. It was subsequently occupied by the United Kingdom. It was demolished in 1810 due to its poor condition. The Archaeology of Fort Longueuil were recognized as a National Historic Site of Canada on May 25, 1923. The site extends beneath the present-day Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue Cathedral. The seigneurial system ended in 1845 and Longueuil was turned into a parish municipality named Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil. In 1848, a portion detached from the parish and officially established as the Old Longueuil. This same village became a town in 1874, and then a city in 1920. Musician Paul Pratt notably served as the city's mayor from 1935 to 1966.
Longueuil's city limits expanded for the first time in 1961 when it merged with Montréal-Sud, and again in 1969 when it merged with Ville Jacques-Cartier. In both cases, Longueuil was chosen as the name of the new city.
On January 1, 2002, as part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, the provincial government amalgamated the former Longueuil with Boucherville, Brossard, Greenfield Park, LeMoyne, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Saint-Hubert and Saint-Lambert. As with the 1960s, the name Longueuil was chosen for the new city. However, after a change of government and a 2004 referendum, Boucherville, Brossard, Saint-Lambert and Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville were re-constituted as independent cities on January 1, 2006. As such, the current city of Longueuil now includes only the former cities of Longueuil (1969–2002), Saint-Hubert, Greenfield Park and LeMoyne.
Longueuil is located in the Saint Lawrence River valley, and is a vast plain. Areas near the river were originally swamp land with mixed forest, and later prime agricultural land. Agricultural land still exists in the portions of the city furthest from the river.
The city of Longueuil also includes Île Charron, a small island in the Saint Lawrence River, and part of the Boucherville Islands.
Street addresses in Longueuil increase west and east from the Chemin de Chambly, with suffixes of "Ouest" and "Est" used on east–west streets that cross it, and south from the Saint Lawrence River. (As in Montreal, the local cardinal directions are skewed to align with the shore of the river, and local grid "north" is closer to geographic northwest.)
Of the 147,805 workers in Longueuil, the median income was $36,400, which is above Quebec's provincial average of $36,000. Among the 69,945 full-time workers, the median income was $58,000 or slightly below the provincial average. Several of Montreal's most impoverished neighborhoods are located in Longueuil.
| +Mother tongue language ! Census | ! Total|colspan="1" | !colspan="3" | !colspan="3" | !colspan="3" | !colspan="3" | |||||||||||||
| 181,075 | 0.89% | 71.9% | 14,565 | 4.78% | 5.8% | 4,460 | 79.47% | 1.8% | 44,810 | 30.6% | 17.8% | |||||||
| 182,705 | 0.49% | 76.9% | 13,900 | 1.8% | 5.8% | 2,485 | 0.1% | 1.0% | 34,310 | 22.1% | 14.4% | |||||||
| 181,800 | 0.0005% | 79.2% | 14,155 | 8.05% | 6.2% | 2,460 | 37.05% | 1.1% | 28,115 | 0.97% | 12.3% | |||||||
| 181,790 | 1.40% | 80.2% | 15,395 | 10.87% | 6.8% | 1,795 | 4.5% | 0.8% | 27,845 | 56.86% | 12.3% | |||||||
| 184,380 | 0.39% | 84.3% | 13,885 | 17.22% | 6.4% | 1,880 | 17.74% | 0.9% | 17,795 | 5.95% | 8.1% | |||||||
| 183,065 | n/a | 83.0% | 16,775 | n/a | 7.6% | 2,285 | n/a | 1.0% | 16,795 | n/a | 7.6% |
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| + Ethnic Origin (2021) Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada Highlight Tables: Longueuil | ||
| Canadian | 60,585 | 24.2% |
| French people | 54,350 | 21.7% |
| Québécois | 27,500 | 11% |
| French Canadians | 14,095 | 5.6% |
| Irish people | 11,950 | 4.8% |
| 8,780 | 3.5% | |
| Italian people | 7,930 | 3.2% |
| Scottish people | 5,380 | 2.1% |
| English people | 4,825 | 1.9% |
| Arabs | 4,805 | 1.9% |
| Chinese people | 4,710 | 1.9% |
| African | 4,425 | 1.7% |
| First Nations | 3,830 | 1.5% |
| + Panethnicity groups in the City of Longueuil (2001−2021) ! rowspan="2" | Panethnicity group ! colspan="2" | 2021 ! colspan="2" | 2016 ! colspan="2" | 2011 ! colspan="2" | 2006 ! colspan="2" | 2001 | ||||||||
| European | 183,935 | 188,900 | 193,360 | 198,620 | 116,660 | |||||||||
| African-Canadian | 24,910 | 16,510 | 10,500 | 9,230 | 3,520 | |||||||||
| Middle Eastern | 13,880 | 9,360 | 6,565 | 4,750 | 1,865 | |||||||||
| Latin American | 11,400 | 7,355 | 5,810 | 4,580 | 1,205 | |||||||||
| East Asian | 4,870 | 3,700 | 3,235 | 3,030 | 1,070 | |||||||||
| 3,550 | 3,100 | 3,085 | 2,865 | 1,280 | ||||||||||
| Indigenous | 3,255 | 2,440 | 2,230 | 1,360 | 420 | |||||||||
| South Asian | 2,605 | 1,895 | 2,085 | 1,610 | 480 | |||||||||
| Other/Multiracial | 2,035 | 1,690 | 1,105 | 770 | 265 | |||||||||
Longueuil is particularly strong in the aerospace industry. It is home to the headquarters of both Pratt & Whitney Canada and Héroux-Devtek. Pratt & Whitney Canada is Longueuil's top employer with 5,000 employees, while Héroux-Devtek has 550 employees. Also located in Longueuil is the headquarters of the Canadian Space Agency (John H. Chapman Space Center), adjacent to Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport." Contact us." Canadian Space Agency. Retrieved on January 8, 2012. Pascan Aviation has its headquarters in Saint-Hubert, Longueuil." Contact us." Pascan Aviation. Retrieved on December 4, 2010. Other companies based in Longueuil include Agropur, Innergex Renewable Energy, and the Canadian subsidiary of Hasbro.
In 2002 Artemano Canada, a home furnishing company was founded, with warehouse & distribution centre located in Longueuil. In 2008, Canadian Business ranked Longueuil as the 30th best place to do business in Canada.
There are seven arenas: Cynthia Coull Arena in Greenfield Park; Aréna Émile-Butch-Bouchard, Aréna Jacques-Cartier, Aréna Olympia and Colisée Jean Béliveau in Le Vieux-Longueuil; and Centre sportif Gaétan-Boucher and Centre sportif Rosanne-Laflamme in Saint-Hubert.
Notable places of worship include the Roman Catholic Co-Cathedral of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue, the Église Nouvelle vie evangelical church, , and the Montréal Québec Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
| +Sports teams based in Longueuil | |||
| Collège Édouard-Montpetit Lynx | Women's ice hockey | Hockey collégial féminin RSEQ | Aréna Émile Butch Bouchard |
| CS Longueuil | Soccer | Première ligue de soccer du Québec | Centre Multi-Sport |
| Le Collège Français de Longueuil | Ice hockey | Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League | Colisée Jean Béliveau |
| Longueuil Ducs | Baseball | Ligue de Baseball Élite du Québec | Parc Paul-Pratt |
| South Shore JR Bruizers | Canadian football | Quebec Junior Football League | Parc Rosanne Laflamme |
The city's three boroughs are Le Vieux-Longueuil, Greenfield Park and Saint-Hubert. In total there are 26 city councillors, including one borough president each. Greenfield Park has three councillors and its borough president is Mireille Carrière of Action Longueuil. Saint-Hubert has eight councillors and its borough president is Lorraine Guay-Boivin of Action Longueuil. Le Vieux-Longueuil has fifteen councillors and its borough president is Michel Desjardins of the Parti municipal de Longueuil.
Longueuil's city hall is located in the borough of Saint-Hubert, on the edge of the city.
Federally, Longueuil is part of three electoral districts. The riding of Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne, is represented by Sherry Romanado. The riding of Longueuil-Saint-Hubert is represented by Pierre Nantel. The riding of Montarville, is represented by Michel Picard.
Provincially, Longueuil is represented in four electoral districts. The electoral district of Laporte includes the boroughs of Greenfield Park and Saint-Hubert, and is represented by Nicole Ménard of the Quebec Liberal Party. The electoral district of Marie-Victorin, which includes the western portion of Le Vieux-Longueuil, is represented by Catherine Fournier of the Parti Québécois (PQ). The electoral district of Taillon, which covers the eastern portion of Le Vieux-Longueuil is represented by Marie Malavoy of the PQ. The electoral district of Vachon, which covers the borough of Saint-Hubert, is represented by Martine Ouellet of the PQ.
By contrast only 8,845 people commute from Montreal to work in Longueuil every day, while 4,080 people commute from Brossard to work in Longueuil, 2,940 people commute from Boucherville, 2,090 from Sainte-Julie, 1,825 from Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, 1,815 from Chambly, and 1,810 from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Autoroute 20 is an important highway in Longueuil, bordering the Saint Lawrence River in the Le Vieux-Longueuil borough, where it co-exists with Autoroute René-Lévesque (Route 132), and finally heading eastward toward Boucherville. Autoroute 30 crosses the Saint-Hubert borough in the southern part of the city, between the cities of Brossard and Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville.
Route 116 is another major highway, with its western terminus located in LeMoyne, heading east through the borough of Saint-Hubert toward Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville. Route 112 co-exists with Route 116 from LeMoyne to Cousineau Boulevard in Saint-Hubert, where it heads southeast toward Carignan. Route 134 is a major artery, perhaps better known by its more common names: the Jacques Cartier Bridge on the portion crossing the Saint-Lawrence River, and Taschereau Boulevard which connects the bridge to all three boroughs of Longueuil, and southward toward the city of Brossard.
Longueuil also has a small airport, Saint-Hubert Airport. It is one of Canada's most important general aviation airports, ranked 12th busiest airport by aircraft movements. - Aircraft Movement Statistics: NAV CANADA Towers and Flight Service Stations: Annual Report 2007
A small marina, the Réal-Bouvier Marina is located on the Saint Lawrence River in the borough of Le Vieux-Longueuil. The Old Port of Montreal–Longueuil Ferry is a seasonal ferry service links the Réal-Bouvier Marina to the Jacques Cartier Pier in the Old Port of Montreal.
There is one CEGEP in Longueuil, Collège Édouard-Montpetit, located in Le Vieux-Longueuil. Collège Édouard-Montpetit has an aerotechnic school, École nationale d'aérotechnique located at a separate campus in the borough of Saint-Hubert near Saint-Hubert Airport.
There are two technical and professional colleges, both located in Le Vieux-Longueuil: these are the Pierre-Dupuy Professional Formation Centre and Collège Info-Technique.
Public French language schools are operated by the Commission scolaire Marie-Victorin. There are seven secondary schools in Longueuil operated by that district. École secondaire Internationale St-Edmond and École secondaire Participative l'Agora are in Greenfield Park. École secondaire André-Laurendeau and École secondaire Mgr-A.M.-Parent are in Saint-Hubert. École secondaire Gérard-Filion, École secondaire Jacques-Rousseau and École secondaire St-Jean-Baptiste are in Le Vieux-Longueuil.
Prior to 1998 the South Shore Protestant Regional School Board served the municipality.King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board). " South Shore Protestant Regional School Board" (St. Johns, PQ). The News and Eastern Townships Advocate. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from Google News on November 23, 2014.
There are also three Private school francophone secondary schools, all of which are in Le Vieux-Longueuil. They are Collège Charles-Lemoyne, Collège Français and Collège Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes.
Longueuil is also served by the CHAA-FM radio station. Another radio station, CHMP-FM is officially licensed to Longueuil, despite both the studio and transmitter being located in Montreal. Residents of Longueuil and adjacent communities are also served by a local cable television station, Télé Rive-Sud (TVRS), which is owned by Quebecor Media and is an affiliate of Canal Vox. It is available to Videotron cable subscribers only.
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