Montreal West, Quebec
Montréal- Ouest (English Montreal West ) is a city in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located on the Île de Montréal and forms an enclave within Montreal. The city has an area of 1.41 km ² and has 5,085 inhabitants ( 2011).
Geography
Montréal- Ouest is located in the central part of the Ile de Montréal. The community is almost completely surrounded by the territory of the city of Montreal, from the municipalities of Côte -des- Neiges -Notre- Dame-de- Grâce in the north, Le Sud -Ouest in the east and in the south Lachine. To the west is a short border with the municipality of Côte -Saint -Luc. The city center of Montreal is approximately eight kilometers away.
History
1653 the area was first settled by a farmer during the British -American War of 1812 was here a fortification. 1855 opened the Grand Trunk Railway, a railway line, the Canadian Pacific Railway was followed in 1886 with its own route. The community was founded in 1905, at that time she counted 350 residents. From the beginning she had an English-speaking majority. Three years earlier, a school was established, which evolved over time to the Royal West Academy.
On 1 January 2002 27 municipalities were merged on the island of Montreal. Especially in communities with a high proportion of English speakers was stirring resistance, since this measure was ordered by the provincial government of the separatist Parti Québécois. As of 2003, the Parti libéral du Québec, the government and promised to make the municipal mergers reversed. On 20 July 2004 referendums were held in 22 former municipalities. In Montréal- Ouest to 82.6 % of eligible participants were in favor of the separation. The community was re-established on 1 January 2006, but was forced to cede to the Association of Municipalities numerous competencies.
Population
According to the 2011 census counted 5,085 residents Montréal -Ouest, which corresponds to a population density of 3606.4 inh. / Km ². 60.7 % of the population reported English as the main language, the proportion of French was 15.7 %. As a bilingual ( French and English) is designated 2.6%, to other languages and multiple responses accounted for 21.0%. Among the most important non-official main languages were Italian ( 5.3 %), and Polish, and Russian (1.4 %). Only 20.4% spoke English, only French 2.3%. In 2001, 42.1% of the population were Roman Catholic, 26.2 % Protestant, 13.8% Jewish and 13.0 % no religious affiliation.
Traffic
Main traffic arteries are the Avenue Westminster and the Chemin de Côte -Saint -Luc. Montréal- Ouest has a railway station on the AMT commuter trains from Montreal Central Station to Candiac, Saint- Jérôme and Vaudreuil - Dorion hold. The city is accessible by several bus lines of the Société de transport de Montréal.