Downtown Montreal

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Downtown Montreal
Centre-Ville de Montréal (
514, 438

Downtown Montreal (French: Centre-Ville de Montréal) is the central business district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The district is situated on the southernmost slope of

Westmount
to the west.

The downtown region houses many corporate headquarters as well a large majority of the city's

derivatives. The Montreal Exchange was originally a stock exchange and was the first in Canada. In 1999, all stock trades were transferred to Toronto
in exchange for an exclusivity in the derivative trading market.

de la Montagne, de Maisonneuve and Crescent
.

The skyline may be observed from one of two

The Plateau neighbourhood, Olympic Stadium
and beyond.

Downtown Montreal is also home to the main campuses of

Concordia University.[2][3]

Demographics

The Statistics Canada article Defining Canada’s Downtown Neighbourhoods: 2016 Boundaries counted 88,169 people, and 299,245 jobs.[4] The population density was approximately 66 people per hectare, while the job density was 226 jobs per hectare.

Most recently,

2021.[5]

Attractions

Museums

A number of museums can be found in or near Downtown Montreal, including the

McCord Museum, Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Redpath Museum. Pointe-à-Callière Museum is more strictly in Old Montreal
.

Religious buildings

minor basilica
in Downtown Montreal.

Notable religious buildings in Downtown Montreal include:

St. James the Apostle Anglican Church, St. James United Church, St. George's Anglican Church and St. Patrick's Basilica
.

Sports and entertainment venues

The

Quartier des Spectacles, the complex is home to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and the Opéra de Montréal
. Percival Molson Memorial Stadium lies just to the North of Pine Avenue at the edge of Downtown Montreal.

Squares

Public space in Downtown Montreal includes the following squares:

Place des Festivals, Place Jean-Paul Riopelle and Victoria Square
.

Transportation

bus terminal
located in Downtown Montreal.

Two railway stations are in Downtown Montreal:

Lucien-L'Allier Station
. Downtown Montreal also contains two bus stations: Gare d'autocars de Montréal serves mainly longer distance services, while Terminus Centre-Ville is mainly a terminus for services operated by RTL and Exo.

Two lines of the

Line 4 (Yellow)
.

Economy

Montreal-Trudeau Airport to cut costs.[6][7]

Education

post-secondary
institutions in Downtown Montreal.

Portions of four university-level establishments lie within Downtown Montreal: the main campus of

Quartier Latin neighbourhood. Four colleges (pre-university) also lie in downtown: the public Cégep du Vieux Montréal on Ontario Street East; and the private colleges LaSalle College, O'Sullivan College and National Theatre School of Canada, including Monument-National
, the venue used for its productions.

Politics

Downtown Montreal is mostly in the federal electoral district of Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs, with some areas in the north around Mount Royal being in the district of Outremont and the eastern portion belonging to Laurier—Sainte-Marie. All three of these seats are currently held by members of the Liberal Party, with the former two in particular being safe Liberal seats.

Provincially, the downtown core is split in three pieces along similar boundaries, being mostly in the district of

Liberal Party of Quebec, while Sainte-Marie—Saint-Jacques is held by Manon Massé, one of the leaders of Québec solidaire
.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Defining Canada's Downtown Neighbourhoods: 2016 Boundaries" (PDF). www150.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Campus Maps" Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine, "McGill University". Accessed May 17, 2008.
  3. ^ "Campus map" Archived 2010-10-20 at the Wayback Machine, "Concordia University". Accessed May 17, 2008.
  4. ^ "Defining Canada's Downtown Neighbourhoods: 2016 Boundaries" (PDF). www150.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Population by proximity to downtown, census metropolitan areas, 2016 to 2021". Statistics Canada. Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Air Canada layoffs blamed on free trade Archived 2013-04-01 at the Wayback Machine." Toronto Star. October 10, 1990. A1. Retrieved on September 23, 2009.
  7. ^ Benzie, Robert. "Tories float Air Canada plan; Ready to lift bilingualism requirement Would 'level playing field,' party says Archived 2013-04-01 at the Wayback Machine." Toronto Star. June 20, 2004. A07. Retrieved on September 23, 2009.

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