Montréal-Est, Quebec

Montreal-East
—  Town  —
Ville de Montréal-Est
Location of Montréal-Est on the Island of Montreal.
Coordinates: 45°39′00″N 73°31′00″W / 45.65°N 73.5166667°W / 45.65; -73.5166667
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montreal (06)
Electoral district	Federal: La Pointe-de-l'Île      MP: Francine Lalonde Provincial: Pointe-aux-Trembles (electoral district)      MNA: Nicole Léger
Creation	June 4, 1910
Annexation	January 1, 2002
Reconstitution	January 1, 2006
Government
– Mayor	Robert Coutu
Area
– Total	12.45 km2 (4.8 sq mi)
Population (2006 Census)
– Total	3,822
– Density	306.9/km2 (794.9/sq mi)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span	H1B
Area code(s)	514/438

For the former electoral district, please see Montreal East (electoral district).

Montreal East (in French: Montréal-Est), is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the island of Montreal, formerly part of the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est. Montreal-Est has consistently been the home to many large oil refineries since 1915.

Montreal-Est was originally founded in 1910 by businessman Joseph Versailles. On January 1, 2002 it was merged into the City of Montreal. It voted on June 20, 2004 to demerge and was re-established as a town on January 1, 2006. It was the only community in the eastern half of the island that voted to demerge. Montreal East Mayor is Robert Coutu.

Refineries

The three refineries are the majority of the Montreal Oil Refining Center.

• Shell Canada Montreal East Refinery : 161,000 barrels per day (bpd) ^[1]
• Petro Canada Montreal Refinery : 160,000 bpd
• Gulf Oil Canada Ltd. Montreal East Refinery : 65,000 bpd.

Total production: 386,000 bpd

Demographics

Mother Tongue	Population	Percentage
French	3,230	87.4%
English	150	4.1%
English and French	25	0.7%
English and a non-official language	~	~
French and a non-official language	10	0.4%
English, French and a non-official language	~	~
Khmer (Cambodian)	70	1.9%
Spanish	40	1.1%
Italian	25	0.7%
Portuguese	15	0.4%
Arabic	10	0.3%
Creole	10	0.3%
German	10	0.3%
Swahili	10	0.3%

^[2]

Rue Dorchester

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.

Famous people

• Sabrina Dutremble, author who wrote part of the book Le Québec en 2025 (Joey Cornu Editeur).

See also

• List of former boroughs
• Montreal Merger
• Municipal reorganization in Quebec

References

1. ^ Shell production
2. ^ "Montreal-Est, V". Detailed Mother Tongue (103), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data. Statistics Canada. 2007-11-20. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89202&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=701&Temporal=2006&Theme=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&GID=773017. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 

Coordinates: 45°38′N 73°31′W / 45.633°N 73.517°W / 45.633; -73.517