Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec

Infobox Settlement
name = Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec
settlement_type = Town
official_name = Town of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
nickname =
motto =


imagesize = 225px
image_caption = Ste-Anne's main street runs along the shore


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mapsize = 225px
map_caption = Location within the Island of Montreal
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_name = CAN
subdivision_name1 = QC
subdivision_name2 = Montreal
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1703
established_title2 = Demerged
established_date2 = January 1, 2006
government_type =
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Bill Tierney
leader_title1 = Federal MP
Lac-Saint-Louis
leader_name1 = Francis Scarpaleggia
(Liberal Party of Canada)
leader_title2 = Quebec MNA
Jacques-Cartier
leader_name2 = Geoffrey Kelley
(Parti Libéral du Québec)
area_total_km2 = 15.11
area_land_km2 = 10.57
area_water_km2 =
area_urban_km2 =
area_footnotes = [Total area: [http://www.mamr.gouv.qc.ca/cgi-bin/repert1.pl?T2=&T3=&D3=&D4=Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue&D5=&btnsubmit=Chercher Affaires municipales et des Régions Quebec]
Land area: Statistics Canada]
population_as_of = 2006
population_footnotes = [Statistics Canada, 2006 census]
population_total = 5197
population_density_km2 = 491.7
population_blank1_title =Change ~2001
population_blank1 =+2.7%
population_blank2_title =Dwellings
population_blank2 =2,134
timezone = EST
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
coor_type = 109, rue Sainte-Anne
latd = 45 | latm = 24 | lats = 14 | latNS = N
longd = 73 | longm = 57 | longs = 09 | longEW = W
elevation_footnotes=
elevation_m =
blank_name =Access Routes
blank_info =jct|state=QC|A|20
jct|state=QC|A|40
website = http://www.ville.sainte-anne-de-bellevue.qc.ca
footnotes =

thumb|right|250px|The Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal. The canal links Lake Saint-Louis and the Lake des Deux-Montagnes, at the mouth of the Ottawa River. Used for commercial purposes from its opening in 1843, the canal soon became an integral part of the Montreal-Ottawa-Kingston inland shipping route. Today, the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue lock is used essentially for pleasure boating.Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is a municipality and town in southwestern Quebec, Canada, at the western tip of the Island of Montreal. It had a population of 5,062 in 1996. [Statistics Canada, 1996 census]

Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is the second oldest community in Montreal's West Island, having been founded as a parish in 1703. Dorval was founded in 1667.

It is home to John Abbott College and McGill University's Macdonald Campus, which includes the J. S. Marshall Radar Observatory and about two square kilometres of farmland which separates the small town from neighbouring Baie-d'Urfé.

Other points of interest include the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal (a National Historic Site of Canada), the Sainte-Anne Veterans' Hospital, the Morgan Arboretum, and the three nature parks transferred from Pierrefonds-Senneville.

Government

The current mayor of Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue is Bill Tierney. There are six city councilors.
#Sébastien Fraeys de Veubeke (District 1)
#Léona Charette-Morin (District 2)
#Line de Chantal (District 3)
#Robert McEwen (District 4)
#Michel Bouassaly (District 5)
#Lucie Larose (District 6)

Demographics

As of the census of 2001, there were 5,062 people, 1,930 households, and 1,240 families residing in the city. The population density was 478.90/km² . There were 2,063 housing units at an average density of 175.18/km². The racial makeup of the city was 89.56% White, 1.78% Black Canadian, 0.22% Aboriginal, 6.89% Asian Canadian, and 0.33% Latin American.

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

The linguistic makeup of the city was French as the first language of 45.8% of the population, English the first of 37.2%, 1.2% of the population learned both English and French, and 15.8% first learned other languages. 16.4% of the population can speak only English, 11.1% can speak only French, 72.4% can speak both English and French, and 0.2% speak neither English nor French.

In the city the population was spread out with 18.5% under the age of 15, 10.4% from 15 to 24, 33.0% from 25 to 44, 17.5% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 112.8 males. For every 100 females age 15 and over, there were 116.8 males.

There were 1,930 households out of which 29.8% had children living with them, 40.7% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female lone-parent as a householder, and 30.6% of all households were made up of individuals. The average married-couple family size was 3.1.

Christians made up 79.4% of the population, or 61.7% Catholic, 16.5% Protestant, 0.9% Orthodox, and 0.3% other Christian. Other religions in the city include 3.3% Muslim, 1.3% Jewish, 1.3% Eastern religions, and 0.3% other religions. 14.1% of the population claimed to have no religious affiliation.

The median income for a household in the city was $44,092, and the median income for a family was $65,637. Males had an average income of $41,619 versus $28,026 for females. About 5.7% of the labour force was unemployed. The largest occupation categories were 21.2% employed in business, finance, and administration occupations, 18.4% sales and service occupations, and 14.8% in social science, education, government service and religion occupations.

"Note: Percentages may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding of data samples"

Transportation

Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is traversed by Autoroute 40 (the Trans-Canada Highway) and Autoroute 20, which crosses the Ottawa River over the Galipeault Bridge linking it to Île Perrot.

For public transit, the town is served by the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue commuter train station on the Dorion-Rigaud Line. It also covered by the bus network of the Société de transport de Montréal.

References

External links

* [http://www.mamr.gouv.qc.ca/accueil.asp/ Affaires Municipales et Regions Quebec]
* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Index.cfm?Lang=E/ Statistics Canada]
* [http://www.elections.ca/pas/39ge/39official.pdf/ Elections Canada Results - 39th General Election (2006)]
* [http://www.monvote.qc.ca/en/ Director General of Quebec Elections]
* [http://www.ecomuseum.ca/infoen.html Ecomuseum]
* [http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/annedebellevue/index_e.asp Parks Canada - Sante-Anne-de-Bellevue locks]

ee also

* List of former boroughs
* Montreal Merger
* Municipal reorganization in Quebec
* Morgan Arboretum