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Longueuil (pronounced /lɒŋˈgɔɪ]/ in English, IPA: [lɔ̃gœj] in French) is a city in located in the Montérégie administrative region of Quebec, and part of the Greater Montreal Area. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal, in extreme southwestern Quebec. In 2006, the population of the new city of Longueuil totaled 229,330, making it the fifth largest city in Quebec and 19th largest in Canada. Residents of Longueuil are known as Longueuillois.

History

Origin of the name

There are several explanations for the origin of the city's name. According to Abbé Faillon, Charles Le Moyne (1626-1685), lord of the area starting in 1657, named it after a village which is today the seat of a canton in the district of Dieppe in his homeland of Normandy. In France, the name is spelled "Longueil" and it is rumored that it was a mistake to spell it "Longueuil".

Descendants of the Longueuil family claim that one of their ancestors was with Samuel de Champlain when he explored the region in 1611. An outpost was started on the other side of the river and was named in honour of Longueuil.

Prior to 2002

Prior to the 2002 municipal mergers, the city of Longueuil was composed of Ville Jacques-Cartier, Montreal South (Montréal-Sud) and Longueuil, which had amalgamated in 1969. These three cities, along with the former city of LeMoyne, currently form the borough of Vieux-Longueuil. Locals refer to the borough of Vieux-Longueuil as "Longueuil proper" to distinguish it from the part of the borough known as "Old Longueuil". For more information on this area, please see Vieux-Longueuil.

Geography

Demographics

According to the 2006 Canadian Census, the City of Longueuil had 229,330 people, an increase of 1.6% over 2001's figure of 225,761. Longueuil occupies 115.59 square kilometres of space, giving the city a population density of 1,984 persons per kilometre squared. There were 101,746 private dwellings, 98,735 of which were occupied by usual residents.

Of the 132,570 workers in Longueuil, the median income was $26,537, which is above Quebec's provincial average of $25,464. Among the 69,990 full time workers, the median income was $37,521 or slightly below the provincial average.¹

Government

Municipal

On June 20, 2004, the former boroughs of Boucherville, Brossard, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Saint-Lambert voted to demerge from Longueuil and reconstitute themselves as municipalities, having obtained 10% of signatures at a registry requesting a referendum and 35% or more majority yes votes at the referendum out of the total voting population on electoral lists. The rest of the city stayed intact, with the only change being LeMoyne voting to join the Vieux-Longueuil borough, rather than return on its own.

The former municipalities that now form the new city of Longueuil all have had dozens of different mayors. Since the 2002 municipal mergers, Longueuil has had two mayors. The current mayor of Longueuil is Claude Gladu, who also happened to be the city's mayor up until the municipal mergers. His term began in 2005 and is scheduled to end in 2009.

Federal and provincial

Economy

Although a large chunk of Longueuil's work force commute to Montreal, the city nevertheless offers many jobs in a diverse range of industries. Above all, Longueuil benefits from having low property value despite its close proximity to Montreal. The city has a large retail industry, many of these jobs concentrated in malls such as Place Longueuil or commercial strips such as Taschereau Boulevard.

In 2008, Canadian Business ranked Longueuil as the 30th best place to do business in Canada.¹¹

Culture

Media

Sport

Education

Higher education

Secondary schools

Infrastructure

Commuting patterns

According to the 2006 Census, about 39,485 city residents (17.2% of the total population) commute to work in Montreal on a daily basis, while only 38,090 residents (16.6%) work in the city itself. A further 6,915 residents (3.0%) work in Boucherville every day, 4,775 (2.1%) work in Brossard, 2,795 (1.2%) in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, and 1,815 (0.8%) work in Saint-Lambert, the four other constituent cities of the Longueuil agglomeration.

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. ¹²

Roads

The Saint Lawrence River between the Island of Montreal and the south shore is traversed by only five automobile crossings (the Honoré-Mercier, Champlain, Victoria, and Jacques-Cartier bridges and the Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine tunnel), and they are severely congested. (See the list of bridges in Montreal.)

Public Transportation

Hospitals

Partner cities

References

^ "Income and earnings for Longueuil". Canada 2006 Census. Statitstics Canada (April 30, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-17.
^ "Longueuil, 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). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
^ Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada Highlight Tables: Longueuil
^ 2006 Community Profiles - Longueuil
^ Ville de Longueuil - Greenfield Park - Portrait
^ Ville de Longueuil - Greenfield Park - Vie municipale
^ Ville de Longueuil - Portrait
^ Ville de Longueuil - Saint-Hubert - Vie municipale
^ Ville de Longueuil - Vieux-Longueuil - Portrait
^ Ville de Longueuil - Vieux-Longueuil - Vie municipale
^ "The Best Places to do Business in Canada". Canadian Business (2008). Retrieved on 2008-11-12.
^ "Longueuil, V (Que.)". Commuting Flow Census Subdivisions: Sex (3) for the Employed Labour Force 15 Years and Over Having a Usual Place of Work of Census Subdivisions, Flows Greater than or Equal to 20, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data. Statistics Canada (2008-04-02). Retrieved on 2008-04-02.

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