Ahuntsic-Cartierville
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Ahuntsic-Cartierville is a borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Geography
The borough is located in the northern part of the city along the banks of the Rivière des Prairies, including some islands in the river such as Île aux Chats, Île Perry, and Île de la Visitation. It contains such regions as Sault-au-Récollet, Ahuntsic, and Cartierville.
It is bounded to the east by Montreal North, to the southeast by Villeray—Saint-Michel—Parc-Extension, to the south by Mount Royal, to the southwest by Saint-Laurent, and to the west by Pierrefonds-Senneville.
It has an area of 22.92 km² and a population of 125,145.
Politics
Municipal
The current borough mayor is Noushig Eloyan. The borough is divided into five districts:
- Cartierville (Councillor: Noushig Eloyan)
- Sault-au-Récollet (Councillor: Achille Polcaro)
- Ahuntsic (Councillor: Pierre Lapointe)
- Saint-Sulpice (Councillor: Maurice Beauchamp)
- L'Acadie (Councillor: Hasmig Belleli)
Federal and provincial
Federally, the borough is divided between the ridings of Saint-Laurent—Cartierville and Ahuntsic, with a small portion in the riding of Bourassa.
Provincially, the borough is divided between the Saint-Laurent, Acadie, and Crémazie electoral districts.
Features
The borough is served by the northeastern end of the orange line of the Montreal metro (Henri-Bourassa, Sauvé, and Crémazie stations); by the Deux-Montagnes and Blainville AMT commuter train lines; and by Quebec Autoroutes 15 (Laurentian Aut./Aut. des Laurentides) and 40 (Metropolitan Aut./Aut. Métropolitaine).
Important features of the borough include the Cégep de Bois-de-Boulogne, the Bordeaux Prison, Sacré-Coeur Hospital, Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Parc Ahuntsic, and the Parc-natures de l'Île-de-la-Visitation and du Bois-de-Saraguay.
History
Cartierville was annexed by Montreal on December 22, 1916, and the village of Ahuntsic was annexed in 1910.
External link
- Borough website (in French)
| Montreal boroughs | Image:Montrealflag2.jpg |
| Pre-2002 city of Montreal: | |
| Ahuntsic-Cartierville | Anjou | Beaconsfield—Baie-d'Urfé | Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | Le Plateau-Mont-Royal | Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles—Montréal-Est | Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie | Le Sud-Ouest | Ville-Marie | Villeray—Saint-Michel—Parc-Extension | Côte Saint-Luc—Hampstead—Montreal West | Dollard-des-Ormeaux—Roxboro | Dorval—L'Île-Dorval | Kirkland | Lachine | LaSalle | L'Île-Bizard—Sainte-Geneviève—Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | Montreal North | Mount Royal | Outremont | Pierrefonds-Senneville | Pointe-Claire | Saint-Laurent | Saint Leonard | Verdun | Westmount | |
| Boroughs or sections in italics will demerge on January 1, 2006. | |
