Rivière des Prairies–Pointe aux Trembles

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Country Canada Region Montréal Area 42.3 km² Province Québec		City Montreal Merge into Montreal January 1, 2002 Population 106,437 (2011)

Electoral Districts Federal La Pointe-de-l'Île Honoré-Mercier Provincial Pointe-aux-Trembles LaFontaine

Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles is a suburban borough (arrondissement) on the eastern tip of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at the eastern end of the Island of Montreal.

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Geography

The borough is located at the eastern tip of the Island of Montreal. It is composed of the districts of Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles and also La Pointe-aux-Prairies, which were part of the City of Montreal prior to the 2002 municipal mergers. From January 1, 2002 to January 1, 2006, the borough included the town of Montreal East, which has now demerged from Montreal.

The borough's name lists the two neighbourhoods according to their date of annexation to Montreal (Rivière-des-Prairies joined in 1963 and Pointe-aux-Trembles in 1982). It has a population of 102,457.

Rivière-des-Prairies is mainly composed of suburbs, as well as multiple forested areas and fields. Pointe-aux-trembles is more urban and dense but remains suburban in nature. The third district, La Pointe-aux-prairies, is a typical suburb composed of townhouses, condos and single-family dwellings witch makes it a destination of choice for young families that wish to remain on the island of Montréal. The Saint Lawrence River flows at the southerly border of Montreal, while the Rivière des Prairies River forms Montreal Island's northerly boundary with Laval.

Demographics

The Rivière-des-Prairies part of the borough is known for its high concentration of Italians in most of the neighborhoods, and Haitians in the others. On July 9, 2006, after Italy won the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Maurice Duplessis Boulevard was closed to traffic due to the great number of fans celebrating in the street.

Politics

The borough is divided into three districts—La Pointe-aux-Prairies, Pointe-aux-Trembles and Rivière-des-Prairies—and has seven elected representatives since the November 2005 municipal election: one borough mayor, three city councillors, and three borough councillors.

Borough council

As of the November 3, 2013 Montreal municipal election, the current borough council consists of the following councillors:

Previous councils

The borough's elected officials from January 1, 2006 to October 31, 2009 were:

Borough mayor: Cosmo Maciocia (political affiliation: Union Montreal)

City councillor, Rivière-des-Prairies district: Joe Magri (Union Montreal)

Borough councillor, Rivière-des-Prairies district: Maria Calderone (Union Montreal)

City councillor, La Pointe-aux-Prairies: Nicolas Montmorency (Vision Montreal (until November 2006) / independent (November 2006 to present))

Borough councillor, La Pointe-aux-Prairies: Joseph (Joe) Di Pietro (Vision Montreal (until January 2008) / Union Montreal (January 2008 to present))

City councillor, Pointe-aux-Trembles: André Bélisle (Vision Montreal until November 2006 / independent from November 2006 to September 3, 2008 / Union Montreal since September 3, 2008)

Borough councillor, Pointe-aux-Trembles: Suzanne Décarie (Vision Montreal)

On Wednesday, November 22, 2006, councillor Montmorency announced he was leaving Vision Montreal to sit as an independent. On Monday, November 27, Vision Montreal announced it was kicking councillor Bélisle out of its ranks due to Bélisle's allegedly stating his intention to leave the party.

From November 2001 to November 2005, the borough was divided into four districts and their representatives were:

Marc-Aurèle-Fortin district: Cosmo Maciocia (Montreal Island Citizens Union)

Rivière-des-Prairies district: Michel Plante (Vision Montreal (until March 2005)/ Montreal Island Citizens Union (March 2005 to election day))

Pointe-aux-Trembles district: Marius Minier (Vision Montreal (until November 2001) / independent (November 2001 to December 2003) / Montreal Island Citizens Union (December 2003 to summer 2005) / Team Ville Marie (Fall 2005 to election day))

Bout-de-l'Île district: Colette Paul (Vision Montreal (until Nov. 2001) / independent (Nov. 2001 to summer 2005) / Vision Montreal (summer 2005 to election day))

Education

The Borough is served by two school boards. The French schools are part of the Commission scolaire Pointe-de-l'Ile while the English schools are part of the English Montreal School Board.

Francophone schools:

Secondary schools: École secondaire Jean-Grou, École secondaire Pointe-aux-Trembles, and École secondaire Daniel-Johnson

There are 14 Francophone primary schools in the borough.

Anglophone schools:

Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, East Hill.

Gerald McShane School is in Montreal-Nord, but also serves Rivière-des-Prairies.

The borough is served by the Pointe-aux-Trembles and Rivière-des-Prairies branches of the Montreal Public Libraries Network.

Additional information

From 2002 to 2006, borough headquarters were located in Montreal East's town hall, which benefitted from a $5 million expansion voted in 2003 and completed in September 2005. Since the town's demerger, the borough's services have been relocated in both Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles, but a recent proposal to build a new borough hall next to the planned Rivière-des-Prairies Maison de la Culture (cultural centre) has been adopted despite the ire of the Pointe-aux-Trembles councillors.

The borough is covered by three weekly newspapers, two in French ("L'Avenir de l'Est" in Pointe-aux-Trembles and "L'Informateur" in Rivière-des-Prairies) and one in English ("The East End Suburban", which covers only Rivière-des-Prairies).

References

Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles Wikipedia

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