LeMoyne, Quebec
Encyclopedia
LeMoyne is a neighbourhood in Longueuil, Quebec
within the Vieux-Longueuil
borough. LeMoyne makes up 2% of the total area of the Vieux-Longueuil borough and is the only neighbourhood of the borough that wasn't part of the pre-2002 city of Longueuil
. Residents of LeMoyne are called LeMoynois.
LeMoyne has long been one of the most dense places in the South Shore of Montreal
and its urban landscape has remained virtually unchanged since its creation in 1949.
District 15 in the Longueuil City Council
corresponds to the territory of LeMoyne, although the portion of the district from Boudreau Street to St-Charles Street is not in LeMoyne but instead in the former city of Longueuil
.
of LeMoyne was created in 1949 from the merger of two parish
es, Saint-Josaphat and Saint-Maxime, both of which were previously located in Ville Jacques-Cartier. According to local historian Michel Pratt, the name "LeMoyne" was chosen by Redmond Roche of the Union Nationale, in honor to Charles LeMoyne
.
LeMoyne made history in 1981 by electing Louise Gravel, the first female mayor in a municipality of the (now-defunct) Champlain RCM
.
On January 1, 2002, LeMoyne ceassed to exist as a municipality and was amalgamated
into the city of Longueuil to become part of the Saint-Lambert/LeMoyne borough.
However, on June 20, 2004 Saint-Lambert
voted to demerge from Longueuil and on January 1, 2006 regained its status of city, while LeMoyne opted to stay in Longueuil.
After the demergers, LeMoyne joined the Vieux-Longueuil borough following the results of a 2005 referendum
in which the residents of LeMoyne were given the choice to pick a new borough between Vieux-Longueuil, Saint-Hubert
and Greenfield Park
.
Mother tongue language
From Canada 2006 Census
. They are Saint-Maxime and Saint-Josaphat, the two Catholic
parishes that are the ancestors of LeMoyne.
Route 112 is called Saint-Louis Street in Saint-Maxime. Saint-Maxime has the shape of rectangle
and is located from Saint-Louis Street to the limits of Greenfield Park
. Saint-Maxime Church, built in 1918, is on Charron Street.
In Saint-Josaphat, Route 112 is called Sir Wilfrid-Laurier Boulevard. Saint-Josaphat has the shape somewhat of a boomerang
or a hockey stick
, and is located from Sir Wilfrid Laurier Boulevard to the limits of the former city of Longueuil. Saint-Josaphat Church is located on De L'Église Street.
of LeMoyne was on Saint-Louis Street near Laurier Street. When located there, LeMoyne had its own police and fire stations.
In 1967, the city hall was moved on Saint-Georges Street (corner Charron Street), where it remained until the 2002 merger of LeMoyne with Longueuil. When LeMoyne moved its city hall in 1967, it did away with its police and fire services. From then on, theses services were provided to LeMoyne, first by the city of Saint-Lambert
, and later by the city of Saint-Hubert
.
Today, the city hall on Saint-Georges Street has been converted as a fire station
for the city of Longueuil.
Longueuil, Quebec
Longueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the third largest city in...
within the Vieux-Longueuil
Vieux-Longueuil
Vieux-Longueuil is the largest borough in the city of Longueuil.From 2002 to 2006, Vieux-Longueuil borough stood for what used to be the city of Longueuil from 1969 to 2002...
borough. LeMoyne makes up 2% of the total area of the Vieux-Longueuil borough and is the only neighbourhood of the borough that wasn't part of the pre-2002 city of Longueuil
Vieux-Longueuil
Vieux-Longueuil is the largest borough in the city of Longueuil.From 2002 to 2006, Vieux-Longueuil borough stood for what used to be the city of Longueuil from 1969 to 2002...
. Residents of LeMoyne are called LeMoynois.
LeMoyne has long been one of the most dense places in the South Shore of Montreal
South Shore (Montreal)
The South Shore is the general term for the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec located on the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite the Island of Montreal. The South Shore is located within the Quebec administrative region of Montérégie....
and its urban landscape has remained virtually unchanged since its creation in 1949.
District 15 in the Longueuil City Council
Longueuil City Council
The Longueuil City Council is the governing body for the city of Longueuil on Montreal's south shore, located in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada....
corresponds to the territory of LeMoyne, although the portion of the district from Boudreau Street to St-Charles Street is not in LeMoyne but instead in the former city of Longueuil
Vieux-Longueuil
Vieux-Longueuil is the largest borough in the city of Longueuil.From 2002 to 2006, Vieux-Longueuil borough stood for what used to be the city of Longueuil from 1969 to 2002...
.
History
The cityCity
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
of LeMoyne was created in 1949 from the merger of two parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
es, Saint-Josaphat and Saint-Maxime, both of which were previously located in Ville Jacques-Cartier. According to local historian Michel Pratt, the name "LeMoyne" was chosen by Redmond Roche of the Union Nationale, in honor to Charles LeMoyne
Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay
Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay ,as many people of his time, had a variety of occupations. Born in Dieppe, France in Normandy, he came to New France in 1641. He became lord of Longueuil in Canada....
.
LeMoyne made history in 1981 by electing Louise Gravel, the first female mayor in a municipality of the (now-defunct) Champlain RCM
Regional county municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM is used in Quebec to designate one of 86 county-like political and geographic units. In most cases, they are also census divisions. Regional County Municipalities are a supralocal type of "Regional Municipality" and are still commonly referred to as...
.
On January 1, 2002, LeMoyne ceassed to exist as a municipality and was amalgamated
Municipal reorganization in Quebec
The most recent episode of municipal reorganization in Quebec, Canada, was undertaken in 2002 by the Parti Québécois Government of Quebec, headed by Premier Lucien Bouchard and his successor Bernard Landry....
into the city of Longueuil to become part of the Saint-Lambert/LeMoyne borough.
However, on June 20, 2004 Saint-Lambert
Saint-Lambert, Quebec
Saint-Lambert is a Canadian city in the province of Quebec located opposite Montreal on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Saint-Lambert was named for either the early French Canadian hunter Lambert Closse or for Roman Catholic Bishop Lambert of Maastricht...
voted to demerge from Longueuil and on January 1, 2006 regained its status of city, while LeMoyne opted to stay in Longueuil.
After the demergers, LeMoyne joined the Vieux-Longueuil borough following the results of a 2005 referendum
Referendum
A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...
in which the residents of LeMoyne were given the choice to pick a new borough between Vieux-Longueuil, Saint-Hubert
Saint-Hubert, Quebec
Saint-Hubert is a borough in the city of Longueuil, located in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It had been a separate city prior to January 1, 2002, when it along with several other neighbouring south shore municipalities were merged into Longueuil. According to the Quebec Statistics...
and Greenfield Park
Greenfield Park, Quebec
Greenfield Park is a borough of the city of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. It covers an area of , with a population of 17,491 as of December 2004. Greenfield Park is the only borough of Longueuil that has an officially bilingual status. It is primarily a post-war suburban area. Like the other two...
.
Demographics
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5,149 | 1.5% |
| 2001 | 4,855 | 1.5% |
| 1996 | 5,052 | 4.0% |
| 1991 | 5,412 | N/A |
Mother tongue language
From Canada 2006 Census
Canada 2006 Census
The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...
| Language | Population | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
| French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
4,185 | 81.6% |
| English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
440 | 8.6% |
| Both English and French | 30 | 0.6% |
| Other languages | 475 | 9.3% |
Saint-Maxime and Saint-Josaphat
LeMoyne is divided into two sections separated by Route 112Quebec route 112
Route 112 is a busy east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its eastern terminus is in Frampton at the junction of Route 275, and the western terminus is in Downtown Montreal , after crossing the Victoria Bridge...
. They are Saint-Maxime and Saint-Josaphat, the two Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
parishes that are the ancestors of LeMoyne.
Route 112 is called Saint-Louis Street in Saint-Maxime. Saint-Maxime has the shape of rectangle
Rectangle
In Euclidean plane geometry, a rectangle is any quadrilateral with four right angles. The term "oblong" is occasionally used to refer to a non-square rectangle...
and is located from Saint-Louis Street to the limits of Greenfield Park
Greenfield Park, Quebec
Greenfield Park is a borough of the city of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. It covers an area of , with a population of 17,491 as of December 2004. Greenfield Park is the only borough of Longueuil that has an officially bilingual status. It is primarily a post-war suburban area. Like the other two...
. Saint-Maxime Church, built in 1918, is on Charron Street.
In Saint-Josaphat, Route 112 is called Sir Wilfrid-Laurier Boulevard. Saint-Josaphat has the shape somewhat of a boomerang
Boomerang
A boomerang is a flying tool with a curved shape used as a weapon or for sport.-Description:A boomerang is usually thought of as a wooden device, although historically boomerang-like devices have also been made from bones. Modern boomerangs used for sport are often made from carbon fibre-reinforced...
or a hockey stick
Hockey stick
A hockey stick is a piece of equipment used in field hockey, ice hockey or roller hockey to move the ball or puck.- Field hockey :Field hockey sticks have an end which varies in shape, often depending on the players position...
, and is located from Sir Wilfrid Laurier Boulevard to the limits of the former city of Longueuil. Saint-Josaphat Church is located on De L'Église Street.
Motto
The last of motto of LeMoyne, before its annexation into Longueuil, was Droit et Loyal (English translation: Right and Loyal)City hall
Up until 1967, the city hallCity hall
In local government, a city hall, town hall or a municipal building or civic centre, is the chief administrative building of a city...
of LeMoyne was on Saint-Louis Street near Laurier Street. When located there, LeMoyne had its own police and fire stations.
In 1967, the city hall was moved on Saint-Georges Street (corner Charron Street), where it remained until the 2002 merger of LeMoyne with Longueuil. When LeMoyne moved its city hall in 1967, it did away with its police and fire services. From then on, theses services were provided to LeMoyne, first by the city of Saint-Lambert
Saint-Lambert, Quebec
Saint-Lambert is a Canadian city in the province of Quebec located opposite Montreal on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Saint-Lambert was named for either the early French Canadian hunter Lambert Closse or for Roman Catholic Bishop Lambert of Maastricht...
, and later by the city of Saint-Hubert
Saint-Hubert, Quebec
Saint-Hubert is a borough in the city of Longueuil, located in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It had been a separate city prior to January 1, 2002, when it along with several other neighbouring south shore municipalities were merged into Longueuil. According to the Quebec Statistics...
.
Today, the city hall on Saint-Georges Street has been converted as a fire station
Fire station
A fire station is a structure or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus , personal protective equipment, fire hose, fire extinguishers, and other fire extinguishing equipment...
for the city of Longueuil.
Mayors
| Mayor | Term Began | Term Ended |
|---|---|---|
| Henri Sicotte | 1949 | 1952 |
| Albert Bélanger | 1952 | 1954 |
| Jean Baribeau | 1954 | 1967 |
| André Charpentier | 1967 | 1977 |
| Michel Sicotte | 1977 | 1981 |
| Louise Gravel | 1981 | 1993 |
| Guy Talbot | 1993 | 2001 |
| Part of Longueuil Longueuil, Quebec Longueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the third largest city in... |
2002 | present |
Famous people
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, Professional Hockey Player for the Philadelphia FlyersPhiladelphia FlyersThe Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League... - Josée Lavigueur, Professional fitness instructor
See also
- Boroughs of Longueuil
- List of mayors of Longueuil, Quebec
- Longueuil City CouncilLongueuil City CouncilThe Longueuil City Council is the governing body for the city of Longueuil on Montreal's south shore, located in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada....
- Longueuil, QuebecLongueuil, QuebecLongueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the third largest city in...
- Municipal reorganization in QuebecMunicipal reorganization in QuebecThe most recent episode of municipal reorganization in Quebec, Canada, was undertaken in 2002 by the Parti Québécois Government of Quebec, headed by Premier Lucien Bouchard and his successor Bernard Landry....
- Urban Agglomeration of LongueuilUrban agglomeration of LongueuilThe urban agglomeration of Longueuil was created on January 1, 2006 as a result of the de-amalgamation process brought upon by the Charest government...
- Vieux-LongueuilVieux-LongueuilVieux-Longueuil is the largest borough in the city of Longueuil.From 2002 to 2006, Vieux-Longueuil borough stood for what used to be the city of Longueuil from 1969 to 2002...