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Longueuil
NameLongueuil
Settlement typeCity
Official nameVille de Longueuil
Motto"Labor et Concordia"(Latin)
"Work and Harmony"
RegionMontérégie
RCM Or TEUrban agglomeration of Longueuil (TE 58)
Seat typeElectoral Districts &
Federal
Seat&
Saint-Lambert &
Saint-Bruno-Saint-Hubert &
Longueuil-Pierre-Boucher
PartsLaporte &
Vachon &
Marie-Victorin &
Taillon
GovernmentInfo
GovernmentCity
MayorCaroline St-Hilaire
Local GovernmentLongueuil City Council
(26 districts)
Federal MP(s)Josée Beaudin (BQ) &
Carole Lavallée (BQ) &
Jean Dorion (BQ)
Quebec MNA(s)Nicole Ménard (PLQ) &
Camil Bouchard (PQ) &
Bernard Drainville (PQ) &
Marie Malavoy (PQ)
Founded1657
EstablishedJanuary 1, 2002
Total Area115.59 sq km (44.6 sq mi)
Population Total229330 (Ranked 19th) (2006)
Population Density1984.0 sq km (5138.6 sq mi)
Change (2001-06)(+)1.6%
Dwellings101746
TimezoneEastern (EST)( UTC-5)
Timezone DSTEDT( UTC-4)
Geocode45�30'50'N 73�25'54'W
Postal codeJ3Y, J3Z, J4G to J4N, J4T, J4V
Area code450
Longueuil (; ) is a city in located in the Montérégie administrative region of Quebec, and part of Greater Montreal. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal, in southwestern Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the fifth most populous city in Quebec and 19th largest in Canada. The city comprise three boroughs: Vieux-Longueuil, Saint-Hubert and Greenfield Park.
Residents of Longueuil are known as Longueuillois.
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Many touched by Chartrand - Montreal Gazette Tweet this news

Montreal Gazette--A procession follows the hearse carrying the body of Michel Chartrand as it winds through -Longueuil- ...
Date : Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:51:38 GMT+00:00

Art helps to focus the mind - Montreal Gazette Tweet this news

Montreal Gazette--An ArtsSmarts project at St. Mary's Elementary School in -Longueuil- focused on developing a 21st-century classroom that would suit students' learning styles. ...
Date : Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:51:38 GMT+00:00

Michel Chartrand mourned by ordinary Quebecers - Montreal Gazette Tweet this news

Montreal Gazette--Family and friends line the stairs of -Longueuil's- St. Antoine de Padoue church during the funeral Saturday, ...
Date : Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:56:14 GMT+00:00

Labour leader jailed during FLQ crisis remembered - Montreal Gazette Tweet this news

Montreal Gazette---LONGUEUIL-, Que. � As they maneuvered the plain wooden coffin carrying the body of Michel Chartrand down the steps of St. Antoine de Padoue church, ...
Date : Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:51:33 GMT+00:00

Ex-Longueuil soccer coach pleads guilty to 26 sex charges - Windsor Star Tweet this news

Windsor Star--MONTREAL - A -Longueuil- man who coached soccer to adolescents on the South Shore for years pleaded guilty Friday to several sex-related charges involving ...
Date : Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:40:12 GMT+00:00

Liberals' accuser refuses to blink - Montreal Gazette Tweet this news

Montreal Gazette---...- the MNA for Papineau, for help in getting his son Marc Bisson, at the time a Gatineau crown prosecutor, named a judge in -Longueuil-.---
Date : Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:48:39 GMT+00:00

TSX & TSX Venture Stock Quotes - Canada NewsWire (press release) Tweet this news

Canada NewsWire (press release)---LONGUEUIL-, QC, April 15 /CNW Telbec/ - More united than ever, pork producers, meat packers and the Quebec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ...
Date : Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:20:30 GMT+00:00

Liberals' accuser refuses to blink - Montreal Gazette Tweet this news

Montreal Gazette---...- the MNA for Papineau, for help in getting his son Marc Bisson, at the time a Gatineau crown prosecutor, named a judge in -Longueuil-.---
Date : Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:01:41 GMT+00:00

Law Headlines:Bear Lake Gold: Update on Settlement of Class Action Lawsuit - Legal Info Today Tweet this news

Legal Info Today---LONGUEUIL-, QUEBEC-(Marketwire - April 13, 2010) - Further to its April 5, 2010 news release announcing that it has reached an agreement in principle to ...
Date : Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:38:54 GMT+00:00

Davis + Henderson Earns Contact Center Employer of Choice Certification - TMCnet Tweet this news

TMCnet--Davis + Henderson earned the certification for its Toronto, ON, Markham, ON, and -Longueuil-, QC, centers responsible for supporting cheque programs on behalf ...
Date : Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:33:07 GMT+00:00


Census Population Change (%)
2006 229,330 (+)1.58%
2001 225,761 (-)0.07%
1996 227,408 0.0%
1991 226,965 N/A

Language Population Percentage (%)
French 181,785 80.15%
English 15,400 6.79%
Both English and French 1,795 0.79%
French and a non-official language 1,245 0.55%
English and a non-official language 350 0.15%
English, French and a non-official language 205 0.09%
Spanish 5,315 2.34%
Arabic 3,155 1.39%
Creole 1,980 0.87%
Romanian 1,520 0.67%
Persian 1,455 0.64%
Vietnamese 1,395 0.62%
Portuguese 1,365 0.60%
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,280 0.56%
Italian 1,245 0.55%

Ethnic Origin
Ethnic Origin Population Percent
Canadian 132,210 58.3%
French 68,325 30.1%
Irish 14,115 6.2%
English 8,075 3.6%
Italian 7,870 3.5%
First Nations 6,780 3%
Scottish 6,635 2.9%
Québécois 5,630 2.5%
Haitian 5,140 2.3%
German 4,870 2.1%
Spanish 3,315 1.5%
Chinese 3,080 1.4%
Portuguese 2,590 1.1%

Visible Minorities
Race Population Percentage (%)
White 199,980 88.2%
Black 9,230 4.1%
Latin American 4,580 2%
Arabs|Arab 3,565 1.6%
Chinese 2,710 1.2%
Southeast Asian 2,340 1%
South Asian 1,610 0.7%

Borough Population (2006) Borough Mayor City Councillors
Greenfield Park 17,458 ] Bernard Constantini ] 3
Saint-Hubert 78,715 ] Stéphane Desjardins ] 8
Vieux-Longueuil 138,179 ] Jacques Goyette ] 15

Mayors of the new city of Longueuil (2002-)
Mayor
Jacques Olivier 2002 2005
Claude Gladu 2006 2009
Caroline St-Hilaire 2009 incumbent

Mayor
Greenfield Park, Vieux-Longueuil Saint-Lambert Saint-Lambert Josée Beaudin Bloc Québécois
Saint-Hubert Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville Saint-Bruno-Saint-Hubert Carole Lavallée Bloc Québécois
Vieux-Longueuil Boucherville Longueuil-Pierre-Boucher Jean Dorion Bloc Québécois

Mayor
Greenfield Park, Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Laporte Nicole Ménard Quebec Liberal Party
Saint-Hubert N/A Vachon Camil Bouchard Parti Québécois
Vieux-Longueuil N/A Marie-Victorin Bernard Drainville Parti Québécois
Vieux-Longueuil N/A Taillon Marie Malavoy Parti Québécois

Mayor
Centennial Regional High School Greenfield Park Anglophone Riverside School Board
Collège Charles-LeMoyne Vieux-Longueuil Francophone Private school
Collège Français Vieux-Longueuil Francophone Private school
Collège Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Vieux-Longueuil Francophone Private school
École secondaire André-Laurendeau Saint-Hubert Francophone Commission scolaire Marie-Victorin
École secondaire Gérard-Filion Vieux-Longueuil Francophone Commission scolaire Marie-Victorin
École secondaire Internationale St-Edmond Greenfield Park Francophone Commission scolaire Marie-Victorin
École secondaire Jacques-Rousseau Vieux-Longueuil Francophone Commission scolaire Marie-Victorin
École secondaire Mgr-A.M.-Parent Saint-Hubert Francophone Commission scolaire Marie-Victorin
École secondaire Participative l'Agora Greenfield Park Francophone Commission scolaire Marie-Victorin
École secondaire St-Jean-Baptiste Vieux-Longueuil Francophone Commission scolaire Marie-Victorin
Heritage Regional High School Saint-Hubert Anglophone Riverside School Board



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