Saint-Lambert, Quebec
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| Saint-Lambert, Quebec | |
| — City — | |
| Ville de Saint-Lambert | |
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| Motto: Maximus in Minimus (Latin for "To seek greatness even in the smallest details") |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie (16) |
| RCM or TE | Urban agglomeration of Longueuil (TE 58) |
| Electoral district | Federal: Saint-Lambert (electoral district) MP: Vacant Provincial: Laporte (electoral district) MNA: Nicole Ménard |
| Founded | 1857 |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Sean Finn |
| Area | |
| - Total | 7.55 km² (2.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2006 Census [1]) | |
| - Total | 21,599 |
| - Density | 2,859.3/km² (7,405.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal code span | J4P to J4R |
| Area code(s) | 450 |
| Website: ville.saint-lambert.qc.ca | |
Saint-Lambert is a Canadian city on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, across from Montreal. It was an independent city until January 1, 2002, when it was merged to form a borough with LeMoyne in the new Longueuil mega-city. There was a strong "de-merger" movement and a referendum was won on June 20, 2004 to re-establish the former city. The city was officially "re-born" on January 1, 2006 while on January 7, 2006 the Saint-Lambert flag was hoisted in front of city hall and the mayor, councillors and city manager took their oath of office.
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[edit] History
Saint-Lambert was established in the 17th century when André Marsil and André Achim became the first residents. (Today André Marsil's house on present-day Riverside Drive has been converted into a textile museum called the Marsil Museum.) It was named for the hunter Lambert Raphaël Closse. Along with the railroad in 1850 and the Victoria Bridge linking the south shore to the island of Montreal, came a quick growth in Saint-Lambert's population and housing development.
During World War I and World War II, Saint-Lambert had one of the highest military enlistment rates in Canada. The small city lost a total of 132 soldiers in both wars. [2] This number was a significant portion of the young people at the time.
In the 1950s, the development of Saint-Lambert was enhanced with the building of the St. Lambert Locks in the St. Lawrence Seaway, to bypass the smaller Lachine Canal, and this became the most easterly lock in the Seaway. Suburban growth from Montreal in this period also affected Saint-Lambert, as well as many of the older communities on the South Shore. The Saint-Lambert development is also a result of the merger between Saint-Lambert and Préville in 1969.
According to Statistics Canada, Saint-Lambert has grown from its first two residents to a population of 21,599 in 2006.
[edit] Government
The current mayor of the City of Saint-Lambert is Sean Finn. There are eight councillors.
- Gilles Therrien (District 1)
- Jill Lacoursière (District 2)
- Bruno Burrogano (District 3)
- Philippe Brunet (District 4)
- Claude Trudeau (District 5)
- Francis Dumais (District 6)
- Alain Dépatie (District 7)
- Martin Croteau (District 8)
[edit] Demographics
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General[1]
According to the Canada 2006 Census:
- Population: 21,599
- % Change (2001-2006): 2.6
- Dwellings: 10,572
- Area (km²): 7.55
- Density (persons per km²): 2,859.3
[edit] Mother Tongue Languages
| Language | Population | Percentage (%) |
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| French | 15,545 | 73.8% |
| English | 3,205 | 15.2% |
| Both English and French | 290 | 1.4% |
| French and a non-official language | 35 | 0.2% |
| English and a non-official language | 15 | 0.1% |
| English, French and a non-official language | 10 | ~ |
| Spanish | 410 | 1.9% |
| Arabic | 200 | 1.0% |
| Romanian | 150 | 0.7% |
| German | 135 | 0.6% |
| Italian | 135 | 0.6% |
| Hungarian | 95 | 0.5% |
| Persian | 70 | 0.3% |
| Korean | 60 | 0.3% |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 55 | 0.3% |
| Greek | 50 | 0.2% |
| Portuguese | 50 | 0.2% |
| Cantonese | 40 | 0.2% |
| Polish | 40 | 0.2% |
| Bulgarian | 35 | 0.2% |
| Dutch | 35 | 0.2% |
[edit] Ethnic origin
Source: Canada 2006 Census [4]
| Ethnic Origin | Population | Percent |
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| Canadian | 10,645 | 50.6% |
| French | 8,340 | 39.6% |
| Irish | 2,035 | 9.7% |
| English | 1,640 | 7.8% |
| Scottish | 1,340 | 6.4% |
| Italian | 860 | 4.1% |
| German | 785 | 3.7% |
| First Nations | 495 | 2.4% |
| Belgian | 360 | 1.7% |
| Spanish | 360 | 1.7% |
| Chinese | 330 | 1.6% |
| Québécois | 220 | 1% |
[edit] Education
Saint-Lambert's citizens are well served in educational institutions for a city of its size. The highest level of these is the public anglophone CEGEP with 2,500 students, Champlain Regional College which also houses an office for Université du Québec à Montreal.
The Commission Scolaire Marie-Victorin has jurisdiction over three French language primary schools in Saint-Lambert, École Des Saints-Anges, École Rabeau and Préville Elementary.
Collège Durocher Saint-Lambert is a large French language private school and is therefore not affiliated with any school board. It consists of two campuses, the Saint-Lambert Campus on the corner of Riverside Drive and Notre-Dame Avenue as well as the Durocher Campus on the corner of Riverside Drive and Tiffin Road, opposite Champlain Regional College.
The English language Riverside School Board operates five schools on Saint-Lambert's territory. The most notable of these is the IB-accredited Chambly Academy which is home to over five-hundred students from Grade 7-Grade 11. The other secondary school that the board operates in the city is The Alternate School which is meant to reintegrate at-risk youth into mainstream society. St. Lambert Elementary School serves Kindergarten to Grade 6, and also houses around five-hundred students. Intellectually-disabled students are served by REACH School as well as a program at Chambly Academy geared to help them achieve success. ACCESS Continuing Education and Career Training Centre is an adult education institution, helping adults and immigrants get high school diplomas.
[edit] Religion
St. Lambert has always been a predominantly Christian city, from its foundation to today. When the French settlers moved to this area, everyone was Roman Catholic. It remained this way until the 19th century when English, Scottish and Irish immigrants moved in. Most of these new English-speaking immigrants were Protestants and therefore they were in the majority.
Having the largest (and most significant) Protestant population on the south shore of Montreal, five Protestant churches were built to serve the south shore community. The Anglicans built St. Barnabas Anglican Church located on Lorne Avenue [5]. The Presbyterians built St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Birch Avenue [6]. St. Lambert United Church was built on Desaulniers Boulevard by the United Church of Canada [7] (a joint venture by the Methodists and some Presbyterians). The Baptists also built a church on Desaulniers Boulevard, St. Lambert Baptist Church. The Baptist Church would later merge into the United Church due to dwindling numbers. The Adventists moved into the location vacated by the Baptists, and formed the South Shore Seventh-day Adventist Church [8]. The Lutherans also built a church in St. Lambert, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, located on Victoria Avenue. Around ten percent of St. Lambert's population were Protestant in 2001. [9]
In addition to a large Protestant population, there are also many Roman Catholics in the city of St. Lambert. They have once again become the majority over the last half-century, due to many wealthy and well-educated Francophones buying homes in the city following the Quiet Revolution. One of the French language Catholic churches is the Église catholique de St-Lambert located on Lorne Avenue [10], not far from the Anglican church. The former municipality of Préville also has a French language Catholic church, the Église catholique Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin on Saint-Thomas Street Église catholique Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin. The Anglophone Catholics of St. Lambert additionally built St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church on Notre-Dame Avenue [11]. In 2001, seventy-six percent of St. Lambert's residents were Roman Catholic. [9]
The number of non-Christians in St. Lambert amounts to less than five percent of the population. There are no non-Christian religious structures on its territory.
[edit] Transportation
[edit] Passenger rail
Amtrak, the U.S. national passenger rail system, provides daily service to Saint-Lambert Station, operating its Adirondack in both directions between Montreal and New York City, using the Victoria Bridge (Montreal).
It is also on VIA Rail's Montreal-Quebec City line, and AMT's Montreal-Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line.
[edit] Transit
Saint-Lambert is presently served by Réseau de transport de Longueuil, although it was once serviced by Société de transport de Montréal. Interurban streetcar service was operated until 1956 by the Montreal and Southern Counties Railway.
Currently, the following RTL buses lines travel through St. Lambert:
| Route Name | Route Map | Schedule |
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| 1 (Terminus Longueuil - Boul. Grand-Allée [via Churchill]) | ||
| 2 (Terminus Longueuil - Lemoyne [via Tiffin]) | ||
| 6 (Terminus Longueuil - Terminus Brossard-Panama [via Victoria]) | ||
| 13 (Terminus Longueuil - Terminus Panama [via Riverside]) | ||
| 14 (Terminus Longueuil - Brossard {R section} [via HWY 132]) | ||
| 15 (Terminus Longueuil - Terminus Panama [via Alexandra] and on to Terminus Centre Ville at rush hours only) | ||
| 37 (Terminus Centre Ville - Du Dauphiné [via Champlain Bridge]) | ||
| 54 (Terminus Longueuil - Terminus Brossard-Panama [via Tascherau]) | ||
| 55 (Terminus Centre Ville - St. Lambert [via Victoria Bridge]) | ||
| 106 (Terminus Longueuil - Brossard {B section}[via Victoria]) | ||
| 115 (Terminus Centre Ville - Greenfield Park [via Champlain Bridge]} |
[edit] Roads and Infrastructure
Saint-Lambert is served by the most important autoroute in Quebec province: Autoroute 20 . Saint-Lambert is also served by one of the most important provincial highway: Route 132. The Route 112 is also serving Saint-Lambert.
Important Streets
- Victoria Avenue
- Green Street
- Desaulniers Boulevard
- Riverside Drive
- Notre-Dame Street
- Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier Boulevard
- Simard Boulevard
- Tiffin Road
Bridges
In Saint-Lambert, two bridges link with Montreal (one to the Old Port and the other one, a bridge meant for bicycles, that connects to Île Notre-Dame). The Victoria Bridge links Saint-Lambert to Montreal Island. The Jacques Cartier Bridge in Longueuil is half a kilometre from Saint-Lambert and the Champlain Bridge in Brossard is a kilometre away from Saint-Lambert.
[edit] Notable natives and residents
- Luc Angers, politician
- Arlette Cousture, writer
- Régine Chassagne, Arcade Fire
- Pierre-Claude Drouin, ice hockey player
- Gabriel Fontaine, politician
- Sean Finn, mayor
- Steve Kasper, retired ice hockey player [12]
- Emilie Heymans, diver
- Pierre Laporte, politician
- Don MacIver, retired ice hockey player, doctor and anesthesiologist
- Steve MacLean, astronaut [13]
- Harold William Hounsfield Riley, politician
- Todd Swift, poet
- Yolande Thibeault, politician
- Nanette Workman, singer-songwriter and actress
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[edit] Geographic location
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| Brossard | Greenfield Park (Longueuil) |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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- ^ a b Statistics Canada - Saint-Lambert 2006 Community Profile.
- ^ Montreal Gazette Article
- ^ Saint-Lambert, 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: St. Lambert
- ^ St. Barnabas Church
- ^ St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
- ^ St. Lambert United Church
- ^ South Shore Seventh-day Adventist Church
- ^ a b Statistics Canada - Saint-Lambert 2001 Community Profile.
- ^ Église catholique de St-Lambert
- ^ St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
- ^ 1980 NHL Entry Draft -- Steve Kasper
- ^ CSA - Official Flying Kit
- ^ City of Vernon, British Columbia
- ^ Marblehead, Massachusetts Youth Hockey Program
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