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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.
It was composed of parts of the City of Montreal prior to the January 1, 2002 municipal mergers, and the formerly independent municipality of Montréal-Est, Quebec. This was the only borough in the post-merger city that fused parts of the original city of Montréal with other former municipalities.
Pointe-aux-Trembles (French pronunciation: [pwɛ̃t o tʁɑ̃bl]) was a municipality, founded in 1674, that was annexed by Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1982.This was the last city to be merged into Montreal until the 2002 municipal reorganization.
Rivière-des-Prairies (French pronunciation: [ʁivjɛʁ de pʁɛʁi]) was a municipality that was annexed by Montreal, Canada in 1963. [1] On January 1, 2002, it became part of the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est.
Type: Nature park: Location: Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 261 hectares (640 acres) [2]: Operated by: City of Montreal: Visitors: 100,000 per year [2]: Open: sunrise to sunset: Status: Open all year: Public transit access: STM Bus: Sherbrooke Street East: 86, 186 Gouin Boulevard East: 183 Notre Dame Street East: 189, 362: Website ...
connects Montreal (Ahuntsic-Cartierville) with Laval (Pont-Viau) Unnamed bridge connects Montreal (Ahuntsic-Cartierville) with Île Perry, [7] Partial crossing Bordeaux Railway Bridge: Canadian Pacific Railway Quebec Gatineau Railway RTM Saint-Jerome: connects Montreal (Ahuntsic-Cartierville) with Laval (Laval-des-Rapides) (via Île Perry).
Honoré-Mercier (French pronunciation: [ɔnɔʁe mɛʁsje]; formerly Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies) is a federal electoral district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.
Montreal was the host of the 1976 Summer Olympic Games. The stadium cost $1.5 billion; [208] with interest that figure ballooned to nearly $3 billion, and was paid off in December 2006. [209] Montreal also hosted the first ever World Outgames in the summer of 2006, attracting over 16,000 participants engaged in 35 sporting activities.