Brossard
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| City motto: Si Je Puis Oultre (Old French: If I Can Do More) | |||||
| Province | Quebec | ||||
| Mayor | Jean Marc Pelletier | ||||
| Location (Lat., Long.) | 45º27'19" N, 73º28'04" W | ||||
| Population | 65,026 (2001) | ||||
| Area | 45.74 km2 | ||||
| Founded | 1958 | ||||
| Electoral riding | Federal: Brossard-La Prairie Provincial: Lapinière | ||||
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) | ||||
| Postal code span | J | ||||
| Area code | 450 | ||||
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Brossard is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the south shore of Montreal. It is bordered by the St. Lawrence River to the west and by the Saint-Jacques River to the south. It is surrounded by 5 municipalities on the South Shore of Montreal: Saint-Lambert, Greenfield Park, Saint Hubert, Carignan and La Prairie.
Brossard is a residential city (with some 14-floor residential towers) with large commercial zones (Taschereau Boulevard, the Champlain Mall, Panama Avenue, LaPiniere Blvd) and an industrial zone.
History
The city of Brossard was founded on February 14, 1958 and was known before then as « Municipalité de la Paroisse de La Prairie de la Magdeleine ». Later, the territory of Brossard was increased twice: a portion of land #121 from Greenfield Park was added on August 8, 1964. Furthermore, Notre-Dame-de-Sacre-Coeur merged into Brossard on March 25, 1978 to form the current city.
Brossard was merged into the city of Longueuil in 2002, but voted for demerger in the municipal referendum that took place in June 2004 where the biggest demerger ever recorded, headed by Gilles Larin and Pierre Senécal, was scored. On January 1, 2006, Brossard demerged officially and Jean Marc Pelletier became the new mayor.
Demographics
Brossard is a multi-ethnic city; more than 47% are foreign-born. It is the only official multi-cultural city in Québec.
Significant minority groups:
- Chinese: 11,375 (19.7% of population)
- Black: 2,615 (4.0% of population)
- South Asian: 2,590 (4.0% of population)
- Arab: 1,660 (2.6% of population)
- Southeast Asian: 1,535 (2.4% of population)
- Latin-American: 1,320 (2% of population)
- Middle Eastern: 680 (1% of population)
- Filipino: 450 (0.7% of population)
Major Thoroughfares
- Autoroute 10 (Autoroute des Cantons-de-l'Est)
- Champlain Bridge (Autoroutes 10, 15 and 20)
- Route 132 / Autoroute 15
- Autoroute 30 (Autoroute de l'Acier)
- Boulevard Taschereau (Route 134)
- Boulevard Rome
- Boulevard Milan
- Boulevard Pelletier
- Boulevard Lapinière
- Boulevards San Francisco-Tisserand-Stravinski Loop
Trivia
Brossard:
- Has the largest vehicle purchase center in Quebec "Le Complexe de l'Auto Rive-Sud"
- Has about 37 km of biking paths with access to parks and rest areas across the city.
- Has its new municipal library building connected to its city hall building via an indoor passageway.
- Is serviced by the Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL), one the largest public transit carriers on the south shore of Montreal. Brossard is also the location of two of RTL's major bus terminuses: Panama and Chevrier.