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2007Montréal Profile
Profile of Montréal
MONTRÉAL FACTS AND FIGURES
Territory
The Island of Montréal consists of 16 municipalities: Montréal itself, plus 15 other communities.
The territory of the Island of Montréal includes the Island of Montréal itself, plus 11 smaller islands, and is 500 km2 in size. The Island of Montréal is 50 km wide and up to 16 km wide.
Governance Model
The 16 related municipalities on the Island of Montréal are governed by the Montréal Urban Agglomeration Council, which consists of 31 mayors and councillors. The Urban Agglomeration Council exercises authority over services that are provided to all Montréal residents.
Each of these 16 municipalities is locally governed by a municipal council. Montréal’s City Council consists of the mayor of Montréal and 64 city councillors (19 of whom are borough mayors).
Montréal is itself divided into 19 boroughs. Each borough is administered by a borough council. A total of 45 city councillors (19 of whom are borough mayors), along with 40 borough councillors, sit on the borough councils.
Local functions (such as local street management and local community development) full under the purview of Montréal's City Council and the 19 borough councils.
2007 Budget
Montréal’s 2007 Budget stands at $3.9 billion and covers island-wide services that are provided throughout the urban agglomeration, as well as local services that are dispensed within Montréal itself.
The total value of the 435,190 properties located on the Island of Montréal stands at $188 billion, with $151 billion of that amount situated within the city and $37 billion within the reconstituted municipalities.
Population
The Island of Montréal has 1,876,932 residents. Of this number, 87.3% live in the city, while 12.7% inhabit the 15 reconstituted municipalities.
More than 26% of the Island of Montréal’s inhabitants belong to ethnic communities, 86% of whom live within the city. The cultural mosaic formed by Montréal’s population includes representatives of some 100 ethnic communities.
Infrastructure
The Island of Montréal’s road system consists of over 5,600 km of highways and thoroughfares. The city has a total 4,280 km of roads. Some 370 km of bike paths criss-cross the island. The Island of Montréal is connected to its northern and southern suburbs by 17 bridges and tunnels.
With 33 km of underground pedestrian corridors that can be accessed at 178 different points, Montréal hosts one of the world’s largest indoor cities.
Some 1,160 parks are distributed throughout the island, including 17 large parks open to the public and three natural environments.
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Education, Research and Health
The Island of Montréal’s two French-language and two English-language universities are associated with several renowned institutions, such as the École des hautes études commerciales (HEC), the École polytechnique, the École nationale d’administration publique, the École de technologie supérieure and the Institut national de la recherche scientifique.
Nearly 25% of the total Canadian university research budget is invested in Montréal’s academic institutions.
Some 740 patents were awarded in 2005, making Montréal a Canadian leader of invention.
33 hospitals form the heart of a health-care system that also includes 30 CLSCs (local community centres).
Tourism
Some 424,537 people participated in 249 conventions that were held in Montréal during 2005. This figure represented a 38% leap from the previous year, despite a decline in the number of events.
In 2005, Greater Montréal hosted over 7.35 million tourists, who spent 2.5 billion.
Forty international events and festivals are presented each year. These activities not only contribute to Montréal’s influence and renown, but place the city on a par with such other leading centres for cultural or athletic events as London, Paris and New York.
Economic Activity
Greater Montréal is, with Seattle and Toulouse, one of the world’s three aerospace industry capitals. Some 260 companies operating in the aerospace field provide jobs to some 40,000 people.
A total of 24.3 metric tonnes of goods transited through the Port of Montréal in 2005, confirming its status as a leader of the North American container market.
More than 10 million passengers transited on some 200,000 flights through Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in 2005.
61 international organizations an 106 inter-national financial centres are headquartered or maintain a presence in Montréal.
CONSEIL MUNICIPAL
DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE
Claude LégerDirector General
Conseils d’arrondissement
Arrondissement d’Anjou
Jacques RiouxDirector
Arrondissement de Mercier–Hochelaga-
MaisonneuveMichel Archambault
Director
Arrondissement de Montréal-Nord
Daniel L'ÉcuyerDirector
Arrondissement de Rivière-des-Prairies–
Pointe-aux-Trembles
Pierre SantamariaDirector
Arrondissement de LaSalle
Gervais LemayDirector
Arrondissement d’Outremont
Yves MailhotDirector
Arrondissement du Plateau-Mont-Royal
Johanne FalconDirector
Arrondissement de Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
Paul BourretDirector
Arrondissementde Saint-Léonard
Claude BrunelleDirector
Arrondissementde Verdun
Gilles BarilDirector
Arrondissementdu Sud-Ouest
Gilles RainvilleDirector
Arrondissement de Ville-Marie
Guy HébertAssistant Director General
Ville de MontréalOrganization chart 2007
Political bodies Organizations Municipal departments Boroughs
Internal Auditor Denis Savard
CITIZENS
CONSEIL D’AGGLOMÉRATION
Arrondissement d’Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Éric LachapelleDirector
Arrondissement de Lachine
Pierre BernardinDirector
Arrondissement de L’Île-Bizard–
Sainte-GenevièveJean-Paul Collinge
Director
Arrondissement de Pierrefonds-Roxboro
Jacques ChanDirector
Arrondissement de Villeray–Saint-Michel–
Parc-Extension
Stéphane Chénier Interim Director
Arrondissement de Saint-Laurent
Serge LamontagneDirector
Arrondissement de Côte-des-Neiges–
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Gaétan RainvilleDirector
Ombudsman
Johanne Savard
Société de transport de Montréal
Claude TrudelChairman
Conseil Jeunesse
Marilou FiliatreaultChairwoman
Conseil du patrimoine
Louise Dusseault-LetochaChairwoman
Office de consultation publiquede Montréal Louise Roy
Chairwoman
Conseil interculturel
Frantz BenjaminChairman
Conseil des Arts
Louise RoyChairwoman
Conseil des Montréalaises
Nicole BoilyChairwoman
Commission de la sécurité publique
Standing committees of Urban Agglomeration Council and commissions
Bureau du vérificateur général
Michel DoyonAuditor
Commission de la fonction publique de Montréal
Jacques-Errol GuérinChairman
Service des affaires corporatives
Robert Cassius de LinvalSenior Director
Service des infrastructures, transport et environnement
Yves ProvostAssistant Director General
Service du capital humain
Pierre ReidSenior Director
Marc TremblayAssistant Director General
Service de la mise en valeur du territoire et du patrimoine
Service de police
Yvan DelormeDirector
Service des finances
Robert LamontagneSenior Director and Treasurer
Service de la sécurité incendiede Montréal
Serge TremblayDirector
Service du développement culturel, de la qualité du milieu de vie et de
la diversité ethnoculturelleRachel Laperrière
Assistant Director General
COMITÉ EXÉCUTIF
Frank ZampinoChairman
Mayor
Gérald Tremblay
Service des communications et des relations avec les citoyens
Pierre ReidInterim Senior Director
Commission des services électriques
Serge A. Boileau Chairman
Standing committees of City Council and commissions
An updated organization chart is available on the city's Web site.
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MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Gérald Tremblay Mayor o Allmand, Warren
District of Loyola Borough of Côte-des-Neiges– Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
o Applebaum, Michael Borough mayor of Côte-des-Neiges– Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
o Barbe, Manon
Borough mayor of LaSalle
o Beaudoin, Marie-Andrée
Borough mayor of Ahuntsic-Cartierville
o Bélanger, Richard
Borough mayor of L’Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève
o Bélisle, André
District of Pointe-aux-Trembles Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies– Pointe-aux-Trembles
o Bergeron, Richard
District of DeLorimier Borough of Plateau-Mont-Royal
o Bernier-Genest, Carle District of Marie-Victorin Borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
o Bissonnet, Yvette
District of Saint-Léonard-Est Borough of Saint-Léonard
o Bittar, Patricia
District of Norman-McLaren Borough of Saint-Laurent
o Blanchard, Laurent District of Hochelaga Borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
o Campbell, Jocelyn Ann
District of Saint-Sulpice Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville
o Cartier, Jean-Yves
District of Saint-Paul–Émard Borough of Sud-Ouest
o Cowell-Poitras, Jane
Borough of Lachine o Dauphin, Claude
Borough mayor of Lachine
o Demers, Laval
District of Côte-de-Liesse Borough of Saint-Laurent
o Deros, Mary
District of Parc-Extension Borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel– Parc-Extension
o Deschamps, Richard District of Sault-Saint-Louis Borough of LaSalle
o DeSousa, Alan
Borough mayor of Saint-Laurent
o Dompierre, Richer
District of Louis-Riel Borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
o Du Sault, Carole
District of Étienne-Desmarteau Borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
o Dubois, Christian G.
District of L’Est Borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro
o Eloyan, Noushig
District of Bordeaux-Cartierville Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville
o Farinacci, Alvaro
District of Cecil-P.-Newman Borough of LaSalle
o Forcillo, Sammy
District of Sainte-Marie– Saint-Jacques Borough of Ville-Marie
o Fotopulos, Helen
Borough mayor of Plateau-Mont-Royal
o Gibeau, Jean-Marc
District of Ovide-Clermont Borough of Montréal-Nord
o Grondin, Gilles
District of Vieux-Rosemont Borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
o Hamel, Line
City councillor District of Saint-Henri– Petite-Bourgogne Borough of Sud-Ouest
o Harbour, Stéphane Borough mayor of Outremont
o Hénault, Andrée Borough of Anjou
o Infantino, James V.
District of Marie-Clarac Borough of Montréal-Nord
o Labonté, Benoit
Borough mayor of Ville-Marie
o Labrecque, Michel
District of Mile-End Borough of Plateau-Mont-Royal
o Lachance, Sylvain
District of Villeray Borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel– Parc-Extension
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o Lapointe, Pierre
District of Ahuntsic Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville
o Lavallée, André
Borough mayor of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
o Maciocia, Cosmo
Borough mayor of Rivière-des-Prairies– Pointe-aux-Trembles
o Magri, Joe
Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies– Pointe-aux-Trembles
o Marotte, Ginette
District of Champlain– L’Île-des-Sœurs Borough of Verdun
o Martinez, Soraya District of Saint-Michel Borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel– Parc-Extension
o Miranda, Luis Borough mayor of Anjou
o Montmorency, Nicolas
District of La Pointe-aux-Prairies Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies– Pointe-aux-Trembles
o Montpetit, Jacqueline
Borough mayor of Sud-Ouest
o Parent, Marcel
Borough mayor of Montréal-Nord
o Perri, Dominic
District of Saint-Léonard-Ouest Borough of Saint-Léonard
o Prescott, Michel
District of Jeanne-Mance Borough of Plateau-Mont-Royal
o Primeau, Gaëtan
District of Tétreaultville Borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
o Purcell, François
District of Saint-Édouard Borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
o Rotrand, Marvin
District of Snowdon Borough of Côte-des-Neiges– Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
o Saint-Arnaud, Claire
District of Maisonneuve– Longue-Pointe Borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
o Samson, Anie
Borough mayor of Villeray–Saint-Michel– Parc-Extension
o Senécal, Francine
District of Côte-des-Neiges Borough of Côte-des-Neiges– Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
o Sévigny, Catherine
District of Peter-McGill Borough of Ville-Marie
o St-Onge, Jean-François
District of Sault-au-Récollet Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville
o Tassé, Alain
District of Desmarchais-Crawford Borough of Verdun
o Thériault Faust, Lyn
Borough mayor of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
o Tremblay, Marcel
District of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Borough of Côte-des-Neiges– Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
o Trudel, Claude
Borough mayor of Verdun
o Venneri, Frank
District of François-Perrault Borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel– Parc-Extension
o Ward, Bertrand A.
District of L’Ouest Borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro
o Worth, Monique
Borough mayor of Pierrefonds-Roxboro
o Zajdel, Saulie
District of Darlington Borough of Côte-des-Neiges– Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
o Zampino, Frank
Borough mayor of Saint-Léonard
In conformity with the act on municipal mergers, certain boroughs are divided into electoral districts. In these cases, the district name is indicated below that of the councillor.
Profile of Montréal
MEMBERS OF THE URBAN AGGLOMERATION COUNCIL The Mayor of Montréal, Gérald Tremblay, has named the borough mayors who join him in representing Montréal on the urban agglomeration council:
o Applebaum, Michael
Borough Mayor of Côte-des-Neiges– Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
o Barbe, Manon
Borough Mayor of LaSalle
o Beaudoin, Marie-Andrée
Borough Mayor of Ahuntsic-Cartierville
o Dauphin, Claude
Borough Mayor of Lachine
o DeSousa, Alan
Borough Mayor of Saint-Laurent
o Fotopulos, Helen
Borough Mayor of Plateau-Mont-Royal
o Labonté, Benoît
Borough Mayor of Ville-Marie
o Lavallée, André
Borough Mayor of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
o Maciocia, Cosmo
Borough Mayor of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles
o Miranda, Luis
Borough Mayor of Anjou
o Montpetit, Jacqueline
Borough Mayor of Sud-Ouest
o Thériault Faust, Lyn
Borough Mayor of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
o Trudel, Claude
Borough Mayor of Verdun
o Worth, Monique
Borough Mayor of Pierrefonds-Roxboro
o Zampino, Frank
Borough Mayor of Saint-Léonard
The mayors of the reconstituted municipalities also sit on the urban agglomeration council and the Ville de Dollard-des-Ormeaux has an additional representative designated by the mayor of this municipality. o Benedetti, Bob
Mayor of Beaconsfield o Danyluk, Vera
Mayor of Mont-Royal
o Housefather, Anthony Mayor of Côte-Saint-Luc
o Janiszewski, Edward Mayor of Dollard-des-Ormeaux
o Labrosse, Yvon Mayor of Montréal-Est
o Marks, Karin
Mayor of Wesmount
o McLeish, George Mayor of Senneville
o McMurchie, Bill Mayor of Pointe-Claire
o Meany, John W.
Mayor of Kirkland
o Rouleau, Edgar Mayor of Dorval
o Steinberg, William
Mayor of Hampstead
o Stuart, Campbell Mayor of Montréal-Ouest
o Tierney, Bill
Mayor of Sainte-Anne-de- Bellevue
o Tutino, Maria Mayor of Baie d’Urfé
o Representative of
Dollard-des-Ormeaux Prassas, Peter January 1 to May 31, 2007 Gauthier, Colette June 1 to November 30, 2007 Bayouk, Zoe December 1 to December 31, 2007
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MEMBERS OF THE BOROUGH COUNCILS Gérald Tremblay Mayor Boroughs Ahuntsic-Cartierville o Beaudoin, Marie-Andrée
Borough Mayor
o Campbell, Jocelyn Ann City councillor District of Saint-Sulpice
o Eloyan, Noushig
City councillor District of Bordeaux-Cartierville
o Lapointe, Pierre
City councillor District of Ahuntsic
o St-Onge, Jean-François
City councillor District of Sault-au-Récollet
Anjou o Miranda, Luis
Borough Mayor
o Beaudry, Gilles Borough councillor District of L’Ouest
o Hénault, Andrée
City councillor o Tondreau, Rémy
Borough councillor District of Est
o Zammit, Michelle
Borough councillor District of Centre
Côte-des-Neiges– Notre-Dame-de-Grâce o Applebaum, Michael
Borough Mayor
o Allmand, Warren City councillor District of Loyola
o Rotrand, Marvin
City councillor District of Snowdon
o Senécal, Francine City councillor District of Côte-des-Neiges
o Tremblay, Marcel
City councillor District of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
o Zajdel, Saulie
City councillor District of Darlington
Lachine o Dauphin, Claude
Borough Mayor o Cowell-Poitras, Jane
City councillor
o Blanchet, Bernard Borough councillor District of J.-Émery-Provost
o Cloutier, Jean-François
Borough councillor District of Fort-Rolland
o Verge, Élizabeth
Borough councillor District of Canal
LaSalle o Barbe, Manon
Borough Mayor o Blackhurst, Ross
Borough councillor (seat 1) District of Sault-Saint-Louis
o Cesari, Vincenzo
Borough councillor (seat 1) District of Cecil-P.-Newman
o Deschamps, Richard
City councillor District of Sault-Saint-Louis
o Farinacci, Alvaro
City councillor District of Cecil-P.-Newman
o Palestini, Laura Borough councillor (seat 2) District of Sault-Saint-Louis
o Zarac, Lise
Borough councillor (seat 2) District of Cecil-P.-Newman
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal o Fotopulos, Helen
Borough Mayor
o Bergeron, Richard City councillor District of DeLorimier
o Duplessis, Josée
Borough councillor District of DeLorimier
o Dos Santos, Isabel
Borough councillor District of Jeanne-Mance
o Fakotakis-Kolaitis, Eleni
Borough councillor District of Mile-End
o Labrecque, Michel
City councillor District of Mile-End
o Prescott, Michel
City councillor District of Jeanne-Mance
Le Sud-Ouest o Montpetit, Jacqueline
Borough Mayor
o Bossy, Ronald Borough councillor District of Saint-Paul–Émard
o Cartier, Jean-Yves
City councillor District of Saint-Paul–Émard
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o Fréchette, Pierre E. Borough councillor District of Saint-Henri–Petite- Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint- Charles
o Hamel, Line
City councillor District of Saint-Henri–Petite-Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint-Charles
L’Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève o Bélanger, Richard
Borough Mayor o Gibb, Diane
Borough councillor District of Pierre-Foretier
o Little, Christopher
Borough councillor District of Denis-Benjamin-Viger
o Robert, François
Borough councillor District of Jacques-Bizard
o Voisard, Philippe
Borough councillor District of Sainte-Geneviève
Mercier– Hochelaga-Maisonneuve o Thériault Faust, Lyn
Borough Mayor o Blanchard, Laurent
City councillor District of Hochelaga
o Dompierre, Richer
City councillor District of Louis-Riel
o Primeau, Gaëtan
City councillor District of Tétreaultville
o Saint-Arnaud, Claire
City councillor District of Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe
Montréal-Nord o Parent, Marcel
Borough Mayor
Fortin, Normand Borough councillor District of Ovide-Clermont
o Gibeau, Jean-Marc
City councillor District of Ovide-Clermont
o Infantino, James V.
City councillor District of Marie-Clarac
o Teti-Tomassi, Clementina
Borough councillor District of Marie-Clarac
Outremont o Harbour, Stéphane
Borough Mayor
o Cinq-Mars, Marie Borough councillor District of Robert-Bourassa
o Moffatt, Louis
Borough councillor District of Claude-Ryan
o Nunes, Ana
Borough councillor District of Jeanne-Sauvé
o Piquette, Claude B.
Borough councillor District of Joseph-Beaubien
Pierrefonds-Roxboro o Worth, Monique
Borough Mayor o Clément-Talbot, Catherine
Borough councillor District of L’Ouest
o Dubois, Christian G.
City councillor District of L’Est
o Trottier, Roger
Borough councillor District of L’Est
o Ward, Bertrand A.
City councillor District of L’Ouest
Rivière-des-Prairies– Pointe-aux-Trembles o Maciocia, Cosmo
Borough Mayor
o Bélisle, André City councillor District of Pointe-aux-Trembles
o Calderone, Maria
Borough councillor District of Rivière-des-Prairies
o Décarie, Suzanne
Borough councillor District of Pointe-aux-Trembles
o Di Pietro, Joseph
Borough councillor District of La Pointe-aux-Prairies
o Magri, Joe
City councillor District of Rivière-des-Prairies
o Montmorency, Nicolas
City councillor District of La Pointe-aux-Prairies
Rosemont– La Petite-Patrie o Lavallée, André
Borough Mayor
o Bernier-Genest, Carle City councillor District of Marie-Victorin
o Du Sault, Carole
City councillor District of Étienne-Desmarteau
o Grondin, Gilles
City councillor District of Vieux-Rosemont
o Purcell, François
City councillor District of Saint-Édouard
Saint-Laurent o DeSousa, Alan
Borough Mayor o Biron, Michèle D.
Borough councillor District of Norman-McLaren
o Bittar, Patricia
City councillor District of Norman-McLaren
o Cohen, Maurice
Borough councillor District of Côte-de-Liesse
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o Demers, Laval City councillor District of Côte-de-Liesse
o Touchette, Marc Borough councillor (seat 2) District of Champlain–L’Île-des-Soeurs
In conformity with the act on municipal mergers, certain boroughs are divided into electoral districts. In these cases, the district name is indicated below that of the councillor.
Saint-Léonard Ville-Marie o Zampino, Frank
Borough Mayor o Labonté, Benoit
Borough Mayor
City councillors sit on the City Council as well as on a borough council. Borough councillors only sit on a borough council.
o Battista, Mario Borough councillor District of Saint-Léonard-Ouest
o Boulos, Karim
Borough councillor District of Peter-McGill
o Bissonnet, Yvette City councillor District of Saint-Léonard-Est
o Forcillo, Sammy
City councillor District of Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques
o Perri, Dominic
City councillor District of Saint-Léonard-Ouest
o Mainville, Pierre
Borough councillor District of Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques
o Zambito, Robert L.
Borough councillor District of Saint-Léonard-Est
o Sévigny, Catherine City councillor District of Peter-McGill
Verdun
o Trudel, Claude Borough Mayor
Villeray– Saint-Michel– o Beaupré, Paul
Borough councillor (seat 1) District of Champlain–L’Île-des-Soeurs
Parc-Extension
o Samson, Anie Borough Mayor
o Deros, Mary
City councillor District of Parc-Extension
o Lavigueur Thériault, Josée Borough councillor (seat 1) District of Desmarchais-Crawford
o Lachance, Sylvain
City councillor District of Villeray
o Marotte, Ginette
City councillor District of Champlain–L’Île-des-Soeurs
o Martinez, Soraya City councillor District of Saint-Michel
o Savard, André
Borough councillor (seat 2) District of Desmarchais-Crawford
o Venneri, Frank
City councillor District of François-Perrault
o Tassé, Alain
City councillor District of Desmarchais-Crawford
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THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Councillors and Associate Councillors
Manon Barbe Patricia Bittar Jane Cowell-Poitras Richard Deschamps Soraya Martinez Jacqueline Montpetit Frank Venneri Monique Worth
Gérald TremblayMayor Responsible for matters pertainingto international relations
Marie-Andrée BeaudoinResponsible for social and community development
Sammy ForcilloResponsible for infrastructure and the road system
Benoit LabontéResponsible for the downtownarea, culture, design and heritage
André LavalléeResponsible for mass transit and urban development
Cosmo MaciociaResponsible for housing
Marcel TremblayResponsible for services to citizens,cleanliness, 311 service, youth andintercultural relations
Claude DauphinVice-Chairman Responsible for public and civil security and intergovernmental relationsChair of the Conférencerégionale des élus
Francine SenécalVice-ChairwomanResponsible for sports and recreation, scientific facilities and issues pertaining to theOlympic Park
Frank ZampinoChairmanResponsible for finance, taxation, strategic management,administrative services, capitalprojects, corporate affairs, humancapital and quasi-municipal corporations
Alan DeSousaResponsible for the Montréal2025 project, sustainable development and economicdevelopment
Helen FotopulosResponsible for the environment,green and blue spaces, parks,Mount Royal and the status of women
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STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL
COMMISSION DE LA PRÉSIDENCE DU CONSEIL Chair Marcel Parent Vice Chairs Marvin Rotrand Claire Saint-Arnaud Members Warren Allmand Jocelyn Ann Campbell Anie Samson Marcel Tremblay Claude Trudel COMMISSION SUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT CULTUREL ET LA QUALITÉ DU MILIEU DE VIE Chair Marie Cinq-Mars Vice Chair Claude Trudel Members André Bélisle Michèle D. Biron Karim Boulos Isabel Dos Santos Gilles Grondin
COMMISSION SUR LES FINANCES, LES SERVICES ADMINISTRATIFS ET LE CAPITAL HUMAIN Chair Bertrand A. Ward Vice Chair Claude B. Piquette Members Maria Calderone Laval Demers Jean-Marc Gibeau Lyne Hamel François Purcell Lise Zarac COMMISSION SUR LA MISE EN VALEUR DU TERRITOIRE, L’AMÉNAGEMENT URBAIN ET LE TRANSPORT COLLECTIF Chair Manon Barbe Vice Chair Noushig Eloyan Members Richard Bergeron Carole Du Sault Christian Dubois Pierre Mainville Ginette Marotte Alain Tassé
COMMISSION SUR LE TRANSPORT, LA GESTION DES INFRASTRUCTURES ET L’ENVIRONNEMENT Chair Dominic Perri Vice Chair Josée Duplessis Members Pierre E. Fréchette Nicolas Montmorency Gaëtan Primeau André Savard Marc Touchette Robert L. Zambito COMMISSION SUR LES SERVICES AUX CITOYENS Chair Jean-François St-Onge Vice-Chair Mary Deros Members Ross Blackhurst Maurice Cohen Suzanne Décarie Sylvain Lachance Clementina Teti-Tomassi Frank Venneri
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STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE URBAN AGGLOMERATION COUNCIL COMMISSION SUR LES FINANCES ET L’ADMINISTRATION Chair Alan De Sousa Vice Chair Edward Janiszewski Members Ronald Bossy Sammy Forcillo James Infantino Maria Tutino Bertrand A. Ward COMMISSION SUR L’ENVIRONNEMENT, LE TRANSPORT ET LES INFRASTRUCTURES Chair Michael Applebaum Vice Chair Edgar Rouleau Members Richard Bélanger Sylvain Lachance Joe Magri Lyn Thériault Faust Campbell Stuart COMMISSION SUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT ÉCONOMIQUE Chair Richard Deschamps Vice Chair Bill Tierney Members Laurent Blanchard George McLeish Luis Miranda Catherine Sévigny Frank Venneri
COMMISSION SUR LES GRANDS ÉQUIPEMENTS ET LES ACTIVITÉS D’INTÉRÊT D’AGGLOMÉRATION Chair Stéphane Harbour Vice Chair Bob Benedetti Members Jocelyn Ann Campbell Jean-Yves Cartier Alvaro Farinacci Soraya Martinez William Steinberg COMMISSION DE LA SÉCURITÉ PUBLIQUE Chair Claude Dauphin Vice Chair Vera Danyluk Members Patricia Bittar Jean-Marc Gibeau Anthony Housefather Catherine Sévigny Samir Rizkalla , (representative of the Québec government)
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THE ECONOMIC PORTRAIT: RESULTS FOR 2006 AND TRENDS FOR 20061
After the generally positive economic performance of 2005, certain indicators suggest that 2006 may turn in more moderate results:
On the labour market, employment, the labour force activity and the employment rates made gains in 2005 and, despite a slight hike in the unemployment rate, the number of people on the welfare rolls continued to decrease. Jobs created in developing sectors largely offset losses in manufacturing (16,100 positions eliminated over a five-year period). The trade industry alone created 27,500 new jobs over this interval. Information, culture and recreation and for business services and construction were also highly active, creating, respectively, 15,900, 14,200 and 10,100 new jobs. The outlook for 2006 is a bit more constrained. The Conference Board of Canada has projected a 0.9% rise in employment throughout Greater Montréal. Furthermore, 2007 should demonstrate signs of improvement, with a predicted 1.5% growth in employment.
A total of $11.9 billion was spent on capital investments throughout the urban agglomeration in 2005. These results were better than the average of the past six years.
Construction permits were issued for work valued at a total of $2.1 billion in 2005, for a 14.2% decline from 2004. However, results for 2005 still rank among the best of the past 10 years. Forecasts call for a 7.1% drop in the value of permits issued in 2006.
Supply and demand in the Island of Montréal’s housing sector seems to have finally struck a balance. The occupancy rate for private rental properties stood at 2.1% in 2005. The corresponding figure for 2004 was 1.7%. This rate could reach 2.6% in 2006, which would represent the fifth consecutive annual increase.
Montréal’s intellectual creativity and vitality is also in the spotlight, with the urban agglomeration holding the 2004 Canadian lead for number of patent awards. The number of patent awards has more than doubled on the Island of Montréal over the past 10 years.
Montréal is, furthermore, the Canadian leader for university research spending. The latest data reveal that universities were able to draw on $827 million in subsidized and sponsored research funding for the 2003-2004 period. These amounts more than doubled from 1997 to 2004.
1 The review of the economic situation is based on the most recent data available at the time of this document’s
preparation (October 24, 2006). Furthermore, this text only presents a summary of the economic situation in the Montréal urban agglomeration. For further information on this topic, please refer to the full text on the economic situation in the 2007 Supplementary Information Book, which may be found online at ville.montreal.qc.ca/finances.
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After a period of slightly accelerated growth from 1998 to 2002, Montréal’s population seems to have once again stabilized. Provisional 2005 data from the Institut des statistiques du Québec (ISQ) estimated this population at 1,874,000 inhabitants, representing virtually zero growth over the past year. The population should remain relatively stable in 2006, at 1,875,000 inhabitants.
The Port of Montréal maintained its position in 2005 as leader of the North Atlantic container market. The Port of Montréal administration expects to beat 2005’s results in 2006.
Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport also achieved historic performance with record traffic of 10.9 million passengers in 2005 —a figure that it should exceed in 2006.
Growth of the tourist industry weakened slightly under the influence of a strong Canadian dollar and an adverse international socio-political situation. Montréal nonetheless welcomed 7.5 million tourists in 2005, or 1.9% more than in 2004. Tourisme Montréal’s forecasts slight gains for 2006, with 7.7 million tourists spending a total of over $2.5 billion.
Profile of Montréal
Table 1 The Urban Agglomeration’s Key Economic Indicators
Indicators 2005 Variation2004-2005
2006 trends
Labour market
Number of jobs 920,300 1.5%Employment rate 58.6% + 0.3 pointActivity rate 65.7% + 0.7 pointUnemployment rate 10.8% + 0.5 pointNumber of enterprises 60,660 -0.1% StableWelfare recipients 63,400 -5.2%
Capital expenditure
Capital expenditure investments $11,884 million -4.4%Private sector investments $8,483 million -6.4%Public sector investments $3,401 million 1.2%
Building permit values (non-residential) $948 million -8.8%Commercial $480 million -7.5%Industrial $195 million 33.4%Institutional $273 million -27.0%
Office space vacancy rate(Downtown) 11.6% - 1,5 point
Population
Population 1,874,000 --- StableNet increase from immigraton 1,293 -53.5%International immigrants 31,396 -2.5%
Housing
Housing starts 8,535 -21.0%Building permit values (residential) $1.181 billion -18.2%Home sales 14,728 1.0%Average selling price of a condominium $219,327 5.3%Housing unit vacancy rate 2.1% + 0,4 pointCapital expenditures in the housing sector $2.844 billion - 10.7 %
Knowledge
Patents (2004) 741 1.4% * n/aUniversity research (2004) $827 million 44.9% * n/aScientific research (2004) 4,617 -2.9% * n/aNumber of university students 164,455 1.0%University diplomas 40,391 6.5%
Transportation and tourism
Merchandise handled at the Port of Montréal 24,300,000 Tonnes + 3,0 pointsCruise companies hosted by the Port of Montréal 35,360 -18.5%Passagers travelling through Montréal's airports 10,900,000 5.4%Tourists 7,478,000 2.0%Tourist spending $2.568 billion 4.3%Hotel occupancy rate 67.5% + 0,5 point
Audiovisual productions
Total value of film productions in Québec $1.309 billion 7.6% n/a
* Variation 2003-2004.
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