Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
Ville de Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): Fiers de nos traditions (French for "Proud of our traditions") | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie (16) |
| RCM or TE | Urban agglomeration of Longueuil (TE 58) |
| Established | 1842 |
| Incorporated | 1958 |
| Electoral Districts Federal | Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert |
| Provincial | Chambly |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Claude Benjamin |
| • Federal MP(s) | Carole Lavallée (BQ) |
| • Quebec MNA(s) | Bertrand St-Arnaud (PQ) |
| Area | |
• Total | 41.89 km2 (16.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)[4] | |
• Total | 24,388 |
| • Density | 582.2/km2 (1,508/sq mi) |
| • Change (2001-06) |  2.3% |
| • Dwellings | 9,391 |
| Demonym(s) | Montarvillois,(e) (French) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 450 |
Access Routes[5]  A-30 |  R-116 |
| Website | www.ville.stbruno.qc.ca |
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River just east of Montreal. It lies on the west flank of Mont Saint-Bruno, one the Monteregian Hills. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 24,388. It was merged with Longueuil in 2002 but de-merged in 2006.
The city is well known to Montrealers and its neighboring population for Mont Saint-Bruno, location to both Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park and Ski Mont Saint-Bruno, a ski facility and school.
Ethymology
There are two prevailing hypotheses on the origin of the city's name:
- That the city was named after Bruno of Cologne and the Montarville seigneury. The name "Montarville" is homonym to that of a village of Eure-et-Loir in France: Montharville, whose etymology is uncertain. The name is written in its Latin form, Mons Harvilla in 12th century.[6] In other words "Haric's farm's mount", a name of Germanic origins also found in Harville (Hairici villa, 9th century). However, this uncommon composition of a roman appellation ("mont") associated to the Norman Toponymy -ville place name casts doubts on this explication. It could the name of an unidentified Germanic individual.
- Quebec's toponymy commission suggests another hypothesis to explain the origin of the city's namesake. "Montarville" could be a portmanteau of "montagne" (French for mountain) and "Boucherville" after Pierre Boucher de Boucherville, the region's first seigneur. The hypothesis rests on the fact that the descendants of de Boucherville were named Montarville, Niverville, etc. The patron saint of the city could be explained by the sale of the seigneury to François-Pierre Bruneau, whose name was slightly transformed.[7]
History
The seigneury of Montarville
Pierre Boucher de Boucherville Junior was granted the Montarville seigneury in 1710 by the governor of New France Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil. In 1723, it was noted that clearing had not begun and no one was inhabiting the seigeury yet.[7]
The ownership remained in the Boucher family until 1829, when René Boucher de la Bruère sold half his land and his rights as a seigneur to François-Pierre Bruneau of Montréal. Oliver-Théophile Bruneau, brother of François-Pierre was the last seigneur of Montarville until his death in 1851.[8]
While agriculture was the primary subsistence and economical activity of the region, the seigneury of Montarville, thanks to its proximity to Mount Saint-Bruno, benefited much from the industrial activity that developed around the hydraulic power it could harvest from the mount's many ponds and streams. The first water mill was erected in 1725 and in the 19th century, they numbered six on the territory and permitted such activities as grinding grain, milling wood, tanning leather and carding and spinning wool.[9]
The 19th century will also see the diversification of the seigneury's agricultural activities trough increased animal husbandry, orchards, and maple syrup collection.[9]
From parish to village to city
At the beginning of the 19th century, families residing on the western flank of the mount were under the clerical responsibility of the parish of Boucherville while families from the southern flank were under the responsibility of the parish of Saint-Joseph de Chambly. As a consequence, the tithe was being paid to two different parishes so in 1809, a first request to transform the seigneury into a parish was made to Mgr Joseph-Octave Plessis, Archbishop of Quebec. This request was met with a refusal. It will be thirty-three years before the Montarvillans attempt to form into their own parish again.[9]
It is worth mentioning that in 1838 during the Patriotes Rebellion, François-Pierre Bruneau's manor was occupied by the Patriotes and that one of them André Proteau was from the seigneury.
In 1842, a petition totaling about sixty signatures is presented to Mgr Ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal who agree to the demand and signs the same year a canonical decree officiating the creation of the parish of Saint-Bruno. François-Pierre Bruneau is honored with the choice of the titular saint, Saint Bruno.
In line with the Durham Report's recommendation to elaborate municipal structures in 1840 (culminatiing in the abolition of the seigneury system in 1854) and the Acte pour abroger certaines ordonnances et pour faire de meilleures dispositions pour l'établissement d'autorités locales et municipales dans le Bas-Canada (Act to abrogate certain ordinances and to make better dispositions to establish local and municipal authorities in Lower-Canada), the canadian Parliament created on the 1st of July 1845 more than 325 municipal corporations in eastern Canada of which Saint-Bruno, then with a population of 800, was part of. The following year on the 9th of October 1846, the parish municipality of Saint-Bruno was born trough an and official proclamation.
For a few years, Saint-Bruno remained part of the municipality of Chambly but in 1855, as mandated by the Loi constituant en municipalités toutes paroisses de plus de 300 personnes(Law making into a municipality every parish of more than 300 persons), the parish municipality became fully autonomous and it's two names "Saint Bruno" and "Montarville" were joined into the designation we still use to this day.[8]
It incorporated as a city in 1958.
Demographics
Population
Population trend[10]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
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| 2006 | 24,388 | 2.3%
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| 2001 | 23,843 | 0.5%
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| 1996 | 23,714 |  0.6%
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| 1991 | 23,849 | N/A |
Language
The 2006 census found that about 85% of residents spoke French as a mother tongue (including persons who had more than one mother tongue), and that about 11% of residents spoke English as a mother tongue (also including persons who had more than one mother tongue). The next most common mother tongue was Italian.[11]
Mother tongue language (2006)[4]
| Mother Tongue | Population | Pct (%) |
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| French | 20,340 | 84.17% |
| English | 2,440 | 10.10% |
| Both English and French | 235 | 0.97% |
| French and a non-official language | 65 | 0.27% |
| English and a non-official language | 10 | 0.04% |
| English, French and a non-official language | 10 | 0.04% |
| Italian | 140 | 0.58% |
| Arabic | 115 | 0.48% |
| German | 105 | 0.43% |
| Spanish | 105 | 0.43% |
| Portuguese | 100 | 0.41% |
| Chinese languages | 80 | 0.33% |
| Polish | 75 | 0.31% |
| Hungarian | 45 | 0.19% |
| Dutch | 35 | 0.14% |
| Czech | 25 | 0.10% |
| Khmer | 25 | 0.10% |
| Russian | 25 | 0.10% |
Parks
The town resides at the foot of Mont Saint-Bruno, one of the mountains that make up the Monteregian Hills. The mountain is home to a provincial park, Parc National du Mont-Saint-Bruno, as well as a ski hill, Ski Mont Saint-Bruno.
Famous people
- L. Denis Desautels, former Auditor General of Canada
- Maxime Talbot, professional hockey player
Historic list of mayors
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Gallery
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See also
References
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Régions: Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
- ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: SAINT-BRUNO--SAINT-HUBERT (Quebec)
- ^ Chief Electoral Officer of Québec - 40th General Election Riding Results: CHAMBLY
- ^ a b c 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
- ^ Alfred Dauzat et Ch. Rostaing, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France, Librairie Guénégaud 1978.
- ^ a b Comission de toponymie du Québec. "Fiche descriptive - Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville". Government of Québec. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ a b Ville de Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville. "Profil historique - Ville de Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville". Ville de Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
- ^ a b c Alain Dufour. "Un peu d'histoire - Parti Montarvillois". Parti Montarvillois. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
- ^ "Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, 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 2008-02-06.
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