SAINT-LAMBERT, QUEBEC

'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.

Contents

History

Demographics

Education

Religious Structures

Transportation

Passenger rail

Transit

Roads and Infrastructure

Famous People

Geographic location

See also

External links

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.
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.

Demographics

'General'


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




'Language'


From Canada 2001 Census

Language	Population	Percentage (%)
French only	15,415	73.22%
English only	3,275	15.55%
Both English and French	295	1.4%
Other languages	1,665	7.91%

'Religion'


From Canada 2001 Census

Religion	Population	Percentage (%)
Catholic	15,690	75.96%
Protestant	1,970	9.54%
No religious affiliation	1,980	9.59%
All others (Muslim, Christian Orthodox, Jewish)	1,015	4.91%

Education

'Primary'

★ Saint Lambert Elementary

★ École Des Saints-Anges

★ École Rabeau

★ Préville Elementary


'Secondary'

★ Chambly Academy

★ Collège Durocher Saint-Lambert


'Post-secondary'

★ Champlain Regional College

★ UQAM Montérégie


'Other'

★ REACH

★ The Alternate School

★ Access Riverside

Religious Structures

'Protestant'

★ Presbyterian: St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

★ Anglican: St. Barnabas Church

★ United Church of Canada: St. Lambert United Church/St. Lambert Baptist Church

★ Lutheran: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

★ Adventist: South Shore Seventh-day Adventist Church
'Roman Catholic'

★ St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church

★ Église catholique de St-Lambert

★ Église catholique Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin

Transportation

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.

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:
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|1 (Terminus Longueuil - Boul. Grand-Allée [via Churchill])
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|2 (Terminus Longueuil - Lemoyne [via Tiffin])
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|6 (Terminus Longueuil - Terminus Brossard-Panama [via Victoria])
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|13 (Terminus Longueuil - Terminus Panama [via Riverside])
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|14 (Terminus Longueuil - Brossard {R section} [via HWY 132])
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|15 (Terminus Longueuil - Terminus Panama [via Alexandra] and on to Terminus Centre Ville at rush hours only)
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|37 (Terminus Centre Ville - Du Dauphiné [via Champlain Bridge])
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|54 (Terminus Longueuil - Terminus Brossard-Panama [via Tascherau])
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|55 (Terminus Centre Ville - St. Lambert [via Victoria Bridge])
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|106 (Terminus Longueuil - Brossard {B section}[via Victoria])
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|115 (Terminus Centre Ville - Greenfield Park [via Champlain Bridge]}
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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 is half a kilometre from Saint-Lambert and the Champlain Bridge is a kilometre away from Saint-Lambert.

Famous People

★ Arlette Cousture, writer

★ Régine Chassagne, Arcade Fire

★ Steve Kasper, NHL Hockey Player

★ Emilie Heymans, diver

★ Pierre Laporte, politician

★ Steve MacLean, astronaut

★ Nanette Workman, singer-songwriter and actress

Geographic location

See also

★ Municipal reorganization in Quebec

External links

★ City of Saint-Lambert