Here's Montreal after the demergers in January 2006!
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What do Montreal subdivisions look like?
Hey,
I have been to Montreal once, but at a young age, and today, there is such a shortage of good online photos.
I was just wondering if anyone could help me find photos of new subdivisions/suburbs of Montreal created in the late 80s, 90s, and 00s... thanks guys.
I am assuming they are similar to Ontario ones, but who knows until they've seen. : P
-thryve
I have been to Montreal once, but at a young age, and today, there is such a shortage of good online photos.
I was just wondering if anyone could help me find photos of new subdivisions/suburbs of Montreal created in the late 80s, 90s, and 00s... thanks guys.
I am assuming they are similar to Ontario ones, but who knows until they've seen. : P
-thryve
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The suburbs of the "Waste" Island(Dorval, POinte-Claire, Beaconsfield, Kirkland, D-D-O, Baie-D'Urfé, Ste-Anne de Bellevue and Senneville) as well as Westmount, Mont-Royal, Hampstead, Montréal-Ouest, Côte st-luc and Montréal-Est all demerged from the central city!
All of these "cities" have a combined population of about 250,000... and whats left of Montreal has about 1.6 million.
All of these "cities" have a combined population of about 250,000... and whats left of Montreal has about 1.6 million.
Holy shit that's alot of individual suburbs. Looks like about 30. What's the average population of each city (excl. Montreal proper)?
Partybits, those aren't all suburbs per se.
Montreal island was formed of 27 cities, the govt wanted them to merge and form one... which succeded to an extent (English suburbs wanted out).
The greater Montreal area was formed by about 115 cities or so... yes a mess.
Montreal island was formed of 27 cities, the govt wanted them to merge and form one... which succeded to an extent (English suburbs wanted out).
The greater Montreal area was formed by about 115 cities or so... yes a mess.
They were all much better off merged together. The quality of the services have gone down significantly where I live since the demergers, and the taxes have gone up big time.malek said:Partybits, those aren't all suburbs per se.
Montreal island was formed of 27 cities, the govt wanted them to merge and form one... which succeded to an extent (English suburbs wanted out).
The greater Montreal area was formed by about 115 cities or so... yes a mess.
Thats to bad...
BTW MTLskyline i think you have one of the best avatars on SSC!
BTW MTLskyline i think you have one of the best avatars on SSC!
"They were all much better off merged together."
Exactly what I was thinking. They never gave the "new" city of Montreal a chance to prove that it could work.(it was demerged after only 24 months) They should have allowed it to stay like this for at least 5 years. Now we'll never know how it could have worked. But hey, too bad for the west island suburbs, they wanted out, now they are stuck with huge tax increases!
Exactly what I was thinking. They never gave the "new" city of Montreal a chance to prove that it could work.(it was demerged after only 24 months) They should have allowed it to stay like this for at least 5 years. Now we'll never know how it could have worked. But hey, too bad for the west island suburbs, they wanted out, now they are stuck with huge tax increases!
I didn't mean what a map or the layout looks like, I mean what the houses look like.
: P
-thryve
: P
-thryve
I was thinking that's what you meant but unfourtunatley I don't have any pictures...thryve said:I didn't mean what a map or the layout looks like, I mean what the houses look like.
: P
-thryve
What do you have in mind exactly?
Island of Montreal suburbs?
Laval?
South Shore?
North Shore?
or somewhere else?
They're the same everywhere, as in Ontario, I assume. So, anything's good... just Montreal's sprawl in general, or Quebec's.
-thryve
-thryve
MTLskyline has THE best avatar on SSC! I am always mesmerized by it!!rise_against said:Thats to bad...
BTW MTLskyline i think you have one of the best avatars on SSC!
Much less messier in Toronto. We only had 6 cities merge. Mind you those six cities had mergers of their own once upon a time. I guess Montreal tried to do it in one big swoosh while Toronto did it more in stages.malek said:Partybits, those aren't all suburbs per se.
Montreal island was formed of 27 cities, the govt wanted them to merge and form one... which succeded to an extent (English suburbs wanted out).
The greater Montreal area was formed by about 115 cities or so... yes a mess.
"Much less messier in Toronto. We only had 6 cities merge. Mind you those six cities had mergers of their own once upon a time. I guess Montreal tried to do it in one big swoosh while Toronto did it more in stages."
Big difference...the 1998 removal of second-tier municipal structure actually had little impact, as the whole city was almost 3/4 merged already. All that did was remove a mostly redundant expense. And yes, it was very long and changing process for Toronto....45 years.
KGB
Big difference...the 1998 removal of second-tier municipal structure actually had little impact, as the whole city was almost 3/4 merged already. All that did was remove a mostly redundant expense. And yes, it was very long and changing process for Toronto....45 years.
KGB
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