Brossard, Quebec

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City of Brossard
Ville de Brossard

Flag

Coat of arms

Motto: Si Je Puis Oultre
(Old French for "If I Can Do More")

Coordinates: 45°27′20″N 73°28′04″W / 45.45556, -73.46778

Canada

Quebec

Montérégie (16)

Urban agglomeration of Longueuil (TE 58)

Electoral district

Federal: Brossard—La Prairie
Provincial: La Pinière

Founded

February 14, 1958

Incorporated (post-merger)

January 1, 2006

Government

- Mayor

Jean-Marc Pelletier

- City councillor and district number

Pierre O'Donoughue (1)
Gilbert Lizotte (2)
Monique Gagné (3)
Marc Benoit (4)
Serge Séguin (5)
Claudio Benedetti (6)
Zaki Thomas (7)
Antoine Assaf (8)
Pascal Forget (9)
Daniel Lucier (10)

- MP

Marcel Lussier

- MNA

Fatima Houda-Pepin

Area

- Total

45.20 km² (17.5 sq mi)

Population (2006 Census)

- Total

71,154 (Ranked 73rd)

- Density

1,574.3/km² (4,077.4/sq mi)

Time zone

Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

- Summer (DST)

EDT (UTC-4)

Postal code span

J4W to J4Z

Area code(s)

450

Geographical code

58007

Website: ville.brossard.qc.ca

Brossard is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the island and city of Montreal. It is surrounded by five municipalities on the South Shore of Montreal: Saint-Lambert, Greenfield Park (Longueuil), Saint-Hubert (Longueuil), Carignan and La Prairie. Brossard is bordered by the Saint Lawrence River to the west and by the Saint-Jacques River to the south. (see Geographic location section below)

Old logo of the city of Brossard from 1983 to 2007

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-du-Sacré-Cœur merged into Brossard on March 25, 1978 to form the current city.

In the 1970's, an attempt was made by René Désourdy to construct a cemetery in Brossard. The attempt failed due to the water table being too high in most of the city, and as of 2007 Brossard has no cemetery.

Brossard was merged into the city of Longueuil on January 1, 2002 as a result of municipal reorganization in Quebec. Opposition to this amalgamation, during the following years, was headed by Louise Brossard, Gilles Larin and Pierre Senécal^[1] and resulted in a municipal referendum that took place on June 20, 2004. 38.70% of the 50,539 qualified voters voted YES for demerger,^[2] which met the requirements (35% or more of total voting population) needed for de-amalgamation. As a result, Brossard would continue to be a borough of the city of Longueuil only until the end of 2005.

On January 1, 2006, Brossard was reconstituted as a city and Jean-Marc Pelletier was elected as the new mayor. However, Brossard still remains part of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil and thus, Brossard sits on the agglomeration council (conseil d'agglomération) which determines certain powers of reconstituted cities.

List of the mayors of Brossard since its founding in 1958^[3]
Years in office	Mayor
1958-1967	Georges-Henri Brossard
1967-1978	Léon Gravel
1978-1982	Alphonse Lepage
1982-1983	Claude Chevrier
1983-1990	Georgette Lepage
1990-2001	Paul Leduc
January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2005	Nicole Carrier (President of the borough of Brossard)^[4]
2006-Present	Jean-Marc Pelletier

Brossard is a suburb of Montreal which is subdivided into many smaller sections. Many of these sections are characterized by having street names that all start with the same letter. The residential sections of Brossard contain some 14-floor residential towers as well as smaller units. There are also large commercial zones such as Taschereau Boulevard, Mail Champlain, Place Portobello, Quartier DIX30) and an industrial zone. The commercial areas house largest vehicle purchase center in Quebec, "Le Complexe de l'Auto Rive-Sud".

Many parks are scattered throughout the city of Brossard, including Parc écologique des Sansonnets. The parks are connected to the other areas of the city by about 37 km of biking paths.^[5] The city also has a municipal library building connected to its city hall building via an indoor passageway.

Brossard hosted the 2004 Canadian Little League Baseball Tournament. NHL Hockey Hall of Fame member and Team Canada hockey player Jean Ratelle made his home in Brossard during his career with the New York Rangers.

Evolution of Brossard's population^[6]
Year	Population
1956	2,572
1961	3,788
1966	11,884
1971	23,455
1976	37,635
1981	52,232
1991	64,793
1996	65,927
2001	65,026
2006	71,154

Source: [1]

Ethnic Origin	Population	Percent
Canadian	30,120	46.59%
French	15,845	24.51%
Chinese	6,525	10.09%
Irish	2,840	4.39%
English	2,720	4.21%
Scottish	2,055	3.18%
Italian	2,050	3.17%
Greek	1,905	2.94%
East Indian	1,785	2.76%
Vietnamese	1,200	1.86%

From Canada 2001 Census

Ethnic Origin	Population	Percent
Chinese Canadians	6 375	9.8%
Black Canadians	2 615	4.0%
South Asian	2 590	4.0%
Arab	1 660	2.6%
Southeast Asian	1 535	2.4%
Latin-American	1 320	2.0%
Middle-Eastern	680	1.0%
Filipino	450	0.7%

Mother Tongue from Canada 2006 Census

Language	Population	Percentage (%)
French only	35,505	50.19%
English only	8,880	12.55%
Both English and French	575	0.81%
Other languages	25,770	36.43%

Brossard is a multi-ethnic city; more than 33% of the population are foreign-born. It is the highest rate in Quebec without the Montreal Island.

Route 132/Autoroute 15 (concurrency) northbound before Champlain Bridge exit 53, in Brossard.

Brossard is serviced by Autoroutes 10 (Autoroute des Cantons-de-l'Est), 15, 20 (Autoroute Jean-Lesage), and 30 (Autoroute de l'Acier), as well as Routes 132 and 134 (Taschereau Boulevard). Autoroute 30 runs along the west side of Brossard. Along the Saint Lawrence River on the east side of the city, Autoroutes 15 and 20 overlap with Route 132; 15 to the south and 20 to the north. At the Champlain Bridge interchange, Autoroutes 15 and 20 overlap 10 and feed into the Champlain Bridge, which crosses over into Montreal. Autoroute 10 also meets with Route 134 at the Taschereau Interchange which runs north south through heart of Brossard.

Rome Boulevard
Milan Boulevard
Matte Boulevard
Pelletier Boulevard
Lapinière Boulevard
San Francisco-Tisserand-Stravinski Avenues loop
Panama Avenue
Provencher Boulevard
Chemin des Prairies
Auteuil Avenue

The Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL), one of the larger public transit carriers in the Montreal metropolitan region, services much of Brossard's territory as well as the rest of the South Shore. Terminus Brossard-Panama and Chevrier Park-n-Ride incentive parking lot are two of RTL's heavily used bus terminals located in Brossard.

Good Shepherd Elementary School
Harold Napper Elementary
Ecole Primaire Charles-Bruneau
Ecole Primaire Georges-P.-Vanier
Ecole Primaire Guillaume-Vignal
Ecole Primaire Marie-Victorin (Brossard)
Ecole Primaire Sainte-Claire (Brossard)
Ecole Primaire Saint-Laurent
Ecole Primaire Samuel-De Champlain (Brossard)
Ecole Primaire Tourterelle

Ecole Secondaire Antoine-Brossard
Ecole Secondaire Pierre-Brosseau

ACCESS Career Centre
CEA Antoine-Brossard

Quebec Portal

	Saint-Lambert Greenfield Park (Longueuil)
Montreal (Nuns' Island, borough of Verdun) Saint Lawrence River		Saint-Hubert (Longueuil)
	Brossard

	Saint-Jacques River La Prairie	Carignan

^ Lampron, Alexandre. "Fatima Houda-Pepin interpelle Brossard à reconsidérer sa position", Le Brossard Éclair, 2006-08-22. Retrieved on 2007-04-19. ((French))
^ Referendums of June 20, 2004. Directeur général des élections du Québec (DGEQ). Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
^ Pratt, Michel (2001). Atlas historique: Le XX^e siècle: De la balkanisation des villes à leur fusion ((French)). Société historique et culturelle du Marigot. Retrieved on 2007-04-07.
^ There was no mayor of the city of Brossard from 2002 until the end of 2005 because it was merged into the city of Longueuil and remained a borough during this period. The mayor of Longueuil at the time was Jacques Olivier while Nicole Carrier was in charge of Brossard as the president of the borough.
^ My Spring, My City - Ville de BrossardPDF (1.39 MiB)
^ Brossard, de 1958 à 1983 : la création et l'évolution d'une banlieue, p.28

Lacroix, Yvon-André; Séguin, Claire (1984). Brossard, de 1958 à 1983 : la création et l'évolution d'une banlieue (in (French)). Brossard, Quebec: Ville de Brossard, 201 pages. ISBN 292042100X.
Pratt, Michel; Pépin, Karol. Dictionnaire historique de Brossard ((French)). Société historique et culturelle du Marigot. Archived from the original on 2006-04-14. Retrieved on 2006-11-21. “List of terms and events related to Brossard presented in alphabetic order.”

v • d • e Major South Shore (Montreal) malls
Boucherville	Promenades Montarville
Brossard	Mail Champlain · Place Portobello · Quartier DIX30
Greenfield Park	Les Galeries Taschereau · Mail Carnaval · Place Greenfield Park
Vieux-Longueuil	Centre Jacques-Cartier · Place Longueuil · Place Desormeaux
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	Promenades St-Bruno
Saint-Hubert	Centre Cousineau
Saint-Lambert	Carré Saint-Lambert · Carrefour Victoria · Centre Commercial Victoria

v • d • e Urban agglomeration of Longueuil
Urban agglomeration	Urban agglomeration of Longueuil
Cities	Longueuil · Boucherville · Brossard · Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville · Saint-Lambert
Boroughs	Greenfield Park · Saint-Hubert · Vieux-Longueuil
Pre-2002 towns and cities (now merged)	Jacques-Cartier · Mackayville-Laflèche · LeMoyne · Montreal South (Montréal-Sud) · Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur · Préville
Agglomeration services	Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL) · Service de police de Longueuil (SPL) · Service de Sécurité incendie de Longueuil (SSIL)
Administrative subdivisions of Quebec • Urban agglomerations of Quebec • Municipal reorganization in Quebec