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COMMUNAUTE URBAINE MONTREAL [1 record]

Record 1 2013-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional and Municipal Gov. Bodies and Committees
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
OBS

Montreal Urban Community Act (1969), changed in 1983 to: An Act respecting the Communauté urbaine de Montréal.

OBS

The "Montreal Urban Community" (MUC) created on January 1, 1970 by an Act of 1969 of the Assemblée législative du Québec and whose name was changed to "Communauté urbaine de Montréal" (CUM) in 1983, ceased to exist on January 1, 2002 with the creation of the new city of Montréal.

OBS

On January 1, 2002, the municipalities which were grouped, since January 1, 1970, under the Communauté urbaine de Montréal (CUM), sometimes called "the Greater Montréal," became one city. The new city of Montréal comes from the merger of the village municipality of Senneville and, the cities (in French "cités") of Côte-Saint-Luc and Dorval, as well as the cities (in French "villes") of Anjou, Baie-d'Urfé, Beaconsfield, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Hampstead, Kirkland, Lachine, LaSalle, L'Île-Bizard, L'Île-Dorval, Montréal, Montréal-Est, Montréal-Nord, Montréal-Ouest, Mont-Royal, Outremont, Pierrefonds, Pointe-Claire, Roxboro, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Sainte-Geneviève, Saint-Laurent, Saint-Léonard, Verdun and Westmount.

OBS

The expression "Greater Montréal" was understood as grouping all the municipalities of the Île de Montréal, or Montréal Island, now forming the new city of Montréal, but as excluding those on Jésus Island, Bizard Island and the South Shore. To include all of these, the expression "Metropolitan Montréal" or "Greater Montréal area" was used. Nevertheless, as usages may differ, it was always necessary to refer to the context to understand what was meant.

OBS

In Canada, the name of an inhabited place has the same form in English and in French. The name of the city always takes an accent when used alone or as part of a designation, "Montréal" being the only form registered on the Incorporation Act. Thus, "Montréal Urban Community (MUC)" should have been the initial spelling of the administrative body.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouv. régionaux ou municipaux
  • Aménagement du territoire
OBS

La Communauté urbaine de Montréal (CUM), créée le 1er janvier 1970 par une loi de l'Assemblée législative du Québec de 1969, a cessé d'exister le 1er janvier 2002 avec la création de la nouvelle ville de Montréal.

OBS

Le 1er janvier 2002, les municipalités qui composaient, depuis le 1er janvier 1970, la Communauté urbaine de Montréal (CUM), communément appelée «le Grand Montréal», deviennent une seule ville. La nouvelle ville de Montréal est issue du regroupement de la municipalité du village de Senneville, des cités de Côte-Saint-Luc et de Dorval, ainsi que des villes d'Anjou, de Baie-d'Urfé, de Beaconsfield, de Dollard-des-Ormeaux, d'Hampstead, de Kirkland, de Lachine, de LaSalle, de L'Île-Bizard, de L'Île-Dorval, de Montréal, de Montréal-Est, de Montréal-Nord, de Montréal-Ouest, de Mont-Royal, d'Outremont, de Pierrefonds, de Pointe-Claire, de Roxboro, de Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, de Sainte-Geneviève, de Saint-Laurent, de Saint-Léonard, de Verdun et de Westmount.

OBS

L'expression «Grand Montréal» (au masculin parce qu'elle sous-entend qu'il s'agit d'un district) englobait toutes les municipalités de l'île de Montréal (devenue la nouvelle ville de Montréal) mais excluait celles de l'île Jésus, de l'île Bizard et de la Rive-Sud. Pour comprendre ces dernières, l'usage préférait «la grande agglomération de Montréal» ou «le Montréal métropolitain». Cependant, comme les usages pouvaient varier, il fallait toujours s'en remettre au contexte pour bien saisir le propos.

OBS

La Loi sur la Communauté urbaine de Montréal (L.R.Q. ch. C-37.2) a été abrogée le 1er août 2003.

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