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Bourget

Description of the electoral division

(Explanatory note)

The division of Bourget comprises the part of the Ville de Montréal situated in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and bounded as follows: the autoroute Transcanadienne (25), the boundary of the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, the fleuve Saint-Laurent, the extension of the railway line of the Canadian National Railway Company, this railway line and its extension, and the rue Sherbrooke Est.



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Total area

19,4 km2

Not including the river corridor

15,4 km2

The river corridor includes: the St. Lawrence River, the gulf of St. Lawrence, the Baie des Chaleurs/Chaleur Bay, the Rivière des Prairies, the Rivière des Mille Îles, the Rivière des Outaouais, Lac Témiscamingue, the Rivière Saguenay and Lac Saint-Jean.

Electoral population
(General Election of September 4, 2012)

48 623 electors

History of the electoral division

(Explanatory notes)

1960 The electoral division of BOURGET is created. It is made up of:

a part of the previous electoral division of Laval.
1972 The new electoral division of BOURGET is made up of:

a part of the previous electoral division of Bourget.
1980 The new electoral division of BOURGET is made up of:
  • a part of the previous electoral division of Anjou
    (4 886 electors);
  • a part of the previous electoral division of Bourget
    (27 697 electors);
  • a part of the previous electoral division of Lafontaine
    (1 580 electors).
1985 The new electoral division of BOURGET is identical to the previous one.
1988 The new electoral division of BOURGET is made up of:
  • a part of the previous electoral division of Bourget
    (29 565 electors);
  • a part of the previous electoral division of Maisonneuve
    (7 318 electors).
1992 The new electoral division of BOURGET is identical to the previous one.
2001 The new electoral division of BOURGET is made up of:
  • a part of the previous electoral division of Anjou
    (5 480 electors);
  • a part of the previous electoral division of Bourget
    (25 696 electors);
  • a part of the previous electoral division of Pointe-aux-Trembles
    (14 929 electors).
2011 The new electoral division of BOURGET is identical to its predecessor.

Socioeconomic files

(Update May 2006)

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Socioeconomic files for Bourget (in French)
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