- For the former electoral district, please see Montreal East (electoral district).
Montreal East (in French: Montréal-Est), is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the island of Montreal, formerly part of the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est. Montreal-Est has consistently been the home to many large oil refineries since 1915.
Montreal-Est was originally founded in 1910 by businessman Joseph Versailles. On January 1, 2002 it was merged into the City of Montreal. It voted on June 20, 2004 to demerge and was re-established as a town on January 1, 2006. It was the only community in the eastern half of the island that voted to demerge. Montreal East's mayor, Yvon Labrosse, won his seat by acclamation.
[edit] Refineries
That 3 refineries are the majority of the Montreal Oil Refining Center.
TOTAL BPD : 388 000 bpd
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[edit] Rue Dorchester
Montréal-Est joined Westmount as the only Montreal island municipalities to refuse to adopt the name of Boulevard René-Lévesque for their portion of the major east-west street, Dorchester. To this day, the street is called Rue Dorchester in Montréal-Est.
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Sabrina Dutremble Author in the book "Le Québec en 2025"(Joey Cornu Editeur).
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Coordinates: 45°38′N 73°31′W / 45.633°N 73.517°W / 45.633; -73.517