Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is a town located at the western tip of the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is the second oldest community in Montreal's West Island, having been founded as a parish in 1703. The oldest, Dorval, was founded in 1667.
Points of interest include the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal (a National Historic Site of Canada), the Sainte-Anne Veterans' Hospital, the Morgan Arboretum, and the three nature parks transferred from Pierrefonds-Senneville. It is also home to John Abbott College and McGill University's Macdonald Campus, which includes the J. S. Marshall Radar Observatory and about two square kilometres of farmland which separates the small town from neighbouring Baie-d'Urfé.
[edit] Government
The current mayor of Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue is Bill Tierney. There are six city councilors.
- Sébastien Fraeys de Veubeke (District 1)
- Léona Charette-Morin (District 2)
- Line de Chantal (District 3)
- Robert McEwen (District 4)
- Michel Bouassaly (District 5)
- Lucie Larose (District 6)
[edit] Demographics
[edit] Population
Population trend[6]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
| 2006 | 5,197 | ▲2.7% |
| 2001 | 5,062 | ▲7.7% |
| 1996 | 4,700 | ▲16.6% |
| 1991 | 4,030 | N/A |
[edit] Language
Mother tongue language (2006)[4]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
| French only | 2,070 | 43.44% |
| English only | 1,860 | 39.03% |
| Both English and French | 85 | 1.78% |
| Other languages | 750 | 15.74% |
[edit] Transportation
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is traversed by Autoroute 40 (the Trans-Canada Highway) and Autoroute 20, which crosses the Ottawa River over the Galipeault Bridge linking it to Île Perrot.
For public transit, the town is served by the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue commuter train station on the Dorion-Rigaud Line. It also covered by the bus network of the Société de transport de Montréal.
[edit] See also
The Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal. Linking Lake Saint-Louis and Lake des Deux-Montagnes at the mouth of the Ottawa River, the canal was an integral part of the Montreal-Ottawa-Kingston inland shipping route from its opening in 1843. Today, it is used essentially for pleasure boating.
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