Assomption Boulevard () is a main north–south street in the

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boroughs of

Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve () is a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada located in the southeastern end of the island. History ''See Mercier and Hochelaga-Maisonneuve articles for a more detailed histories of respective areas'' Hochelaga w ...

Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie () is a borough (''arrondissement'') in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located centre-east of the island. Geography The borough is bordered to the northwest by Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, ...

and Saint-Léonard.

Description

The boulevard is 3.6 kilometres long and starts at its intersection with Hochelaga Street and ends at its intersection with

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. The Assomption metro station is located on the boulevard south of

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East, at the corner with Chauveau Street. The

Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont is a hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, located in the boroughs of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie and Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. It serves the eastern part of the city and offers 800 beds. It employs 5,000 people ...

(the largest hospital in Quebec) is on the north-east side of Assomption where it intersects with Boulevard Rosemont, and on the facing south-west of the boulevard are the

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and the classic garden city development of Cité-jardin du Tricentenaire. The boulevard got its name in 1951 in honor of the proclamation of the Dogma of the Assumption of Mary a year earlier by

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Planned extension and maintenance

Since 2013 there have been plans to improve access to the

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by extending the boulevard to

Notre-Dame Street Notre-Dame Street (officially in ) is a historic east–west street located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It runs parallel to the Saint Lawrence River, from Lachine, Quebec, Lachine to the eastern tip of the Island of Montreal, island in Poi ...

. This has led to conflicts regarding zoning restrictions in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. Plans have also been delayed by the costs of decontaminating the old Canadian Steel Foundries site (cleared in 2004) at the southern end of the boulevard. In 2016, ten million dollars were invested in renovations on the stretch of the boulevard through the borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, after protests by residents the previous year.

Notable buildings

, a regional hospital serving the east end of Montreal. Founded in 1971, it is the largest hospital in Quebec and employs more than 15,000 people.

References

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