Côte-des-Neiges (, ) is a

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, Canada. It is located at the geographic centre of the

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on the western slope of

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and is part of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Côte-des-Neiges is home to the University of Montreal campus,

Polytechnique Montréal Polytechnique Montréal () (previously ''École polytechnique de Montréal''; ) is an engineering school affiliated with the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In English it may occasionally be referred to as "Montreal Polytech ...

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, Sainte-Justine hospital, the Jewish general hospital, and the Oratoire Saint-Joseph.

History

Historically, the original settlement, the Village of Côte-des-Neiges, was founded in 1862 and annexed by Montreal in two parts in 1908 and 1910. In 1876, land owner and farmer

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began residential subdivisions on the eastern side of Decelles Avenue. In 1906, a large housing development was started in the area, called Northmount Heights, built by developer Northmount Land Company. Much of this area has been expropriated by the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte- ...

. Geographically it was bordered by Decelles Avenue to the north east and the

Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery (french: Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) is a rural cemetery located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada which was founded in 1854. The entrance and the grounds run ...

to the south east, Westmount to the southwest and situated on the confluence of Côte-des-Neiges Road and Queen Mary Road. It was one of the last areas of the city of Montreal to be developed and urbanized. Up until

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it remained a village surrounded by working farms to the north and west. A ski hill to the south near present-day Ridgewood Avenue at the foot of the mountain and present day

Saint Joseph's Oratory Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal (french: Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and national shrine located at 3800 Queen Mary Road in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood on Mount Royal's Westmount Summit ...

, was once used regularly by the Montreal Ski Club into the 1940s.

Demographics

Today, the neighbourhood has a large immigrant and student population, and is one of the most densely populated and ethnically diverse neighbourhoods in Canada. With over 100 different ethnic communities, predominantly: Québécois, Filipino,

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(

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), South Asian (

Tamils The Tamil people, also known as Tamilar ( ta, தமிழர், Tamiḻar, translit-std=ISO, in the singular or ta, தமிழர்கள், Tamiḻarkaḷ, translit-std=ISO, label=none, in the plural), or simply Tamils (), are a Dravi ...

and

Bengalis Bengalis (singular Bengali bn, বাঙ্গালী/বাঙালি ), also rendered as Bangalee or the Bengali people, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of S ...

), Jewish, Latin American, Iranian, Chinese, Arab, Vietnamese and most recently Eastern European and African. It is one of the few Montreal neighbourhoods where neither the French nor English language dominate. Both national languages are spoken equally, along with many others by a high number of multilingual speakers.

Education

Bibliotheque interculturelle de Cote-des-Neiges

The ''

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'' (CSDM) operates Francophone public schools. For instance: * École primaire des Nations * École primaire Félix-Leclerc * École primaire Iona The

English Montreal School Board The English Montreal School Board (EMSB, french: Commission scolaire English-Montréal – CSEM) is one of five public school boards on the island of Montreal. At 92.4 percent, the English Montreal School Board has the highest rate of students w ...

(EMSB) operates Anglophone public schools. The

Montreal Public Libraries Network The Montreal Public Libraries Network (, previously ''Réseau des bibliothèques publiques de Montréal'') is the public library system on the Island of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. It is the largest French language public library system in North ...

operates the Côte-des-Neiges library and the ''Bibliothèque interculturelle''.Les bibliothèques par arrondissement
"

. Retrieved on December 7, 2014.

, HÉC Montréal, and

are all located within the neighbourhood.

Points of interest

The most notable institutions in Côte-des-Neiges are

College Brebeuf A college ( Latin: ''collegium'') is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering ...

, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, the

Jewish General Hospital The Jewish General Hospital (JGH; french: Hôpital général juif), known officially as the Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital (french: Hôpital général juif Sir Mortimer B. Davis) since 1978, is an acute-care teaching hospital in ...

, St. Mary's Hospital, Plaza Côte-des-Neiges, and

(the large domed basilica, perched above the neighbourhood, which is by far its most important tourist attraction).

Metro stations

* Orange Line **

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** Côte-Sainte-Catherine ** Plamondon **

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** De La Savane * Blue Line **

** Côte-des-Neiges ** Université-de-Montréal ** Édouard-Montpetit

Notable residents

Xue Yiwei Xue Yiwei (, born in 1964) is a Chinese-born Canadian author. His hometown is Changsha, Hunan, and his birthplace was Chenzhou in the same province. He attended the Beijing University of Aeronautics (now Beihang University) in a computer scien ...

- Chinese writer

References

External links

Town of Montreal, Statistics 2006
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cote-Des-Neiges Neighbourhoods in Montreal Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce