Chomedey, Quebec

See also : Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve and Chomedey (electoral district)

Chomedey is a neighbourhood in the southwest of the city of Laval and was a separate municipality until the 1965 municipal mergers. Named after Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, part of the neighbourhood had previously been known as L'Abord à Plouffe, and was once part of the seigneurie system. In 1961 L'Abord-à-Plouffe amalgamated with Renaud and Saint-Martin, creating Chomedey. Chomedey is bordered on the south by the Rivière des Prairies, on the east by Laval-des-Rapides, on the north by Sainte-Rose, on the north-west by Fabreville and on the west by Sainte-Dorothée. Chomedey's city hall became the city hall for all of Laval.

Chomedey has been rated ninth among the best districts of the Greater Montreal area (ahead of Côte-des-Neiges, Outremont and Parc extension) in the popular "Best of Montreal" readers' poll 2006 of the Mirror paper.

Geography

Chomedey is bordered by the Prairies River to the South, Highway 13 to the West, Highway 440 to the North, Des Laurentides Boulevard, Souvenir Boulevard and Highway 15 to the East.

Demographics

Since the 1960s, Chomedey's demographic composition has been different than Laval's other neighbourhoods. Mirroring the geographic linguistic divisions in Montreal, there are more English-speakers in the west of Ile Jesus than in the east, and Chomedey has been home to the city's Anglophone and allophone minorities, notably Armenians, Greeks, and Arabs from various countries. It voted overwhelmingly to not separate in the 1995 Quebec referendum and was in the center of a spoiled ballot controversy, as it had 11.7 % of its total ballots spoiled, an unusually high percentage compared to other provincial electoral districts.

Roads

The main thoroughfares are Curé-Labelle Blvd, Chomedey Blvd, Saint-Martin Blvd, Souvenir Rd, Notre-Dame Blvd, Samson Blvd, 100th Ave, Daniel-Johnson Blvd, Le Carrefour Blvd, Le Corbusier Blvd, Armand-Frappier Blvd, Cartier Blvd, Lévesque Blvd, Des Îles Dr, Cléroux Blvd, Jean-Béraud Ave, Pierre-Péladeau Ave, Bois-de-Boulogne Ave, Avenir Blvd, Industriel Blvd, McNamara St, Terry-Fox Ave, Louis-Payette Ave and Perron Blvd.

Because of the rapid densification of this neighbourhood and the developpment of the last fields and forested areas, there are more and more cars on the road. Since 2000, it is not uncommon to find yourself in a traffic jam on many of main thoroughfares. Curé-Labelle Blvd, Chomedey Blvd, Saint-Martin Blvd, Notre-Dame Blvd, Le Corbusier Blvd and some stretches of Samson Blvd are often subject to traffic jams.

Other Facts

According to the 2001 Census, Chomedey had 85,316 residents. 28% spoke only French, 10% English, 58% were bilingual in both French and English and 3% spoke other languages than French and English. [1]

The postal codes for this area are H7S, H7T, H7V and H7W.

External Links

• City of Laval, official website

References

Coordinates: 45°33′N, 73°44′W

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