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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Hampstead
|official_name          = 
|native_name            = 
|settlement_type        = [[City (Quebec)|City]]
|image_skyline          = Hampstead - Town Hall.jpg
|image_caption          = Hampstead Town Hall
|image_flag             = 
|image_shield           = Hampstead seal.png
|shield_size            = 120x80px
|nickname               = Garden City
|motto                  = 
|image_map              = Carte localisation Île de Montréal - Hampstead.svg
|map_caption            = Location on the Island of Montreal
|pushpin_map            = Canada Southern Quebec
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in southern Quebec
|coordinates            = {{coord|45|29|N|73|38|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
|coor_pinpoint          = 
|coordinates_footnotes  = <ref name="toponymie"/>
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = Canada
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Quebec]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Montreal (region)|Montreal]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
|subdivision_name3      = None
|established_title      = 
|established_date       = 
|established_title1     = Constituted
|established_date1      = January 1, 2006
|established_title2     = 
|established_date2      =
|named_for              = [[Hampstead|Hampstead, London]]<ref name="toponymie"/> 
|seat_type              = 
|seat                   = 
|parts_type             = 
|parts                  = 
|government_footnotes   = <ref name="mamrot">{{cite web |title=Répertoire des municipalités: Hampstead |url=https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/66062/ |website=www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca |publisher=Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation |access-date=14 June 2022 |language=fr}}</ref>
<ref>[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1114 Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: MOUNT ROYAL (Quebec)]</ref>
|leader_title           = Mayor
|leader_name            = Jeremy Levi
|leader_title1          = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
|leader_name1           = [[Mount Royal (electoral district)|Mount Royal]]
|leader_title2          = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
|leader_name2           = [[D'Arcy-McGee]]
|area_footnotes         = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref name="sc2021">{{cite web |title=Hampstead, Ville (V) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=hampstead&DGUIDlist=2021A00052466062&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca | date=9 February 2022 |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |accessdate=14 June 2022}}</ref>
|area_total_km2         = 1.77
|area_land_km2          = 1.79
|area_water_km2         = 
|area_water_percent     = 
|area_note              = There is an apparent discrepancy between 2 authoritative sources.
|elevation_m            = 
|population_footnotes   = <ref name="sc2021"/> 
|population_total       = 7037
|population_as_of       = 2021
|population_density_km2 = 3922.1
|population_urban       = 
|population_blank1_title = Pop.&nbsp;2016-2021
|population_blank1       = {{increase}} 0.9%
|population_blank2_title = Dwellings
|population_blank2       = 2622
|population_note        = 
|timezone               = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
|utc_offset             = −5
|timezone_DST           = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
|utc_offset_DST         = −4
|postal_code_type       = [[Postal codes in Canada|Postal code(s)]]
|postal_code            = [[List of H postal codes of Canada|H3X]]
|area_codes              = [[Area codes 514 and 438|514 and 438]]
|blank_name             = Highways
|blank_info             = No major routes
|website                = {{Official URL}}
|footnotes              = 
}}

'''Hampstead''' is an [[Greater Montreal|on-island suburb]] of [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada. It is an independent municipality bordering the municipality of [[Côte Saint-Luc]] and the [[Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce]] borough of Montreal. The municipality has the highest percentage of Jewish population of any town in Canada, at 64% of the population.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ceausu |first=Joel |date=2025-03-30 |title=What the latest population statistics say about Jewish Montreal's present and future |url=https://thecjn.ca/news/montreal-jewish-population/ |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=The Canadian Jewish News |language=en-US}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Building. New Hampstead Town Hall BAnQ Vieux-Montréal P48S1P08667.jpg|thumb|left|Hampstead Town Hall in 1943.]]
The Town of Hampstead was founded in 1914. It was designed to be an exclusive [[Garden city movement|garden city]].  There are no retail shops within municipal boundaries.  Houses were assigned relatively large lots to allow space for trees and shrubbery. The town's roads were designed with curves in order to slow down traffic and to create an interesting and intimate landscape. Despite its rather flat topography—much of the territory was once a golf course—the town was named after another garden city, the [[London]] suburb of [[Hampstead|Hampstead Village]].  Like its namesake, Hampstead is the home of many affluent citizens, and competes with a few other suburbs for first place in the rankings of highest average household incomes in Canada.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

===Merger and demerger===
On January 1, 2002, as part of the [[2002–06 municipal reorganization of Montreal]], it was merged with [[Côte-Saint-Luc]] and [[Montreal West, Quebec|Montreal West]] and became the [[Côte-Saint-Luc–Hampstead–Montréal-Ouest]] borough of the City of [[Montreal]].  However, after a [[2003 Quebec general election|change of government]] and a [[2004 Quebec municipal referendums|2004 referendum]], all three were re-constituted as independent cities on January 1, 2006.

== Demographics ==
{{stack|{{Historical populations
|title       = Historical populations
|type        = Canada
|align       = none
|cols        = 
|percentages = 
|footnote    = 
|source      = Statistics Canada
|1966|6158
|1971|7035
|1976|7562
|1981|7598
|1986|7886
|1991|7219
|[[1996 Canadian census|1996]]|6986
|[[2001 Canadian census|2001]]|6974
|[[2006 Canadian census|2006]]|6996
|[[2011 Canadian census|2011]]|7153
|[[2016 Canadian census|2016]]|6973
|[[2021 Canadian census|2021]]|7037
}}}}According to the [[Office québécois de la langue française]], Hampstead has been officially recognized as a bilingual municipality since 2005-11-02.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-19 |title=Organismes reconnus offrant des services dans une langue autre que le français |url=https://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/francisation/admin_publ/organismes-reconnus.aspx |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca}}</ref>

In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Hampstead had a population of {{val|7037|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|2493|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|2622|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:7037-6973}}|6973|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|6973|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|1.79|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|7037|1.79|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022}}</ref>
{{Canada census
 |location = Hampstead
 |2021_population=7,037 | 2021_pop_delta=+0.9  | 2021_land_area=1.79 | 2021_pop_density=3922.1
 |2021_median_age=39.6 | 2021_median_age_m=38.8 | 2021_median_age_f=40.4
 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=2,622 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=2,493 |2021_mean_hh_income=150,000 
 |2021_geocode=2021A00052466062 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
 |2016_population=6,973 | 2016_pop_delta=-2.5 | 2016_land_area=1.80 | 2016_pop_density=3884.2
 |2016_median_age=40.8 | 2016_median_age_m=39.3 | 2016_median_age_f=41.6
 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=2,623 | 2016_mean_hh_income=122,496 | 2016_access_date=2022-06-06
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Canada 2006 Census<ref name="statscan">{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3518001&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=35&B1=All|title=Pickering, Ontario (City) Census Subdivision|publisher=Statistics Canada|work=Community Profiles, [[Canada 2006 Census]]|access-date=2012-06-02|archive-date=2017-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203043328/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3518001&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=35&B1=All|url-status=dead}}</ref> !! Population !! % of Total Population
|-
| rowspan="7" | [[Visible minority]] group || [[South Asia]]n || 45 || 0.6
|-
| [[Chinese Canadians|Chinese]] || 55 || 0.8 
|-
| [[Black Canadians|Black]] || 145 || 2.1
|-
| [[Filipino Canadians|Filipino]] || 130 || 1.9
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]] || 80 || 1.1
|-
| [[Southeast Asia]]n || 45 || 0.6
|-
| Other visible minority || 155 || 2.3
|-
| colspan="2" | '''Total visible minority population'''|| '''655''' || '''9.4'''
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|Aboriginal]] group || [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] || 0 || 0
|-
| [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] || 0 || 0
|-
| [[Inuit]] || 0 || 0
|-
| colspan="2" | '''Total Aboriginal population''' || '''0''' || '''0'''
|-
| colspan="2" | [[European Canadians|White]] || 6,340 || 90.6
|-
| colspan="2" | '''''Total population''''' || '''''6,995''''' || '''''100'''''
|}

In terms of [[mother tongue]], the [[Canada 2006 Census|2006 census]] found that, including multiple responses, almost 63% of residents spoke [[English language|English]], and about 16% of residents spoke [[French language|French]]. The next most commonly reported first languages learned were [[Hebrew]], [[Yiddish]], [[Polish language|Polish]] and [[Romanian language|Romanian]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Hampstead, V | work =  Detailed Mother Tongue (103), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data | publisher = Statistics Canada | date = 2007-11-20 | url = http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89202&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=701&Temporal=2006&Theme=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&GID=773022 | access-date = 2008-02-06}}</ref> 
{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! ''Mother Tongue''
! ''Population (2006)''
! ''Percentage (2006)''
! ''Population (2016)''
! ''Percentage (2016)''
|-
| [[English language|English]]
| 4,260
| 60.9%
| 3,950
| 56.7%
|-
| [[French language|French]]
| 975
| 13.9%
| 1,255
| 18.0%
|-
| ''English and French''
| 45
| 0.6%
| 130
| 1.9%
|-
| ''English and a non-official language''
| 55
| 0.8%
| 70
| 1.0%
|-
| ''French and a non-official language''
| 85
| 1.2%
| 45
| 0.6%
|-
| ''English, French and a non-official language''
| 20
| 0.3%
| 35
| 0.5%
|-
| [[Hebrew]]
| 240
| 3.4%
| 150
| 2.2%
|-
| [[Yiddish]]
| 175
| 2.5%
| 75
| 1.1%
|-
| [[Polish language|Polish]]
| 160
| 2.3%
| 30
| 0.4%
|-
| [[Romanian language|Romanian]]
| 145
| 2.1%
| 100
| 1.4%
|-
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| 135
| 1.9%
| 145
| 2.1%
|-
| [[Arabic]]
| 110
| 1.6%
| 110
| 1.6%
|-
| [[Korean language|Korean]]
| 90
| 1.3%
| 60
| 0.9%
|-
| [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]
| 65
| 0.9%
| 45
| 0.6%
|-
| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]
| 60
| 0.9%
| 70
| 1.0%
|-
| [[Chinese language|Chinese]]
| 45
| 0.6%
| 115
| 1.6%
|-
| [[Italian language|Italian]]
| 40
| 0.6%
| 65
| 0.9%
|-
| [[Russian language|Russian]]
| 40
| 0.6%
| 80
| 1.1%
|-
| [[German language|German]]
| 35
| 0.5%
| 40
| 0.6%
|-
| [[Persian language|Persian]]
| 35
| 0.5%
| 135
| 1.9%
|-
| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]
| 35
| 0.5%
| 40
| 0.6%
|-
| [[Bisayan languages|Bisayan]]
| 20
| 0.3%
| 
| 
|-
| [[Greek language|Greek]]
| 20
| 0.3%
| 35
| 0.5%
|-
| [[Serbian language|Serbian]]
| 20
| 0.3%
| 25
| 0.4%
|-
|}{{clear|left}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+'''Home language''' ([[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]] and [[Canada 2016 Census|2016]])
! Language
! Population (2006)
! Percentage (2006)
! Population (2011)
! Percentage (2011)
! Population (2016)
! Percentage (2016)
|-
| [[English language|English]]
| 5,440
| 77.77%
| 5,190
| 72.53%
| 4,830
| 69.30%
|-
| [[French language|French]]
| 890
| 12.72%
| 1,045
| 14.61%
| 1,065
| 15.28%
|-
| Both English and French
| 70
| 1.00%
| 120
| 1.68%
| 130
| 1.87%
|-
| Other languages
| 590
| 8.43%
| 585
| 8.18%
| 720
| 10.33%
|}

The town is noted for having the highest [[Jewish population by cities and city areas|percentage of Jewish residents]] of any city in Canada,<ref name=":0" /> and the third highest worldwide outside Israel.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}

{| class="wikitable"
! Religion (2001)<ref>[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2466060&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=hampstead&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= Canada. 2002. 2001 Community Profiles. Released June 27, 2002] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118190256/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2466060&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=hampstead&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |date=January 18, 2016 }}.</ref>
! Population
! Percentage
! % (of total in Quebec)
|-
| [[Judaism|Jewish]]
| 5,170
| 74.2%
| 5.75%
|-
| [[Catholicism|Catholic]]
| 760
| 10.9%
| 0.01%
|-
| No religious affiliation
| 300
| 4.3%
| 0.07%
|-
| [[Protestantism|Protestant]]
| 295
| 4.2%
| 0.09%
|-
| [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Christian Orthodox]]
| 280
| 4%
| 0.28%
|-
| [[Islam|Muslim]]
| 45
| 0.6%
| 0.04%
|-
| [[Buddhism|Buddhist]]
| 75
| 1.1%
| 0.18%
|-
| [[Christianity|Christian]], n.i.e.
| 25
| 0.4%
| 0.04%
|-
| [[Hinduism|Hindu]]
| 15
| 0.2%
| 0.06%
|-
| Other
| 10
| 0.1%
| 0.26%
|-
|}

==Local government==
In the November 6, 2005 municipal elections, William (Bill) Steinberg was elected mayor of Hampstead. Steinberg was the first new mayor after 4 years of civic control by [[Gérald Tremblay]], when Hampstead was part of Montreal. Mayor Steinberg defeated Irving Adessky who had been mayor for 27 years (1974-2001) and former councillor Gerald Kestner. In his honour, the community centre has been renamed after him. Steinberg was re-elected on November 1, 2009 defeating former town councillor David Sternthal with 61% of the vote. On November 3, 2013 Mayor Steinberg was re-elected for a third term defeating former town councillor Bonnie Feigenbaum with 61.21% of the vote (voter turnout was 44.5%).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/organisation-municipale/democratie-municipale/archives-des-resultats-des-elections-municipales/elections-municipales-2013/resultats-des-elections-pour-les-postes-de-maire-et-de-conseiller/?tx_txmamrotelections2013_pi1%5Bmun_text%5D=Hampstead+%2866062%29&tx_txmamrotelections2013_pi1%5Bmun%5D=66062&tx_txmamrotelections2013_pi1%5Bsearch%5D=Afficher|title = Résultats des élections pour les postes de maire et de conseiller}}</ref> In the 2017 Municipal Elections, Steinberg, Warren Budning, Harvey Shaffer, Jack Edery, and Michael Goldwax were acclaimed. Bill Steinberg served as Mayor for 16 years (2005-2021).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://billsteinberg.ca|title=Bill Steinberg Official Website}}</ref>

Current Government:
* Mayor: Jeremy Levi
* Councillors: 
:#Leon Elfassy
:#Jack Edery
:#Harvey Shaffer
:#Michael Goldwax
:#Warren Budning
:#Jason Farber
Mayor Jeremy Levi attracted controversy for flying the flag of Israel outside the town hall, and for saying he supports "full occupation and annexation of Gaza" amid the [[Gaza war]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-08-15 |title=Hampstead, Que., residents challenge Israeli flag in front of town hall |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/hampstead-quebec-israeli-flag-1.7609394 |work=[[CBC News]]}}</ref>

===Former mayors===
List of former mayors:<ref>{{cite web |title=Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Hampstead (ville) 19.2.1914 - 1.1.2002 * 1.1.2006 - ... |url=https://www.mairesduquebec.com/mairesduquebec/munic.php?id=2967 |website=www.mairesduquebec.com |publisher=Institut généalogique Drouin |access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref>
* James Baillie (1914–1924)
* James A. Baillie (1924–1928, 1930–1932)
* William Schuyler Lighthall (1928–1930)
* Archibald F. Byers (1932–1935)
* Vincent E. Scully (1935–1936)
* Hartland Glaspell Parsons (1936–1948)
* Lyman Ira Playfair (1948–1964)
* Stuart Milnet Finlayson (1964–1974)
* Irving L. Adessky (1974–2001)
* William Steinberg (2005–2021)
* Jeremy Levi (2021–present)

==Transportation==
Two major thoroughfares exist in Hampstead. One is [[Queen Mary Road]] and the other is [[Van Horne Avenue|Fleet Road]].

Hampstead is accessible by the following [[Société de transport de Montréal|STM]] bus lines:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hampstead.qc.ca/1/Local+Community/Public+Transport|title = Town of Hampstead}}</ref> [[List of Société de transport de Montréal bus routes|51 Édouard-Montpetit (Queen-Mary)]], [[List of Société de transport de Montréal bus routes|66 The Boulevard (Côte-Saint-Luc)]], [[List of Société de transport de Montréal bus routes|161 Van Horne (Fleet)]], [[List of Société de transport de Montréal bus routes|166 Queen Mary (Macdonald)]].

There were various stages of development for Hampstead. The newer areas tend to be to the north and to the west. The city is almost completely composed of single family residences, except for the apartment buildings on [[Côte-Saint-Luc Road]], and the duplexes and triplexes along MacDonald, Cleve, Dufferin, Heath, Holtham, Harrow and Aldred Roads. There are no commercial properties in the city. There is only one school in the city, the Hampstead Elementary School, which is public.

At the beginning of each summer is Hampstead Day, which features a small carnival and fireworks, curated by the staff of the Hampstead Pool and of the Hampstead Day Camp.

==International relations==

===Twin towns — Sister cities===
Hampstead is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Kiryat Shmona]], Israel ''(since 1978)''

==See also==
* [[List of anglophone communities in Quebec]]
* [[:Category:People from Hampstead, Quebec|People from the Town of Hampstead]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |388460}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{Official website|http://www.hampstead.qc.ca}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Hampstead
 | North     = [[Image:Flag of Montreal.svg|25px]] [[Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce]] (Montreal)
 | Northeast = 
 | East      = [[Image:Flag of Montreal.svg|25px]] [[Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce]] (Montreal)
 | Southeast = 
 | South     = [[Image:Flag of Montreal.svg|25px]] [[Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce]] (Montreal)
 | Southwest = 
 | West      = [[Côte-Saint-Luc]]
 | Northwest = 
}}
{{MontrealNeighbourhoods}}
{{Authority control}}

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