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{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Outremont
| settlement_type                 = [[Boroughs of Montreal|Borough]] of [[Montreal]]
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| seat_type                       = Electoral&nbsp;Districts <br />[[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal]]
| seat                            = <br />[[Outremont (electoral district)|Outremont]]
| parts_type                      = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Provincial]]
| parts                           = [[Mont-Royal–Outremont]]
| government_footnotes            = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/arrondissement/REM05/ |title=Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Régions: Outremont (Montreal) |access-date=2012-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106195832/http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/arrondissement/REM05/ |archive-date=2013-01-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=526 |title=Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: OUTREMONT (Quebec) |access-date=2009-04-22 |archive-date=2009-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618182102/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=526 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/resultats_gen.asp?bsq=Outremont&section=resultats_gen&even='2008'&mode='n3'#resul|title=Chief Electoral Officer of Québec - 40th General Election Riding Results: OUTREMONT}}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
| government_type                 = Borough
| leader_title                    = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name                     = [[Laurent Desbois]] ([[Ensemble Montréal|EM]])
| leader_title1                   = Federal [[House of Commons of Canada|MP]](s)
| leader_name1                    = [[Rachel Bendayan]] ([[Liberal Party of Canada|LPC]])
| leader_title2                   = Quebec [[National Assembly of Quebec|MNA]](s)
| leader_name2                    = [[Michelle Setlakwe]] ([[Quebec Liberal Party|PLQ]])
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| area_codes                       = [[Area code 514/438|(514) and (438)]]
| website                         = [https://montreal.ca/apropos/outremont montreal.ca]
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'''Outremont''' ({{IPA|fr|utʁəmɔ̃}}) is an affluent residential [[Montreal borough|borough]] (''[[arrondissement]]'') of the city of [[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada. It consists entirely  of the [[List of former municipalities in Quebec|former city]] on the [[Island of Montreal]] in southwestern [[Quebec]]. The neighbourhood is inhabited largely by [[French-Canadian|Francophones]], and is also home to a [[Hasidic Jewish]] community. Since the 1950s, Outremont has been mostly residential, but some streets such as Van Horne, Bernard and Laurier have many commercial buildings.

The most important road{{clarify|date=August 2022}} in Outremont is [[Côte-Sainte-Catherine Road]], where the borough hall is located. The neighborhood's major commercial streets are [[Laurier Avenue (Montreal)|Laurier Avenue]], Bernard Avenue, and [[Van Horne Avenue]].

==Geography==
A separate city until the 2000 [[Montreal Merger|municipal mergers]], Outremont is located north of downtown, on the north-western side of [[Mount Royal]] – its name means "beyond the mountain" although it encompasses Murray Hill (colline d'Outremont), one of the three peaks that make up Mount Royal. It was named for the house – ''Outre-Mont'' – built c. 1830 for [[Louis-Tancrède Bouthillier]], a former Sheriff of [[Montreal]].

The borough is bounded to the northwest by [[Mount Royal, Quebec|Mount Royal]], to the northeast by [[Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension]] and [[Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie]], to the east by [[Le Plateau-Mont-Royal]] and the [[Mile End (Montreal)|Mile End]] district, to the south by [[Ville-Marie (Montreal)|Ville-Marie]], and to the west by [[Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce]]. The [[Mount Royal Cemetery]] is located in the south eastern tip of the borough.

==Toponymy==
[[File:Maison Bouthillier, Outremont.jpg|thumb|left|[[Louis-Tancrède Bouthillier]]'s house, ''Outre-Mont'', built c. 1830]]
The area was originally known as Côte Sainte-Catherine. The name Outremont came from how it was called at the time by travelers. Travelers who wished to travel north from downtown Montreal had to go "through" the mountain as in "Outre-Mont".

In 1833, [[Louis-Tancrède Bouthillier]] built a country residence that he named ''Outre-Mont''; it still exists today on Rue McDougall. The term Outremont gradually becomes the term used to designate the region.

==History==
In 1875, Louis Beaubien, a federal representative, gets a federal sanction for the village.  To achieve the minimum amount of residence needed, Louis Beaubien counts barns and other farm buildings as residences. The town changes its name from Cote-Sainte-Catherine to Outremont. The village is home to only 300 souls.

In 1927, Outremont became the first place in the world to use a [[snow blower]] to clear its streets in the winter. It was the first production model of Canadian inventor Arthur Sicard's Sicard Industries.<ref>[http://www.sicard-snowblast.com/about_sicard.html About Sicard<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Canadian Prime Minister [[Pierre Elliott Trudeau]] was born and raised in Outremont.

==Features==
[[File:Outremontbernard.jpg|An apartment building on Bernard Avenue in Outremont|thumb|left]]
Outremont is served by the [[Outremont (Montreal Metro)|Outremont]] and [[Édouard-Montpetit (Montreal Metro)|Édouard-Montpetit]] stations on the [[Line 5 Blue (Montreal Metro)|Blue Line]] of the [[Montreal Metro]]. (Édouard-Montpetit station is actually located in [[Côte-des-Neiges]], but right on the Outremont border).

Major thoroughfares include Avenue Van Horne and chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, with avenue Bernard and avenue Laurier as the principal shopping and dining areas. The area has a number of trendy restaurants, cafés and shops. Residents include a substantial percentage of expatriates from France. There is also a sizable Hassidic Jewish community, representing about 20% of Outremont's population, which resides mainly in the eastern and northern portions of the borough.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130116163523/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2466065&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=outremont&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= Statistics Canada 2001 Community Profile]</ref> Many Jewish synagogues, schools and businesses can be found on avenues Van Horne, Bernard and St-Viateur.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schnoor |first=Randal F. |date=2002 |title=Tradition and Innovation in an Ultra-Orthodox Community: The Hasidim Of Outremont |doi=10.25071/1916-0925.19956 |journal=Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes |volume=10 |pages=53–73|doi-access=free }}</ref>

Among the attractions in the mainly residential community are the [[Mount Royal Cemetery]], the Salle Claude-Champagne, the Théâtre Outremont, the Saint-Grégoire-l'Illuminateur Armenian Cathedral and part of the [[Université de Montréal]] campus.

Outremont also has a rail yard along its northern border. The rail yard has been purchased by the Université de Montréal and is to be developed to house its hospital complex, its research faculties and the faculty of Health Sciences (Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal).

Outremont was twinned as a [[sister city]] with [[Oakwood, Montgomery County, Ohio|Oakwood]], [[Ohio]] and [[Le Vésinet]], [[France]].

==Demographics==
Source:<ref name="auto"/>
{{Historical populations
|title       = Historical populations
|type        = Canada
|align       = right
|width       =
|state       = Quebec
|shading     =
|percentages =
|footnote    = 
|1966|30881
|1971|28550
|1976|27089
|1981|24338
|1986|23080
|1991|22935
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|22571
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|22933
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|22897
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|23566
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2016]]|23954}}

'''Home language (2016)'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Language
! Population
! Percentage (%)
|-
| [[french language|French]]
| 13,885                 
| 61%
|-
| [[English language|English]]
| 4,260
| 19%
|-
| Other languages
| 4,460
| 20%
|}

'''Mother Tongue (2016)'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Language
! Population
! Percentage (%)
|-
| [[french language|French]]
| 13,160                 
| 58%
|-
| [[English language|English]]
| 3,075
| 13%
|-
| Other languages
| 6,650
| 29%
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+'''Visible Minorities''' ([[Canada 2016 Census|2016]])
! Ethnicity
! Population
! Percentage (%)
|-
| Not a visible minority
| 20,995
| 90.3%
|-
| [[Visible minorities]]
| 2,255
| 9.7%
|}

==Politics==

===Federal and provincial elections===
The borough is entirely contained within the federal riding of [[Outremont (electoral district)|Outremont]] and the provincial riding of the [[Mont-Royal–Outremont]].

===Borough council===

The borough is represented on [[Montreal City Council]] by its borough mayor alone. The borough is further divided into four districts, each of which elects one borough councillor. The current borough administration was elected in the November 2021 municipal elections.

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
! District
! Position
! Name
! width="30px" | &nbsp;
! Party
|-
| —
| Borough mayor<br />[[Montreal City Council|Montreal city councillor]]
| [[Laurent Desbois]]
| {{Canadian party colour|MTL|Ensemble|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Ensemble Montréal]]
|-
| Claude-Ryan
| Borough councillor
| Mindy Pollak
| {{Canadian party colour|MTL|Projet|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Projet Montréal]]
|-
| Jeanne-Sauvé
| Borough councillor
| Caroline Braun
| {{Canadian party colour|MTL|Ensemble|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Ensemble Montréal]]
|-
| Joseph-Beaubien
| Borough councillor
| Valérie Patreau
| {{Canadian party colour|MTL|Projet|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Projet Montréal]]
|-
| Robert-Bourassa
| Borough councillor
| Marie Potvin
| {{Canadian party colour|MTL|Ensemble|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal|Ensemble Montréal]]
|}

==Education==
The ''[[Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys]]'' operates Francophone public schools.<ref>"[http://www.csmb.qc.ca/fr-CA/recherche-etablissement.aspx ÉCOLES ET CENTRES]." ''[[Commission Scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys]]''. Retrieved on December 7, 2014.</ref>

Adult schools include:
* ''Centre d'éducation des adultes Outremont''

Specialized schools include:
* ''Secondaire Adapté à ta Situation SAS''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.csmb.qc.ca/ecoles/Default.aspx?alias=www3.csmb.qc.ca/ecoles/sas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504214841/http://www3.csmb.qc.ca/ecoles/Default.aspx?alias=www3.csmb.qc.ca/ecoles/sas|archive-date=2019-05-04|access-date=2023-08-09|title=École du SAS le secondaire adapté à ta situation|url-status=live}}</ref>

Secondary schools include:
* ''École secondaire Paul-Gérin-Lajoie-d'Outremont''
* ''Pensionnat du Saint-Nom-de-Marie''
* ''Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf''

Primary schools include:
* ''Guy-Drummond''
* ''Lajoie''
* ''Nouvelle-Querbes''
* ''Saint-Germain-d'Outremont''
* ''Buissonnière - Saint-Anne''

Additionally, Collège Stanislas, a primary and secondary school is in Outremont.

The [[Lester B. Pearson School Board]] (LBPSB) and [[English Montreal School Board]] (EMSB) operate Anglophone public schools in the greater Montreal area.

===Public libraries===
The [[Montreal Public Libraries Network]] operates the Robert-Bourassa Branch in Outremont.<ref>"[http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=4276,6695558&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Les bibliothèques par arrondissement]." [[Montreal Public Libraries Network]]. Retrieved on December 7, 2014.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Boroughs of Montreal#List of Montreal boroughs|Boroughs of Montreal]]
* [[Districts of Montreal]]
* [[List of former municipalities in Quebec|List of former cities in Quebec]]
* [[Municipal reorganization in Quebec]]

== Further reading ==
* Schnoor, R. F. (2002). [[doi:10.25071/1916-0925.19956|"Tradition and Innovation in an Ultra-Orthodox Community: The Hasidim Of Outremont."]] ''Canadian Jewish Studies Études Juives Canadiennes'', 10. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.25071/1916-0925.19956</nowiki>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Montreal/Outremont}}
* [https://montreal.ca/outremont Borough website] (in [[French language|French]])
* [http://www.imtl.org/montreal/search.php?kind=1&vsearch=1&name=&floor=&floormax=&location=&borough=4&year=&yearmax=&subType=0&architect=&sub=Search&TYPE=&interval=10&resume=2&sortBy=YEAR&sortType=DESC Historical buildings of Outremont on IMTL]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070630164811/http://www.restomontreal.ca/districts/montreal-outremont-restaurants.php Outremont Restaurants]

{{Geographic Location (8-way)
 | Centre    = [[Image:Flag of Montreal.svg|25px]] Outremont (Montreal)
 | North     =
 | Northeast = [[Image:Flag of Montreal.svg|25px]] [[Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension]] ([[Montreal]])
 | East      = [[Image:Flag of Montreal.svg|25px]] [[Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie]] ([[Montreal]])
 | Southeast = [[Image:Flag of Montreal.svg|25px]] [[Le Plateau-Mont-Royal]] ([[Montreal]])
 | South     = ''[[Mount Royal]]''
 | Southwest =
 | West      = [[Image:Flag of Montreal.svg|25px]] [[Cote-des-Neiges--Notre-Dame-de-Grace]] ([[Montreal]])
 | Northwest = [[Mount Royal, Quebec|Town of Mount Royal]]
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