Hampstead is an 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.
Hampstead | |
|---|---|
 Hampstead Town Hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Garden City | |
 Location on the Island of Montreal | |
  Hampstead Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°29′N 73°38′W / 45.483°N 73.633°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montreal |
| RCM | None |
| Constituted | January 1, 2006 |
| Named for | Hampstead, London[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jeremy Levi |
| • Federal riding | Mount Royal |
| • Prov. riding | D'Arcy-McGee |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.77 km2 (0.68 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1.79 km2 (0.69 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent discrepancy between 2 authoritative sources. | |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
| • Total | 7,037 |
| • Density | 3,922.1/km2 (10,158/sq mi) |
| • Pop. 2016-2021 |  0.9% |
| • Dwellings | 2,622 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 514 and 438 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www |
History
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The Town of Hampstead was founded in 1914. It was designed to be an exclusive 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 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]
Merger and demerger
editOn January 1, 2002, as part of the 2002–06 municipal reorganization of Montreal, it was merged with Côte-Saint-Luc and Montreal West and became the Côte-Saint-Luc–Hampstead–Montréal-Ouest borough of the City of Montreal. However, after a change of government and a 2004 referendum, all three were re-constituted as independent cities on January 1, 2006.
Demographics
editAccording to the Office québécois de la langue française, Hampstead has been officially recognized as a bilingual municipality since 2005-11-02.[5]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hampstead had a population of 7,037 living in 2,493 of its 2,622 total private dwellings, a change of 0.9% from its 2016 population of 6,973. With a land area of 1.79 km2 (0.69 sq mi), it had a population density of 3,931.3/km2 (10,182.0/sq mi) in 2021.[6]
| 2021 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 7,037 (+0.9% from 2016) | 6,973 (-2.5% from 2011) |
| Land area | 1.79 km2 (0.69 sq mi) | 1.80 km2 (0.69 sq mi) |
| Population density | 3,922.1/km2 (10,158/sq mi) | 3,884.2/km2 (10,060/sq mi) |
| Median age | 39.6 (M: 38.8, F: 40.4) | 40.8 (M: 39.3, F: 41.6) |
| Private dwellings | 2,622 (total) 2,493 (occupied) | 2,623 (total) |
| Median household income | $150,000 | $122,496 |
| Canada 2006 Census[11] | Population | % of Total Population | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visible minority group | South Asian | 45 | 0.6 |
| Chinese | 55 | 0.8 | |
| Black | 145 | 2.1 | |
| Filipino | 130 | 1.9 | |
| Latin American | 80 | 1.1 | |
| Southeast Asian | 45 | 0.6 | |
| Other visible minority | 155 | 2.3 | |
| Total visible minority population | 655 | 9.4 | |
| Aboriginal group | First Nations | 0 | 0 |
| Métis | 0 | 0 | |
| Inuit | 0 | 0 | |
| Total Aboriginal population | 0 | 0 | |
| White | 6,340 | 90.6 | |
| Total population | 6,995 | 100 | |
In terms of mother tongue, the 2006 census found that, including multiple responses, almost 63% of residents spoke English, and about 16% of residents spoke French. The next most commonly reported first languages learned were Hebrew, Yiddish, Polish and Romanian.[12]
| Mother Tongue | Population (2006) | Percentage (2006) | Population (2016) | Percentage (2016) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | 4,260 | 60.9% | 3,950 | 56.7% |
| 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 | 160 | 2.3% | 30 | 0.4% |
| Romanian | 145 | 2.1% | 100 | 1.4% |
| Spanish | 135 | 1.9% | 145 | 2.1% |
| Arabic | 110 | 1.6% | 110 | 1.6% |
| Korean | 90 | 1.3% | 60 | 0.9% |
| Hungarian | 65 | 0.9% | 45 | 0.6% |
| Tagalog | 60 | 0.9% | 70 | 1.0% |
| Chinese | 45 | 0.6% | 115 | 1.6% |
| Italian | 40 | 0.6% | 65 | 0.9% |
| Russian | 40 | 0.6% | 80 | 1.1% |
| German | 35 | 0.5% | 40 | 0.6% |
| Persian | 35 | 0.5% | 135 | 1.9% |
| Vietnamese | 35 | 0.5% | 40 | 0.6% |
| Bisayan | 20 | 0.3% | ||
| Greek | 20 | 0.3% | 35 | 0.5% |
| Serbian | 20 | 0.3% | 25 | 0.4% |
| Language | Population (2006) | Percentage (2006) | Population (2011) | Percentage (2011) | Population (2016) | Percentage (2016) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | 5,440 | 77.77% | 5,190 | 72.53% | 4,830 | 69.30% |
| 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 percentage of Jewish residents of any city in Canada, and the third highest worldwide outside Israel.[citation needed]
| Religion (2001)[13] | Population | Percentage | % (of total in Quebec) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish | 5,170 | 74.2% | 5.75% |
| Catholic | 760 | 10.9% | 0.01% |
| No religious affiliation | 300 | 4.3% | 0.07% |
| Protestant | 295 | 4.2% | 0.09% |
| Christian Orthodox | 280 | 4% | 0.28% |
| Muslim | 45 | 0.6% | 0.04% |
| Buddhist | 75 | 1.1% | 0.18% |
| Christian, n.i.e. | 25 | 0.4% | 0.04% |
| Hindu | 15 | 0.2% | 0.06% |
| Other | 10 | 0.1% | 0.26% |
Local government
editIn 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%).[14] 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).[15]
Current Government:
- Mayor: Jeremy Levi
- Councillors:
- Leon Elfassy
- Jack Edery
- Harvey Shaffer
- Michael Goldwax
- Warren Budning
- Jason Farber
Former mayors
editList of former mayors:[16]
- 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
editTwo major thoroughfares exist in Hampstead. One is Queen Mary Road and the other is Fleet Road. While it is difficult to drive quickly down Queen Mary (because of all the stop signs), Fleet Road is geared for automobile traffic, with synchronized traffic lights.
Hampstead is accessible by the following STM bus lines:[17] 51 Édouard-Montpetit (Queen-Mary), 66 The Boulevard (Côte-Saint-Luc), 161 Van Horne (Fleet), 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
editTwin towns — Sister cities
editHampstead is twinned with:
Kiryat Shmona, Israel (since 1978)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 388460". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Hampstead". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: MOUNT ROYAL (Quebec)
- ^ a b "Hampstead, Ville (V) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "Organismes reconnus offrant des services dans une langue autre que le français". www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca. 2022-12-19. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ "Pickering, Ontario (City) Census Subdivision". Community Profiles, Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. Archived from the original on 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
- ^ "Hampstead, V". 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. Statistics Canada. 2007-11-20. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
- ^ Canada. 2002. 2001 Community Profiles. Released June 27, 2002 Archived January 18, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Résultats des élections pour les postes de maire et de conseiller".
- ^ "Bill Steinberg Official Website".
- ^ "Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Hampstead (ville) 19.2.1914 - 1.1.2002 * 1.1.2006 - ..." www.mairesduquebec.com. Institut généalogique Drouin. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "Town of Hampstead".
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