Sainte-Marie, Montreal

Quartier Sainte-Marie
Neighbourhood
The historic JTI MacDonald factory on Ontario Street
The historic JTI MacDonald factory on Ontario Street
Quartier Sainte-Marie is located in Montreal
Quartier Sainte-Marie
Quartier Sainte-Marie
Coordinates: 45°31′30″N 73°32′44″W / 45.52500°N 73.54550°W / 45.52500; -73.54550
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
CityMontreal
BoroughVille-Marie
Postal code(s)
H2K

The Sainte-Marie (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁi] ⓘ) neighbourhood is located in the eastern edge of the Centre-Sud area, in the borough of Ville-Marie. The Jacques Cartier Bridge and Maison Radio-Canada overlook the neighbourhood.

History

Prior to the construction of the Maison Radio-Canada, the area was part of the working-class neighborhood popularly known as Faubourg à m'lasse, demolished in the 1960s.[1]

Sainte-Marie, looking south towards the Jacques Cartier bridge

Sainte-Marie, and the Centre-Sud more broadly, have a long held reputation for poverty, organized crime and prostitution[2][3][4][5][6][7] casting the neighbourhood in a negative light.[8][9][10][11]

This has notably changed in recent years, with increased gentrification.[12]

Geography

Sainte-Marie is part of the larger Centre-Sud, its boundaries are roughly De Lorimier Avenue to the west, the CP rails to the east, Sherbrooke Street to the north and the St. Lawrence River to the south.

The Sainte-Marie rapids separate Sainte-Marie from St. Helen's Island.

A notable landmark in the area is the JTI MacDonald tobacco company, which has been located on Ontario Street for many decades.[13]

The Sûreté du Québec have their headquarters in the heart of the neighbourhood on Parthenais Street. The building commonly known as the Prison Parthenais, is prominent in the skyline.[14]

Politics

The neighbourhood is part of the Montreal City Council district of Sainte-Marie and the federal riding of Laurier—Sainte-Marie. Provincially it’s part of Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques, with a small eastern corner in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve riding, despite not being part of that neighbourhood.

The area around the Frontenac station

Transport

The area is served by the Montreal Metro station Frontenac.

References

  1. ^ Corriveau, Jeanne (13 December 2008). "Réinventer le "Faubourg à m'lasse"" (in French). Montreal: Le Devoir. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  2. ^ "Une nuit avec Capone" (in French). Montreal: La Presse. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Prostitution dans le quartier Centre-Sud: les citoyens exigent des solutions" (in French). Montreal: TVA Nouvelles. 18 September 2002. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Prostitution dans le Centre-Sud de Montréal - Le groupe Stella n'apprécie pas les opérations policières" (in French). Montreal: Le Devoir. 21 May 2002. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  5. ^ Nadeau, Roxanne (24 September 2003). Pute de Rue (in French). Éditions des Intouchables. ISBN 2-89549-119-4.
  6. ^ Collective authors (January 2013). Hôtel Jolicoeur (in French). Self-Publication. ISBN 978-2-9813755-0-6.
  7. ^ St-Sauveur, Isa-Belle (2020). L'enfer d'une fille de rue (in French). Béliveau Éditeur. ISBN 978-2-89793-106-3.
  8. ^ Forget, Dominique (8 May 2013). "Mon quartier me rend malade" (in French). Montreal: L'Actualité. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  9. ^ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7-_0csCC1hY%7C CONTE DU CENTRE-SUD documentary (in French)
  10. ^ "L'ancien bunker des Rock Machine n'est plus qu'un amas de débris" (in French). Montreal: TVA Nouvelles. 18 October 2001. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  11. ^ Suicide, Richard (March 2014). Chroniques du Centre-Sud (in French). Editions Pow Pow. ISBN 9782924049143.
  12. ^ "Embourgeoisement : que va devenir le quartier Centre-Sud?" (in French). Montreal: Radio Canada. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  13. ^ "JTI-Macdonald Grand répertoire du patrimoine bâti de Montréal".
  14. ^ "Registre patrimonial SQI - Édifice Wilfrid-Derome - 1701, rue Parthenais, Montréal". Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2020-11-24.