Ahuntsic-Cartierville Borough
The Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough is located at the extreme North of the Island of Montreal with an easy access to the City of Laval, a populated and commercial suburb across the Rivière-des-Prairies.
The Ville de Laval also being a key center with an economy based on the service sector as well as on a strong manufacturing sector.
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Borough Rivers
A North-South network, that is from the Rivière-des-Prairies in the North towards the Saint-Laurent River in the South and an East-West network, towards the East or towards the West with the St-Laurent Boulevard in the middle. A network system that creates heavy traffic, especially during rush hours.
The
two channels - North-South and East-West - do bring an important car
flow to the borough, as well as the noise that comes with it in certain areas.
However, and despite the noise and the urban air pollution, the area did and still does offer an interesting way of life. Ahuntsic and Cartierville continue to have the reputation of a beautiful, affluent and recreational Montreal borough.
A reputation that is definitely a reality when one looks at the local water banks, the riverside parks, the bike paths, the sports facilities, the community gardens, the recreation parks... A borough with an interesting mixture of action, recreation and tranquility.
Ahunsic-Cartierville Borough Immigrants
The immigrants who, years ago, came to Montreal and to Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough are mainly from Italy, Lebanon and Haiti while the immigrants who recently settled in are mostly from Algeria, Morocco and Romania.
IIn Ahuntsic-Cartierville, families with average to high incomes blend with families with low incomes.
IImmigrants who play an important role in terms of labour force, economic growth and on funding our social services such as health care. Unfortunately, immigration increased the contrasts between the rich and the poor, the young and the old, the educated and the uneducated, the workers and the unemployed...
Then again, and thanks to a massive arrival of immigrants from a large variety of countries, the borough now profits from an interesting cultural diversity as well as from a multiculturalism rightly described by many as an "antidote for ignorance".
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Borough Environment
The Bois-de-Saraguay in Cartierville provides an overview of the quality of the environment that once existed along the banks of the Rivière-des-Prairies while the Île-de-la-Visitation in Ahuntsic provides a possibility to observe a wide variety of birds and aquatic wildlife.
Two nature-parks that are must-see destinations in all four seasons.
For a change of scenery and to appreciate nature with its abundant local flora, wide variety of trees, large assortment of birds, snowy paths, clean water...
The Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough does offer a large variety of urban parks and, the borough is safe and secure. The residents do feel safe in their respective area where an interesting residential and commercial variety has developed over the years.
Ahuntsic is typically "montrealais" with its cottages, its bungalows and its duplex. And, Cartierville offers a larger proportion of bigger buildings such as triplex, quadruplex and apartment towers.
The predominance of trees and green spaces on most residential streets, combined to the vitality of the local commercial streets and neighborhood areas largely contribute to the quality of life of the local residents.
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Borough Railways
The Canadian Northern Railway and then both the Canadian National Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway contributed to the economic development of the territory we now refer to as Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough since January 1st, 2002.
The two commuter railway lines were transferred to AMT in 1996, AMT being the organization that now operates Montreal commuter rail and express bus services all over the Greater Montreal area.
Railways that also created a physical barrier between the two territories, Ahuntsic in the East and Cartierville in the West.
The borough offers a large network of roads, several bus lines and three metro stations in Ahuntsic, that is Henri-Bourassa, Sauvé and Crémazie also located in Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Exension, but none in Cartierville.
Unfortunately for the residents, but fortunately for the commuters, the local system of roads and public transport places both territories in the heart of two major and busy networks, the Autoroute/Highway 15 that runs north-south and the Autoroute/Highway 40 that runs east-west.
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Borough Bridges
The Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough is a beautiful, affluent and recreational borough bordered on its North side by the Riviere-des-Prairies also called the Back River.
Floods may happen when the snow melts in the Spring, during a period of heavy rain or when a dam breaks.
As a result, the municipal authorities are always monitoring the water levels of the Back River and having evacuation plans ready.
With its four bridges and one railway bridge, Ahuntsic-Cartierville is the unavoidable crossing point to and from the North Shore across the Rivière-des-Prairies.
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