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Saint-Hubert, Quebec

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Wikipedia

Saint-Hubert is a borough in the city of Longueuil, located in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It had been a separate city prior to January 1, 2002, when it along with several other neighbouring south shore municipalities were merged into Longueuil. According to the Quebec Statistics Institute, Saint-Hubert had 78,336 in 2006. The area of the borough is 65.98 km². Longueuil's city hall is now located in Saint-Hubert. Saint-Hubert is located about 14 kilometers (almost 9 miles) from downtown Montreal.

The borough has a wide array of commercial, industrial and agricultural enterprises. The aerospace industry is arguably the most important of these enterprises. Pratt & Whitney Canada designs and manufactures jet engines at a plant near Saint-Hubert Airport. The Canadian Space Agency has its head office in the borough. The École nationale d'aérotechnique, a school that teaches aeronautics is located in the borough and operated by Collège Édouard-Montpetit.

History

The city's namesake is derived from Hubertus, who later became commonly known as St. Hubert. It was originally established as a parish in 1860, and was granted official city status in 1958

In 1971, the former city of Laflèche (previously known as Mackayville), merged with the city of Saint-Hubert.

October Crisis

At the height of the 1970 October Crisis, Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte was kidnapped from his Saint-Lambert, Quebec home and held at Saint-Hubert Airport. His murdered body was eventually found in a trunk of a parked car at the airport. The city of Saint-Hubert, like many other Quebec municipalities, named a park in his honour, Parc Pierre-Laporte.

Recent history

In 1992, the city began work on the creation of a large park, to be known as Parc de la Cité. It is located in the heart of the city and includes a one-kilometer long man-made lake.

Politics

The borough of St-Hubert is located in the Saint-Bruno-Saint-Hubert federal electoral district. Its Member of Parliament is Carole Lavallée of the Bloc Québécois.

It is split between the Vachon and Laporte (Laflèche) provincial electoral districts. Vachon's Member of the National Assembly is Camil Bouchard of the Parti Québécois. Laporte's Member of the National Assembly is Nicole Ménard of the Quebec Liberal Party.

It is composed of eight municipal districts and four distinct sectors:

Iberville
Laflèche
Laurendeau
Maricourt

Demographics

In 2001, Saint-Hubert had a population of 75,912; 1.5% less than 1996's 77,042.

Mother Tongue Language
From Canada 2001 Census

Language	Population	Percentage (%)
French	63,770	84%
English	5,495	7.24%
Both English and French	635	0.84%
Other languages	5,290	6.97%

Education

Primary

Royal Charles Elementary
Royal Oak Elementary
Terry Fox Elementary
Ecole Primaire Charles-LeMoyne
Ecole Primaire de La Mosaïque
Ecole Primaire De Maricourt
Ecole Primaire des Mille-Fleurs
Ecole Primaire des Quatre-Saisons
Ecole Primaire des Quatre-Vents
Ecole Primaire D'Iberville
Ecole Primaire Du Jardin-Bienville
Ecole Primaire Gaétan-Boucher
Ecole Primaire Laurent-Benoît
Ecole Primaire Maurice-L.-Duplessis
Ecole Primaire Monseigneur-Forget
Ecole Primaire Paul-Chagnon
Ecole Primaire Saint-Joseph

Secondary

Heritage Regional High School
Ecole Secondaire André-Laurendeau
Ecole Secondaire Mgr-A.-M.-Parent

Post Secondary

École nationale d'aérotechnique (Collège Édouard-Montpetit)

Transportation

Airport

The borough has a medium sized airport known as St-Hubert Airport. In terms of aircraft movements, it is among the busiest in Canada. The airport was once the location of a Canadian Air Force Base, which ceased operation in 1995. The airport includes a weather station, next to which stands the headquarters of the Canadian Space Agency.