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Ahuntsic (/əˈhʌntsɪk/; Canadian French pronunciation [aɔntsɪk], colloquially [ɔntsɪk]) is a district in the northern part of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Originally an independent village, Ahuntsic was first annexed by Montreal in 1910, then merged into the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in 2002.
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| Coordinates: 45°33′17″N 73°40′16″W / 45.554685°N 73.670985°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| City | Montreal |
| Borough | Ahuntsic-Cartierville |
| Established | 1910 |
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| Area code(s) | 514, 438 |
It is home to Collège Ahuntsic and Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard.
Name
editThe district is named after a person of the same name, a man from the Huron nation, who was an understudy and associate of the French Recollet missionary to the Hurons, Nicolas Viel, in the 1620s in the colony of Quebec.
Viel had been one of the first missionaries in the country of the Hurons since 1923. In May 1625, Viel decided to return to Quebec city in the company of a band of Hurons, including Ahuntsic, with the intention of making a few days' retreat and then returning to his missions. It is known that both Viel and Ahuntsic drowned in the last chute of the Riviere des Prairies, which from that time bears the name of Sault-au-Récollet. This district is adjacent to the aforementioned chute, and has thus been named in honour of Ahuntsic.[1]
History
editThe municipality of the Village of Ahuntsic was founded on January 21, 1897, by a proclamation of the Quebec provincial government. The council of the new village operated until 1910, when the province passed laws creating the charter of the City of Montreal. It was then annexed and later combined with Nouveau-Bordeaux, forming the district of Ahuntsic-Bordeaux. The city of Cartierville and Sault-au-Récollet were added in 1918.
In 1952, following a land exchange, Ahuntsic took over part of Saint-Laurent. During the municipal merger-demerger under Bernard Landry administration, the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough was created on January 1, 2002 together with the district of Cartierville.
Education
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The Collège Ahuntsic is a CEGEP in Ahuntsic.
The Commission scolaire de Montréal (CSDM) operates French-language public schools in Ahuntsic.[2]
- École primaire Ahuntsic[3]
The English Montreal School Board (EMSB) operates English-language schools.
The Montreal Public Libraries Network operates the Ahuntsic library.[4]
Noted residents
edit- Mélanie Joly (b. 1979), MP for Ahuntsic-Cartierville, former Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages, current Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Julie Payette (b. 1963), former astronaut and 29th Governor General of Canada
- Maurice Richard (1921-2000), NHL player for the Montreal Canadiens
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Jesuites de Canada (14 janvier 2020) Le premier noviciat jésuite: des leçons précieuses pour aujourd’hui [1]
- ^ "Cartierville–Ahuntsic-Ouest : Chantal Jorg." Commission scolaire de Montréal. Retrieved on December 7, 2014.
- ^ "École primaire | Commission scolaire de Montréal".
- ^ Bibliothèque de Montréal (in French)
External links
edit- Ahuntsic.com (in French)
- Pictures of Ahunsic on Image Montreal IMTL.org
- "Ahuntsic". Commission de la toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2011.