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| Name | Odonym | Namesake |
|---|---|---|
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| Angrignon | Boulevard Angrignon; Parc Angrignon | J.B. Arthur Angrignon, city councillor |
| Monk | Boulevard Monk | James Monk , Québec attorney-general |
| Jolicoeur | Rue Jolicoeur | J-Moïse Jolicoeur, parish priest |
| Verdun | Rue de Verdun; borough of Verdun | Notre-Dame-de-Saverdun, France, hometown of Seigneur Zacharie Dupuis |
| De L'Église | Avenue de l'Église | Église Saint-Paul |
| LaSalle | Boulevard LaSalle | Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer |
| Charlevoix | Rue Charlevoix | F.-X. de Charlevoix, French historian and explorer |
| Lionel-Groulx | Avenue Lionel-Groulx | Fr. Lionel Groulx, Québec historian |
| Atwater | Avenue Atwater | Edwin Atwater, city councillor |
| Guy-Concordia Formerly Guy | Rue Guy | Étienne Guy, landowner |
| Concordia University | Concordia salus (Prosperity Through Concord), motto of Montreal | |
| Peel | Rue Peel | Robert Peel, British Prime MinisterAlternate meaning: Prime Minister (band #A prime minister is the leading member of the cabinet of the top level government in a parliamentary system of government of a country, alternatively #A prime minister is an official in a presidential system or sem |
| McGill | Avenue McGill College; McGill UniversityMcGill University Grandescunt aucta labore By work, all things increase and grow Established 1821 School type Public Principal Heather Monroe-Blum Location Montreal, Quebec Enrollment 22,915 undergraduate, 6,895 graduate Faculty 1,436 Campus Urban, 80 acr | James McGillJames McGill ( October 6, 1744 December 19, 1813) was a Scottish-born Canadian businessman and philanthropist. One of the Montreal merchants involved in the fur trade south of the Great Lakes from 1770, he diversified his activites into land speculation a, Scottish-Canadian businessman |
| Place-des-Arts | Place des Arts cultural complex | |
| Saint-Laurent | Boulevard Saint-Laurent | Saint LawrenceThis page concerns the Christian martyr. Saint Lawrence is also the name of a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario and a river in North America. The People's Republic of China also has a St. Lawrence Parish in Macau. Life Saint Lawrence Laurentius in Latin w or Saint Lawrence RiverThe Saint Lawrence River (French fleuve Saint-Laurent is a large west-to-east flowing river in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It was called Kaniatarowanenneh ("big waterway") in Mohawk. It bisect |
| Berri-UQAM Formerly Berri-de Montigny | Rue Berri | Name given by Migeon de Branssat in 1669; origin unknown |
| Université du Québec à MontréalUQAM's urban campus in Montreal's Quartier Latin Motto None Founded 1969 School type Public Rector Roch Denis Location Montreal, Quebec Enrollment 34,355 undergrad, 6,269 grad, 1,633 others Campus surroundings Urban Campus size Sports teams Citadins Masco | ||
| Rue de Montigny | Testard de Montigny family | |
| Beaudry | Rue Beaudry | Pierre Beaudry, landowner |
| Papineau | Avenue Papineau | Joseph Papineau , Québec politician (father of Louis-Joseph PapineauLouis-Joseph Papineau ( October 7, 1786- September 23, 1871), born in Montreal, Quebec, was politician, lawyer, and the landlord of the seigneurie de la Petite-Nation''. His father was Joseph Papineau, also a famous politician in Quebec. Early Involvement) |
| Frontenac | Rue Frontenac | Louis de Buade de FrontenacLouis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau ( 1620]-1620 1698) was a French courtier and Governor of New France from 1672 to 1682 and from 1689 to his death in 1698. He established a number of forts on the Great Lakes and engaged in a series of battl, Govenor-Geneneral of New France |
| Préfontaine | Rue Préfontaine; Parc Raymond-Préfontaine | Raymond-Fournier Préfontaine , mayor of Montreal |
| Joliette | Rue Joliette | Barthélemy Joliette , founder of Joliette, Quebec |
| Pie-IX | Boulevard Pie-IX | Pope Pius IX |
| Viau | Rue Viau | Charles-Théodore Viau , Quebec cookie magnate |
| Assomption | Boulevard de l'Assomption | Dogma of the Assumption of Mary |
| Cadillac | Rue de Cadillac | Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer |
| Langelier | Boul. Langelier | François-Charles-Stanislas Langelier , mayor of Quebec City and Lieutenant-Governor of Québec |
| Radisson | Rue Radisson | Pierre-Esprit Radisson, French explorer |
| Honoré-Beaugrand | Rue Honoré-Beaugrand | Honoré Beaugrand, Québec author and mayor of Montreal |
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| Côte-Vertu | Chemin de la Côte-Vertu | Notre-Dame-de-la-Vertu (Our Lady of Virtue), 18th century name for the area |
| Du Collège | Rue du Collège | CEGEP Saint-Laurent , local cégep |
| De La Savane | Rue de la Savane | savane - a savanna or Québécois for swamp |
| Namur | Rue Namur | Namur, Belgium |
| Plamondon | Avenue Plamondon | Antoine Plamondon, Québécois painter, or Rodolphe Plamondon, Québécois lyric artist |
| Côte-Sainte-Catherine | Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine | Côte Sainte-Catherine, 18th century name for area of Outremont |
| Snowdon | Rue Snowdon; Snowdon neighbourhood | Name of area's former landowner |
| Villa-Maria | Villa-Maria High School | Latin form of "Ville-Marie," former name of Montreal |
| Vendôme | Avenue de Vendôme | Likely from the French Dukes of Vendôme |
| Place-Saint-Henri | Place Saint-Henri | A parish church named for Saint Henry II, to commemorate Fr. Henri-Auguste Roux |
| Lionel-Groulx | Avenue Lionel-Groulx | Fr. Lionel Groulx, Québécois historian |
| Georges-Vanier | Boulevard Georges-Vanier | Georges Vanier, Governor-Geneneral of Canada |
| Lucien-L'Allier | Rue Lucien-L'Allier | Lucien L'Allier , Québécois engineer, designer of the Metro |
| Bonaventure | Place Bonaventure | Gare Bonaventure, in turn for former Rue Bonaventure; St Bonaventure, Italian cleric |
| Square-Victoria | Square Victoria | Queen Victoria |
| Place-d'Armes | Place d'Armes | Historical rallying point for city's defenders |
| Champ-de-Mars | Champ de Mars Park | Common term for military exercise ground ( Mars, god of war) |
| Berri-UQAM Formerly Berri-de Montigny | Rue Berri | Name given by Migeon de Branssat in 1669; origin unknown |
| Université du Québec à Montréal | ||
| Rue de Montigny | Testard de Montigny family | |
| Sherbrooke | Rue Sherbrooke | John Coape Sherbrooke, Governor-General of British North America |
| Mont-Royal | Avenue du Mont-Royal | Mount Royal |
| Laurier | Avenue Laurier | Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada |
| Rosemont | Boulevard Rosemont; Rosemont neighbourhood | Named by developer U.-H. Dandurand for his mother, née Rose Phillips |
| Beaubien | Rue Beaubien | Prominent landowning family |
| Jean-Talon | Rue Jean-Talon | Jean Talon, intendant of New France |
| Jarry | Rue Jarry | Stanislas Blénier dit Jarry père, landowner |
| Crémazie | Boul. Crémazie | Octave Crémazie, QC poet |
| Sauvé | Rue Sauvé | Name of a landowner |
| Henri-Bourassa | Boulevard Henri-Bourassa | Henri Bourassa, Québécois journalist and politician |
| Cartier | Boulevard Cartier | Sir George-Étienne Cartier Québécois politician, Father of Confederation |
| De La Concorde | Boulevard de la Concorde | Place de la Concorde in Paris |
| Montmorency | Collège Montmorency | François de Montmorency-Laval, first Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec and landowner of Île Jésus ( Laval) |
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| Berri-UQAM Formerly Berri-de Montigny | Rue Berri | Name given by Migeon de Branssat in 1669; origin unknown |
| Université du Québec à Montréal | ||
| Rue de Montigny | Testard de Montigny family | |
| Jean-Drapeau Formerly Île-Sainte-Hélène | Parc Jean-Drapeau | Jean Drapeau, late ex-mayor of Montreal |
| Île Sainte-Hélène | Named by Samuel de Champlain for his wife, née Hélène Boullé | |
| Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke Formerly Longueuil | City of Longueuil | Probably for a town in Normandy |
| University of Sherbrooke, Longueuil campus, in Édifice Saint-Charles | ||
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| Snowdon | Rue Snowdon; Snowdon neighbourhood | Name of landowner |
| Côte-des-Neiges | Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges | Former Village of Côte-des-Neiges; name Notre-Dame-des-Neiges (Our Lady of the Snows) dates to 18th century |
| Université-de-Montréal | University of Montreal | |
| Édouard-Montpetit | Boul. Édouard-Montpetit | Édouard Montpetit, Université de Montréal professor |
| Outremont | Avenue Outremont; borough of Outremont | Named for a prominent estate (Outremont means "other side of the mountain") |
| Acadie | Boulevard de l'Acadie | Commemorates bicentennial of the expulsion of the Acadians |
| Parc | Avenue du Parc | Mont Royal Park |
| De Castelnau | Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges | Édouard de Castelnau , French soldier |
| Jean-Talon | Rue Jean-Talon | Jean Talon, intendant of New France |
| Fabre | Rue Fabre | Édouard-Charles Fabre , first Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal |
| D'Iberville | Rue d'Iberville | Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Québécois explorer, founder of Louisiana |
| Saint-Michel | Boulevard Saint-Michel; neighbourhood of Saint-Michel | Saint Michael; long-standing name |