2010 Montréal Profile

Montréal Profile

MONTRÉAL FACTS AND FIGURES

Island of Montréal 16 municipalities 500 square kilometres

City 19 boroughs 365 square kilometres

Population Housing

City: City: ¾ 1,640,565 inhabitants, 20,586 births ¾ 743,235 households ¾ Island of Montréal: ¾ 65.6% of these households are renters 1,875,919 inhabitants, 474,155 families, ¾ 795,728 dwelling units 51.9% women and 48.1% men ¾ Median household income: $38,201 ¾ 31% of the island’s inhabitants (560,000 people) are immigrants ¾ Total property value on the 2009 roll: ¾ Island of Montréal: 56% of all families can $214,563,964,000, 67.8% of which is converse in French and English, 30% only listed as residential property in French and 11% only in English

¾ 66% of all Québec immigrants settle in Island of Montréal: Montréal and 87% in the CMA1 ¾ 831,555 households ¾ Greater Montréal: 3,750,542 residents ¾ 62.1% of households are renters ¾ 889,691 dwelling units ¾ Median household income: $40,179

Safety Road and Pedestrian Infrastructure

¾ 4,600 police officers ¾ 5,600 km of roadways on the Island of ¾ 33 neighbourhood police stations Montréal ¾ More than 150 police officers assigned to ¾ City: 4,100 km of streets and 6,550 km Montréal’s Métro system of sidewalks ¾ 2,300 fire fighters ¾ 200 km of highways ¾ 65 fire stations ¾ 45 bridges and 7 tunnels: 18 bridges ¾ Approximately 1,700 first responders and one tunnel provide access to and trained from the Island of Montréal ¾ 700 municipally managed structures

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Public Transit and Active Transportation Water System

¾ Island: 500 km of bike paths ¾ 7 drinking water production plants, ¾ 5,000 BIXI bikes distributed among 400 including 1 in Dorval and 1 in Pointe- stations Claire ¾ 31.5 km of pedestrian walkways within the ¾ Daily production of 2 million cubic Underground City—one of the world’s metres of water largest below-ground shopping areas ¾ 14 reservoirs and 9 booster stations ¾ 1,680 buses and 93 minibuses from the ¾ 680 km of trunk mains and 3,572 km of Société de transport de Montréal secondary mains ¾ 197 bus lines, including 20 offering night ¾ 22,605 fire hydrants and isolation service valves ¾ 16 reserved bus lanes ¾ 32,348 floodgates and gate houses ¾ 4 Métro lines, comprising 71 km of track ¾ 1 wastewater treatment station and serving 68 stations (3rd largest in the world) ¾ 382,500,000 STM riders ¾ Daily treatment of 2.5 million cubic metres of wastewater ¾ 90 km of interceptor sewers and 620 km of trunk sewers ¾ 4,134 km of secondary sewer lines ¾ 145,433 sumps and 64,169 manholes

Environment Healthcare

¾ Approximately 675,000 trees on public land ¾ 12 health and social service centres ¾ 17 large parks and 3 more large parks ¾ 28 local community service centres planned (CLSCs) ¾ The Complexe environnemental de Saint- ¾ 20 hospitals Michel ¾ 2 university hospitals: CHUM and ¾ Six ecocentres CUSM ¾ 28 écoquartiers (environmental action ¾ 41 home-care and long-term care programs) centres ¾ 1 specialized solid waste management ¾ 14 rehabilitation centres centre ¾ 2 youth centres ¾ Nearly 1,160 local parks ¾ 16 air quality sampling stations

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Culture Tourism

¾ 96,910 direct and 60,798 indirect jobs ¾ 17,500,000 visitors ¾ Nearly $8 billion in direct benefits, or 6% ¾ 7,000,000 tourists of the metropolitan GDP ¾ $2.1 billion in benefits ¾ Culture ranks second in knowledge-based ¾ 58,159 jobs supported by Montréal’s fields, leading the aerospace and life tourist industry sciences sectors ¾ Canada’s second leading city for ¾ Nearly 70% of Québec’s cultural sector numbers of visitors jobs are generated in Montréal ¾ 30,355 hotel rooms ¾ The Grande Bibliothèque, plus a system of ¾ 65.5% annual hotel occupancy rate 44 public libraries ¾ Montréal is Canada’s leading city for ¾ More than 60 museums the number of international meetings ¾ More than 100 festivals generating (56), just ahead of Ville de Québec (55) $200 million in economic benefits ¾ Montréal is North America’s third most ¾ More than 150 performance spaces with popular city for meetings, after more than 65,000 seats Washington (80) and New York (69) ¾ 200 theatre groups, 50 dance companies ¾ Montréal ranks 33rd internationally for and 700 art workshops its number of meetings, according to ¾ An “Accès culture” network that brings in the Union of International Associations 600,000 visitors each year ¾ A UNESCO City of Design since 2006 ¾ The Quartier de spectacles and two protected boroughs (Old Montréal and Mont-Royal) ¾ The Conseil des arts (Canada’s first arts council!)

Education International Organizations

¾ 4 universities: 2 French-language and 2 ¾ 70 international organizations active in English-language fields of aerospace, education, ¾ 7 other affiliated university establishments environment, life sciences and other ¾ 12 public junior colleges: 9 French- areas language Cegeps (49,245 full-time ¾ 113 financial centres students) and 3 English-speaking ¾ 85 consular delegations institutions (18,076 full-time students) ¾ More than 1,200 subsidiaries of foreign ¾ 5 school boards: 3 French-language companies (141,290 students) and 2 English-language (52,804 students) ¾ 163,669 university students (all levels) in Montréal ¾ 41,132 university degrees awarded ¾ 6,585 master’s degrees and 1,012 doctoral degrees

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Sectoral Economy

Research and Development Film and Television Industry Life Sciences

¾ 200 research centres ¾ Sales: $1.3 billion ¾ Sales: $4 billion ¾ 1,500 institutions active in ¾ $200 million in benefits ¾ 480 businesses research and development from international film ¾ 150 public and quasi- ¾ 12,500 jobs in private, shoots in 2007 public research public and university R&D ¾ 500 businesses: organizations centres production and distribution ¾ 80 foreign business ¾ 35,000 jobs subsidiaries ¾ 41,000 jobs Aerospace Industry Information Technologies Manufacturing Sector

¾ Sales: $12 billion ¾ Sales: $21 billion ¾ Annual production: ¾ Exports: $8 billion ¾ Exports: $5 billion $60 billion ¾ 235 businesses and 10 ¾ 5,000 private businesses, ¾ 4,350 manufacturing public and quasi-public 200 of which are foreign companies research centres owned ¾ 300 service firms ¾ 42,400 jobs ¾ 120,000 jobs ¾ 244,800 jobs ¾ Presence of three major ¾ 10,800 university students ¾ 50% of Québec international in this field manufacturing deliveries organizations: ICAO, ¾ World leader in multimedia originate in the Montréal IATA, SITA and video games metropolitan region

Port of Montréal Montréal-Trudeau Airport

¾ Economic benefits: ¾ Added value: $4.4 billion $3.4 billion ¾ 12,813,320 passengers in ¾ 27,813,320 metric tonnes 2008 of goods ¾ 2,453,232 take-offs and ¾ Traffic of 1,473,914 landings containers ¾ 198,800 metric tonnes of ¾ 41,000 direct and indirect goods jobs ¾ 300 active establishments ¾ Biggest port in eastern on the site, generating Canada, 2nd largest in all 29,000 direct jobs and of Canada and 79th in the 56,000 jobs overall world

6 CITIZENS Ville de Montréal Mayor Gérald Tremblay Organization chart

CONSEIL MUNICIPAL CONSEIL D’AGGLOMÉRATION 2010 budget

Ombudsman Commission de la sécurité publique Office de consultation publique de Montréal Johanne Savard Standing committees of City Louise Roy Council and commissions Chairwoman

Standing committees of Urban Agglomeration Conseil des arts Conseils d'arrondissement Council and commissions Conseil du patrimoine Louise Roy Chairwoman Comité de vérification Marie Lessard Chairwoman Conseil interculturel Bureau du vérificateur général Conseil jeunesse Bergman Fleury Jacques Bergeron Chairman Auditor Claudia Lacroix Perron Commission de la fonction publique Chairwoman Conseil des Montréalaises de Montréal Sylvie-B. Farand Charlotte Thibault Chairwoman Chairwoman

COMITÉ EXÉCUTIF Société de transport de Montréal Gérald Tremblay Michel Labrecque Chairman Chairman

DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE Louis Roquet Director General

Service du développement culturel, Commission des services Service des infrastructures, Service de la mise en valeur du Direction des systèmes de la qualité du milieu de vie et de Service des finances électriques transport et environnement territoire et du patrimoine la diversité ethnoculturelle d’information Serge A. Boileau Gilles Robillard Pierre Bernardin Rachel Laperrière Robert Lamontagne Michel Archambault Chairman Assistant Director General Assistant Director General Assistant Director General Senior Director and Treasurer Interim Director

Service des communications et Service des affaires Service de la sécurité incendie Service des affaires juridiques Service du capital humain Service de police des relations avec les citoyens corporatives de Montréal Colombe Cliche Line Charest Line Charest Pierre Reid Yvan Delorme Serge Tremblay Senior Director Interim Senior Director Senior Director Senior Director Director Director

Arrondissement Arrondissement de Arrondissement Arrondissement Arrondissement Arrondissement de Arrondissement Arrondissement Arrondissement Arrondissement d'Ahuntsic- Côte-des-Neiges– de Mercier–Hochelaga- du Plateau- de Rosemont– Villeray–Saint-Michel– de Lachine d'Outremont de Saint-Léonard de Verdun Cartierville Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Maisonneuve Mont-Royal La Petite-Patrie Parc-Extension Ronald Cyr Stéphane Plante Jocelyne Dragon Isabelle Cadrin Pierre Beaudet Johanne Falcon Paul Bourret Gilles Rainville Gilles Baril Stéphane Chénier Director Director Director Interim Director Director Director Director Director Director Director

Arrondissement Arrondissement Arrondissement Arrondissement Arrondissement Arrondissement de Arrondissement Arrondissement Arrondissement de L’Île-Bizard– de Rivière-des-Prairies– d’Anjou de LaSalle de Montréal-Nord Pierrefonds-Roxboro de Saint-Laurent du Sud-Ouest de Ville-Marie Sainte-Geneviève Pointe-aux-Trembles Jacques Rioux Jean-Paul Collinge Gervais Lemay Serge Geoffrion Jacques Chan Pierre Santamaria Serge Lamontagne Érick Santana Alain Dufort Director Director Director Director Director Director Director Director Director

Political bodies Organizations Municipal departments Boroughs December 18, 2009

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MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL

Gérald Tremblay, Mayor

o Applebaum, Michael o Cowell-Poitras, Jane o Gadoury, Marc-André Côte-des-Neiges– Lachine Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce o Croteau, François o Gagnier, Pierre o Ayotte, Élaine Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Ahuntsic-Cartierville Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie o Dauphin, Claude o Gibeau, Jean-Marc o Barbe, Manon Lachine Montréal-Nord LaSalle o Décarie, Suzanne o Harel, Louise o Bélanger, Daniel Rivière-des-Prairies– Mercier– Le Sud-Ouest Pointe-aux-Trembles Hochelaga-Maisonneuve o Bélanger, Richard o Deguire, Gilles o Hénault, Andrée L’Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève Montréal-Nord Anjou o Benjamin, Frantz o Demers, Laval o Lampron, Pierre Villeray– Saint-Laurent Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Saint-Michel– Parc-Extension o Deros, Mary o Lefebvre, Elsie Villeray– Villeray– o Bergeron, Richard Saint-Michel– Saint-Michel– Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Parc-Extension Parc-Extension o Bissonnet, Michel o Deschamps, Richard o Limoges, François Saint-Léonard LaSalle Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie o Blanchard, Laurent o DeSousa, Alan o Magri, Joe Mercier– Saint-Laurent Rivière-des-Prairies– Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Pointe-aux-Trembles o Dorais, Benoit o Bourgeois, Caroline Le Sud-Ouest o Mainville, Pierre Rivière-des-Prairies– Ville-Marie Pointe-aux-Trembles o Dubois, Christian G. Pierrefonds-Roxboro o Marotte, Ginette o Brunet, Étienne Verdun Ahuntsic-Cartierville o Duplessis, Josée Le Plateau-Mont-Royal o McQueen, Peter o Calderone, Maria Côte-des-Neiges– Rivière-des-Prairies– o Farinacci, Alvaro Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Pointe-aux-Trembles LaSalle o Ménard, Réal o Campbell, Jocelyn Ann o Ferrandez, Luc Mercier– Ahuntsic-Cartierville Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Hochelaga-Maisonneuve o Chitilian, Harout o Forcillo, Sammy o Miranda, Luis Ahuntsic-Cartierville Ville-Marie Anjou o Cinq-Mars, Marie o Fotopulos, Helen o Norris, Alex Outremont Côte-des-Neiges– Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce o Clarke, Susan o Perez, Lionel Côte-des-Neiges– o Fournier, Véronique Côte-des-Neiges– Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Le Sud-Ouest Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

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o Perri, Dominic Saint-Léonard o Primeau, Gaëtan Mercier– Hochelaga-Maisonneuve o Robillard, François Ville-Marie o Rotrand, Marvin Côte-des-Neiges– Notre-Dame-de-Grâce o Salem, Aref Saint-Laurent o Samson, Anie Villeray– Saint-Michel– Parc-Extension o Tassé, Alain Verdun o Teti-Tomassi, Clementina Montréal-Nord o Thériault, Lyn Mercier– Hochelaga-Maisonneuve o Thuillier, Émilie Ahuntsic-Cartierville o Trudel, Claude Verdun o Venneri, Frank Villeray– Saint-Michel– Parc-Extension o Ward, Bertrand A. Pierrefonds-Roxboro o Worth, Monique Pierrefonds-Roxboro o Zambito, Robert L. Saint-Léonard

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MEMBERS OF THE URBAN AGGLOMERATION COUNCIL

Mayor Gérald Tremblay has appointed the following elected officials to represent Montréal on the Urban Agglomeration Council: o Applebaum, Michael o Croteau, François o Mainville, Pierre Borough mayor Borough mayor City councillor Côte-des-Neiges– Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Ville-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce o Deguire, Gilles o Miranda, Luis o Barbe, Manon Borough mayor Borough mayor Borough mayor Montréal-Nord Anjou LaSalle o DeSousa, Alan o Samson, Anie o Bélanger, Richard Borough mayor Borough mayor Borough mayor Saint-Laurent Villeray– L’Île-Bizard–Sainte- Saint-Michel– Geneviève o Fotopulos, Helen Parc-Extension City councillor o Bissonnet, Michel Côte-des-Neiges– o Trudel, Claude Borough mayor Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Borough mayor Saint-Léonard Verdun o Magri, Joe o Cinq-Mars, Marie Borough mayor o Worth, Monique Borough mayor Rivière-des-Prairies– Borough mayor Outremont Pointe-aux-Trembles Pierrefonds-Roxboro

The mayors of the reconstituted municipalities also sit on the Urban Agglomeration Council. Dollard- Des Ormeaux has an additional representative who is appointed by its mayor.

o Coutu, Robert o McMurchie, Bill o Representative of Mayor of Montréal-Est Mayor of Pointe-Claire Dollard-Des Ormeaux : o Danyluk, Vera o Meaney, John W. Gauthier, Colette Mayor of Mont-Royal Mayor of Kirkland January 1 to June 30, 2010 o Deroo, Francis o Pollock, David Bayouk, Zoe Mayor of Sainte-Anne-de- Mayor of Beaconsfield July 1 to December 30, 2010 Bellevue o Rouleau, Edgar o Housefather, Anthony Mayor of Dorval* Mayor of Côte Saint-Luc o Steinberg, William o Janiszewski, Edward Mayor of Hampstead Mayor of Dollard- Des Ormeaux o Trent, Peter F. Mayor of Wesmount o Masella, Beny Mayor of Montréal-Ouest o Tutino, Maria Mayor of Baie-D’Urfé o McLeish, George Mayor of Senneville

* The Mayor of Dorval also represents Île-Dorval.

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MEMBERS OF THE BOROUGH COUNCILS

Gérald Tremblay, Mayor

Boroughs o Clarke, Susan o Cesari, Vincenzo Ahuntsic-Cartierville City councillor Borough councillor District de Loyola (poste 1) o Gagnier, Pierre District de Cecil-P.-Newman Borough mayor o Fotopulos, Helen City councillor o Deschamps, Richard o Brunet, Étienne District de Côte-des-Neiges City councillor City councillor District du Sault-Saint-Louis District du Sault-au-Récollet o McQueen, Peter City councillor o Farinacci, Alvaro o Campbell, Jocelyn Ann District de Notre-Dame-de- City councillor City councillor Grâce District de Cecil-P.-Newman District de Saint-Sulpice o Perez, Lionel o Palestini, Laura-Ann o Chitilian, Harout City councillor Borough councillor City councillor District de Darlington (poste 2) District de Bordeaux- District du Sault-Saint-Louis Cartierville o Rotrand, Marvin City councillor o Troilo, Josée o Thuillier, Émilie District de Snowdon Borough councillor City councillor (poste 2) District d’Ahuntsic District de Cecil-P.-Newman Lachine

Anjou o Dauphin, Claude Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Borough mayor o Miranda, Luis o Ferrandez, Luc Borough mayor o Blanchet, Bernard Borough mayor Borough councillor o Beaudry, Gilles District de J.-Émery-Provost o Bergeron, Richard Borough councillor City councillor District de l’Ouest o Cloutier, Jean-François District de Jeanne-Mance Borough councillor o Hénault, Andrée District du Fort-Rolland o Boileau, Carl City councillor Borough councillor o Cowell-Poitras, Jane District de De Lorimier o Perron, Paul-Yvon City councillor Borough councillor o Duplessis, Josée District de l’Est o Poulin, Lise City councillor Borough councillor District de De Lorimier o Zammit, Michelle District du Canal Borough councillor o Huggins, Piper District du Centre Borough councillor LaSalle District de Jeanne-Mance

Côte-des-Neiges– o Barbe, Manon o Norris, Alex Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Borough mayor City councillor District du Mile End o Applebaum, Michael o Blackhurst, Ross Borough mayor Borough councillor o Ryan, Richard (poste 1) Borough councillor District du Sault-Saint-Louis District du Mile End

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Le Sud-Ouest o Primeau, Gaëtan o Clément-Talbot, Catherine City councillor Borough councillor o Dorais, Benoit District de Tétreaultville District de l’Ouest Borough mayor o Thériault, Lyn o Dubois, Christian G. o Bélanger, Daniel City councillor City councillor City councillor District de Louis-Riel District de l’Est District de Saint-Paul–Émard o Ward, Bertrand A. o Fournier, Véronique Montréal-Nord City councillor City councillor District de l’Ouest District de Saint-Henri–Petite- o Deguire, Gilles Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint- Borough mayor Charles Rivière-des-Prairies– o Gibeau, Jean-Marc Pointe-aux-Trembles o Roy, Huguette City councillor Borough councillor District d’Ovide-Clermont o Magri, Joe District de Saint-Paul–Émard Borough mayor o Ricourt, Monica o Thiébaut, Sophie Borough councillor o Blanchet, Mario Borough councillor District d’Ovide-Clermont Borough councillor District de Saint-Henri–Petite- District de La Pointe-aux- Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint- o Rossi, Chantal Prairies Charles Borough councillor District de Marie-Clarac o Bourgeois, Caroline City councillor L’Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève o Teti-Tomassi, Clementina District de La Pointe-aux- City councillor Prairies o Bélanger, Richard District de Marie-Clarac Borough mayor o Calderone, Maria City councillor o Cardinal, Jacques Outremont District de Rivière-des-Prairies Borough councillor District de Sainte-Geneviève o Cinq-Mars, Marie o Décarie, Suzanne Borough mayor City councillor o Gibb, Diane District de Pointe-aux- Borough councillor o Forget, Céline Trembles District de Pierre-Foretier Borough councillor District de Joseph-Beaubien o Déziel, Gilles o Little, Christopher Borough councillor Borough councillor o Moffatt, Louis District de Pointe-aux- District de Denis-Benjamin- Borough councillor Trembles Viger District de Claude-Ryan o Rapanà, Giovanni o Robert, François o Nunes, Ana Borough councillor Borough councillor Borough councillor District de Rivière-des-Prairies District de Jacques-Bizard District de Jeanne-Sauvé

Mercier– o Potvin, Marie Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Borough councillor District de Robert-Bourassa o Croteau, François o Ménard, Réal Borough mayor Borough mayor Pierrefonds-Roxboro o Ayotte, Élaine o Blanchard, Laurent City councillor City councillor o Worth, Monique District de Marie-Victorin District d’Hochelaga Borough mayor o Gadoury, Marc-André o Harel, Louise o Beis, Dimitrios Jim City councillor City councillor Borough councillor District d’Étienne-Desmarteau District de Maisonneuve– District de l’Est Longue-Pointe

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o Lampron, Pierre o Beaupré, Paul Villeray– City councillor Borough councillor(poste 1) Saint-Michel– District du Vieux-Rosemont District de Champlain–L’Île- Parc-Extension des-Soeurs o Limoges, François o Samson, Anie City councillor o Champoux, Andrée Borough mayor District de Saint-Édouard Borough councillor(poste 2) District de Champlain–L’Île- o Benjamin, Frantz des-Soeurs City councillor Saint-Laurent District de Saint-Michel o Guy, Ann o DeSousa, Alan Borough councillor(poste 1) o Deros, Mary Borough mayor District de Desmarchais- City councillor Crawford District de Parc-Extension o Biron, Michèle D. Borough councillor o Marotte, Ginette o Lefebvre, Elsie District de Norman-McLaren City councillor City councillor District de Champlain–L’Île- District de Villeray o Cohen, Maurice des-Soeurs Borough councillor o Venneri, Frank District de Côte-de-Liesse o Savard, André City councillor Borough councillor(poste 2) District de François-Perrault o Demers, Laval District de Desmarchais- City councillor Crawford District de Côte-de-Liesse In conformity with the act on the o Tassé, Alain exercice of certain municipal o Salem, Aref City councillor powers, some boroughs are City councillor District de Desmarchais- divided into electoral districts. In District de Norman-McLaren Crawford these cases, the district name is indicated below that of the councillor. Saint-Léonard Ville-Marie City councillors sit on the city o Bissonnet, Michel o Tremblay, Gérald council as well as on a borough Borough mayor Mayor of Montréal and council. Borough councillors only Borough mayor sit on a borough council. o Battista, Mario Borough councillor o Campbell, Jocelyn Ann District de Saint-Léonard- City councillor Ouest chosen by the mayor o Perri, Dominic o Deschamps, Richard City councillor City councillor District de Saint-Léonard- chosen by the mayor Ouest o Forcillo, Sammy o Tremblay, Lili-Anne City councillor Borough councillor District de Peter-McGill District de Saint-Léonard-Est o Mainville, Pierre o Zambito, Robert L. City councillor City councillor District de Sainte-Marie District de Saint-Léonard-Est o Robillard, François City councillor Verdun District de Saint-Jacques o Trudel, Claude Borough mayor

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Gérald Tremblay Michael Applebaum Alan DeSousa, FCA Manon Barbe Mayor Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman Member Chairman

Richard Bergeron Michel Bissonnet Mary Deros Richard Deschamps Member Member Member Member

Helen Fotopulos Lyn Thériault Claude Trudel Monique Worth Member Member Member Member

Associate Councillors

Richard Bélanger Jane Cowell-Poitras Frantz Benjamin Ginette Marotte Harout Chitilian Aref Salem Marie Cinq-Mars Alain Tassé

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STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL

COMMISSION DE LA COMMISSION SUR COMMISSION SUR LE PRÉSIDENCE DU LES FINANCES, LES TRANSPORT, LA CONSEIL SERVICES GESTION DES ADMINISTRATIFS ET INFRASTRUCTURES ET Chair LE CAPITAL HUMAIN L’ENVIRONNEMENT Claude Dauphin Chair Chair Vice-Chair Bertrand A. Ward Christian G. Dubois Marvin Rotrand Élaine Ayotte Vice-Chair Vice-Chair Pierre Lampron Ginette Marotte Members Michel Bissonnet Members Members Frantz Benjamin Laurent Blanchard Mario Battista Anie Samson Laval Demers Daniel Bélanger Clementina Teti-Tomassi Sammy Forcillo Caroline Bourgeois Émilie Thuillier Jean-Marc Gibeau Suzanne Décarie Claude Trudel Peter McQueen Josée Duplessis Lili-Anne Tremblay Lise Poulin

COMMISSION SUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT COMMISSION SUR LA COMMISSION SUR CULTUREL ET LA MISE EN VALEUR DU LES SERVICES AUX QUALITÉ DU MILIEU DE TERRITOIRE, CITOYENS VIE L’AMÉNAGEMENT URBAIN ET LE Chair Chair TRANSPORT COLLECTIF Jean-Marc Gibeau Michèle D. Biron Chair Vice-Chair Vice-Chair Bernard Blanchet Étienne Brunet Jocelyn Ann Campbell Vice-Chair Members Members Elsie Lefebvre Ross Blackhurst Laurent Blanchard Harout Chitilian Vincenzo Cesari Members Maurice Cohen Véronique Fournier Ann Guy Huguette Roy François Limoges Marie Potvin Richard Ryan Giovanni Rapanà François Robillard Michelle Zammit Chantal Rossi André Savard Sophie Thiébaut Robert L. Zambito

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STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE URBAN AGGLOMERATION COUNCIL

COMMISSION SUR LES FINANCES ET COMMISSION SUR LES GRANDS L’ADMINISTRATION ÉQUIPEMENTS ET LES ACTIVITÉS D’INTÉRÊT D’AGGLOMÉRATION Chair Sammy Forcillo Chair Luis Miranda Vice-Chair Maria Tutino Vice-Chair David Pollock Members Laval Demers Members Andrée Hénault Alvaro Farinacci Anthony Housefather Ana Nunes Gaëtan Primeau Aref Salem Bertrand A. Ward Élaine Ayotte Beny Masella

COMMISSION SUR L’ENVIRONNEMENT, LE TRANSPORT ET LES COMMISSION DE LA SÉCURITÉ INFRASTRUCTURES PUBLIQUE

Chair Chair Dominic Perri Claude Trudel

Vice-Chair Vice-Chairs Edgar Rouleau Réal Ménard Vera Danyluk Members Andrée Champoux Members Jean-François Cloutier Frantz Benjamin Benoit Dorais Susan Clarke Ginette Marotte Jean-Marc Gibeau Peter F. Trent William Steinberg Robert L. Zambito A representative of the Québec government COMMISSION SUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT ÉCONOMIQUE

Chair Laval Demers

Vice-Chair Robert Coutu

Members Daniel Bélanger Maria Calderone Pierre Lampron Edgar Rouleau Josée Troilo

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THE ECONOMIC SITUATION2

ƒ The Conference Board of Canada forecast that Greater Montréal’s economy would shrink 1.7% in 2009, while that of Canada as a whole would decline by 2.1%.

ƒ After 12 years of growth that achieved record levels in 2008, employment on the Island of Montréal was set to post a decline in 2009. The recession, which had much less impact on Montréal than most of Canada’s large cities, still caused job losses on the island, particularly in full-time positions. A total of 913,000 jobs was recorded on the island in November 2009, or 43,200 fewer than the year before.

ƒ There were 1,029,700 people of at least 15 years of age on the labour market in November 2009 or 1.6% down from the annual average for 2008. This represented a 17,200-drop in people of working age from the previous year.

ƒ In November 2009, the employment rate for people of working age stood at 57.1% or 3% less than the annual rate of 60.1% posted in 2008.

ƒ The recession quickly produced victims on the labour market in 2009. The unemployment rate leaped to 11.3% in November 2009, or 2.6% more than the annual average for 2008. The number of unemployed persons on the Island of Montréal stood at 116,600 in November 2009, or 29,500 more than had been reported for all of 2008.

ƒ Public and private businesses took advantage of a strong Canadian dollar over the past two years to boost their capital spending. This should exceed $12.7 billion for 2009, up 2% from 2008. While most (nearly $8 billion) of these investments came from the private sector, the public sector made the greater effort with a 9% increase in 2009 investments, primarily to contend with the impact of the economic slowdown.

ƒ The value of building permits in 2009 should total about $1.9 billion, if the trend observed over the first 10 months of the year maintains itself. This would represent a 7% decline for all types of construction. The number of permits issued in 2009, however, should be greater than that for 2008, based on January through October results. Some 14,300 building permits should be issued in 2009 for all construction segments, compared with 13,169 for 2008.

ƒ The recession triggered a rapid drop in demand for office space, particularly in downtown Montréal. The year 2009 marked an end to four years of declining vacancy rates for office space in downtown Montréal. In the second quarter of 2009, 8% of office space in the business centre was up for rental, compared with 5.7% in 2008.

ƒ If the trend observed over the first 10 months persists, the number of housing starts could drop more than 23% in 2009, to more than 4,500 new residential units. Based on the value of the permits issued over the first 10 months of 2009, a decline of nearly 11% in permit value also seems likely for the year ending. The value of residential construction in 2009 may, accordingly, approach $905 million.

2 This review of the economic situation is based on the latest data available at the time this document was prepared (December 10, 2009). This report only provides a summary of the Montréal urban agglomeration’s economic situation. The full document appears in the Cahier d’information complémentaire 2009, which readers may download at ville.montréal.qc.ca/finances.

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Table 1 Key Indicators for the Montréal Urban Agglomeration

2009 2007 2008 Variation Trends

Economy Gross Domestic Product at Base Price, Montréal CMA (in millions of 2002 dollars) 120,201 121,539 1.1% Gross domestic product at base price (In millions of 2002 dollars) 32,307 32,406 0.3%

Labour Market Jobs (In thousands) 950.0 956.2 0.7% Employment Rate (Percentage) 59.7 60.1 + 0,4% point Activity Rate (Percentage) 65.2 65.7 + 0,5% point Unemployment Rate (Percentage) 8.5 8.7 + 0,2% point Number of Establishments 61,020 59,803 -2.0% Welfare Recipients (Number) 58,449 58,344 -0.2% Personal Disposable Income per Inhabitant (in $) 25,587 26,605 4.0%

Capital Expenditure Capital Expenditure Investments (In billions of dollars) 11,237 12,524 11.5% Private Sector Investments 8,020 8,112 1.1% Public Sector Investments 3,217 4,412 37.1% Building Permit Value - Non-Residential (In billions of dollars) 1,150 1,013 -11.9% Commercial 596 659 10.6% Industrial 163 113 -30.7% Institutional 391 240 -38.6% Vacancy Rate of Industrial Premises - Center Sector (Percentage) 7.7 8.3 + 0,6% point Vacancy Rate of Office Premises Downtown ((Percentage) 6.9 5.7 - 1,2% point

Housing Housing Strarts (Number) 6,898 5,868 -14.9% Building Permit Values - Residential Sector (In billions of dollars) 1,033 1,012 -2.0% Home Sales (Number) 16,925 15,610 -7.8% Average Selling Price of a Condominium (In dollars) 210,000 215,000 2.4% Vancancy rate - residential (percentage) 3.1 2.5 - 0,6% point n/a Capital Expenditures in the Housing Sector (In billions of dollars) 2,365 2,258 -4.5%

Knowledge Patents (Number)** 561 473 -15.7% University research (Grants in millions of dollars)** 1,016 963 -5.2% Scientific Publications (Number)** 165,976 166,318 0.2% University students (Number)** 40,844 41,132 0.7% University Diplomas (Number)** Demographics Population (Number of persons) 1,881,000 1,878,000 -0.2% n/a Natural Increase (Number of persons) 7,237 7,968 10.1% n/a Migration Balance (Number of persons) -2,445 -205 -- n/a International Immigration (Number of new immigrants) 32,396 33,101 2.2% n/a

Transportation and Tourism Freight Traffic at the Port de Montréal (Millions of tonnes) 26 27 3.8% Cruise Companies Hosted by the Port de Montréal (Number) 34,809 39,636 13.9% n/a Passengers Travelling through Montréal's Airport (In millions) 12,410 12,380 -0.2% Number of Flights at the Montréal-Trudeau Airport 223,096 225,452 1.1% Ridership on Bus and Métro (Millions of passengers) 368 383 4.1% n/a of Kilometres Traveled – Bus and Métro 135 149 10.2% n/a Tourists (in thousands) 7,415 7,377 -0.5% Tourist Spendings for a Stay of at least 24 hours (in billions of dollars) 2,216 2,239 1.0% Hotel Occupancy Rate (Percentage) 67.4 65.3 - 2,1% points Hotel Room Occupancy (Number of rooms in thousands) 3,730 3,684 -1.2%

** The data contained in the knowledge section are those of 2006 and 2007.

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ƒ Based on statistics from the Greater Montréal Real Estate Board for the first 11 months of 2009, property sales will be up slightly from the preceding period. Some 15,910 sales could be completed on the island in 2009, up 2% from the previous year.

ƒ The Port of Montréal, which is currently affected by a slowdown in trade due to the recession, is likely to post its first slump in performance since 2002. If the trend observed since early 2009 continues, the value of goods handled at the Port of Montréal may drop 14% with respect to 2008, to a total of 23 million metric tonnes.

ƒ Between January and September 2009, the number of passengers using Montréal—Trudeau International Airport sagged 6%, year on year. The total number of passengers for 2009 will be about 12.1 million, if that performance continues.

ƒ Tourisme Montréal expects 6.7 million tourists to visit the Island of Montréal in 2009 or 4% fewer person visits than in 2008. Tourist expenditures should, for their part, diminish by 6%.

Outlook for the Metropolitan Region

The recession could cause less damage in Montréal than in Canada’s other major cities. Analysts from the Conference Board of Canada have estimated that Montréal’s economy will shrink 1.7% in 2009, compared to a decline of 2.1% for Canada as a whole. Economic performance of the Montréal metropolitan region should hold at the levels forecast for Québec as a whole, or down 1.4%.

Detailed projections follow.

ƒ The anticipated inflation rate for 2009 is 0.9%, but could rise to 2.1% in 2010.

ƒ Montréal’s economy could post a 1.7% slowdown in 2009, but anticipated growth for 2010 is 2.5%.

ƒ Per capita GDP may drop 2.5% in 2009.

ƒ The metropolitan region’s population should grow 0.8% in 2009, and then continue to rise from 0.9% to 1% each year through 2014.

ƒ Job losses could total 22,000, or 1.2% more than in 2008. The finance, insurance and property sectors (10,000 jobs lost) and the non-commercial service sector (6,000 jobs lost) appear to have been hardest hit by the present recession.

ƒ The unemployment rate should approach 9.4%, or 2 percentage points more than in 2008.

ƒ Personal disposable income per capita should stand at $26,521. This is a very slight (+0.6%) rise over 2008.

ƒ A slowdown is expected in home construction: 19,300 housing starts are expected for the metropolitan region in 2009, down 11.9% from 2008.

ƒ Retail sales should shrink 0.2% in 2009.

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Table 2 Key Indicators: Conference Board of Canada Forecast, Montréal CMA, 2009 to 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Economic Indicators % % % % % %

Inflation 0.9 2.1 2.9 2.3 2.1 2.0 Gross Domestic Product -1.7 2.5 2.8 3.3 3.1 2.9 Gross Domestic Product per Inhabitant -2.5 1.6 1.8 2.3 2.1 1.9 Population 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Jobs -1.2 1.2 1.3 1.8 1.5 1.1 Unemployment Rrate 9.4 9.8 8.9 8.1 7.2 6.8 Disposable Income per Inhabitant 0.6 2.8 2.6 3.1 3.5 3.2 Construction Starts -11.9 -2.6 -3.7 8.8 1.8 4.2 Retail Sales -0.2 3.8 5.3 5.6 4.6 4.1

Source: Conference Board du Canada.

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