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Citta Italiana, St. Leonard, Quebec
Date: Current
Notes: Typical residential street in St. Leonard, Montreal, Quebec.
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Citta Italiana, St. Leonard, Quebec
Date: Current
Notes: Lacordaire.
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Citta Italiana, St. Leonard, Montreal, Quebec
Date: Current
Notes: Many well-to-do Italian-Canadians live in St. Leonard; the architecture of their homes show an Italian and Spanish influence.
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Citta Italiana, St. Leonard, Montreal, Quebec
Date: Current
Notes: Many palatial homes dot the landscape in St. Leonard. Often their owners are of Italian origin, but not necessarily.
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Our Lady of Mount Caramel Montreal
Citta Italiana, St. Leonard, Quebec
Date: Current
Notes: Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Italian church in St. Leonard.
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Citta Italiana, St. Leonard, Quebec
Date: Current
Notes: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Statue of S. Francesco di Paola. A sign affixed to the statue reads: "La statua di S. Francesco di Paola e stata realizzata con il contributo della Comunita Italiana per iniziativa del Comitato Calabrese e del suo Presidente Giuseppe Occhiuto. 1991."
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Citta Italiana, St. Leonard, Quebec
Date: Current (August 2nd 2009)
Notes: Procession for S. Francesco di Paola organized by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in St. Leonard.
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Citta Italiana, St. Leonard, Quebec
Date: Current
Notes: Many establishments in St. Leonard post signs in English, French and Italian.
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Saint Michel, Montreal
Date: Current
Notes: Saint-Michel, Montreal
      From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
     
      Saint-Michel is a neighborhood in the Montreal borough of Villeray?Saint-Michel?Parc-Extension. Its boundaries corresponds to the former city of Ville Saint Michel, which was annexed to Montreal in 1968. This former independent city was known as Saint-Michel-de-Laval from its inception in 1912 to 1914 and Ville Saint Michel from 1914 to 1968. This was one of the last cities to be merged into Montreal until the 2002 municipal reorganization.
      The lobby floor, with municipal crest, at Ville Saint-Michel's former city hall
     
      Saint-Michel is home to the headquarters of the world renowned Cirque Du Soleil as well as the Tohu, la Cit? des Arts du Cirque and the Complexe environmental Saint-Michel. The former Miron and Francon quarries are also located here. Autoroute 40 Quebec Autoroute 40.svg runs through the area.
      The Cirque Du Soleil
     
      The 1990s saw Saint-Michel's reputation tarnished by its severe street gang problems and the negative coverage and propaganda surrounding this delicate situation. In consequence, Saint-Michel has been long viewed as one of Montreal's most dangerous inner city neighbourhoods. Although these problems persist to this day, the phenomenon seems better controlled and has to an extent been relocalised in adjacent neighbourhoods. As a whole, Saint-Michel is a culturally deversified area with roots spanning all generations and ethnic backgrounds.
     
      Saint-Michel is one of the most ethnically diversed areas in Montreal and in the province of Qu?bec. Italians, Haitians, Arabs, Asians, Hispanics as well as people of French Canadian decent (Qu?b?cois) represent the major ethnic groups of this inner city area. French remains the first language spoken at home, by 51% of the population. But, most people have a working knowledge of both of Canada's main languages. The area is also home to many University students because of the relatively low rent and cheap housing and its proximity to the University of Montreal.
     
      The presence of The Cirque Du Soleil since the late 1990s (along with recent real estate development) has begun to change the public perception of the area. Several condominiums projects are currently in the works and signs of urban renewal are clearly evident. The neighbourhood has a dense conglomerate of residential architecture unique to Montreal, notably row houses featuring outdoor spiralling metal staircases (mostly present in the Villeray part of the borough, but also present in Saint-Michel.).
     
      Saint-Michel is mainly served by the blue line of the Montreal Metro, although some metro stations from the green and orange lines do have buses that pass through the neighbourhood. Metro stations that are physically located within the neighborhood are D'Iberville station (only one entrance, the other entrance being in nearby Villeray) and the whole Saint-Michel station.
     
      Two municipal electoral districts (Fran?ois-Perreault and Saint-Michel) are in the neighborhood. The Saint-Michel civic district is currently held by Soraya Martinez of Vision Montreal party. Fran?ois-Perreault district is currently held by Frank Venneri of Union Montreal. Justin Trudeau, son of former Canadian prime minister Pierre-Eliott Trudeau, is the liberal incubent, in this part of Montreal. Trudeau defeated incumbent Bloc Qu?b?cois MP Vivian Barbot.
     
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Saint Michel, Montreal
Date: Current
Notes: Hotel de Ville. Cite Saint-Michel.
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