Hampstead, Quebec

Hampstead is an on-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec. It is an independent municipality, surrounded by the boroughs of Montreal.

Hampstead
City
Hampstead Town Hall
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): 
Garden City
Location on the Island of Montreal.
(Outlined areas indicate demerged municipalities).
Hampstead
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°29′N 73°38′W[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionMontreal
RCMNone
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 2006
Government
[2][3]
 • MayorJeremy Levi
 • Federal ridingMount Royal
 • Prov. ridingD'Arcy-McGee
Area
[2][4]
 • Total1.80 km2 (0.69 sq mi)
 • Land1.79 km2 (0.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[4]
 • Total7,037
 • Density3,922.1/km2 (10,158/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
 0.9%
 • Dwellings
2,622
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
H3X
Area code(s)514 and 438
HighwaysNo major routes
Websitewww.hampstead.qc.ca
Hampstead Elementary School, the only school in Hampstead.
Street signs in Hampstead are bilingual.
By contrast, English has been removed from older street signs in Montreal.

History
Hampstead Town Hall in 1943.

The Town of Hampstead was founded in 1914. It was designed to be an exclusive garden city. There are no retail shops within municipal boundaries. Houses were assigned relatively large lots to allow space for trees and shrubbery. The town's roads were designed with curves in order to slow down traffic and to create an interesting and intimate landscape. Despite its rather flat topography—much of the territory was once a golf course—the town was named after another garden city, the London suburb of Hampstead Village. Like its namesake, Hampstead is the home of many affluent citizens, and competes with a few other suburbs for first place in the rankings of highest average household incomes in Canada.

Merger and demerger

On January 1, 2002, as part of the 2002–06 municipal reorganization of Montreal, it was merged with Côte-Saint-Luc and Montreal West and became the Côte-Saint-Luc–Hampstead–Montréal-Ouest borough of the City of Montreal. However, after a change of government and a 2004 referendum, all three were re-constituted as independent cities on January 1, 2006.

Places of interest
Monument in Hampstead Park for King George VI and Princess Elizabeth (1939)

Hampstead Park has a public pool, two basketball courts, two baseball fields, ten tennis courts, soccer fields, a beach volleyball court and a play area for children. In the winter two ice rinks are built where the children play and skate.

Government

In the November 6, 2005 municipal elections, William (Bill) Steinberg was elected mayor of Hampstead. Steinberg was the first new mayor after 4 years of civic control by Gérald Tremblay, when Hampstead was part of Montreal. Mayor Steinberg defeated Irving Adessky who had been mayor for 27 years (1974-2001) and former councillor Gerald Kestner. In his honour, the community centre has been renamed after him. Steinberg was re-elected on November 1, 2009 defeating former town councillor David Sternthal with 61% of the vote. On November 3, 2013 Mayor Steinberg was re-elected for a third term defeating former town councillor Bonnie Feigenbaum with 61.21% of the vote (voter turnout was 44.5%).[5] In the 2017 Municipal Elections, Steinberg, Warren Budning, Harvey Shaffer, Jack Edery, and Michael Goldwax were acclaimed. Bill Steinberg served as Mayor for 16 years (2005-2021).[6]

Current Government

Mayor: Jeremy Levi

Councillors:

  1. Leon Elfasy
  2. Jack Edery
  3. Harvey Shaffer
  4. Michael Goldwax
  5. Warren Budning
  6. Jason Farber

Demographics
Historical populations
YearPop.±%
19666,158—    
19717,035+14.2%
19767,562+7.5%
19817,598+0.5%
19867,886+3.8%
19917,219−8.5%
19966,986−3.2%
20016,974−0.2%
20066,996+0.3%
20117,153+2.2%
20166,973−2.5%
20217,037+0.9%
[7]

The town is noted for having the highest percentage of Jewish residents of any city in Canada, and the third highest worldwide outside Israel.

Religion (2001)[8]

Religion Population Percentage  % (of total in Quebec)
Jewish 5,170 74.2% 5.75%
Catholic 760 10.9% 0.01%
No religious affiliation 300 4.3% 0.07%
Protestant 295 4.2% 0.09%
Christian Orthodox 280 4% 0.28%
Muslim 45 0.6% 0.04%
Buddhist 75 1.1% 0.18%
Christian, n.i.e. 25 0.4% 0.04%
Hindu 15 0.2% 0.06%
Other 10 0.1% 0.26%
Canada 2006 CensusPopulation % of Total Population
Visible minority group
Source:[9]		South Asian450.6
Chinese550.8
Black1452.1
Filipino1301.9
Latin American801.1
Southeast Asian450.6
Other visible minority1552.3
Total visible minority population6559.4
Aboriginal group
Source:[9]		First Nations00
Métis00
Inuit00
Total Aboriginal population00
White6,34090.6
Total population6,995100

Languages

In terms of mother tongue, the 2006 census found that, including multiple responses, almost 63% of residents spoke English, and about 16% of residents spoke French. The next most commonly reported first languages learned were Hebrew, Yiddish, Polish and Romanian.[10]

Mother Tongue Population (2006) Percentage (2006) Population (2016) Percentage (2016)
English 4,260 60.9% 3,950 56.7%
French 975 13.9% 1,255 18.0%
English and French 45 0.6% 130 1.9%
English and a non-official language 55 0.8% 70 1.0%
French and a non-official language 85 1.2% 45 0.6%
English, French and a non-official language 20 0.3% 35 0.5%
Hebrew 240 3.4% 150 2.2%
Yiddish 175 2.5% 75 1.1%
Polish 160 2.3% 30 0.4%
Romanian 145 2.1% 100 1.4%
Spanish 135 1.9% 145 2.1%
Arabic 110 1.6% 110 1.6%
Korean 90 1.3% 60 0.9%
Hungarian 65 0.9% 45 0.6%
Tagalog 60 0.9% 70 1.0%
Chinese 45 0.6% 115 1.6%
Italian 40 0.6% 65 0.9%
Russian 40 0.6% 80 1.1%
German 35 0.5% 40 0.6%
Persian 35 0.5% 135 1.9%
Vietnamese 35 0.5% 40 0.6%
Bisayan 20 0.3%
Greek 20 0.3% 35 0.5%
Serbian 20 0.3% 25 0.4%
Home language (2006, 2011 and 2016)
Language Population (2006) Percentage (2006) Population (2011) Percentage (2011) Population (2016) Percentage (2016)
English 5,440 77.77% 5,190 72.53% 4,830 69.30%
French 890 12.72% 1,045 14.61% 1,065 15.28%
Both English and French 70 1.00% 120 1.68% 130 1.87%
Other languages 590 8.43% 585 8.18% 720 10.33%

Transportation

Two major thoroughfares exist in Hampstead. One is Queen Mary Road and the other is Fleet Road. While it is difficult to drive quickly down Queen Mary (because of all the stop signs), Fleet Road is geared for automobile traffic, with synchronized traffic lights.

Hampstead is accessible by the following STM bus lines:[11] 51 Édouard-Montpetit (Queen-Mary), 66 The Boulevard (Côte-Saint-Luc), 161 Van Horne (Fleet), 166 Queen Mary (Macdonald).

There were various stages of development for Hampstead. The newer areas tend to be to the north and to the west. The city is almost completely composed of single family residences, except for the apartment buildings on Côte-Saint-Luc Road, and the duplexes and triplexes along MacDonald, Cleve, Dufferin, Heath, Holtham, Harrow and Aldred Roads. There are no commercial properties in the city. There is only one school in the city, the Hampstead Elementary School, which is public.

At the beginning of each summer is Hampstead Day, which features a small carnival and fireworks, curated by the staff of the Hampstead Pool and of the Hampstead Day Camp.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Hampstead is twinned with:

People from Hampstead

People from the Town of Hampstead

References
  1. Reference number 388460 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Hampstead
  3. Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: MOUNT ROYAL (Quebec)
  4. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Hampstead&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00052466062 2021 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Hampstead, Quebec]
  5. "Résultats des élections pour les postes de maire et de conseiller".
  6. "Bill Steinberg Official Website".
  7. "Profil sociodéographique: Ville de Hampstead" (PDF) (in French). Ville de Montréal. 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  8. Canada. 2002. 2001 Community Profiles. Released June 27, 2002.
  9. "Pickering, Ontario (City) Census Subdivision". Community Profiles, Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada.
  10. "Hampstead, V". Detailed Mother Tongue (103), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data. Statistics Canada. 2007-11-20. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
  11. "Town of Hampstead".



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