Hampstead, Quebec

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Hampstead

|official_name =

|native_name =

|settlement_type = City

|image_skyline = Hampstead - Town Hall.jpg

|image_caption = Hampstead Town Hall

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|image_shield = Hampstead seal.png

|shield_size = 120x80px

|nickname = Garden City

|motto =

|image_map = Carte localisation Île de Montréal - Hampstead.svg

|map_caption = Location on the Island of Montreal

|pushpin_map = Canada Southern Quebec

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec

|coordinates = {{coord|45|29|N|73|38|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Canada

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Quebec

|subdivision_type2 = Region

|subdivision_name2 = Montreal

|subdivision_type3 = RCM

|subdivision_name3 = None

|established_title =

|established_date =

|established_title1 = Constituted

|established_date1 = January 1, 2006

|established_title2 =

|established_date2 =

|named_for = Hampstead, London

|seat_type =

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|government_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Répertoire des municipalités: Hampstead |url=https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/66062/ |website=www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca |publisher=Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation |access-date=14 June 2022 |language=fr}}

[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1114 Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: MOUNT ROYAL (Quebec)]

|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Jeremy Levi

|leader_title1 = Federal riding

|leader_name1 = Mount Royal

|leader_title2 = Prov. riding

|leader_name2 = D'Arcy-McGee

|area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Hampstead, Ville (V) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=hampstead&DGUIDlist=2021A00052466062&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca | date=9 February 2022 |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |accessdate=14 June 2022}}

|area_total_km2 = 1.77

|area_land_km2 = 1.79

|area_water_km2 =

|area_water_percent =

|area_note = There is an apparent discrepancy between 2 authoritative sources.

|elevation_m =

|population_footnotes =

|population_total = 7037

|population_as_of = 2021

|population_density_km2 = 3922.1

|population_urban =

|population_blank1_title = Pop. 2016-2021

|population_blank1 = {{increase}} 0.9%

|population_blank2_title = Dwellings

|population_blank2 = 2622

|population_note =

|timezone = EST

|utc_offset = −5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = −4

|postal_code_type = Postal code(s)

|postal_code = H3X

|area_code = 514 and 438

|blank_name = Highways

|blank_info = No major routes

|website = {{Official URL}}

|footnotes =

}}

Hampstead is an on-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is an independent municipality bordering the municipality of Côte Saint-Luc and the Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough of Montreal.

History

File:Building. New Hampstead Town Hall BAnQ Vieux-Montréal P48S1P08667.jpg

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.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

=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.

Demographics

{{stack|{{Historical populations

|title = Historical populations

|type = Canada

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|cols =

|percentages =

|footnote =

|source = Statistics Canada

|1966|6158

|1971|7035

|1976|7562

|1981|7598

|1986|7886

|1991|7219

|1996|6986

|2001|6974

|2006|6996

|2011|7153

|2016|6973

|2021|7037

}}}}According to the Office québécois de la langue française, Hampstead has been officially recognized as a bilingual municipality since 2005-11-02.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-19 |title=Organismes reconnus offrant des services dans une langue autre que le français |url=https://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/francisation/admin_publ/organismes-reconnus.aspx |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca}}

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hampstead had a population of {{val|7037|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|2493|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|2622|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:7037-6973}}|6973|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|6973|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|1.79|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|7037|1.79|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022}}

{{Canada census

|location = Hampstead

|2021_population=7,037 | 2021_pop_delta=+0.9 | 2021_land_area=1.79 | 2021_pop_density=3922.1

|2021_median_age=39.6 | 2021_median_age_m=38.8 | 2021_median_age_f=40.4

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=2,622 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=2,493 |2021_mean_hh_income=150,000

|2021_geocode=2021A00052466062 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19

|2016_population=6,973 | 2016_pop_delta=-2.5 | 2016_land_area=1.80 | 2016_pop_density=3884.2

|2016_median_age=40.8 | 2016_median_age_m=39.3 | 2016_median_age_f=41.6

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=2,623 | 2016_mean_hh_income=122,496 | 2016_access_date=2022-06-06

}}

colspan="2" \| Canada 2006 Census{{cite web\|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3518001&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=35&B1=All\|title=Pickering, Ontario (City) Census Subdivision\|publisher=Statistics Canada\|work=Community Profiles, Canada 2006 Census\|access-date=2012-06-02\|archive-date=2017-02-03\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203043328/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3518001&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=35&B1=All\|url-status=dead}}	Population	% of Total Population
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rowspan="7" \| Visible minority group	South Asian	45	0.6
Chinese	55	0.8
Black	145	2.1
Filipino	130	1.9
Latin American	80	1.1
Southeast Asian	45	0.6
Other visible minority	155	2.3
colspan="2" \| Total visible minority population	655	9.4
rowspan="3" \| Aboriginal group	First Nations	0	0
Métis	0	0
Inuit	0	0
colspan="2" \| Total Aboriginal population	0	0
colspan="2" \| White	6,340	90.6
colspan="2" \| *Total population*	*6,995*	*100*

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.{{cite web | title = Hampstead, V | work = 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 | publisher = Statistics Canada | date = 2007-11-20 | url = http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89202&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=701&Temporal=2006&Theme=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&GID=773022 | access-date = 2008-02-06}}

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! 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%

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+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%

The town is noted for having the highest percentage of Jewish residents of any city in Canada, and the third highest worldwide outside Israel.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}

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! Religion (2001)[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2466060&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=hampstead&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= Canada. 2002. 2001 Community Profiles. Released June 27, 2002] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118190256/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2466060&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=hampstead&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |date=January 18, 2016 }}.

! 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%

Local 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%).{{Cite web|url=http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/organisation-municipale/democratie-municipale/archives-des-resultats-des-elections-municipales/elections-municipales-2013/resultats-des-elections-pour-les-postes-de-maire-et-de-conseiller/?tx_txmamrotelections2013_pi1%5Bmun_text%5D=Hampstead+%2866062%29&tx_txmamrotelections2013_pi1%5Bmun%5D=66062&tx_txmamrotelections2013_pi1%5Bsearch%5D=Afficher|title = Résultats des élections pour les postes de maire et de conseiller}} 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).{{Cite web|url=https://billsteinberg.ca|title=Bill Steinberg Official Website}}

Current Government:

Mayor: Jeremy Levi
Councillors:

:#Leon Elfassy

:#Jack Edery

:#Harvey Shaffer

:#Michael Goldwax

:#Warren Budning

:#Jason Farber

=Former mayors=

List of former mayors:{{cite web |title=Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Hampstead (ville) 19.2.1914 - 1.1.2002 * 1.1.2006 - ... |url=https://www.mairesduquebec.com/mairesduquebec/munic.php?id=2967 |website=www.mairesduquebec.com |publisher=Institut généalogique Drouin |access-date=14 June 2022}}

James Baillie (1914–1924)
James A. Baillie (1924–1928, 1930–1932)
William Schuyler Lighthall (1928–1930)
Archibald F. Byers (1932–1935)
Vincent E. Scully (1935–1936)
Hartland Glaspell Parsons (1936–1948)
Lyman Ira Playfair (1948–1964)
Stuart Milnet Finlayson (1964–1974)
Irving L. Adessky (1974–2001)
William Steinberg (2005–2021)
Jeremy Levi (2021–present)

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:{{Cite web|url=http://www.hampstead.qc.ca/1/Local+Community/Public+Transport|title = Town of Hampstead}} 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.