Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Hochelaga-Maisonneuve is a district of Montreal, Quebec, situated on the eastern half of the island, generally to the south and south-west of the city's Olympic Stadium. A part of the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, its borders are roughly rue Moreau to the west, rue Sherbrooke to the north, rue Viau to the east, and the Saint Lawrence River to the south. Its population of 129 110 persons is a mix of working class Québécois, welfare recipients, students and recent immigrants. Named after the First Nations village of Hochelaga encountered in 1535-1536 by the explorer Jacques Cartier, this neighborhood at one time was believed to be the location of the prehistoric village. Historians and anthropologists have not reached...