About CSL

The City of Côte Saint-Luc is the third largest municipality on the island of Montreal. Its sports and recreation programs, 28 parks, and modern library make it an attractive residential community in the west end.

Côte Saint-Luc has been a leader in health and safety issues, becoming one of the first municipalities in Quebec to ban pesticides and require bicycle helmets. It is the only municipality in Quebec to have a volunteer first responder service, which was formed almost 30 years ago. In 2006, it became one of the first cities in the province to introduce a Citizens on Patrol program. Côte Saint-Luc is a bilingual municipality with a diverse, predominantly English-speaking population and has been a leader on human rights issues.
 
The city is administered by a mayor and eight city councillors for a term of four years. The city council is assisted by a dynamic management team. The city’s focus is on delivering the best possible services while maintaining tight controls over its finances.  

Quick stats 

• Population: 31,395
• Number of households: 13,535
• Median age: 49
• Registered electors: 22,000
• City area: 6.95 km2
• Percentage of rented dwellings: 50.6%
• Percentage of owned dwellings: 49.4%

Street maps

City of Côte Saint-Luc city map Produced by the City of Côte Saint-Luc, this map includes an index of all streets, parks, municipal facilities, councillor districts and more. View or download this free map (PDF format).

Etymology of the name 'Côte Saint-Luc'

 The name "Côte Saint-Luc" is, without a doubt, almost as old as the one of "Ville Marie" and dates to the 1660s or so.

The names "Côte Saint-Luc" and "Coteau Saint-Pierre" first appeared about that time in documents describing the land held by the "Seigneurs" (landowners) of the Island of Montreal. (Today Coteau Saint-Pierre is called Nôtre Dame de Grâce or NDG.)

Coteau Saint-Pierre bordered Côte Saint-Luc to the northwest and Côte des Neiges to the northeast.

It is clear that "Côte" -- which is French for "slope" -- referred to the slope that led from the northwest to Coteau Saint-Pierre (NDG). But historian are less certain about the origin of "Saint-Luc".

The custom in the day was to use the land owner's name when naming towns or roads and to add "Saint" to the placename. So, if the name of the owner was Luc, the name of the land might be named Saint-Luc.

The colonization of the Island of Montreal was progressively made, starting from the St. Lawrence River. It only reached "Coteau Saint-Pierre" at the end of the 1600s. The first grant of land on this "Coteau" was made in 1687 to Pierre Hurtubise. Up to 1700, only the forest and the prairie could be seen on "Côte Saint-Luc" and it was good hunting grounds. In fact, tradition has it that game was very plentiful there.

But the inhabitants of Montreal were not long in noticing how fertile the soil was on "Côte Saint-Luc" and the clearing and breaking up of land started there at the beginning of the 1700s. The land remained agricultural for 200 years. In 1900, farming was still the main activity in Côte Saint-Luc.

Interesting facts

Until 1964, the City Hall was housed in the former home of Pierre Lemieux, who was mayor from 1905 to 1909 and from 1912 to 1938. Today, Côte Saint-Luc City Hall is located at 5801 Cavendish Boulevard.

Côte Saint-Luc Mayors

	Mr. Luc Prud'homme January 1903 to February 6, 1905
	Mr. Pierre Lemieux February 6, 1905 to February 9, 1909
	Mr. Xavier Décarie February 9, 1909 to May 6, 1912 (resigned)
	Mr. Pierre Lemieux May 6, 1912 to January 14, 1938
	Mr. Fred D. Lamont January 14, 1938 to March 24, 1939 (resigned)
	Mr. Donald Fletcher March 24, 1939 to May 10, 1951
	Mr. John H. Fyon May 10, 1951 to May 13, 1953
	Mr. J. Adalbert Paris May 13, 1953 to May 9, 1963
	Mr. Samuel Moskovitch May 9, 1963 to May 24, 1976 (died)
	Mr. Bernard Lang November 9, 1976 to November 9, 1998
	Mr. Robert Libman November 9, 1998 to November 7, 2005
	Mr. Anthony Housefather November 7, 2005 to present

Côte Saint-Luc Councillors

S. J. Allen
August H. Andrea
K. Alfred Ball
Francis W. Baily
Jean Béland
Dida Berku
Pearl Bierbrier
S. Bierbrier
C. Brownstein
Mitchell Brownstein
R. Burton
F. Chadillon
H. E. Conklin
Rémi Cousineau
A. Edgar Davies
François-Xavier Décarie
Benjamin Décarie
Henri Décarie
Victor Décarie
August Decay
Armand Dion
Steven Erdelyi
Donald Fletcher
Isadore Goldberg
Sam Goldbloom
Harold Greenspon
Christipher G. Hall
Eric Helfield
D. W. Heywood
R. E. Hindle
Anthony Housefather
Napoléon Jasmin
Stanislas Jasmin
W. E. Kesler
Ed J. Kirwan
David Klinger
Ruth Kovac
Frederick D. Lamont
Bernard Lang
Henri Léger
Léopold Lemieux
Pierre Lemieux
Pascal Lemieux
Hazel Lipes
Carl Luck
Allan J. Levine
Henri Marcovitz
Maurice E. McAlear
Yvan McCubbin
Glenn J. Nashen
Joseph Panunto
H. H. Pitcher
L. N. Poch
Albert Prud’homme
Albini Prud’homme
Eustache Prud’homme
Gervais Prud’homme
Jérémie Prud’homme
Jérémie-Felix Prud’homme
Jos Prud’homme
Joseph Prud’homme
Luc Prud’homme
Ovila Prud’homme
Régis-Jérémie Prud’homme
Harry Rand
G. Harry Robinson
Richard Schwartz
Lionel Segal
I. Singerman
Nathan Shuster
Walter Silverson
Avi Sochaczevski
Stanislas Viau

Symbolism of the Côte Saint-Luc logo

The Côte Saint-Luc logo represents nature including gardens, parks and green spaces. The overall logo illustrates a green leaf. But a bird is also visible. The S curve illustrates elevation, reflecting the city's geography.

Symbolism of the Coat of Arms of the City of Côte Saint-Luc

A community's coat of arms should be a "signature through pictures." A coat of arms must include peculiar designs featuring the city's individuality.

The City of Côte Saint-Luc was named after Saint Luke, whom Saint John saw in the form of a winged bull during his apocalyptic vision. Since then, a winged bull has always remained the symbolic beast of Saint Luke. On the escutcheon, or shield, the winged bull expresses the very name of the city.

The lower part of the shield illustrates the location of Côte Saint-Luc as a railroad junction. The base gyronny argent and sable -- the heraldic tinctures for white and black, well known as colours of railroad signals -- whose disposition suggests the tracks of a marshalling yard, diverging in every direction.

The crest, formed of ears of wheat, recalls that Côte Saint-Luc owes its origin and growth to agricultural activities and was, until the end of the Second World War, almost exclusively a farming community.

The two banners, wavering over both sides of the shield, are symbolic of the double patriotism of Côte Saint-Luc, which is, with every right, proud of being both a modern Canadian city and an old Quebec community.

The motto "Civibus meis" offers a double and suggestive meaning, as it can be translated either as "For my Citizens" or as "By my Citizens." Through its motto, the City of Côte Saint-Luc pays tribute to all of its citizens, whose civic mind made possible its splendid development, and gives also expression to its ideal, which is to work, in every way, for the welfare of all the citizens in the community.

Our Twin City: Ashkelon

Located on a 12 kilometer stretch of magnificent golden sea-shore on the eastern Mediterranean, the City of Ashkelon is a beautiful location in the State of Israel.

Spacious and with clean air and a cool, dry, year-round climate, Ashkelon aims to become one of Israel's most attractive, recreation and tourist activities.