Ville-Marie () is the name of a borough (arrondissement) in the centre of Montreal, Quebec. The borough is named after Fort Ville-Marie, the French settlement that would later become Montreal (now Old Montreal), which was located within the present-day borough. Old Montreal is a National Historic Site of Canada.
The borough comprises all of downtown Montreal, including the Quartier des spectacles; Old Montreal and the Old Port; the Centre-Sud area; most of Mount Royal Park as well as Saint Helen's Island and Île Notre-Dame.
In 2016, it had a population of 104,944 and an area of .
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| Peter-McGill
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| Leslie Roberts
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| Julien Hénault-Ratelle
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As of 2009, the office of borough mayor, rather than being elected by the borough's citizens, is held ex officio by the mayor of Montreal. Also, two of the members of the borough council are city councillors from other boroughs, chosen by the mayor.
Rather than a dedicated borough hall, the borough's offices and council chambers are located in the Place Dupuis office tower at 800 De Maisonneuve Boulevard East.
This governing structure is due to the unique status of Ville-Marie as the centre of Montreal.
Federal and Provincial
The borough is divided among the following federal ridings:
- Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs
- Laurier—Sainte-Marie
- Outremont
It is divided among the following provincial electoral districts:
- Westmount–Saint-Louis
- Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques
- Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (small corner in east)
- Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne (small corner in south-west)
- Outremont (three small corners of Mount Royal Park to the borough's north-west)