Talk:Westmount, Quebec

Anglophones?
Will the new city of Westmount be officially bilingual (i.e. more than 50% Anglophone)? If so, it should be noted in the article. —Larineso 16:24, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I know this is old, but I felt I should reply anyway. "Officially bilingual" does not (usually) mean that a population is 50 % anglophone and 50 % francophone, but that both official languages are recognized from a legislative standpoint. Put another way, it's a question of legislation rather than demographics. Naturally, this is not to say that both can't be true... --Msanford (talk) 18:54, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Nothing changes except the political arrangement
Canada is officially bi-lingual, Quebec is also, although French has priority. Language statistics won't change as a result, they will change organically.


 * Quebec is not officially bilingual. Constitutionally, French is the only official language. New Brunswick is the only officially biligual province. Emile 05:28, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Was Ludwig Mies van der Rohe really married to Samuel Bronfman's daughter?
Re: Westmount Square complex designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Was Ludwig Mies van der Rohe married to Samuel Bronfman's daughter as implied? I don't recall ever hearing this. Is it true? If it is Phyllis Lambert you're thinking of, his important (and foresighted) patron, wasn't she briefly married to a Baron Lambert from France, rather than the architect?

Nice place from the outside, particularly in the summer light, Westmount Square; too bad the shopping mall in the basement was never popular enough to stay full and took on a somewhat dreary feeling as a result. The bakery on the west side of Greene Avenue opposite the main mall entrance has great bread if you're going to see the place and want a nibble standing up...I think it's called Le Pain Dore.

An old Westmount High grad...

Phyllis Lambert was never married to Mies van der Rohe, and her first and only husband was not a Baron, just a slightly sleazy fortune hunter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.52.62.66 (talk) 20:00, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Andrew Lloyd Weber
Lloyd Weber was born in canada

M cyclops 16:53, 7 March 2007 (UTC)mcyclops

Westmount's hidden poor
What most people forget about Westmount is that it includes a small area south of the tracks which contains some of the poorest people in Montreal, though a certain 'gentrification' appears to be happening. Thus, when we read statistics of 'average income', we should remember that those of most of the inhabitants is even higher, brought down by this section of low income inhabitants.

Also worth note is that Westmount High used to have a poor reputation as a school (and of course most of the richer inhabitants sent their kids to private schools anyway) but recently this has turned around and Westmount High's educational record has improved greatly.

Botany girl 14:08, 4 October 2007 (UTC)


 * (Tongue in cheek) that last assertion will need a citation :) --Msanford (talk) 18:57, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

"Westmount High used to have a poor reputation as a school" -- Botany Girl. Westmount High wasn't that bad of a school when I graduated in 1964. Six of approximately 15 boys in my classroom got into Ivy League colleges, and all but one attended -- ironically, the chap who turned down Princeton for McGill out of family poverty did a double PhD and ended up achieving the most of all of us. My father looked into private schools, but found one had a significantly better shot at admission to a top tier North American university from Westmount High, so there I was sent. Approximately half the boys in our class were Jewish (I was one of them), and they got four of the Ivy spots, for an Ivy admission rate of over 50%. At the time the post-Sputnik talent search panic was still on so there were few barriers to entry if one had good SAT scores. Eventually the Ivy admissions officers learned that high SATS don't make for diligent students, and went back to focusing more on grades and "suitable breeding," dooming us Asperger's types again to McGill. I know Ivy admission is not the only criterion by which to judge, and my experience of studying in the Westmount K-12 system was one of unending misery, but still....

And then there's Kamala Harris, a later graduate who may yet give us a US President, though we've never had a Canadian Prime Minister. Oh Yes, Dave Walsh, of Bre-X infamy, also graduated in my year. FurnaldHall (talk) 09:08, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

More photos needed
Westmount has some of the most beautiful views in and of Montreal, and some very nice buildings. I've made myself a to-do to take photographs of the City Hall, Summit Circle, and a few other places to include here (once the snow clears).

If anyone beats me to it, well done! --Msanford (talk) 19:00, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Antipathy
Westmount is reviled by the French-speaking majority in Quebec due to the predominance of English and its history as a symbol of English power in the province, as well as a poor attitude toward non-Westmounters. As an example, non-Westmount residents who park for more than three hours on Westmount streets can be ticketed; no such restriction applies to Westmount residents who park in the city of Montreal. And the staff at the Westmount Public Library were nasty bordering on vicious towards non-Westmount residents during the merger period in which all residents of the island of Montreal were (at least in theory) permitted lending privileges there. Any honest discussion of this place should include some mention of the fact that for many if not most Quebecers, "Westmount" is basically a dirty word only uttered with disdain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.157.169.211 (talk) 05:09, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

who ever wrote this Sh*** should stope being so jelous and grown up, i'm a Westmounter and I have absolutly nothing against montrealer's! Get your priorities straight! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.20.35 (talk) 06:22, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

The lead image
I am not sure about the infobox image. I feel like I want to see Westmount, but I am looking up. The Greene Ave. shot was not bad, but only showed one side of the street. Now it is down low and dark and colourless. I know I juiced the colours up a bit too much. I have a tendency to do that. Anyhow, I respect your edits, especially with Montreal, and I understand moving the Greene Ave.

I suggest some sort of consensus on a lead image. It's hard to pin down a centre. Greene and de Maisonneuve is one (if I am getting the intersection right), and Victoria and Sherbrooke is another. I also suggest a shot that shows both sides of a main street, or something like that. Then someone can get out there with a camera. I have someone in mind if nobody else wants to do it. Any thoughts?--Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:24, 24 June 2009 (UTC)


 * It is of my opinion that the infobox image of Westmount should be one of the city's skyline (which would show more than just Greene Avenue or Westmount Square of course). I think a perfect shot would have upper Westmount (the hill) in the background, with Westmount Square, Place Alexis-Nihon, etc in the foreground. Something kind of like this: or this  except without St-Henri or a bikepath in the foreground, a wider angle, and more of Westmount. I like something like this as well, but without the cars in the picture: . Another possibility is to take a shot of Westmount from atop Summit Circle . I agree that none of the images are ideal, and being a fan of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, I couldn't help but put a picture of his buildings in the infobox. Cheers. --MTLskyline (talk) 16:29, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Nice. I like Montréal vu depuis Westmount the best. It's tough because there's no single centre, and so many important areas. I think you're right about the skyline plan. It's a great catch-all. A friend has promised to send me some pics on the weekend. They should be good. He's a whiz with a camera. He knows what most of the buttons do and never opens the back to see if there's film inside.--Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:35, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I like the one taken from Summit Circle a lot as well (except it would look better in summer with leaves on the trees). It's great to hear that your friend is sending you some shots of the city for inclusion in the article, I find that it's often the case that the pictures (specifically the infobox picture) make or break the article. Look forward to seeing them. MTLskyline (talk) 05:16, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Mistake in Map at the end of article (just before Reference)
At the end of the article presenting Westmount, just before Reference, there is an obvious mistake in the location map: "HAMPSTEAD" is written rather than "WESTMOUNT".

Paul Laberge 8th July 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.93.183.231 (talk) 01:45, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

there should be a geography paragraph with heading in bold
westmount is the WEST SIDE of mont royale, last time *I* checked, go look at the wiki page on outremont they *try* and get the geography right but talk a lot of street names and subway lines instead of just pointing out that it is the EAST SIDE of the damned mountain. geeeeez. also WTF if ur going to go on and on about ethnicity, plz point out that westmount is traditionally jewish, k? again, see the page on outremont, they go on and on about the hasidic population (which last time i checked, hasn't been there for like 100 years the way that bronfmann etc has been in westmount). very poor on this article omitting this stuff, esp. any sort of geographical info, and the outremont page is pretty weak too since they don't even state the obvious thing like WESTMOUNT = WEST OF THE MOUNTAIN and OUTREMONT = EAST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. yes outremont extends north too, but still, look at the damn names even. bleh. if you do the drive CLOSE TO the mountain itself and see *old* outremont or westmount you see how it is exactly the wealthy enclave, one predominantly francophone, the other predominantly anglo and also jewish, on either side of the mountian avoiding both the downtown south and the freakin ghetto to the north. that is almost historical maybe right now, but just show how montreal has the two co-existing cultures and how it divides east-west with respect to the mountain (which no road can go across) etc, this is basic 100 years at most historical information that is the very nature of the city of montreal! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Reetside (talk • contribs) 06:55, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I think every single claim made in the preceding paragraph is wrong 24.202.251.237 (talk) 00:25, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I kind of agree with the title. Cityscape and parks go fit within. As for the body, errrrr, if you have sources to back it up, fine. Add it. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:48, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Westmount Recreation Centre
The Westmount Arena built in 1959 was replaced in October 2013 by the new Westmount Recreation Centre (WRC). The design-build project was headed by architect Julia Gersovitz and the project manager was Genivar. The complex, constructed by Pomerleau has LEED Gold certification. The complex includes two NHL regulation size skating rinks that are the first in Canada to be built underground. There is an outdoor twenty-five metre swimming pool with eight lanes and starter blocks, a diving area, an adjacent toddler pool as well as three outdoor tennis courts. The building has two multi-purpose rooms, a café and offices of the Westmount Sports & Recreation Department. The Westmount Teen Centre (TAG) is also hlocated here. The complex was built at a cost of $38 million with $20 million received through a federal grant and approximately $6 million contributed through corporate and private donations. The remainder will be paid through municipal taxes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.41.91.42 (talk) 14:47, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

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