Brossard, Quebec
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Brossard is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the St. Lawrence River and Saint-Jacques River (South). Population (2001): 65,026
It was merged into the city of Longueuil in 2002, but voted for demerger in 2004.
The city is a suburb of Montréal, separated by the St. Lawrence River. Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours merged with Brossard in 1978 to form the current city.
Brossard is a multi-ethnic city, more than 30% are foreign-born.
Brossard is a residential city (with some 14-floor residential towers) with large commercial zones (Taschereau Boulevard, Mail Champlain, Panama Avenue, LaPiniere Blvd) and a industrial zone.
Major Visible Minority groups:
- Chinese: 6 375 (9.8% of population)
- Black: 2 615 (4.0% of population)
- South Asian: 2 590 (4.0% of population)
- Arab: 1 660 (2.6% of population)
- Southeast Asian: 1 535 ( 2.4% of population)
- Latin-American: 1 320 (2% of population)
- Occidental Asian: 680 (1% of population)
- Filipino: 450 (0.7% of population)