1898. The district was originally named Saint-Joseph de Bordeaux until 1906. One year later, Bordeaux attained city status. On June 4, 1910, it was annexed by the larger City of Montreal. The district was home to Maurice Richard, writer Claude Jasmin and Comte Daeylar. Ahuntsic The municipality of the Village of Ahuntsic was founded on January 21, 1897, by a proclamation of the Quebec provincial government. The council of the new village operated until 1910, when the province passed laws creating the charter of the City of Montreal. It was then annexed and later combined with Nouveau-Bordeaux, forming the district of Ahuntsic-Bordeaux. The city of Cartierville and Sault-au-Récollet were added in 1918. In 1952, following a land exchange, Ahuntsic took over part of Saint-Laurent. The Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough was part of the City of Montreal prior to January 1, 2002. For further reading on pre-merger Montreal, see Karen Herland's book "People, Potholes and Politics". Saraguay In 1914, the rural and agricultural part of the city of Cartierville became independent, forming its own city. It was only in 1964, that Saraguay joined itself to the City of Montreal under law 2926 approved by the lieutenant-governor of the province of Quebec. Geography The borough is located in the northern part of Montreal along the banks of the Rivière des Prairies, and includes some islands in the river such as Île aux Chats, Île Perry, and Île de la Visitation. It is bounded to the east by Montréal-Nord, to the southeast by the borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, to the southwest by the borough of Saint-Laurent, and to the west by the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro. It has an area of 22.92 km² and a population of 127,000. The boundary between Ahuntsic and Cartierville is Autoroute 15. Politics Municipal The borough's office is located at 555, rue Chabanel West, Montreal. The territory is divided into four districts. Borough council Federal and provincial Federally, the borough is in the riding of Ahuntsic-Cartierville. Provincially, the borough is divided between the Saint-Laurent, Acadie, and Crémazie electoral districts. Demographics Education The Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne and the Collège Ahuntsic are located in Ahuntsic-Cartierville. The Commission scolaire de Montréal (CSDM) operates French-language public schools. Elementary École Saint-Bernardin École Marie-Rivier École Sainte-Lucie École Saint-Antoine-Marie-Claret École Atelier École La Visitation École Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens École Saint-Simon-Apôtre École Saint-Isaac-Jogues École Fernand-Seguin École Christ-Roi École Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix École Louis-Colin École Ahuntsic École Saint-André-Apôtre École Saint-Benoît École Gilles-Vigneault École Sainte-Odile École