Montreal/South West

Montreal South West (Le Sud-Ouest) is the area west of downtown, on both sides of the Lachine Canal (Canal de Lachine), bordered by the districts of LaSalle, Verdun and Westmount.

It is made up of the neighbourhoods of Petite-Bourgogne-Griffintown (Little Burgundy), Saint-Henri, Pointe-Saint-Charles, Côte-Saint-Paul and Ville Émard. Historically a blue-collar neighbourhood, it used to be called "Smokey Valley" because of a high concentration of heavy industry and other sources of pollution. Those days are long gone, and the Lachine canal cleanup and conversion into a park and bike path, as well as many of the old industrial buildings being gentrified and turned into luxury condominiums have changed the face of Sud-Ouest forever.

By metro
Lionel-Groulx, the transfer station for the Orange and Green lines is at the northern edge of the South West, two blocks from Atwater Market and easy walking distance to the Lachine Canal bike path. Don't get confused by the Atwater metro, several blocks north, across the busy Autoroute Ville-Marie. The Charlevoix metro is on the south side of the Canal on the Green line. Further west, Place-Saint Henri is on the Orange line.

By bus
The 36 Monk runs east-west from downtown, traversing much of the South West. The route begins downtown (with a stop near Bonaventure metro and train station), and stops in St-Henri (at Lionel-Groulx and Place-St-Henri metro stations) and Ville-Émard (at Monk and Angrignon metro stations). The 108 Bannantyne runs north-south from Atwater metro across the canal, passing through Lasalle metro station.

See

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Buy

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Eat
Parts of the South West neighborhood are emerging as one of Montreal's great eating areas--though it's yet to overtake the Plateau in terms of sheer number of restaurants.

Stay safe
Petite-Bourgogne used to be, for Montreal, a high-crime area. Be careful after dark, especially around closing time, when the bars empty out.