Montréal (Côte-des-Neiges)

Côte-des-Neiges (formerly: Côte Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) is a sociological district of the city of Montreal located north of the Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough. It is located in the center of the island of Montreal on the western slope of Mount Royal and is crossed in its center by Côte-des-Neiges Road. It had a population of 92,870 in 2013.

Carved out in 1698, during the era of New France, as one of the nine inland hills of the seigneury of the Island of Montreal, Côte Notre-Dame-des-Neiges officially became the village of Côte-des-Neiges with the opening of the Côte-des-Neiges Road in 1862. The village was divided in 1889 and then entirely annexed to the City of Montreal in 1910. Long an agricultural area, the entire neighborhood became urbanized after the Second World War.

Now, at the beginning of the 21st century, it is home to the campus of the Université de Montréal (main building, Roger-Gaudry Pavilion) and its affiliated schools (Polytechnique and HEC Montréal), the Sainte-Justine University Hospital, the Jewish General Hospital, and Saint Joseph's Oratory.

Côte-des-Neiges is the most cosmopolitan neighborhood on the island of Montreal.