Outremont

Outremont is a federal electoral district in central Montreal encompassing the borough of Outremont, the eastern part of Côte-des-Neiges, the western portion of Mile End in Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, and sections of upper downtown in Ville-Marie and La Petite-Patrie. The riding sits on the northern and western flanks of Mount Royal, anchored by the Université de Montréal campus. It is a culturally layered district where Hasidic Jewish communities, francophone professionals, immigrant families, and a trendy Mile End arts scene coexist within a compact urban footprint.

Candidates

Rachel Bendayan (Liberal) — Born in Montreal to a Moroccan-Jewish family, Bendayan studied law at McGill University and practised commercial litigation and international arbitration at Norton Rose Fulbright for a decade, also teaching at the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Law. She first ran in Outremont in 2015, finishing second to NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, then won the seat in a February 2019 by-election following Mulcair’s departure from politics. She was re-elected in the 2019 general election and again in 2021.

Ève Péclet (NDP) — A lawyer holding a law degree from the Université de Montréal, Péclet previously served as MP for La Pointe-de-l’Île from 2011 to 2015. During her time in Parliament, she focused on foreign affairs and justice issues and served as co-chair of the NDP’s Quebec section.

Célia Grimard (Bloc Québécois)

Jasmine Louras (Conservative) — Louras studied biochemistry, exercise science, and law, and worked in Montreal’s start-up scene before completing an internship at the United States Consulate in Montreal in public diplomacy and foreign commercial service. She contested Outremont for the Conservatives in both 2019 and in the 2019 by-election prior to that.

Grace Tarabey (Green)

Yehuda Pinto (People’s Party)

About the Riding

Outremont is a riding of striking contrasts. The borough of Outremont proper—bounded by Mount Royal, Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, and Avenue Van Horne—blends stately homes with vibrant commercial streets along Avenues Bernard and Laurier, where cafés, bistros, and independent shops cater to an upscale francophone clientele. The eastern and northern portions of the borough are home to one of North America’s largest Hasidic Jewish communities—principally Satmar, Belz, and Skver—whose young, fast-growing population accounts for roughly 20% of the borough’s residents and is characterized by a median age of just 17.6 years.

West of the borough, the riding extends into Côte-des-Neiges, a dense, multicultural neighbourhood surrounding the Université de Montréal that draws students and immigrants from around the world. To the east, the Mile End district—historically a working-class Jewish and immigrant quarter—has become one of Montreal’s most celebrated creative hubs, home to technology start-ups, art studios, and the bagel shops that anchor its culinary identity.

Cohabitation between the Hasidic community and secular residents has generated periodic tensions over zoning, religious accommodations, and public-space use, making identity and community relations a distinctive feature of Outremont’s political landscape. The riding has alternated between the Liberals and the NDP in recent cycles—Thomas Mulcair won it for the NDP in a landmark 2007 by-election—before Bendayan recaptured it for the Liberals in 2019.