Griffintown

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Griffintown
Neighbourhood
Mountain Street in Griffintown
Griffintown Location of Griffintown in Montreal
Coordinates: 45°29′15″N 73°34′00″W / 45.48756°N 73.56677°W / 45.48756; -73.56677
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
City	Montreal
Borough	Le Sud-Ouest
Area [1][2]
• Land	1.31 km2 (0.51 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2011)[1][2]
• Total	6,446
• Density	4,920.6/km2 (12,744/sq mi)
• Change (2006-11)	67.3%
• Dwellings	4,714
Postal Code	H3C
Area code(s)	514, 438

Griffintown is a historic neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, southwest of downtown. The area existed as a functional neighbourhood from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants. Mostly depopulated since then, the neighbourhood has been undergoing redevelopment since the early 2010s.

Griffintown is the portion of the ward of St. Ann north of the Lachine Canal; the part south of the canal is now part of Pointe-Saint-Charles. This part of the ward was delimited by Notre-Dame Street to the north, the Bonaventure Expressway to the east, and a short segment of the city limit between Notre-Dame Street and the canal west of the St. Gabriel Locks to the west.^[3] It was the earliest and largest faubourg annexed to Old Montreal before the introduction of the tram car in the 1840s.