Montreal City Council

Montreal City Council

_{Conseil municipal de Montréal (French)}
Montreal City Council ; Conseil municipal de Montréal (French)
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Mayor	Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Ensemble Montréal ; since November 13, 2025
Leader of the Opposition	Ericka Alneus, Projet Montréal ; since November 12, 2025
Structure
Seats	64 councillors and mayor
Political groups	Government (34) Ensemble Montréal (34) Supported by (5) Équipe LaSalle Team (3) Équipe Anjou (2) Official Opposition (25) Projet Montréal (25) Other parties (1) Équipe St-Léonard (1) Independent (0)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2 November 2025
Next election	4 November 2029
Website
	ville.montreal.qc.ca

Montreal City Council (French: Conseil municipal de Montréal) is the governing body in the mayor–council government in the city of Montreal, Quebec. The head of the city government in Montreal is the mayor, who is first among equals in the city council. The council is a democratically elected institution and is the final decision-making authority in the city, although much power is centralized in the executive committee. The council consists of 65 members from all boroughs of the city.^[1] The council has jurisdiction over many matters, including public security, agreements with other governments, subsidy programs, the environment, urban planning, and a three-year capital expenditure program. The city council is also required to supervise, standardize or approve certain decisions made by the borough councils.

City Hall

Shed near Pointe à Callière 1642 – as town hall
Château Maisonneuve ??
Palais de l'Intendance 1698–1713?
Château Ramezay 1760–1774
Maison Beaujeu (320 Notre Dame)
Bonsecours Market – home to city hall and council from 1852 to 1878
Old Montreal Courthouse (now Édifice Lucien-Saulnier) 1922–1926; 2019–2024
Montreal City Hall – 1878–1922; 1926–2019; 2024-present^[2]

Committees

Reporting directly to the city council, the executive committee exercises decision-making powers similar to that of the cabinet in a parliamentary system and is responsible for preparing various documents including budgets and by-laws, submitted to the city council for approval. The decision-making powers of the executive committee cover, in particular, the awarding of contracts or grants, the management of human and financial resources, supplies and buildings. It may also be assigned further powers by the city council.

Standing committees are the council's prime instruments for public consultation. They are responsible for the public study of pending matters and for making the appropriate recommendations to the council. They also review the annual budget forecasts for departments under their jurisdiction. A public notice of meeting is published in both French and English daily newspapers at least seven days before each meeting. All meetings include a public question period. The standing committees, of which there are seven, have terms lasting two years. In addition, the city council may decide to create special committees at any time. Each standing committee is made up of seven to nine members, including a chairman and a vice-chairman. The members are all elected municipal officers, with the exception of a representative of the government of Quebec on the public security committee.

Composition

The current city council consists of the mayor and 64 elected city councillors, including borough mayors. Unlike most Canadian cities, the city of Montreal has political parties; however, these are not chapters of any federal or provincial political parties, but are standalone entities at the municipal level.

Each borough is divided into between two and five districts, and has a different system of representation depending on its population. Each borough also has a five-member borough council, consisting of the borough mayor, any city councillors, and in certain boroughs additional borough councillors, as follows:

Borough	Representation on city council	Additional representation on borough council
Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Borough mayor and city councillors for 4 districts	None
Anjou	Borough mayor and 1 city councillor	Borough councillors for 3 districts
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Borough mayor and city councillors for 5 districts	None
L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève	Borough mayor only	Borough councillors for 4 districts
Lachine	Borough mayor and 1 city councillor	Borough councillors for 3 districts
LaSalle	Borough mayor and city councillors for 2 districts	Each district elects 2 borough councillors
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Borough mayor and city councillors for 4 districts	None
Montréal-Nord	Borough mayor and city councillors for 2 districts	Each district elects 1 borough councillor
Outremont	Borough mayor only	Borough councillors for 4 districts
Pierrefonds-Roxboro	Borough mayor and city councillors for 2 districts	Each district elects 1 borough councillor
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Borough mayor and city councillors for 3 districts	Each district elects 1 borough councillor
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles	Borough mayor and city councillors for 3 districts	Each district elects 1 borough councillor
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	Borough mayor and city councillors for 4 districts	None
Saint-Laurent	Borough mayor and city councillors for 2 districts	Each district elects 1 borough councillor
Saint-Léonard	Borough mayor and city councillors for 2 districts	Each district elects 1 borough councillor
Le Sud-Ouest	Borough mayor and city councillors for 2 districts	Each district elects 1 borough councillor
Verdun	Borough mayor and city councillors for 2 districts	Each district elects 2 borough councillors
Ville-Marie	Mayor of Montreal (ex officio borough mayor) and city councillors for 3 districts	2 city councillors from other boroughs named by the Mayor
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension	Borough mayor and city councillors for 4 districts	None

Party standings

The most recent election was the 2025 Montreal municipal election,^[3] in which Soraya Martinez Ferrada's Ensemble Montréal won 34 out of 65 available seats.


Party	Leader	Seats as of 2 November 2025 election	Current seats
Ensemble Montréal	Soraya Martinez Ferrada	34 / 65	34 / 65
Projet Montréal	Ericka Alneus	25 / 65	25 / 65
Équipe LaSalle Team	Nancy Blanchet	3 / 65	3 / 65
Équipe Anjou	Luis Miranda	2 / 65	2 / 65
Équipe St-Léonard	Mauro Barone	1 / 65	1 / 65
Independent		0 / 65	0 / 65

Current members

As of the 2025 election.

Borough	Position	Party	Name	Location
Ville-Marie	Mayor of Montreal	EM	Martinez FerradaSoraya Martinez Ferrada	C
Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Borough mayor	EM	Théroux-SéguinMaude Théroux-Séguin	NW
	Councillor, Ahuntsic	PM	GouletNathalie Goulet	NW
	Councillor, Bordeaux-Cartierville	EM	GiannouEffie Giannou	NW
	Councillor, Saint-Sulpice	EM	EspositoVictor Esposito	NW
	Councillor, Sault-au-Récollet	PM	BeauvaisCarla Beauvais	NW
Anjou	Borough mayor	EA	MirandaLuis Miranda	NE
Anjou	Councillor	EA	HenaultAndrée Hénault	NE
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Borough mayor	EM	ValenzuelaStephanie Valenzuela	C
	Councillor, Côte-des-Neiges	PM	BrièreÉmilie Brière	C
	Councillor, Darlington	EM	ThiagarajahMilany Thiagarajah	C
	Councillor, Loyola	EM	TeodorescoAlexandre Teodoresco	C
	Councillor, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	PM	McQueenPeter McQueen	C
	Councillor, Snowdon	EM	MorozSonny Moroz	C
L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève	Borough mayor	PM	MyrandDanielle Myrand	NW
Lachine	Borough mayor	EM	ProvostJulie-Pascale Provost	S
	Councillor	EM	RousselDominic Roussel	S
	Borough mayor	EL	BlanchetNancy Blanchet	S
	Councillor, Cecil-P.-Newman	EL	PalestiniLaura Palestini	S
	Councillor, Sault-Saint-Louis	EL	DeschampsRichard Deschamps	S
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Borough mayor	EM	GagnonChantal Gagnon	E
	Councillor, Hochelaga	PM	DoyonSarah V. Doyon	E
	Councillor, Louis-Riel	EM	ZunigaAlba Zuniga Ramos	E
	Councillor, Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe	EM	Devaux-GuizaniAlexandre Devaux-Guizani	E
	Councillor, Tétreaultville	EM	Henault-RatelleJulien Hénault-Ratelle	E
Montréal-Nord	Borough mayor	EM	BlackChristine Black	NE
	Councillor, Marie-Clarac	EM	HaririYoussef Hariri	NE
	Councillor, Ovide-Clermont	EM	RossiChantal Rossi	NE
Outremont	Borough mayor	EM	BraunCaroline Braun	C
Pierrefonds-Roxboro	Borough mayor	EM	BeisDimitrios Jim Beis	NW
	Councillor, Bois-de-Liesse	EM	LangevinBenoit Langevin	NW
	Councillor, Cap-Saint-Jacques	EM	MohsenSophie Mohsen	NW
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Borough mayor	PM	WongCathy Wong	C
	Councillor, De Lorimier	PM	VilainMaeva Vilain	C
	Councillor, Jeanne-Mance	PM	NorrisAlex Norris	C
	Councillor, Mile-End	PM	PlourdeMarie Plourde	C
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles	Borough mayor	EM	PelletierDenis Pelletier	NE
	Councillor, La Pointe-aux-Prairies	EM	VarelaDiana Varela	NE
	Councillor, Pointe-aux-Trembles	EM	Rousseau-BélangerGabrielle Rousseau-Bélanger	NE
	Councillor, Rivière-des-Prairies	EM	RapanaGiovanni Rapanà	NE
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	Borough mayor	PM	LimogesFrançois Limoges	E
	Councillor, Etienne-DesmarteauCouncillor, Étienne-Desmarteau	PM	AlneusEricka Alneus	E
	Councillor, Marie-Victorin	PM	PauzeJocelyn Pauzé	E
	Councillor, Saint-Édouard	PM	BlancoJosefina Blanco	E
	Councillor, Vieux-Rosemont	PM	Demers-DubéOlivier Demers-Dubé	E
Saint-Laurent	Borough mayor	EM	DeSousaAlan DeSousa	NW
	Councillor, Côte-de-Liesse	EM	NazarianVana Nazarian	NW
	Councillor, Norman-McLaren	EM	SalemAref Salem	NW
Saint-Léonard	Borough mayor	EM	PerriDominic Perri	NE
	Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Est	EM	El KorbiArij El Korbi	NE
	Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Ouest	ESL	BaroneMauro Barone	NE
Le Sud-Ouest	Borough mayor	PM	FournierVéronique Fournier	S
	Councillor, Saint-Henri-Est–Petite-Bourgogne– Pointe-Saint-Charles–Griffintown	PM	HoubartCatherine Houbart	S
	Councillor, Saint-Paul–Émard–Saint-Henri-Ouest	PM	TanguayÉlise Tanguay	S
Verdun	Borough mayor	PM	BeauregardCéline-Audrey Beauregard	S
	Councillor, Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs	EM	MoreauAndréanne Moreau	S
	Councillor, Desmarchais-Crawford	PM	DowneySterling Downey	S
Ville-Marie	Councillor, Peter-McGill	EM	RobertsLeslie Roberts	C
	Councillor, Saint-Jacques	EM	PinardClaude Pinard	C
	Councillor, Sainte-Marie	PM	McCrayChristopher McCray	C
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension	Borough mayor	PM	LavigneJean François Lalonde	E
	Councillor, François-Perrault	PM	OuelletSylvain Ouellet	E
	Councillor, Parc-Extension	PM	CarhuallanquiElvira Carhuallanqui	E
	Councillor, Saint-Michel	EM	CorvilJosué Corvil	E
	Councillor, Villeray	PM	MusauMartine Musau Muele	E

See the members of the Montreal Executive Committee

Notes

References

↑ "City Council". City Hall. Ville de Montréal. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
↑ Magder, Jason (8 June 2024) [June 7, 2024]. "Montreal City Hall reopens after five-year restoration project". The Gazette. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
↑ "Candidates for city councillor positions". Retrieved 11 November 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

External links

List of city and borough councillors. Ville de Montréal.

[councillors-1] "City Council". City Hall. Ville de Montréal. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

[2] Magder, Jason (8 June 2024) [June 7, 2024]. "Montreal City Hall reopens after five-year restoration project". The Gazette. Retrieved 14 June 2026.

[3] "Candidates for city councillor positions". Retrieved 11 November 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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Current members of Montreal City Council
Mayor	Soraya Martinez Ferrada (Ensemble Montréal)
Ensemble Montréal Councillors	Dimitrios Jim Beis Christine Black Caroline Braun Josué Corvil Alan DeSousa Alexandre Devaux-Guizani Arij El Korbi Victor Esposito Chantal Gagnon Effie Giannou Youssef Hariri Julien Hénault-Ratelle Benoit Langevin Alexandre Teodoresco Maude Théroux-Séguin Milany Thiagarajah Andréanne Moreau Sophie Mohsen Sonny Moroz Vana Nazarian Denis Pelletier Dominic Perri Claude Pinard Julie-Pascale Provost Giovanni Rapanà Leslie Roberts Chantal Rossi Gabrielle Rousseau-Bélanger Dominic Roussel Aref Salem Stephanie Valenzuela Diana Varela Alba Zuniga Ramos
Projet Montréal Councillors	Ericka Alneus Céline-Audrey Beauregard Carla Beauvais Josefina Blanco Émilie Brière Elvira Carhuallanqui Olivier Demers-Dubé Sterling Downey Sarah V. Doyon Véronique Fournier Nathalie Goulet Catherine Houbart Jean François Lalonde François Limoges Christopher McCray Peter McQueen Martine Musau Muele Danielle Myrand Alex Norris Sylvain Ouellet Jocelyn Pauzé Marie Plourde Élise Tanguay Maeva Vilain Cathy Wong
Other Councillors	Mauro Barone (Équipe St-Léonard) Nancy Blanchet (Équipe LaSalle Team) Richard Deschamps (Équipe LaSalle Team) Andrée Hénault (Équipe Anjou) Luis Miranda (Équipe Anjou) Laura Palestini (Équipe LaSalle Team)