{"id":1058,"date":"2008-06-23T21:11:56","date_gmt":"2008-06-24T02:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/06\/23\/montrealers-dont-have-equal-access-to-pools\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:42:21","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:42:21","slug":"montrealers-dont-have-equal-access-to-pools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/06\/23\/montrealers-dont-have-equal-access-to-pools\/","title":{"rendered":"Montrealers don’t have equal access to pools"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you want easy access to a good and spacious pool, you’re better off living in the west end or a demerged suburb, La Presse reported<\/a> on Sunday. There’s nothing surprising there—that’s often the case with any kind of municipal service—but the disparity in pool access in different neighbourhoods is pretty astonishing:<\/p>\n

Apr\u00e8s avoir compar\u00e9 le nombre d\u2019habitants \u00e0 celui des piscines des arrondissements et des villes reconstitu\u00e9es, on remarque que ces derni\u00e8res sont nettement avantag\u00e9es.<\/p>\n

Les \u00e9carts sont \u00e9normes. Dans la petite municipalit\u00e9 de Senneville, on compte une piscine pour 967 habitants. Dans l\u2019arrondissement de Ville-Marie, il n\u2019y a qu\u2019une seule piscine \u2013 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00eele Sainte-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne \u2013 pour 78 876 personnes!<\/p>\n

En t\u00eate de peloton, huit villes reconstitu\u00e9es. Elles sont g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement riches et situ\u00e9es dans l\u2019ouest de l\u2019\u00eele, \u00e0 l\u2019exception de Montr\u00e9al-Est. Tout en bas de la liste se trouvent huit arrondissements de Montr\u00e9al.
\nLes arrondissements, ma\u00eetres-d\u2019\u0153uvre<\/p>\n

En moyenne, dans les villes reconstitu\u00e9es, on trouve une piscine pour 10 253 habitants. Les arrondissements de Montr\u00e9al en offrent trois fois moins : une piscine pour 32 252 habitants.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This might seem like a trivial matter, but pools are public spaces too, and they’re an especially valuable resource in poorer areas that lack many of the amenities of their wealthier counterparts. What’s interesting, though, is that the large number of pools on the West Island can be explained not only by their relative affluence but by the preponderance of privately-operated cooperative pools.<\/p>\n


\nAu cours des ann\u00e9es 60, les banlieues se sont multipli\u00e9es dans l\u2019ouest de l\u2019\u00eele. En m\u00eame temps que l\u2019on cr\u00e9ait des espaces verts, une quarantaine de piscines ont \u00e9t\u00e9 construites. \u00ab\u00c0 l\u2019\u00e9poque, les municipalit\u00e9s n\u2019en ont pas voulu et ce sont des groupes de citoyens qui en ont h\u00e9rit\u00e9\u00bb, explique Chris Vandersluis, pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019Association aquatique Northshore.<\/p>\n

Les citoyens ont form\u00e9 des coop\u00e9ratives autour d\u2019une id\u00e9e: cr\u00e9er, entre les banlieues, une culture aquatique communautaire. Les membres paient une contribution annuelle qui varie entre 150 et 300$ selon la piscine, en plus des frais d\u2019adh\u00e9sion. Ils ont droit \u00e0 une foule d\u2019activit\u00e9s et de cours. Les plus jeunes peuvent aussi se joindre \u00e0 des \u00e9quipes de natation, de plongeon ou de water-polo. \u00abC\u2019est un concept unique en Am\u00e9rique du Nord\u00bb, dit M. Vandersluis.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve always wondered why so many parts of Montreal fare so poorly when it comes to recreational amenities like pools. Compared to Toronto, neighbourhood pools are few and far between and their operating hours are much shorter. Montreal’s pools don’t even stay open late during heat waves! Still, there are enough good public pools in this city to make for some pretty satisfying summer afternoons. La Presse has a list of the city’s best pools, including the Natatorium in Verdun, the little-known Royal Victoria Hospital pool and the pool on St. Helen’s Island. What’s your favourite place to swim?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you want easy access to a good and spacious pool, you’re better off living in the west end or a demerged suburb, La Presse reported on Sunday. 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