Editing Verdun, Quebec (section)

=== 21st century ===

In 2002, the municipal [[reorganization of Montreal]] saw the city of Verdun become a borough of Montreal. [[2004 Quebec municipal referendums|The majority of Verduners chose not to hold a demerger referendum in 2004-2006.]]

Earlier in the 20th century, Verdun was a partially [[Dry county|dry community]], with taverns, night clubs and cabarets banned since 1965, and alcohol sales restricted to restaurants with liquor licences, grocery stores and the [[Société des alcools du Québec|SAQ]].<ref>[http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=2480,4772982&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL "'Prohibition' in Verdun and the Scott Act."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002091129/http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=2480,4772982&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL |date=2012-10-02 }} Ville de Montréal: Arrondissement de Verdun. Accessed July 1, 2011.</ref> In December 2010, the borough announced that it was planning to allow some microbreweries or performance spaces to sell alcohol.<ref name=SRC>{{cite news|last=Coutié|first=Maxime|title=Feu vert à l'ouverture de bars et tavernes|url=http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Montreal/2010/12/09/002-verdun-bars-permis.shtml|access-date=28 December 2011|newspaper=[[CBC News]]|date=9 December 2010|language=fr|archive-date=23 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523190207/http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Montreal/2010/12/09/002-verdun-bars-permis.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The ban was eventually lifted entirely in 2013, and today Verdun is home to many thriving [[microbreweries]] and bars.<ref name="gentrification2" />

In recent years, Verdun, along with the neighbouring [[Le Sud-Ouest]] borough, have experienced rapid [[gentrification]] and social change. Long considered to be one of the city's poorer neighbourhoods, it's today one Montreal's most desirable areas to live, with a large influx of students and professionals arriving in the last decade.<ref name="gentrification1" /><ref name="gentrification2" />

In 2019, Verdun hosted a part of the [[Montreal International Jazz Festival|Jazz Fest]] on [[Wellington Street, Montreal|Wellington Street]], to much praise from the public and critics.<ref name="Jazz fest">{{cite news|title=Verdun satellite site a hit with Montreal jazz festival fans|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/jazz-fests-new-verdun-satellite-site-a-hit-with-residents-visitors|publisher=[[Montreal Gazette]]|location=Montreal|date=29 June 2019|access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref>

In 2020, it was listed as the eleventh "coolest" neighbourhood in the world by [[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] magazine.<ref name="Coolest">{{cite news|title=Montreal's Verdun borough ranked as world's 11th 'coolest' neighbourhood|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7387278/montreal-verdun-11th-coolest-neighbourhood/|publisher=[[Global News]]|location=Montreal|date=8 October 2020|access-date=4 February 2021|archive-date=13 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113154035/https://globalnews.ca/news/7387278/montreal-verdun-11th-coolest-neighbourhood/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/coolest-neighbourhoods-in-the-world|title=The 49 coolest neighbourhoods in the world|date=11 October 2022|access-date=22 February 2021|archive-date=31 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331130452/https://www.timeout.com/coolest-neighbourhoods-in-the-world|url-status=live}}</ref>