page_title: Villeray, Montreal
section_title: Origin of the name
hierarchical_section_title: Villeray, Montreal / Origin of the name
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Église Notre-Dame-du-Saint-Rosaire de Villeray, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
context_page_description: Villeray is a neighbourhood in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough and is situated in the north-central part of the Island of Montreal.
context_section_description: The village of Villeray took its name from Louis Rouer de Villeray (1628–1700), who held various positions in the French regime. It became a town in 1896, before which the area had been farmland. When it was annexed to Montreal in 1905, its population was 800. At the time, Villeray was surrounded by quarries that provided material for the construction of many of the buildings in the area, as well as for several of the city's major landmarks. For some years, its inhabitants were chiefly stone workers, farmers and owners of small businesses.
caption: Church of Notre-Dame-du-Saint-Rosaire
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