Greenfield Park, Quebec

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Greenfield Park is a borough of Longueuil. It covers an area of 5 km², with a population of 17,491 as of December 2004.

It was a town until January 1, 2002, when several suburbs southeast of Montreal - Bouchervile, Brossard, Greenfield Park, LeMoyne, Longueuil, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, St-Hubert and St-Lambert - were merged into the amalgamated City of Longueuil. (On January 1, 2006, Boucherville, Brossard, St-Bruno-de-Montarville and St-Lambert were "demerged", or reconstituted.) Greenfield Park is one of the four remaining boroughs of Longueuil, along with St-Hubert, Lemoyne and Vieux-Longueuil.

It is the only borough of Longueuil that has an officially bilingual status. It is divided into two sections. The section between Victoria avenue and Taschereau Boulevard is known as the "old part", and the other section from Grande-Allee to the Saint-Hubert border is known as the "new part".

Greenfield Park's coat of arms is golden, with a sable reversed chevron. The chevron supports a sinople colored tree. Below the chevron are two red roses. Above the shield is a crown, shaped like a wall with five turrets. The shield is surrounded by branches of maple. Below the shield the branches meet, tied with a red and black ribbon. The Greenfield Park motto, "Fortis Fortunam Superat," or "Fortune Favors the Brave," is attributed to Villar. In World War 1, Greenfield Park was the city that had the highest participation rate of volunteers to represent Canada.

Greenfield Park is in the federal riding of St-Lambert. The Member of Parliament is Maka Kotto (Bloc Québécois). It is in the provincial riding of Laporte. The Member of the National Assembly is Nicole Menard (Liberal Party of Quebec).