Timeline of Montreal history
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The timeline of the history of Montreal shows the significant events in the history of Montreal
which transformed it from a small fort into a big city of North America.
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on June 20, 1897
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History of Montreal
The human history of Montreal, located in Quebec, Canada, spans some 8,000 years. At the time of European contact, the area was inhabited by the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, a discrete and distinct group of Iroquoian-speaking indigenous people. They spoke Laurentian...
which transformed it from a small fort into a big city of North America.
Pre-European period
- The area known today as MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
had been inhabited by the Algonquin, Huron, and IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
for some 8,000 years, while the oldest known artifact found in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
proper is about 2,000 years old. - In the earliest oral historyOral historyOral history is the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews...
, the Algonquins were from the Atlantic coast. Together with other AnicinàpekAnishinaabeAnishinaabe or Anishinabe—or more properly Anishinaabeg or Anishinabek, which is the plural form of the word—is the autonym often used by the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Algonquin peoples. They all speak closely related Anishinaabemowin/Anishinaabe languages, of the Algonquian language family.The meaning...
, they arrived at the "First Stopping Place" (MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
). There, the Nation found a "turtle-shaped island" marked by miigis (cowrie) shells. - The IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
or Haudenosaunee were centred from at least 1000 CE in northern New York, but their influence extended into what is now southern Ontario and the Montreal area of modern Quebec. - 1142 – The Iroquois Confederacy is, from oral tradition, supposed to have been formed in 1142 CE.
- In the modern Iroquois language, MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
is called Tiohtià:ke. Other native languages, such as AlgonquinAlgonquin languageAlgonquin is either a distinct Algonquian language closely related to the Ojibwe language or a particularly divergent Ojibwe dialect. It is spoken, alongside French and to some extent English, by the Algonquin First Nations of Quebec and Ontario...
, refer to it as Moniang. - The St. Lawrence IroquoiansSt. Lawrence IroquoiansThe St. Lawrence Iroquoians were a prehistoric First Nations/Native American indigenous people who lived from the 14th century until about 1580 CE along the shores of the St. Lawrence River in present-day Quebec and Ontario, Canada, and New York State, United States. They spoke Laurentian...
established the village of HochelagaHochelaga (village)Hochelaga meaning "beaver dam" or "beaver lake" was a St. Lawrence Iroquoian 16th century fortified village at the heart of, or in the immediate vicinity of Mount Royal in present-day Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Jacques Cartier arrived by boat on October 2, 1535; he visited the village on the...
at the foot of Mount RoyalMount RoyalMount Royal is a mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the city to which it gave its name.The mountain is part of the Monteregian Hills situated between the Laurentians and the Appalachians...
.
16th Century
- 1535 – Cartier renamed Saint Lawrence RiverSaint Lawrence RiverThe Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
in honour of the Deacon Lawrence on August 10 (Feast day of the Roman martyr). Previous to this, Saint Lawrence RiverSaint Lawrence RiverThe Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
had been known by other names, including the Hochelaga River and the Canada River. At that time, Cartier penetrated far into the interior for the first time, via the river. - 1535 – September 19, Jacques CartierJacques CartierJacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big...
starts his journey from Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
to MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, while in search of a passage to Asia. - 1535 – September 28, Jacques CartierJacques CartierJacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big...
navigates on Lac Saint-PierreLac Saint-PierreLac Saint-Pierre is a lake in Quebec, Canada, located on the Saint Lawrence River between Sorel-Tracy and Trois-Rivières, downstream and east of Montreal. Including its shoreline, islands, and wetlands, the lake is a nature reserve...
. - 1535 – Jacques CartierJacques CartierJacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big...
visited Hochelaga on October 2, claiming the St. Lawrence ValleySaint Lawrence RiverThe Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
for France. He became the first European to reach the area now known as MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
when he entered the village of Hochelega. Cartier estimated the population to be "over a thousand". - 1535 – October 3, Jacques CartierJacques CartierJacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big...
climbed up the Montreal mountain and named it Mont Royal. He wrote: "Nous nommasmes icelle montaigne le mont Royal." (We named the said mountain mont Royal.) The name MontrealName of MontrealThere are some hypotheses concerning the origin of the name of Montreal. The most known is the one that finds it to be a variant of mont Royal.- Hypotheses concerning the origin of the name :...
is generally thought to be derived from "Mont Royal", the name given to the mountain by Cartier in 1535. - 1541 – Jacques CartierJacques CartierJacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big...
returns to Sault-au-RécolletSault-au-RécolletSault-au-Récollet is a neighbourhood in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough, in the city of Montreal. It is located at the eastern edge of the borough...
. - 1556 – On his map of Hochelega, Italian geographer Giovanni Battista RamusioGiovanni Battista RamusioGiovanni Battista Ramusio was an Italian geographer and travel writer.Born in Treviso, Italy, Ramusio was the son of Paolo Ramusio, a magistrate in the city-state of Venice...
wrote Monte Real to designate Mont Royal. - 1570 – Algonquin formed an alliance with the MontagnaisInnuThe Innu are the indigenous inhabitants of an area they refer to as Nitassinan , which comprises most of the northeastern portions of the provinces of Quebec and some western portions of Labrador...
to the east. - 1575 – In his Cosmographie universelle de tout le monde, historiographer François de BelleforestFrançois de BelleforestFrançois de Belleforest was a prolific French author, poet and translator of the Renaissance. He was born in a poor family and his father was killed when he was seven...
was the first to use the form MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
with reference to this area. In translation it would read: "let us now look at Hochelaga, ... in the midst of the countryside is the village, or Cité royale, adjacent to a mountain on which farming is practiced. The Christians call this city Montreal...". - 1580 – As we will see below, the St. Lawrence IroquoiansSt. Lawrence IroquoiansThe St. Lawrence Iroquoians were a prehistoric First Nations/Native American indigenous people who lived from the 14th century until about 1580 CE along the shores of the St. Lawrence River in present-day Quebec and Ontario, Canada, and New York State, United States. They spoke Laurentian...
seem to have simply vacated the Saint Lawrence RiverSaint Lawrence RiverThe Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
valley sometime prior to 1580.
17th Century
- 1601 – On his map, Guillaume Le Vasseur wrote Hochelaga for the inhabited area and called the hill mont royal.
- 1603 – Samuel de ChamplainSamuel de ChamplainSamuel de Champlain , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608....
came to Montreal Island and Île PerrotÎle PerrotÎle Perrot is an island west of the island of Montreal in the Canadian province of Quebec. Part of the Hochelaga Archipelago, the island lies between Lake Saint-Louis and Lac des Deux-Montagnes....
. He described Mont Royal, Lake Saint-LouisLake Saint-LouisLake Saint-Louis, or in French , is a lake in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, adjoining the Island of Montreal at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers.The lake is bounded to the north and east by the Island of Montreal...
and Lachine RapidsLachine RapidsThe Lachine Rapids are a series of rapids on the Saint Lawrence River, between the Island of Montreal and the south shore. They are located near the former city of Lachine....
. - 1608 – Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
founded. - 1609 – Marc LescarbotMarc LescarbotMarc Lescarbot was a French author, poet and lawyer, best known for his Histoire de la Nouvelle-France , based on his expedition to Acadia and research into French exploration. Considered one of the first great books in the history of Canada, it was printed in three editions, and was translated...
called the settlement: "Hochelaga, ville des Sauvages".
1610s
- 1611 – Samuel de ChamplainSamuel de ChamplainSamuel de Champlain , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608....
, in company with a young Huron Indian, whom he had taken to and brought back from France on a previous voyage, visited the Island of MontrealIsland of MontrealThe Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies....
. - 1611 – Samuel de ChamplainSamuel de ChamplainSamuel de Champlain , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608....
decided to establish a furFurFur is a synonym for hair, used more in reference to non-human animals, usually mammals; particularly those with extensives body hair coverage. The term is sometimes used to refer to the body hair of an animal as a complete coat, also known as the "pelage". Fur is also used to refer to animal...
trading postTrading postA trading post was a place or establishment in historic Northern America where the trading of goods took place. The preferred travel route to a trading post or between trading posts, was known as a trade route....
where present-day Pointe-à-Callière stands as part of a project to create a French colonial empireFrench colonial empireThe French colonial empire was the set of territories outside Europe that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the colonial empire of France was the second-largest in the world behind the British Empire. The French colonial empire...
. He and his crew spent a few weeks clearing a site that he named "Place Royale", dug two gardens and planted seed that grew well, confirming that the soil was fertile. - 1611 – A young man named Louis tragically drowns, thus giving his name to both Sault-Saint-LouisLachine RapidsThe Lachine Rapids are a series of rapids on the Saint Lawrence River, between the Island of Montreal and the south shore. They are located near the former city of Lachine....
and Lake Saint-LouisLake Saint-LouisLake Saint-Louis, or in French , is a lake in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, adjoining the Island of Montreal at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers.The lake is bounded to the north and east by the Island of Montreal...
. - 1611 – Saint Helen's IslandSaint Helen's IslandSaint Helen's Island is an island in the Saint Lawrence River, in the territory of the city of Montreal. It is situated immediately southeast of the Island of Montreal, in the extreme southwest of Quebec. It forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago...
was named by Samuel de ChamplainSamuel de ChamplainSamuel de Champlain , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608....
in honour of his wife. - 1612 – On Champlain's map the mountain is called Montreal.
- 1613 – New arrival of Samuel de ChamplainSamuel de ChamplainSamuel de Champlain , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608....
at Sault-au-RécolletSault-au-RécolletSault-au-Récollet is a neighbourhood in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough, in the city of Montreal. It is located at the eastern edge of the borough...
and "Place Royale." - 1614 – As they had in 1612, the Aboriginals waited in vain for Samuel de ChamplainSamuel de ChamplainSamuel de Champlain , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608....
to arrive at the Saint-Louis RapidsLachine RapidsThe Lachine Rapids are a series of rapids on the Saint Lawrence River, between the Island of Montreal and the south shore. They are located near the former city of Lachine....
. - 1613-20 – The Compagnie des Marchands operated in New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
but as a result of a breach of their contract, lost their rights in 1621 to the Compagnie de Montmorency. - 1615 – Denis JametDenis JametDenis Jamet was a French Recollect priest and the first superior of the Canadian mission ....
and Joseph Le CaronJoseph Le CaronJoseph Le Caron was one of the four pioneer missionaries of Canada , and the first missionary to the Hurons....
say the first mass on the Island of MontrealIsland of MontrealThe Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies....
. - 1615 – Samuel de ChamplainSamuel de ChamplainSamuel de Champlain , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608....
, expected at the Saint-Louis RapidsLachine RapidsThe Lachine Rapids are a series of rapids on the Saint Lawrence River, between the Island of Montreal and the south shore. They are located near the former city of Lachine....
in late June, stil had not arrived on July 8, when the Aboriginals, angry, decided to leave, taking with them Joseph Le CaronJoseph Le CaronJoseph Le Caron was one of the four pioneer missionaries of Canada , and the first missionary to the Hurons....
and twelwe Frenchmen. - 1615 – Les Franciscains des RecolletsRecolletsThe Récollets were a French branch of the Roman Catholic order, the Franciscans , which developed out of a reform movement that began in the 15th century in Spain and established itself in France in Tulle in 1585, at Nevers in 1592, at Limoges in 1596 and in Paris in 1603...
, an order of French missionaries, are the first to settle Canada. In their honor, the area later known as GriffintownGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
is called 'Faubourg des Recollets.'
1620s
- 1625 – Nicolas VielNicolas VielNicolas Viel was a French Recollet missionary to the Hurons from 1623 to 1625.- Biography :Father Viel traveled to Huron territory arriving there with Father Le Caron. He was studying the language and collecting material to add to Father Le Caron’s dictionary. After almost two years, he decided to...
and AhuntsicAhuntsicAhuntsic is a district in the northern part of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Originally an independent village, Ahuntsic was annexed by Montreal in 1910. It is now part of the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville....
are killed near Sault-au-RécolletSault-au-RécolletSault-au-Récollet is a neighbourhood in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough, in the city of Montreal. It is located at the eastern edge of the borough...
. - 1627 – Cardinal Richelieu replaced the Compagnie de Montmorency with the Company of One Hundred AssociatesCompany of One Hundred AssociatesIn 1627 the French government granted the company of 100 associates a monopoly on the fur trade in New france. In return the company was supposed to bring over 4000 French catholics to settle down in new france over the next 15 years. The company allowed the settlers to trade for furs directly with...
(presided by Jean de LauzonJean de LauzonJean de Lauzon or de Lauson was the French Governor of New France from 1651 to 1657, one of the most challenging times for the colony....
). The French Crown will grant them the monopoly on fur trade in return for their help in colonizing the St. LawrenceSaint Lawrence RiverThe Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
valley. - 1627 – King of France introduces the seigneurial system of New FranceSeigneurial system of New FranceThe seigneurial system of New France was the semi-feudal system of land distribution used in the North American colonies of New France.-Introduction to New France:...
and forbids settlement in New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
by anyone other than Roman Catholics.
1630s
- 1632 – Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1632)Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1632)The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye was signed on March 29, 1632. It returned New France to French control after the English had seized it in 1629. It also provided France with compensation for goods seized during the capture of New France....
. - 1633 – Traders from Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
visited "Place Royale." - 1634 – Trois-RivièresTrois-RivièresTrois-Rivières means three rivers in French and may refer to:in Canada*Trois-Rivières, the largest city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada*Circuit Trois-Rivières, a racetrack in Trois-Rivières, Quebec...
founded by Sieur de LavioletteSieur de LavioletteThe Sieur de Laviolette was the founder of Trois-Rivières, a city in Central Québec....
. - 1635 – Jean de LauzonJean de LauzonJean de Lauzon or de Lauson was the French Governor of New France from 1651 to 1657, one of the most challenging times for the colony....
became the owner of the Island of MontrealIsland of MontrealThe Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies....
. - 1636 – Jean de LauzonJean de LauzonJean de Lauzon or de Lauson was the French Governor of New France from 1651 to 1657, one of the most challenging times for the colony....
became the seigneurSeigneurial system of New FranceThe seigneurial system of New France was the semi-feudal system of land distribution used in the North American colonies of New France.-Introduction to New France:...
of the Island of MontrealIsland of MontrealThe Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies....
. - 1636 – Louis XIII granted the seigneurie of MadeleineLa Prairie, QuebecLa Prairie is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Jacques River and the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Roussillon...
to Jacques La Ferté, priest at Sainte Madeleine de ChâteaudunChâteaudunChâteaudun is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of Eure-et-Loir.-Geography:Châteaudun is located about 45 km northwest of Orléans, and about 50 km south-southwest of Chartres, on the river Loir, a tributary of the...
. - 1639-49 – Sainte-Marie among the HuronsSainte-Marie among the HuronsSainte-Marie among the Hurons was a French Jesuit settlement in Wendake, the land of the Wendat, near modern Midland, Ontario, from 1639 to 1649. It was the first European settlement in what is now the province of Ontario. Eight missionaries from Sainte-Marie were martyred, and were canonized by...
in use. The establishing of Montreal was part of a large MissionaryMissionaryA missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...
movement based in France. Over the next 40 years after Quebec's founding, dozens of missionary posts would be built in Huron territory.
1640s
- 1641 – Foundation of the Société de Notre-Dame de Montréal pour la conversion des sauvages de la Nouvelle-France.
- 1641 – Charles LallemantCharles LallemantCharles Lallemant , came from France in 1625 as the first superior of the Jesuit missions in Canada...
obtained the concession of the Island of MontrealIsland of MontrealThe Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies....
for the colony of Jérôme Le Royer de la DauversièreJerome le Royer de la DauversiereJérôme le Royer de la Dauversière was a Jesuit who was head of the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal.- Youth :...
, and recruited Paul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
and Jeanne ManceJeanne ManceJeanne Mance was a French settler of New France. She was one of the founders of Montreal who secured its survival and was the founder and head of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.-Origins:...
, the nurse and treasurer of the contingent. - 1641 – Some fifty French settlers, both men and women who were promised free land are recruited in France by Jérôme Le Royer de la Dauversière, of Anjou, on behalf of the Société de Notre-Dame de Montréal. The society hoped to convert the Natives and create a model Catholic community.
- 1641 – On May 9, Paul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
and his recruits left La RochelleLa RochelleLa Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department.The city is connected to the Île de Ré by a bridge completed on 19 May 1988...
in two ships. Paul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
boarded one with a secular priest for the Ursuline Convent and twenty-five men; Jeanne ManceJeanne ManceJeanne Mance was a French settler of New France. She was one of the founders of Montreal who secured its survival and was the founder and head of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.-Origins:...
, and a woman, the Jesuit father La Place, and 12 men went aboard the second. At first the two ships were able to stay together, but after eight days they were driven apart by the winds. François Dollier de CassonFrançois Dollier de CassonFrançois Dollier de Casson was born in France into a wealthy bourgeois and military family. He began his adult life in the army which he left after three years to continue his studies and become a priest....
wrote that "the ship carrying Mademoiselle ManceJeanne ManceJeanne Mance was a French settler of New France. She was one of the founders of Montreal who secured its survival and was the founder and head of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.-Origins:...
experienced little other than calm weather, M. de Maison-neufve's encountered such violent storms that it had to put back to port three times." - 1641 – A third vessel was sent by the Company from DieppeDieppe, Seine-MaritimeDieppe is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in France. In 1999, the population of the whole Dieppe urban area was 81,419.A port on the English Channel, famous for its scallops, and with a regular ferry service from the Gare Maritime to Newhaven in England, Dieppe also has a popular pebbled...
; she contain ten men and was the first to reach Canada. - 1641 – On August 8, the ship of Jeanne ManceJeanne ManceJeanne Mance was a French settler of New France. She was one of the founders of Montreal who secured its survival and was the founder and head of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.-Origins:...
arrived at Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
. - 1641 – The ship of Paul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
arrived at Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
only on August 20, when hope of his appearing that year was being abandoned. Fall storms delayed their plans for the settlement of Montreal. - 1641 – Accompanied by Barthélemy VimontBarthélemy VimontBarthélemy Vimont was a French Jesuit missionary in New France, North America.- Biography :Born at Lisieux, he entered the Society of Jesus at Rouen in 1613...
and Charles de MontmagnyCharles de MontmagnyCharles Jacques Huault de Montmagny was governor of New France from 1636 to 1648. He succeeded Champlain, who was Lieutenant General of New France, although treated de facto as if he were governor...
, Paul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
went up the river, and took formal possession of the island on the 15th of October in the name of the 'Society of Our Lady of Montreal.' Paul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
is the first governor. - 1641 – Jean BourdonJean BourdonJean Bourdon was the first engineer-in-chief and land-surveyor in the colony of New France, and the first attorney-general of the Conseil Superieur....
's map shows the "abitation du Monreal". - 1641-42 – The colonists spent the winter at St MichelSaint-Michel, QuebecSaint-Michel is a municipality in the Jardins de Napierville Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,637...
, near Sillery, in the house of Pierre de Puiseaux (1566–1647). - 1642 – In February, all the associates went together to the Notre Dame de ParisNotre Dame de ParisNotre Dame de Paris , also known as Notre Dame Cathedral, is a Gothic, Roman Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris: that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra of...
; those of them who were priest officiated, and all of them supplicated the Queen of Angels to take the Montreal Island under her protection. - 1642 – On May 8, MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
led his company - in a pinnacePinnace (ship's boat)As a ship's boat the pinnace is a light boat, propelled by sails or oars, formerly used as a "tender" for guiding merchant and war vessels. In modern parlance, pinnace has come to mean a boat associated with some kind of larger vessel, that doesn't fit under the launch or lifeboat definitions...
, a bargeBargeA barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Some barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats...
, and two rowboats - to the site of the new colony. Charles de MontmagnyCharles de MontmagnyCharles Jacques Huault de Montmagny was governor of New France from 1636 to 1648. He succeeded Champlain, who was Lieutenant General of New France, although treated de facto as if he were governor...
accompanied the mission. - 1642 – The arrival on May 17; the mission named Ville Marie was built at Place Royal.
- 1642 – Barthélemy VimontBarthélemy VimontBarthélemy Vimont was a French Jesuit missionary in New France, North America.- Biography :Born at Lisieux, he entered the Society of Jesus at Rouen in 1613...
, the superior of the Jesuits, says the first messe in Ville Marie on May 18. - 1642 – The Algonquin Joseph Oumasasikweie and his wife, Mitigoukwe (later Jeanne) were the first Indians to be baptized and married with full church rites at Ville-Marie on July 28.
- 1642 – The construction of Fort Ville-Marie began around the initial hamlet as protection against Iroquois attacks, and by the time the palisade was complete in 1646, it was an impressive sight.
- 1642 – Fort RichelieuFort RichelieuFort Richelieu is a historic fort in the Canadian La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec. The fort is designated as a National Historic Site. Fort Richelieu was part of a series of five forts built along the Richelieu River. Fort Richelieu is at the mouth of the Richelieu...
built by Charles de MontmagnyCharles de MontmagnyCharles Jacques Huault de Montmagny was governor of New France from 1636 to 1648. He succeeded Champlain, who was Lieutenant General of New France, although treated de facto as if he were governor...
; it was commenced on August 13, when 40 men led by Charles de MontmagnyCharles de MontmagnyCharles Jacques Huault de Montmagny was governor of New France from 1636 to 1648. He succeeded Champlain, who was Lieutenant General of New France, although treated de facto as if he were governor...
arrived at the site. - 1642 – Assumption of MaryAssumption of MaryAccording to the belief of Christians of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of the Anglican Communion and Continuing Anglicanism, the Assumption of Mary was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her life...
celebrated on August 15; a great number bothe of French and Indians were present. On the evening of this day, MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
visit Mont Royal. Two old Indians accompanied him to the summit. - 1642 – Big flood on December 23.
- 1643 – The first Mount Royal CrossMount Royal CrossThe Mount Royal Cross is a monument on top of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It stands at the northeastern edge of the mountain, overlooking the east end of Montreal....
was erected on January 6. - 1643 – In March, TessouatTessouatTessouat was an Algonquin chief from the Kitchesipirini nation . His nation lived in an area extending from Lac des Deux-Montagnes to Pembroke, Ontario.Tessouat lived in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, in a neck of the Ottawa River...
arrived at the new settlement of Ville-Marie, where his nephew Joseph Oumasasikweie was then living. To the surprise of all, TessouatTessouatTessouat was an Algonquin chief from the Kitchesipirini nation . His nation lived in an area extending from Lac des Deux-Montagnes to Pembroke, Ontario.Tessouat lived in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, in a neck of the Ottawa River...
requested baptism and a Christian marriage. His conversion was greatly prized because of his importance as chief and because of his former hostility. Great solemnity therefore was observed in the ceremonies on 9 March. Paul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
granted land to TessouatTessouatTessouat was an Algonquin chief from the Kitchesipirini nation . His nation lived in an area extending from Lac des Deux-Montagnes to Pembroke, Ontario.Tessouat lived in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, in a neck of the Ottawa River...
and gave him two men to help cultivate it. - 1643 – On June 9, the first persons were killed at MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
during the first attack by the IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
. Forty Iroquois warriors surprised six Frenchmen at work hewing timber within a gunshot of the fort; Iroquois killed three of them and took the remaining three prisoners. - 1643 – At the end of August, a vessel with a reinforcement commanded by Louis d'Ailleboust de CoulongeLouis d'Ailleboust de CoulongeLouis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge was the French governor of New France from 1648 to 1651 and acting governor from 1657 to 1658.- Biography :...
arrived at Ville-Marie; he played a leading role there. His wife arrived with d'Ailleboust, accompanied by her sister, Mademoiselle Philippine de Boulogne. - 1643 – Marie-Madeline de Chauvigny de la PeltrieMarie-Madeline de Chauvigny de la PeltrieMarie-Madeleine de Chauvigny de la Peltrie was a French woman who started the Order of Ursulines of Quebec.Madame Chauvigny was born at Alençon. She arrived in New France with a number of Ursulines including a future nun, Charlotte Barré and Marie de l'Incarnation, who was to be the religious...
and Madame de Puiseaux left Ville-Marie. - 1643 – Jean Boisseau's map shows the "Sault de Montreal".
- 1643 – La Dauversière published a book on Ville-Marie, The Purpose of Montreal, that raised support for the project in Paris. Written in 1643, it describes the settlement shortly after its founding: "There is a chapel there that serves as a parish, under the title of Notre Dame.… The inhabitants live for the most part communally, as in a sort of inn; others live on their private means, but all live in Jesus Christ, with one heart and soul."
- 1643-45 – The Iroquois harass MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. - 1644 – Iroquois attack on March 16.
- 1644 – Eighty Iroquois attack on March 30. Barthélemy VimontBarthélemy VimontBarthélemy Vimont was a French Jesuit missionary in New France, North America.- Biography :Born at Lisieux, he entered the Society of Jesus at Rouen in 1613...
says that two Frenchmen were made prisoners, and burned. - 1645 – The hospital was initially located within the fort. Then Maisonneuve granted the first concession outside the fortifications to Jeanne ManceJeanne ManceJeanne Mance was a French settler of New France. She was one of the founders of Montreal who secured its survival and was the founder and head of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.-Origins:...
so that she could build her Hôtel-Dieu de MontréalHôtel-Dieu de MontréalThe Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal is the oldest hospital in Montreal, Quebec. Since 1996 it has been one of the three hospitals making up the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal ....
; work began on it on October 8, 1645. By 1659 Jeanne ManceJeanne ManceJeanne Mance was a French settler of New France. She was one of the founders of Montreal who secured its survival and was the founder and head of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.-Origins:...
had brought from France three nuns from the Religious Hospitallers of Saint JosephSisters of St. JosephThe title Sisters of St. Joseph applies to several Roman Catholic religious congregations of women. The largest and oldest of these was founded in Le Puy-en-Velay, France...
to act as staff. - 1645 – The treaty with the IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
. The peace of a few months was broken and the Iroquois terror once more haunted forest and stream. - 1645 – In October, Huron and Algonkins Indians broke into the house of Pierre GadoysPierre GadoysPierre Gadoys is recognized as the first farmer at Montreal.Gadoys first came to New France as part of a settlement initiative by Robert Giffard de Moncel who was heavily involved in the colonization of the emerging colonies at the time...
(Gadoyes) (1594–1667) on several occasions to steal food from him and beat him. Pierre returned to the Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
area from 1646–1647. - 1645-46 – TessouatTessouatTessouat was an Algonquin chief from the Kitchesipirini nation . His nation lived in an area extending from Lac des Deux-Montagnes to Pembroke, Ontario.Tessouat lived in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, in a neck of the Ottawa River...
wintered at Montreal where he planted corn, but he withdrew to Trois-RivièresTrois-RivièresTrois-Rivières means three rivers in French and may refer to:in Canada*Trois-Rivières, the largest city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada*Circuit Trois-Rivières, a racetrack in Trois-Rivières, Quebec...
, urging others to do likewise, in the face of reports that Iroquois raids were imminent. This probably resulted from his learning that the French had abandoned non-Christian Algonkins in the 1645 treaty with the Iroquois. - 1646-53 – The war with IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
. - 1646 – The Fort RichelieuFort RichelieuFort Richelieu is a historic fort in the Canadian La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec. The fort is designated as a National Historic Site. Fort Richelieu was part of a series of five forts built along the Richelieu River. Fort Richelieu is at the mouth of the Richelieu...
was abandoned at the end of the year; it was burned down by the IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
in February 1647. In 1665, the Carignan-Salières RegimentCarignan-Salières RegimentThe Carignan-Salières Regiment was a Piedmont French military unit formed by merging the Carignan Regiment and the Salières Regiment in 1659. The regiment began their existence in combat against the Ottoman Empire before being reorganized to consist of twenty-four companies before being sent to...
rebuilt the fort on the same site. - 1647 – Jacques de La Ferté from the Company of One Hundred AssociatesCompany of One Hundred AssociatesIn 1627 the French government granted the company of 100 associates a monopoly on the fur trade in New france. In return the company was supposed to bring over 4000 French catholics to settle down in new france over the next 15 years. The company allowed the settlers to trade for furs directly with...
granted La PrairieLa Prairie, QuebecLa Prairie is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Jacques River and the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Roussillon...
to the Jesuits. - 1647 – The first ballBall (dance)A ball is a formal dance. The word 'ball' is derived from the Latin word "ballare", meaning 'to dance'; the term also derived into "bailar", which is the Spanish and Portuguese word for dance . In Catalan it is the same word, 'ball', for the dance event.Attendees wear evening attire, which is...
in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. - 1648 – First land concession, to the Pierre GadoysPierre GadoysPierre Gadoys is recognized as the first farmer at Montreal.Gadoys first came to New France as part of a settlement initiative by Robert Giffard de Moncel who was heavily involved in the colonization of the emerging colonies at the time...
and Louise MaugerLouise MaugerLouise Mauger was one of the pioneers in Montreal.Mauger was born abt 1598 in St-Martin d'Igé, ev. Sees, Perche, France and married to Pierre Gadoys before September 15, 1628 in France...
(1598–1690) household on January 4; the land comprised 40 sq_arp and the location of the property coincides with the present rue Saint Pierre in the east, Rue McGillMcGill Street (Montreal)McGill Street is a street in Montreal named after James McGill after whom McGill University is named. The former head office building of Canadian National Railway Company, built for its predecessor Grand Trunk Railway, still stands on McGill Street and is now occupied by Quebec government...
in the west, Rue Saint-Paul in the south and rue OntarioOntario Street (Montreal)Ontario Street is an east-west artery in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It crosses the boroughs of Ville-Marie and Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. It is in the latter that the street becomes predominantly commercial, and is known as the Promenade Ontario...
in the north. Before, the inhabitants of Ville Marie lived a communal life working in the fields during the day and then bedding down within the fortified walls of the village during the evening hours. - 1648 – Adrienne Du VivierAdrienne Du VivierAdrienne Du Vivier was a French pioneer and one of the first white women to settle in the colony of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She and her husband are often referred to as "Montreal's First Citizens."-Arrival in Montreal:...
arrived; she and her husband, Augustin Hébert, are often referred to as "Montreal's First Citizens." - 1648 – The first white child is born in Ville Marie, Barbe Meusnier, on November 24.
- 1648 – Louis d'Ailleboust de CoulongeLouis d'Ailleboust de CoulongeLouis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge was the French governor of New France from 1648 to 1651 and acting governor from 1657 to 1658.- Biography :...
was appointed governor of New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
, at the recomandation of Paul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
. - 1648 – The mill built.
- 1648 – The Iroquois invaded HuroniaHuroniaHuronia is an actinocerid genus included in the Huroniidae along with Discoactinoceras and Huroniella,. Huronia is characterized by long siphuncle segments with the free part of the connecting rings only slightly inflated and by a narrow central canal and strongly curved radial canals located in...
and wiped out most of the Huron's and French missionaries living in the territory. The French settlers and Iroquois would fight many battles around the outskirts of New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
.
- 1640s – René MenardRené MenardRené Menard was a French Jesuit missionary explorer who traveled to Canada in 1641, learned the language of the Wyandot, and was soon in charge of many of the satellite missions around Sainte-Marie among the Hurons...
was the confessor of the family of Sieur Charles Dailleboust des Musseaux (1621–1700) in Ville-Marie.
1650s
- 1650 – November 18 - The first European inhabitant in Notre-Dame-de-GrâceNotre-Dame-de-GrâceNotre-Dame-de-Grâce , also nicknamed NDG, is a residential neighbourhood of Montreal located in the city's west-end. It is one of five districts of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce...
was Jean Descarries (or Descaris), born in Igé en PercheIgé, OrneIgé is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.-References:*...
. - 1650 – Paul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
built a home for himself on Rue Saint-Paul. - 1651 – 40 sq_arp were granted to the settlers as common land. But the Iroquois threat made living outside the fort so risky that everyone – including Jeanne ManceJeanne ManceJeanne Mance was a French settler of New France. She was one of the founders of Montreal who secured its survival and was the founder and head of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.-Origins:...
and her patients – had to come back inside the walls. - 1651 – The first theatre piece played at Montreal - Le CidLe CidLe Cid is a tragicomedy written by Pierre Corneille and published in 1636. It is based on the legend of El Cid.The play followed Corneille's first true tragedy, Médée, produced in 1635. An enormous popular success, Corneille's Le Cid was the subject of a heated polemic over the norms of dramatic...
- on April 16. - 1651 – On June 6, 50 Iroquois attacked the settlement.
- 1651 – On July 26, 200 Iroquois attacked the Hôtel-Dieu de MontréalHôtel-Dieu de MontréalThe Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal is the oldest hospital in Montreal, Quebec. Since 1996 it has been one of the three hospitals making up the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal ....
. - 1651 – Paul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
made a land concession on Rue de la Commune for Jean de Saint-Père in October. - 1652 – May 26: A troop of 50 Iroquois killed the cowherd at Montreal, named Antoine Rob, near the hill St. Louis.
- 1652 – "July 29: Two Iroquois, having slipped in under the cover of the corn, attacked Martine Messier, the wife of Antoine Primot who, by defending herself courageously, gave the soldiers of the fort time to come to her aid and put the enemy to flight. She received six shots, none of which are mortal." wrote a Jesuit priest in his diary.
- 1653 – The Grande Recrue: Jeanne ManceJeanne ManceJeanne Mance was a French settler of New France. She was one of the founders of Montreal who secured its survival and was the founder and head of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.-Origins:...
took the money that was to have been spent on the hospital and used it to recruit some one hundred people; the contingent arrived at Ville Marie on November 16. Of the 95 who embark in Saint-NazaireSaint-NazaireSaint-Nazaire , is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.The town has a major harbour, on the right bank of the Loire River estuary, near the Atlantic Ocean. The town is at the south of the second-largest swamp in France, called "la Brière"...
, 24 were massacred by Iroquois; 4 drowned; one burnt when his house caught fire. - 1653 – Congregation of Notre DameCongregation of Notre DameThe Congregation of Notre Dame was founded in 1653 by Marguerite Bourgeoys in Montreal, Canada. This was one of the first non-cloistered communities. The community's motherhouse has continued to be based in Montreal...
founded. - 1654 – A concession for Charles le MoyneCharles Le MoyneCharles Le Moyne was an American motion picture actor of the silent era. He appeared in 73 films between 1915 and 1937....
at Pointe-Saint-CharlesPointe-Saint-CharlesPointe-Saint-Charles is a neighbourhood in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Geography:...
and on Rue Saint-Paul. - 1654 – Michel Messier (age 14) was captured in the autumn. He was set free the following summer and taken to Ville Marie by a Mohawk captain names "La Frande Armee" at the time when some Iroquois captains, held in the fort, were exchanged for all of the French prisoners.
- 1654 – OutaouaisOdawa peopleThe Odawa or Ottawa, said to mean "traders," are a Native American and First Nations people. They are one of the Anishinaabeg, related to but distinct from the Ojibwe nation. Their original homelands are located on Manitoulin Island, near the northern shores of Lake Huron, on the Bruce Peninsula in...
came for the first time at Montreal for commercial resons. - 1654 – Paul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
grants Jeanne ManceJeanne ManceJeanne Mance was a French settler of New France. She was one of the founders of Montreal who secured its survival and was the founder and head of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.-Origins:...
112 sq_arp of land in Nazareth fiefGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
. She and her nuns convert the property to a farm known as 'Le Grange des Pauvres', using the proceeds of food sales to support the Hôtel-Dieu de MontréalHôtel-Dieu de MontréalThe Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal is the oldest hospital in Montreal, Quebec. Since 1996 it has been one of the three hospitals making up the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal ....
. - 1655 – Peace Treaty with the IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
; only for a few months. - 1656-58 – Sainte Marie among the IroquoisSainte Marie among the IroquoisSainte Marie among the Iroquois was a 17th century French Jesuit mission to the Onondaga Iroquois. It was located on Onondaga Lake near modern-day Syracuse, New York...
in use. - 1657 – On 28 January, as she was returning from mass, Jeanne ManceJeanne ManceJeanne Mance was a French settler of New France. She was one of the founders of Montreal who secured its survival and was the founder and head of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.-Origins:...
fell on the ice, fractured her right arm, and dislocated her wrist. Although cured, Jeanne was unable to use her arm. Because of this infirmity she was obliged to consider having herself replaced as the head of the Hôtel-Dieu de MontréalHôtel-Dieu de MontréalThe Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal is the oldest hospital in Montreal, Quebec. Since 1996 it has been one of the three hospitals making up the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal ....
. She waited, however, for the return of MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
, who had set out for France again in 1655. He was to return only at the end of July 1657, together with the first parish clergy for Ville-Marie, which would consist of three Sulpicians under the leadership of Abbé Queylus. - 1657 – On 17 May, at Saint-NazaireSaint-NazaireSaint-Nazaire , is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.The town has a major harbour, on the right bank of the Loire River estuary, near the Atlantic Ocean. The town is at the south of the second-largest swamp in France, called "la Brière"...
, Paul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
and Louis d'Ailleboust de CoulongeLouis d'Ailleboust de CoulongeLouis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge was the French governor of New France from 1648 to 1651 and acting governor from 1657 to 1658.- Biography :...
, as well as three Sulpicians (Gabriel SouartGabriel SouartAbbé Gabriel Souart was a Recollet priest and the nephew of Father Joseph Le Caron. He is most often remembered in Canadian history as the first parish priest of Montreal....
, Antoine d'Allet, and Dominique Galinier) under the leadership of Gabriel de Queylus, the first superior of Saint-Sulpice at Montreal, boarded the ship bound for Ville Marie. The travellers, after a stormy crossing, landed on the Île d'OrléansÎle d'OrléansÎle d'Orléans is located in the Saint Lawrence River about east of downtown Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The island was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized by the French, and a large percentage of French Canadians can trace ancestry to early residents of the island...
, 29 July. - 1657 – In the middle of August, four priests (Gabriel de Queylus, Gabriel SouartGabriel SouartAbbé Gabriel Souart was a Recollet priest and the nephew of Father Joseph Le Caron. He is most often remembered in Canadian history as the first parish priest of Montreal....
, Antoine d'Allet, and Dominique Galinier) belonging to the Society of Saint-SulpiceSociety of Saint-SulpiceThe Society of Saint-Sulpice is a Catholic Society of Apostolic Life named for Eglise Saint-Sulpice, Paris, in turn named for St. Sulpitius the Pious. Typically, priests become members of the Society of St. Sulpice only after ordination and some years of pastoral work. Uniquely, Sulpicians retain...
in Paris landed in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
to take over from the Jesuits. - 1657 – Jean de Saint-Père - the first town clerk (greffier) and first Notary publicNotary publicA notary public in the common law world is a public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters usually concerned with estates, deeds, powers-of-attorney, and foreign and international business...
of the settlement, Nicolas Godé, and Jacques Noël were killed by IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
on October 25. - 1657 – Marguerite BourgeoysMarguerite BourgeoysSaint Marguerite Bourgeoys was the founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame.- Biography :...
- the town's first teacher, who would found a community of teachers -, openes the first school in a former stable on November 25. - 1657 – Charles le MoyneCharles Le MoyneCharles Le Moyne was an American motion picture actor of the silent era. He appeared in 73 films between 1915 and 1937....
was granted land on the South ShoreSouth Shore (Montreal)The South Shore is the general term for the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec located on the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite the Island of Montreal. The South Shore is located within the Quebec administrative region of Montérégie....
of the St. Lawrence River, across from Saint Helen's IslandSaint Helen's IslandSaint Helen's Island is an island in the Saint Lawrence River, in the territory of the city of Montreal. It is situated immediately southeast of the Island of Montreal, in the extreme southwest of Quebec. It forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago...
. - 1658 – Paul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
signed a contract with Jacques ArchambaultJacques ArchambaultJacques Archambault was a French colonist in Montreal. He was born in Dompierre-sur-Mer, where he was baptized.Archambault married Françoise Tourault, with whom he had many children...
, to have him dig "a well in Fort Ville-Marie in the middle of the Court or parade ground." - 1658 – In November, a Ville-Marie tribunal convicted Rene Besnard dit Bourjoly of casting a spell of impotence over Pierre (Gadoyes) Gadois, a rival for the hand of a woman he had courted. Besnard was flogged, imprisoned, and sentenced to death, although the latter punishment was reduced to banishment. In August 1660 François de LavalFrançois de LavalThis article is in part a sermon and generally comes close to hagiography.Blessed François-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval was the first Roman Catholic bishop of Quebec and was one of the most influential men of his day. He was appointed when he was 36 years old by Pope Alexander VII. He was a member...
annulled the still-barren marriage of Pierre Gadois and Marie Pontonnier on the grounds of "permanent impotence caused by witchcraft". In their later marriages to others, this "sterile" couple had a total of 25 children.
1660s
- 1660 – Adam Dollard des OrmeauxAdam Dollard des OrmeauxAdam Dollard des Ormeaux, , also known as Adam Daulaut, Daulac, or simply as Dollard des Ormeaux, was a colonist and soldier of New France...
died in the Battle of Long SaultBattle of Long SaultThe Battle of Long Sault occurred over a five day period in early May of 1660 during the Beaver Wars. It was fought between French colonial militia, with their Huron and Algonquin allies, against the Iroquois Confederacy. The battle took place along the Ottawa River in Canada next to a series of...
. - 1660 – Louis d'Ailleboust de CoulongeLouis d'Ailleboust de CoulongeLouis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge was the French governor of New France from 1648 to 1651 and acting governor from 1657 to 1658.- Biography :...
died at Montreal on 31 May, at the age of 48. He left no children. He was buried on June 1, in the cemetery of the hospital that stood on the site of today's Place d'ArmesPlace d'ArmesPlace d'Armes is a square in Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:Place d'Armes is the second oldest public site in Montreal, it was called Place de la Fabrique when it was first developed in 1693, at the request of the Sulpicians, then later renamed Place d'Armes in 1721 when...
. - 1660 – Pierre-Esprit RadissonPierre-Esprit RadissonPierre-Esprit Radisson was a French-Canadian fur trader and explorer. He is often linked to his brother-in-law Médard des Groseilliers who was about 20 years older. The decision of Radisson and Groseilliers to enter the English service led to the formation of the Hudson's Bay Company.Born near...
and Médard Chouart des Groseilliers escorted 60 small boats from Pays d'en-HautLes Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality, QuebecLes Pays-d'En-Haut is a county regional municipality of Quebec in Canada. The population of the MRC according to the 2006 Census is 36,573-Towns:* Estérel* Sainte-Adèle* Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson* Saint-Sauveur-Municipalities:* Lac-des-Seize-Îles...
to MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. - 1660 – François de LavalFrançois de LavalThis article is in part a sermon and generally comes close to hagiography.Blessed François-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval was the first Roman Catholic bishop of Quebec and was one of the most influential men of his day. He was appointed when he was 36 years old by Pope Alexander VII. He was a member...
made his first pastoral visit to MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
in August. - 1661 – Michel Messier was again captured by IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
with a few settlers on March 24. - 1661 – In March, Pierre (Gadoyes) Gadois bravely fought during an IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
attack on the colony. - 1661 – The SulpiciansSociety of Saint-SulpiceThe Society of Saint-Sulpice is a Catholic Society of Apostolic Life named for Eglise Saint-Sulpice, Paris, in turn named for St. Sulpitius the Pious. Typically, priests become members of the Society of St. Sulpice only after ordination and some years of pastoral work. Uniquely, Sulpicians retain...
built a home for themselves on Rue Saint-Paul. - 1661 – Jacques Le Maistre, bursar of the seminary of Saint-Sulpice, killed by IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
in a field belonging to the Maison Saint-GabrielMaison Saint-Gabriel MuseumThe Maison Saint-Gabriel Museum located in Montreal, Quebec is dedicated to preserving the history and heritage and artifact of the settlers of New France in the mid 17th century...
farm, on August 29. - 1661 – Guillaume Vignal, Jacques Dufresne, Claude de Brigeart and René Cuillerier Léveillé are taken prisoner by IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
on l'Île-à-la-Pierre, Longueuil, on October 25. Guillaume Vignal was killed by IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
at La PrairieLa Prairie, QuebecLa Prairie is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Jacques River and the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Roussillon...
, on October 27. - 1661 – The boys' school founded by Gabriel SouartGabriel SouartAbbé Gabriel Souart was a Recollet priest and the nephew of Father Joseph Le Caron. He is most often remembered in Canadian history as the first parish priest of Montreal....
, who prided himself on being the first school-master of Ville Marie. - 1662 – January 4 - Jeanne Le BerJeanne Le BerJeanne Le Ber was a religious recluse in New France.- Family and Education :As a daughter of Jeanne Le Moyne and Jacques le Ber, Jeanne was raised within a wealthy and influential family; her mother was a sister of Charles le Moyne...
was baptized the day she was born by Gabriel SouartGabriel SouartAbbé Gabriel Souart was a Recollet priest and the nephew of Father Joseph Le Caron. He is most often remembered in Canadian history as the first parish priest of Montreal....
, Paul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
being her godfather and Jeanne ManceJeanne ManceJeanne Mance was a French settler of New France. She was one of the founders of Montreal who secured its survival and was the founder and head of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.-Origins:...
her godmother. - 1662 – Lambert ClosseLambert ClosseRaphaël Lambert Closse was a merchant when he disembarked at Ville-Marie, Nouvelle-France in 1647.His exact date of birth is unknown, however, he was born in Mogues in the Ardennes department of today's northern France....
died on February 6 in combat fighting the IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
. - 1662 – Confrérie de la Sainte-Famille founded by Pierre-Joseph-Marie ChaumonotPierre-Joseph-Marie ChaumonotPierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot was a French priest and missionary. A variety of circumstances led to his pursuing a religious path...
. - 1663 – An earthquake1663 Charlevoix earthquakeThe 1663 Charlevoix earthquake was a major earthquake, with a magnitude between 7.3 and 7.9, that struck the entire eastern part of North America at 5:30 p.m. on February 5, 1663...
at 5:30 p.m. on February 5. - 1663 – In Mars, Seigniorial rights to the Island of MontrealIsland of MontrealThe Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies....
were transferred by the Société Notre-Dame de MontréalSociété Notre-Dame de MontréalThe Société Notre-Dame de Montréal was a religious organisation responsible for founding Ville-Marie, the original name for the settlement that would later become Montreal....
to the SulpiciansSociety of Saint-SulpiceThe Society of Saint-Sulpice is a Catholic Society of Apostolic Life named for Eglise Saint-Sulpice, Paris, in turn named for St. Sulpitius the Pious. Typically, priests become members of the Society of St. Sulpice only after ordination and some years of pastoral work. Uniquely, Sulpicians retain...
. The Sulpicians became the seigneurs of Montreal, taking over from Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve. - 1663 – New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
becomes a royal province. The New France Sovereign Council is created to administer the colonies under the absolute authority of the King on September 18. - 1663 – A Ville-Marie resident was fined 10 livresNew France livreThe livre was the currency of New France, the French colony in modern-day Canada. It was subdivided into 20 sols, each of 12 deniers.-History:After an initial period during which barter prevailed, the French livre began to circulate...
for plowing in plain view on a Sunday. - 1664 – The first court in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. - 1665 – Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve returned to France. The missionary dreams of the first Montrealers had given way to the lure of money to be made in furs. Although he had lived in Ville-Marie for twenty-three years, he never became a landowner, choosing to dedicate himself to his religious cause. Back in Paris, he lived in a secluded cabin that he built, and remained humble and discreet until his death.
- 1665 – Fort ChamblyFort ChamblyFort Chambly is a historic fort in the Canadian La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec. The fort is designated as a National Historic Site. Fort Richelieu was part of a series of five forts built along the Richelieu River. Fort Richelieu is at the mouth of the Richelieu River....
built; then it was called Fort Saint LouisFort ChamblyFort Chambly is a historic fort in the Canadian La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec. The fort is designated as a National Historic Site. Fort Richelieu was part of a series of five forts built along the Richelieu River. Fort Richelieu is at the mouth of the Richelieu River....
. - 1665 – The authorities sent the Carignan-Salières RegimentCarignan-Salières RegimentThe Carignan-Salières Regiment was a Piedmont French military unit formed by merging the Carignan Regiment and the Salières Regiment in 1659. The regiment began their existence in combat against the Ottoman Empire before being reorganized to consist of twenty-four companies before being sent to...
here as reinforcements. - 1666 – According to census of New France1666 census of New FranceThe 1666 census of New France was the first census conducted in Canada . It was organized by Jean Talon, the first Intendant of New France, between 1665 and 1666....
, Ville-Marie now hast 582 inhabitants. 24 of the 111 families living in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
had already been formed in France. A few houses, flanked by a windmill and fort, and connected by a footpath where now runs Rue Saint-Paul, represented the beginnings of Ville Marie. - 1666 – The arrival of the Sulpician priest Jean Cavelier (born 1636). His brother, René-Robert CavelierRené-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La SalleRené-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, or Robert de LaSalle was a French explorer. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico...
will come next year. - 1666 – The Sulpicians possessed, beginning in 1666, a little orchardOrchardAn orchard is an intentional planting of trees or shrubs that is maintained for food production. Orchards comprise fruit or nut-producing trees which are grown for commercial production. Orchards are also sometimes a feature of large gardens, where they serve an aesthetic as well as a productive...
inside the fenced garden of the Saint-Sulpice Seminary (Montreal). - 1666-75 – Fort Saint-JeanFort Saint-Jean (Quebec)Fort Saint-Jean is a fort in the Canadian La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec located on the Richelieu River. The fort was first built in 1666 by soldiers of the Carignan-Salières Regiment and was part of a series of forts built along the Richelieu River...
built. - 1667 – Kahnawake founded.
- 1667 – BouchervilleBoucherville, QuebecBoucherville is a city in the Montérégie region in Quebec, Canada. It is a suburb of Montreal on the South shore of the Saint Lawrence River....
founded as a seigneurial parish by Pierre BoucherPierre BoucherPierre Boucher and later Pierre Boucher de Boucherville, born and baptized 1 August 1622 in Mortagne-au-Perche, died 19 April 1717 at the age of 95 at Boucherville, came to Canada from France in 1635 with his father...
. Pierre Boucher began farming this year but did not receive his Seigneury until 1672 when he built a palisade to protect the community from the Iroquois. - 1667 – Almost from its foundation, pelts were bartered in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, but it was after 1667 that the town became a great place for trade. An annual market for pelts took place in June on the common of Pointe-à-CallièrePointe-à-Callière MuseumPointe-à-Callière Museum is the Montreal museum of archaeology and history located in Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1992 as part of celebrations to mark Montreal's 350th birthday...
. - 1667 – The Sulpician priestsSociety of Saint-SulpiceThe Society of Saint-Sulpice is a Catholic Society of Apostolic Life named for Eglise Saint-Sulpice, Paris, in turn named for St. Sulpitius the Pious. Typically, priests become members of the Society of St. Sulpice only after ordination and some years of pastoral work. Uniquely, Sulpicians retain...
established GentillyDorval, QuebecDorval is a city on the island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. As of the 2006 Canadian Census, the population increased by 2.2% to 18,088. Although the city has the largest surface area in the West Island, it is among the least densely populated...
. It was later renamed La Présentation-de-la-Vierge-Marie and finally DorvalDorval, QuebecDorval is a city on the island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. As of the 2006 Canadian Census, the population increased by 2.2% to 18,088. Although the city has the largest surface area in the West Island, it is among the least densely populated...
. - 1668 – Five more Sulpicians came to the colony, among them René Bréhant de GalinéeRené Bréhant de GalinéeRené Bréhant de Galinée was a member of the Society of Saint-Sulpice at Montreal and an explorer and missionary to the Native Americans. In 1670, he and François Dollier de Casson were the first Europeans to make a recorded transit of the Detroit River...
and François Dollier de CassonFrançois Dollier de CassonFrançois Dollier de Casson was born in France into a wealthy bourgeois and military family. He began his adult life in the army which he left after three years to continue his studies and become a priest....
, who were to win distinction as missionaries and explorers. Many Sulpician missions pushed out from Ville Marie, along the upper Saint Lawrence RiverSaint Lawrence RiverThe Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
and the north shore of Lake OntarioLake OntarioLake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south by the American state of New York. Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was named for the lake. In the Wyandot language, ontarío means...
. - 1668 – Pierre RaffeixPierre RaffeixPierre Raffeix was a French Jesuit missionary in Canada.He was born at Clermont-Ferrand, entered the Society of Jesus in 1653, and came to Canada in 1663...
establish a mission at Kahnawake. - 1668 – Maison Saint-GabrielMaison Saint-Gabriel MuseumThe Maison Saint-Gabriel Museum located in Montreal, Quebec is dedicated to preserving the history and heritage and artifact of the settlers of New France in the mid 17th century...
was bought for receiving the King's DaughtersKing's DaughtersThe King's Daughters were between 700 and 900 Frenchwomen who immigrated to New France between 1663 and 1673 under the monetary sponsorship of Louis XIV. The government sponsored them so settlers in the colony could marry and start families to populate New France...
. The current structure dates back to 1698; it was rebuilt in 1698 after a fire in 1693. - 1669 – Louis XIV orders that all the valid men of New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
between 16 and 60 years of age must do their mandatory military service. Every parish will have its militia. - 1660s – On the top of the hill called 'Coteau Saint-Louis' was erected an intrenched mill - Moulin du Coteau - which could be used as a redoubt to protect the inhabitants.
1670s
- 1670 – The map of the trip of Montrealer René Bréhant de GalinéeRené Bréhant de GalinéeRené Bréhant de Galinée was a member of the Society of Saint-Sulpice at Montreal and an explorer and missionary to the Native Americans. In 1670, he and François Dollier de Casson were the first Europeans to make a recorded transit of the Detroit River...
demonstrated that the Great LakesGreat LakesThe Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada – United States border. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface, coming in second by volume...
were all connected. - 1670 – TerrebonneTerrebonne, QuebecTerrebonne is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shores of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and of the Rivière des Prairies, North of Montreal and Laval....
founded. - 1670 – Hudson's Bay CompanyHudson's Bay CompanyThe Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...
founded. - 1670 – St. Xavier Dez Praiz is a little above Ville-Marie and contains 60 settlers.
- 1670 – François de Salignac de la Mothe-FénelonFrançois de Salignac de la Mothe-FénelonFrançois de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon was a Sulpician missionary in New France. He was the half-brother of François Fénelon, Archbishop of Cambrai and ten years older....
, the superior of the Saint-Sulpice Seminary (Montreal), suggested digging Lachine CanalLachine CanalThe Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.The canal gets its name from the French word for China...
, a canal circumventing the Lachine RapidsLachine RapidsThe Lachine Rapids are a series of rapids on the Saint Lawrence River, between the Island of Montreal and the south shore. They are located near the former city of Lachine....
; this initial project did not materialize. Montreal had always been the last navigable point on the St. Lawrence River. - 1670 – Through Jean TalonJean TalonJean Talon, Comte d'Orsainville was a French colonial administrator who was the first and most highly regarded Intendant of New France under King Louis XIV...
's influence, François-Marie PerrotFrançois-Marie PerrotFrançois-Marie Perrot was born in Paris and Seigneur de Sainte-Geneviève,- Biography :He was appointed governor of Montreal by a royal commission in 1670 and arrived in New France that year. Records do show his tenure as 1669–84....
was appointed governor of Montreal by a royal commission in 1670 and arrived in New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
that year. - 1670-80 – At first trading was done in people's home, but traders soon set up stalls between Saint-Paul and the Little St. Pierre River, west of the marketplace. Natives – some 900 of them in 1672 – camped on the point, not far from the seigneurs’ gardens.
- 1671 – Fort SennevilleFort SennevilleFort Senneville is one of the outlying forts of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, built by the Canadiens of New France near the Sainte-Anne rapids in 1671. The property was part of a fief ceded to Dugué de Boisbriant in 1672 by the Sulpicians. A large stone windmill, which doubled as a watch tower, was...
built. - 1671 – Marguerite BourgeoysMarguerite BourgeoysSaint Marguerite Bourgeoys was the founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame.- Biography :...
received a warm welcome at Paul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
home in Paris. - 1672 – Bénigne Basset Des LauriersBénigne Basset Des LauriersBénigne Basset Des Lauriers was born in France and gained historic importance after he emigrated to New France in 1657....
was responsible for the first street layouts in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. The original plan of Old MontrealOld MontrealOld Montreal is the oldest area in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, dating back to New France. Located in the borough of Ville-Marie, the area is bordered on the west by McGill St., on the north by Ruelle des Fortifications, on the east by Berri St. and on the south by the Saint Lawrence River...
consisted of 10 streets, of which three ran parallel to the river, such as Notre-Dame StreetNotre-Dame StreetNotre-Dame Street is a historic east-west street located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It runs parallel to the Saint Lawrence River, from the eastern tip of the island to Lachine . In French, it is known as rue Notre-Dame....
, Rue Saint-Paul, Saint Jacques StreetSaint Jacques StreetSaint Jacques Street is a major street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.The street has had two official names: St. James Street in English after St. James's, London; and its current appellation, rue Saint-Jacques, in French. Both names are sometimes used in English, though Saint-Jacques is the most...
; the other seven ran perpendicular to the river, such as rue Saint Pierre, rue Saint François Xavier, rue Saint Jean Baptiste, rue Saint Gabriel, rue Saint Vincent, rue de l'Hôpital. The Rue Saint-Paul was paved. - 1672 – The cross is planted to designate the future emplacement of the first Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)Notre-Dame Basilica is a basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The church is located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West, at the corner of Saint Sulpice Street...
on June 29 and the next day, are laid the first five stones. - 1672 – As a churchwardenChurchwardenA churchwarden is a lay official in a parish church or congregation of the Anglican Communion, usually working as a part-time volunteer. Holders of these positions are ex officio members of the parish board, usually called a vestry, parish council, parochial church council, or in the case of a...
, Pierre Gadois supervised the construction of a public well in the Place d'Armes. - 1672 – Michel-Sidrac Dugue de Boisbriand obtained possession of the seigneury of the Île Sainte-Thérèse in October.
- 1673 – Charles le MoyneCharles Le MoyneCharles Le Moyne was an American motion picture actor of the silent era. He appeared in 73 films between 1915 and 1937....
was granted the Seigneury of Châteauguay. - 1674 – François-Marie PerrotFrançois-Marie PerrotFrançois-Marie Perrot was born in Paris and Seigneur de Sainte-Geneviève,- Biography :He was appointed governor of Montreal by a royal commission in 1670 and arrived in New France that year. Records do show his tenure as 1669–84....
and François de Salignac de la Mothe-FénelonFrançois de Salignac de la Mothe-FénelonFrançois de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon was a Sulpician missionary in New France. He was the half-brother of François Fénelon, Archbishop of Cambrai and ten years older....
went to France. Perrot was shut up in the BastilleBastilleThe Bastille was a fortress in Paris, known formally as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. The Bastille was built in response to the English threat to the city of...
for some months and then sent back to his governor's duties at Montreal. Louis de Buade de FrontenacLouis de Buade de FrontenacLouis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau was a French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France from 1672 to 1682 and from 1689 to his death in 1698...
was very severely reprimanded by the king for his attitude towards M. de Fénelon. - 1674 – Pointe-aux-TremblesPointe-aux-TremblesPointe-aux-Trembles was a municipality, founded in 1674, that was annexed by Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1982. This was the last city to be merged into Montreal until the 2002 municipal reorganization of districts and municipalities as boroughs....
founded; it was annexed to MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
in 1982. - 1674 – Louis JollietLouis JollietLouis Jolliet , also known as Louis Joliet, was a French Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America...
wrecked at Sault-Saint-LouisLachine RapidsThe Lachine Rapids are a series of rapids on the Saint Lawrence River, between the Island of Montreal and the south shore. They are located near the former city of Lachine....
in May. - 1676 – Sulpician mission founded at Mount RoyalMount RoyalMount Royal is a mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the city to which it gave its name.The mountain is part of the Monteregian Hills situated between the Laurentians and the Appalachians...
. Guillaume BaillyGuillaume BaillyGuillaume Bailly was a Sulpician missionary to Canada from 1666 to 1691.During that period, Bailly was associated with the Congrégation de Notre-Dame. He spent some time directing the Sulpician mission, founded in 1676, at Mount Royal. He also taught there and wasa devoted teacher and skillful in...
spent some time directing the mission. - 1676 – Establishment of the catholic parish Saints-Anges-Gardiens (LachineLachine, QuebecLachine was a city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is now a borough within the city of Montreal.-History:...
). - 1677 – Jacques BizardJacques BizardJacques Bizard was seigneur of île Bonaventure, later renamed île-Bizard. Born in Benaix, Neuchatel in Switzerland to a Calvinist pastor, Bizard served in the Venetian army where he met Louis de Buade, better known as Comte de Frontenac...
was sent to Montreal by FrontenacLouis de Buade de FrontenacLouis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau was a French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France from 1672 to 1682 and from 1689 to his death in 1698...
to investigate claims of illegal sale of alcohol to the Natives. However, the leader of the smugglers, Montreal Governor François-Marie PerrotFrançois-Marie PerrotFrançois-Marie Perrot was born in Paris and Seigneur de Sainte-Geneviève,- Biography :He was appointed governor of Montreal by a royal commission in 1670 and arrived in New France that year. Records do show his tenure as 1669–84....
, imprisoned BizardJacques BizardJacques Bizard was seigneur of île Bonaventure, later renamed île-Bizard. Born in Benaix, Neuchatel in Switzerland to a Calvinist pastor, Bizard served in the Venetian army where he met Louis de Buade, better known as Comte de Frontenac...
. With the help of FrontenacLouis de Buade de FrontenacLouis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau was a French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France from 1672 to 1682 and from 1689 to his death in 1698...
, Bizard was liberated and PerrotFrançois-Marie PerrotFrançois-Marie Perrot was born in Paris and Seigneur de Sainte-Geneviève,- Biography :He was appointed governor of Montreal by a royal commission in 1670 and arrived in New France that year. Records do show his tenure as 1669–84....
was removed from office. - 1678 – Jacques BizardJacques BizardJacques Bizard was seigneur of île Bonaventure, later renamed île-Bizard. Born in Benaix, Neuchatel in Switzerland to a Calvinist pastor, Bizard served in the Venetian army where he met Louis de Buade, better known as Comte de Frontenac...
was granted île BonaventureL'Île-Bizard, QuebecVille de L'Île-Bizard is a former municipality located on Île Bizard, an island northwest of the Island of Montreal. It was originally incorporated as a municipality on July 1, 1855 as Paroisse de Saint-Raphael-de l'Ile-Bizard....
on which he created a seigneury. - 1678 – LachineLachine, QuebecLachine was a city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is now a borough within the city of Montreal.-History:...
parish created. - 1678 – Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours ChapelNotre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours ChapelThe Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel is a church in the district of Old Montreal in Montreal, Quebec. One of the oldest churches in Montreal, it was built in 1771 over the ruins of an earlier chapel.St...
completed. - 1678 – Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du LhutDaniel Greysolon, Sieur du LhutDaniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut was a French soldier and explorer who is the first European known to have visited the area where the city of Duluth, Minnesota is now located and the headwaters of the Mississippi River near Grand Rapids...
left MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
for Lake SuperiorLake SuperiorLake Superior is the largest of the five traditionally-demarcated Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded to the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota, and to the south by the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Michigan. It is the largest freshwater lake in the...
in September, spending the winter near Sault Sainte MarieSault Ste. Marie, OntarioSault Ste. Marie is a city on the St. Marys River in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay, with a population of 74,948. The community was founded as a French religious mission: Sault either means "jump" or "rapids" in...
. - 1679 – Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du LhutDaniel Greysolon, Sieur du LhutDaniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut was a French soldier and explorer who is the first European known to have visited the area where the city of Duluth, Minnesota is now located and the headwaters of the Mississippi River near Grand Rapids...
reaches the western end of the Lake SuperiorLake SuperiorLake Superior is the largest of the five traditionally-demarcated Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded to the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota, and to the south by the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Michigan. It is the largest freshwater lake in the...
in the fall of the 1679 where he concluded peace talks between the SaulteurOjibwaThe Ojibwe or Chippewa are among the largest groups of Native Americans–First Nations north of Mexico. They are divided between Canada and the United States. In Canada, they are the third-largest population among First Nations, surpassed only by Cree and Inuit...
and Sioux nations. - 1679 – Jeanne Le BerJeanne Le BerJeanne Le Ber was a religious recluse in New France.- Family and Education :As a daughter of Jeanne Le Moyne and Jacques le Ber, Jeanne was raised within a wealthy and influential family; her mother was a sister of Charles le Moyne...
chose a life of reclusion. - 1679 – The brigantine Le GriffonLe GriffonLe Griffon was a 17th century sailing ship built by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in his quest to find the Northwest Passage to China and Japan....
, commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara RiverNiagara RiverThe Niagara River flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It forms part of the border between the Province of Ontario in Canada and New York State in the United States. There are differing theories as to the origin of the name of the river...
, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes. - 1670s – A big orchardOrchardAn orchard is an intentional planting of trees or shrubs that is maintained for food production. Orchards comprise fruit or nut-producing trees which are grown for commercial production. Orchards are also sometimes a feature of large gardens, where they serve an aesthetic as well as a productive...
was planted on the side of the Mont Royal, in the middle of the 1670s.
1680s
- 1680 – 493 inhabitants.
- 1680 – Kateri TekakwithaKateri TekakwithaKateri Tekakwitha or Catherine Tekakwitha was a Mohawk-Algonquian woman from New York and an early convert to Catholicism, who has been beatified in the Roman Catholic Church.-Her life:...
died. Pierre CholonecPierre CholonecPierre Cholonec was a biographer and French missionary among the Canadian Indians. He was born in the Diocese of St-Pol-de-Léon, Finistère, and died in Quebec. Cholonec entered the Society of Jesus in Paris, 8 October 1659, and taught in the colleges of Moulins and Eu from 1661 to 1670, except...
wrote her life. - 1680-85 – More and more voyageurs, coureurs des bois and missionaries were exploring the regions upriver from MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. As the new territory opened up, part of the fur trade shifted toward the Great LakesGreat LakesThe Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada – United States border. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface, coming in second by volume...
. Fewer and fewer Natives came to MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, and the annual fur fair became less popular from 1680 to 1685. - 1681 – Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du LhutDaniel Greysolon, Sieur du LhutDaniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut was a French soldier and explorer who is the first European known to have visited the area where the city of Duluth, Minnesota is now located and the headwaters of the Mississippi River near Grand Rapids...
was forced to return to Montreal and then France in 1681 to defend himself against accusations of treasonTreasonIn law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife. Treason against the king was known as high treason and treason against a...
, returning the following year. - 1682 – Montrealer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La SalleRené-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La SalleRené-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, or Robert de LaSalle was a French explorer. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico...
travelled all the way to the mouth of the Mississippi RiverMississippi RiverThe Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...
. - 1682 – The Notre-Dame ChurchNotre-Dame Church (Montreal)-History:In 1657, the Roman Catholic Sulpician Order arrived in Ville-Marie, now known as Montreal. The parish they founded was dedicated to Mary, and the parish church of Notre-Dame was built between 1672 and 1682...
completed; constructed by François BaillyFrançois BaillyFrançois Bailly was a French mason, architect and official who a was prominent citizen in Montreal.- Biography :Born in France, he came to Canada in 1659 under contract with the Abbé Queylus. He formed partnerships first with Urbain Brossard then with Michel Bouvier...
. Throughout the 18th century the city's primary landmarks were the bell towerBell towerA bell tower is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. When attached to a city hall or other civic building, especially in...
of Notre-Dame and Citadel hillThe Citadel, MontrealThe Citadel of Montreal was a former fortress used to defend the city.Smaller than the one in Old Quebec, the Citadel was built by the French in 1690, with a cannon battery added in 1723....
. The church was demolished in 1830 and his bell towerBell towerA bell tower is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. When attached to a city hall or other civic building, especially in...
in 1843. Foundations from the original Notre-Dame Church lie under the Place d'ArmesPlace d'ArmesPlace d'Armes is a square in Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:Place d'Armes is the second oldest public site in Montreal, it was called Place de la Fabrique when it was first developed in 1693, at the request of the Sulpicians, then later renamed Place d'Armes in 1721 when...
Square. - 1683 – The Sulpicians, seigneurs of the island, ordered the final demolition of the old seigniorial residence.
- 1683 – The seigneury of Mille-IslesMille-Isles, QuebecMille-Isles is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, west of Saint-Jérôme.Mille-Isles is in the Laurentian Hills, crossed by rivers and dotted with fish-filled lakes.-History:...
was granted to Michel-Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand, who was governor of Montreal in 1670. - 1684 – The Congregation of Notre DameCongregation of Notre DameThe Congregation of Notre Dame was founded in 1653 by Marguerite Bourgeoys in Montreal, Canada. This was one of the first non-cloistered communities. The community's motherhouse has continued to be based in Montreal...
convent is destroyed by a fire. - 1684 – Louis-Hector de CallièreLouis-Hector de CallièreLouis-Hector de Callière or Callières was a French politician, who was the governor of Montreal , and the governor of New France from 1698 to 1703. He played an important role in defining the strategy that New France followed during the Queen Anne's War.De Callière was born in Thorigny-sur-Vire,...
is named governor of MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. - 1684 – Charles le MoyneCharles Le MoyneCharles Le Moyne was an American motion picture actor of the silent era. He appeared in 73 films between 1915 and 1937....
was granted the Seigneury of Île PerrotÎle PerrotÎle Perrot is an island west of the island of Montreal in the Canadian province of Quebec. Part of the Hochelaga Archipelago, the island lies between Lake Saint-Louis and Lac des Deux-Montagnes....
. - 1684-87 – Saint-Sulpice Seminary (Montreal) built. Its clock was constructed in 1701.
- 1685 – Fort de la Montagne, known primarily as Fort Belmont, constructed by François Vachon de BelmontFrançois Vachon de BelmontFrançois Vachon de Belmont was the fifth superior of the Montreal Sulpicians from 1700 to 1731. Vachon de Belmont was born in Burgundy, France to a wealthy family...
. - 1685 – Monsieur Souart open across the first Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)Notre-Dame Basilica is a basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The church is located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West, at the corner of Saint Sulpice Street...
, the first school for boys, with 73 boys. - 1686 – Treaty of WhitehallTreaty of WhitehallThe Treaty of Whitehall was signed between Louis XIV of France and James II of England in November 1686 as an agreement that Continental conflict would not disrupt peace and neutrality in New France and New England...
. - 1686 – Pierre Troyes led an overland expedition from Montreal to the shore of the Hudson BayHudson BayHudson Bay , sometimes called Hudson's Bay, is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada. It drains a very large area, about , that includes parts of Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Alberta, most of Manitoba, southeastern Nunavut, as well as parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota,...
where they managed to capture many of the company's forts by surprise. New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
would wage several naval raids into the bay the following years and almost succeeded in driving the English from this part of the continent altogether. - 1686 – Jacques Le BerJacques Le BerJacques Le Ber was a merchant and seigneur in Montreal, New France.- Biography :Jacques Le Ber was born in c. 1633 in the parish of Pistre, Diocese of Rouen, son of Robert Le Ber and Colette Cavelier. He came to Canada in 1657 from France as a soldier but was mainly a businessman after his arrival...
built a stone mill on the Island of MontrealIsland of MontrealThe Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies....
near the Ottawa RiverOttawa RiverThe Ottawa River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. For most of its length, it now defines the border between these two provinces.-Geography:...
to provide the inhabitants of that area with a shelter in case of attack by the Five NationsIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
. - 1686-87 – François ProvostFrançois ProvostFrançois Provost was a career soldier from France who served in the Carignan-Salières regiment which was stationed to New France in 1665.Provost was held in high esteem by Buade de Frontenac from early in his residency in Canada...
is temporary governor of Montreal. - 1687-89 – A wooden palisade was erected to protect the town. Some years after the city was founded, the initial fort was abandoned and the town continued its development at Coteau Saint-Louis, around which wooden fortifications were built in 1687 and 1689.
- 1687 – An epidemic of typhusTyphusEpidemic typhus is a form of typhus so named because the disease often causes epidemics following wars and natural disasters...
kills approximately 150 people with the autumn. - 1688 – The treaty between Governor and Onondaga chief Otreouti, who promised the neutrality of the Onondagas, Cayugas, and OneidasOneida tribeThe Oneida are a Native American/First Nations people and are one of the five founding nations of the Iroquois Confederacy in the area of upstate New York...
at MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
; Nicolas PerrotNicolas PerrotNicolas Perrot , explorer, diplomat, and fur trader, was one of the first white men in the upper Mississippi Valley. Born in France, he came to New France around 1660 with Jesuits and had the opportunity to visit Indian tribes and learn their languages...
served as interpreter. - 1688 – Governor Louis-Hector de CallièreLouis-Hector de CallièreLouis-Hector de Callière or Callières was a French politician, who was the governor of Montreal , and the governor of New France from 1698 to 1703. He played an important role in defining the strategy that New France followed during the Queen Anne's War.De Callière was born in Thorigny-sur-Vire,...
built his residence on the place of the abandoned fort. - 1689 – On June 13, construction was begun by the Montreal Sulpicians on a 2 km canal to support their monopoly on flour-milling. François Dollier de CassonFrançois Dollier de CassonFrançois Dollier de Casson was born in France into a wealthy bourgeois and military family. He began his adult life in the army which he left after three years to continue his studies and become a priest....
asserted that such a canal (Lachine CanalLachine CanalThe Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.The canal gets its name from the French word for China...
) would supply water to Montreal's mills while simultaneously facilitating westbound navigation. - 1689 – Lachine massacreLachine massacreThe Lachine massacre, part of the Beaver Wars, occurred when 1,500 Mohawk warriors attacked by surprise the small, 375 inhabitant, settlement of Lachine, New France at the upper end of Montreal Island on the morning of August 5, 1689...
. - 1689 – The construction by François Vachon de BelmontFrançois Vachon de BelmontFrançois Vachon de Belmont was the fifth superior of the Montreal Sulpicians from 1700 to 1731. Vachon de Belmont was born in Burgundy, France to a wealthy family...
of Fort Lorette starts at Sault-au-RécolletSault-au-RécolletSault-au-Récollet is a neighbourhood in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough, in the city of Montreal. It is located at the eastern edge of the borough...
. - 1689 – Soon after her release by the IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
, Madeleine D'AlloneMadeleine D'AlloneMadeleine de Roybon d'Allonne was an early settler of New France.She was the daughter of a minor French nobleman. She had a relationship with Robert La Salle, a French explorer. In 1681 she donated 2141 livres to him for his voyage and lived in his fort for 2 years...
takes possession of a house in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
.
1690s
- 1690 – Battle of Rivière des PrairiesRivière des PrairiesThe Rivière des Prairies is a delta channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada....
/ Battle of Coulée GrouCoulée GrouCoulée Grou is the name of an area in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that was the location of a battle of the Beaver Wars, also known as the Iroquois Wars, given in honor of Jean Grou, a Canadian pioneer. Grou had sailed as a young boy from Rouen, France to New France in 1650 and established a...
on July 2. - 1690 – The Citadel, MontrealThe Citadel, MontrealThe Citadel of Montreal was a former fortress used to defend the city.Smaller than the one in Old Quebec, the Citadel was built by the French in 1690, with a cannon battery added in 1723....
built. - 1691 – Fort SennevilleFort SennevilleFort Senneville is one of the outlying forts of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, built by the Canadiens of New France near the Sainte-Anne rapids in 1671. The property was part of a fief ceded to Dugué de Boisbriant in 1672 by the Sulpicians. A large stone windmill, which doubled as a watch tower, was...
was burned down by IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
, with only the mill itself left standing. - 1691 – Madeleine de VerchèresMadeleine de VerchèresMarie-Madeleine Jarret de Verchères was the daughter of a François Jarret, a seigneur in New France, and Marie Perrot. Her ingenuity is credited with thwarting a raid on Fort Verchères when she was 14 years old....
becomes a hero in New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
for defending Fort VercheresVerchères, QuebecVerchères is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in Montérégie, Quebec, located on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 5,243.- History :...
against the IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
while waiting for French ArmyFrench ArmyThe French Army, officially the Armée de Terre , is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces.As of 2010, the army employs 123,100 regulars, 18,350 part-time reservists and 7,700 Legionnaires. All soldiers are professionals, following the suspension of conscription, voted in...
reinforcements. - 1691 – Battle of La PrairieBattle of La PrairieThe Battle of La Prairie was an attack made on the settlement of La Prairie, New France, a frontier settlement not far from Montreal...
on August 11. - 1691 – An encounter with an English and IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
war party near Fort ChamblyFort ChamblyFort Chambly is a historic fort in the Canadian La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec. The fort is designated as a National Historic Site. Fort Richelieu was part of a series of five forts built along the Richelieu River. Fort Richelieu is at the mouth of the Richelieu River....
. - 1692 – The Jesuits and RécolletsRecolletsThe Récollets were a French branch of the Roman Catholic order, the Franciscans , which developed out of a reform movement that began in the 15th century in Spain and established itself in France in Tulle in 1585, at Nevers in 1592, at Limoges in 1596 and in Paris in 1603...
are back in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. The Jesuits constructed their residence near the Place Jacques-CartierPlace Jacques-CartierPlace Jacques-Cartier is a square located in Old Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and an entrance to the Old Port of Montreal.- Overview :...
and the RécolletsRecolletsThe Récollets were a French branch of the Roman Catholic order, the Franciscans , which developed out of a reform movement that began in the 15th century in Spain and established itself in France in Tulle in 1585, at Nevers in 1592, at Limoges in 1596 and in Paris in 1603...
in the west. - 1693 – Place d'ArmesPlace d'ArmesPlace d'Armes is a square in Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:Place d'Armes is the second oldest public site in Montreal, it was called Place de la Fabrique when it was first developed in 1693, at the request of the Sulpicians, then later renamed Place d'Armes in 1721 when...
was first developed. - 1693 – Marguerite BourgeoysMarguerite BourgeoysSaint Marguerite Bourgeoys was the founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame.- Biography :...
handed over Congregation of Notre DameCongregation of Notre DameThe Congregation of Notre Dame was founded in 1653 by Marguerite Bourgeoys in Montreal, Canada. This was one of the first non-cloistered communities. The community's motherhouse has continued to be based in Montreal...
to her successor, Marie Barbier de l'AssomptionMarie Barbier de l'AssomptionMarie Barbier de l'Assomption was a sister of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame and the first woman from Montreal to be part of Marguerite Bourgeoys congregation....
. - 1693 – Lawyers first tried to obtain official recognition of Bar of MontrealBar of MontrealThe Bar of Montreal is the bar association for lawyers in the city of Montreal, Canada. . It has it beginnings in 1693 when, as a Royal Province of the French colonial empire, Canadien lawyers first tried to obtain official recognition but were refused by Governor General of New France Louis de...
but were refused by Governor General of New FranceGovernor General of New FranceGovernor General of New France was the vice-regal post in New France from 1663 until 1760 and was the last French vice-regal post. It was replaced by the British post of Governor of the Province of Quebec following the fall of New France...
Louis de Buade de FrontenacLouis de Buade de FrontenacLouis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau was a French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France from 1672 to 1682 and from 1689 to his death in 1698...
who upheld the 1678 edict by the Sovereign CouncilSovereign Council of New FranceThe Sovereign Council of New France was a political body appointed by the King of France and consisting of a Governor General, an Intendant of New France answered to the French Minister of the Marine, And also the Bishop witch helped with laws and land...
that denied recognition of the legal profession. - 1693 – Jacques Le BerJacques Le BerJacques Le Ber was a merchant and seigneur in Montreal, New France.- Biography :Jacques Le Ber was born in c. 1633 in the parish of Pistre, Diocese of Rouen, son of Robert Le Ber and Colette Cavelier. He came to Canada in 1657 from France as a soldier but was mainly a businessman after his arrival...
joined a war party of 300 Canadians, 100 soldiers, and 230 Indians that attacked the Mohawks in their own territory. - 1694 – The Jesuits opened an elementary school.
- 1694 – Louis Tantouin de la Touche is named subdelegated of the intendant.
- 1694 – Frères Hospitaliers de la Croix et de Saint-Joseph, (known after their founder as the Frères Charon) founded.
- 1694 – Louis-Hector de CallièreLouis-Hector de CallièreLouis-Hector de Callière or Callières was a French politician, who was the governor of Montreal , and the governor of New France from 1698 to 1703. He played an important role in defining the strategy that New France followed during the Queen Anne's War.De Callière was born in Thorigny-sur-Vire,...
was awarded the cross of Saint-LouisOrder of Saint LouisThe Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis was a military Order of Chivalry founded on 5 April 1693 by Louis XIV and named after Saint Louis . It was intended as a reward for exceptional officers, and is notable as the first decoration that could be granted to non-nobles...
. During his years as governor of Montreal, the IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
war had enhanced the importance of that position. - 1694 – François Vachon de BelmontFrançois Vachon de BelmontFrançois Vachon de Belmont was the fifth superior of the Montreal Sulpicians from 1700 to 1731. Vachon de Belmont was born in Burgundy, France to a wealthy family...
finished the mission on the slopes of Mount RoyalMount RoyalMount Royal is a mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the city to which it gave its name.The mountain is part of the Monteregian Hills situated between the Laurentians and the Appalachians...
. Its circular stone fortress towers still stand on the grounds of the Grand Seminary on Sherbrooke StreetSherbrooke StreetSherbrooke Street is a major east-west artery and at in length, is the second longest street on the Island of Montreal. The street begins in the town of Montreal West and ends on the extreme tip of the island in Pointe-aux-Trembles, intersecting Gouin Boulevard and joining up with Notre-Dame...
. - 1695 – Nicolas PerrotNicolas PerrotNicolas Perrot , explorer, diplomat, and fur trader, was one of the first white men in the upper Mississippi Valley. Born in France, he came to New France around 1660 with Jesuits and had the opportunity to visit Indian tribes and learn their languages...
brought the MiamiMiami tribeThe Miami are a Native American nation originally found in what is now Indiana, southwest Michigan, and western Ohio. The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma is the only federally recognized tribe of Miami Indians in the United States...
, Sauk, MenomineeMenomineeSome placenames use other spellings, see also Menomonee and Menomonie.The Menominee are a nation of Native Americans living in Wisconsin. The Menominee, along with the Ho-Chunk, are the only tribes that are indigenous to what is now Wisconsin...
, PotawatomiPotawatomiThe Potawatomi are a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a member of the Algonquian family. In the Potawatomi language, they generally call themselves Bodéwadmi, a name that means "keepers of the fire" and that was applied...
and Fox chiefs to MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
at the governor's request, regarding war with the IroquoisIroquoisThe Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
. - 1695 – Saint-Charles-Sur-RichelieuSaint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, QuebecSaint-Charles-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,742.-Population:Population trend...
is granted to Zacharie-François Hertel, Sieur de la Fresnière (March 1). - 1696 – Fire at Fort de la Montagne. The Hurons were transferred to Fort Lorette.
- 1696 – Jacques Le BerJacques Le BerJacques Le Ber was a merchant and seigneur in Montreal, New France.- Biography :Jacques Le Ber was born in c. 1633 in the parish of Pistre, Diocese of Rouen, son of Robert Le Ber and Colette Cavelier. He came to Canada in 1657 from France as a soldier but was mainly a businessman after his arrival...
was ennobled. - 1698 – A chapel dedicated to St. Anne is founded at the south end of Murray street. Le Quartier Ste-Anne becomes infamous as a den of licentiousness, and the clergy restricts the sale of liquor around the chapel.
- 1698 – Bishop Saint-VallierJean-Baptiste de la Croix de Chevrières de Saint-VallierJean-Baptiste de la Croix de Chevrière de St. Vallier was appointed to the see of Quebec as bishop in 1685 by Louis XIV. But, Blessed Pope Innocent XI was not granting any more bulls of investiture....
, returning from France, accompanied two English gentlemen, one of them a Protestant minister, on a visit to Jeanne Le BerJeanne Le BerJeanne Le Ber was a religious recluse in New France.- Family and Education :As a daughter of Jeanne Le Moyne and Jacques le Ber, Jeanne was raised within a wealthy and influential family; her mother was a sister of Charles le Moyne...
. - 1700 – At the turn of the 18th century Montreal's population was about 1,500 souls, which gradually grew to about 7,500 in the year 1760, at the time of the British conquest.
- 1700 – Gédéon de Catalogne was employed by Sulpicians in Octobre to dig the Lachine CanalLachine CanalThe Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.The canal gets its name from the French word for China...
. - 1700-31 – François Vachon de BelmontFrançois Vachon de BelmontFrançois Vachon de Belmont was the fifth superior of the Montreal Sulpicians from 1700 to 1731. Vachon de Belmont was born in Burgundy, France to a wealthy family...
was the fifth superior of the MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
Sulpicians.
18th century
- 1701 – Great Peace of MontrealGreat Peace of MontrealThe Great Peace of Montreal was a peace treaty between New France and 40 First Nations of North America. It was signed on August 4, 1701, by Louis-Hector de Callière, governor of New France, and 1300 representatives of 40 aboriginal nations of the North East of North America...
. - 1702 – Côte-Saint-PaulCôte-Saint-PaulCôte-Saint-Paul is a neighbourhood located in the Southwest Borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:The concession of côte Saint-Paul was granted by the Sulpician Order, seigneurs of the Island of Montreal, in 1662...
appears on a map of the Island of MontrealIsland of MontrealThe Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies....
dated October 15. - 1703 – Philippe de Rigaud VaudreuilPhilippe de Rigaud VaudreuilPhilippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil was a French politician, who was Governor-general of New France from 1703 to 1725....
, governor of Montreal, is made governor of New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
when de CallièreLouis-Hector de CallièreLouis-Hector de Callière or Callières was a French politician, who was the governor of Montreal , and the governor of New France from 1698 to 1703. He played an important role in defining the strategy that New France followed during the Queen Anne's War.De Callière was born in Thorigny-sur-Vire,...
dies in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. - 1703 – The mission of Île aux Tourtres was founded by René-Charles de BreslayRené-Charles de BreslayRené-Charles de Breslay was born and educated in France where he spent a number of years as “gentleman in waiting of the privy chamber of the king”...
. - 1703 – The mission Saint-Louis, in Ste-Anne-du-Bout-de-l'ÎleSainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QuebecSainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is a town located at the western tip of the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is the second oldest community in Montreal's West Island, having been founded as a parish in 1703...
founded by Michel BarthélemyMichel BarthélemyMichel Barthélemy was born in France, became a Sulpician priest and came to New France in 1665. He was sent as a missionary to the Algonquins with François Dollier de Casson to learn their language and study their way of life....
. - 1703 – Establishment of the catholic parish catholique Sainte-Anne-De-Bellevue.
- 1704 – Claude de RamezayClaude de RamezayClaude de Ramezay, , was an important figure in the early history of New France. He was a military man by training and rose to being commander of the colonial regular troops....
is made governor of Montreal. - 1705 – Château RamezayChâteau RamezayThe Château Ramezay is a museum and historic building on Notre-Dame Street in Old Montreal, opposite Montreal City Hall.Built in 1705 as the residence of then-governor of Montreal, Claude de Ramezay, the Château was the first building proclaimed as a historical monument in Quebec and is the...
built. - 1705 – Montreal is now the official name for the city formerly named Ville-Marie.
- 1705 – The Place Royale was designated as a market place.
- 1706 – After 1706, deforestation along the riverbank was advanced enough that the opening of a road along the lake, from La PrésentationLa Présentation, QuebecLa Présentation is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Salvail River in the Regional County Municipality of Les Maskoutains. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,115.-Population:Population trend-Language:...
to the tip of the Montreal Island, was decreed. - 1707 – Pierre Le BerPierre Le BerPierre le Ber , a son of Jacques le Ber and brother of Jeanne le Ber, was a painter from Montréal.- Biography :Le Ber was a member of two of the wealthiest families in the colony and used his wealth to be a generous member of his community. He contributed to the Congregation of Notre Dame, likely...
death on October 1. - 1709 – Pointe-ClairePointe-Claire, QuebecPointe-Claire is a municipality located on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. As of 2006, it had a population of 30,161. On January 1, 2002, it, along with all other separate municipalities on the Island of Montreal were merged into the city of Montreal by the provincial...
windmillWindmillA windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important...
(1, rue Saint-Joachim) built. - 1709 – Slavery becomes legal in New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
.
1710s
- 1710 – The population of Montreal is now 3,500.
- 1710-20 – Maison Quesnel (5010 boulevard Saint-Joseph) built by Olivier Quesnel.
- 1711 – The court ordered the construction of a stone wall around the city.
- 1713 – Jurisdiction of the Government of Montreal began to the west of Maskinongé, QuebecMaskinongé, QuebecMaskinongé is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.- References :...
and Yamaska and ended at the extremity of the inhabited area, namely fort Saint-Jean, Châteauguay and Vaudreuil. - 1713 – Michel Bégon decide to erect stone fortifications. The wooden walls were replaced with stone ones due to the threat of British attack. The project was only completed in 1744.
- 1713 – The Pointe-ClairePointe-Claire, QuebecPointe-Claire is a municipality located on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. As of 2006, it had a population of 30,161. On January 1, 2002, it, along with all other separate municipalities on the Island of Montreal were merged into the city of Montreal by the provincial...
parishParishA parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
was first established in the name of St. Francis of Sales and dedicated to St. Joachim the following year. - 1716 – Jacques Talbot dit Gervais become a schoolmaster at MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. - 1717–1744 – The stone fortifications were erected according to plans by the architect Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry. The stone fortifications rose six metres in height and measured 3.5 km in circumference around the city. The fortifications correspond roughly to the present-day limits of Old MontrealOld MontrealOld Montreal is the oldest area in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, dating back to New France. Located in the borough of Ville-Marie, the area is bordered on the west by McGill St., on the north by Ruelle des Fortifications, on the east by Berri St. and on the south by the Saint Lawrence River...
, with Rue Berri to the east, Rue de la Commune to the south, Rue McGillMcGill Street (Montreal)McGill Street is a street in Montreal named after James McGill after whom McGill University is named. The former head office building of Canadian National Railway Company, built for its predecessor Grand Trunk Railway, still stands on McGill Street and is now occupied by Quebec government...
to the west, and Ruelle de la Fortification to the north. - 1716 – Pierre de LagrenéPierre de LagrenéPierre de Lagrené was a missionary in New France.He entered the Society of Jesus at Paris in October 1677 and studied philosophy at the Jesuit college of La Flèche...
was named superior. - 1719 – Pointe-aux-Trembles windmillWindmillA windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important...
was built at the corner of Notre-Dame StreetNotre-Dame StreetNotre-Dame Street is a historic east-west street located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It runs parallel to the Saint Lawrence River, from the eastern tip of the island to Lachine . In French, it is known as rue Notre-Dame....
and Third Avenue. Its three storeys make it the tallest windmill in Quebec that still stands. - 1719-20 – Maison Jean-Gabriel Picard (5430 boulevard Saint-Joseph) built. It is one of LachineLachine, QuebecLachine was a city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is now a borough within the city of Montreal.-History:...
's two oldest houses.
1720s
- 1720 – Foundation of the St. Lawrence parish.
- 1721 – Louis XV of FranceLouis XV of FranceLouis XV was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-grandfather at the age of five, his first cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, served as Regent of the kingdom until Louis's majority in 1723...
grants the Sulpicians a new seigniory on the shore of the Lake of Two Mountains, where they open an Indian mission at OkaOka, Quebec-References:...
. - 1721 – The great fire. Wood constructions are prohibited in city limits.
- 1726 – A dam was built to link the river bank to the Île de la VisitationÎle de la VisitationÎle de la Visitation is a small island in the Rivière des Prairies, part of the Hochelaga Archipelago, linked to the Island of Montreal in Quebec, Canada....
- one of the most impressive feats of civil engineering of the French regime. It was in operation until 1960.
1730s
- 1731 – The Société de Saint-Sulpice granted the first concession of territory to be apportioned to the Paroisse Sainte-Geneviève.
- 1731 – The orchards covered 90 sq_arp on the Island of MontrealIsland of MontrealThe Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies....
, on the side of the mountain and around town. From 1731 to 1781, the surface area occupied by the orchards rose from 90 sq_arp. The common cultivars at the time were the Calville blanc, Calville rouge, Famous, Reinette, Bourassa, Pomme blanche, Pomme grise of Montreal. - 1732 – Montreal earthquake1732 Montreal earthquakeThe 1732 Montreal earthquake was a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Quebec, Canada at 11:00 a.m. on September 16, 1732. The shaking associated with this earthquake shook the city of Montreal with significant damage, including destroyed chimneys, cracked walls and 300 damaged houses, as well as...
at 11:00 a.m. on September 16. - 1733 – François Poulin de FranchevilleFrançois Poulin de FranchevilleFrançois Poulin de Francheville, Seigneur de Saint-Maurice was a Montreal merchant who was granted permission by the King of France to mine the iron ore deposits on his seigneury in 1730...
founded the Compagnie des Forges de Saint-Maurice, but he died that same year. - 1734 – The construction of Fort St. FrédéricFort St. FrédéricFort St. Frédéric was a French fort built on Lake Champlain at Crown Point to secure the region against British colonization and to allow the French to control the use of Lake Champlain....
starts. - 1734 – Marie-Joseph AngéliqueMarie-Joseph AngéliqueMarie-Joseph Angélique was the name given by her last owners to a Portuguese-born black slave in New France . She was tried and convicted of setting fire to her owner's home, burning much of what is now referred to as Old Montreal...
(a slave owned by Thérèse de CouagneThérèse de CouagneThérèse de Couagne was a knowledgeable business woman who played an active role in the New France economy....
) was tried and convicted of setting fire to her owner's home, burning much of what is now referred to as Old MontrealOld MontrealOld Montreal is the oldest area in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, dating back to New France. Located in the borough of Ville-Marie, the area is bordered on the west by McGill St., on the north by Ruelle des Fortifications, on the east by Berri St. and on the south by the Saint Lawrence River...
. Historian Marcel Trudel has documented the presence of at least 2,077 slaves in Montreal during the early part of its history. - 1737 – Inauguration of the Chemin du RoyChemin du RoyThe Chemin du Roy is a historic road along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. The road begins in Repentigny and extends almost eastward towards Quebec City, its eastern terminus...
on the North Shore (Laval)North Shore (Laval)The North Shore is the general term for the northern suburbs of Montreal. The North Shore is located in southwestern Quebec on the northern shores of the Rivière des Prairies and the Rivière des Mille Îles, opposite the Island of Montreal and the Island of Laval. It consists of twenty...
between MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
and Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
. The road's construction took 4 years and required the building of 13 bridges. From now on, people can travel from one city to the other in 4 days. - 1737 – Plague Epidemic.
- 1738 – Marie-Marguerite d'YouvilleMarie-Marguerite d'YouvilleSaint Marguerite d'Youville was a French Canadian widow who founded the religious order the Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal, commonly known as the Grey Nuns of Montreal...
founds Grey NunsGrey NunsThe Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal, formerly called The Order of Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal and more commonly known as the Grey Nuns of Montreal, is a Canadian order of Roman Catholic religious sisters...
. In 1747, she becomes director of the Hôtel-Dieu de MontréalHôtel-Dieu de MontréalThe Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal is the oldest hospital in Montreal, Quebec. Since 1996 it has been one of the three hospitals making up the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal ....
.
1740s
- 1740 – 22,000 lived under the government of Montréal. The population was mostly rural, city having populations of 4200 for Montréal.
- 1744 – The appearance in August of the Histoire et description générale de la Nouvelle-France; author Pierre François Xavier de CharlevoixPierre François Xavier de CharlevoixPierre François Xavier de Charlevoix was a French Jesuit traveller and historian distinguished as the first historian of New France....
. Charlevoix penned much of his work at Montreal. - 1745-82 – Maison Jean-Baptiste-Mallet (5550 boulevard Saint-Joseph) built.
- 1749 – Fort de La PrésentationFort de La PrésentationIn 1749, the French Sulpician priest, Abbé Picquet, built a mission fort, which he named Fort de La Présentation . It was also sometimes known as Fort La Galette. It was built at the confluence of the Oswegatchie River and the St Lawrence River in Canada...
built. - 1749 – Pehr KalmPehr KalmPehr Kalm was a Swedish-Finnish explorer, botanist, naturalist, and agricultural economist. He was one of most important apostles of Carl Linnaeus...
visited Montreal, where he was entertained by the Baron de Longueuil. Pehr KalmPehr KalmPehr Kalm was a Swedish-Finnish explorer, botanist, naturalist, and agricultural economist. He was one of most important apostles of Carl Linnaeus...
noted that "some of the houses of the town are built of the stone, but most of them are of timber, though very neatly built." - 1749 – While planning further exploration of the Saskatchewan RiverSaskatchewan RiverThe Saskatchewan River is a major river in Canada, approximately long, flowing roughly eastward across Saskatchewan and Manitoba to empty into Lake Winnipeg...
and points west, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La VérendryePierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La VérendryePierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye was a French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer. In the 1730s he and his four sons opened up the area west of Lake Superior and thus began the process that added Western Canada to the original New France in the Saint Lawrence basin...
died at MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
on December 5. - 1749-51 – De la Visitation Church (1747 Gouin BoulevardGouin BoulevardGouin Boulevard is the longest street on the Island of Montreal, stretching across the north side of the island from Senneville in the west to Pointe-aux-Trembles in the east at Sherbrooke Street ....
) was built to replace the small chapel at Fort Lorette. It is the oldest church in Montreal and the only built during the New France still standing. The church was consecrated by Henri-Marie Dubreil de PontbriandHenri-Marie Dubreil de PontbriandHenri-Marie Dubreil de Pontbriand , who became the sixth bishop of Roman Catholic diocese of Quebec, was from a titled family and grew up at the Pontbriand château, , France. He received his classical education at La Flèche from the Jesuits and studied theology with the Sulpicians in Paris...
in 1752.
1750s
- 1750s – A few acres of snowA few acres of snow"A few acres of snow" is one of several quotations from Voltaire, the 18th-century writer, which are representative of his sneering evaluation of Canada, and by extension New France, as lacking economic value and strategic importance to 18th-century France...
is one of several quotations from VoltaireVoltaireFrançois-Marie Arouet , better known by the pen name Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, free trade and separation of church and state...
which are representative of his sneering evaluation of Canada, and by extension New France's, lack of economic value and strategic importance to 18th-century France. - 1754 – Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours ChapelNotre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours ChapelThe Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel is a church in the district of Old Montreal in Montreal, Quebec. One of the oldest churches in Montreal, it was built in 1771 over the ruins of an earlier chapel.St...
is destroyed by fire. - 1754 – Auberge Le Saint-GabrielAuberge Le Saint-GabrielAuberge Le Saint-Gabriel is the oldest inn in North America. It is located in Old Montreal, Canada, and was established in 1754...
established. - 1754-63 – French and Indian WarFrench and Indian WarThe French and Indian War is the common American name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. In 1756, the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of that war...
. - 1759 – François PicquetFrançois PicquetFrançois Picquet was a Sulpician priest who came to Montreal from France in 1734. He spent the next few years studying Indian languages and customs and serving the local parish....
fled to Montreal with his Indian troops. - 1759 – Fort LévisFort LévisFort Lévis, a fortification on the St. Lawrence River, was built in 1759 by the French. They had decided that Fort de La Présentation was insufficient to defend the St. Lawrence against the British. Named for François Gaston de Lévis, Duc de Lévis, the fort was constructed on Isle Royale, three...
built. - 1759 – In August, Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de LevisFrancis de Gaston, Chevalier de LevisFrançois de Gaston, Chevalier de Lévis , born in Ajac, Aude, was a French noble and a Marshal of France. He served with distinction in the War of the Polish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession, and served as a capable second in command to Louis-Joseph de Montcalm in the defense of New...
was sent to protect Montreal from a British advance.
1760s
- 1760 – In the spring, a French army is collected in the neighbourhood of MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, under the command of Chevalier de Levis. - 1760 – Last meeting of New France Sovereign Council occurred on April 28, day of the Battle of Sainte-FoyBattle of Sainte-FoyThe Battle of Sainte-Foy, sometimes called the Battle of Quebec, was fought on April 28, 1760 near the British-held town of Quebec in the French province of Canada during the Seven Years' War . It was a victory for the French under the Chevalier de Lévis over the British army under General Murray...
. - 1760 – On May 9, British ships arrive at Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
, forcing the French ArmyFrench ArmyThe French Army, officially the Armée de Terre , is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces.As of 2010, the army employs 123,100 regulars, 18,350 part-time reservists and 7,700 Legionnaires. All soldiers are professionals, following the suspension of conscription, voted in...
back to MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. - 1760 – Battle of the Thousand IslandsBattle of the Thousand IslandsThe Battle of the Thousand Islands was fought 16–24 August 1760, in the upper St. Lawrence River, amongst the Thousand Islands, along the present day Canada–United States border, by British and French forces during the closing phases of the Seven Years' War, as it is called in Canada and Europe, or...
. - 1760 – Henri-Marie Dubreil de PontbriandHenri-Marie Dubreil de PontbriandHenri-Marie Dubreil de Pontbriand , who became the sixth bishop of Roman Catholic diocese of Quebec, was from a titled family and grew up at the Pontbriand château, , France. He received his classical education at La Flèche from the Jesuits and studied theology with the Sulpicians in Paris...
died at Saint-Sulpice Seminary (Montreal) on June 8. - 1760 – On September 6, Colonel William Haviland lay on the South ShoreSouth Shore (Montreal)The South Shore is the general term for the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec located on the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite the Island of Montreal. The South Shore is located within the Quebec administrative region of Montérégie....
. - 1760 – On September 6, Jeffrey Amherst arrived at Lachine.
- 1760 – September 6 to September 7 - A council of war, at Montreal, favors capitulation.
- 1760 – Monday September 8 - Jeffrey Amherst's, Murray's, and Haviland's commands, around Montreal, are about 17,000.
- 1760 – The British, under General Jeffrey Amherst, march from LachineLachine, QuebecLachine was a city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is now a borough within the city of Montreal.-History:...
through Nazareth Fief (the name used for GriffintownGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
at this time), through the Recollet Gate and into the walled city of Montreal. - 1760 – The Articles of Capitulation of MontrealArticles of Capitulation of MontrealThe Articles of Capitulation of Montreal were agreed upon between the Governor General of New France, Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, and Major-General Jeffrey Amherst on behalf of the French and British crowns...
were signed on September 8, in the British camp before the city of MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. They were agreed upon between Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-CavagnalPierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-CavagnalPierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal was a Canadian-born French colonial governor in North America...
and Jeffrey Amherst. Most of the North American fighting ended with the surrender of MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, on September 8. - 1760 – The Sulpicians (led by Étienne Montgolfier) negotiate a land claims settlement with the British, enabling them to remain seigneurs of Montreal Island after the conquest. They honour King George IIIGeorge III of the United KingdomGeorge III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...
's consort, CharlotteCharlotte of Mecklenburg-StrelitzCharlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the Queen consort of the United Kingdom as the wife of King George III...
, by naming the bell in the parish church after her. - 1760 – On September 21, Jeffrey Amherst appointed brigadier Thomas GageThomas GageThomas Gage was a British general, best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as military commander in the early days of the American War of Independence....
as military governor of the Montreal district; he was governor until 1763. - 1761 – July 30 - William Bewen, accused of having intoxicated soldiers and of selling rum without licence, is found guilty, having been accessory to his associate, Isaac Lawrence, who has the habit of selling rum to the soldiers, - condemned to receive 200 stripes of the cat o'nine tails, and to be driven from the town at the beat of the drum.
- 1761 – July 1 - Isaac Lawrence was similarly condemned.
- 1761 – August 6 - Joseph Burgen, one of those who came following the army, is accused and convicted for theft, and condemned to be hanged by the neck until death shall ensue. The general approved the sentence, but pardoned him on the condition that he left his government without delay.
- 1761 – August 13 - George Skipper and Bellair, bakers, accused and arraigned by Captain Disney, for having sold bread, which had not the requesite weight. - acquitted.
- 1761 – By an ordinance dated October 13, Thomas GageThomas GageThomas Gage was a British general, best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as military commander in the early days of the American War of Independence....
divided the district of Montreal into six subdivisions, and set up in each a "chamber of justice", composed of from five to seven militia officers, presided over by a captain. This chamber was to sit every fortnight; and it had the power of trying both civil and criminal offenders, and of inflicting corporal punishment, prison, or fine. All appeals, and all serious offences, such as theft or murder, were to go for trial before British courts-martial, one of which was to be constituted monthly for each two subdivisions. Every award was subject to the approval of the governor, who might lessen or commute, though he might not increase, the punishment. - 1762 – July 26 - Governor Thomas GageThomas GageThomas Gage was a British general, best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as military commander in the early days of the American War of Independence....
endeavors to arrange for the money exchange values. He orders that six livresNew France livreThe livre was the currency of New France, the French colony in modern-day Canada. It was subdivided into 20 sols, each of 12 deniers.-History:After an initial period during which barter prevailed, the French livre began to circulate...
tournois shall be equal to eight shillings, or ten sols of Montreal money. - 1762 – August 3 - Thomas GageThomas GageThomas Gage was a British general, best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as military commander in the early days of the American War of Independence....
sees that different standards of measurements are being used, and to prevent frauds from slipping ino the commercial life of city, established that, in Montreal, the English standard yard measure should be used. - 1762 – October 8 - Thomas GageThomas GageThomas Gage was a British general, best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as military commander in the early days of the American War of Independence....
has to settle the prices, which the bakers of the town should charge for various kinds of bread. - 1763 – Treaty of ParisTreaty of Paris (1763)The Treaty of Paris, often called the Peace of Paris, or the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. It ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War...
. The town was already the centre of the North American Fur TradeNorth American Fur TradeThe North American fur trade was the industry and activities related to the acquisition, exchange, and sale of animal furs in the North American continent. Indigenous peoples of different regions traded among themselves in the Pre-Columbian Era, but Europeans participated in the trade beginning...
. After the British took possession, MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
became the emporium of a great traffic in the fur-fields of the north and west. - 1763 – A big fire.
- 1763 – Col. Ralph BurtonRalph BurtonRalph Burton was a British soldier and Canadian settler.Burton's military career began in the 2nd Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, where he rose to the rank of major, serving under George Augustus Eliott, the defender of Gibraltar...
became governor of Montreal on October 29; he was governor until the end of military regime in Montreal, in 1764. - 1764 – August 10 - The end of military regime in Montreal.
- 1764 – August 28 - The proclamation establishing a Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace in each district of Quebec.
- 1764 – Thomas Walker was appointed a justice of the peace, and on December 6 he was the victim of an assault by the military, in which one of his ears was cut off. The incident greatly embittered feeling in the colony, and Walker became the centre of a violent agitation.
- 1764 – Between 1764 and 1837, there were only six clercks of the peace for the district of Montreal, who govern Montreal's affairs, with the office dominated by three clercks, John Burke (1764–87), John Reid (1787–1811), and John (Jean-Baptiste) Delisle (1814–38).
- 1765 – There are 136 Protestants in Montreal, and 500 in Canada
- 1765 – March 22 - The Stamp ActStamp Act 1765The Stamp Act 1765 was a direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America. The act required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp...
is passed. - 1765 – On Saturday the 18th of May, a fire which started on Saint-Paul Street destroys 108 houses, rendering 215 families homeless.
- 1765 – GovernorGovernor General of CanadaThe Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...
James Murray authorized the creation of the "Community of Lawyers" (Communauté des avocats) which granted commissions to its members that allowed them to practice law in the triple capacity of lawyer, notaryNotary publicA notary public in the common law world is a public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters usually concerned with estates, deeds, powers-of-attorney, and foreign and international business...
and land surveyorSurveyingSee Also: Public Land Survey SystemSurveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them...
. The precursor of the present-day Bar of MontrealBar of MontrealThe Bar of Montreal is the bar association for lawyers in the city of Montreal, Canada. . It has it beginnings in 1693 when, as a Royal Province of the French colonial empire, Canadien lawyers first tried to obtain official recognition but were refused by Governor General of New France Louis de...
, the Community of Lawyers adopted the first-ever code of ethics and conduct. - 1765 – After a great deal of legal wrangling the trial in the Thomas Walker case was finally held in July, but the soldiers were acquitted and the suspicion between the military and the merchant class only deepened. Thomas Walker took the merchants' complaints to London. Murray was instructed to reinstate Walker and to "support him in that unmolested pursuit of Trade, which as a British subject, he is entitled to".
- 1766 – The attack on the merchant Thomas Walker on December 6, 1764, produced the chaos that resulted in the recall of both Ralph BurtonRalph BurtonRalph Burton was a British soldier and Canadian settler.Burton's military career began in the 2nd Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, where he rose to the rank of major, serving under George Augustus Eliott, the defender of Gibraltar...
and Murray to Britain. - 1766 – The Stamp ActStamp Act 1765The Stamp Act 1765 was a direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America. The act required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp...
is repealed. - 1766 – Brigadier-General CarletonGuy Carleton, 1st Baron DorchesterGuy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, KB , known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was an Irish-British soldier and administrator...
becomes Lieutenant-Governor. - 1766 – The town is divided in districts.
- 1766 – On June 23, governor Murray appointed Pierre du CalvetPierre du CalvetPierre du Calvet was a Montreal trader, justice of the peace, political prisoner and epistle writer of French Huguenot origin.- Family :...
Justice of the PeaceJustice of the PeaceA justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
at the new Court of Common Pleas for the district of Montreal. - 1767 – Collège de MontréalCollège de MontréalThe Collège de Montréal is a private secondary school for students attending grades 7–11 located in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. A former Roman Catholic Seminary, it was founded 1 June 1767 as the Petit Séminaire of Montreal by the Suplician Order...
, a classical college, is founded by Sulpician Curateau de la Blaiserie in the rectory at Longue Pointe. - 1768 – A big fire on April 11.
- 1768 – Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of MontrealSpanish and Portuguese Synagogue of MontrealThe Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal also known as Shearith Israel is a Montreal synagogue, located on St. Kevin Street in Snowdon, which is the oldest Jewish congregation in Canada. The Congregation traces its history back to 1760 and was formally established in 1768...
established. - 1769 – Many American merchants avoid business relations with British merchants.
1770s
- 1771 – Re-building of the old Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours ChapelNotre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours ChapelThe Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel is a church in the district of Old Montreal in Montreal, Quebec. One of the oldest churches in Montreal, it was built in 1771 over the ruins of an earlier chapel.St...
(burned 1754) is begun. - 1773 – The Fabrique of Montreal have a college for instructing youths in arithmetic, geography, English and Belles Lettres
- 1773 – 7 October - the erection in Place d'ArmesPlace d'ArmesPlace d'Armes is a square in Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:Place d'Armes is the second oldest public site in Montreal, it was called Place de la Fabrique when it was first developed in 1693, at the request of the Sulpicians, then later renamed Place d'Armes in 1721 when...
of George III MonumentGeorge III Monument (Montreal)The George III Monument was the first known public monument in Montreal. It was erected in 1773 in the Place d'Armes.- Overview :George III Monument was unveiled on October 7, 1773 in the Place d'Armes...
of thanksgiving to George IIIGeorge III of the United KingdomGeorge III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...
. It was the first monument to be erected in Montreal. It is no longer in existence, having suffered mutilation in May 1775. - 1774 – The British Parliament passed the Quebec ActQuebec ActThe Quebec Act of 1774 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain setting procedures of governance in the Province of Quebec...
that allowed Quebec to maintain the French Civil Code as its judicial system and sanctioned the freedom of religious choice, allowing the Roman Catholic ChurchRoman Catholic ChurchThe Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
to remain. - 1775 – Invasion of Canada (1775)Invasion of Canada (1775)The Invasion of Canada in 1775 was the first major military initiative by the newly formed Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The objective of the campaign was to gain military control of the British Province of Quebec, and convince the French-speaking Canadiens to join the...
; MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
capitulates to the Americans on November 13. - 1775 – April 19 - The American Revolutionary WarAmerican Revolutionary WarThe American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
begins at Lexington, MassachusettsLexington, MassachusettsLexington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,399 at the 2010 census. This town is famous for being the site of the first shot of the American Revolution, in the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775.- History :...
. - 1775 – May 1 - The bust of George IIIGeorge III of the United KingdomGeorge III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...
in Place d'ArmesPlace d'ArmesPlace d'Armes is a square in Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:Place d'Armes is the second oldest public site in Montreal, it was called Place de la Fabrique when it was first developed in 1693, at the request of the Sulpicians, then later renamed Place d'Armes in 1721 when...
, Montreal, is found defaced - adorned with beads, cross and mitre, with the words "Pope of Canada - Sot (fool) of England", in an act to denounce the Quebec ActQuebec ActThe Quebec Act of 1774 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain setting procedures of governance in the Province of Quebec...
which guarantees the use of French language, culture and freedom of religion. A reward of 500 guineas does not lead to apprehension of the culprit. - 1775 – June 9 - Martial LawMartial lawMartial law is the imposition of military rule by military authorities over designated regions on an emergency basis— only temporary—when the civilian government or civilian authorities fail to function effectively , when there are extensive riots and protests, or when the disobedience of the law...
is declared in Canada. - 1775 – August 21 - Generals Hon Yost SchuylerHon Yost SchuylerJohannes Justus Schuyler was a Tory with patriot roots, who was used by American General Benedict Arnold to repel the British and Indian forces of Colonel Barry St. Leger and Joseph Brant from their siege of Fort Stanwix following the Battle of Oriskany during the American Revolution.He was the...
and Richard MontgomeryRichard MontgomeryRichard Montgomery was an Irish-born soldier who first served in the British Army. He later became a brigadier-general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and he is most famous for leading the failed 1775 invasion of Canada.Montgomery was born and raised in Ireland...
, with 1,000 Americans come to Canada and invite the inhabitants to rebel. - 1775 – September 17-November 3 - Siege of Fort St. Jean.
- 1775 – September 25 - attempting to take Montreal, Ethan AllenEthan AllenEthan Allen was a farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, and American Revolutionary War patriot, hero, and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of the U.S...
and many of his 150 followers are captured at Longue Pointe, and are sent to England. - 1775 – October 18 - The Americans capture ChamblyChambly, QuebecChambly is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, about to the south east of Montreal.- Geography :It sits on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La-Vallée-du-Richelieu, at .-History:...
. - 1775 – Richard MontgomeryRichard MontgomeryRichard Montgomery was an Irish-born soldier who first served in the British Army. He later became a brigadier-general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and he is most famous for leading the failed 1775 invasion of Canada.Montgomery was born and raised in Ireland...
occupied Saint Paul's IslandNuns' IslandNuns' Island is an island that forms a part of the city of Montreal, Quebec. It is part of the borough of Verdun.-Geography:The 3.74 km² island is part of the Hochelaga Archipelago in the St. Lawrence River...
on November 8. - 1775 – On November 9, Richard MontgomeryRichard MontgomeryRichard Montgomery was an Irish-born soldier who first served in the British Army. He later became a brigadier-general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and he is most famous for leading the failed 1775 invasion of Canada.Montgomery was born and raised in Ireland...
crossed to Pointe-Saint-CharlesPointe-Saint-CharlesPointe-Saint-Charles is a neighbourhood in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Geography:...
, where he was greeted as a liberator. - 1775 – November 12 - General Richard MontgomeryRichard MontgomeryRichard Montgomery was an Irish-born soldier who first served in the British Army. He later became a brigadier-general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and he is most famous for leading the failed 1775 invasion of Canada.Montgomery was born and raised in Ireland...
tells Montrealers that, being defenceless, they cannot stipulate terms; but promises to respect personal rights. He demands the keys of public stores, and appoints 9:00 am tomorrow for the army's entrance, by the Recollet gate. - 1775 – Montreal fell without any significant fighting on November 13, as CarletonGuy Carleton, 1st Baron DorchesterGuy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, KB , known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was an Irish-British soldier and administrator...
, deciding that the city was indefensible (and having suffered significant militia desertion upon the news of the fall of St. Johns), withdrew. - 1775 – November 13 - The Continental ArmyContinental ArmyThe Continental Army was formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America. Established by a resolution of the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, it was created to coordinate the military efforts of the Thirteen Colonies in...
invades Montreal and appropriates royal stores. Richard MontgomeryRichard MontgomeryRichard Montgomery was an Irish-born soldier who first served in the British Army. He later became a brigadier-general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and he is most famous for leading the failed 1775 invasion of Canada.Montgomery was born and raised in Ireland...
is joined by Benedict ArnoldBenedict ArnoldBenedict Arnold V was a general during the American Revolutionary War. He began the war in the Continental Army but later defected to the British Army. While a general on the American side, he obtained command of the fort at West Point, New York, and plotted to surrender it to the British forces...
. - 1775 – Richard MontgomeryRichard MontgomeryRichard Montgomery was an Irish-born soldier who first served in the British Army. He later became a brigadier-general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and he is most famous for leading the failed 1775 invasion of Canada.Montgomery was born and raised in Ireland...
used some of the captured boats to move towards Quebec City with about 300 troops on November 28, leaving about 200 in Montreal under the command of General David WoosterDavid WoosterDavid Wooster was an American general who served in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolutionary War. He died of wounds sustained during the Battle of Ridgefield, Connecticut. Cities, schools, and public places were named after him...
. - 1776 – April 29 - American colonists, Benjamin FranklinBenjamin FranklinDr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...
, Samuel ChaseSamuel ChaseSamuel Chase was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. Early in life, Chase was a "firebrand" states-righter and revolutionary...
and the Jesuit Charles CarollCharles Carroll (barrister)Charles Carroll was an American lawyer and statesman from Annapolis, Maryland. He was the builder of the Baltimore Colonial home Mount Clare , and a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1776 and 1777....
stay in Thomas WalkerThomas Walker (Canadian politician)Thomas Walker was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He served as clerk in the Court of Common Pleas for Montreal District in 1779. Walker was named to the bar the following year. In 1783, he was employed at Quebec City to recover merchandise and funds in the bankruptcy of a firm there....
's house in Montreal while trying to gain support from Montrealers against the British. - 1776 – Benjamin FranklinBenjamin FranklinDr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...
and Charles CarollCharles Carroll (barrister)Charles Carroll was an American lawyer and statesman from Annapolis, Maryland. He was the builder of the Baltimore Colonial home Mount Clare , and a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1776 and 1777....
left Montreal on May 11, following news that the American forces at Quebec City were in panicked retreat, to return to Philadelphia. - 1776 – May - With only 1765 soldiers remaining in Montreal, the colonial force was overcome by the British.
- 1776 – Within four hours, Benedict ArnoldBenedict ArnoldBenedict Arnold V was a general during the American Revolutionary War. He began the war in the Continental Army but later defected to the British Army. While a general on the American side, he obtained command of the fort at West Point, New York, and plotted to surrender it to the British forces...
and the American forces garrisoned around Montreal had abandoned the city (but not before trying to burn it down), leaving it in the hands of the local militia. Carleton's fleet arrived in Montreal on June 17. - 1776 – May 18–27 - Battle of the CedarsBattle of the CedarsThe Battle of The Cedars was a series of military confrontations early in the American Revolutionary War during the Continental Army's invasion of Quebec that had begun in September 1775. The skirmishes, which involved limited combat, occurred in May 1776 at and around The Cedars, west of...
. - 1776 – Colonel Benedict ArnoldBenedict ArnoldBenedict Arnold V was a general during the American Revolutionary War. He began the war in the Continental Army but later defected to the British Army. While a general on the American side, he obtained command of the fort at West Point, New York, and plotted to surrender it to the British forces...
destroyed the Fort SennevilleFort SennevilleFort Senneville is one of the outlying forts of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, built by the Canadiens of New France near the Sainte-Anne rapids in 1671. The property was part of a fief ceded to Dugué de Boisbriant in 1672 by the Sulpicians. A large stone windmill, which doubled as a watch tower, was...
. - 1777 – Opening of Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of MontrealSpanish and Portuguese Synagogue of MontrealThe Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal also known as Shearith Israel is a Montreal synagogue, located on St. Kevin Street in Snowdon, which is the oldest Jewish congregation in Canada. The Congregation traces its history back to 1760 and was formally established in 1768...
. - 1778 – June 3 - The first issue of the Gazette du Commerce et Littéraire pour la Ville et District de Montréal (official organ of Académie de Montréal), the first newspaper in Montreal, was printed, in the Château RamezayChâteau RamezayThe Château Ramezay is a museum and historic building on Notre-Dame Street in Old Montreal, opposite Montreal City Hall.Built in 1705 as the residence of then-governor of Montreal, Claude de Ramezay, the Château was the first building proclaimed as a historical monument in Quebec and is the...
, by Fleury MespletFleury MespletFleury Mesplet was a French-born Canadian printer.Born in Marseille and apprenticed in Lyon, he emigrated to London in 1773 where he set up shop in Covent Garden. In 1774 he emigrated to Philadelphia; it is thought that he may have been persuaded to do so by Benjamin Franklin...
, a former employee of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin FranklinDr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...
. - 1779 – On June 2, The publishing of the Gazette Littéraire is stopped.
- 1779 – Fleury MespletFleury MespletFleury Mesplet was a French-born Canadian printer.Born in Marseille and apprenticed in Lyon, he emigrated to London in 1773 where he set up shop in Covent Garden. In 1774 he emigrated to Philadelphia; it is thought that he may have been persuaded to do so by Benjamin Franklin...
and Valentin Jautard are arrested by order of the governor on June 4.
1780s
- 1781 – Coteau-du-Lac canalCoteau-du-Lac canalCoteau-du-Lac Canal is an 18th Century military canal in Canada located at the junction of the Delisle and Saint Lawrence Rivers in Quebec. The canal was the first work of its kind in North America, and is a national historic site...
completed. It was the first work of its kind in North America. - 1781-83 – Pierre-Louis PanetPierre-Louis PanetPierre-Louis Panet was a lawyer, notary, seigneur, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Montreal in 1761, the son of Pierre Panet. Panet qualified to practice as a lawyer in 1779 and as a notary in 1780. He practiced as a notary at Montreal from 1781 to 1783 and at Quebec City...
practiced as a notary in Montreal. - 1782 – Councillor Finlay proposes to establish English schools in Canadian parishes, and to prohibit using the French language in the Law Courts after a certain time.
- 1783 – The United Empire Loyalists settle in Canada.
- 1783 – The North West CompanyNorth West CompanyThe North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what was to become Western Canada...
of Montreal was officially created. - 1783 – A lottery is started in Montreal, to defray the cost of a new gaol.
- 1783 – Fleury MespletFleury MespletFleury Mesplet was a French-born Canadian printer.Born in Marseille and apprenticed in Lyon, he emigrated to London in 1773 where he set up shop in Covent Garden. In 1774 he emigrated to Philadelphia; it is thought that he may have been persuaded to do so by Benjamin Franklin...
gets out of prison in September. - 1785 – Fleury MespletFleury MespletFleury Mesplet was a French-born Canadian printer.Born in Marseille and apprenticed in Lyon, he emigrated to London in 1773 where he set up shop in Covent Garden. In 1774 he emigrated to Philadelphia; it is thought that he may have been persuaded to do so by Benjamin Franklin...
founds the newspaper The Montreal Gazette / Gazette de Montréal on August 28. - 1785 – In February, the Beaver Club is formed by members of the North West CompanyNorth West CompanyThe North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what was to become Western Canada...
. - 1785 – A dark day on October 10. Candles are lighted at noon.
- 1785 – Maison Papineau (or Maison John-Campbell) built at 440 Bonsecours Street. It was modified in 1831 and 1965.
- 1786 – John MolsonJohn MolsonJohn Molson was an English-speaking Quebecer who was a major brewer and entrepreneur in Canada, starting the Molson Brewing Company.-Birth and early life:...
founds the Molson Breweries. MolsonMolsonMolson-Coors Canada Inc. is the Canadian division of the world's fifth-largest brewing company, the Molson Coors Brewing Company. It is the second oldest company in Canada after the Hudson's Bay Company. Molson's first brewery was located on the St...
continues to produce beer on the site of the original brewery. - 1787 – Prince William HenryWilliam IV of the United KingdomWilliam IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death...
, the late William IVWilliam IV of the United KingdomWilliam IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death...
, arrived at Montreal on September 8. - 1787–1811 – John Reid is clerck of the peace for the district of Montreal, who govern Montreal's affairs.
- 1788 – The GazetteThe Gazette (Montreal)The Gazette, often called the Montreal Gazette to avoid ambiguity, is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with three other daily English newspapers all having shut down at different times during the second half of the 20th century.-History:In 1778,...
, formerly a French journal, appears in English. - 1789 – Lord Grenville proposes that land in Upper CanadaUpper CanadaThe Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
be held in free and common soccage, and that the tenure of Lower Canadian lands be optional with the inhabitants. - 1789 – May 4 - The justices of the peace, who govern Montreal's affairs, order "the price and assize of bread, for this month" to be: "the white loaf of 4lbs. at 13d., or 30 sous", etc., and that bakers of the city and suburbs do conform thereto, and mark their bread with their initials.
- 1789 – Christ Church opens for service on December 20.
1790s
- 1790 – Lower CanadaLower CanadaThe Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
is divided into three districts, instead of two. - 1791 – Edmund BurkeEdmund BurkeEdmund Burke PC was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher who, after moving to England, served for many years in the House of Commons of Great Britain as a member of the Whig party....
supports the proposed constitution for Canada, saying that:-"To attempt to amalgamate two populations, composed of races of men diverse in language, laws and habitudes, is complete absurdity. Let the proposed constitution be founded on man's nature, the only solid basis for an enduring government." Fox declares that England can retain Canada "through the good will of the Canadians alone." - 1791 – The last Jesuit at Montreal, Father Bernard Well, died towards the end of March or the beginning of April. Jean-Joseph CasotJean-Joseph CasotJean-Joseph Casot was a Jesuit came from France to Canada in 1757 as a lay brother.Casot served the Jesuits in a variety of lay positions including bursar of the Jesuit college in Quebec until Bishop Briand ordained him as a priest in 1766...
came up to Montreal and gave away in charity every movable possession of the Montreal Jesuits. After the death of Father Well, the Jesuit residence at Montreal was used for government purposes. - 1791 – On May 8, members of the Presbyterian congregation of Montreal gather to elect a committee to discuss the building of the first Presbyterian church in Canada, later, to be known as the St. Gabriel Street Church.
- 1791 – Thomas McCordThomas McCordThomas McCord was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in County Antrim, Ireland in 1750 and had arrived at Quebec City with his family by 1764. He entered business as a merchant at Quebec and Montreal. He was director of the Montréal Distillery Company from 1787 through...
leases Nazareth fiefGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
from the Hôtel-Dieu de MontréalHôtel-Dieu de MontréalThe Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal is the oldest hospital in Montreal, Quebec. Since 1996 it has been one of the three hospitals making up the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal ....
nuns for 99 years, but five years later, while he is away on business, the land is illegally sold by McCord's associate, Patrick Langan, to Mrs. Mary Griffin. - 1792 – On May 7, Lower CanadaLower CanadaThe Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
is divided into 21 counties. - 1792 – June - Of 50 members of the New assembly for Lower CanadaLower CanadaThe Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
, 15 are English. - 1792 – December 20 - a fortnightly mail is established between Canada and the United States.
- 1792 – December - A bill to abolish slavery in Lower CanadaLower CanadaThe Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
does not pass. - 1792 – Opening of the first post office in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
on December 20. - 1792 – Montrealer Joseph BouchetteJoseph BouchetteLieutenant Joseph Bouchette was a French Canadian soldier and surveyor.Born in Montreal to Colonel Jean-Baptiste Bouchette, a topographer, and Marie Angelique Duhamel. He later joined the Royal Navy's Provincial Marine on the Great Lakes and the Royal Canadian Volunteers...
was send to Upper CanadaUpper CanadaThe Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
and helped survey Toronto HarbourToronto HarbourToronto Harbour or Toronto Bay is a bay on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a natural harbour, protected from Lake Ontario waves by the Toronto Islands. It is a commercial port on the Great Lakes as well as a recreational harbour...
and produced maps that included the Toronto IslandsToronto IslandsThe Toronto Islands are a chain of small islands in the city of Toronto, Ontario. Comprising the only group of islands in the western part of Lake Ontario, the Toronto Islands are located just offshore from the city centre, and provide shelter for Toronto Harbour...
. - 1793 – Importation of slaves into Canada is prohibited on July 9.
- 1794 – James MonkJames MonkSir James Monk was Chief Justice of Lower Canada. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and educated in Halifax, Nova Scotia where his father had settled in 1749....
was appointed Chief Justice of the King's BenchKing's BenchThe Queen's Bench is the superior court in a number of jurisdictions within some of the Commonwealth realms...
of Montreal. - 1795 – James MonkJames MonkSir James Monk was Chief Justice of Lower Canada. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and educated in Halifax, Nova Scotia where his father had settled in 1749....
, Chief Justice of Lower CanadaLower CanadaThe Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
, purchased an estate in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
that had previously belonged to the Décarie family. The first Monk residence, built in 1803, was the central section of the present-day Villa Maria. - 1795 – A Canadian regiment is raised, but disbanded, owing to Britain's unfavourable experience of training colonists to use arms.
- 1796 – The Habeas CorpusHabeas corpusis a writ, or legal action, through which a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention. The remedy can be sought by the prisoner or by another person coming to his aid. Habeas corpus originated in the English legal system, but it is now available in many nations...
Act is suspended in Lower CanadaLower CanadaThe Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
. - 1796 – Attorney-General Jonathan SewellJonathan SewellJonathan Sewell was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.-Early life:He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of the last British attorney general of Massachusetts...
reports the District of Montreal satisfied with British rule, but that the French Minister to Washington, Pierre AdetPierre AdetPierre-Auguste Adet was a French scientist, politician, and diplomat.He worked with Lavoisier on a new chemical notation system, and was secretary to the scientific periodical Annales de chimie, founded in 1789...
, deludes the people with the syatement that France had conquered Spain, Italy and Austria and will shortly attack Great Britain, through her colonies. - 1796 – The Montreal Library, the first public library in the city is founded.
- 1796 – January - At a general election in Lower CanadaLower CanadaThe Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
, less than half the old members are returned. Some are defeated for preferring English as the language of Parliament. - 1797 – January 18 - A weekly mail is established between Canada and the United States.
- 1797 – January 18 - This notice appears in the Quebec Gazette: - "A mail for the upper counties, comprehending Niagara and Detroit, will be closed, at this office on Monday, 30th instant, at four o'clock in the evening, to be forwarded, from Montreal, by the annual winter express, on Thursday, 2nd February next."
- 1799 – Mary Griffin obtained the lease to the GriffintownGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
from a business associate of Thomas McCordThomas McCordThomas McCord was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in County Antrim, Ireland in 1750 and had arrived at Quebec City with his family by 1764. He entered business as a merchant at Quebec and Montreal. He was director of the Montréal Distillery Company from 1787 through...
. - 1799 – The census of 1799 lists 9,000 inhabitants while that of 1761 lists 5,500.
- 1799 – Citizens of Montreal petition to secure master's rights over slaves
- 1799 – A measure respecting slavery in Lower CanadaLower CanadaThe Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
does not pass. - 1799 – Of twenty-one members of Council, in Lower CanadaLower CanadaThe Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
, six are French Canadians. - 1799 – The Court House is completed.
- 1799 – January 3 - Parliament appropriated $5,000 for a new Montreal Court HousePalais de justice de MontréalThe Palais de justice de Montréal at 1 Notre-Dame Street East in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was completed in 1971. Though located in the Old Montreal historic district, it is a modernist structure, featuring the outdoor sculpture Allegrocube. The black metal and granite building is adjacent to the...
. - 1800 – Alexander Skakel moves from Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
to MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
and establishes the Classical and Mathematical School. This was the principal educational institution for the English-speaking population. - 1800 – Thomas WalkerThomas Walker (Canadian politician)Thomas Walker was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He served as clerk in the Court of Common Pleas for Montreal District in 1779. Walker was named to the bar the following year. In 1783, he was employed at Quebec City to recover merchandise and funds in the bankruptcy of a firm there....
was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower CanadaLegislative Assembly of Lower CanadaThe Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791...
for Montreal County. - 1800 – Thomas Porteous (merchant)Thomas Porteous (merchant)Thomas Porteous was a merchant, seigneur and politician in Lower Canada. He represented Effingham in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1804 to 1808....
purchased the seigneury of TerrebonneTerrebonne, QuebecTerrebonne is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shores of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and of the Rivière des Prairies, North of Montreal and Laval....
.
19th century
- 1801 – As part of their drive to improve urban planning, Montreal's Commissioners made the decision to take the fortifications down.
- 1801 – Joseph FrobisherJoseph FrobisherJoseph Frobisher was a fur trader and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Halifax, England in 1740 and came to Quebec with his brother Benjamin around 1763; their brother Thomas joined them around 1769...
and others are incorporated to supply Montreal with water. - 1802 – The King assents to the endowment of a college at Montreal.
- 1802 – The first unofficial cavalry corps was formed in Montreal.
- 1802 – Alexander MacKenzie is knighted for his achievements in the North West on February 10.
- 1803 – The central section of the present-day Villa Maria built. It was the first James MonkJames MonkSir James Monk was Chief Justice of Lower Canada. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and educated in Halifax, Nova Scotia where his father had settled in 1749....
residence. - 1803 – June - Christ Church destroyed by fire.
- 1803 – Aug 2 - As result of the war between France and England, Canada renewed the Alien Act.
- 1803-15 – Napoleonic WarsNapoleonic WarsThe Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
. With the Napoleonic WarsNapoleonic WarsThe Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
came a demand for large amounts of squared timber for shipbuilding. Montreal was able to fulfil the demand, and this expansion of the city's economic base was reflected in a rise in population to 26,154 by the year 1825. - 1803 – The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic SiteThe Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic SiteThe Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site is a historic building located in the borough of Lachine in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the western end of the Lachine Canal...
built. - 1804-17 – The taking down of MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
's fortifications took 13 years, from 1804 to 1817. Vestiges of the fortifications can still be seen at Champs de MarsChamp de Mars, MontrealChamp de Mars is a public park in Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Formerly a military parade ground, the park had previously been the site of Montreal's fortifications, which were demolished at the beginning of the 19th century soon after Montreal City Hall and the old courthouse...
, and at the Pointe-à-Callière MuseumPointe-à-Callière MuseumPointe-à-Callière Museum is the Montreal museum of archaeology and history located in Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1992 as part of celebrations to mark Montreal's 350th birthday...
. - 1804 – There are 142 slaves in the District of Montreal and more than twice as many in the Province.
- 1804 – Locks are placed at Coteau, Cascades and at Long SaultLong SaultThis article refers to the rapid on the St. Lawrence River, for the once named Long Sault Rapids on the Ottawa River which was involved in the Battle of Long Sault and the Beaver War, please see Carillon, Quebec or Carillon Canal...
. - 1805 – Thomas McCordThomas McCordThomas McCord was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in County Antrim, Ireland in 1750 and had arrived at Quebec City with his family by 1764. He entered business as a merchant at Quebec and Montreal. He was director of the Montréal Distillery Company from 1787 through...
returns to Montreal and recovers the land, which has been divided by Mary Griffin into streets and lots. The name Griffintown sticks. - 1805 – Thomas Porteous (merchant)Thomas Porteous (merchant)Thomas Porteous was a merchant, seigneur and politician in Lower Canada. He represented Effingham in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1804 to 1808....
opened a store at Sainte-Thérèse-de-BlainvilleSainte-Thérèse, QuebecSainte-Thérèse is an off-island suburb northwest of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville....
, where he also produced potashPotashPotash is the common name for various mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form. In some rare cases, potash can be formed with traces of organic materials such as plant remains, and this was the major historical source for it before the industrial era...
. - 1805 – The first aqueduct in the old city.
- 1806 – Parliament orders the publisher of the Montreal Gazette to be arrested for censuring the majority's vote upon the Gaol.
- 1806 – Maison du Pressoir built.
- 1807 – May - The Canadian Courant and Montreal Advertiser are first issued; owner and editor: Nahum Mower.
- 1807 – The brothers James and Charles Brown began publishing the Canadian Gazette/Gazette canadienne in July.
- 1807 – An Act provides for a new Market House at Montreal.
- 1808 – In early 1808, sick and in debt, Edward Edwards sold the Montreal Gazette to the Browns, who the following month announced their intention to rejuvenate it.
- 1808 – Legal importation of slaves is banned.
- 1808 – July 12 - 5 privates of the 100th Regiment, Montreal, charged with desertion and will be transported as felons to NSW for 7 yrs and then to serve as soldiers in that colony.
- 1808-11 – A new prison was built.
- 1809 – August 17 - The foundation of Nelson's ColumnNelson's Column, MontrealNelson's Column is a monument in Place Jacques-Cartier, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Installed on the Place Jacques-Cartier in 1809, Nelson's column was the second monument to be erected in Montreal.- History :...
is laid in Montreal. Installed on the Place Jacques-CartierPlace Jacques-CartierPlace Jacques-Cartier is a square located in Old Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and an entrance to the Old Port of Montreal.- Overview :...
, Nelson's ColumnNelson's Column, MontrealNelson's Column is a monument in Place Jacques-Cartier, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Installed on the Place Jacques-Cartier in 1809, Nelson's column was the second monument to be erected in Montreal.- History :...
was the second monument to be erected in Montreal. - 1809 – November 3 - John MolsonJohn MolsonJohn Molson was an English-speaking Quebecer who was a major brewer and entrepreneur in Canada, starting the Molson Brewing Company.-Birth and early life:...
's steam-boat PS AccommodationPS AccommodationThe Canadian paddlewheeler Accommodation was the first successful steamboat built entirely in North America.Financed by brewer John Molson, she was constructed by John Jackson and John Bruce in Montréal in 1809, using engines built in Forges Saint-Maurice, Trois-Rivières...
sails from Montreal to Quebec. It is 85 feet over all, has a 6 horse-power engine, makes the distance in 36 hours, but stops at night and reaches Quebec on the 6th. The PS AccommodationPS AccommodationThe Canadian paddlewheeler Accommodation was the first successful steamboat built entirely in North America.Financed by brewer John Molson, she was constructed by John Jackson and John Bruce in Montréal in 1809, using engines built in Forges Saint-Maurice, Trois-Rivières...
is the second steam-boat in America and probably in the world. The fare for an adult is £2.10s.od =$10.
1810s
- 1810 – John Jacob AstorJohn Jacob AstorJohn Jacob Astor , born Johann Jakob Astor, was a German-American business magnate and investor who was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multi-millionaire in the United States...
founds the Pacific Fur CompanyPacific Fur CompanyThe Pacific Fur Company was founded June 23, 1810, in New York City. Half of the stock of the company was held by the American Fur Company, owned exclusively by John Jacob Astor, and Astor provided all of the capital for the enterprise. The other half of the stock was ascribed to working partners...
. (His great-grandson, John Jacob Astor IV died on the RMS Titanic). - 1810 – November 26 - John MolsonJohn MolsonJohn Molson was an English-speaking Quebecer who was a major brewer and entrepreneur in Canada, starting the Molson Brewing Company.-Birth and early life:...
asks the exclusive right to construct and navigate steam-boats on the Saint Lawrence RiverSaint Lawrence RiverThe Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
for 15 years. - 1811 – Founding of the newspaper the Montreal Herald by William Grey and Mungo Kay, founders, owners and publishers.
- 1812 – June 18 - The United States declares war against Great Britain over territorial disputes in Canada (War of 1812War of 1812The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
). There are 4,000 British troops in Canada. Four Canadian battalions are assembled. - 1812 – July 11 - U.S. troops invade Canada.
- 1812 – August 20 - Launch of John MolsonJohn MolsonJohn Molson was an English-speaking Quebecer who was a major brewer and entrepreneur in Canada, starting the Molson Brewing Company.-Birth and early life:...
's second steamboat, the "Swiftsure", at Montreal. - 1812 – Jean-Marie MondeletJean-Marie MondeletJean-Marie Mondelet was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu around 1771, the son of Dominique Mondelet, and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël and the Petit Séminaire de Quebec...
was named coroner for Montreal. - 1814 – The Treaty of GhentTreaty of GhentThe Treaty of Ghent , signed on 24 December 1814, in Ghent , was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
ends the War of 1812War of 1812The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
between the United States and Britain. - 1814-38 – John (Jean-Baptiste) Delisle is clerck of the peace for the district of Montreal, who govern Montreal's affairs.
- 1815 – A Montreal General HospitalMontreal General HospitalThe Montreal General Hospital is a hospital in Montreal, Canada, established on May 1, 1819 and an early teaching hospital. First located on the corner of Craig and St-Lawrence Streets with only 24 beds, it moved in 1822 to a new 72-bed building on Dorchester Street. It is currently situated on...
will result from a society formed this year. - 1815 – March - Parliament votes $25,000 for Lachine CanalLachine CanalThe Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.The canal gets its name from the French word for China...
. - 1816 – Population of Montreal is about 16,000.
- 1816 – The National School is opened.
- 1816 – May 14 - Thomas A. Turner and Robert ArmourRobert ArmourRobert Armour was a Canadian businessman, militia officer, and office holder. He was one of 10 signators to the Articles of Association for the creation of the "Montreal Bank" on June 23, 1817:- External links :*...
, Esq., are appointed Commissioners for the improvement of internal navigation between Montreal and Lachine, under the Provincial Act 48 George III,c.19. - 1816-18 – John Coape SherbrookeJohn Coape SherbrookeSir John Coape Sherbrooke was a British soldier and colonial administrator. After serving in the British army in Nova Scotia, the Netherlands, India, the Mediterranean , and Spain, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia in 1811.His active defense of the colony during the War of 1812...
was the Governor General of British North AmericaBritish North AmericaBritish North America is a historical term. It consisted of the colonies and territories of the British Empire in continental North America after the end of the American Revolutionary War and the recognition of American independence in 1783.At the start of the Revolutionary War in 1775 the British...
; the Sherbrooke StreetSherbrooke StreetSherbrooke Street is a major east-west artery and at in length, is the second longest street on the Island of Montreal. The street begins in the town of Montreal West and ends on the extreme tip of the island in Pointe-aux-Trembles, intersecting Gouin Boulevard and joining up with Notre-Dame...
is named after him. - 1817 – The Bank of MontrealBank of MontrealThe Bank of Montreal , , or BMO Financial Group, is the fourth largest bank in Canada by deposits. The Bank of Montreal was founded on June 23, 1817 by John Richardson and eight merchants in a rented house in Montreal, Quebec. On May 19, 1817 the Articles of Association were adopted, making it...
begins operations in June. Mary Griffin's husband, Robert, went on to become the first clerk of the Bank of Montreal upon its formation in 1817. - 1817 – The Guy StreetGuy StreetGuy Street is a north-south street located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Concordia University's Integrated Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Complex is located on this street, as is the John Molson School of Business building. The street is home to the Guy-Concordia metro station...
was named on August 30, for Étienne GuyÉtienne GuyÉtienne Guy was a surveyor and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Montreal in 1774, the son of Pierre Guy, studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël and then spent a bit over a year at the College of New Jersey. In 1796, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada in...
, a notary who gave the city the land for the street. - 1818 – Saint Helen's IslandSaint Helen's IslandSaint Helen's Island is an island in the Saint Lawrence River, in the territory of the city of Montreal. It is situated immediately southeast of the Island of Montreal, in the extreme southwest of Quebec. It forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago...
was purchased by the British government. Fort de l'Île Sainte-HélèneFort de l'Île Sainte-HélèneThe Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène, an historic site on Saint Helen's Island that belongs to the city of Montreal, Quebec, was constructed in the early 1820s as an arsenal in the defensive chain of forts built to protect Canada from a threat of American invasion. Although not heavily fortified, it...
was built on the island as defences for the city, in consequence of the War of 1812War of 1812The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
. - 1819 – Darkness at noon on November 9.
1820s
- 1820 – January 29 - Death of George III in the 60th year of his reign. Parliament is dissolved.
- 1820 – June 18 - The Governor Earl of DalhousieGeorge Ramsay, 9th Earl of DalhousieGeneral George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie GCB , styled Lord Ramsay until 1787, was a Scottish soldier and colonial administrator...
arrives. - 1820 – August 28 - The Montreal Bible Society is established.
- 1821 – The North West CompanyNorth West CompanyThe North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what was to become Western Canada...
of Montreal and Hudson's Bay CompanyHudson's Bay CompanyThe Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...
merged. - 1821 – The Earl of DalhousieGeorge Ramsay, 9th Earl of DalhousieGeneral George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie GCB , styled Lord Ramsay until 1787, was a Scottish soldier and colonial administrator...
presents Dalhousie Square to Montreal - 1821 – Union of the Hudson's Bay CompanyHudson's Bay CompanyThe Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...
and the North West CompanyNorth West CompanyThe North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what was to become Western Canada... - 1821 – Population of Lower CanadaLower CanadaThe Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
is 397,600; of Upper CanadaUpper CanadaThe Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
is 129,100 - 1821 – March 17 - Act of incorporation of the Bank of MontrealBank of MontrealThe Bank of Montreal , , or BMO Financial Group, is the fourth largest bank in Canada by deposits. The Bank of Montreal was founded on June 23, 1817 by John Richardson and eight merchants in a rented house in Montreal, Quebec. On May 19, 1817 the Articles of Association were adopted, making it...
passed. - 1821 – March 31 - McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
established by Royal Charter. - 1821 – Beginning of Lachine CanalLachine CanalThe Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.The canal gets its name from the French word for China...
digging on July 17. - 1821 – The British garrison starts the construction of the Fort de l'Île Sainte-HélèneFort de l'Île Sainte-HélèneThe Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène, an historic site on Saint Helen's Island that belongs to the city of Montreal, Quebec, was constructed in the early 1820s as an arsenal in the defensive chain of forts built to protect Canada from a threat of American invasion. Although not heavily fortified, it...
. It was completed in 1823 and partially rebuilt in 1863, after a fire as a preventive measure against an eventual American attack. The garrison left the island in 1870. - 1822 – Board of Trade of Metropolitan MontrealBoard of Trade of Metropolitan MontrealThe Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal is an association of businesses and businessmen in Greater Montreal. In its own words it serves as "the voice of the business community and of the people of Greater Montreal for all aspects of their economic growth and prosperity"....
founded. - 1822 – Parliament grants $50,000 for the Chambly CanalChambly CanalThe Chambly Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada in the Province of Quebec, running along the Richelieu River past Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Carignan, and Chambly. Building commenced in 1831 and the canal opened in 1843. It served as a major commercial route during a time of heightened trade...
, and $12,000 for the Lachine CanalLachine CanalThe Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.The canal gets its name from the French word for China...
. - 1822 – Opening of the British and Canadian School.
- 1822 – Montreal's population is 18,767.
- 1822 – April 23 - First meeting of the Montreal Committee of Trade; Montreal Board of Trade was its successor.
- 1822 – The first iron bridge is erected on March 8.
- 1822 – May 1 - The Montreal General HospitalMontreal General HospitalThe Montreal General Hospital is a hospital in Montreal, Canada, established on May 1, 1819 and an early teaching hospital. First located on the corner of Craig and St-Lawrence Streets with only 24 beds, it moved in 1822 to a new 72-bed building on Dorchester Street. It is currently situated on...
building is completed; Medical staff: Dr. John Stevenson, A.F. Holmes, William Robertson and William Caldwell. - 1822 – In September, a whale (42 feet 8 inches in length, 6 feet across the back, and 7 feet deep) found its way up the Saint Lawrence RiverSaint Lawrence RiverThe Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
, till nearly opposite the city, where it continuate to play for several days, not being able, from the shallowness of the water, to navigate its way down the river. - 1824 – Recollet Convent opens as a school for Irish children.
- 1824 – First Saint Patrick's DaySaint Patrick's DaySaint Patrick's Day is a religious holiday celebrated internationally on 17 March. It commemorates Saint Patrick , the most commonly recognised of the patron saints of :Ireland, and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. It is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion , the Eastern...
Parade organized on March 17. - 1824 – Construction on the new Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)Notre-Dame Basilica is a basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The church is located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West, at the corner of Saint Sulpice Street...
begins, designed by famous New York architect James O'Donnell, an Irish Protestant. - 1824 – Founding of the Medical Association of Montreal.
- 1825 – The Lachine CanalLachine CanalThe Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.The canal gets its name from the French word for China...
was finally opened, and new industries sprang up in the St. Antoine's ward area as a direct outcome of the resulting easier transport of goods. Shipping immediately increases and, along with the destruction of the city walls, Montreal comes to be an economic, rather than military, city. Gradually, the city's harbour facilities expanded. In 1830 the wharves were rudimentary and stretched for only a short distance along De la Commune Street. By 1848 the wharves were stone dressed and extended for over two miles along the riverfront. - 1825 – Maison Joseph Dagenais built.
- 1825 – First permanent theatre building in Montreal, Theatre Royal, opened. It was built by John MolsonJohn MolsonJohn Molson was an English-speaking Quebecer who was a major brewer and entrepreneur in Canada, starting the Molson Brewing Company.-Birth and early life:...
to attract bigger names to the city which lacked such a venue. It cost the magnate $30,000. The house was demolished in 1844 and the site was used for the Bonsecours MarketBonsecours MarketBonsecours Market , at 350 rue Saint-Paul in Old Montreal, is a two-story domed public market. For more than 100 years, it was the main public market in the Montreal area. It also briefly accommodated the Parliament of United Canada for one session in 1849....
. Another venue, also called Theatre Royal, was built not far away in Old MontrealOld MontrealOld Montreal is the oldest area in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, dating back to New France. Located in the borough of Ville-Marie, the area is bordered on the west by McGill St., on the north by Ruelle des Fortifications, on the east by Berri St. and on the south by the Saint Lawrence River...
; this building, too, no longer exists. - 1826-37 and 1842-99 – La MinerveLa MinerveLa Minerve was a newspaper founded in Montreal, Lower Canada by Augustin-Norbert Morin to promote the political goals of Louis-Joseph Papineau's Parti patriote. It was notably directed by Ludger Duvernay in its earlier years. It existed from 1826 to 1837, and again from 1842 to May 27, 1899...
published. - 1827 – Fleming windmillWindmillA windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important...
(13, avenue Strathyre) built. - 1829 – Most of Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)Notre-Dame Basilica is a basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The church is located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West, at the corner of Saint Sulpice Street...
is now completed. Work continues for more than a decade on the two bell towers. A new skyline began to develop.
1830s
- 1830 – Maison Pierre Persillier dit Lachapelle built.
- 1830 – The Montreal harbourOld Port of MontrealStretching for over two kilometres along the St-Lawrence River in Old Montreal, the Old Port Of Montreal has been the social, economic and cultural soul of Montreal ever since early French fur traders used it as a trading post in 1611...
is officially incorporated. - 1831 – Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de TocquevilleAlexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville was a French political thinker and historian best known for his Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution . In both of these works, he explored the effects of the rising equality of social conditions on the individual and the state in...
visited Montreal in August–September. - 1831 – Dominique Mondelet (seigneur)Dominique Mondelet (seigneur)Dominique Mondelet was a lawyer, judge, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, the son of notary Jean-Marie Mondelet, and studied at the Collège de Montréal. He articled in law with Michael O'Sullivan, was admitted to the bar in 1820 and set up...
was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower CanadaLegislative Assembly of Lower CanadaThe Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791...
for Montreal County. - 1832 – Charter of incorporation for the city of Montreal (27,000 inhabitants).
- 1832 – Exchange coffee houseExchange coffee houseFirst known as the "City Tavern," kept by Robert Tesseyman, this 19th century hotel in Montreal, Canada later became the Exchange Coffee House. The hotel was a common place of rest for transient travellers and Upper Canada merchants...
opened. - 1832 – May 21 - Riot following a partial election: 3 death.
- 1832 – Thousands deaths by choleraCholeraCholera is an infection of the small intestine that is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The main symptoms are profuse watery diarrhea and vomiting. Transmission occurs primarily by drinking or eating water or food that has been contaminated by the diarrhea of an infected person or the feces...
in Montreal. - 1832-34 – Sainte-Anne Market built.
- 1833 – Jacques Viger became the first mayor. He was elected mayor of Montreal by city councillors.
- 1833 – Coat of arms of MontrealCoat of arms of MontrealThe first coat of arms of Montreal was designed by Jacques Viger, the city's first mayor, and adopted in 1833 by the city councillors. Modifications were made some one hundred five years later and adopted on 21 March 1938, resulting in the version currently in use...
adopted. - 1833 – February 6 - General Fast to mark the removal of Cholera morbus.
- 1833 – July 14 - first communion services at Erskine Church
- 1833 – August 18 - First Trans-Atlantic steamship SS Royal WilliamSS Royal WilliamSS Royal William was a Canadian steamship that is sometimes credited with achieving the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean to be made almost entirely under steam power, using sails only during periods of boiler maintenance, though the British-built Dutch-owned Curaçao crossed in 1827.The...
steams from Pictou, Nova ScotiaPictou, Nova ScotiaPictou is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Located on the north shore of Pictou Harbour, the town is approximately 10 km north of the larger town of New Glasgow....
. - 1834 – Saint-Jean-Baptiste SocietySaint-Jean-Baptiste SocietyThe Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society is an institution in Quebec dedicated to the protection of Quebec francophone interests and to the promotion of Quebec Sovereignism. Its current President is Mario Beaulieu....
founded on March 6. - 1834 – August 1 - SlaverySlavery in CanadaSlavery in what now comprises Canada existed into the 1830s, when slavery was officially abolished. Some slaves were of African descent, while others were aboriginal . Slavery which was practiced within Canada's current geography, was practiced primarily by Aboriginal groups...
comes to an end in all British territories, including British North America. - 1834 – Hungreds deaths by choleraCholeraCholera is an infection of the small intestine that is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The main symptoms are profuse watery diarrhea and vomiting. Transmission occurs primarily by drinking or eating water or food that has been contaminated by the diarrhea of an infected person or the feces...
in Montreal. - 1835 – Founding of the loyalist Montreal Constitutional Association in January.
- 1835 – January - De la Gauchetière StreetDe la Gauchetière StreetDe la Gauchetière Street is a street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running through downtown Montreal, the Quartier international and Chinatown....
church opened (Erskine) - 1836 – The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of MontrealRoman Catholic Archdiocese of MontrealThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montréal is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Quebec. The Archbishop of Montréal is Metropolitan of a province that includes the suffragan dioceses of Joliette, Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Saint-Jérôme, and Valleyfield...
is form separate from the diocese of QuebecRoman Catholic Archdiocese of QuebecThe Archdiocese of Québec is the oldest Catholic see in the New World north of Mexico. The archdiocese was founded as the Apostolic Vicariate of New France in 1658 and was elevated to a Diocese in 1674 and an Archdiocese in 1819...
on May 13, 1836. - 1836 – Montreal is lighted by the Montreal Gas Light Co.
- 1836 – On July 21, the first railway line in British North America connected La PrairieLa Prairie, QuebecLa Prairie is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Jacques River and the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Roussillon...
with Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. - 1836 – Pied-du-Courant PrisonPied-du-Courant PrisonThe Pied-du-Courant Prison is a building in Montreal, Quebec near the Saint Lawrence River and the Jacques-Cartier Bridge.- Overview :A former prison, it now houses offices of the Société des alcools du Québec, the state-owned liquor board in Quebec. It saw the incarceration and execution by...
opened. - 1837 – Lieu historique national de Sir George-Étienne CartierGeorge-Étienne CartierSir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet, PC was a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation.The English spelling of the name, George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling, is explained by his having been named in honour of King George III....
built. In 1848, Cartier bought the house, where he lived until 1871. It was a hotel after 1871 and in 1973 the house was bought by the federal government. - 1837 – Britain refuses to grant more home rule in Canada which leads to the Rebellions of 1837Rebellions of 1837The Rebellions of 1837 were a pair of Canadian armed uprisings that occurred in 1837 and 1838 in response to frustrations in political reform. A key shared goal was the allowance of responsible government, which was eventually achieved in the incident's aftermath.-Rebellions:The rebellions started...
. - 1837 – On the November 6, a trifling skirmish between two political parties in the Place d'ArmesPlace d'ArmesPlace d'Armes is a square in Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:Place d'Armes is the second oldest public site in Montreal, it was called Place de la Fabrique when it was first developed in 1693, at the request of the Sulpicians, then later renamed Place d'Armes in 1721 when...
led the way to Lower Canada RebellionLower Canada RebellionThe Lower Canada Rebellion , commonly referred to as the Patriots' War by Quebeckers, is the name given to the armed conflict between the rebels of Lower Canada and the British colonial power of that province...
. - 1837 – On December 5, martial lawMartial lawMartial law is the imposition of military rule by military authorities over designated regions on an emergency basis— only temporary—when the civilian government or civilian authorities fail to function effectively , when there are extensive riots and protests, or when the disobedience of the law...
was declared in Montreal. - 1837 – General suspension of business during the Lower Canada RebellionLower Canada RebellionThe Lower Canada Rebellion , commonly referred to as the Patriots' War by Quebeckers, is the name given to the armed conflict between the rebels of Lower Canada and the British colonial power of that province...
. - 1838 – Coal gas street lighting was introduced.
- 1838 – The Old Montreal Custom House is finished
- 1838 – The "Lord Sydenham" steamboat runs the Lachine RapidsLachine RapidsThe Lachine Rapids are a series of rapids on the Saint Lawrence River, between the Island of Montreal and the south shore. They are located near the former city of Lachine....
. - 1838 – Montreal rebel leader Robert Nelson read a declaration of independence to a crowd at NapiervilleNapierville, QuebecNapierville is a municipality in the Jardins de Napierville Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 3,352. It is the location of the seat of the Jardins de Napierville Regional County...
in 1838. - 1838 – November 3 - Second Rebellion in Canada.
- 1838 – December 13 - Sir John ColborneJohn Colborne, 1st Baron SeatonField Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton, GCB, GCMG, GCH, PC was a British field marshal and colonial governor.-Early service:...
, Governor General, Messrs. Moffat, Stuart and Badgley go to England to represent British Canadian views. - 1838 – December 21 - Execution of the rebels Joseph-Narcisse CardinalJoseph-Narcisse CardinalJoseph-Narcisse Cardinal was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada. He was the first person executed for taking part in the Lower Canada Rebellion....
and Joseph DuquetJoseph DuquetJoseph Duquet was a notary in Lower Canada. He was executed for his part in the Lower Canada Rebellion....
, at Pied-du-Courant PrisonPied-du-Courant PrisonThe Pied-du-Courant Prison is a building in Montreal, Quebec near the Saint Lawrence River and the Jacques-Cartier Bridge.- Overview :A former prison, it now houses offices of the Société des alcools du Québec, the state-owned liquor board in Quebec. It saw the incarceration and execution by...
. - 1839 – February 15 - Chevalier DeLorimerFrançois-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de LorimierFrançois-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier , also known under various shorter names as François-Marie-Thomas de Lorimier, Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier or Chevalier de Lorimier, was a notary who fought as a Patriote and Frère chasseur for the independence of Lower Canada in the Lower Canada...
, Charles HindelangCharles HindelangCharles Hindelang was a French-born military man who fought for the independence of Lower Canada . For these actions, he was hanged by the British authorities...
, and others who joined the Rebellion are executed at Pied-du-Courant PrisonPied-du-Courant PrisonThe Pied-du-Courant Prison is a building in Montreal, Quebec near the Saint Lawrence River and the Jacques-Cartier Bridge.- Overview :A former prison, it now houses offices of the Société des alcools du Québec, the state-owned liquor board in Quebec. It saw the incarceration and execution by...
. - 1839 – June 24 - Last meeting of the Committee of Trade, forerunner of the Montreal Board of Trade.
- 1839 – September 26 - Canadian rebels are transported to New South Wales, Canada.
- 1839 – October 19 - Hon. C. ThompsonCharles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron SydenhamCharles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham PC was a British politician and the first Governor of the united Province of Canada.-Background:...
, Governor of Upper and Lower Canada, arrives. It is determined that Upper and Lower Canada shall share revenue in the ratio of 2 to 3. - 1830s – Montreal population surpassed Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
population.
1840s
- 1840 – Grand séminaire de MontréalGrand séminaire de MontréalThe Grand séminaire de Montréal is the sacerdotal school of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal. The institution was founded by the sulpicians in 1840 on the demands of Ignace Bourget. A branch of Université Laval's faculty of theology was installed in the seminar in 1878...
founded by Sulpicians. - 1840 – The Sulpicians surrender their seigneurial rights to Montreal Island.
- 1840 – Peter McGillPeter McGillPeter McGill was a Scots-Quebecer businessman who served as the second mayor of Montreal, Canada East from 1840 to 1842.- Biography :...
elected mayor of Montreal. - 1840 – Exports from Montreal $419,281.
- 1840 – The Act of UnionAct of Union 1840The Act of Union, formally the The British North America Act, 1840 , was enacted in July 1840 and proclaimed 10 February 1841. It abolished the legislatures of Lower Canada and Upper Canada and established a new political entity, the Province of Canada to replace them...
combines Lower CanadaLower CanadaThe Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
and Upper CanadaUpper CanadaThe Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
. - 1840 – April 6 - First meeting to organize the new Board of Trade, Montreal; Hon. Peter McGillPeter McGillPeter McGill was a Scots-Quebecer businessman who served as the second mayor of Montreal, Canada East from 1840 to 1842.- Biography :...
in the chair. A committee is named to secure incorporation. Austin CuvillierAustin CuvillierAustin Cuvillier was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.He was born Augustin Cuvillier in Quebec City in 1779 and was hired by a Montreal auctioneer, eventually taking over the business when his employer retired. After he formed a partnership with two other men, the...
is the chairman and James Holmes the secretary at $100 per annum for services, room, fuel and lights. - 1840 – August 19 - Lachine RapidsLachine RapidsThe Lachine Rapids are a series of rapids on the Saint Lawrence River, between the Island of Montreal and the south shore. They are located near the former city of Lachine....
first navigated in a steamboat. - 1841 – Lower CanadaLower CanadaThe Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
becomes Canada EastCanada EastCanada East was the eastern portion of the United Province of Canada. It consisted of the southern portion of the modern-day Canadian Province of Quebec, and was primarily a French-speaking region....
. - 1841 – January - Provisional Directors of the Mercantile Library Association, Montreal, elected.
- 1841 – There are now at least 6,500 Irish Catholics in Montreal. Most of the immigrants to Montreal settle in GriffintownGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
, particularly in the area west of McGill Street (Montreal)McGill Street (Montreal)McGill Street is a street in Montreal named after James McGill after whom McGill University is named. The former head office building of Canadian National Railway Company, built for its predecessor Grand Trunk Railway, still stands on McGill Street and is now occupied by Quebec government...
. In this district, the area between the Lachine Railroad and the Lachine CanalLachine CanalThe Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.The canal gets its name from the French word for China...
becomes a slum. - 1841 – West Bell Tower of Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)Notre-Dame Basilica is a basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The church is located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West, at the corner of Saint Sulpice Street...
, called "Perserverance" and housing the 10,900 kg bell "Le Gros Bourdon" / "Jean-Baptiste", completed. - 1842 – March 19 - The incorporation of the Montreal Board of Trade is proclaimed.
- 1842 – Geological Survey of Canada formed.
- 1842 – In May, Charles DickensCharles DickensCharles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
appeared at Theatre Royal, in Montreal, surrounded by local talent. While Dickens was in Montreal he produced, directed and acted in three plays. - 1843 – A Museum of the Geological Survey is begun at Montreal.
- 1843 – The Cornwall Canal and the Chambly CanalChambly CanalThe Chambly Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada in the Province of Quebec, running along the Richelieu River past Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Carignan, and Chambly. Building commenced in 1831 and the canal opened in 1843. It served as a major commercial route during a time of heightened trade...
are opened. - 1843 – Survey of the Boundary between the U.S. and Canada is begun.
- 1843 – Service de police de la Ville de MontréalService de police de la Ville de MontréalThe Service de police de la Ville de Montréal is the police force for the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. With about 4,400 officers and 1,600 civilian staff, it is the second largest municipal police agency in Canada after the Toronto Police Service and second largest in the province behind the...
established on Mars 15. - 1843 – Joseph BourretJoseph BourretJoseph Bourret was a 19th century Canadian lawyer, banker and politician.Bourret was educated at the Classical College at Nicolet, Quebec. After clerking for three years for his uncle, Bourret was admitted to the bar in 1823. He practiced law at his uncle's office for ten years...
is elected Mayor of Montreal. - 1843 – June 12 - Lord MetcalfeCharles Metcalfe, 1st Baron MetcalfeCharles Theophilus Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe, Bt, KCB, PC , known as Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bt between 1822 and 1845, was a British colonial administrator...
comes to Montreal. - 1843 – The first labour strike in Canada occurs. The Lachine CanalLachine CanalThe Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.The canal gets its name from the French word for China...
was widened in the 1840s under conditions of bitter conflict between contractors and Irish labourers. Working 16 hours a day for low wages, labourers were paid in company scrip that could only be exchanged in company stores. - 1843 – After completion of the East Bell Tower of Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)Notre-Dame Basilica is a basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The church is located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West, at the corner of Saint Sulpice Street...
, called "Temperence" and housing a ten-bell carillon, Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)Notre-Dame Basilica is a basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The church is located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West, at the corner of Saint Sulpice Street...
finally finished. - 1843 – Superior Joseph-Vincent Quiblier authorizes construction of St. Patrick's Church for the city's English-speaking Roman Catholics. Pierre Louis Morin designs this church with the help of the Jesuit Félix MartinFélix MartinFélix Martin was an antiquary, historiographer, architect, and educationist.-Early life and work:...
. - 1843 – Foundation of the religious congregation of the Sisters of Providence by Émelie Gamelin.
- 1843 – Foundation of the religious congregation Saints-Noms-de-Jésus-et-de-Marie.
- 1844 – The Mercantile Library Association purchases the "Montreal Library".
- 1844 – Government moves from KingstonKingston, OntarioKingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
to Montreal. - 1844 – Institut canadien de MontréalInstitut canadien de MontréalThe Institut canadien de Montréal was founded on 17 December 1844, by a group of 200 young liberal professionals in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Institute was a public library and debating room for the literary and scientific society, which would later come into conflict with the Roman Catholic...
founded on December 17. - 1845 – The Mechanics Institute, Montreal is incorporated
- 1844 – The seat of the government of Canada EastCanada EastCanada East was the eastern portion of the United Province of Canada. It consisted of the southern portion of the modern-day Canadian Province of Quebec, and was primarily a French-speaking region....
and Canada West was moved from KingstonKingston, OntarioKingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
to MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. - 1844 – Église Sainte-Geneviève (Montréal) completed.
- 1845 – James FerrierJames Ferrier (politician)James Ferrier was a Scottish-Canadian politician.- Biography :Born in Fife, Scotland, he emigrated to Canada in 1821 and established himself in Montreal, Quebec as a successful Scots-Quebecer merchant....
is Mayor of Montreal. - 1845 – Opening of the Canadian Baptist College
- 1845 – Ottawa Hotel, MontrealOttawa Hotel, MontrealThe Ottawa Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was built in 1845 at 50 St. James Street by George Hall. It is a late 19th Century example of an attempt to build a skyscraper. Hall had previously owned a hotel by the same name located at the corner of McGill and St...
built. - 1845 – Morgan'sMorgan'sMorgan's was a Montreal-based Canadian department store chain. At its peak, the company had stores in Quebec and Ontario...
opened. - 1846 – Creation of the village of Côte-Saint-Louis on September 14.
- 1846 – Foundation of the Montreal City and District Savings Bank, now known as the Laurentian BankLaurentian Bank of CanadaThe Laurentian Bank of Canada is a Schedule I bank in the province of Quebec. . LBC's Institution Number is 039.-History:...
. - 1847 – The Montreal Telegraph Company founded. In 1850, the year prior to Hugh AllanHugh AllanSir Hugh Allan, KCMG was a Scottish-born Canadian shipping magnate, railway promoter, financier and capitalist...
's presidency, Montreal Telegraph Co operated merely 500 miles of line, all in the province of Canada. - 1847 – Telegraph service between MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
and TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, between MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
and Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
, and between MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
and New York City established. - 1847 – Bonsecours MarketBonsecours MarketBonsecours Market , at 350 rue Saint-Paul in Old Montreal, is a two-story domed public market. For more than 100 years, it was the main public market in the Montreal area. It also briefly accommodated the Parliament of United Canada for one session in 1849....
opened. It housed City Hall between 1852 and 1878. - 1847 – The first Bonaventure StationBonaventure StationBonaventure Station is the name of several railway stations located in Downtown Montreal, Quebec.-Grand Trunk Railway:Named for its location on Saint Bonaventure Street, now Saint Jacques Street, the first Bonaventure Station was built in 1847 as the main terminal for the Montreal and Lachine Railway...
was built on Saint Jacques StreetSaint Jacques StreetSaint Jacques Street is a major street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.The street has had two official names: St. James Street in English after St. James's, London; and its current appellation, rue Saint-Jacques, in French. Both names are sometimes used in English, though Saint-Jacques is the most...
as the main terminal for railway from Montreal to LachineLachine, QuebecLachine was a city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is now a borough within the city of Montreal.-History:...
. - 1847 – The railway from Montreal to LachineLachine, QuebecLachine was a city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is now a borough within the city of Montreal.-History:...
is opened. - 1847-48 – Thousands of Irish immigrants died from disease at Goose Village, MontrealGoose Village, MontrealGoose Village was a neighbourhood in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its official but less commonly used name was Victoriatown, after the adjacent Victoria Bridge...
. - 1847 – Desbarats & Derbyshire (Georges-Édouard Desbarats and Stewart Derbyshire) start a glass factory at Vaudreuil.
- 1847 – January 30 - Lord ElginJames Bruce, 8th Earl of ElginSir James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, PC , was a British colonial administrator and diplomat...
, Governor, arrives at Montreal. - 1847 – The first mass was celebrated in the St. Patrick's Basilica on St. Patrick's Day, March 17.
- 1847 – September 1 - Lord ElginJames Bruce, 8th Earl of ElginSir James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, PC , was a British colonial administrator and diplomat...
visits the immigrant sheds at Pointe-Saint-CharlesPointe-Saint-CharlesPointe-Saint-Charles is a neighbourhood in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Geography:...
. - 1847 – October 23 - 65 immigrants die in a week at Pointe-Saint-CharlesPointe-Saint-CharlesPointe-Saint-Charles is a neighbourhood in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Geography:...
. - 1847 – November 1–9, 634 deaths of immigrants since January 1.
- 1847 – November - Death of John Easton MillsJohn Easton MillsJohn Easton Mills served briefly as mayor of Montreal, Quebec.In March 1846, Montreal city council deadlocked on the choice of a mayor. Mills had ten votes, and incumbent mayor James Ferrier had nine, but Ferrier voted for himself twice, in accordance with existing rules...
, mayor of Montreal - 1847 – Bank of Montreal Head Office, MontrealBank of Montreal Head Office, MontrealThe Bank of Montreal's Head Office is located on Saint Jacques Street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, across the Place d'Armes from Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica...
built. - 1847 – Arrived of Brother of Saint-Viateur in Montreal.
- 1847 – Formation of the Montreal Society of ArtistsMontreal Museum of Fine ArtsThe Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is a major museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1860, making it Canada's oldest art institution, it moved to its current location in 1912 thanks to a large donation from businessman James Ross....
. - 1847 – Cégep de Saint-LaurentCégep de Saint-LaurentCégep de Saint-Laurent is a Cégep located in the Saint-Laurent borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec. It is a few doors south of Vanier College, another Cégep.-History:...
established. - 1847-48 – Between 3,500 and 6,000 Irish immigrants die of typhus at Windmill Point in Pointe-Saint-CharlesPointe-Saint-CharlesPointe-Saint-Charles is a neighbourhood in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Geography:...
, across the canal from GriffintownGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
. - 1848 – January 2 - Wellington and Commissioners streets flooded.
- 1848 – June - Emulating the "Lord Sydenham's" success in 1838, several steamboats run the Lachine RapidsLachine RapidsThe Lachine Rapids are a series of rapids on the Saint Lawrence River, between the Island of Montreal and the south shore. They are located near the former city of Lachine....
. - 1848 – July 5 - Run on the Savings Bank, Montreal, followed by re-deposit.
- 1848 – August - Abraham de SolaAbraham de SolaAlexander Abraham de Sola was a Canadian Rabbi, author, Orientalist, and scientist. Originating from a large renown family of Rabbis and scholars, De Sola was recognized there as one of the most powerful leaders of Orthodox Judaism in the United States during the latter half of the nineteenth...
becomes Professor of Hebrew at McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
; Henry Aspinwall Howe becomes Rector of the High School - 1848 – September 20 - Opening of the Jesuits' College in Montreal
- 1848 – December 22 - Close of navigation to Montreal
- 1848 – Montreal's road bill is $26,950
- 1848 – Creation of the LachineLachine, QuebecLachine was a city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is now a borough within the city of Montreal.-History:...
village. - 1848 – Foundation of the religious congregation of Sisters of Mercy.
- 1848 – DomtarDomtarDomtar Corporation is the largest integrated producer of uncoated freesheet paper in North America and the second largest in the world based on production capacity, and is also a manufacturer of papergrade pulp....
founded. - 1849 – Burning of the Parliament Buildings in MontrealBurning of the Parliament Buildings in MontrealThe burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal occurred on the night of April 25, 1849. Inaugurated on June 24, 1845, St. Anne's Market building lodging the Parliament of the Province of Canada was burned down by rioters while the members of the Legislative Assembly were sitting in session.-...
. - 1849 – Beauharnois CanalBeauharnois CanalThe Beauharnois Canal is a Canadian canal located in southwestern Quebec. The canal is part of the St. Lawrence Seaway.Located in Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality within the cities of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Beauharnois, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, and Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka,...
is opened. - 1849 – Road expenditure of Montreal is $14,054
- 1849 – Édouard-Raymond FabreÉdouard-Raymond FabreÉdouard-Raymond Fabre was a Canadian politician and bookseller, the Mayor of Montreal, Quebec between 1849 and 1851....
is Mayor of Montreal. - 1849 – April 25 - For sanctioning the Rebellion Losses BillRebellion Losses BillThe Rebellion Losses Bill was a controversial law enacted by the legislature of the Province of Canada in 1849...
, Lord ElginJames Bruce, 8th Earl of ElginSir James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, PC , was a British colonial administrator and diplomat...
is mobbed and the Parliament House in Montreal is burned. Parliament will now sit alternately in Quebec and Toronto. - 1849 – August - Montreal Annexation ManifestoMontreal Annexation ManifestoThe Montreal Annexation Manifesto was a political document dated September 14, 1849 and signed in Montreal, Quebec, calling for Canada's annexation by the United States....
published; it is opposed in TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. - 1849 – December 9 - Close of navigation from Montreal.
- 1849 – Rebellion Losses BillRebellion Losses BillThe Rebellion Losses Bill was a controversial law enacted by the legislature of the Province of Canada in 1849...
. - 1849 – The Bar of MontrealBar of MontrealThe Bar of Montreal is the bar association for lawyers in the city of Montreal, Canada. . It has it beginnings in 1693 when, as a Royal Province of the French colonial empire, Canadien lawyers first tried to obtain official recognition but were refused by Governor General of New France Louis de...
became an independent corporation through the Act to incorporate the Bar of Lower Canada.
1850s
- 1850 – The population of Montreal reaches 50,000.
- 1850 – Anglican Diocese of MontrealAnglican Diocese of MontrealThe Diocese of Montreal is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada, in turn a province of the Anglican Communion. The diocese comprises the 21,400 square kilometres encompassing the City and Island of Montreal, the Laurentians, the South Shore opposite...
established. - 1850 – Riots, extensive fires and general depression
- 1850 – Montreal's road expenditure $10,631 - least in 23 years
- 1850 – Opening of the Ann Street School
- 1850 – Value of Montreal's trade $1,793,695.
- 1850 – March 21 - First meeting of the Mount Royal CemeteryMount Royal CemeteryOpened in 1852, Mount Royal Cemetery is a 165-acre terraced cemetery on the north slope of Mount Royal in the borough of Outremont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The burial ground shares the mountain with the much larger adjacent Roman Catholic cemetery -- Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges...
Company. - 1850 – March 21 - Opening of Navigation to Montreal.
- 1850 – Begins of St. Lawrence dredging to allow oceanic boat getting to Montreal.
- 1851 – Grand Trunk RailwayGrand Trunk RailwayThe Grand Trunk Railway was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The railway was operated from headquarters in Montreal, Quebec; however, corporate...
Company formed. - 1851 – Population of Montreal 57,715.
- 1851 – Charles WilsonCharles Wilson (Canadian politician)Charles Wilson was a Canadian businessman and politician.-Background:Wilson was born in Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, son of a Scottish immigrant and a French-Canadian mother....
, Mayor of Montreal, elected by the Council. - 1851 – Hon. James MorrisJames Morris (Canada West politician)James Morris was a businessman, banker and political figure in Canada West.He was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland in 1798, settled with his family at Elizabethtown in Upper Canada in 1808 and was educated at Sorel in Lower Canada. He was appointed justice of the peace in 1825...
is the first Canadian Post-Master General. - 1851 – July - The bloomer costume appears in Montreal.
- 1851 – November 19 - First YMCAYMCAThe Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...
on the continent opened in Montreal. - 1851 – December 6 - Close of Navigation to Montreal
- 1851-53 – Église Saint-Pierre-Apôtre de Montréal built.
- 1852 – Charles Wilson (Canadian politician)Charles Wilson (Canadian politician)Charles Wilson was a Canadian businessman and politician.-Background:Wilson was born in Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, son of a Scottish immigrant and a French-Canadian mother....
became the first elected mayor. - 1852 – Laval UniversityUniversité LavalLaval University is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French...
is opened. - 1852 – Institut canadien de MontréalInstitut canadien de MontréalThe Institut canadien de Montréal was founded on 17 December 1844, by a group of 200 young liberal professionals in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Institute was a public library and debating room for the literary and scientific society, which would later come into conflict with the Roman Catholic...
(founded 1844) is incorporated. - 1852 – Hon. Charles WilsonCharles Wilson (Canadian politician)Charles Wilson was a Canadian businessman and politician.-Background:Wilson was born in Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, son of a Scottish immigrant and a French-Canadian mother....
is re-elected Mayor of Montreal - 1852 – Opening of the Panet Street School
- 1852 – February - The Mount Royal CemeteryMount Royal CemeteryOpened in 1852, Mount Royal Cemetery is a 165-acre terraced cemetery on the north slope of Mount Royal in the borough of Outremont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The burial ground shares the mountain with the much larger adjacent Roman Catholic cemetery -- Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges...
Company buys grounds. - 1852 – April 28 - Opening of navigation to Montreal
- 1852 – July 8 - Beginning of a fire which burns 11,000 houses in Montreal; 20% of the east city is devastated.
- 1852 – October - The Bank of MontrealBank of MontrealThe Bank of Montreal , , or BMO Financial Group, is the fourth largest bank in Canada by deposits. The Bank of Montreal was founded on June 23, 1817 by John Richardson and eight merchants in a rented house in Montreal, Quebec. On May 19, 1817 the Articles of Association were adopted, making it...
issue's notes like England's - denomination watermarked - 1852 – December 21 - Close of navigation at Montreal
- 1852 – December - In one day the sum of $5,000 is raised for a Merchants' Exchange in Montreal.
- 1853 – The first screw steamer, up the Saint Lawrence RiverSaint Lawrence RiverThe Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
, arrives from LiverpoolLiverpoolLiverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
. Canadian Steam Navigation Company run regular services from LiverpoolLiverpoolLiverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
and GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
to Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
and Montreal, twice a month in summer and once a month in winter. - 1853 – Hon. C. WilsonCharles Wilson (Canadian politician)Charles Wilson was a Canadian businessman and politician.-Background:Wilson was born in Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, son of a Scottish immigrant and a French-Canadian mother....
is the last Mayor the Council of MontrealMontreal City CouncilThe Montreal City Council is the governing body of Montreal, Quebec. The head of the city government in Montreal is the mayor, who is first among equals in the City Council. The mayor is Gérald Tremblay, who is a member of the Union des citoyens et des citoyennes de l'Île de Montréal...
elect. - 1853 – The Montreal Board of Trade disfavour Caughnawaga, for the Saint Lawrence RiverSaint Lawrence RiverThe Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
terminus of a canal from Lake ChamplainLake ChamplainLake Champlain is a natural, freshwater lake in North America, located mainly within the borders of the United States but partially situated across the Canada—United States border in the Canadian province of Quebec.The New York portion of the Champlain Valley includes the eastern portions of...
. - 1853 – April 18 - Opening of Navigation at MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. - 1853 – May 23 - First charter for steamers from Montreal to Great Britain.
- 1853 – June 9 - Alessandro GavazziAlessandro GavazziAlessandro Gavazzi was an Italian preacher and patriot. He at first became a monk , and attached himself to the Barnabites at Naples, where he afterwards acted as professor of rhetoric.-Biography:...
repeated his diatribe at Montreal's First Congregational Church (Zion Church). Riots kill 40 people. - 1853 – June 18 - The Grand Trunk RailwayGrand Trunk RailwayThe Grand Trunk Railway was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The railway was operated from headquarters in Montreal, Quebec; however, corporate...
opened to PortlandPortland, MainePortland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
. PortlandPortland, MainePortland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
became the primary ice-free winter seaport for Canadian exports upon completion of the Grand Trunk RailwayGrand Trunk RailwayThe Grand Trunk Railway was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The railway was operated from headquarters in Montreal, Quebec; however, corporate...
to Montreal. - 1853 – July 22 - Pier No.1, of the Victoria BridgeVictoria Bridge (Montreal)Victoria Bridge , formerly originally known as Victoria Jubilee Bridge, is a bridge over the St. Lawrence River, linking Montreal, Quebec, to the south shore city of Saint-Lambert....
, is begun. - 1853 – October 8 - William Molson BankMolson BankThe Molson Bank was a Canadian bank founded in Montreal, Quebec, by brothers William and John Molson, Jr...
opens in Montreal, under the Free Banking Act. - 1853 – Canal de l'AqueducCanal de l'AqueducThe Canal de l'Aqueduc is an open-air aqueduct canal on the Island of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, serving part of the drinking water needs of the city of Montreal....
built. - 1853 – Notre-Dame-de-Grâce built.
- 1854 – Villa Maria founded.
- 1854 – Reciprocity between Canada and the U.S. is adopted
- 1854 – Wolfred NelsonWolfred NelsonWolfred Nelson, was from 1854 to 1856 the mayor of Montreal, Quebec.- Biography :Nelson was born in Montreal the son of William Nelson, an immigrant to Colonial America from Newsham, North Yorkshire, England...
is the first Mayor the people of Montreal elect. - 1854 – Institut canadien de MontréalInstitut canadien de MontréalThe Institut canadien de Montréal was founded on 17 December 1844, by a group of 200 young liberal professionals in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Institute was a public library and debating room for the literary and scientific society, which would later come into conflict with the Roman Catholic...
enters its new building. - 1854 – March - 2,000 miles of Railway under contract in Canada.
- 1854 – April 25 - Opening of navigation to Montreal.
- 1854 – May - The new Montreal Post Office to have six delivery wickets.
- 1854 – May 11 - First arrival from sea, at Montreal
- 1854 – July - Six Nation Indians offer to fight the Queen's enemies anywhere
- 1854 – July 20 - The first stone of the Victoria BridgeVictoria Bridge (Montreal)Victoria Bridge , formerly originally known as Victoria Jubilee Bridge, is a bridge over the St. Lawrence River, linking Montreal, Quebec, to the south shore city of Saint-Lambert....
, across the St. LawrenceSaint Lawrence RiverThe Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
, is laid. - 1854 – August 1 - Messrs. DorionAntoine-Aimé DorionSir Antoine-Aimé Dorion, PC was a French Canadian politician and jurist.-Early years:He was born in Lower Canada in 1818, the son of Pierre-Antoine Dorion, a merchant and member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada who supported Louis-Joseph Papineau...
, Holton, and Young are declared elected for Montreal. - 1854 – August 2 - First coffer-dam of Victoria BridgeVictoria Bridge (Montreal)Victoria Bridge , formerly originally known as Victoria Jubilee Bridge, is a bridge over the St. Lawrence River, linking Montreal, Quebec, to the south shore city of Saint-Lambert....
ready for masonry. - 1854 – October 16 - Twenty-one vessels in port at Montreal.
- 1854 – December 2 - Close of Navigation from Montreal.
- 1854 – Notre Dame des Neiges CemeteryNotre Dame des Neiges CemeteryFounded in 1854, Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges is a 343-acre cemetery located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The entrance and the grounds run along a part of chemin Côte-des-Neiges and up the slopes of Mount Royal...
opened. - 1854 – St. Ann's Church is consecrated, becoming the centre of GriffintownGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
life; it opens on December 8 (Feast of the Immaculate ConceptionFeast of the Immaculate ConceptionThe Feast of the Immaculate Conception celebrates belief in the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is celebrated on 8 December, nine months before the Nativity of Mary, which is celebrated on 8 September. It is the patronal feast day of the United States and the Republic of the...
) and was designed by John OstellJohn OstellJohn Ostell architect, surveyor and manufacturer, was born in London, England and emigrated to Canada in 1834, where he apprenticed himself to a Montreal surveyor André Trudeau to learn French methods of surveying. In 1837 he married Eleonore Gauvin a member of a prominent French Catholic family...
. The Sulpicians donated the land for the church and provided the Irish-born pastors: Father Michael O'Brien, Father Michael O'Farrell and Father James Hogan (priest 1867–1884). Some residents of Griffintown claimed that St. Ann's ("down the hill") was actually more of a center for the Irish in Montreal than St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal's ("up the hill") was, since most of the city's Irish lived in GriffintownGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
. - 1854 – CholeraCholeraCholera is an infection of the small intestine that is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The main symptoms are profuse watery diarrhea and vomiting. Transmission occurs primarily by drinking or eating water or food that has been contaminated by the diarrhea of an infected person or the feces...
kills more than 1,000 citizens. - 1854 – Canada Steamship Lines Inc.Canada Steamship Lines Inc.Canada Steamship Lines is a Canadian shipping company with headquarters in Montreal, Quebec.-Beginnings:CSL had humble beginnings in Canada East in 1845, operating river boats on the St. Lawrence River in general commerce. Subsequent growth over the years was tied to expansion of the canal system...
established. - 1855 – The Redpath SugarRedpath SugarRedpath Sugar was an important company in the economic history of Canada.-History:Redpath Sugar was established as the Canada Sugar Refining Company in 1854 in Montreal, Quebec by Scots-Quebecer entrepreneur, John Redpath . Located on the bank of the Lachine Canal, the giant complex was the first...
Refinery starts. - 1855 – The Mechanics' InstituteMechanics' InstitutesHistorically, Mechanics' Institutes were educational establishments formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working men...
building, Montreal, is opened. - 1855 – The Post Office at Montreal is completed.
- 1855 – Sir Edmund Walker HeadEdmund Walker HeadSir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet, KCB was British colonial administrator.He was born at Wiarton Place, near Maidstone, Kent, the son of Reverend Sir John Head, 7th Bt. and Jane Head. He was educated at Winchester College and Oriel College, Oxford. He succeeded to his father's title in 1838...
is Governor of B.N.A. - 1855 – Hugh AllanHugh AllanSir Hugh Allan, KCMG was a Scottish-born Canadian shipping magnate, railway promoter, financier and capitalist...
and Andrew Allen establish the Montreal Ocean Steamship CompanyAllan Line Royal Mail SteamersThe Allan Shipping Line was started in 1819, by Captain Alexander Allan of Saltcoats, Ayrshire, running dry goods from Greenock to sell in Montreal and returning with Canadian produce to sell back in Scotland, a route which quickly became synonymous with the Allan Line...
, with four steamships fortnightly. - 1855 – April - Petition for a fixed seat in Parliament is signed.
- 1855 – April 19 - Bank of MontrealBank of MontrealThe Bank of Montreal , , or BMO Financial Group, is the fourth largest bank in Canada by deposits. The Bank of Montreal was founded on June 23, 1817 by John Richardson and eight merchants in a rented house in Montreal, Quebec. On May 19, 1817 the Articles of Association were adopted, making it...
's stock to be increased to $2,000,000. - 1855 – April 27 - Opening of navigation at Montreal.
- 1855 – May 19 The Molson Bank is incorporated.
- 1855 – October 1 - The Molson BankMolson BankThe Molson Bank was a Canadian bank founded in Montreal, Quebec, by brothers William and John Molson, Jr...
began business. - 1855 – October 19 - G.T. RailwayGrand Trunk RailwayThe Grand Trunk Railway was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The railway was operated from headquarters in Montreal, Quebec; however, corporate...
open to Brockville. - 1855 – November 25 - Last clearance from Montreal, for the sea.
- 1855 – December 3 - Navigation closes at Montreal
- 1856 – The citizens of Montreal elect Henry StarnesHenry StarnesHenry Starnes was a Quebec businessman and political figure.- Biography :He was born in Kingston in Upper Canada in 1816 and studied at the Montreal Academical Institution and the Petit Séminaire de Montréal. He began work with James Leslie's food importing business in Montreal and became a...
Mayor. - 1856 – Montreal's Water Works made ready for use
- 1856 – The Allan's four steamships, between Montreal and LiverpoolLiverpoolLiverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
bring 3,031 passengers, Westward (average voyage 13 days). - 1856 – April 24 - Navigation opens to Montreal
- 1856 – June 9 - Twenty-six vessels in port at Montreal
- 1856 – September 16 - Balloon ascension from GriffintownGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
, in the "Canada" - 1856 – The Grand Trunk RailwayGrand Trunk RailwayThe Grand Trunk Railway was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The railway was operated from headquarters in Montreal, Quebec; however, corporate...
commenced through passenger service between Montreal and Toronto on October 27 with great celebrations being held in KingstonKingston, OntarioKingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
to celebrate this accomplishment. The first passenger train left TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
and travelled to MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
in 14 hours. - 1856 – November 24 - Last clearance from Montreal for the season
- 1856 – December 3 - Close of navigation from Montreal
- 1856 – December 10 - Burning of Christ Church Cathedral (Montreal)Christ Church Cathedral (Montreal)Christ Church Cathedral is an Anglican Gothic Revival cathedral in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the seat of the Anglican Diocese of Montreal. It is located at 635 Saint Catherine Street West, between Union Avenue and University Street. It is situated on top of the Promenades Cathédrale underground...
. - 1856 – Montreal Lacrosse ClubMontreal Lacrosse ClubThe Montreal Lacrosse Club was a lacrosse club in the Canadian city of Montreal, Quebec. The Club is notable in the history of lacrosse as it was responsible for establishing the first set of written rules of the game....
established. - 1856 – The Old Montreal CourthousePalais de justice de MontréalThe Palais de justice de Montréal at 1 Notre-Dame Street East in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was completed in 1971. Though located in the Old Montreal historic district, it is a modernist structure, featuring the outdoor sculpture Allegrocube. The black metal and granite building is adjacent to the...
, now known as the Lucien-Saulnier Building, designed by John OstellJohn OstellJohn Ostell architect, surveyor and manufacturer, was born in London, England and emigrated to Canada in 1834, where he apprenticed himself to a Montreal surveyor André Trudeau to learn French methods of surveying. In 1837 he married Eleonore Gauvin a member of a prominent French Catholic family...
was inaugurated. - 1856 – Photographer William NotmanWilliam NotmanWilliam Notman was a Canadian photographer and businessman.Notman was born in Paisley, Scotland in 1826, the same year in which photography was born in France. William Notman moved to Montreal in 1856. An amateur photographer, he quickly established a flourishing professional photography studio on...
opens his business in Montreal. - 1857 – April 18 - Opening of navigation at Montreal
- 1857 – June 13–26 ocean steamships at Montreal today
- 1857 – June 26 - Fire on board the steamer "Montreal" en route from Quebec to Montreal - 253 lives lost, including Stephen C. PhillipsStephen C. PhillipsStephen Clarendon Phillips was a Representative from Massachusetts.Phillips was born in Salem, Massachusetts, to Stephen and Dorcas Phillips, he graduated from Harvard University in 1819. Phillips' engaged in mercantile pursuits in Salem, and was a member of the Massachusetts House of...
. - 1857 – Opening of the Saint-James club on July 14; still the oldest private club of Montreal.
- 1857 – September 7 - 500 of the 39th Regiment leave Montreal, possibly for the CrimeaCrimeaCrimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name...
. - 1857 – December 13 - Close of navigation in the Old Port of MontrealOld Port of MontrealStretching for over two kilometres along the St-Lawrence River in Old Montreal, the Old Port Of Montreal has been the social, economic and cultural soul of Montreal ever since early French fur traders used it as a trading post in 1611...
. - 1857 – Saint-Enfant-Jésus du Mile-End Church completed.
- 1857 – The lower part of GriffintownGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
entirely submerged by river flooding. - 1857 – An economic slump provoked numerous bankruptcies.
- 1857–2000 – SeagramSeagramThe Seagram Company Ltd. was a large corporation headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that was the largest distiller of alcoholic beverages in the world. Toward the end of its independent existence it also controlled various entertainment and other business ventures...
operated. The former Seagram headquarters in Montreal now belongs to McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
under the name Martlet HouseMartlet HouseMartlet House, formerly the Montreal headquarters of Seagram Company Ltd., is a Scottish baronial style building on Peel Street in Montreal, Quebec. The building was completed in 1928 by architect David Jerome Spence, with additions in 1931, 1947 and 1955....
. - 1858 – Formation of the Royal Canadian RegimentThe Royal Canadian RegimentThe Royal Canadian Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. The regiment consists of four battalions, three in the Regular Force and one in the Primary Reserve...
. - 1858 – The Natural History Society's Building in Montreal is completed
- 1858 – The Merchants' Exchange Building in Montreal is finished
- 1858 – C.S. RodierCharles-Séraphin Rodier (mayor)Charles-Séraphin Rodier was a Canadian merchant, lawyer, mayor of Montreal and legislative councillor of Quebec....
is elected Mayor of Montreal. - 1858 – January 5 - J.J.C. Abbott buys the Montreal Bytown and Prescott RailwayBytown and Prescott RailwayThe Bytown and Prescott Railway, Ottawa's first railway to outside markets, was a railway joining Ottawa, Ontario with Prescott, Ontario on the Saint Lawrence River. The 52 mile railway facilitated shipments of principally lumber via the Saint Lawrence River to markets in the United States and...
for $5,300 - 1858 – January 27 - The Queen names Ottawa the seat of the Government
- 1858 – January 28 - Dorcas SocietyDorcas SocietyA Dorcas Society is a local group of people, usually based in a church, with a mission of providing clothing to the poor.The original society was founded in Douglas, Isle of Man on December 1, 1834, as part of the community's thanksgiving for being spared from an outbreak of cholera...
of the United Presbyterian Church is founded. - 1858 – February 6 - Reports upon site for Christ Church CathedralChrist Church Cathedral (Montreal)Christ Church Cathedral is an Anglican Gothic Revival cathedral in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the seat of the Anglican Diocese of Montreal. It is located at 635 Saint Catherine Street West, between Union Avenue and University Street. It is situated on top of the Promenades Cathédrale underground...
. - 1858 – February 20 - In GriffintownGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
, beds stand in three feet of water - 1858 – January 30 - First ship from sea in port of Montreal
- 1858 – November 20 - The last ship leaves Montreal for the sea.
- 1858 – A group of 158 members left the Institut canadien de MontréalInstitut canadien de MontréalThe Institut canadien de Montréal was founded on 17 December 1844, by a group of 200 young liberal professionals in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Institute was a public library and debating room for the literary and scientific society, which would later come into conflict with the Roman Catholic...
to found the Institut Canadien-français de Montréal, which opted to obey the doctrine of the Catholic clergy and did not lend books judged immoral by it. - 1858 – Cathédrale Saint-Jacques (UQAM) built.
- 1858 – Édifice Edmonstone, Allan & Co. built.
- 1858 – Riots and street fights run rampant through GriffintownGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
on election day when D'Arcy McGeeD'Arcy McGeeThomas D'Arcy Etienne Hughes McGee, PC, was an Irish Nationalist, Catholic spokesman, journalist, and a Father of Canadian confederation. He fought for the development of Irish and Canadian national identities that would transcend their component groups...
is chosen to represent the Montreal West riding, including Griffintown, in the federal government. - 1859 – Mgr Ignace BourgetIgnace BourgetIgnace Bourget was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic priest who held the title of Bishop of Montreal from 1840 to 1876. Born in Lévis, Quebec in 1799, Bourget entered the clergy at an early age, undertook several courses of religious study, and in 1837 was named co-adjutor bishop of the newly...
condemned the Institut canadien de MontréalInstitut canadien de MontréalThe Institut canadien de Montréal was founded on 17 December 1844, by a group of 200 young liberal professionals in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Institute was a public library and debating room for the literary and scientific society, which would later come into conflict with the Roman Catholic...
, excommunicating its members, and on July 7, 1869, Rome added the institute's Annuaire for the year 1868 to the Catholic Church's Index of prohibited booksIndex Librorum ProhibitorumThe Index Librorum Prohibitorum was a list of publications prohibited by the Catholic Church. A first version was promulgated by Pope Paul IV in 1559, and a revised and somewhat relaxed form was authorized at the Council of Trent...
. - 1859 – Montreal real estate assessed, $26,812,290; revenue $286,252.
- 1859 – Montreal O.S.S. Co. bring 1,882 cabin and 2,941 steerage passengers.
- 1859 – April 4 - Opening of Navigation at Montreal.
- 1859 – December 11 - Close of Navigation from Montreal.
- 1859 – December 12 - The Victoria BridgeVictoria Bridge (Montreal)Victoria Bridge , formerly originally known as Victoria Jubilee Bridge, is a bridge over the St. Lawrence River, linking Montreal, Quebec, to the south shore city of Saint-Lambert....
opened. - 1859 – December 17 - The first passenger train passes through the Victoria BridgeVictoria Bridge (Montreal)Victoria Bridge , formerly originally known as Victoria Jubilee Bridge, is a bridge over the St. Lawrence River, linking Montreal, Quebec, to the south shore city of Saint-Lambert....
. - 1859 – The Black Rock is erected by canal workers on Bridge St. to honour the Windmill Point victims.
- 1859 – Foundation of the National Bank of CanadaNational Bank of CanadaNational Bank of Canada is the 6th largest bank and 8th largest financial institution in Canada. The bank's headquarters are in Montreal, Quebec....
.
1860s
- 1860 – Victoria Square, MontrealVictoria Square, MontrealVictoria Square is a town square and public space in the Quartier International de Montréal area of downtown Montreal, Quebec, at the intersection of Beaver Hall Hill and McGill Street. The Square forms an integral component of the city's urban public transit system and constitutes a 'prestige...
opened. - 1860 – Maison Boucher built.
- 1860 – Montreal's real estate valued $27,649,550; revenue $316,323
- 1860 – 240 ocean ships of 118,216 tons burthen trade to MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
- 1860 – February 20 - The wreck of the Allan Line steamship SS HungarianSS HungarianSS Hungarian was a steamship of the Canadian Allan Line, built in Dumbarton, Scotland in 1858 for transatlantic service. She was wrecked in 1860 at Cape Sable Island, off Nova Scotia, with the loss of all aboard.- Rescue of the John Martin :...
with a number of Montrealers on board. - 1860 – April - Hon. Alexander Tilloch GaltAlexander Tilloch GaltSir Alexander Tilloch Galt, GCMG, PC was a politician and a father of Canadian Confederation.He was born in Chelsea, England, the son of Scottish novelist and colonizer, John Galt, and Elizabeth Tilloch Galt. He was a cousin of Sir Hugh Allan.Alexander Galt is interred in the Mount Royal Cemetery...
's proposed Bank of Issue excites interest. - 1860 – April 10 - Opening of navigation at MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
- 1860 – Formation of the Art Association of MontrealMontreal Museum of Fine ArtsThe Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is a major museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1860, making it Canada's oldest art institution, it moved to its current location in 1912 thanks to a large donation from businessman James Ross....
on April 23. It assumed its present name, Montreal Museum of Fine ArtsMontreal Museum of Fine ArtsThe Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is a major museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1860, making it Canada's oldest art institution, it moved to its current location in 1912 thanks to a large donation from businessman James Ross....
, in 1948–49. - 1860 – May - Crystal PalaceCrystal Palace (Montreal)The Crystal Palace was an exhibition hall built for the Montreal Industrial Exhibition of 1860, originally located at the foot of Victoria Street between St. Catherine and Cathcart Streets. It was used for temporary exhibitions, and in winter, housed an ice skating rink.-Construction:The building...
built for the Montreal Industrial Exhibition of 1860. - 1860 – August 25 - The Prince of WalesEdward VII of the United KingdomEdward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
visits Montreal. The Prince holds a reception in Hon. Alexander Tilloch GaltAlexander Tilloch GaltSir Alexander Tilloch Galt, GCMG, PC was a politician and a father of Canadian Confederation.He was born in Chelsea, England, the son of Scottish novelist and colonizer, John Galt, and Elizabeth Tilloch Galt. He was a cousin of Sir Hugh Allan.Alexander Galt is interred in the Mount Royal Cemetery...
's mansion at Sherbrooke. - 1860 – August 25 - Opening of the Victoria Railway BridgeVictoria Bridge (Montreal)Victoria Bridge , formerly originally known as Victoria Jubilee Bridge, is a bridge over the St. Lawrence River, linking Montreal, Quebec, to the south shore city of Saint-Lambert....
. - 1860 – September 28 - Death of Hon. Peter McGillPeter McGillPeter McGill was a Scots-Quebecer businessman who served as the second mayor of Montreal, Canada East from 1840 to 1842.- Biography :...
. - 1860 – November 27 - Opening of the Christ Church Cathedral (Montreal)Christ Church Cathedral (Montreal)Christ Church Cathedral is an Anglican Gothic Revival cathedral in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the seat of the Anglican Diocese of Montreal. It is located at 635 Saint Catherine Street West, between Union Avenue and University Street. It is situated on top of the Promenades Cathédrale underground...
. - 1860 – December 7 - Close of navigation in Montreal.
- 1861 – Population of Montreal city is now 90,323 inhabitants.
- 1861 – The street horsecarHorsecarA horsecar or horse-drawn tram is an animal-powered streetcar or tram.These early forms of public transport developed out of industrial haulage routes that had long been in existence, and from the omnibus routes that first ran on public streets in the 1820s, using the newly improved iron or steel...
is introduced as public transportation on 27 November. It was operated by Montreal City Passenger Railway Company 1861–1886. - 1861 – GriffintownGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
again flooded. - 1861 – Population of Montreal, with suburbs 101,602; of the city only, 91,169.; Montreal's increase in 30 years - 76%.
- 1861 – January - British troops ordered to Canada.
- 1861 – January 18 - A meeting in Montreal, respecting extradition of John Anderson, a slave charged with murder, is addressed by Hon. Messrs. Dorion, Drummond and Holton, Revds. W. Bond, Cordner, Benjamin Holmes and John Dougall, Esqrs., and Dr. Hingston, and opposes surrender.
- 1861 – February - John Anderson not to be surrendered, without instructions from England.
- 1861 – American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
begins in April. - 1861 – April 15 - Great inundation at Montreal.
- 1861 – April 24 - Opening of navigation to Montreal.
- 1861 – June 13 - Prince AlfredAlfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and GothaAlfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the third Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and reigned from 1893 to 1900. He was also a member of the British Royal Family, the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha...
arrives in Montreal. - 1861 – June - John Anderson (escaped slave) reaches England.
- 1861 – June 6 - Formation of the Canada Presbyterian Church by fusion of the Free Church and the United Presbyterian body.
- 1861 – July - Montreal's M.P.P.s are Messrs. McGeeD'Arcy McGeeThomas D'Arcy Etienne Hughes McGee, PC, was an Irish Nationalist, Catholic spokesman, journalist, and a Father of Canadian confederation. He fought for the development of Irish and Canadian national identities that would transcend their component groups...
, Rose and CartierGeorge-Étienne CartierSir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet, PC was a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation.The English spelling of the name, George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling, is explained by his having been named in honour of King George III....
. - 1861 – December - Six steamersSteamboatA steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels...
chartered to bring troops to Canada. - 1861 – December 22 - Close of navigation from Montreal.
- 1861 – St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church (Montreal)St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church (Montreal)St. John the Evangelist is a parish of the Anglican Diocese of Montreal in the Anglican Church of Canada, founded by Father Edmund Wood in 1861; its church is well known in Montreal as the "Red Roof Church", which is also the headquarters of St. Michael's Mission...
founded. - 1861 – The village of Saint-Jean-Baptist separates from the village of Côte-Saint-Louis on January 5.
- 1862 – Numismatic and Antiquarian Society formed at Montreal.
- 1862 – Jean-Louis BeaudryJean-Louis BeaudryJean-Louis Beaudry was a Canadian entrepreneur and politician. Beaudry served as mayor of Montreal three times, from 1862 to 1866, from 1877 to 1879, and from 1881 to 1885 for a total time served as mayor of ten years....
is elected Mayor. - 1862 – The Montreal Corn Exchange Association is organized.
- 1862 – Montreal Sailor's Institute founded.
- 1862 – Ocean steamers trading to Montreal have increased from 5,545 tons in 1854, to 62,912; other ocean vessels from 58,416 to 195,348 tons.
- 1862 – January - Military companies organizing throughout Canada.
- 1862 – January 4 - Victoria BridgeVictoria Bridge (Montreal)Victoria Bridge , formerly originally known as Victoria Jubilee Bridge, is a bridge over the St. Lawrence River, linking Montreal, Quebec, to the south shore city of Saint-Lambert....
is guarded tonight, to prevent its destruction, threatened from the USA. - 1862 – January - Lord Monck expects Canadians to wear mourning for Price Albert who died December 14.
- 1862 – April 2 - By-law to establish a Montreal Fire Department.
- 1862 – April 5 - Opening of navigation.
- 1862 – April 28 - The "Shandon" reaches Montreal.
- 1862 – May 20 - The Montreal Water Works are commenced.
- 1862 – May 24 - Ministry gazetted: Hon. J.S. MacDonald, L.V. Sicotte, J. Morris, A.A. Dorion, M.H. Foley, W. McDougall, W.P. Howland, N.J. Tessier, T.D. McGee, F. Evanturel, A. Wilson and J.J.C. Abbott, Q.C., solicitor general for Lower Canada
- 1862 – August 28 - Burial at St. Andrew's, of Simon FraserSimon Fraser (explorer)Simon Fraser was a fur trader and an explorer who charted much of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia. Fraser was employed by the Montreal-based North West Company. By 1805, he had been put in charge of all the company's operations west of the Rocky Mountains...
, discoverer of the Fraser RiverFraser RiverThe Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia at the city of Vancouver. It is the tenth longest river in Canada...
. - 1862 – December 7 - Close of navigation from Montreal
- 1863 – Bounties for USA recruits and substitutes often reach $2,000, inducing kidnapping and contraventions of the British Foreign Enlistment Act, for which heavy bail is exacted. The bonds are estreated, with profit to the Canadian Treasury.
- 1863 – Shipbuilding at Montreal $150,000 in value.
- 1863 – For 16 yrs Montreal's harbourOld Port of MontrealStretching for over two kilometres along the St-Lawrence River in Old Montreal, the Old Port Of Montreal has been the social, economic and cultural soul of Montreal ever since early French fur traders used it as a trading post in 1611...
has been open an average of 238 days: shortest season 224, longest 252 days. - 1863 – A report on the Ottawa and French River Project shows, Chicago to Liverpool, 760 miles less, by Montreal, than by New York.
- 1863 – The Montreal Corn Exchange is incorporated. - T. Cramp, President, H. Lyman, Vice President, and D.A.P. Watt, Treasurer of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan MontrealBoard of Trade of Metropolitan MontrealThe Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal is an association of businesses and businessmen in Greater Montreal. In its own words it serves as "the voice of the business community and of the people of Greater Montreal for all aspects of their economic growth and prosperity"....
. - 1863 – Daily capacity of Montreal's water-works increased from 5 to 9 million gallons by a new turbine wheel.
- 1863 – Eight floating elevators at Montreal discharge hourly 24,000 bushels
- 1863 – Houses built this year in Montreal - 736; in 8 years - 4,014.
- 1863 – Montreal's real estate assessed at $34,832,930; revenue $406,532.
- 1863 – Fire AlarmService de sécurité incendie de MontréalService de sécurité incendie de Montréal is responsible for fire and rescue operations in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. EMS first-response has been available in limited areas since 1976 and to the entire service area since 2009.-History:...
established on January 19. - 1863 – April 25 - Opening of navigation to Montreal
- 1863 – May 12 - Protestant House of Refuge in Montreal incorporated.
- 1863 – June 13 - Eighty-six vessels in port at Montreal
- 1863 – November 20 - Death of Lord ElginJames Bruce, 8th Earl of ElginSir James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, PC , was a British colonial administrator and diplomat...
, formerly Governor of Canada. - 1863 – December 12 - Close of navigation from Montreal.
- 1863 – Art Association of MontrealMontreal Museum of Fine ArtsThe Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is a major museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1860, making it Canada's oldest art institution, it moved to its current location in 1912 thanks to a large donation from businessman James Ross....
, a pioneer Canadian society of artists and art collectors, incorporated. - 1864 – Buildings erected in Montreal - 1,019.
- 1864 – Since 1840 Montreal has expended $1,724,502 on roads.
- 1864 – The Montreal City Passenger Railway Company has 10 miles of track, $240,000 paid capital and carries 1,485,725 passengers at 5 cents each.
- 1864 – Power derived from the Lachine CanalLachine CanalThe Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.The canal gets its name from the French word for China...
only 5.124 horse power. It is estimated that nearly a thousand times that power runs to waste at Lachine RapidsLachine RapidsThe Lachine Rapids are a series of rapids on the Saint Lawrence River, between the Island of Montreal and the south shore. They are located near the former city of Lachine....
. - 1864 – Ocean-going vessels at Montreal at one time - 82.
- 1864 – Gold medals named after Anne Molson, Shakespeare and Sir William Edmond LoganWilliam Edmond LoganSir William Edmond Logan was a Scottish-Canadian geologist.Logan was born in Montreal, Quebec, and educated at the High School in Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh . He started teaching himself geology in 1831, when he took over the running of a copper works in Swansea. He produced a...
are founded as prizes for McGill College students. - 1864 – The Montreal Ocean Steamship LineAllan Line Royal Mail SteamersThe Allan Shipping Line was started in 1819, by Captain Alexander Allan of Saltcoats, Ayrshire, running dry goods from Greenock to sell in Montreal and returning with Canadian produce to sell back in Scotland, a route which quickly became synonymous with the Allan Line...
brings 10,425 passengers from Europe, in an average trip of 12 days and 19 hours. - 1864 – April 13 - Navigation opens at Montreal
- 1864 – April 21 - In a published letter T.D. McGee says of Fenianism:- "Even the threat of assassination, covertly conveyed, and so eminently in keeping with the entire humbug, has no terrors for me. I trust I shall outlive these threats.
- 1864 – St. James the Apostle Anglican ChurchSt. James the Apostle Anglican ChurchSt. James the Apostle Anglican Church is an Anglican church located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its address is at 1439 Sainte-Catherine Street West.- History :...
was first opened for worship in May. - 1864 – June 9 - Absorption of short railways declared dangerous to trade.
- 1864 – June 28 - repeal of the U.S. Fugitive Slave Act.
- 1864 – September - Confederation under discussion; some prefer Union, as tending to community of sentiment.
- 1864 – September 21 - Six companies of Scots Fusilier GuardsScots GuardsThe Scots Guards is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland...
leave Montreal. Present: Col Dyde, Col. Routh, Major Heward, Major Lyman, and Brigade Major McPherson. - 1864 – In October, delegates from across British North America developed the terms for Confederation at a three-week conference in Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
. After the Quebec ConferenceQuebec Conference, 1864The Quebec Conference was the second meeting held in 1864 to discuss Canadian Confederation.The 16 delegates from the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island had agreed at the close of the Charlottetown Conference to meet again at Quebec City October 1864...
, there remained the task of selling Confederation to the citizens. - 1864 – October - C.J. Brydges passes Confederation delegates over the Grand Trunk RailwayGrand Trunk RailwayThe Grand Trunk Railway was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The railway was operated from headquarters in Montreal, Quebec; however, corporate...
. - 1864 – October 29 - Photographer John G. Parks opens his business in Montreal.
- 1864 – November 10 - Continued examination of raiders at Montreal.
- 1864 – November 30 - Hon. Alexander Tilloch GaltAlexander Tilloch GaltSir Alexander Tilloch Galt, GCMG, PC was a politician and a father of Canadian Confederation.He was born in Chelsea, England, the son of Scottish novelist and colonizer, John Galt, and Elizabeth Tilloch Galt. He was a cousin of Sir Hugh Allan.Alexander Galt is interred in the Mount Royal Cemetery...
addresses his constituents on Confederation. - 1864 – December - Mr. Hodges, who helped to build Victoria BridgeVictoria Bridge (Montreal)Victoria Bridge , formerly originally known as Victoria Jubilee Bridge, is a bridge over the St. Lawrence River, linking Montreal, Quebec, to the south shore city of Saint-Lambert....
is pressing Bulstrode peat into bricks, which burn well. - 1864 – December - Close of navigation at Montreal.
- 1864 – A committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New YorkChamber of Commerce of the State of New YorkThe New York Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1768 by twenty New York City merchants, was the first commercial organization of its kind in the country. Attracting the participation of a number of New York's most influential business leaders, such as John Jacob Astor, Peter Cooper, and J...
favours continued reciprocity because it has increased trade to $300,000,000 since 1854. They desire free navigation of the Saint Lawrence RiverSaint Lawrence RiverThe Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
and Great LakesGreat LakesThe Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada – United States border. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface, coming in second by volume...
. - 1865 – Canadian Banks can now stipulate any rate of interest.
- 1865 – The Parliament of Upper CanadaUpper CanadaThe Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
and Lower CanadaLower CanadaThe Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
favors Confederation. - 1865 – Increased intercolonial trade is expected to follow Reciprocity, as it is, this year, over half a million less than in the year before the treaty.
- 1865 – The Sun Life Assurance CompanySun Life FinancialSun Life Financial Inc. is an international financial services company known primarily as a life insurance company. Based in Toronto, Canada, Sun Life and its partners provide insurance, retirement and investment solutions for individuals and businesses around the world including Canada, the United...
of Canada is Incorporated. - 1865 – The Montreal Board of Trade Building erected in 1855 is burned.
- 1865 – William Robb (1836–1915), future treasurer of Montreal enters Montreal's employ.
- 1865 – The Elizabeth Torrance Gold medal for McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
students is founded. - 1865 – April 10 - Opening of navigation at Montreal.
- 1865 – July 11–14 - Convention at Detroit to promote a new Reciprocity treaty. Montrealers attend, but only to give desired information. The Convention passes resolutions favouring a new Reciprocity treaty.
- 1865 – September 27 - Delegation to Montreal to form an Intercolonial Board of Trade.
- 1865 – December 3 - Church of the Gesu opened. It was built and designed by Irish architect Patrick KeelyPatrick KeelyPatrick Charles Keely was an Irish-American architect based in Brooklyn, New York and Providence, Rhode Island...
. - 1865 – December 16 - Close of navigation at Montreal.
- 1866–1966 – Montreal TechnoparcMontreal TechnoparcThe Montreal Technoparc, formerly known as Adacport, is an industrial park and former industrial dump in the Pointe-Saint-Charles neighbourhood of Montreal, between the Champlain and Victoria bridges.-History:...
was used as a landfill and dumpsite from 1866 until 1966, and then was paved to serve as a parking lot for Expo 67Expo 67The 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, as it was commonly known, was the general exhibition, Category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It is considered to be the most successful World's Fair of the 20th century, with the...
. - 1866 – The Montreal Ocean S.S. Co.'s 9 steam-ships are of 20,152 tons register.
- 1866 – The International Bank and the Bank of Upper Canada disappear from official returns. The Union Bank and the Mechanics Bank is listed.
- 1866 – The U.S. dollar is worth 96 cents.
- 1866 – Molson Bank Building, MontrealMolson Bank Building, MontrealThe Molson Bank Building was built at the corner of St. Peter and St. James streets in Old Montreal as the headquarters of the Molson Bank in 1866 by order of founder William Molson . It was the first building in Montreal to be built in the Second Empire style...
built. - 1866 – Tonnage trading to Montreal - 199,053.
- 1866 – The tax-payerselect Henry StarnesHenry StarnesHenry Starnes was a Quebec businessman and political figure.- Biography :He was born in Kingston in Upper Canada in 1816 and studied at the Montreal Academical Institution and the Petit Séminaire de Montréal. He began work with James Leslie's food importing business in Montreal and became a...
to be Mayor of Montreal. - 1866 – The Montreal Glass Co., at Hudson, makes chimneys, bottles and insulators.
- 1866 – British and Canadian School is transferred to the Protestant School Board
- 1866 – March 13 - The Prince of Wales Regiment and Battery of Artillery leave Montreal to repel FenianFenianThe Fenians , both the Fenian Brotherhood and Irish Republican Brotherhood , were fraternal organisations dedicated to the establishment of an independent Irish Republic in the 19th and early 20th century. The name "Fenians" was first applied by John O'Mahony to the members of the Irish republican...
invaders. - 1866 – March 17 - The Canadian-American Reciprocity TreatyCanadian-American Reciprocity TreatyThe Canadian American Reciprocity Treaty, also known as the Elgin-Marcy Treaty, was a trade treaty between the colonies of British North America and the United States. It covered raw materials and was in effect from 1854 to 1865...
terminates - 1866 – April 18 - Opening of navigation at Montreal.
- 1866 – April 29 - The second building of Erskine Church is opened at the corner of Peel StreetPeel Street, MontrealPeel Street is a major north-south street located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Street links Pine Avenue, near Mount Royal, in the north and Smith Street, in the Southwest borough, in the south. The street's southern end is at the Peel Basin of the Lachine Canal...
and Saint Catherine StreetSaint Catherine StreetThis article is about the street in Montreal called the rue Sainte-Catherine in French. For other streets of this name, see Rue Sainte-Catherine .... - 1866 – July 18 - The 47th Regiment reaches Montreal from KingstonKingston, OntarioKingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
. - 1866 – October 30 - Dinner for Sir Georges Cartier at Montreal.
- 1866 – Ogilvy (Montreal)Ogilvy (Montreal)La Maison Ogilvy, commonly known as Ogilvy's , is a prominent department store in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where its store at 1307 Saint Catherine Street West is a retail landmark...
founded. - 1866 – First successful transatlantic telegraph cableTransatlantic telegraph cableThe transatlantic telegraph cable was the first cable used for telegraph communications laid across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. It crossed from , Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island, in western Ireland to Heart's Content in eastern Newfoundland. The transatlantic cable connected North America...
is laid. - 1867 – Canada EastCanada EastCanada East was the eastern portion of the United Province of Canada. It consisted of the southern portion of the modern-day Canadian Province of Quebec, and was primarily a French-speaking region....
becomes the Province of Quebec. - 1867 – The Montreal Presbyterian CollegeThe Presbyterian College, MontrealThe Presbyterian College/Le Collège Presbytérien, 3495 University Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, is a Theological College of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and is affiliated with McGill University through their Faculty of Religious Studies...
is organized and lectures are started at Erskine Church. - 1867 – The Canadian Bank of CommerceCanadian Bank of CommerceThe Canadian Bank of Commerce was a Canadian bank cofounded in 1867 by William McMaster. The Canadian Bank of Commerce opened in Toronto with a charter in 1866 that it purchased from the defunct Bank of Canada, which folded in 1858....
is listed. - 1867 – The Commercial Bank incorporated with the Merchants Bank.
- 1867 – January 11 - Fenians sentenced at TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. - 1867 – March - Cornerstone of St. Patrick's Hall, Montreal, laid
- 1867 – March 29 - The B.N.A. ActBritish North America ActsThe British North America Acts 1867–1975 are the original names of a series of Acts at the core of the constitution of Canada. They were enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom and the Parliament of Canada. In Canada, some of the Acts were amended or repealed by the Constitution Act, 1982....
to confederate the Provinces passes the British Imperial Parliament. - 1867 – April 22 - Late opening of navigation at Montreal
- 1867 – July 1 - The Dominion of Canada is formed by the confederation of several provinces.
- 1867 – August 1 - The 25th Regiment leaves Montreal.
- 1867 – September 3 - The 69th Regiment arrives in Montreal.
- 1867 – November 4 - Parish Church, Montreal, struck by lightningLightningLightning is an atmospheric electrostatic discharge accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms...
. - 1867 – November 6 - The Parliament of the Dominion first meets.
- 1867 – November 18 - Sir John Rose becomes Minister of Finance.
- 1867 – December 6 - Close of navigation at Montreal.
- 1867 – Quebec Liberal Party founded on July 1.
- 1867 – Creation of the Saint-Henri parish starting from the territory of Notre-Dame de Gâce parish.
- 1868 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee was assassinatedAssassinationTo carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
by pistol shot in April. He was given a state funeral in OttawaOttawaOttawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
and interred in the Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges. Patrick J. WhelanPatrick J. WhelanPatrick James Whelan was a tailor and alleged Fenian sympathizer executed following the 1868 assassination of Canadian journalist and politician Thomas D'Arcy McGee....
, a FenianFenianThe Fenians , both the Fenian Brotherhood and Irish Republican Brotherhood , were fraternal organisations dedicated to the establishment of an independent Irish Republic in the 19th and early 20th century. The name "Fenians" was first applied by John O'Mahony to the members of the Irish republican...
sympathizer, was accused, tried, convicted, and hangedHangingHanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain...
for the crime. - 1868 – Burial of Thomas D'Arcy McGee on April 13.
- 1868 – September 11 - His Lordship Bishop FulfordFrancis Fulford (bishop)Francis Fulford, DD was an Anglo-Catholic bishop of Montreal.-Early years:Fulford, second son of Baldwin Fulford of Fulford Magna, Devonshire, by Anna Maria, eldest daughter of William Adams, M.P. for Totnes, was born at Sidmouth 3 June 1803, and baptised at Dunsford, 14 October 1804...
, the first Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of MontrealAnglican Diocese of MontrealThe Diocese of Montreal is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada, in turn a province of the Anglican Communion. The diocese comprises the 21,400 square kilometres encompassing the City and Island of Montreal, the Laurentians, the South Shore opposite...
, died at his residence after a painful illness, and was buried in Mount Royal CemeteryMount Royal CemeteryOpened in 1852, Mount Royal Cemetery is a 165-acre terraced cemetery on the north slope of Mount Royal in the borough of Outremont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The burial ground shares the mountain with the much larger adjacent Roman Catholic cemetery -- Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges...
. - 1869 – First Transcontinental RailroadFirst Transcontinental RailroadThe First Transcontinental Railroad was a railroad line built in the United States of America between 1863 and 1869 by the Central Pacific Railroad of California and the Union Pacific Railroad that connected its statutory Eastern terminus at Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Nebraska The First...
completed on May 10. - 1869 – Red River RebellionRed River RebellionThe Red River Rebellion or Red River Resistance was the sequence of events related to the 1869 establishment of a provisional government by the Métis leader Louis Riel and his followers at the Red River Settlement, in what is now the Canadian province of Manitoba.The Rebellion was the first crisis...
. - 1869 – Eaton'sEaton'sThe T. Eaton Co. Limited was once Canada's largest department store retailer. It was founded in 1869 in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an Irish immigrant. Eaton's grew to become a retail and social institution in Canada, with stores across the country, buying offices across the globe, and a catalogue...
founded. - 1869 – Ignace BourgetIgnace BourgetIgnace Bourget was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic priest who held the title of Bishop of Montreal from 1840 to 1876. Born in Lévis, Quebec in 1799, Bourget entered the clergy at an early age, undertook several courses of religious study, and in 1837 was named co-adjutor bishop of the newly...
refused to let Henrietta Brown, widow of typographer Louis-Joseph Guibord (1809–1869), bury her husband's remains in the Côte-des-Neiges Catholic cemeteryNotre Dame des Neiges CemeteryFounded in 1854, Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges is a 343-acre cemetery located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The entrance and the grounds run along a part of chemin Côte-des-Neiges and up the slopes of Mount Royal...
because he was a member of the Institut canadien de MontréalInstitut canadien de MontréalThe Institut canadien de Montréal was founded on 17 December 1844, by a group of 200 young liberal professionals in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Institute was a public library and debating room for the literary and scientific society, which would later come into conflict with the Roman Catholic...
. Henrietta Brown's lawyer, Joseph Doutre, also member of the Institut canadien de MontréalInstitut canadien de MontréalThe Institut canadien de Montréal was founded on 17 December 1844, by a group of 200 young liberal professionals in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Institute was a public library and debating room for the literary and scientific society, which would later come into conflict with the Roman Catholic...
, ultimately won his case before the Privy CouncilPrivy councilA privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The word "privy" means "private" or "secret"; thus, a privy council was originally a committee of the monarch's closest advisors to give confidential advice on...
on November 28, 1872. (See: Guibord caseGuibord caseBrown v. Les Curé et Marguilliers de l'oeuvre et de la Fabrique de la Paroisse de Montréal, better known as the Guibord case, was a famous decision in 1874 by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in an early Canadian legal dispute over the relationship between church and state...
.) - 1869 – Collège Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur established.
- 1869-83 – Canadian Illustrated NewsCanadian Illustrated NewsThe Canadian Illustrated News was a weekly Canadian illustrated magazine published in Montreal from 1869 to 1883. It was published by George Desbarats....
published. - 1869 – Montreal StarMontreal StarThe Montreal Star was an English-language Canadian newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It folded in 1979 following an eight-month pressmen's strike....
founded.
1870s
- 1870 – Second FenianFenianThe Fenians , both the Fenian Brotherhood and Irish Republican Brotherhood , were fraternal organisations dedicated to the establishment of an independent Irish Republic in the 19th and early 20th century. The name "Fenians" was first applied by John O'Mahony to the members of the Irish republican...
Raid - 1870 – Édifice Merchant's Bank built.
- 1870 – Édifice de la Great Scottish Life Insurance built.
- 1870 – The Shamrock Lacrosse Club wins a game played against the Indians of Caughnawaga. Father Hogan, pastor of St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal, is leader of the Shamrock Lacrosse Club.
- 1870 – Launch of Montrealers Journal: Opinion Publique, by Laurent-Olivier DavidLaurent-Olivier DavidLaurent-Olivier David was a Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician.Born in Sault-au-Récollet, Montreal, Quebec, the son of Stanislas David and Élisabeth Tremblay, David was educated at the Petit Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse and studied law in the Collège Sainte-Marie in Montreal...
. - 1870 – The village of Lachine becomes the town of LachineLachine, QuebecLachine was a city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is now a borough within the city of Montreal.-History:...
. - 1871 – Population of Montreal city is now 107,225 inhabitants.
- 1871 – Foundation of Sun Life by Matthew Hamilton GaultMatthew Hamilton GaultMatthew Hamilton Gault was a Canadian financier and politician.Born in Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland, he migrated to Canada in 1842 with his family settling in Montreal. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1878 election for the riding of Montreal West...
. - 1871 – Visit of the Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of RussiaGrand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of RussiaGrand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia was the sixth child and the fourth son of Alexander II of Russia and his first wife Maria Alexandrovna . Destined to a naval career, Alexei Alexandrovich started his military training at the age of 7...
in December. At Montreal, he had breakfast with the mayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of the city, and then visited LachineLachine, QuebecLachine was a city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is now a borough within the city of Montreal.-History:...
. - 1872 – Montreal ExchangeMontreal ExchangeThe Montreal Exchange or MX is a derivatives exchange, located in Montreal, that trades futures contracts and options on equities, indices, currencies, ETFs, energy and interest rates. Since 1965, it has been located in the Tour de la Bourse , Montreal's third-tallest building...
created. - 1872 – Montreal RoyalsMontreal RoyalsThe Montreal Royals were a minor league professional baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, that existed from 1897–1917 and from 1928–60 as a member of the International League and its progenitor, the original Eastern League...
founded. - 1872-78 – Montreal City HallMontreal City HallThe five-storey Montreal City Hall is the work of architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, and was built between 1872 and 1878 in the Second Empire style. It is located in Old Montreal, between Place Jacques-Cartier and the Champ de Mars, at 275 Notre-Dame Street East...
. - 1872 – November 21 the ceremony of formally presenting to the city the statue of Queen Victoria in Victoria SquareVictoria Square, MontrealVictoria Square is a town square and public space in the Quartier International de Montréal area of downtown Montreal, Quebec, at the intersection of Beaver Hall Hill and McGill Street. The Square forms an integral component of the city's urban public transit system and constitutes a 'prestige...
was performed by Lord Dufferin, the Governor-General. - 1872 – Victoria Memorial (Montreal)Victoria Memorial (Montreal)The Victoria Memorial is a sculpture placed at the centre of the Victoria Square, Montreal.- Overview :The fine statue of the Queen Victoria adorning the Victoria Square is the work of sculptor Marshall Wood , and was unveiled in 1872 by Lord Dufferin, the Governor General of Canada...
unveiled on November 21. - 1873 – Sir George-Étienne CartierGeorge-Étienne CartierSir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet, PC was a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation.The English spelling of the name, George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling, is explained by his having been named in honour of King George III....
died in London, and his funeral in Montreal was the largest ever seen in the city. The expenses of his obsequies were borne by the Dominion Government. - 1873 – École Polytechnique de MontréalÉcole Polytechnique de MontréalThe École Polytechnique de Montréal is an engineering school/faculty affiliated with the University of Montreal in Montreal, Canada. It ranks first in Canada for the scope of its engineering research. It is occasionally referred to as Montreal Polytechnic, although in Quebec English its French...
founded. - 1873-82 – Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes de Montréal built.
- 1874 – May - YWCAYWCAThe YWCA USA is the United States branch of a women's membership movement that strives to create opportunities for women's growth, leadership and power in order to attain a common vision—to eliminate racism and empower women. The YWCA is a non-profit organization, the first of which was founded in...
organized in Montreal. - 1874 – Édifice des Commissaires built.
- 1874 – Saint Helen's IslandSaint Helen's IslandSaint Helen's Island is an island in the Saint Lawrence River, in the territory of the city of Montreal. It is situated immediately southeast of the Island of Montreal, in the extreme southwest of Quebec. It forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago...
became a park in vogue. - 1874 – Shaughnessy House built for Duncan McIntyre by architect William T. Thomas. McIntyre sold it to William Van Horne who in turn sold it to Thomas Shaughnessy The house was declared a national historic site in 1974 and is now part of the Canadian Centre for ArchitectureCanadian Centre for ArchitectureThe Canadian Centre for Architecture is a museum of architecture and research centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Phyllis Lambert is the Founding Director and Chair of the Board of Trustees, and Mirko Zardini is the Director and Chief Curator....
. Shaughnessy VillageShaughnessy VillageShaughnessy Village is a neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, located on the western side of the Ville-Marie borough. It is bounded by Guy Street to the east, Atwater Street to the west, Sherbrooke Street to the north, and René Lévesque Boulevard/Ville-Marie Expressway to the south...
was named for Shaughnessy House. - 1874-78 – The Harbour Commission Building constructed.
- 1875 – Creation of the town Saint-Henri.
- 1875 – The village of Outremont separates from the village of Côte-Saint-Louis.
- 1875 – September 2 - The Guibord caseGuibord caseBrown v. Les Curé et Marguilliers de l'oeuvre et de la Fabrique de la Paroisse de Montréal, better known as the Guibord case, was a famous decision in 1874 by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in an early Canadian legal dispute over the relationship between church and state...
occasions some ill feeling in Montreal, but by the energetic action of Dr. William Hales HingstonWilliam Hales HingstonSir William Hales Hingston, was a Canadian physician, politician, banker, and Senator.- Biography :Born in Hinchinbrooke near Huntingdon, Quebec, he received his MDCM from McGill University in 1851....
, the Mayor, all passed off without any actual disturbance. Louis-Joseph Guibord corpse taken back to Protestant cemetery. - 1875 – Hockey, the game known today, is first played in Montreal in 1875, according to rules devised by James George Aylwin Creighton, a McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
student. - 1875 – Municipality of Verdun is created, detached from the parish of Notre-Dame of Montreal.
- 1875 – June 15 - Formation of the Presbyterian Church in CanadaPresbyterian Church in CanadaThe Presbyterian Church in Canada is the name of a Protestant Christian church, of presbyterian and reformed theology and polity, serving in Canada under this name since 1875, although the United Church of Canada claimed the right to the name from 1925 to 1939...
. - 1875 – Montreal Academy of Music inaugurated.
- 1875 – Montreal and New York City are now linked by train.
- 1875 – Burial of Louis-Joseph Guibord finally accomplished under an armed military escort on November 16.
- 1876 – Dorchester SquareDorchester SquareDorchester Square is a large urban square in downtown Montreal. Together with Place du Canada, the area is just over 21,000 m2 or 2.1 ha of manicured and protected urban parkland bordered by René Lévesque Boulevard to the south, Peel Street to the west, Metcalfe to the east and Dominion Square to...
opened. - 1876 – Place du CanadaPlace du CanadaPlace du Canada is a large urban square in downtown Montreal.- Overview :At it is slightly larger than the adjacent Dorchester Square, with a more varied topography due to a downward slope towards De la Gauchetière Street...
opened. - 1876 – Inauguration of the Mount RoyalMount RoyalMount Royal is a mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the city to which it gave its name.The mountain is part of the Monteregian Hills situated between the Laurentians and the Appalachians...
Park on May 24. - 1876 – Maison Racine built.
- 1876 – Maison Fortin built.
- 1877 – Montreal VictoriasMontreal VictoriasThe Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was an early men's amateur ice hockey club. Its date of origin is ascribed to either 1874, 1877 or 1881, making it either the first or second organized ice hockey club after McGill University. The club played at its own rink, the Victoria Skating...
founded. - 1877 – Thomas George RoddickThomas George RoddickSir Thomas George Roddick was a Canadian surgeon, medical administrator, and politician born in Harbor Grace, Newfoundland-Medical service:...
introduced ListerJoseph Lister, 1st Baron ListerJoseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister OM, FRS, PC , known as Sir Joseph Lister, Bt., between 1883 and 1897, was a British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery, who promoted the idea of sterile surgery while working at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary...
's antiseptic methods to the Montreal General HospitalMontreal General HospitalThe Montreal General Hospital is a hospital in Montreal, Canada, established on May 1, 1819 and an early teaching hospital. First located on the corner of Craig and St-Lawrence Streets with only 24 beds, it moved in 1822 to a new 72-bed building on Dorchester Street. It is currently situated on...
. - 1877 – The first telephone conversation with Quebec.
- 1878 – Université de MontréalUniversité de MontréalThe Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...
is established. - 1878 – Windsor HotelWindsor Hotel (Montreal)The Windsor Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is often considered to be the first grand hotel in Canada, and for decades billed itself as "the best in all the Dominion".-Early years:...
completed. - 1876 – Mount RoyalMount RoyalMount Royal is a mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the city to which it gave its name.The mountain is part of the Monteregian Hills situated between the Laurentians and the Appalachians...
Park opened. - 1878 – St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church (Montreal)St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church (Montreal)St. John the Evangelist is a parish of the Anglican Diocese of Montreal in the Anglican Church of Canada, founded by Father Edmund Wood in 1861; its church is well known in Montreal as the "Red Roof Church", which is also the headquarters of St. Michael's Mission...
built. - 1878 – Foundation of the Royal Golf Club of Montreal.
- 1878 – The village Saint-Louis of the End Mile separates from the village of Côte-Saint-Louis on March 9.
- 1879 – Mary Gallagher of Griffintown was murdered by jealous rival Susan Kennedy on June 27. It was a sensational story. In Victorian times women were regarded as gentle, submissive creatures, and the press had a field day. It's said Gallagher's ghost returns every seven years to haunt the neighbourhood. Kennedy was convicted and sentenced to be hanged on Dec. 5, 1879, but the sentence was commuted and Kennedy was transferred to the Kingston Penitentiary.
- 1879 - In a strange turn of events, Michael Flanagan who was cleared of all charges regarding the death of Mary Gallagher, was loading barges in the Wellington Bassin when he fell and drowned on December 5, the very same day Susan Kennedy was supposed to be hanged. He was interred at the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery (section N, lot number 00764)
- 1879 – The Art Association of MontrealMontreal Museum of Fine ArtsThe Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is a major museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1860, making it Canada's oldest art institution, it moved to its current location in 1912 thanks to a large donation from businessman James Ross....
erected as the result of private generosity, an art gallery in Montreal. - 1879 – Robillard BlockRobillard BlockThe Robillard Block is a landmark building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, situated in Montreal's Chinatown. The building lies on the corner of Viger Street and Saint Laurent Boulevard....
built. - 1879 – Printing of the first edition of the newspaper La PatrieLa PatrieLa Patrie was a Montreal, Quebec daily newspaper founded by Honoré Beaugrand on February 24, 1879. It became a weekly in 1957 and folded in 1978....
by Honoré BeaugrandHonoré BeaugrandHonoré Beaugrand was a Quebec journalist, politician, author and folklorist, born in Berthier County, Quebec....
.
1880s
- 1880 – Bell CanadaBell CanadaBell Canada is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Including its subsidiaries such as Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for telephone and DSL Internet services in most of Canada east of Manitoba and in the northern territories,...
founded. - 1881 – Douglas HospitalDouglas HospitalThe Douglas Mental Health University Institute is a Canadian psychiatric hospital located in the borough of Verdun in the city of Montreal, Quebec. It is also a teaching hospital affiliated with McGill University...
founded on July 19. - 1881 – Population of Montreal city is around 140,700 inhabitants.
- 1881 – Montreal have the autorisation to open a branch of Laval University in Montreal.
- 1881 – Mark TwainMark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
remarked of Montreal that "this is the first time I was ever in a city where you couldn't throw a brick without breaking a church window"; Mark TwainMark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
visited Montreal in November. - 1882 – Redpath MuseumRedpath MuseumThe Redpath Museum is a museum of natural history belonging to McGill University and located on the university's campus at 859 Sherbrooke Street West in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was built in 1882 as a gift from the sugar baron Peter Redpath. It houses collections of interest to ethnology,...
established. - 1882 – Opening of the Montreal-SorelSorel-Tracy, QuebecSorel-Tracy is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada and the geographical end point of the Lake Champlain Valley at the confluence of the Richelieu River and the St. Lawrence River, on the western edge of Lac Saint-Pierre downstream and east of nearby Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006...
railway. - 1882 – Montreal had its first electric lighting.
- 1882 - The Canadian Pacific hires William Cornelius Van HorneWilliam Cornelius Van HorneSir William Cornelius Van Horne, KCMG was a pioneering Canadian railway executive.-Life and career:Born in 1843 in rural Illinois, he moved with his family to Joliet, Illinois when he was eight years old...
as general manager with an annual salary of $50,000. - 1883 – First Winter Carnival in Montreal.
- 1883–1985 – Montreal Locomotive WorksMontreal Locomotive WorksMontreal Locomotive Works was a Canadian railway locomotive manufacturer which existed under several names from 1883–1985, producing both steam and diesel locomotives. For a number of years it was a subsidiary of the American Locomotive Company...
operated. - 1883-84 – Gare Dalhousie built.
- 1884–1933 – Montreal Hockey ClubMontreal Hockey ClubThe Montreal Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was a senior-level men's amateur ice hockey club, organized in 1884. They were affiliated with Montreal Amateur Athletic Association and used the MAAA 'winged wheel' logo. The team is notable for winning the first Stanley Cup in 1893, and in a...
operated. - 1884 – First print of the newspaper La Presse.
- 1884–1920 – Mount Royal Funicular Railway brought sightseers to Mont Royal peak.
- 1885 – The Small-pox epidemic in the summer.
- 1885 – Last Spike (Canadian Pacific Railway)Last Spike (Canadian Pacific Railway)The Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was the final spike driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway at Craigellachie, British Columbia at 9:22 am on November 7, 1885...
on November 7. The last spike is driven by Donald Alexander Smith. - 1885 – The Fraser-Hickson LibraryThe Fraser-Hickson LibraryThe Fraser-Hickson Institute is a private library that provided free services to the Montreal community. It is closed with its collection in storage, pending a decision on a new location.-History:...
opened. - 1885 – Saint-Joachim de Pointe-Claire completed.
- 1885 – A new Young Men's Society hall (community center) is built - it includes a gymnasium, recreation hall, metting hall, library and offices.
- 1885 – A Small Pox Epidemic kills 3,164 Montrealers (over 150,000 inhabitant).
- 1885-86 – Massive flooding and fires recorded in GriffintownGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
. - 1886 – First Trans CanadaCanadian Pacific RailwayThe Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
train departure on June 28. - 1886 – On July 4, the first scheduled Canadian Pacific RailwayCanadian Pacific RailwayThe Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
transcontinental passenger train reached VancouverVancouverVancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, after travelling for five days, 19 hours. It was the first scheduled train to cross Canada from sea to sea. - 1886 – Montreal ShamrocksMontreal ShamrocksThe Montreal Shamrocks were an amateur, later professional, men's ice hockey club in existence from 1886, merging with the Montreal Crystals club in 1896. They won the Stanley Cup ice hockey championship in 1899 and 1900...
founded. - 1886 – Worst flooding recorded - also two major fires.
- 1886 – Dominion Bridge CompanyDominion Bridge CompanyDominion Bridge Company Limited was a Canadian steel bridge constructor originally based in Lachine, Quebec. From the core business of steel bridge component fabrication, the company diversified into related areas such as the fabrication of holding tanks for pulp mills and skyscraper framing.Other...
founded. - 1886-95 – Montreal CrystalsMontreal CrystalsMontreal Crystals were an ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that existed from 1886 to 1895. The Club was a member of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada . The team won the Canadian championship twice. In 1895, the team became the Montreal Shamrocks...
operated. - 1887 – New York Life Insurance Building, Montreal erected.
- 1887–1889 – Windsor Station (Montreal)Windsor Station (Montreal)Windsor Station is a former train station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, formerly serving as the city's Canadian Pacific Railway Station.Windsor Station was the Canadian Pacific Railway's headquarters built between 1887 and 1889. The Romanesque Revival building was designed by New York architect...
built. - 1888 – Parc LafontaineParc LafontaineParc La Fontaine is a 36-hectare urban park located in Montreal's Plateau Mont-Royal district. Named in honour of Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, features include two linked ponds with a fountain and waterfalls; the Théâtre de Verdure open-air venue; the Calixa-Lavallée cultural centre, a monument to...
created. - 1888 – The Mont-Saint-Louis College founded.
- 1888 - William Cornelius Van HorneWilliam Cornelius Van HorneSir William Cornelius Van Horne, KCMG was a pioneering Canadian railway executive.-Life and career:Born in 1843 in rural Illinois, he moved with his family to Joliet, Illinois when he was eight years old...
becomes President of the Canadian Pacific. - 1889 – Montreal Trust CompanyMontreal Trust CompanyMontreal Trust Company was formed in 1889 and 100 years later described itself as "one of Canada's largest trust companies." In 1994, Scotiabank acquired Montreal Trust....
founded. - 1889 – Saint James United Church (Montreal)Saint James United Church (Montreal)Saint James United Church is a heritage church in downtown Montreal, Quebec. It is a Protestant church affiliated with the United Church of Canada. It is located at 463 Saint Catherine Street West between Saint Alexandre and City Councillors Streets , in the borough of Ville-Marie...
built in June.
1890s
- 1890 - In the hospital of the Kingston Penitentiary, Susan Kennedy who had been found guilty of murdering Mary Gallagher in 1879, dies on September 26.
- 1890 – Incorporation of Côte-Saint-AntoineWestmount, QuebecWestmount is a city on the Island of Montreal, an enclave of the city of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada; pop. 20,494; area 4.02 km²; population density of 5,092.56 inhabitants/km²....
. - 1890 – Sanctuaire du Saint-Sacrement built.
- 1891 – Population of Montreal city is around 216,650 inhabitants.
- 1891-94 – Monument national built.
- 1892 – February 1 - The Hon. James McShaneJames McShaneJames McShane was a Canadian businessman and politician. He was mayor of Montreal, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons.-Background:...
is re-elected Mayor of Montreal. - 1892 – February 21 - Death of Ashton OxendenAshton Oxenden-Life:Oxenden was the fifth son of Sir Henry Oxenden, seventh baronet, who died in 1838. His mother was Mary, daughter of Colonel Graham of St. Lawrence, near Canterbury. Oxenden was born at Broome Park, Canterbury, on 20 September 1808....
, formerly Anglican Bishop of MontrealAnglican Diocese of MontrealThe Diocese of Montreal is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada, in turn a province of the Anglican Communion. The diocese comprises the 21,400 square kilometres encompassing the City and Island of Montreal, the Laurentians, the South Shore opposite...
. - 1892 – March 8 - The followers of Hon. Honoré MercierHonoré MercierHonoré Mercier was a lawyer, journalist and politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the ninth Premier of Quebec from January 27, 1887 to December 21, 1891, as leader of the Parti National or Quebec Liberal Party ....
are defeated at the Polls by large majorities. Montreal elects only Conservatives, Hon. J.S. Hall and Messrs. Martineau, Auge, Parizeau, Morris and Kennedy, with majorities from 132 to 2,307. - 1892 – March 28 - Publication of the late J.W. Tempest's will, bequeathing the Art Association of MontrealMontreal Museum of Fine ArtsThe Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is a major museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1860, making it Canada's oldest art institution, it moved to its current location in 1912 thanks to a large donation from businessman James Ross....
about $80,000 - 1892 – April 2 - Secret Cleege Societies are condemned at the McGillMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
Convocation. - 1892 – April 3 - Following three incendiary fires, today Bonsecours MarketBonsecours MarketBonsecours Market , at 350 rue Saint-Paul in Old Montreal, is a two-story domed public market. For more than 100 years, it was the main public market in the Montreal area. It also briefly accommodated the Parliament of United Canada for one session in 1849....
is on fire. Loss $20,000 without insurance. Many fireman are, with difficulty, saved from suffocation. - 1892 – Value of Canada's registered shipping $32,510,775
- 1892 – April 9 - Charles Glackmeyer (1820–1892), for 40 years Montreal's City Clerk (1859–1891), dies.
- 1892 – April 12 - Navigation at Montreal is 5 days earlier than last year
- 1892 – May 20 - Hon. John Smythe HallJohn Smythe HallJohn Smythe Hall was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and editor.Born in Montreal, the son of John Smythe Hall, a lumber merchant, and Emma Brigham, he attended Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec and received a Bachelor of Law degree from McGill University in 1875...
reelectet in Quebec general election, 1892Quebec general election, 1892In the Quebec general election of 1892 on March 8, 1892 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Conservative Party, led by Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville, defeated the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Honoré Mercier.Mercier had been...
. - 1892 – May 24 Hon. John AbbottJohn AbbottSir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, PC, KCMG, QC was the third Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the office for seventeen months, from June 16, 1891 to November 24, 1892. - Life and work :...
, Prime Minister, Premier Oliver MowatOliver MowatSir Oliver Mowat, was a Canadian politician, and the third Premier of Ontario from 1872 to 1896, making him the longest serving premier of that province and the 3rd longest in all of Canadian history...
and Chief Justice Alexandre LacosteAlexandre LacosteSir Alexandre Lacoste, PC was a Canadian lawyer, professor, and politician.He was born in Boucherville, Quebec in 1842, the son of Louis Lacoste. From 1880 to 1923, he was a professor of law at the Université de Montréal.In 1882, he was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec...
are to be knighted - 1892 – June 28- July 1 The Second Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire, held in London, England, at which Sir Donald A. SmithDonald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount RoyalSir Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, GCMG, GCVO, PC, DL was a Scottish-born Canadian fur trader, financier, railroad baron and politician.-Early life:...
and Peter RedpathPeter RedpathPeter Redpath was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist, closely associated with Redpath Sugar.-Biography:...
, Esq., represent the Montreal Board of Trade, while favouring closer commercial relations between the Mother Country and dependencies, regards preferential protection as impolitic and inconsistent with the principals of economy. The Congress favors an Imperial Commercial Code, higher commercial education, decimal money, common weights and measures, and penny postage through the Empire. - 1892 – July - Sir Donald SmithDonald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount RoyalSir Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, GCMG, GCVO, PC, DL was a Scottish-born Canadian fur trader, financier, railroad baron and politician.-Early life:...
desires the inauguration of the Royal Hospital (costing Lord Mount-Stephen and himself $1,000,000) to be a simple taking of possession by the lame and the sick, for whom it is intended. - 1892 – July 4 Hon. Edward BlakeEdward BlakeDominick Edward Blake, PC, QC , known as Edward Blake, was the second Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1871 to 1872 and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1880 to 1887...
reaches Ireland, of which he intends to represent a consituency in the British Imperial Parliament. - 1892 – July 12 Cyrus West FieldCyrus West FieldCyrus West Field was an American businessman and financier who, along with other entrepreneurs, created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858.-Life and career:...
, projector of the transatlantic telegraph cableTransatlantic telegraph cableThe transatlantic telegraph cable was the first cable used for telegraph communications laid across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. It crossed from , Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island, in western Ireland to Heart's Content in eastern Newfoundland. The transatlantic cable connected North America...
, dies. - 1892 – July 19 Montreal grants thirty years' franchise to the Montreal Street Railway Company.
- 1892 – November 30 The Montreal Board of Trade protests against Civil Contracts without tenders.
- 1892 – December 16 Founding of the Montreal Women's Club.
- 1892 – December 30 - The ice-bridges to Montreal are being made passable.
- 1892 – December 31 - Montreal's past year expediture on roads was $959,866.79
- 1892 – December 31 - There have been 1,688 insolvencies with $13,766,191 of liabilities in Canada in twelve months.
- 1892 – The era of public transportation in Montreal began in 1892 with the inauguration of the electric tram. The trams constituted a very practical way to get from one end of the city to the other, especially for workers. They also made possible the development of new neighbourhoods, since workers could then live at some distance from their workplaces.
- 1892 – Baron de Hirsch Cemetery (Montreal)Baron de Hirsch Cemetery (Montreal)The Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, also known as the Baron de Hirsch Affiliated Cemeteries and Baron de Hirsch United Cemeteries, is a Jewish cemetery located on the north side of De la Savane Street, between Mountain Sights and Lindersley Avenues in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Montreal, Quebec,...
established. - 1892 – First electric tramTramA tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...
ways. - 1892 – ViauvilleViauvilleViauville is a is a Montreal neighbourhood in the borough of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. Established in 1892 as a result of an urban plan made by Charles-Théodore Viau and the former city of Maisonneuve, and part of the aforementioned city, Viauville never obtained municipality status.Viauville...
established. - 1893 – Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal established.
- 1893 – Redpath LibraryRedpath LibraryThe Redpath Library was the major arts and humanities library at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. When the McLennan Library was built in 1967-1969 it assumed this role and the Redpath Library was split into Redpath Hall and the Redpath Library--the stack areas...
built. - 1893 – Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
established. - 1893 – The Montreal Amateur Athletic AssociationMontreal AAAMontreal Amateur Athletic Association is Canada's oldest athletic association, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was renamed as the Club Sportif MAA or just MAA in 1999 after a brush with bankruptcy, but is still widely known as the MAAA...
is the first Hockey team to win the newly donated Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
. - 1893 – Schulich Library (one of the 13 branches of the McGill Library) built.
- 1893 – Jacques Cartier MonumentJacques Cartier Monument (Montreal)The Jacques Cartier Monument is a monument in the neighbourhood of St-Henri in Montreal.- Overview :The monument to Jacques Cartier was unveiled in 1893. It was designed by Joseph-Arthur Vincent....
unveiled. - 1894 – Pioneers Monument Obelisk (Montreal) unveiled on May 17.
- 1894 – Mary, Queen of the World CathedralMary, Queen of the World CathedralThe Cathedral-Basilica of Mary, Queen of the World in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is the seat of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Montreal. It is the third largest church in Quebec after St. Joseph's Oratory and the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré east of Quebec City...
consecrated. - 1894 – The Montreal AAAMontreal AAAMontreal Amateur Athletic Association is Canada's oldest athletic association, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was renamed as the Club Sportif MAA or just MAA in 1999 after a brush with bankruptcy, but is still widely known as the MAAA...
win the Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
. - 1894 – The name of Côte-Saint-AntoineWestmount, QuebecWestmount is a city on the Island of Montreal, an enclave of the city of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada; pop. 20,494; area 4.02 km²; population density of 5,092.56 inhabitants/km²....
is officially changed to WestmountWestmount, QuebecWestmount is a city on the Island of Montreal, an enclave of the city of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada; pop. 20,494; area 4.02 km²; population density of 5,092.56 inhabitants/km²....
. - 1894 – Elizabeth BinmoreElizabeth BinmoreElizabeth Binmore was an educationist from Montreal whose notability comes from her career and her important personal firsts in education....
is the first woman graduate of McGill University to obtain the degree of M.A. - 1895 – Jean-Olivier Chénier MonumentJean-Olivier Chénier Monument- Overview :A committee created in 1893 gave Jean-Olivier Chénier his monument in Viger Square in Montreal on April 24, 1895.-Notes:* *...
unveiled on April 24. - 1895 – The Château RamezayChâteau RamezayThe Château Ramezay is a museum and historic building on Notre-Dame Street in Old Montreal, opposite Montreal City Hall.Built in 1705 as the residence of then-governor of Montreal, Claude de Ramezay, the Château was the first building proclaimed as a historical monument in Quebec and is the...
is turned into a museum. - 1895 – The Montreal VictoriasMontreal VictoriasThe Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was an early men's amateur ice hockey club. Its date of origin is ascribed to either 1874, 1877 or 1881, making it either the first or second organized ice hockey club after McGill University. The club played at its own rink, the Victoria Skating...
win the Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
in 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898. - 1895 – The Macdonald MonumentMacdonald MonumentThe Macdonald Monument is a monument of sculptor George E. Wade located at Place du Canada in Montreal.- History :This monument in memory of John A. Macdonald was unveiled by Earl of Aberdeen, Governor General of Canada on June 6, 1895....
in memory of John A. MacdonaldJohn A. MacdonaldSir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...
was unveiled by Earl of AberdeenJohn Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and TemairJohn Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC , known as The Earl of Aberdeen from 1870 to 1916, was a Scottish politician...
, Governor General of CanadaGovernor General of CanadaThe Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...
on June 6. - 1895 – The Maisonneuve MonumentMaisonneuve MonumentThe Maisonneuve Monument is a monument by sculptor Louis-Philippe Hébert built in 1895 at Place d'Armes in Montréal.- History :This monument in memory of Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, founder of Montreal, was unveiled on July 1, 1895, as part of the celebrations for the 250th anniversary of...
in memory of Paul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul Chomedey de MaisonneuvePaul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...
, by artist Louis-Philippe HébertLouis-Philippe HébertLouis-Philippe Hébert was the son of Théophile Hébert, a farmer, and Julie Bourgeois of Ste-Sophie de Mégantic, Quebec. Louis-Philippe Hébert was a sculptor who sculpted forty monuments, busts, medals and statues in wood, bronze and terra-cotta. He taught at the Conseil des arts et manufactures in...
, was opened on July 1 in the Place d'ArmesPlace d'ArmesPlace d'Armes is a square in Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:Place d'Armes is the second oldest public site in Montreal, it was called Place de la Fabrique when it was first developed in 1693, at the request of the Sulpicians, then later renamed Place d'Armes in 1721 when...
square. - 1895 – The village of Outremont becomes the town of Outremont.
- 1895 – Birth of the "École Littéraire de Montréal" (AKA Literary School of Montreal).
- 1895 – The village Saint-Louis of the End Mile becomes the town of Saint-LouisSaint-Louis, QuebecSaint-Louis is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Regional County Municipality of Les Maskoutains. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 726.-Population:Population trend-Language:Mother tongue language ...
on November 21. - 1895 – The prisonPied-du-Courant PrisonThe Pied-du-Courant Prison is a building in Montreal, Quebec near the Saint Lawrence River and the Jacques-Cartier Bridge.- Overview :A former prison, it now houses offices of the Société des alcools du Québec, the state-owned liquor board in Quebec. It saw the incarceration and execution by...
governor's residence was built and named after Charles-Amédée-Vallée, the last governor of the Montreal prison. - 1896 – Carmel de Montréal built.
- 1896 – Creation of the Villeray village on October 30.
- 1896 – Motion Pictures are first shown in Canada for the first time at the Palace Theatre at 972 St. Lawrence at Viger, on June 27.
- 1897 – Lion of Belfort (Montreal)Lion of Belfort (Montreal)The Lion of Belfort is a monument at Dorchester Square in Downtown Montreal.- Overview :The Lion of Belfort is a reclining British Imperial Lion, facing East towards the United Kingdom. The Lion appears reposed, calm and alert—indicating the city is safe...
unveiled on May 24. - 1897 – A survey of living conditions is conducted by Mr. Herbert Brown Ames. He graphically points out the discrepancy in living conditions between wealthy areas of Montreal ('the upper city') and the areas inhabited by the working-class ('the city below the hill'): "The sanitary accommodation of 'the city below the hill' is a disgrace to any nineteenth century city on this or any other continent. I presume there is hardly a house in all the upper city without modern plumbing, and yet in the lower city not less than half the homes have indoor water-closet privileges. In GriffintownGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
only one home in four is suitably equipped, beyond the canal (in Pointe-Saint-CharlesPointe-Saint-CharlesPointe-Saint-Charles is a neighbourhood in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Geography:...
) it is but little better. Our city by-law prohibits the erection of further out-door closets, but it contains no provision for eradicating those already in use. With sewers in almost every street, no excuse for permitting this state of affairs to continue now exists, except it lies in neglect and in greed." - 1897 – Foundation of Builder' S Exchange which became Montreal Association construction.
- 1897 – Paul BruchésiPaul BruchésiLouis Joseph Napoléon Paul Bruchési, was a Canadian prelate.Ordained as a priest in 1878, he was appointed Archbishop in 1897. Both these appointments were in the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Montréal...
became bishop of Montreal. - 1897 – Canadian Car and FoundryCanadian Car and FoundryCanadian Car and Foundry also variously known as "Canadian Car & Foundry," or more familiarly as "Can Car," manufactured buses, railroad rolling stock and later aircraft for the Canadian market...
history goes back to 1897, but the main company was established in 1909 from an amalgamation of several companies and later became part of Hawker Siddeley CanadaHawker Siddeley CanadaHawker Siddeley Canada was the Canadian unit of the Hawker Siddeley Group of the United Kingdom and manufactured railcars, subway cars, streetcars, aircraft engines and ships from the 1960s to 1980s.-History:...
through the purchase of Avro CanadaAvro CanadaCommonly known as Avro Canada, this company started in 1945 as an aircraft plant and became within thirteen years the third-largest company in Canada, one of the largest 100 companies in the world, and directly employing over 50,000...
in the late 1950s. - 1898 – Place VigerPlace VigerPlace Viger was both a grand hotel and railway station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, constructed in 1898 and named after Jacques Viger, Montreal's first mayor...
constructed. - 1898 – Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de MontréalHôpital du Sacré-Cœur de MontréalThe Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal is a hospital in the Cartierville neighbourhood of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada.It is one of the largest teaching hospitals affiliated with the Université de Montréal, and one of the largest hospitals in Quebec....
founded on June 1. - 1898 – Montreal ArenaMontreal ArenaThe Montreal Arena, also known as Westmount Arena, was an indoor arena located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on the corner of St. Catherine Street and Wood Avenue. It was likely one of the first arenas designed expressly for hockey, opening in 1898...
opened on December 31. - 1898 – London and Lancashire Life Building, MontrealLondon and Lancashire Life Building, MontrealThe London and Lancashire Life Building was built in 1898 by architect Edward Maxwell for the London and Lancashire Life Association of Scotland....
completed. - 1898–1903 – Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church built.
- 1899 – The Montreal ShamrocksMontreal ShamrocksThe Montreal Shamrocks were an amateur, later professional, men's ice hockey club in existence from 1886, merging with the Montreal Crystals club in 1896. They won the Stanley Cup ice hockey championship in 1899 and 1900...
win the Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
. - 1899 – Incorporation of Loyola CollegeLoyola College (Montreal)Loyola College was a Jesuit college in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It ceased to exist when it was incorporated into Concordia University in 1974. A portion of the original College remains as a separate entity called Loyola High School....
on March 10. - 1899 – October 30 - The First Canadian Contingent of the Boer Wars, sets sail to South Africa on the SS Sardinian, of the Allan Line, bearing Canada's initial quota of fighting men, including the men of "E Company" of Montreal.
- 1899 – In the afternoon of November 21, Montrealers saw the first car. At the wheel of this first steam-powered automobile was Ucal-Henri Dandurand, accompanied by the mayor Raymond PréfontaineRaymond PréfontaineJoseph Raymond Fournier Préfontaine, PC was a Canadian politician.- Biography :Born in Longueuil, Quebec, he studied at the law faculty of McGill College and was called to the bar in 1873. He was created a Queen's Counsel in 1899.In 1875, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for...
. There they sat in the new machine, descending Côte du Beaver HallBeaver Hall GroupThe Beaver Hall Group was a Montreal based assemblage of Canadian female painters formed in May 1920 by artists who had met while studying art at a school run by Art Association of Montreal ....
without difficulty and climbing back up through the streets in the same fashion. The first car weighed between 500 and 600 pounds and reached the dizzying speed of 15 to 20 km per hour! - 1899 – Édifice La Presse built.
- 1899 – CCM (hockey) founded.
- 1899 – Construction of a dam in the Old Port of MontrealOld Port of MontrealStretching for over two kilometres along the St-Lawrence River in Old Montreal, the Old Port Of Montreal has been the social, economic and cultural soul of Montreal ever since early French fur traders used it as a trading post in 1611...
: there will be no more flooding. - 1900 – Re-election of Raymond PréfontaineRaymond PréfontaineJoseph Raymond Fournier Préfontaine, PC was a Canadian politician.- Biography :Born in Longueuil, Quebec, he studied at the law faculty of McGill College and was called to the bar in 1873. He was created a Queen's Counsel in 1899.In 1875, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for...
to Montreal City HallMontreal City HallThe five-storey Montreal City Hall is the work of architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, and was built between 1872 and 1878 in the Second Empire style. It is located in Old Montreal, between Place Jacques-Cartier and the Champ de Mars, at 275 Notre-Dame Street East...
on February 1. - 1900 – Desjardins Group founded.
- 1900 – The Montreal ShamrocksMontreal ShamrocksThe Montreal Shamrocks were an amateur, later professional, men's ice hockey club in existence from 1886, merging with the Montreal Crystals club in 1896. They won the Stanley Cup ice hockey championship in 1899 and 1900...
win the Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
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20th century
- 1901 – Montreal Light, Heat & PowerMontreal Light, Heat & PowerThe Montreal Light, Heat and Power Company was a utility company operating the electric and gas distribution monopoly in the area of Montreal, Quebec, Canada until its nationalization by the government of Quebec in 1944, under a law creating the Quebec Hydroelectric Commission, also known as...
established. - 1901 – Population of Montreal city is around 267,730 inhabitants.
- 1901 – The city counted 1033 men and 4 women in Chinese community. Clustered together along Saint Laurent Boulevard and De la Gauchetière StreetDe la Gauchetière StreetDe la Gauchetière Street is a street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running through downtown Montreal, the Quartier international and Chinatown....
, the Chinese establishments served as living quarters as well for the first Chinese and, from the end of the 19th century onwards, constituted a distinctive neighbourhood: ChinatownChinatown, MontrealChinatown in Montreal is located in the area of De la Gauchetière Street in Montreal. The neighborhood contains many Asian restaurants, food markets, and convenience stores as well being home to many of Montreal's East Asian community centres, such as the Montreal Chinese Hospital and the Montreal...
. - 1901 – The Mount Royal CemeteryMount Royal CemeteryOpened in 1852, Mount Royal Cemetery is a 165-acre terraced cemetery on the north slope of Mount Royal in the borough of Outremont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The burial ground shares the mountain with the much larger adjacent Roman Catholic cemetery -- Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges...
Company established the first crematorium in Canada. - 1901-09 – Saint-Édouard Church built.
- 1901–1903 – Église Saint-Léon de Westmount built.
- 1902 – The Montreal AAAMontreal AAAMontreal Amateur Athletic Association is Canada's oldest athletic association, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was renamed as the Club Sportif MAA or just MAA in 1999 after a brush with bankruptcy, but is still widely known as the MAAA...
win the Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
. - 1902 – Election of James CochraneJames CochraneJames Cochrane was a Canadian construction contractor and politician, the Mayor of Montreal, Quebec between 1902 and 1904....
to Montreal City HallMontreal City HallThe five-storey Montreal City Hall is the work of architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, and was built between 1872 and 1878 in the Second Empire style. It is located in Old Montreal, between Place Jacques-Cartier and the Champ de Mars, at 275 Notre-Dame Street East...
on February 1. - 1902 – Rio Tinto Alcan founded.
- 1903 – The Montreal Stock Exchange commissioned the architect George B. PostGeorge B. PostGeorge Browne Post was an American architect trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition.-Biography:Post was a student of Richard Morris Hunt , but unlike many architects of his generation, he had previously received a degree in civil engineering...
, to design its building on St. François-Xavier Street. Montreal Stock Exchange would occupy the building from 1904 to 1965. Today, the Centaur TheatreCentaur TheatreThe Centaur Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Montreal, Quebec. It was founded in 1969 by The Centaur Foundation for the Performing Arts with Maurice Podbrey as the Artistic and Executive Director, and Herb Auerbach as Chairman of the Board....
is in the building. - 1903 – Monument to Ignace BourgetIgnace BourgetIgnace Bourget was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic priest who held the title of Bishop of Montreal from 1840 to 1876. Born in Lévis, Quebec in 1799, Bourget entered the clergy at an early age, undertook several courses of religious study, and in 1837 was named co-adjutor bishop of the newly...
was unveiled in front of Mary, Queen of the World CathedralMary, Queen of the World CathedralThe Cathedral-Basilica of Mary, Queen of the World in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is the seat of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Montreal. It is the third largest church in Quebec after St. Joseph's Oratory and the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré east of Quebec City...
on June 24. Sculptor Louis-Philippe HébertLouis-Philippe HébertLouis-Philippe Hébert was the son of Théophile Hébert, a farmer, and Julie Bourgeois of Ste-Sophie de Mégantic, Quebec. Louis-Philippe Hébert was a sculptor who sculpted forty monuments, busts, medals and statues in wood, bronze and terra-cotta. He taught at the Conseil des arts et manufactures in...
. - 1903 – General strike by the trams employees of Montreal on February 6.
- 1903 – Ignace Bourget MonumentIgnace Bourget MonumentThe Ignace Bourget Monument is a monument of Louis-Philippe Hébert located in front of Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral in Montreal.- Overview :...
unveiled on June 24. - 1903 – The building of the Centre d'histoire de Montréal was erected.
- 1903 – Ancienne bibliothèque centrale completed.
- 1903 – Foundation of the Insurance Company "La sauvegarde".
- 1903 – Old Central Library opened.
- 1903 – CMC ElectronicsCMC ElectronicsCMC Electronics Inc. is a Canadian electronics company. The company's corporate head office is located in Montreal, Quebec, with additional facilities located in Ottawa, Ontario and Sugar Grove, Illinois.- History :...
founded. - 1904 – Montreal Children's HospitalMontreal Children's HospitalThe Montreal Children's Hospital is a tertiary care pediatric teaching Hospital affiliated with the McGill University Health Centre. It is also the only pediatric facility serving the McGill Réseau Universitaire Intégré Santé...
founded. - 1904 – CPR Angus ShopsCPR Angus ShopsThe CPR Angus Shops in Montreal were a railcar manufacturing, repairing and selling facility of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The most of its production consisted of passenger cars, freight cars and locomotives. Built in 1904, and named for founder, Richard B...
built. - 1904 – Election of Hormidas LaporteHormidas LaporteSir Hormidas Laporte, PC was a Montreal businessman and financier. He served as Mayor of Montreal from 1904 to 1906.- Biography :...
to Montreal town hall on February 18. - 1904 – During the federal electionCanadian federal election, 1904The Canadian federal election of 1904 was held on November 3 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Canada...
, Léo-Ernest OuimetLéo-Ernest OuimetLéo-Ernest Ouimet was a Canadian film pioneer.- Early life :Ouimet was born on March 16, 1877 in Laval, Quebec. He planned a career in electrical engineering but stumbled upon showbusiness by chance in 1901, when Le Theatre National in Montreal asked him to rewire the theatre building...
used his kinetoscopeKinetoscopeThe Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device. Though not a movie projector—it was designed for films to be viewed individually through the window of a cabinet housing its components—the Kinetoscope introduced the basic approach that would become the standard for all cinematic...
to project election results on to the front wall of the newspaper La PatrieLa PatrieLa Patrie was a Montreal, Quebec daily newspaper founded by Honoré Beaugrand on February 24, 1879. It became a weekly in 1957 and folded in 1978....
. - 1905 – The name Saint Laurent Boulevard was made official.
- 1905 – A bylawBylawBy-law can refer to a law of local or limited application passed under the authority of a higher law specifying what things may be regulated by the by-law...
made Saint Laurent Boulevard the dividing line between the city's eastern and western sections. Street numbers begin at Saint Lawrence RiverSaint Lawrence RiverThe Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
and continue outward, with street names being suffixed by Ouest (West) or Est (East), depending on their orientation. - 1905 – Annexation Villeray village to Montreal city on September 11.
- 1905 – Annexation of Saint-HenriSaint-HenriSaint-Henri is a neighbourhood in southwestern Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest.Saint-Henri is usually considered to be bounded to the east by avenue Atwater, to the west by Autoroute 15, to the north by Autoroute 720, and to the south by the Lachine Canal.- Description...
city to Montreal city on November 27. - 1905 – Dominion TextileDominion TextileThe Dominion Textile Inc. or Domtex was a major Canadian textile manufacturer that was founded in 1905 and closed in 1998 when its remains were purchased by the American Polymer Group, at the time headed by Jerry Zucker....
founded. - 1906 – Opening of the first cinema in Montreal. OuimetoscopeOuimetoscoperight|frame|Photograph of the Ouimetoscope as it existed in 1908|120pxThe Ouimetoscope was the first Canadian theater dedicated exclusively to showing movies....
inaugurated on January 1. - 1906 – The Montreal WanderersMontreal WanderersThe Montreal Wanderers were a Canadian amateur, and later becoming a professional men's ice hockey team. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League , the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , the National Hockey Association and briefly the National Hockey League . The Wanderers are...
win the Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
. - 1906 – Dominion ParkDominion ParkDominion Park was an amusement park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, situated between Notre-Dame Street and the Saint Lawrence River in the early twentieth century. The park opened in 1906 and was shuttered in 1937, surviving two fires, in 1913 and 1919. It was owned by the Montreal Suburban Tramway...
opened. - 1906 – First demonstration of a zeppelinZeppelinA Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship pioneered by the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century. It was based on designs he had outlined in 1874 and detailed in 1893. His plans were reviewed by committee in 1894 and patented in the United States on 14 March 1899...
in Montreal. - 1906 – Bordeaux-CartiervilleBordeaux-CartiervilleBordeaux-Cartierville is a district of Montreal, Canada in the administrative borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville. It is bordered to the north by the Rivière des Prairies, to the east by the district of Ahuntsic., to the south by Villeray, Park-Extension, Mount Royal and Saint-Laurent and to the west...
became a village. - 1906 – The McGillMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
Student Union Building opened. In 1965, it was decided that the old Student Union Building would be the new home of the McCord MuseumMcCord MuseumThe McCord Museum is a public research and teaching museum dedicated to the preservation, study, diffusion, and appreciation of Canadian history...
. - 1906 – Dominion Car and FoundryDominion Car and FoundryDominion Car and Foundry was a railcar maker based in Montreal and later merged to form Canadian Car and Foundry.DCF's history dates back before the company's formal incorporation in 1906. In 1902 Simplex Railway and Appliance Company of Hammond, Indiana established a factory in St...
incorporated. - 1906-09 – Old Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, MontrealOld Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, MontrealThe Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Building is a building at 265 Saint-Jacques Street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:The building was erected in was built in 1906-1909...
built. - 1907 – The village of Verdun becomes the town of Verdun on February 28.
- 1907 – Boer War MemorialBoer War Memorial (Montreal)The Boer War Memorial is a monument of sculptor George W. Hill located at Dorchester Square in Downtown Montreal.- Overview :The Boer War Memorial, sculpted by George W. Hill was unveiled at the Dominion Square on May 24, 1907...
unveiled on May 24. - 1907 – Inauguration of Blue Bonnets Horse RaceHippodrome de MontréalBlue Bonnets Raceway was a horse racing track and casino in Montreal, Canada. After 137 years of operation, it closed in October 2009.-History:...
yard on June 14. - 1907 – The Montreal WanderersMontreal WanderersThe Montreal Wanderers were a Canadian amateur, and later becoming a professional men's ice hockey team. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League , the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , the National Hockey Association and briefly the National Hockey League . The Wanderers are...
win the Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
. - 1907 – Head Office of Royal Bank of CanadaRoyal Bank of CanadaThe Royal Bank of Canada or RBC Financial Group is the largest financial institution in Canada, as measured by deposits, revenues, and market capitalization. The bank serves seventeen million clients and has 80,100 employees worldwide. The company corporate headquarters are located in Toronto,...
moved from Halifax to MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. - 1907 – Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-JustineCentre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-JustineThe Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine is a pediatric university health centre affiliated with the Université de Montréal, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
founded. - 1907 – Canadian Express built.
- 1907 – Davis House (later Purvis Hall) built for Mortimer DavisMortimer DavisSir Mortimer Barnett Davis was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist.Born in Montreal, Quebec, to Samuel Davis and Minnie Falk Davis, he graduated from High School of Montreal and then joined his elder brothers Eugene Harmon and Maurice Edward in the family's cigar business, S. Davis and Sons....
; arhitect Robert FindlayRobert FindlayRobert Findlay was a Canadian architect. He was born in Inverness, Scotland, and moved to Montreal in 1885. He won the competition for the first Sun Life Building, and was the architect for the project, which he began in 1890...
. - 1907-12 – Ross and MacdonaldRoss and MacdonaldRoss and Macdonald was one of Canada's most notable architecture firms in the early 20th century. Based in Montreal, Quebec, the firm originally operated as a partnership between George Allen Ross and David MacFarlane from 1907 to 1912. MacFarlane retired in 1913, and Robert Henry Macdonald...
operated. - 1908 – Election of Louis PayetteLouis PayetteLouis Payette was a Canadian construction contractor and politician, the Mayor of Montreal, Quebec between 1908 and 1910....
to Montreal City HallMontreal City HallThe five-storey Montreal City Hall is the work of architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, and was built between 1872 and 1878 in the Second Empire style. It is located in Old Montreal, between Place Jacques-Cartier and the Champ de Mars, at 275 Notre-Dame Street East...
on February 3. - 1908 – The Montreal WanderersMontreal WanderersThe Montreal Wanderers were a Canadian amateur, and later becoming a professional men's ice hockey team. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League , the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , the National Hockey Association and briefly the National Hockey League . The Wanderers are...
win the Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
. - 1908 – Bens De Luxe Delicatessen & Restaurant opened.
- 1908 – The statue of John YoungJohn Young (Canadian politician)John Young was a member of the Parliament of Canada.- Early life :Young was born in Ayr, Scotland. His family had no particular social position or money. His father William was a cooper by trade....
was erected. It is the work of sculptor Louis-Philippe HébertLouis-Philippe HébertLouis-Philippe Hébert was the son of Théophile Hébert, a farmer, and Julie Bourgeois of Ste-Sophie de Mégantic, Quebec. Louis-Philippe Hébert was a sculptor who sculpted forty monuments, busts, medals and statues in wood, bronze and terra-cotta. He taught at the Conseil des arts et manufactures in...
. - 1909 – March 17 Run-away Train crashes into Windsor Station (Montreal)Windsor Station (Montreal)Windsor Station is a former train station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, formerly serving as the city's Canadian Pacific Railway Station.Windsor Station was the Canadian Pacific Railway's headquarters built between 1887 and 1889. The Romanesque Revival building was designed by New York architect...
. - 1909 – December 4 - Montreal CanadiensMontreal CanadiensThe Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
are founded - 1909 – Jubilee ArenaJubilee ArenaThe Jubilee Arena also known as Jubilee Rink was an indoor arena located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was located at the corner of St. Catherine Street East and Moreau Street...
opened. - 1909 – Jeanne Mance MonumentJeanne Mance Monument- Overview :The monument by Louis-Philippe Hébert portrays Jeanne Mance comforting an injured colonist.The monument to Jeanne Mance was unveiled on September 2, 1909, in front of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal. In 1909 was celebrated the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first three hospital...
unveiled on September 2. - 1909 – Annexation of Saint-Louis city to Montreal city on November 31.
- 1909 – Canada Car CompanyCanada Car CompanyCanada Car Company was a railcar manufacturer based in Turcot, Quebec , and later merged with several other companies to form Canadian Car and Foundry in 1909.Canada Car Company was incorporated January 1905 with W.P...
merged with several other companies to form Canadian Car and FoundryCanadian Car and FoundryCanadian Car and Foundry also variously known as "Canadian Car & Foundry," or more familiarly as "Can Car," manufactured buses, railroad rolling stock and later aircraft for the Canadian market...
. - 1908-10 – Côte-des-NeigesCôte-des-NeigesCôte-des-Neiges is a working class neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, situated at the geographic center of the Island of Montreal on the western slope of Mount Royal. The neighbourhood is part of the borough Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce...
annexed. - 1909-56 – The Montreal and Southern Counties RailwayMontreal and Southern Counties RailwayThe Montreal and Southern Counties Railway Company was an interurban streetcar line that ran between Montreal and Granby until 1956. A second branch served the city of Longueuil....
was an interurbanInterurbanAn interurban, also called a radial railway in parts of Canada, is a type of electric passenger railroad; in short a hybrid between tram and train. Interurbans enjoyed widespread popularity in the first three decades of the twentieth century in North America. Until the early 1920s, most roads were...
streetcar line that ran between MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
and GranbyGranby, QuebecGranby is a city in southwestern Quebec, located east of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 47,637. Granby is the seat of La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. It is the fifth most populated city in Montérégie after Longueuil, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Brossard and...
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1910s
- 1910 – Foundation of the newspaper Le DevoirLe DevoirLe Devoir is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and the rest of Canada. It was founded by journalist, politician, and nationalist Henri Bourassa in 1910....
on January 10. - 1910 – Election of James J. Guerin to Montreal town hall on February 1.
- 1910 – The Montreal WanderersMontreal WanderersThe Montreal Wanderers were a Canadian amateur, and later becoming a professional men's ice hockey team. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League , the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , the National Hockey Association and briefly the National Hockey League . The Wanderers are...
win the Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
. - 1910 – Maisonneuve ParkMaisonneuve ParkMaisonneuve park is an urban park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough.Established in 1910, it is 118 hectares in size, with 38 hectares occupied by the Montreal Botanical Garden and Montreal Insectarium, 55 hectares by a nine-hole public golf course and the...
established. - 1910 – AhuntsicAhuntsicAhuntsic is a district in the northern part of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Originally an independent village, Ahuntsic was annexed by Montreal in 1910. It is now part of the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville....
annexed to Montreal. - 1910 – Adoption of a bill allowing multiples annexations of suburb town of Montreal on June 4.
- 1910 – Côte-Saint-PaulCôte-Saint-PaulCôte-Saint-Paul is a neighbourhood located in the Southwest Borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:The concession of côte Saint-Paul was granted by the Sulpician Order, seigneurs of the Island of Montreal, in 1662...
merged into the city of Montreal at the same time as neighbouring Ville-Émard. - 1910 – Great Eucharistic Congress in Montreal on September 6.
- 1911 – The McGill DailyThe McGill DailyThe McGill Daily is a campus newspaper created and run by students of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The paper was first published in 1911.The paper was originally published daily, but is now issued twice a week...
founded. - 1911 – SNC-LavalinSNC-LavalinSNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is a large Canadian engineering firm. It is one of the ten largest engineering firms in the world and is based in Montreal, Quebec. It formed in 1991 from the merger of SNC and the failing Lavalin, another Quebec based engineering firm....
founded. - 1911 – Église Saint-Viateur d'Outremont built.
- 1911 – Shaw and Décary buy in one day the grounds of the future town of Mount-Royal for Canadian National RailwayCanadian National RailwayThe Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....
. - 1911 – SNC-LavalinSNC-LavalinSNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is a large Canadian engineering firm. It is one of the ten largest engineering firms in the world and is based in Montreal, Quebec. It formed in 1991 from the merger of SNC and the failing Lavalin, another Quebec based engineering firm....
founded. - 1911 – John Young MonumentJohn Young MonumentThe John Young Monument is a monument of sculptor Louis-Philippe Hébert located at the Old Port of Montreal.- Overview :This monument in memory of John Young was erected in front of the port in 1908, on the initiative of the John Young Memorial Committee. It was moved to its current location in...
unveiled on October 4; it was built in 1908. - 1912 – The Sulpicians open their library on Saint Denis StreetSaint Denis StreetSaint Denis Street is a major north-south thoroughfare in Montreal, Quebec.The street itself extends from the Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel on Saint Paul Street in Old Montreal to the bank of the Rivière des Prairies at the north end of the island...
. - 1912 – Calvary Congregational Church and Bethlehem Congregational Church unite under the Calvary name.
- 1912 – Election of Louis-Arsène LavalléeLouis-Arsène LavalléeLouis-Arsène Lavallée was a Mayor of Montreal, Canada....
to Montreal City HallMontreal City HallThe five-storey Montreal City Hall is the work of architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, and was built between 1872 and 1878 in the Second Empire style. It is located in Old Montreal, between Place Jacques-Cartier and the Champ de Mars, at 275 Notre-Dame Street East...
on February 1. - 1912 – April 15 - The sinking of the steamship Titanic with a number of Montrealers on board.
- 1912 – September 3 - Jack Haney on "The first Trans-Canada Auto trip" (Halifax: August 27, 1912, to Victoria: October 17, 1912) arrives in Montreal.
- 1912 – December 31 - Ritz-Carlton MontrealRitz-Carlton MontrealThe Ritz-Carlton Montréal is a 229 room luxury hotel situated at 1228 Sherbrooke Street West in Montréal, Quebec. This Montreal property is not part of the widely-known Ritz-Carlton hotel chain. It has forty-eight suites including a "Royal Suite" and a "Presidential Suite"...
opens. - 1912 – Montreal Pool RoomMontreal Pool RoomThe Montreal Pool Room is a Montreal hot dog and French fry restaurant, located in the city's small red-light district on Saint Laurent Boulevard, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
opened. - 1912 – Saint Helen's IslandSaint Helen's IslandSaint Helen's Island is an island in the Saint Lawrence River, in the territory of the city of Montreal. It is situated immediately southeast of the Island of Montreal, in the extreme southwest of Quebec. It forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago...
Lighthouse built. It is located below the Fort de l'Île Sainte-HélèneFort de l'Île Sainte-HélèneThe Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène, an historic site on Saint Helen's Island that belongs to the city of Montreal, Quebec, was constructed in the early 1820s as an arsenal in the defensive chain of forts built to protect Canada from a threat of American invasion. Although not heavily fortified, it...
at the west side of the island in Montreal harborOld Port of MontrealStretching for over two kilometres along the St-Lawrence River in Old Montreal, the Old Port Of Montreal has been the social, economic and cultural soul of Montreal ever since early French fur traders used it as a trading post in 1611...
. - 1912 – Montreal Museum of Fine ArtsMontreal Museum of Fine ArtsThe Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is a major museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1860, making it Canada's oldest art institution, it moved to its current location in 1912 thanks to a large donation from businessman James Ross....
moved into its present home, a neoclassical building designed by Edward and W.S. Maxwell. A new wing opened in 1976. - 1912 – Nesbitt, Thomson and CompanyNesbitt, Thomson and CompanyNesbitt Thomson and Company is a former Canadian stock brokerage firm founded in 1912 by Arthur J. Nesbitt and Peter A. T. Thomson. The company was headquartered on St. James Street in Montreal, Quebec and its success helped make the area the financial centre of Canada.In 1987, Nesbitt Thomson was...
founded. - 1912-13 – Montreal Municipal Court built. It was opened in January 1914.
- 1912-14 – Maisonneuve Market is built. This Beaux-Arts building is the crowning achievement of well-known architect Marius Dufresne.
- 1912–2004 – J B LefebvreJ B LefebvreJ B Lefebvre was a Quebec shoe store retailer that existed from 1912 to 2004. In 1947 it had nineteen stores....
operated. - 1913 – May 29 - The sinking of the steamship Empress of Ireland with a number of Montrealers on board.
- 1913 – Establishment of a permanent troop of Yiddish theatreYiddish theatreYiddish theatre consists of plays written and performed primarily by Jews in Yiddish, the language of the Central European Ashkenazi Jewish community. The range of Yiddish theatre is broad: operetta, musical comedy, and satiric or nostalgic revues; melodrama; naturalist drama; expressionist and...
in Montreal. - 1914 – Jewish Public Library (Montreal)Jewish Public Library (Montreal)The Jewish Public Library is a public library located in Montreal, and a constituent agency of Federation CJA. The library contains the largest circulating Judaica collection in North America. Founded in 1914, the JPL has close to 5,900 members, and receives 700 to 800 visitors weekly...
founded. - 1914 – Election of Médéric MartinMédéric Martin-Background:Born to Salomon Martin, a carpenter and Virginie Lafleur, Martin studied at St. Eustache College and went on to open a cigar store in Montreal's East End and soon became a populist politician, best known for stirring up suspicion against English Montreal residents.-Member of the house...
to Montreal City HallMontreal City HallThe five-storey Montreal City Hall is the work of architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, and was built between 1872 and 1878 in the Second Empire style. It is located in Old Montreal, between Place Jacques-Cartier and the Champ de Mars, at 275 Notre-Dame Street East...
on April 6. - 1914 – Maisonneuve Market was opened in September.
- 1914 – Saint-Sulpice Library built
- 1914 – The Edward VII MonumentEdward VII Monument (Montreal)The Edward VII Monument is a monument of artist Louis-Philippe Hébert located at Phillips Square in Montreal.- Overview :The monument to King Edward VII, by Louis-Philippe Hébert, was erected in Phillips Square, in face of Morgan's, in 1914. The monument was unveiled by the Governor General of...
unveiled in the Phillips Square on October 1. - 1914 – Foundation of the catholic working Federation of Montreal.
- 1915 – May 7 - The sinking of the RMS LusitaniaRMS LusitaniaRMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland. The ship entered passenger service with the Cunard Line on 26 August 1907 and continued on the line's heavily-traveled passenger service between Liverpool, England and New...
with a number of Montrealers on board. - 1915 – Théâtre Saint-DenisThéâtre Saint-DenisThe Théâtre Saint-Denis is a theatre venue located on Saint Denis Street in Montreal, Quebec.A movie theatre built in 1915, the Théâtre Saint-Denis' mission changed in the 1980s and has since focused exclusively on performing arts...
built. - 1915 – Inauguration of new custom at 105, McGill Street (Montreal)McGill Street (Montreal)McGill Street is a street in Montreal named after James McGill after whom McGill University is named. The former head office building of Canadian National Railway Company, built for its predecessor Grand Trunk Railway, still stands on McGill Street and is now occupied by Quebec government...
. - 1915 – Fermière MonumentFermière Monument (Montreal)- Overview :The fountain monument of Marius Dufresne is composed of a statue by Alfred Laliberté which depicts a market gardener of the 17th century. Alfred Laliberté knows the history and heroes of French colonization...
unveiled. - 1915 - William Cornelius Van HorneWilliam Cornelius Van HorneSir William Cornelius Van Horne, KCMG was a pioneering Canadian railway executive.-Life and career:Born in 1843 in rural Illinois, he moved with his family to Joliet, Illinois when he was eight years old...
dies on September 15 in Montreal. - 1915-18 – Château DufresneChateau DufresneThe former residence of Marius Dufresne and Oscar Dufresne, the Château Dufresne was originally divided into two separate households, one for each brother...
built. - 1916 – March 1 - Fire burns the Grand Trunk RailwayGrand Trunk RailwayThe Grand Trunk Railway was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The railway was operated from headquarters in Montreal, Quebec; however, corporate...
Station. - 1916 – The Montreal CanadiensMontreal CanadiensThe Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
win their first Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
on March 30. - 1916 – August 24 - Big Demonstration anticonscriptionnistConscription Crisis of 1917The Conscription Crisis of 1917 was a political and military crisis in Canada during World War I.-Background:...
on the Place d'ArmesPlace d'ArmesPlace d'Armes is a square in Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:Place d'Armes is the second oldest public site in Montreal, it was called Place de la Fabrique when it was first developed in 1693, at the request of the Sulpicians, then later renamed Place d'Armes in 1721 when...
. - 1916 – Bordeaux-CartiervilleBordeaux-CartiervilleBordeaux-Cartierville is a district of Montreal, Canada in the administrative borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville. It is bordered to the north by the Rivière des Prairies, to the east by the district of Ahuntsic., to the south by Villeray, Park-Extension, Mount Royal and Saint-Laurent and to the west...
annexed on December 22. - 1916 – Les petits BaigneursLes petits Baigneurs- Overview :Les petits Baigneurs, by Alfred Laliberté, was unveiled in 1916 at the entrance to the Maisonneuve public baths in Montreal. The monument was restored in 1992. It is on Morgan Boulevard close to La Fermière Monument.-Notes:*...
completed. - 1917 – L'Action nationaleL'Action nationaleL'Action nationale is a French-language monthly published in Quebec, Canada.The magazine publishes critical analysis of Quebec's linguistic, social, cultural and economic realities...
launched. - 1917 – In the ensuing Conscription Crisis of 1917Conscription Crisis of 1917The Conscription Crisis of 1917 was a political and military crisis in Canada during World War I.-Background:...
, riots broke out on the streets of MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. - 1917 – Abitibi Power and Paper CompanyAbitibi Power and Paper CompanyAbitibi Power and Paper Company was a Montreal, Quebec based business founded in 1917. The firm was a mainstay of the Canadian newsprint industry in thefirst half of the 20th century. The manufacturer became bankrupt in 1935....
founded. - 1918 – Province of QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
put Montreal under his control. - 1918 – Annexation of the Maisonneuve city to the city of Montreal on February 9.
- 1918 – The Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau established.
- 1918 – Mount Royal TunnelMount Royal TunnelThe Mount Royal Tunnel is a railway tunnel located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It connects the city's Gare Centrale/Central Station, located downtown, with the north side of the Island of Montreal and Laval, passing through Mount Royal. Since 1995, the only trains using the tunnel are commuter...
completed. First train under the mountain on October 21; it transports millitaires leaving for SevastopolSevastopolSevastopol is a city on rights of administrative division of Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimea peninsula. It has a population of 342,451 . Sevastopol is the second largest port in Ukraine, after the Port of Odessa....
to Russia. - 1918 – Canadian National RailwayCanadian National RailwayThe Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....
created. - 1919 – CINW (originally XWA) Montreal is the first radio station to broadcast regular programming, on December 1.
- 1919 – Montreal CanadiensMontreal CanadiensThe Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
founded. - 1919 – Fairmount BagelFairmount BagelFairmount Bagel is the original Montreal bagel bakery in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.It was opened by 1919 by Russian immigrant Isadore Shlafman, whose hand-rolled recipe quickly became a staple in the Mile End community...
opened. Montreal-style bagelMontreal-style bagelThe Montreal bagel, , is a distinctive variety of hand-made and wood-fired baked bagel. In contrast to the New York-style bagel, the Montreal bagel is smaller, sweeter and denser, with a larger hole, and is always baked in a wood-fired oven...
introduced. - 1919 – Church of the Madonna della DifesaChurch of the Madonna della DifesaThe Church of the Madonna della Difesa is a church in Montreal's Little Italy, Canada. It was built by Italian immigrants to Montreal, specifically those from Molise, to commemorate the apparition of the Madonna in La Difesa, in Casacalenda, Molise...
inaugurated. - 1919 – The George-Étienne Cartier MonumentGeorge-Étienne Cartier MonumentThe George-Étienne Cartier Monument is a monument in Mount Royal Park to George-Étienne Cartier by sculptor George William Hill .The monument was inaugurated on September 6, 1919 in the heart of Parc Jeanne-Mance's west side. In recent years, it has become the site of the park's Tamtams...
to Sir George-Étienne CartierGeorge-Étienne CartierSir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet, PC was a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation.The English spelling of the name, George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling, is explained by his having been named in honour of King George III....
unveiled in front of Mount RoyalMount RoyalMount Royal is a mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the city to which it gave its name.The mountain is part of the Monteregian Hills situated between the Laurentians and the Appalachians...
on September 6; sculptor George William Hill. - 1919 – The Montreal Clock TowerMontreal Clock TowerMontreal Clock Tower is located in Quai de l'Horloge, originally called the Victoria Pier, in the Old Port of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.- Overview :...
cornerstone was laid by the Prince of WalesEdward VIII of the United KingdomEdward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...
, on October 31. It was completed in 1922. - 1919 – On November 22, the city's first regular bus service was launched on St-Étienne Street, better known as Bridge StVictoria Bridge (Montreal)Victoria Bridge , formerly originally known as Victoria Jubilee Bridge, is a bridge over the St. Lawrence River, linking Montreal, Quebec, to the south shore city of Saint-Lambert....
. - 1919 – Canadian International Paper CompanyCanadian International Paper CompanyThe Canadian International Paper Company was a Montreal-based forest products company, a former subsidiary of International Paper. It was originally formed as the St. Maurice Lumber Company in 1919 but was renamed in 1925...
formed. - 1919 – Monument aux braves de N.D.G.Monument aux braves de N.D.G.- Overview :The work of sculptor David Estrom , the Monument aux braves de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce stands in the middle of the Notre-Dame-de-Grace Park commemorates the combatants who died during the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War...
unveiled.
1920s
- 1920 – Mount Royal ArenaMount Royal ArenaThe Mount Royal Arena was an indoor arena located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the corner of Mount Royal and St. Urbain Street. It was home of the National Hockey League Montreal Canadiens from 1920 to 1926, before moving to the then two year old Montreal Forum. It had a capacity of 6,000...
opened. - 1920 – The monument of Adam Dollard des OrmeauxAdam Dollard des OrmeauxAdam Dollard des Ormeaux, , also known as Adam Daulaut, Daulac, or simply as Dollard des Ormeaux, was a colonist and soldier of New France...
inaugurated on June 24 (Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day) in the Parc LafontaineParc LafontaineParc La Fontaine is a 36-hectare urban park located in Montreal's Plateau Mont-Royal district. Named in honour of Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, features include two linked ponds with a fountain and waterfalls; the Théâtre de Verdure open-air venue; the Calixa-Lavallée cultural centre, a monument to...
; sculptor Alfred Laliberté and architect Alphonse Venne. In 1956, the monument was moved in the actual location. - 1920 – The ProhibitionProhibitionProhibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the...
movement in the United States turned Montreal night life into a haven for Americans looking for alcoholAlcoholic beverageAn alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol, commonly known as alcohol. Alcoholic beverages are divided into three general classes: beers, wines, and spirits. They are legally consumed in most countries, and over 100 countries have laws regulating their production, sale, and consumption...
. - 1921 – McCord MuseumMcCord MuseumThe McCord Museum is a public research and teaching museum dedicated to the preservation, study, diffusion, and appreciation of Canadian history...
established. - 1921 – Société des alcools du QuébecSociété des alcools du QuébecThe Société des alcools du Québec , often abbreviated and referred to as SAQ, is a provincial Crown corporation in Quebec.-Organization:...
established; it is in the former Pied-du-Courant PrisonPied-du-Courant PrisonThe Pied-du-Courant Prison is a building in Montreal, Quebec near the Saint Lawrence River and the Jacques-Cartier Bridge.- Overview :A former prison, it now houses offices of the Société des alcools du Québec, the state-owned liquor board in Quebec. It saw the incarceration and execution by...
. - 1921 – The Allen opens on May 20, as the Palace Theatre. It was renamed Allen Theatre in 1922.
- 1922 – Mount Royal HotelLes Cours Mont-RoyalLes Cours Mont-Royal is an upscale shopping centre in Downtown Montreal, Quebec which was converted from the former Mount Royal Hotel. Since 1988, Les Cours Mont-Royal has provided exclusive boutiques offering designer brands and unique fashions and accessories for both men and women in a...
opened. - 1922 – The construction of Édifice Ernest-CormierPalais de justice de MontréalThe Palais de justice de Montréal at 1 Notre-Dame Street East in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was completed in 1971. Though located in the Old Montreal historic district, it is a modernist structure, featuring the outdoor sculpture Allegrocube. The black metal and granite building is adjacent to the...
began. - 1922 – CKAC radio is first on the air September 22. This was the world's first commercial station broadcasting in French.
- 1922 – Dante MonumentDante Monument (Montreal)The Dante Monument is a memorial in Little Italy, Montreal.- Overview :The monument to Dante Alighieri, by Carlo Balboni , was unveiled on October 22, 1922 in the Parc Lafontaine. It was a gift of Montreal's Italian community. The monument was moved to Dante Park in Little Italy in 1964.-Notes:* *...
unveiled on October 22. - 1923 – The congregation Notre-Dame de Montréal was founded by Marie Lacoste Gérin-LajoieMarie Lacoste Gérin-LajoieMarie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie was a pioneer Quebec feminist who founded the Fédération nationale Saint-Jean-Baptiste , an organization which campaigned for social and political rights for women...
. - 1923-24 – Rialto Theatre (Montreal)Rialto Theatre (Montreal)The Rialto Theatre is a former movie palace located on Park Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is designated as a National Historic Site of Canada....
constructed. - 1923-83 – Belmont Park, MontrealBelmont Park, MontrealBelmont Park was an amusement park that operated between 1923 and 1983 in the Montreal neighborhood of Cartierville in Quebec, Canada....
operated. - 1924 – Montreal MaroonsMontreal MaroonsThe Montreal Maroons was a professional men's ice hockey team in the National Hockey League . They played in the NHL from 1924 to 1938, winning the Stanley Cup in 1926 and 1935...
founded. - 1924 – An illuminated Mount Royal CrossMount Royal CrossThe Mount Royal Cross is a monument on top of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It stands at the northeastern edge of the mountain, overlooking the east end of Montreal....
was installed by the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste, which is now owned by the city. - 1924 – Election of Charles DuquetteCharles DuquetteCharles Duquette was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec. He was mayor of Montreal from 1924 to 1926....
to Montreal City HallMontreal City HallThe five-storey Montreal City Hall is the work of architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, and was built between 1872 and 1878 in the Second Empire style. It is located in Old Montreal, between Place Jacques-Cartier and the Champ de Mars, at 275 Notre-Dame Street East...
on March 25. - 1924 – Foundation of "l'Association canadienne-française pour l'avancement des sciences" on May 14.
- 1924 – Bank of MontrealBank of MontrealThe Bank of Montreal , , or BMO Financial Group, is the fourth largest bank in Canada by deposits. The Bank of Montreal was founded on June 23, 1817 by John Richardson and eight merchants in a rented house in Montreal, Quebec. On May 19, 1817 the Articles of Association were adopted, making it...
acquires Molson BankMolson BankThe Molson Bank was a Canadian bank founded in Montreal, Quebec, by brothers William and John Molson, Jr...
on October 30. - 1924 – Montreal ForumMontreal ForumThe Montreal Forum was an indoor arena located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Called "the most storied building in hockey history" by Sporting News, it was home of the National Hockey League's Montreal Maroons from 1924 to 1938 and the Montreal Canadiens from 1926 to 1996...
opened on November 29. - 1924 – Samuel BronfmanSamuel BronfmanSamuel Bronfman, was a Canadian business magnate and philanthropist. He founded Distillers Corporation Limited, and is a member of the Canadian Jewish family dynasty, the Bronfman family.-Early life:...
set up shop as a distributor, founding the Distillers Corporation in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, specializing in cheap whiskey, and concurrently taking advantage of the prohibition in the United StatesProhibition in the United StatesProhibition in the United States was a national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol, in place from 1920 to 1933. The ban was mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, and the Volstead Act set down the rules for enforcing the ban, as well as defining which...
. Samuel BronfmanSamuel BronfmanSamuel Bronfman, was a Canadian business magnate and philanthropist. He founded Distillers Corporation Limited, and is a member of the Canadian Jewish family dynasty, the Bronfman family.-Early life:...
's Distillers Corporation acquired Joseph E. Seagram & Sons of Waterloo, OntarioWaterloo, OntarioWaterloo is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the city of Kitchener....
, from the heirs of Joseph Seagram in 1928. - 1924-25 – Saint-Ambroise Church built.
- 1925 – The Roddick GatesRoddick GatesThe Roddick Memorial Gates are a monument in Montreal and the main entrance to the McGill University.The Roddick Gates are on Sherbrooke Street and are at the head of the very short but broad McGill College Avenue which starts at Place Ville-Marie....
were formally opened by Amy Redpath Roddick on May 28, 1925. - 1925 – June 10 - The Methodist churches, Congregational churches, and a large portion of the Presbyterian churches join to form the United Church of Canada.
- 1925 – Power Corporation of CanadaPower Corporation of CanadaPower Corporation of Canada is a Canadian company with assets in North America and Europe in a number of industries. These industries include media, pulp and paper, and financial services....
founded. - 1925 – Hallward House (later Martlet HouseMartlet HouseMartlet House, formerly the Montreal headquarters of Seagram Company Ltd., is a Scottish baronial style building on Peel Street in Montreal, Quebec. The building was completed in 1928 by architect David Jerome Spence, with additions in 1931, 1947 and 1955....
) inaugurated. It housted the SeagramSeagramThe Seagram Company Ltd. was a large corporation headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that was the largest distiller of alcoholic beverages in the world. Toward the end of its independent existence it also controlled various entertainment and other business ventures...
headquarters; now Martlet HouseMartlet HouseMartlet House, formerly the Montreal headquarters of Seagram Company Ltd., is a Scottish baronial style building on Peel Street in Montreal, Quebec. The building was completed in 1928 by architect David Jerome Spence, with additions in 1931, 1947 and 1955....
belongs to McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
. - 1925-27 – Eaton's storeComplexe Les Ailes (Montreal)Complexe Les Ailes is a retail and office complex on Saint Catherine Street in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Designed by the firm Ross and Macdonald and first constructed between 1925 and 1927, the building served as the Eaton's department store until 1999...
constructed. - 1926 – Montreal Curb Market/Canadian Stock ExchangeMontreal Curb Market/Canadian Stock ExchangeThe Montreal Curb Market was a stock exchange created in 1926 in Montreal, Canada for trading in stocks that were considered to be too speculative or junior to be traded on the Bourse de Montréal...
created. - 1926 – The Patriots Monument was unveiled on June 24 (Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day); it is the work of Alfred Laliberté. On each its three faces a carved bronze medallion represents Chevalier de Lorimier, Louis-Joseph PapineauLouis-Joseph PapineauLouis-Joseph Papineau , born in Montreal, Quebec, was a politician, lawyer, and the landlord of the seigneurie de la Petite-Nation. He was the leader of the reformist Patriote movement before the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–1838. His father was Joseph Papineau, also a famous politician in Quebec...
, and Wolfred NelsonWolfred NelsonWolfred Nelson, was from 1854 to 1856 the mayor of Montreal, Quebec.- Biography :Nelson was born in Montreal the son of William Nelson, an immigrant to Colonial America from Newsham, North Yorkshire, England...
. The monument is in the Place of the Patriots, which is in front of former Pied-du-Courant PrisonPied-du-Courant PrisonThe Pied-du-Courant Prison is a building in Montreal, Quebec near the Saint Lawrence River and the Jacques-Cartier Bridge.- Overview :A former prison, it now houses offices of the Société des alcools du Québec, the state-owned liquor board in Quebec. It saw the incarceration and execution by...
. - 1926 – The Monitor (Montreal)The Monitor (Montreal)The Monitor is an English-language online newspaper based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
launched. - 1926 – ReitmansReitmansReitmans Limited is a Canadian retailing company, specializing in women's apparel, that was founded in 1926 by Herman and Sarah Reitman, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
founded. - 1927 – Collège André-Grasset is founded by the Sulpicians.
- 1927 – Laurier Palace Theatre FireLaurier Palace Theatre FireThe Laurier Palace Theatre fire, sometimes known as the Saddest fire or the Laurier Palace Theatre crush, was a small fire that occurred in a movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Sunday, January 9, 1927. The fire — reportedly caused by a discarded cigarette smouldering beneath wooden...
. - 1927 – The era of Montreal's first skyscrapers began: Old Royal Bank Building, MontrealOld Royal Bank Building, MontrealTour de la Banque Royale is a skyscraper at 360 Saint-Jacques Street in Montréal, Quebec. The 22-storey neo-classical tower was designed by the firm of York and Sawyer, and was the tallest building in the British Empire, and the first building in city taller than Montréal's Notre-Dame Basilica...
, the Sun Life BuildingSun Life BuildingThe Sun Life Building is a historic office building on Dorchester Square in downtown Montreal, Canada.-History and construction:...
, Aldred BuildingAldred BuildingThe Aldred Building is an Art deco building on the historic Place d'Armes square in the Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
, etc. Until 1927, legislation prevented builders from putting up structures over ten stories high. - 1927 – Dunn'sDunn'sDunn's Famous is a smoked meat restaurants chain founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1927 by Myer Dunn. The original location is one of the oldest delicatessen's in Montreal.There are currently nine locations, some of which are:...
founded. - 1928 – Théâtre Outremont built.
- 1928 – Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport built.
- 1928 – Schwartz'sSchwartz'sSchwartz's, also known as the Montreal Hebrew Delicatessen is a delicatessen established in 1928 by Reuben Schwartz, a Jewish immigrant from Romania. It is a landmark at 3895 Saint-Laurent Boulevard and the most famous Montreal-style smoked meat restaurant. Schwartz's often has a line extending...
established. - 1928 – Voyageur Colonial Bus LinesVoyageur Colonial Bus LinesVoyageur Colonial Bus Lines, commonly called Voyageur Colonial or just Voyageur, is a Canadian intercity bus company that serves Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec, primarily the cities of Montreal, Ottawa and Kingston...
founded. - 1928 – Collège Jean-de-BrébeufCollège Jean-de-BrébeufCollège Jean-de-Brébeuf is a private French-language educational institution offering secondary school and CEGEP college-level instruction in Montreal, Quebec. It is a co-ed establishment for students in their final year of secondary school and in college. It is boys-only in the first four years...
established. - 1929 – Montreal Masonic Memorial TempleMontreal Masonic Memorial TempleThe Montreal Masonic Memorial Temple is an historic masonic temple in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on the corner of Sherbrooke Street and St-Marc Street, in the Golden Square Mile district...
officially opened on June 22. - 1929 – Collège de MaisonneuveCollège de MaisonneuveCollège de Maisonneuve is a francophone Cégep pre-university and technical college located at 3800 Sherbrooke Street East in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Partnerships:...
established. - 1929-85 – Seville TheatreSeville TheatreThe Seville Theatre was a movie theatre on Sainte-Catherine street West between rues Lambert-Closse and Chomedey in Montreal, Canada, in a district now known as Shaughnessy Village. After closing in 1985 the theatre was shuttered and remained abandoned for 25 years. It was demolished October...
operated.
1930s
- 1930 – Cabaret Frolics opened.
- 1930 – Jacques Cartier BridgeJacques Cartier BridgeThe Jacques Cartier Bridge is a steel truss cantilever bridge crossing the Saint Lawrence River from Montreal Island, Montreal, Quebec to the south shore at Longueuil, Quebec, Canada...
opened on May 14. - 1930 – Lachapelle BridgeLachapelle Bridge'Lachapelle Bridge', in French Pont Lachapelle, Also known as Cartierville Bridge.This bridge spans the Rivière des Prairies between the Montreal borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville and the Laval neighbourhood of Chomedey.Actually there are two bridges, side by side and parallel:The older three...
opened on May 24. - 1930 – Maison CormierMaison CormierCormier House is an Art deco residence in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, located at 1418 Pine Avenue.- Description :It was built by architect Ernest Cormier as his own residence in 1930-31, and also served as the residence of Pierre Trudeau, following his retirement from politics, until Trudeau's death...
built. - 1930 – The foundation of the monument of Jean Vauquelin (1728–1772) - defender of Louisbourg and Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
- is laid in Montreal; sculptor Paul-Eugène Benet. The Vauquelin statue and Nelson's ColumnNelson's Column, MontrealNelson's Column is a monument in Place Jacques-Cartier, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Installed on the Place Jacques-Cartier in 1809, Nelson's column was the second monument to be erected in Montreal.- History :...
face each other, just as the French and English colonial forces did in days gone by. - 1930 – Beginning of commercial flight from Montreal.
- 1930 – Robert Burns MemorialRobert Burns Memorial (Montreal)The Robert Burns Memorial is a monument of sculptor G. A. Lawson located at Dorchester Square in Downtown Montreal.- Overview :The memorial to the Scottish poet Robert Burns, a tribute to Montréal's Scottish industrialists and financiers, represents the socially conscious and refined romantic ideal...
unveiled on October 18. - 1930-78 – Montréal-MatinMontréal-MatinMontréal-Matin was a Quebec daily newspaper based in Montreal. It was published from 1930 to 1978. It was politically associated to the Conservative Party of Quebec and, afterwards, its successor the Union Nationale...
published. - 1931 – Eaton's Ninth Floor (Montreal)Eaton's Ninth Floor (Montreal)The Montreal Eaton's 9th floor restaurant is an Art deco landmark in Montreal. It used to be known simply as "The Ninth Floor".Lady Eaton was the wife of the multi-millionaire owner of the former Eaton's chain of department stores in Canada. For several decades she endeavoured to give her own...
opened on January 26. - 1931 – Canada's first television station, VE9EC, begins broadcasting in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. VE9EC was owned jointly by radio station CKAC and the newspaper La Presse. - 1931 – Sun Life BuildingSun Life BuildingThe Sun Life Building is a historic office building on Dorchester Square in downtown Montreal, Canada.-History and construction:...
completed. - 1931 – Montreal Botanical Garden founded.
- 1931 – Aldred BuildingAldred BuildingThe Aldred Building is an Art deco building on the historic Place d'Armes square in the Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
completed. - 1932 – Chalet du Mont-RoyalChalet du Mont-RoyalChalet du Mont-Royal is a building located near the summit of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The chalet was constructed in 1932 under the mayoralty of Camillien Houde as a make-work project during the Great Depression. It is open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m....
inaugurated. - 1932 – Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul (Montreal) opened.
- 1932 – Wilensky'sWilensky'sWilensky's, officially known as Wilensky's Light Lunch, is a lunch counter and soda fountain in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded by Moe Wilensky in 1932, the restaurant was immortalized in Mordecai Richler's novel, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz...
opened. - 1933 – Jean-Talon Market and Atwater Market opened.
- 1933 – CBME-FMCBME-FM- External links :* * at Canadian Communications Foundation...
launched. - 1933 – Montreal Children's TheatreMontreal Children's Theatre"The Montreal Children's Theatre founded and run by Dorothy Davis and Violet Walters presented, in its 60 years of existence, over 700 stage productions to more than a quarter of a million children...
founded. - 1933–1972 – Montreal Junior Canadiens operated.
- 1934 – Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General HospitalSir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General HospitalThe Jewish General Hospital is an acute-care McGill University teaching hospital with 637 beds, serving patients from Montreal, from across the province of Quebec and around the world.The Jewish General...
founded. - 1934 – Montreal Neurological InstituteMontreal Neurological InstituteThe Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital is an academic medical centre dedicated to neuroscience research, training and clinical care. The Institute is part of McGill University and the Hospital is one of the five teaching hospitals of the McGill University Health Centre, in Montreal,...
founded. - 1934 – Honoré Mercier BridgeHonoré Mercier BridgeThe Honoré Mercier Bridge in Quebec, Canada, connects the Montreal borough of LaSalle on the Island of Montreal with the Mohawk reserve of Kahnawake and the suburb of Châteauguay on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. It is the most direct southerly route from the island of Montreal toward...
completed in summer. - 1936 – Air CanadaAir CanadaAir Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 178 destinations worldwide. It is the world's tenth largest passenger airline by number of destinations, and the airline is a...
founded on August 11. - 1936 – The Levis tower was built as a water reservoir and observation deck on the Saint Helen's IslandSaint Helen's IslandSaint Helen's Island is an island in the Saint Lawrence River, in the territory of the city of Montreal. It is situated immediately southeast of the Island of Montreal, in the extreme southwest of Quebec. It forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago...
. - 1936-37 – The Montreal Indians appeared briefly in the 1936 and 1937 seasons and disappeared thereafter. The team was a member of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football LeagueCanadian Football LeagueThe Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
. - 1937 – Snowdon Theatre (Montreal)Snowdon Theatre (Montreal)The Snowdon Theatre is a former Streamline Moderne cinema in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, located on Décarie Boulevard in the neighbourhood of Snowdon, in what is now the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce....
opened in February. - 1937 – Holt RenfrewHolt RenfrewHolt Renfrew is a chain of high-end Canadian department stores. It is comparable to Barneys New York and Saks Fifth Avenue in the United States, and to two other upmarket chains owned by the same family, Britain's Selfridges and Ireland's Brown Thomas...
constructed in Montreal. - 1937 – The Sulpicians are put under Quebec government trusteeship.
- 1937 – Pie IX BridgePie IX BridgeThe Pie IX Bridge is a bridge in Quebec, spanning the Rivière des Prairies. It connects the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul area of Laval, on Île Jésus, and the borough of Montreal North in Montreal, on the Island of Montreal...
opened. - 1937 – CBF-FMCBF-FMCBF-FM-10 in Sherbrooke and CBF-FM-8 in Trois-Rivières were once full satellites of CBF-FM, but have been separately licenced since 2000 , despite still having rebroadcaster-like callsigns...
launched. - 1938 – La Binerie Mont-RoyalLa Binerie Mont-RoyalLa Binerie Mont-Royal is a lunch counter-style restaurant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, specializing in traditional Quebec cuisine, including its signature baked beans....
founded. - 1938-39 – Saint-Jean-Berchmans Church built.
- 1839-45 – World War II - Fort de l'Île Sainte-HélèneFort de l'Île Sainte-HélèneThe Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène, an historic site on Saint Helen's Island that belongs to the city of Montreal, Quebec, was constructed in the early 1820s as an arsenal in the defensive chain of forts built to protect Canada from a threat of American invasion. Although not heavily fortified, it...
served to contain 250 prisoners of war, considered Nazi fascists or deserters. - 1939 – Collège International Marie de FranceCollège International Marie de FranceThe Collège international Marie de France is a French, private school in Montreal, Quebec, and is well-known for its academic rigour and challenging educational programs. All professors originate from France, and Parisian French is taught and spoken at the school...
founded. - 1939 – Pierre Le Gardeur BridgePierre Le Gardeur BridgeThe Le Gardeur Bridge is a beam bridge that connects the east end of the island of Montreal to Charlemagne, Quebec....
built. - 1939 – The Flag of MontrealFlag of MontrealThe current flag of Montreal was first displayed in May 1939, and is based on the city's coat of arms. The flag's proportions are 1:2 in a symmetric cross.-Symbolism:...
was first displayed in May, and is based on the city's coat of armsCoat of arms of MontrealThe first coat of arms of Montreal was designed by Jacques Viger, the city's first mayor, and adopted in 1833 by the city councillors. Modifications were made some one hundred five years later and adopted on 21 March 1938, resulting in the version currently in use...
. The flag's proportions are 1:2 in a symmetric crossFlag terminologyFlag terminology is a jargon used in vexillology, the study of flags, to describe precisely the parts, patterns, and other attributes of flags and their display.-Description of standard flag parts and terms:...
. - 1939-44 – During World War II, Mayor Camillien HoudeCamillien HoudeCamillien Houde was a Quebec politician, a Member of Parliament, and a four-time mayor of Montreal.-Political career:...
protested against conscriptionConscriptionConscription is the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service, most often military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and continues in some countries to the present day under various names...
and urged Montrealers to disobey the federal government'sGovernment of CanadaThe Government of Canada, formally Her Majesty's Government, is the system whereby the federation of Canada is administered by a common authority; in Canadian English, the term can mean either the collective set of institutions or specifically the Queen-in-Council...
registry of all men and women. OttawaOttawaOttawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
was furious over Houde's insubordination and held him in a prison camp until 1944, when the government was forced to institute conscription (see Conscription Crisis of 1944Conscription Crisis of 1944The Conscription Crisis of 1944 was a political and military crisis following the introduction of forced military service in Canada during World War II. It was similar to the Conscription Crisis of 1917, but was not as politically damaging....
). - 1939-45 – Canadian Power Boat CompanyCanadian Power Boat CompanyCanadian Power Boat Company was a manufacturer of MTBs and similar craft in Canada during World War II.Canadian Powerboat Company was set up by the British Power Boat Company to build Motor Torpedo Boats based on the Scott Payne design. The company was located on St. Patrick Street, next to the...
operated.
1940s
- 1940 – Allan Memorial InstituteAllan Memorial InstituteThe Allan Memorial Institute , located in Montreal, Quebec, houses the Psychiatry Department of the Royal Victoria Hospital, part of the McGill University Health Centre. Although currently a respected psychiatric hospital, the institute is known for its role in the Project MKULTRA by the CIA...
founded. - 1941 – Il Cittadino CanadeseIl Cittadino CanadeseIl Cittadino Canadese is a newspaper based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1941, it is the oldest Italian language newspaper of Quebec and Canada.This weekly tabloid has a circulation of 18,000. It is published in Montréal and covers Greater Montreal....
founded. - 1941 – Opening of the Dorval International Airport on September 1.
- 1941-51 – Montreal's population grew by 20% and Toronto's by 25%.
- 1942 – Montreal LaboratoryMontreal LaboratoryThe Montreal Laboratory in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was established by the National Research Council of Canada to undertake nuclear research, and to take over some of the scientists and projects from the Tube Alloys nuclear project in Britain...
. The first eight staff arrived in Montreal at the end of 1942, and occupied a house belonging to McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
. - 1942 – 300 anniversary of Montreal.
- 1943 – Central Station (Montreal) opened.
- 1943 – Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal formed.
- 1943 – Recluse SistersRecluse SistersThe Recluse Sisters are a Roman Catholic community of Religious Sisters who were founded in 1943, in Alberta, Canada, by Rita Renaud, Jeannette Roy and the Reverend Father Louis-Marie Parent, OMI, as Les Recluses Missionaires...
were founded in AlbertaAlbertaAlberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
. Their inspitation is Jeanne Le BerJeanne Le BerJeanne Le Ber was a religious recluse in New France.- Family and Education :As a daughter of Jeanne Le Moyne and Jacques le Ber, Jeanne was raised within a wealthy and influential family; her mother was a sister of Charles le Moyne...
. - 1944 – Canadian Vickers was an aircraft and shipbuilding company that operated in Canada during the early part of the 20th century until 1944.
- 1944 – Montreal HMCS Donncona appeared in Grey CupGrey CupThe Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...
in 1944 season and won the cup that year. - 1944 – Hydro-QuébecHydro-QuébecHydro-Québec is a government-owned public utility established in 1944 by the Government of Quebec. Based in Montreal, the company is in charge of the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity across Quebec....
founded on April 14. - 1944 – An RAF Liberator BomberB-24 LiberatorThe Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and a small number of early models were sold under the name LB-30, for Land Bomber...
, fully loaded for a flight to England, crashes at GriffintownGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
into a block of houses on April 26. 15 to 20 fatalities noted. - 1944 – Camillien HoudeCamillien HoudeCamillien Houde was a Quebec politician, a Member of Parliament, and a four-time mayor of Montreal.-Political career:...
greeted after 4 years in jail by thousands of people at Windsor StationWindsor Station (Montreal)Windsor Station is a former train station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, formerly serving as the city's Canadian Pacific Railway Station.Windsor Station was the Canadian Pacific Railway's headquarters built between 1887 and 1889. The Romanesque Revival building was designed by New York architect...
on August 14. - 1944 – Camillien HoudeCamillien HoudeCamillien Houde was a Quebec politician, a Member of Parliament, and a four-time mayor of Montreal.-Political career:...
elected mayor on December 11. - 1944 – Business Development Bank of CanadaBusiness Development Bank of CanadaThe Business Development Bank of Canada is a crown corporation financial institution wholly owned by the Government of Canada. BDC plays a leadership role in delivering financial and consulting services to Canadian small business, with a particular focus on technology and exporting.BDC's debt...
started. - 1945 – Radio Canada InternationalRadio Canada InternationalRadio Canada International is the international broadcasting service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Until 1970, it was known as the CBC International Service and was sometimes referred to as the "Voice of Canada" in its early years.- The early years :The idea for creating an...
launched. - 1945 – CJAD first air.
- 1946 – Establishment of Montreal AlouettesMontreal AlouettesThe Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...
, city's football team in the CFL. - 1946 – Canada Mortgage and Housing CorporationCanada Mortgage and Housing CorporationCanada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is a Crown corporation, owned by the Government of Canada, founded after World War II to provide housing for returning soldiers...
launched on February 25. - 1946 – CBM-FMCBM-FMCBM-FM is a Canadian radio station. It broadcasts the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's CBC Radio 2 network at 93.5 FM in Montreal, Quebec. Its studios, along with those of CBC Radio One sister station CBME-FM, are located at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal....
launched. - 1946 – CINF first air.
- 1946-73 – Notre-Dame-de-Grace Maple LeafsNotre-Dame-de-Grace Maple LeafsThe Notre-Dame-de-Grace Maple Leafs also known as the NDG Maple Leafs were a junior Canadian football team based in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec from 1946 to 1973...
operated. - 1947 – Area codes 514 defined.
- 1947 – International Civil Aviation OrganizationInternational Civil Aviation OrganizationThe International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
established in April. - 1947 – Au Faisan Doré opened.
- 1947 – CKBE-FM launched.
- 1947 – CAE Inc. founded.
- 1948 – Montreal Shamrocks GAAMontreal Shamrocks GAAThe Montreal Shamrocks GAC is a sports club in Montreal, Canada, associated with the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland. They operate under the Canadian GAA board....
established. - 1948 – Lachine Museum founded.
- 1949 – Norgate shopping centreNorgate shopping centreNorgate shopping centre is a strip mall built in 1949, in the then-suburb of Saint-Laurent, Quebec, now the Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:...
built. - 1949 – City of Montreal bought Oxford Park, MontrealOxford Park, MontrealOxford Park is a park in the southern part of the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce district in Montreal's West End, made famous for its sporting tradition. Such hockey greats as Doug Harvey, Howie Morenz, Kenny Mosdell and Fleming Mackell learned their crafts on the outdoor rink which was part of a larger...
. - 1949 – Iron Ore Company of CanadaIron Ore Company of CanadaIron Ore Company of Canada is a Canadian-based producer of iron ore. The company was founded in 1949 from a partnership of Canadian and American M.A. Hanna Company...
founded. - 1940s – Gibeau Orange JulepGibeau Orange JulepThe Gibeau Orange Julep restaurant is a roadside attraction and fast food restaurant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
built.
1950s
- 1950 – The Sulpicians, in financial straits, are obliged to sell their property west of Atwater Ave. to industrialist Alexis NihonAlexis NihonAlexis Louis Nihon, was a Belgian-born Canadian inventor and businessman.- Biography :Born in Liège, Belgium, the son of Alexis Laurent Nihon and Marie Florentine Thiry, he moved to Canada when he was eighteen years old....
. - 1951 – Congregation Shaare Zedek founded.
- 1951 – Théâtre du Nouveau MondeThéâtre du Nouveau MondeThe Théâtre du Nouveau Monde is a theatre company and venue located on rue Sainte-Catherine in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in , it launched with the classic play L'Avare by Molière....
founded. - 1951 – Birth of the Commission de Transport de Montreal ancestor of the actual STMSociété de transport de MontréalThe Société de transport de Montréal is a public transport agency that operates transit bus, and rapid transit services in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
. - 1951 – Station Centrale d'Autobus Montreal built.
- 1951 – St-HubertSt-HubertSt-Hubert BBQ Ltd is a privately held chain of Canadian casual dining restaurants best known for its rotisserie chicken. St-Hubert once had a presence throughout eastern Canada, but it now has few locations outside its home province of Quebec, where it remains a dominant chain. Other locations are...
opened. - 1951-52 – Saint-Sixte Church built.
- 1951-61 – Montreal's population grew by 35% and Toronto's by 45%.
- 1951-61 – Civic Action LeagueCivic Action LeagueThe Civic Action League was a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It existed from 1951 to 1961.-Origins:It was established in January 1951 by good government activists who were known as the Public Morality Committee...
operated. - 1952 – Montreal Bus service replaces streetcars on Boulevard St-Laurent. Gradually, trams began to be replaced by busses. There was a subwayMontreal MetroThe Montreal Metro is a rubber-tired metro system, and the main form of public transportation underground in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
about to be built, and the decision was taken to retire the trams in 1959. - 1952 – CBFTCBFTCBFT is the flagship station of Télévision de Radio-Canada, the French language television network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Its studios and master control are located at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal....
first air on September 6. - 1953 – Montreal BarbariansMontreal BarbariansThe Montreal Barbarians Rugby Club is Rugby Quebec's second oldest member andQuebec's largest rugby club with teams competing in three men's divisions and two women's divisions. The league, established in 1953, offers an opportunity for rugby players of all abilities to participate against...
established. - 1953 – Pope Pius XIIPope Pius XIIThe Venerable Pope Pius XII , born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli , reigned as Pope, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State, from 2 March 1939 until his death in 1958....
names Paul-Émile Léger, a Sulpician, a cardinal of the Roman Catholic ChurchRoman Catholic ChurchThe Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
. - 1953 – Wilfrid Laurier MemorialWilfrid Laurier MemorialThe Wilfrid Laurier Memorial is a monument in Downtown Montreal.- Overview :The Sir Wilfrid Laurier Memorial was constructed in 1953 by Joseph-Émile Brunet on the southern side of Dorchester Square, facing towards the United States. Wilfrid Laurier was a proponent of an early free-trade agreement...
unveiled on October 12. - 1954 – CBMTCBMTCBMT-DT is the CBC's television station in Montreal, Quebec. Programming on CBMT is seen on a network of more than 50 rebroadcasters throughout Quebec and in three communities in northern Manitoba: Brochet, Poplar River, and Shamattawa.-History:...
first air on September 6. - 1954 – CJMS (defunct)CJMS (defunct)CJMS 1280 was a French language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.The station went on the air on April 25, 1954. CJMS got an FM sister station in 1964 as CJMS-FM began operations. The AM station adopted a highly popular Top 40 format in the 1960s and became the flagship of the ...
first air. - 1954 – Montreal Heart InstituteMontreal Heart InstituteThe Montreal Heart Institute , in Montreal, Quebec, is a specialty hospital dedicated to the development of cardiology. Founded in 1954 by Paul David, it is currently affiliated with the Université de Montréal....
founded. - 1954 – Greater Montreal Real Estate BoardGreater Montreal Real Estate BoardThe Greater Montreal Real Estate Board , or Chambre immobilière du Grand Montréal , is the second largest real estate board in Canada with over 9000 members.-History:* 1954 - founded...
founded. - 1954 – Humanist Fellowship of MontrealHumanist Fellowship of MontrealThe Humanist Fellowship of Montreal was an organization of secular humanists founded in 1954 by Drs. R. K. Mishra, Ernest Poser, and Maria Jutta Cahn. Lord Bertrand Russell and Dr. Brock Chisholm, a psychiatrist and first Director of the World Health Organization were its patrons...
founded. - 1954 – Dic Ann's HamburgersDic Ann's HamburgersDic Ann's Hamburgers is a fast-food restaurant chain based in the Montreal Metropolitan Area. Founded in 1954, Dic Ann's is best known for their extremely thin hamburgers, which are topped with their own unique meat sauce, and served with a tongue depressor. Their poutine is also served with Dic...
founded. - 1954 – Jean DrapeauJean DrapeauJean Drapeau, was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Montreal from 1954 to 1957 and 1960 to 1986...
was elected for the first time. - 1954 – The Globe (tabloid)The Globe (tabloid)Globe is a supermarket tabloid first published North America on November 10, 1954 in Montreal, Canada as Midnight by Joe Azaria and John Vader and became the chief competitor to the National Enquirer during the 1960s. In 1978 it changed its name to the Midnight Globe after its publisher, Globe...
founded. - 1954 – Saint-Arsène Church built.
- 1954 – Quebecor WorldQuebecor WorldQuebecor World Inc. was a printing subsidiary of Quebecor Inc. based in Montreal, Quebec. It comprised a number of small and large print shops throughout the world. In 2010, Quebecor World was acquired by Wisconsin-based Quad/Graphics....
founded by Pierre PéladeauPierre PéladeauPierre Péladeau, was a French-Canadian businessman. He was the founder of Quebecor Inc., a Canadian media company centered in the province of Quebec.-Biography:...
. - 1955 – March 17 - Richard RiotRichard RiotThe Richard Riot was a riot on March 17, 1955 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The riot was named after Maurice Richard, the star ice hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League...
on Saint Catherine StreetSaint Catherine StreetThis article is about the street in Montreal called the rue Sainte-Catherine in French. For other streets of this name, see Rue Sainte-Catherine ....
following the suspension of Maurice RichardMaurice RichardJoseph Henri Maurice "the Rocket" Richard, Sr., was a French-Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League from 1942 to 1960. The "Rocket" was the most prolific goal-scorer of his era, the first to achieve the feat of 50 goals in 50...
. - 1955 – Gaz MétroGaz MetroGaz Métro is an energy company in Quebec and one of the largest natural gas distributors in Canada. It owns energy companies in the United States as well.-History:...
founded. - 1955 – Dorchester Street is widened in boulevard, many building where destroyed to make place to the new axis.
- 1957 – The lowest temperature ever recorded was −37.8 °C on January 15.
- 1957 – CKMI-TVCKMI-TVCKMI-DT-1 is the Global Television Network owned-and-operated station in Quebec.Originally a privately owned CBC Television affiliate in Quebec City, the station moved most of its operations to Montreal in 1997 after launching a rebroadcaster there and becoming a Global affiliate as Global Quebec...
first air on March 17. - 1957 – CogecoCogecoCogeco Inc. is a Canadian media and communications company. The name is an acronym for Compagnie Générale de Communication .-History:...
founded. - 1958 – Dora Wasserman Yiddish TheatreDora Wasserman Yiddish TheatreThe Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre, a branch ofMontreal's Segal Centre for Performing Arts was founded in 1958 by Dora Wasserman , a Ukrainian actress, playwright, and theatre director.Their first play was The Innkeeper....
founded. - 1958 – Queen Elizabeth HotelQueen Elizabeth HotelThe Queen Elizabeth Hotel is a grand hotel in Montreal, Quebec. Completed in 1958, it was built by the Canadian National Railway, but was later sold to Canadian Pacific Hotels, now Fairmont Hotels and Resorts...
completed. - 1958 – Laurentian Autoroute inaugurated.
- 1958 – The Côte-Saint-Luc village becomes the town of Côte Saint-LucCôte Saint-Luc, QuebecCôte Saint-Luc is a mostly residential city in Quebec, Canada, located on the Island of Montreal. The English version of this toponym is "Saint Luke's Slope".-History:...
. - 1959 – Inauguration of the Saint Lawrence SeawaySaint Lawrence SeawayThe Saint Lawrence Seaway , , is the common name for a system of locks, canals and channels that permits ocean-going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the North American Great Lakes, as far as Lake Superior. Legally it extends from Montreal to Lake Erie, including the Welland Canal...
on June 26. - 1959 – On August 30, having completed its chosen route along the Papineau-Rosemont line, the tram entered the station for the last time at 4:50 p.m. For 67 years, these cars invaded the streets, carrying the citizenry to the four corners of the town.
- 1959 – Centre RocklandCentre RocklandCentre Rockland is an upscale mall located at the intersection of the Metropolitan Boulevard and de L'Acadie Boulevard in Mount Royal, Quebec. The mall is owned and operated by the shopping centre development company Ivanhoe Cambridge, which is a principal real estate subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt...
opened. - 1959 – LaSalle CollegeLaSalle CollegeMontreal's LaSalle College is the largest private bilingual technical college in Canada. It was established in 1959 and is accredited by the Quebec government.-Programs:The college offers two types of programs: pre-university and technical...
established. - 1959 – CKGM first air.
1960s
- 1960 – Paul Sauvé ArenaPaul Sauvé ArenaThe Paul Sauvé Arena was an indoor arena located in Montreal, Quebec, specifically in Rosemont. It had a capacity of 4,000. It was built in 1960 and demolished in 1996. The arena was named after Paul Sauvé , a Quebec Premier with the Union Nationale.The arena hosted some of the most important...
built. - 1960 – CFOXCFOX (AM)CKO/CFOX was an English language Canadian AM radio station located in Pointe-Claire, Quebec from 1960 to 1989. The station's callsign was CFOX from 1960 to 1977 and it later operated as CKO, the Montreal station of the news network of the same name, from 1977 until 1989.-History:With studios based...
launched. - 1960 – Opening of the Métropolitain boulevard between Côte de liesse and PIE IXPie-IX BoulevardPie-IX Boulevard, named after Pope Pius IX, is a major boulevard on the island of Montreal. It runs for roughly in a northwest/southeast direction between Henri Bourassa Boulevard and Notre-Dame East...
. - 1960 – Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom (Westmount, Quebec)Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom (Westmount, Quebec)Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, Westmount is a Reform synagogue in Westmount, Quebec. It is the oldest “Liberal” or“Reform” synagogue in Canada, incorporated on March 30, 1883 Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, Westmount is a Reform synagogue in Westmount, Quebec. It is the oldest “Liberal” or“Reform”...
completed. - 1961 – CFCF-TVCFCF-TVCFCF-DT is a CTV-owned and operated station located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
first air on January 20. - 1961 – Lafleur RestaurantsLafleur RestaurantsLafleur Restaurants is a chain of family-owned fast food restaurants located in the metropolitan area of Montreal.- Cuisine :Lafleur is widely known for serving the basic staples of Québécois fast food, such as hot dogs, hamburgers, french fries and poutine. It is particularly known for its hot dog...
opened. - 1961 – TVACFTM-TVCFTM-DT channel 10, is the flagship of the TVA television network, located in Montreal, Quebec.-History:It opened on February 19, 1961, a few weeks after CFCF-TV went on the air for the first time. It was owned by Joseph Alexandre DeSève and his company, Télé-Métropole...
first air on February 19. - 1961 – UltramarUltramarUltramar is a Canadian oil refining and marketing company formerly known as Golden Eagle or Aigle d'or. Its head office is in Montreal...
founded. - 1961 – Astral MediaAstral MediaAstral Media Inc. is a Canadian media corporation. It is Canada's largest radio broadcaster with 83 radio stations in eight provinces, and is a major player in premium and specialty television in Canada, including The Movie Network, Super Écran, Family, Teletoon, Canal D, Canal Vie, VRAK.TV,...
founded. - 1961-71 – Montreal's population grew by 20% and Toronto's by 25%.
- 1962 – Montreal's first undergroundUnderground City, MontrealMontreal's Underground City is the set of interconnected complexes in and around Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
tunnel between Place Ville-MariePlace Ville-Marie1 Place Ville-Marie , formerly Royal Bank Tower taken from its anchor tenant, is a with 47-storey, cruciform office tower built in the International style in 1962, arguably the most distinctive building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was built in the 1960s as the headquarters of the Royal Bank of...
and the Central Station. - 1962 – Place Ville-MariePlace Ville-Marie1 Place Ville-Marie , formerly Royal Bank Tower taken from its anchor tenant, is a with 47-storey, cruciform office tower built in the International style in 1962, arguably the most distinctive building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was built in the 1960s as the headquarters of the Royal Bank of...
opened. - 1962 – Tour CIBCTour CIBCLa Tour CIBC is a forty-five-storey skyscraper in Montreal, Quebec. With the communications antenna on the roof, the total height is . The International Style office tower was built by Peter Dickinson, Ross, Fish, Duschenes and Barrett and was the city's tallest building from 1962 to 1963...
constructed. - 1962 – CJFM-FMCJFM-FMCJFM-FM is an English language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec. Owned and operated by Astral Media, it broadcasts on 95.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 41,200 watts using an omnidirectional antenna....
first air. - 1962 – Édifice Hydro-Québec completed.
- 1962 – Tour TelusTour TelusTour Telus is an office building at 630 René Lévesque Boulevard West in Montreal. It was built for Canadian Industries Limited from 1960 to 1962, given the name CIL House. Designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft from the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill with local architects...
constructed. - 1962 – CFMB launched.
- 1962 – Pont Viau opened.
- 1962 – Champlain Bridge, Montreal open on June 29.
- 1962-72 – Front de libération du QuébecFront de libération du QuébecThe Front de libération du Québec was a left-wing Quebecois nationalist and Marxist-Leninist paramilitary group in Quebec, Canada. It was active between 1963 and 1970, and was regarded as a terrorist organization for its violent methods of action...
operated. - 1963 – Tour de la BourseTour de la BourseLa tour de la Bourse is an International Style skyscraper by Luigi Moretti and Pier Luigi Nervi at 800 Victoria Square in Montreal, Quebec, connected by the underground city to Square-Victoria Metro Station...
constructed. - 1963 – CHOM-FMCHOM-FMCHOM-FM is an English language radio station located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Owned and operated by Astral Media, it broadcasts on 97.7 MHz from the Mount Royal candelabra tower, with an effective radiated power of 41,200 watts using an omnidirectional antenna.The station has a mainstream rock...
first air. - 1963 – TVA (TV network)TVA (TV network)TVA is a privately owned French language television network in Canada. The network is currently owned by Groupe TVA Inc. , a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media...
launched. - 1963 – Place VersaillesPlace VersaillesPlace Versailles is a super regional mall located at the corner of Sherbrooke Street East and Highway 25 in the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. At more than and with 225 stores, it is the largest shopping centre on the island of Montreal and the largest...
began with SteinbergSteinberg'sSteinberg's was a Canadian grocery store chain that mainly operated in the province of Quebec. In addition to its flagship supermarket chain, the company operated several subsidiaries across the country...
, Miracle Mart and some 30 small stores. - 1963 – Salle Wilfrid-PelletierSalle Wilfrid-PelletierSalle Wilfrid-Pelletier is a large multipurpose venue in Montréal, Québec equipped with sophisticated technical equipment. It seats 2,982 people and is part of the Place des Arts cultural complex in Montréal's Quartier des Spectacles entertainment district....
built. - 1963 – Cinémathèque québécoiseCinémathèque québécoiseThe Cinémathèque québécoise is a film conservatory in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1963, its mission is to "preserve and document film and television heritage in order to make it available to an ever-growing and diversified public."...
founded. - 1963 - On August 13 the construction of the Expo 67Expo 67The 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, as it was commonly known, was the general exhibition, Category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It is considered to be the most successful World's Fair of the 20th century, with the...
site begins. - 1963 – The town of Rivière-des-PrairiesRivière-des-Prairies, QuebecRivière-des-Prairies was a municipality that was annexed by Montreal, Canada in 1963. On January 1, 2002 it became part of the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est. On January 1, 2006 Montreal East demerged, and the borough became Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles...
is attached to Montreal. - 1964 – Le Journal de MontréalLe Journal de MontréalLe Journal de Montréal is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is the largest-circulation French-language newspaper in North America. Established by Pierre Péladeau in 1964, it is owned by the Sun Media division of Quebecor Media. It is also Canada's largest tabloid...
established. - 1964 – CKMF-FMCKMF-FMCKMF-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.Owned and operated by Astral Media, it broadcasts on 94.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 41,400 watts using an omnidirectional antenna from the Mount Royal candelabra tower.The station has a contemporary hit...
first air. - 1964 – Montreal Museum of Contemporary ArtMusée d'art contemporain de MontréalThe Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal is a contemporary art museum in the Place des Arts complex, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The collection includes over 7,000 works of art by more than 1,500 artists , covering contemporary art in Quebec in particular and Canada in general, as well as...
established. - 1964 – Establishment of the Le Journal de MontréalLe Journal de MontréalLe Journal de Montréal is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is the largest-circulation French-language newspaper in North America. Established by Pierre Péladeau in 1964, it is owned by the Sun Media division of Quebecor Media. It is also Canada's largest tabloid...
by Pierre PéladeauPierre PéladeauPierre Péladeau, was a French-Canadian businessman. He was the founder of Quebecor Inc., a Canadian media company centered in the province of Quebec.-Biography:...
on July 15. Quebecor - 1964 – VidéotronVidéotronVidéotron GP is a Canadian integrated telecommunications company active in cable television, interactive multimedia development, video on demand, cable telephony, wireless communication and Internet access services. Currently, the company primarily serves Quebec, as well as the francophone...
founded. - 1964-67 – Place BonaventurePlace BonaventurePlace Bonaventure is an office, exhibition and hotel complex in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, adjacent to the city's Central Station. At in size, Place Bonaventure was the world's largest building upon its completion in 1967....
constructed. - 1965 – Fairview Pointe-ClaireFairview Pointe-ClaireFairview Pointe-Claire, also called Fairview Centre , is one of the biggest super regional shopping malls on the island of Montreal with about spread on two levels of shopping space...
inaugurated. - 1965 – Lakeshore General HospitalLakeshore General HospitalThe Lakeshore General Hospital is a Canadian acute care institution located in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, a suburban municipality near Montreal...
founded. - 1965 – Île Notre-DameÎle Notre-DameÎle Notre-Dame is an artificial island built in 10 months from 15 million tons of rock excavated for the Montreal Metro in 1965. It was created for Expo 67 to celebrate Canada's centennial. The island is part of the city of Montreal and forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago...
created. - 1965 – CJRM-FM (defunct)CJRM-FM (defunct)CJRM-FM was a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec. It opened on September 30, 1965 and closed on June 24, 1968 due to financial difficulties....
first air. - 1965 – Herzing CollegeHerzing CollegeHerzing University is a for-profit, career-focused institution of higher education that awards diplomas, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees and master's degrees in a variety of disciplines...
founded. - 1966 – WeloganiteWeloganiteWeloganite is a rare carbonate mineral with formula: It was discovered in 1967 and named for Canadian geologist Sir William Edmond Logan . It was first discovered in Francon Quarry, Montreal, Canada and has only been reported from a few localities worldwide.-Properties:It is usually white, lemon...
was discovered by Geological Survey of Canada mineralogist Ann Phyllis Sabina Stenson (born 1930) who was investigating mineral occurrences in a Montreal area limestone quarry. - 1966 – Montreal PlanetariumMontreal PlanetariumThe Montreal Planetarium is a public planetarium located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the oldest surviving public planetarium in Canada. It is also Canada's largest, with a seating capacity of approximately 375.-History:The planetarium was opened in advance of Expo 67, located at 1000 Saint...
inaugurated on April 1. - 1966 – Inauguration of Montreal subwayMontreal MetroThe Montreal Metro is a rubber-tired metro system, and the main form of public transportation underground in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
on September 14. - 1966 – Galeries des SourcesGaleries des SourcesGaleries des Sources is an indoor shopping mall located in the bordering cities of Dorval, Quebec & Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada on Des Sources Blvd. & Quebec Autoroute 40...
opened. - 1966 – Montreal AquariumMontreal AquariumThe Montreal Aquarium , also known as the Alcan Aquarium, was a public aquarium on St. Helen's Island, Montreal, Quebec. It was built in 1966 for Expo 67 and shut down in 1991....
built. - 1966 – De Maisonneuve BoulevardDe Maisonneuve BoulevardDe Maisonneuve Boulevard is a major westbound boulevard located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is named after the founder of Montreal, Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve. De Maisonneuve Boulevard is about 11 kilometres long and begins on Havre Street in the east end, and ends in the...
was created as a oneway street, following the construction of the Montreal MetroMontreal MetroThe Montreal Metro is a rubber-tired metro system, and the main form of public transportation underground in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
. - 1967 – Casino de Montréal built.
- 1967 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge-Tunnel opened on March 11.
- 1967 – La Ronde (amusement park)La Ronde (amusement park)La Ronde is an amusement park in Montreal, owned and operated by Six Flags. It is the largest in the province of Quebec and the second largest in Canada after Canada's Wonderland, with about 2.5 million guests in 2006...
opened in April. - 1967 – Montreal BiosphèreMontreal BiosphèreThe Biosphère is a museum in Montreal dedicated to the environment. It is located at Parc Jean-Drapeau, on Île Sainte-Hélène in the former pavilion of the United States for the 1967 World Fair Expo 67.- Expo 67 :...
opened. - 1967 – Château Champlain constructed.
- 1967-72 – Expo Express in use.
- 1967 – The Vive le Québec libre speechVive le Québec libre speech"Vive le Québec libre !" was a controversial phrase in a speech delivered by French president Charles de Gaulle in Montreal on July 24, 1967.De Gaulle was in Canada on an official visit under the pretext of attending Expo 67...
delivered on July 24. - 1967 – Place Alexis NihonPlace Alexis NihonPlace Alexis Nihon is a complex in Downtown Montreal, Quebec , consisting of a shopping centre, two office towers, and a residential building...
opened. - 1967 – Westmount SquareWestmount SquareWestmount Square is a complex of four buildings located in Westmount, Quebec. Canada. The four buildings, two of which are residential, were designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The complex opened on December 13, 1967...
constructed. - 1967 – Saint Joseph's OratorySaint Joseph's OratorySaint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, , is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and national shrine on the west slope of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:...
completed. - 1967 – Institut de pastorale des DominicainsInstitut de pastorale des DominicainsInstitut de pastorale des Dominicains is the Montreal, Quebec branch of the Dominican University College / Collège Universitaire Dominicain, a Roman Catholic university based in Ottawa, Ontario...
established. - 1967 – Habitat 67 built.
- 1967 – Mouvement Souveraineté-AssociationMouvement Souveraineté-AssociationThe Mouvement Souveraineté-Association was formed on November 19, 1967 by René Lévesque to promote the concept of sovereignty-association between Quebec and the rest of Canada....
formed. - 1967 – Collège de Bois-de-BoulogneCollège de Bois-de-BoulogneThe Collège Bois-de-Boulogne is a CEGEP located on Bois de Boulogne Street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has an enrollment of approximately 2,600 students in 7 pre-university and technical programmes and 8,000 participants in adult education and corporate programmes...
founded. - 1967 – Opening of the Décarie motorway.
- 1967 – Expo 67Expo 67The 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, as it was commonly known, was the general exhibition, Category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It is considered to be the most successful World's Fair of the 20th century, with the...
opens April 28. - 1967 – MEGA BrandsMega BrandsMega Brands, Incorporated , formerly Mega Bloks, Incorporated, is a publicly traded children's toy company. Mega Bloks is the name of their most popular product, a line of construction set toys, with other brands including Mega Puzzles, Board Dudes and Rose Art. Mega Brands, Inc. distributes a...
founded. - 1967 – Mikes (restaurant)Mikes (restaurant)Mikes is a chain of Italian restaurants that originated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with 115 restaurants in Eastern Canada, and a new one located in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States....
founded. - 1967 – Collège AhuntsicCollège AhuntsicCollège Ahuntsic is a CEGEP in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the arrondissement of Ahuntsic-Cartierville.-History:The college traces its origins to the merger of several institutions which became public ones in 1967, when the Québec system of CEGEPs was created.-Programs:The CEGEP offers two types of...
established. - 1967 - After receiving more than 50,306,648 people, Expo 67Expo 67The 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, as it was commonly known, was the general exhibition, Category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It is considered to be the most successful World's Fair of the 20th century, with the...
closes its doors on Sunday October 29. - 1968 – Plaza Côte-des-Neiges constructed.
- 1968 – Galeries d'Anjou opened.
- 1968 – 500 Place D'Armes500 Place D'Armes500 Place d'Armes is an International style building on the historic Place d'Armes square in Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
completed. - 1968 – Parti QuébécoisParti QuébécoisThe Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...
founded. - 1968 – Future Electronics founded.
- 1968 – Cégep du Vieux MontréalCégep du Vieux MontréalCégep du Vieux Montréal is a CEGEP located at 255 rue Ontario Est, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
established. - 1969 – On February 13, the Montreal Stock Exchange was attacked by Front de libération du QuébecFront de libération du QuébecThe Front de libération du Québec was a left-wing Quebecois nationalist and Marxist-Leninist paramilitary group in Quebec, Canada. It was active between 1963 and 1970, and was regarded as a terrorist organization for its violent methods of action...
with a massive bomb that wounded 38 people. - 1969 – Papineau-Leblanc BridgePapineau-Leblanc BridgeThe Papineau-Leblanc Bridge was one of the first cable-stayed spans, and was for many years the longest of this type, in the world. It is part of Quebec Autoroute 19 and is one of the connections between Laval and Montreal, Quebec, Canada, spanning Rivière des Prairies. It was fabricated from...
opened. - 1969 – Centaur TheatreCentaur TheatreThe Centaur Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Montreal, Quebec. It was founded in 1969 by The Centaur Foundation for the Performing Arts with Maurice Podbrey as the Artistic and Executive Director, and Herb Auerbach as Chairman of the Board....
founded; it is the city's largest English-language theatre company. - 1969 – Sir George Williams Computer RiotSir George Williams Computer RiotThe Sir George Williams Computer Riot was a 1969 event at Sir George Williams University in Montreal, Canada, now a part of Concordia University. It was the largest student occupation in Canadian history.- Overview :...
. - 1969 – Montreal International Auto ShowMontreal International Auto ShowThe Montreal International Auto Show is an annual auto show held in for 10 days in mid-to-late January in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It usually takes place at the Palais des congrès de Montréal....
was launched. - 1969 – Centaur TheatreCentaur TheatreThe Centaur Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Montreal, Quebec. It was founded in 1969 by The Centaur Foundation for the Performing Arts with Maurice Podbrey as the Artistic and Executive Director, and Herb Auerbach as Chairman of the Board....
founded. - 1969 – Institut national de la recherche scientifiqueInstitut national de la recherche scientifiqueThe Institut national de la recherche scientifique is the research-oriented branch of Université du Québec which only offer graduate studies...
established. - 1969 – École nationale d'administration publiqueÉcole nationale d'administration publiqueThe École nationale d'administration publique , located in Quebec City, Quebec, was established in 1969 by the Quebec government, as a way of obtaining a professional public administration during a period when a number of social and structural changes were taking place within the province...
established. - 1969 – La JouteLa JouteLa Joute is a public sculptural installation by Quebec artist Jean-Paul Riopelle, a member of the Automatiste movement...
built. - 1969 – McLennan LibraryMcLennan LibraryThe McLennan Library Building of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada is situated at the northeast corner of Sherbrooke Street and McTavish Street. The building, along with the Redpath Library Building currently houses the Humanities and Social Sciences Library, the largest branch of the...
completed. - 1969 – Concordia University TelevisionConcordia University TelevisionConcordia University Television is Canada's oldest student-run television station. Founded in 1969 in the Montreal area on the campus of Concordia University, CUTV has a strong focus on media literacy and training...
founded. - 1969 – Horizon WeeklyHorizon WeeklyHorizon Weekly is an Armenian Canadian newspaper publication and is the official political organ of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation 's Canadian Central Committee.- History :...
launched. - 1969 – ProvigoProvigoProvigo is a grocery retailer based in Quebec, Canada, consisting of over 300 stores and franchises throughout the province. A majority of the stores are located in the Montreal area. It is owned by Loblaw Companies Limited. Provigo is similar to Ontario's Your Independent Grocer/Zehrs banners, as...
founded. - 1969 – Creation of the CUM, Montreal suprastructure municipal organisation.
- 1969 – Montreal ExposMontreal ExposThe Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...
founded. First game for the Montreal ExposMontreal ExposThe Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...
at Jarry Park StadiumJarry Park StadiumJarry Park Stadium is a former baseball stadium in Montreal which served as home to the Montreal Expos, Major League Baseball's first Canadian franchise, from 1969–1976. It served as a temporary home until the domed Olympic Stadium was finished and made available to the Expos...
on April 14. - 1969 – October 7 - Murray-Hill riotMurray-Hill riotThe Murray-Hill riot was the culmination of 16 hours of unrest in Montreal, Quebec during a Montreal police strike.Police were motivated to strike because of difficult working conditions caused by disarming separatist-planted bombs and patrolling frequent protests...
. Illegal 16 hours Strike of Montreal Police, chaos in the city. - 1969 – Aquarius Records (record label) is a Canadian independent record labelIndependent record labelAn independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
which was established during the summer of 19691969 in music-Events:Perhaps the two most famous musical events of 1969 were concerts. At a Rolling Stones concert in Altamont, California, a fan was stabbed to death by Hells Angels, a biker gang that had been hired to provide security for the event...
. - 1969 – Loto-QuébecLoto-QuébecLoto-Québec is a government agency that develops and operates lotteries in the province of Quebec, Canada.-Loto-Québec's mission:Loto-Québec is a Québec government corporation whose mandate is to operate games of chance in the province in an orderly and measured way. It was created in 1969 to...
founded.
1970s
- 1970 – January 1 - Birth of the Montreal Urban CommunityMontreal Urban CommunityThe Montreal Urban Community was a regional government that covered all municipalities that later merged into the megacity of Montreal.- History :...
, a first regional government. It operated until 1991. - 1970 – St. Ann's Church (GriffintownGriffintownGriffintown is the popular name given to the former southwestern downtown part of Montreal, Quebec, which existed from the 1820s until the 1960s and was mainly populated by Irish immigrants and their descendants....
) is torn down. - 1970 – Burnside HallBurnside HallBurnside Hall is a thirteen-floor building on downtown campus of McGill University in Montreal. It is named after the Montreal estate of James McGill, the university's founder. -Design:...
completed. - 1970 – Lachine CanalLachine CanalThe Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.The canal gets its name from the French word for China...
was closed to shipping. - 1970 – Parti marxiste-léniniste du QuébecParti marxiste-léniniste du QuébecThe Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec or PMLQ is a Quebec communist political party. Its orientation is Marxism-Leninism. The PMLQ is the Quebec branch of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada...
founded. - 1970 – October CrisisOctober CrisisThe October Crisis was a series of events triggered by two kidnappings of government officials by members of the Front de libération du Québec during October 1970 in the province of Quebec, mainly in the Montreal metropolitan area.The circumstances ultimately culminated in the only peacetime use...
. - 1971 – Canadian Jewish NewsCanadian Jewish NewsThe Canadian Jewish News is a weekly, English-language tabloid-sized newspaper serving Canada's Jewish community. Though independent, the newspaper has been, since 1971, owned by a group of Jewish leaders involved with Canadian Jewish Congress...
launched. - 1971 – John Abbott CollegeJohn Abbott CollegeJohn Abbott College is an English-language general and professional educational college located in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada, near the western tip of the Island of Montreal. The enabling legislation is the General and Vocational Colleges Act -History:The college was accredited in...
established. - 1971 – Festival du Nouveau CinémaFestival du Nouveau CinémaThe Festival du Nouveau Cinéma was known as the Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media until 2004. Founded in 1971, by Claude Chamberlan and Dimitri Eipides, it is an annual independent film festival held in Montreal and features independent films from around the world...
founded. - 1971 – Palais de justice de MontréalPalais de justice de MontréalThe Palais de justice de Montréal at 1 Notre-Dame Street East in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was completed in 1971. Though located in the Old Montreal historic district, it is a modernist structure, featuring the outdoor sculpture Allegrocube. The black metal and granite building is adjacent to the...
completed. - 1971 – Montreal received the most important falls of snow ever recorded for a year: 383,3 cm (12,5 feet).
- 1971-84 – Nova Scotia VoyageursNova Scotia VoyageursThe Nova Scotia Voyageurs were a professional ice hockey team, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They played in the American Hockey League, from 1971 to 1984. The Voyageurs played their first two seasons , as the Montreal Voyageurs....
operated. - 1972 – Acadie (electoral district)Acadie (electoral district)Acadie is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Montreal and consists of the neighbourhood of Monkland and the western half of Ahuntsic. The riding was created in 1972 from parts of Ahuntsic and...
created. - 1972 – Blue Bird Café fireBlue Bird Café fireThe Blue Bird Café fire was a nightclub fire on September 1, 1972 in Montreal, Canada. In all, 37 people were killed as a result of the arson.Montreal’s Blue Bird Café and the Wagon Wheel, a country and western bar above it, were located on the west side of Union Street between Ste-Catherine Ouest...
. - 1972-75 – Montreal Bleu Blanc RougeMontreal Bleu Blanc RougeThe Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge were a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1972 to 1975. They played at the Montreal Forum.-History:...
operated. - 1973 – Van Horne MansionVan Horne MansionThe Van Horne Mansion was a classic greystone house in the Golden Square Mile district of Montreal that once belonged to Canadian railway magnate William Cornelius Van Horne. It existed on Sherbrooke Street at the corner of Stanley Street. It was torn down by developer David Azrieli in 1973 under...
torn down. - 1973 – Cavendish MallCavendish MallThe Cavendish Mall is an indoor shopping mall in Cote-Saint-Luc, Quebec, Canada. It includes a food court, multiplex movie theater and a walk-in clinic, the CLSC Rene Cassin. Redeveloped in 2011, the mall was reduced to almost half its original size...
built. - 1973 – Maison Radio-CanadaMaison Radio-CanadaMaison Radio-Canada is a skyscraper in Montreal, constructed in 1973 as a home for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's operations in Montreal....
constructed. - 1973 – Van Horne MansionVan Horne MansionThe Van Horne Mansion was a classic greystone house in the Golden Square Mile district of Montreal that once belonged to Canadian railway magnate William Cornelius Van Horne. It existed on Sherbrooke Street at the corner of Stanley Street. It was torn down by developer David Azrieli in 1973 under...
torn down. - 1973 – Le JourLe JourLe Jour was a Quebec independence newspaper. It was founded in Saint-Laurent, near Montreal, by Yves Michaud, Jacques Parizeau and René Lévesque. Michaud was editor-in-chief...
founded. - 1973 – First election of a school commissioner in Montreal.
- 1973 – Gotham Industries founded.
- 1973 – Cégep André-LaurendeauCégep André-LaurendeauThe Cégep André-Laurendeau is a CEGEP pre-university and technical college located at 1111 Lapierre Street in Montreal , Quebec, Canada.-History:...
established. - 1974 – École de technologie supérieureÉcole de technologie supérieureFounded in 1974, the École de technologie supérieure is part of the Université du Québec system. Specialized in applied teaching in engineering and technology transfer to companies, it teaches engineers and researchers who are recognized for their practical and innovative approach...
established. - 1974 – Birth of the Concordia UniversityConcordia UniversityConcordia University is a comprehensive Canadian public university located in Montreal, Quebec, one of the two universities in the city where English is the primary language of instruction...
of Montreal. - 1974 – Cinémas GuzzoCinémas GuzzoCinémas Guzzo is a regional chain of movie theaters located in the Canadian province of Quebec. There are currently 8 Mega-Plex locations and 2 Cinema locations, all within the greater Montreal area. All Cinemas Guzzo theatres serve mainly Pepsi products in terms of beverages...
founded. - 1975 – Télé-QuébecTélé-QuébecTélé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec...
first air on January 19. - 1975 – On January 24, Richard BlassRichard BlassRichard Blass was an infamous Canadian gangster and a multiple murderer. Born in Montreal, he was nicknamed Le Chat, French for The Cat, so nicknamed because of his luck in evading death after surviving at least three assassination attempts, a police shootout and escaping from custody...
was hit twenty three times by police bullets, dying instantly. - 1975 – Place VertuPlace VertuPlace Vertu is a Canadian shopping centre in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent in Quebec. It is located on Cote-Vertu boulevard, corner of Cavendish Boulevard....
opened. - 1975 – CINQ-FMCINQ-FMCINQ-FM is a multilingual Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.It broadcasts on 102.3 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 1,285 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 2,335 watts ....
first air. - 1975 – The highest temperature ever recorded was 37.6 °C (100 °F) on August 1.
- 1975 – Montréal-Mirabel International AirportMontréal-Mirabel International AirportMontréal-Mirabel International Airport, originally called Montréal International Airport and widely known simply as Mirabel is an airport located in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal and was opened October 4, 1975...
opened on October 4. - 1975 – Montreal CanadiensMontreal CanadiensThe Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
facing the Russian team of the Red ArmyRed ArmyThe Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
on December 31. - 1975 – ParasucoParasucoParasuco is a Canadian clothing company, best known for its denim jeans. Based in Montreal, the company is famous for its provocative advertising and fit on jeans...
founded. - 1976 – Montreal BiodomeMontreal BiodomeThe Montreal Biodome is a facility located in Montreal that allows visitors to walk through replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas. The building was originally constructed for the 1976 Olympic Games as a velodrome. It hosted both track cycling and judo events...
built. - 1976 – Olympic Village (Montreal)Olympic Village (Montreal)The Olympic Village is a twin-tower structure in Montreal, Quebec, Canada built as the athletes' residence for the 1976 Summer Olympics. It was built by Rene Lepine, CEO of the real estate company, Groupe Lepine, and his associates through the company ZAROLEGA Inc...
opened. - 1976 – Centre Eaton officially opened.
- 1976 – Olympic Stadium (Montreal)Olympic Stadium (Montreal)The Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada built as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics...
opened on July 17. - 1976 – Summer Olympics1976 Summer OlympicsThe 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
. - 1976 – Complexe DesjardinsComplexe DesjardinsComplexe Desjardins is a mixed-use office, hotel, and shopping mall complex located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The project was designed to develop the eastern end of downtown Montreal, it is located in the quadrilateral formed by Saint Catherine, Saint-Urbain, and Jeanne Mance streets, and René...
constructed. - 1976 – Château DufresneChateau DufresneThe former residence of Marius Dufresne and Oscar Dufresne, the Château Dufresne was originally divided into two separate households, one for each brother...
established. - 1976 – Gay LineGay LineGay Line is a Canadian LGBT non-profit organization. It was founded in 1976 by social workers and activists to provide advice and counseling to gay and lesbian people in Montreal.-History:...
founded. - 1976 – CKOI-FMCKOI-FMCKOI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 96.9 MHz from the roof of the CIBC Tower in Downtown Montreal with an effective radiated power of 307,000 watts using an omnidirectional antenna...
opened. - 1976 – MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
was surpassed in population size by TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. (See Toronto-Montreal rivalry). - 1976 – CGI GroupCGI GroupCGI Group Inc. is an information technology management and business process services company. Founded in 1976 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, CGI employs approximately 31,000 professionals in over 125 offices in 16 countries. As of September 2010, CGI had an annual revenue of CA $3.7...
founded. - 1976 – MatroxMatroxMatrox is a producer of video card components and equipment for personal computers. Based in Dorval, Quebec, Canada it was founded by Lorne Trottier and Branko Matić....
founded. - 1976 – Transcontinental (publisher) founded.
- 1976 – Norman Bethune SquareNorman Bethune SquareNorman Bethune Square is a small urban square located in Downtown Montreal at the northwest intersection of Guy Street and De Maisonneuve Boulevard West. It is situated in close proximity to Concordia University's Sir George Williams campus and is opposite Guy-Concordia Montreal Metro station...
and Norman Bethune Memorial opened on March 23. - 1977 – Montreal World Film FestivalMontreal World Film FestivalThe Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...
founded. - 1977 – Le Délit françaisLe Délit françaisLe Délit français, also known as Le Délit, is an independent francophone newspaper on the McGill University campus, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
founded. - 1977 – UniprixUniprixUniprix is a Quebec pharmacy chain founded in 1977 and based in Saint-Leonard, Montreal . It operates under four brands: Uniprix, Unipharm, Clinique Santé and Uniclinique...
founded. - 1977–2002 – Chateau Aeroport-MirabelChateau Aeroport-MirabelThe Chateau Aeroport-Mirabel was a resort themed hotel at theMirabel International Airport in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada. It was located beside the airport's main terminal building, connected by an indoor passageway...
operated. - 1978 – The city host the final championship of the world junior hockey on January 3.
- 1978 – The Canadian Grand PrixCanadian Grand PrixThe Canadian Grand Prix , abbreviated as gpc, is an annual auto race held in Canada starting in 1961. It has been part of the Formula One World Championship since 1967...
moved to its current home on Île Notre-DameÎle Notre-DameÎle Notre-Dame is an artificial island built in 10 months from 15 million tons of rock excavated for the Montreal Metro in 1965. It was created for Expo 67 to celebrate Canada's centennial. The island is part of the city of Montreal and forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago...
in Montreal. - 1978 – Reelection of Jean DrapeauJean DrapeauJean Drapeau, was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Montreal from 1954 to 1957 and 1960 to 1986...
as mayor of Montreal on November 12. - 1979 – Montreal Holocaust Memorial CentreMontreal Holocaust Memorial CentreThe Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre is a museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, dedicated to Holocaust education and awareness. It was founded in 1979 by a group of Holocaust survivors and facilitated by the philanthropy of Steven Cummings...
established. - 1979 – Canadian Centre for ArchitectureCanadian Centre for ArchitectureThe Canadian Centre for Architecture is a museum of architecture and research centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Phyllis Lambert is the Founding Director and Chair of the Board of Trustees, and Mirko Zardini is the Director and Chief Curator....
founded. - 1979 – Valentine (restaurant)Valentine (Restaurant)Valentine is a chain of over 100 privately owned restaurant franchises operating in the province of Quebec, Canada.The first restaurant opened in 1979 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec...
opened. - 1979 – First Montreal International Marathon on August 25.
1980s
- 1980 – Opéra de MontréalOpéra de MontréalOpéra de Montréal is an opera company in Montreal. It performs at the Place des Arts theatre complex in downtown Montreal, in the borough of Ville-Marie. It was founded in 1980...
founded. - 1980 – The first Montreal International Jazz Festival was in 1980.
- 1980 – The Link (newspaper)The Link (newspaper)The Link is an independent student newspaper at Concordia University. It was founded in 1980 as a merger between The Georgian, representing Sir George Williams University, and The Loyola News, representing Loyola College, when they merged to form Concordia University...
founded. - 1980 – CIBL-FMCIBL-FMCIBL-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.It broadcasts on 101.5 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 221 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 293 watts ....
first air. - 1980 – On June 23, Terry FoxTerry FoxTerrance Stanley "Terry" Fox , was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer research activist. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research...
ran into Montreal (within Marathon of Hope) with Montreal AlouettesMontreal AlouettesThe Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...
kicker Don SweetDon SweetDon Sweet, , was a star football kicker for the Montreal Alouettes and Montreal Concordes of the Canadian Football League.-College years:...
and four wheelchairWheelchairA wheelchair is a chair with wheels, designed to be a replacement for walking. The device comes in variations where it is propelled by motors or by the seated occupant turning the rear wheels by hand. Often there are handles behind the seat for someone else to do the pushing...
athletes. - 1980 – Écomusée du fier monde opened.
- 1980 – ClasséClasséClassé is a Canadian manufacturer of high-end audio equipment, such as amplifiers, pre-amplifiers and source components .-History:...
produced its first power amplifier. - 1980 – International Floralies fair
- 1980 – Wallace fountain was offered to the City of Montreal by the city of Paris during the 1980 International Floralies fair.
- 1981 – Les Presses ChinoisesLes Presses ChinoisesLes Presses Chinoises is a weekly Chinese newspaper in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The other main Chinese paper in Montreal is Sept Days.-Controversy:...
launched. - 1981 – McGill TribuneMcGill TribuneThe McGill Tribune is an independent campus newspaper published by the Tribune Publication Society in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has a circulation of 11,000 between McGill's downtown and Macdonald campuses...
founded. - 1981-83 – Montreal ManicMontreal ManicMontreal Manic were a soccer team based out of Montreal that played in the NASL. They played from 1981 to 1983. Their home field was Olympic Stadium...
operated. - 1982 – Montreal Jubilation Gospel ChoirMontreal Jubilation Gospel ChoirThe Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir is a choir from Montreal, Quebec, Canada that sings primarily Gospel music.- Musical career :The choir was founded and directed by Trevor W. Payne in 1982 and gave its first performance at the St. James United Church in Montreal. The first members primarily...
founded. - 1982 – Centre SheratonCentre SheratonLe Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel was completed in 1982 and stands at 118 metres or 386 feet with 38 floors. It was built by Le Group Arcorp.Le Centre Sheraton is located at 1201 René-Lévesque Boulevard West, next door to Tour CIBC at 1155 René-Lévesque Boulevard West.It hosted a meeting of G-20...
completed. - 1982 – Amazones d'Hier, Lesbiennes d'Aujourd'huiAmazones d'Hier, Lesbiennes d'Aujourd'huiAmazones d'Hier, Lesbiennes d'Aujourd'hui is the name of a quarterly French language magazine published starting 1982 by a lesbian collective in Montreal, Quebec made of Louise Turcotte, Danielle Charest, Genette Bergeron and Ariane Brunet..AHLA was written from a radical lesbian perspective,...
launced. - 1982 – Gray Line MontrealGray Line MontrealGray Line Montreal, although a member of the Coach Canada family, is an independently managed operation, that also formerly carried the brand of Stagecoach Montréal. They run a fleet of tourtrams, coaches and double-decker buses in and around Montreal, Canada, under the banner of Gray Line...
founded. - 1982 – Logibec Groupe Informatique Ltd.Logibec Groupe Informatique Ltd.Logibec Groupe Informatique Ltd. is a company founded in 1982 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Logibec is among the fastest-growing North American companies specializing in the development, marketing, implementation and support of information systems for the health and social services sector. Since its...
founded. - 1982 – Montreal Jubilation Gospel ChoirMontreal Jubilation Gospel ChoirThe Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir is a choir from Montreal, Quebec, Canada that sings primarily Gospel music.- Musical career :The choir was founded and directed by Trevor W. Payne in 1982 and gave its first performance at the St. James United Church in Montreal. The first members primarily...
founded. - 1983 – Palais des congrès de MontréalPalais des congrès de MontréalThe Palais des congrès de Montréal is a convention center located in the Quartier international de Montréal at the north end of Old Montreal in Montreal's borough of Ville-Marie....
inaugurated in May. - 1983 – Centre d'histoire de Montréal opened.
- 1983 – Just for LaughsJust for LaughsJust for Laughs is a comedy festival held each July in Montreal, Quebec, founded in 1983. It is the largest international comedy festival in the world.- Information :...
founded. - 1983 – GroupactionGroupactionGroupaction Inc. is a Canadian advertising agency at the centre of the 2004 Canadian sponsorship scandal. It was incorporated in 1983 as Groupaction Marketing Inc. and received its first federal advertising contract in 1994 with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ....
incorporated. - 1983 – PharmasciencePharmascienceFounded in 1983, Pharmascience is a Canadian pharmaceutical company that employs over 1300 people. The third largest pharmaceutical firm in Canada in terms of the number of prescriptions, it sells its products in over 60 countries and posted sales of more than $700 million...
founded. - 1983 – I Musici de Montréal Chamber OrchestraI Musici de Montréal Chamber OrchestraI Musici de Montréal is a Canadian chamber orchestra.Founded by cellist and conductor Yuli Turovsky, I Musici de Montréal is a chamber orchestra of 15 musicians that performs a vast repertoire extending from the baroque to the contemporary. The orchestra presents a busy schedule of over 100...
founded. - 1984 – AeroplanAeroplanAeroplan is a Montreal, Quebec, Canada based coalition loyalty program owned by Aimia , a global leader in loyalty management. The Aeroplan Program was created in July 1984 by Air Canada as an incentive program for its frequent flyer customers...
created in July. - 1984 – A bomb planted by Thomas Bernard BrighamThomas Bernard BrighamThomas "Tommy" Bernard Clark Brigham was an elderly American war veteran convicted of planting a bomb in Central Station in Montreal, Canada on September 3, 1984, killing three French tourists and injuring 30–47 other people...
in Central Station (Montreal), killed three French tourists and injured 30–47 other people on September 3. He was widely believed to be protesting Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul IIBlessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
's impending visit to Canada later that week. - 1984 – On September 11, Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul IIBlessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
participated in a youth rally with about 55,000 people in attendance, on the Olympic StadiumOlympic Stadium (Montreal)The Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada built as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics...
. - 1984 – Frank "Dunie" Ryan, leader West End GangWest End GangThe West End Gang is one of Canada's most influential organized crime groups. Active since the early 1900s, their rise to notoriety did not begin until the 1960s when they were known simply as the "Irish gang". Their criminal activities were focused on, but not restricted to, the west side of...
, was assassinated on November 13. - 1984 – Cirque du SoleilCirque du SoleilCirque du Soleil , is a Canadian entertainment company, self-described as a "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment." Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy...
founded. - 1984 – Île de la VisitationÎle de la VisitationÎle de la Visitation is a small island in the Rivière des Prairies, part of the Hochelaga Archipelago, linked to the Island of Montreal in Quebec, Canada....
opened. - 1984 – L'aut'journalL'aut'journalL’aut’journal is a French language newspaper distributed in Quebec freely and through subscription. It was founded in 1984 by political scientist and journalist Pierre Dubuc, and as of 2004 has a circulation of 35,000 copies....
founded. - 1984 – Dialogic CorporationDialogic CorporationDialogic Corporation is a designer, developer and manufacturer of communication products. It was founded in 1984 in Montreal, Canada. Dialogic products are sold worldwide through a large network of distributors and resellers, and supplied to OEMs....
founded. - 1984 – EiconEiconEicon Networks Corporation was a privately owned designer, developer and manufacturer of communication products founded in 1984 with headquarters in Montreal, Canada...
founded. - 1984 – Gildan ActivewearGildan ActivewearGildan Activewear Inc. Gildan is a clothing company which produces basic apparel and hosiery. The company's corporate head office is located in Montreal, Canada, and its manufacturing facilities are in Honduras, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, the USA and Bangladesh. It also outsources some...
founded. - 1984 – Maxi (supermarket)Maxi (supermarket)Maxi is a grocery retailer based in Quebec, Canada. It is a subsidiary of Loblaw Companies and the largest of Loblaws' Quebec supermarket chains. Maxi is the Quebec equivalent of No Frills, a chain of franchised discount grocery stores outside Quebec, except that Maxi stores are company owned. Over...
founded. - 1985 – L'International des Feux Loto-QuébecL'International des Feux Loto-QuébecL'International des Feux Loto-Québec, also known as the Montreal Fireworks Festival, is a major international fireworks competition. It has been held yearly in La Ronde over the Dolphins lake, since 1985, and is named after its main sponsor, Loto-Québec...
has been held yearly in La RondeLa Ronde (amusement park)La Ronde is an amusement park in Montreal, owned and operated by Six Flags. It is the largest in the province of Quebec and the second largest in Canada after Canada's Wonderland, with about 2.5 million guests in 2006...
over the Dolphins lake, since 1985. - 1985 – Sunday ExpressSunday Express (Montreal)The Sunday Express was an English-language weekly newspaper published in Montreal.-Foundation:The paper was published by Midnight founder Joe Azaria, who also tried without success to turn the paper into a daily, under the name Daily Express. That experiment lasted less than a year, as the paper...
closed. In 1974, the Sunday ExpressSunday Express (Montreal)The Sunday Express was an English-language weekly newspaper published in Montreal.-Foundation:The paper was published by Midnight founder Joe Azaria, who also tried without success to turn the paper into a daily, under the name Daily Express. That experiment lasted less than a year, as the paper...
was acquired by QuebecorQuebecorQuebecor Inc. is a communications company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded by Pierre Péladeau, and remains run by his family. Quebecor Inc. owns 55% of Quebecor Media Inc...
. - 1985 – Montreal MirrorMontreal MirrorMontreal Mirror is a free English language alternative newsweekly based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with a circulation of 70,000, and reaches a quarter of a million readers per week. It is published by Communications Gratte-Ciel Ltée....
founded. - 1986 – Carrefour AngrignonCarrefour AngrignonCarrefour Angrignon is a Canadian shopping centre in the Montreal borough of LaSalle in Quebec. Popular stores include Sears, Zellers, Staples, Sears Home, Best Buy, Maxi and Famous Players. There is also a food court, located between Sears and Famous Players. Free outdoor customer parking is...
built. - 1986 – Le Cheval BlancLe Cheval BlancLe Cheval Blanc is a brewpub located on rue Ontario in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 1986, it became the first licenced brewpub in Montreal. Beers available on tap:* Blonde, continental lager, 5%* Stout, creamy stout, 4%* Amber, caramelized red ale, 5%...
opened. - 1986 – Innauguration of Jean-TalonJean-Talon (Montreal Metro)Jean-Talon is a station of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the Little Italy district on the border between the boroughs of Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie and Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.It...
subway station on June 16. - 1986 – CFTU-TVCFTU-TVCFTU-TV is a Canadian French language educational television station in the province of Quebec, owned by a private consortium known as CANAL, consisting primarily of Quebec-based post-secondary institutions. CFTU currently uses the on-air brand, Canal Savoir...
first air on August 20. - 1986 – CFJP-TVCFJP-TVCFJP-DT is the callsign for V's flagship television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.The station was originally owned by the family of Jean Pouliot, then-owner of CFCF. It was acquired by Cogeco in 2001 concurrently with Cogeco's acquisition of the network...
first air on September 7. - 1986 – Léger MarketingLéger MarketingLeger Marketing is the largest solely Canadian owned polling and market research firm in Canada with 650 employees, including 103 professionals. Leger Marketing provides access to Canadian and American markets...
founded. - 1986 – Jean DoréJean DoréJean Doré is a Canadian politician and former mayor of the City of Montreal, Quebec.-Background:Jean Doré studied law at the Université de Montréal, where he was president of the student union from 1967 to 1968. He received a Master's Degree of Political Science from McGill University...
elected as mayor. - 1986 – Air TransatAir TransatAir Transat is an airline based in Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, operating scheduled and charter flights, serving 60 destinations in 25 countries. The airline is owned and operated by Transat A.T. Inc. During the summer season its main destinations are Europe and in the winter season the...
founded. - 1986 – Avenue VideoAvenue VideoAvenue Video is a chain of video tape, video game and DVD rental shops located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:Established in 1986, the Avenue Video chain expanded to comprise a number of franchises in the Montreal area...
established. - 1986 – Le Cheval BlancLe Cheval BlancLe Cheval Blanc is a brewpub located on rue Ontario in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 1986, it became the first licenced brewpub in Montreal. Beers available on tap:* Blonde, continental lager, 5%* Stout, creamy stout, 4%* Amber, caramelized red ale, 5%...
became the first licenced brewpub in Montreal. - 1986 – Softimage (company) founded. Softimage has been attributed as a pioneer of computer graphics for motion pictures, used in the creation of special effects for movies such as Jurassic ParkJurassic Park (film)Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. It stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck...
, TitanicTitanic (1997 film)Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater and Billy Zane as Rose's fiancé, Cal...
and The Fifth ElementThe Fifth ElementThe Fifth Element is a 1997 French science fiction film directed, co-written, and based on a story by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, and Milla Jovovich...
. - 1986 – Conservatoire de musique de St-EustacheConservatoire de musique de St-EustacheThe Conservatoire de musique de Saint-Eustache is a private school of music instruction located in St-Eustache, Quebec, an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada, on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles...
opened. In 2009, the Conservatoire was split into two schools; one for music and one for dance. - 1987 – Montreal ProtocolMontreal ProtocolThe Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion...
opened for signature. - 1987 – The first Montreal Museums DayMontreal Museums DayMontreal Museums Day, or Journée des musées montréalais, is an annual event in Montreal: on the last Sunday in May, more than 30 of the city's largest museums and galleries offer free admission and extended opening hours...
was in May 1987. - 1987 – Montreal delugeMontreal Flood of 1987The Montreal Flood of 1987 happened on July 14 of that year when a series of strong thunderstorms crossed the island of Montreal, Canada, between the noon hour and 2:30 p.m. Over 100 mm of rain fell during this very short period of time. The sewer systems were overwhelmed by the deluge and the...
: more than 100 mm of rain in 2 hours transforming Descarie expressway into a river. - 1987 – Promenades CathédralePromenades CathédralePromenades Cathédrale is a major retail complex on Saint Catherine Street in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Originally named Promenades de la Cathédrale, the complex is located beneath Montreal's Anglican Christ Church Cathedral...
constructed. - 1987 – Cora (restaurant)Cora (restaurant)Cora is a Canadian chain of casual restaurants serving breakfast and lunch. Until 2008, the chain was known as Chez Cora déjeuners... in Quebec, and Cora's Breakfast and Lunch elsewhere in Canada. Franchises are located in all provinces except Saskatchewan.Chez Cora began in 1987 when Cora...
opened. - 1987 – Tour KPMGTour KPMGThe Tour KPMG, formerly Maison des Coopérants or Place de la Cathédrale, is a 34 storey skyscraper located in downtown Montreal that was completed in 1987. It is located at 600 de Maisonneuve Ouest. It has an official height of 146 m...
constructed. - 1987 – The name of "Dorchester Boulevard" was changed in René Lévesque BoulevardRené Lévesque BoulevardRené Lévesque Boulevard is one of the main streets in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.It is a main east-west thoroughfare passing through the downtown core in the borough of Ville-Marie. The street begins on the west at Atwater Avenue and continues until it merges with Notre Dame Street East just east...
after the death of Quebec premierPremier of QuebecThe Premier of Quebec is the first minister of the Canadian province of Quebec. The Premier is the province's head of government and his title is Premier and President of the Executive Council....
René LévesqueRené LévesqueRené Lévesque was a reporter, a minister of the government of Quebec, , the founder of the Parti Québécois political party and the 23rd Premier of Quebec...
. A portion of the thoroughfare in the largely anglophone city of WestmountWestmount, QuebecWestmount is a city on the Island of Montreal, an enclave of the city of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada; pop. 20,494; area 4.02 km²; population density of 5,092.56 inhabitants/km²....
, between Clarke Street and Atwater StreetAtwater StreetAtwater Avenue is a major north-south street located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is links Doctor Penfield Avenue in the Ville-Marie borough to the north, and Henri Duhamel Street in the Verdun borough to the south...
, retains the name "Dorchester Boulevard", as does a portion in the mainly French-speaking Montréal-EstMontréal-Est, QuebecMontreal East , is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the island of Montreal, formerly part of the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est. Montreal-Est has consistently been the home to many large oil refineries since 1915.Montreal-Est was originally founded in 1910...
, where it is known as "rue Dorchester". - 1987 – BleublancrougeBleublancrougeCommunications bleu blanc rouge is an incorporated advertising agency created in 1987 in Montreal, officially designated in 2008 among Canada's top 10 agencies by Marketing Mag . In 2001, the company merged with PDG and in 2004, a new generation of leaders came at the head office...
founded. - 1987 – Dorel IndustriesDorel IndustriesDorel Industries Inc. is a Canadian company, based in Montreal, Quebec, which designs and manufactures for three areas: juvenile, home furnishings and recreational/leisure. It was formed in 1987 as a result of a merger between Dorel Co. Ltd., founded in 1962 by Leo Schwartz and Ridgewood...
formed. - 1987 – Totem AcousticTotem AcousticTotem Acoustic is a Montreal, Canada-based manufacturer of loudspeaker systems.-History:Totem Acoustic was founded in 1987 by Vince Bruzzese, also the company's chief designer. The totem represents, to the native North American people, an entity that chooses an individual and then guides that...
founded. - 1987 – Transat A.T.Transat A.T.Transat A.T. Inc. is an international, vertically-integrated tour operator with nearly 20 business units in 8 countries. The company is headquartered in Montreal.-History:...
founded. - 1988 – Montreal Daily NewsMontreal Daily NewsThe Montreal Daily News was a short-lived English language Canadian daily newspaper in Quebec. Quebecor founder Pierre Péladeau and British tabloid publisher Robert Maxwell teamed up to launch a competing English-language newspaper against The Gazette...
founded. - 1988 – FieldTurfFieldTurfFieldTurf is a brand of artificial turf playing surface. It is manufactured and installed by the FieldTurf Tarkett division of Tarkett Inc., based in Calhoun, Georgia, USA. In the late 1990s, the artificial surface changed the industry with a design intended to replicate real grass...
formed. - 1989 – École Polytechnique massacreÉcole Polytechnique massacreThe École Polytechnique Massacre, also known as the Montreal Massacre, was a hate crime perpetrated on December 6, 1989 at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Twenty-five-year-old Gamil Rodrigue Liass Gharbi, who had changed his name to Marc Lépine, armed with a legally obtained...
occurred on December 6. Marc LépineMarc LépineMarc Lépine was a 25-year-old man from Montreal, Canada who murdered fourteen women and wounded ten women and four men at the École Polytechnique, an engineering school affiliated with the Université de Montréal, in the "École Polytechnique massacre", also known as the "Montreal Massacre".Lépine...
murdered fourteen women and wounded ten women and four men. - 1989 – Les FrancoFolies de MontréalLes FrancoFolies de MontréalLes FrancoFolies de Montréal is a large annual music and performance festival held in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, featuring over 1,000 French-language performers from all over the world, as well as attracting over 500,000 visitors....
founded. - 1989 – CKUT-FMCKUT-FMCKUT-FM is the official campus community radio station of McGill University. It can be heard at 90.3 FM in Montreal, 91.7 on cable, or on the . CKUT's FM signal, broadcast from a tower on the top of Mount Royal, reaches as far as the Eastern Townships and upstate New York...
first air. - 1989 – Canadian Space Agency formed on December 14.
- 1989 – McAuslan Brewing opened.
- 1989 – Le SuperClub VidéotronLe SuperClub VidéotronLe SuperClub Vidéotron Ltée, which includes the Jumbo Video and Microplay chains, is one of the largest video store chain operators in Canada, particularly in Quebec. It is owned by Quebecor Media Inc....
founded.
1990s
- 1990 – Montreal InsectariumMontreal InsectariumThe Montreal Insectarium is a museum located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, featuring a large quantity of insects from all around the world. It is the largest Canadian insectarium and among the largest insectariums worldwide. It was founded by Georges Brossard and opened on February 7, 1990. Its...
opened on February 7. - 1990 – Ferme Angrignon established.
- 1990 – Oka CrisisOka CrisisThe Oka Crisis was a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada which began on July 11, 1990 and lasted until September 26, 1990. At least one person died as a result...
. - 1992 – Montreal ImpactMontreal ImpactMontreal Impact was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1992, the team played in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid until the 2011 season. The owner Joey Saputo now operates the MLS team Montreal ImpactThe...
founded. - 1992 – 1000 de La Gauchetière1000 de La Gauchetière1000 de la Gauchetière is a skyscraper in the Canadian city of Montreal and is the tallest building in Montreal. It is named for its address at 1000 De la Gauchetière Street West in the city's downtown. It rises to the maximum height approved by the city at 205 m and 51 floors...
built; it is the Montreal's highest skyscraper. - 1992 – Pointe-à-Callière MuseumPointe-à-Callière MuseumPointe-à-Callière Museum is the Montreal museum of archaeology and history located in Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1992 as part of celebrations to mark Montreal's 350th birthday...
founded. - 1992 – Concordia University massacreConcordia University massacreThe Concordia University massacre was a school shooting on August 24, 1992 in which Dr. Valery I. Fabrikant, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, killed four colleagues and wounded a staff member at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was convicted of murder and...
on August 24. Valery FabrikantValery FabrikantValery I. Fabrikant , is a Belarussian émigré and former associate professor of mechanical engineering at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
killed four people. - 1992 – 1250 René-Lévesque1250 René-Lévesque1250 Boulevard René-Lévesque, also known as La Tour IBM-Marathon, is a , 47-story skyscraper in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.The building was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates for IBM Canada and Marathon Realty, hence the former name "IBM-Marathon." It is now named for its address at 1250 René...
completed. - 1992 – 1501 McGill College1501 McGill CollegeLe 1501 McGill College, also known as La Tour McGill, is a , 36 story skyscraper in Downtown Montreal. Named for its address at 1501, McGill College Avenue, it was completed in 1992 at the same time as the city's two tallest, 1000 de La Gauchetière and 1250 René-Lévesque...
completed. - 1992 – World Trade Centre MontrealWorld Trade Centre MontrealThe World Trade Centre Montreal is a building located in the Quartier international district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
completed. - 1992 – Terminus Centre-Ville (AMT)Terminus Centre-Ville (AMT)Terminus Centre-Ville is a bus terminus located within 1000 de La Gauchetière, Montreal. It is multimodal with the Bonaventure metro station on the Orange Line, the Central Station, the Lucien-L'Allier train station as well as the Lucien-L'Allier metro station...
opened. - 1992 – Aéroports de MontréalAéroports de MontréalAéroports de Montréal is the main airport authority in Greater Montreal, headquartered in Suite 1000 of the Leigh-Capreol Place in Dorval, Quebec. It is responsible for both Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, and Montréal-Mirabel International Airport...
founded. - 1992 – Lion de la FeuilléeLion de la Feuillée (Montreal)- Overview :The huge lion that lies at the entrance to the rose garden was donated by the city of Lyon on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of Montreal in 1992....
was donated by the city of LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of Montreal. - 1993 – Just for Laughs MuseumJust for Laughs museumThe Just for Laughs Museum is a Canadian museum dedicated to humour located in Montreal, Quebec.- History :The Just for Laughs Museum was created by Gilbert Rozon, who wanted to buy in on the success of the Just for Laughs festival...
established. - 1993 – Divers/CitéDivers/CitéDivers/Cité is an LGBT multidisciplinary arts and music festival taking place each year in the heart of Montreal, since 1993. An avant-garde event in the heart of downtown Montreal and in Montreal's Gay Village area held usually on the end of July and beginning of August every year and extending...
founded. - 1993 – Uniprix Stadium built.
- 1993 – Mondial de la Bière founded.
- 1993 – Casino de Montréal opened.
- 1994 – AlternativesAlternativesFounded in 1994, Alternatives, Action and Communication Network for International Development, is a non-governmental, international solidarity organization based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
founded. - 1994 – Pierre BourquePierre Bourque (politician)Pierre Bourque, CQ is a businessman and politician in Quebec, Canada. He founded the Vision Montreal political party and served as mayor of Montreal from 1994 to 2001.-Background:...
becomes mayor of Montreal. - 1996 – Bell CentreBell CentreThe Bell Centre , formerly known as the Molson Centre , is a sports and entertainment complex in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It opened on March 16, 1996 after nearly three years under construction...
opened on March 16. - 1996 – Agence métropolitaine de transportAgence métropolitaine de transportThe Agence métropolitaine de transport is the umbrella organization that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transportation services across Canada's Greater Montreal Region, including the Island of Montreal, Laval , and communities along both the North Shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles...
created. - 1996 – Fantasia FestivalFantasia FestivalFantasia International Film Festival is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996...
founded. - 1996 – Establishment of CRE-Montreal.
- 1997 – McGill University Health CentreMcGill University Health CentreThe McGill University Health Centre is a network of teaching and community hospitals in Montreal, Quebec, Canada affiliated with McGill University....
founded. - 1998 – North American ice storm of 1998North American ice storm of 1998The North American ice storm of 1998 was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms which combined to strike a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec to Nova Scotia in Canada, and bordering areas from northern New York to central Maine in the...
. Montreal and east of Quebec province is suffering the worst ice storm ever recorded. - 1998 – CECM becomes CSDM and SBGM becomes EMSBEnglish Montreal School BoardEnglish Montreal School Board is the largest English-language school board in Quebec. The EMSB is responsible for anglophone public schools in the centre and eastern sectors of Montreal Island. Public education in the western portion of Montreal Island is administered by the Lester B. Pearson...
. - 1998 – English Montreal School BoardEnglish Montreal School BoardEnglish Montreal School Board is the largest English-language school board in Quebec. The EMSB is responsible for anglophone public schools in the centre and eastern sectors of Montreal Island. Public education in the western portion of Montreal Island is administered by the Lester B. Pearson...
began operations on July 1. - 1998 – Commission scolaire de MontréalCommission scolaire de MontréalCommission scolaire de Montréal is a French-language school board located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The school board was created on July 1, 1998, as a result of a law passed by the Quebec government that changed the school board system from denominational to linguistic...
began operations on July 1. - 1998 – Area code 450Area code 450Area codes 450 and 579 area telephone area code in the Canadian province of Quebec, encompassing the off-island suburbs of Montreal, which is served by area codes 514 and 438...
introduced. - 1999 – Montreal ConventionMontreal ConventionThe Montreal Convention, formally the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, is a treaty adopted by a Diplomatic meeting of ICAO member states in 1999. It amended important provisions of the Warsaw Convention's regime concerning compensation for the...
. - 1999 – Montreal Economic InstituteMontreal Economic InstituteThe Montreal Economic Institute is a non-profit research organization based in Montreal. It aims at promoting economic education of the general public and efficient public policies in Quebec and Canada through studies and conferences. Its research areas include different topics such as health...
established. - 1999 – World Anti-Doping AgencyWorld Anti-Doping AgencyThe World Anti-Doping Agency , , is an independent foundation created through a collective initiative led by the International Olympic Committee . It was set up on November 10, 1999 in Lausanne, Switzerland, as a result of what was called the "Declaration of Lausanne", to promote, coordinate and...
set up on November 10. - 2000 – Centre SheratonCentre SheratonLe Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel was completed in 1982 and stands at 118 metres or 386 feet with 38 floors. It was built by Le Group Arcorp.Le Centre Sheraton is located at 1201 René-Lévesque Boulevard West, next door to Tour CIBC at 1155 René-Lévesque Boulevard West.It hosted a meeting of G-20...
hosted a meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors on October 24–25.
21st century
- 2001 – Reorganization of Montreal.
- 2001 – According to Statistics CanadaStatistics CanadaStatistics Canada is the Canadian federal government agency commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. Its headquarters is in Ottawa....
, in 2001, the city of MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
had 1,583,590 inhabitants. However, 3,635,700 live in the metropolitan area as of 2005 up from 3,426,350, reflecting an annual growth of 1.1 percent. - 2001 – Gérald TremblayGérald TremblayGérald Tremblay is a Canadian politician and businessman currently serving his third term as mayor of Montreal and as president of the Montreal Metropolitan Community...
becomes mayor of Montreal. - 2001 – Union MontrealUnion MontrealUnion Montreal is a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It currently governs Montreal's city government.-Origins:It was established as the Montreal Island Citizens Union in the aftermath of the province-wide municipal merger of 2001 and not long before the municipal election...
founded. - 2002 – Montreal was mergedMontreal MergerAs with other large cities like New York City and Toronto, the legal geographic boundaries of Montreal have been reorganized to incorporate adjacent communities which are integral to its social and economic life.-Merger and demerger:...
with the 27 surrounding municipalities on the Island of MontrealIsland of MontrealThe Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies....
on January 1. The merger created a unified city of Montreal which covered the entire island of MontrealIsland of MontrealThe Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies....
. Soon, this move proved unpopular. - 2002 – The official reopening of the Lachine CanalLachine CanalThe Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.The canal gets its name from the French word for China...
exclusively for pleasure boating on May 17. - 2002 – Société de transport de MontréalSociété de transport de MontréalThe Société de transport de Montréal is a public transport agency that operates transit bus, and rapid transit services in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
came into being in 2002. - 2002 – Maurice BoucherMaurice BoucherMaurice "Mom" Boucher is a convicted murderer, reputed drug trafficker, and outlaw biker—the former President of the Hells Angels' Montreal chapter. Boucher led Montreal's Hells Angels against the rival Rock Machine biker gang during The Quebec Biker War of 1994 through 2002 in Quebec, Canada...
was convicted (on the second attempt) with the help of a police informer in May. - 2002 – The project of Quartier des SpectaclesQuartier des SpectaclesQuartier des Spectacles is an entertainment district located in the eastern section of Downtown Montreal. The area is currently undergoing gentrification and urban renewal that will turn it into the centre for Montreal's cultural events and festivals....
was first presented. - 2004 – Cité du commerce électroniqueCité du commerce électroniqueCité du commerce électronique is a twin tower office complex located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Construction of the first phase tower at 1350 René-Lévesque Boulevard, with 27 floors, was completed in 2003 with the primary tenant CGI Group occupying most of the building...
completed. - 2004 – Montreal ExposMontreal ExposThe Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...
last game. - 2004 – Several former municipalities, totalling 13% of the population of the Montreal Island, voted to leave the newly unified cityMontreal MergerAs with other large cities like New York City and Toronto, the legal geographic boundaries of Montreal have been reorganized to incorporate adjacent communities which are integral to its social and economic life.-Merger and demerger:...
in separate referendumReferendumA referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...
s in June. - 2004 – Passenger operations on Montréal-Mirabel International AirportMontréal-Mirabel International AirportMontréal-Mirabel International Airport, originally called Montréal International Airport and widely known simply as Mirabel is an airport located in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal and was opened October 4, 1975...
ceased on October 31. - 2005 – Grande BibliothèqueGrande BibliothèqueThe Grande Bibliothèque is a very large public library in Downtown Montreal, Quebec. Its collection is part of Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec , Quebec's national library.Membership in the library is free to all residents of Quebec...
opened. - 2005 – Montreal Action Plan.
- 2005 - MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
hosts the FINA World Aquatic Championships2005 World Aquatics ChampionshipsThe 2005 World Aquatics Championships or the XI FINA World Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005... - 2006 – The demergerMontreal MergerAs with other large cities like New York City and Toronto, the legal geographic boundaries of Montreal have been reorganized to incorporate adjacent communities which are integral to its social and economic life.-Merger and demerger:...
took place on January 1, leaving 15 municipalities on the island. - 2006 – 2006 World Outgames2006 World OutgamesThe 1st World Outgames took place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 26, 2006 to August 5, 2006. The international conference was held from July 26 to the 29. The sporting events were held from July 29 to August 5.-History:...
took place from July 26 to August 5. - 2006 – Declaration of MontrealDeclaration of MontrealThe Declaration of Montreal on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Human Rights is a document adopted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on July 29, 2006, by the International Conference on LGBT Human Rights which formed part of the first World Outgames. The Declaration outlines a number of rights...
on July 29. - 2006 – Dawson College shootingDawson College shootingThe Dawson College shooting occurred on September 13, 2006 at Dawson College, a CEGEP in Westmount near downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The perpetrator, Kimveer Gill, began shooting outside the de Maisonneuve Boulevard entrance to the school, and moved towards the atrium by the cafeteria on the...
on September 13. Kimveer GillKimveer GillKimveer Singh Gill was the Canadian perpetrator of the Dawson College shooting at Dawson College in Westmount, Quebec, Canada on September 13, 2006. He killed one student and wounded nineteen others before he committed suicide.-Background:Kimveer Gill was a 25-year-old Indo-Canadian born in...
killed one student and wounded nineteen others before he committed suicide. - 2006 – De la Concorde overpass collapseDe la Concorde overpass collapseOn September 30, 2006, part of an overpass collapsed in Laval, a suburb of Montreal, on Boulevard de la Concorde running over Autoroute 19. The collapse crushed two vehicles under it, killing five people and seriously injuring six others who went over the edge while travelling on the overpass...
on September 30. - 2007 – CartierCartier (Montreal Metro)Cartier is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in Pont-Viau, Laval, Quebec, Canada . It is part of an extension of the line into Laval and opened on April 28, 2007.- Architecture :It is a normal...
, De La ConcordeDe La Concorde (Montreal Metro)De la Concorde is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the Laval-des-Rapides area of Laval, Quebec, Canada...
, and MontmorencyMontmorency (Montreal Metro)Montmorency is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the Laval-des-Rapides area of Laval, Quebec, Canada . The station is part of an extension to the line to Laval and opened on April 28, 2007,...
subway stations were opened in LavalLaval, QuebecLaval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006...
on April 26. - 2007 - MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
is host to a series of preliminary games of the FIFA U-20 World CupFIFA U-20 World CupThe FIFA U-20 World Cup, until 2005 known as the FIFA World Youth Championship, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association... - 2007 – In June, the Quebec government announced the demolition and reconstruction of Turcot InterchangeTurcot InterchangeThe Turcot Interchange is a freeway interchange within the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that links Autoroutes 15, 20, and 720. It takes its name from the currently-abandoned Turcot rail yards over which it is built....
, projected to be complete in 2016. - 2007 – Montreal Archipelago Ecological ParkMontreal Archipelago Ecological ParkMontreal Archipelago Ecological Park is a project to create a new National park within an approximate radius of around the island of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada. This project was announced to the public at a press conference in Montreal on October 1, 2007...
announced. - 2009 – BIXIBIXIBixi is a public bicycle sharing system developed by the Public Bike System Company , which itself was set up by the parking authority of Montréal to create a modular bicycle sharing system for Montréal....
launched in May.
See also
- History of MontrealHistory of MontrealThe human history of Montreal, located in Quebec, Canada, spans some 8,000 years. At the time of European contact, the area was inhabited by the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, a discrete and distinct group of Iroquoian-speaking indigenous people. They spoke Laurentian...
- List of governors of Montreal
- Old Port of MontrealOld Port of MontrealStretching for over two kilometres along the St-Lawrence River in Old Montreal, the Old Port Of Montreal has been the social, economic and cultural soul of Montreal ever since early French fur traders used it as a trading post in 1611...
- Port of MontrealPort of MontréalThe Port of Montreal, is a port located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on the St Lawrence river. It one of the largest inland ports in the world, it is the second busiest port in Canada , and it is one of the busiest ports in North America....
- Timeline of Canadian historyTimeline of Canadian historyThis is a timeline of the history of Canada.*Years BC*Early years AD*1000s*1400s*1500s*1600s: 1600s - 1610s - 1620s - 1630s - 1640s - 1650s - 1660s - 1670s - 1680s - 1690s*1700s: 1700 - 1701 - 1702 - 1703 - 1704 - 1705 - 1706 - 1707 - 1708 - 1709...
- Timeline of Quebec historyTimeline of Quebec historyThis article presents a detailed timeline of Quebec history. Events taking place outside Quebec, for example in English Canada, the United States, Britain or France, may be included when they are considered to have had a significant impact on Quebec's history....
External links
Category:Canadian timelines
Category:City timelines
Category:Timelines of Quebec history
fr:Chronologie de l'histoire de Montréal