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<<  Decade 1940 - 1950   >>
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Death during this decade

1940
1941

1941
1942

1943
1947

Historical events of this decade

Cultural
1941   First edition of the daily Montreal-Matin

Economic
1941-09-01   Opening of the Dorval International Airport

Wether
1944-04-19   Crash of a small aircraft in Griffintown: 15 dead

Politic
1944-08-14   Camillien Houde greeted after 4 years in jail by thousands of people at Windsor Station

1944-12-11   Camillien Houde elected mayor

Sports
1946   Establishment of Les Alouettes, Montreal’s football team in the CFL.

Picture of this time
Central train station Montreal
Central train station Montreal
Gare Centrale
Gare Centrale
Centre-ville
Centre-ville
Vue Aérienne du Port de Montréal
Vue Aérienne du Port de Montréal
CNR Central Station
CNR Central Station
Port of Montreal
Port of Montreal
Downtown from plain
Downtown from plain
Stanley / De la Gauchetière
Stanley / De la Gauchetière
Square Victoria
Square Victoria
McGill campus, airplain view in 1948
McGill campus, airplain view in 1948
Le viaduc Dorchester
Le viaduc Dorchester
Buildings built during this decade
Skyscrapers
Hotel Laurentien »»» 1948
600, BLVD René-Lévesque West »»» 1949
1255 Phillips Square »»» 1949
Schools and Universities
Centre Champlain »»» 1940
Centre Académique Fournier »»» 1941
Notre-Dame de la Garde School »»» 1941
Stanislas College »»» 1942
Saint-Bernadin-de-Sienne School »»» 1942
Roberval Academy »»» 1942
University of Montreal »»» 1943
Cooperative d habitation le Rouet »»» 1943
St. Raphael Centre »»» 1947
Foster Radiation Laboratory and Cyclotron »»» 1948
Centre Alpha Ste-Anne (C A S A) »»» 1948
Churches
St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church »»» 1940
Ordre Libanais Maronite »»» 1940
Saint Malachy's Church »»» 1940
Maranatha Baptist Church »»» 1940
Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice Church »»» 1941
Sankt-Bonifatius Church »»» 1945
St Paul's Church »»» 1946
Shaare Zion Synagogue »»» 1947
Synagogue Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue »»» 1947
Holy Ghost Church »»» 1948
Montreal Filipino Seventh Day Adventist Church »»» 1948
Church of Christ of the Greater Montreal »»» 1948
Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix Church »»» 1949
Chambit Presbyterian Church of Montreal »»» 1949
Le Chic Resto Pop »»» 1949
Montreal Chinese Presbyterian Church »»» 1949
Knox Crescent Kensington and First Presbyterian Church »»» 1949
Bank
Bank of Montreal Westminster Branch »»» 1940
Former Bank »»» 1941
Former Toronto Dominion Bank »»» 1947
National Bank »»» 1948
Office
Meco Building »»» 1941
Toronto General Trust Building »»» 1948
Public Building
CHSLD Providence Notre-Dame de Lourdes »»» 1940
Espace Dell Arte »»» 1941
Central Train Station »»» 1943
Forum Pepsi »»» 1943
Rosemont Library »»» 1949
Old Jewish Library »»» 1949
Rivière-des-Prairies Hospital »»» 1949
CLSC de Bordeaux-Cartierville »»» 1949
Former Empire Cinema »»» 1949
Apartments
Summerhill Apartements »»» 1940
Jacques Apartements »»» 1941
Hotels
Hôtel St-Denis »»» 1940
Industrials Building
4521, rue Clark »»» 1940
Five Roses Flour Mill »»» 1946
Fabbrica Condos »»» 1946
Jean-Talon »»» 1946
CCUM - Climatisation et chauffage urbains de Montréal »»» 1947
Usine Crémazie »»» 1947
Bell Building Saint-Laurent »»» 1947
Commercial
Les 5 Saisons »»» 1940
Old Houses
161, avenue MapleWood »»» 1945