Montreal History by key date

Discover Montreal's history by decade by viewing historical pictures, images and building construction.

Historical events of this decade

Cultural

1910-01-10   Foundation of the newspaper “Le Devoir”

1913   Establishment of a permanent troop of Yiddish theatre in Montreal

Economic

1911   Shaw and Décary buy in one day the grounds of the future town of Mount-Royal for CNR

Politic

1910-02-01   Election of James J. Guerin to Montreal town hall

1910-06-04   Adoption of a bill allowing multiples annexations of suburb town of Montreal

1914-04-06   Election of Médéric Martin to Montreal town hall

1912-02-01   Election of Louis-Arsène Lavallée to Montreal town hall

1918   Province of Quebec put Montreal under his control

1916   Annexion of Cartierville and Sault-au-Récollet

1915   Establishement of the City of Montreal-Nord

1912   Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles village became the City of Pointe-aux-Trembles.

1912-03-14   Incorporation of the city of LaSalle from Saints-Anges-de-Lachine parish

Social

1918-02-09   Annexation of the Maisonneuve city to the city of Montreal

1914   Foundation of the catholic working Federation of Montreal

1916-08-24   Big Demonstration anticonscriptionnist on the Place d'Arme

1918-10-21   First train under the mountain: It transports millitaires leaving for Sébastopol to Russia

Religious

1910-09-06   Great Congress eucharistic in Montreal

Sports

1916-03-30   First conquest of the Stanley cut by the Montreal Canadian hockey team

Picture of this time
Mont-Royal / Mentana	Laurier Street in 1910
Outremont Park	Côte-Sainte-Catherine
Saint-Joseph	Outremont
Montreal Star	Sherbrooke / Crescent
Saint-Laurent / Saint-Viateur	Saint-Dominique / Saint-Viateur
Avenue du Parc / Villeneuve	Sherbrooke / Guy
Sherbrooke	Square Saint-Louis
Côte-Sainte-Catherine et Laurier	Avenue du Parc coin Sherbrooke