The Irish Catholic Churches of Montreal from 1815
The parishes Old Montreal - Vieux Montréal - Notre Dame Basilica (1815) – First erected in 1642.
From about 1815, the Irish joined the congregation, and for a 25-year period prior to
the opening of Saint Patrick in 1846 and Saint Ann’s in 1848, the Irish parishioners
at Notre Dame outnumbered the French at this house of worship. From about 1825
and through the next 27 years, Father Patrick Phelan ministered to the Irish
community
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/VIEW-1190
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M970.67.22
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M385
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/504.html
Old Montreal - Vieux Montréal - Notre Dame de Bon Secours - Bonsecours Church
– Father Richard Jackson, an Irish priest, presiding in 1817. Church services were
held in this ancient church, also referred to as Bonsecours Church, for about 100
Irish families as early as 1817. Rev. P. O’Connell, presiding in 1846. First erected in
1658, and located to this day on St. Paul Street, opposite Bonsecours Street in Old
Montreal.
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M986.58.1.1-3
https://margueritebourgeoys.org/en/history/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours_Chapel
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapelle_Notre-Dame-de-Bon-
Secours_de_Montr%C3%A9al
http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/tour/etape4/eng/4text2a.htm
http://www.vieuxmontreal.ca/fr/commerces/chapelle-notre-dame-de-bon-secours/
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/505a.html
Old Montreal - Vieux Montréal - Church of the Récollets (1824) – First erected in
1692, this church welcomed the first Irish emigrants in 1824. From 1830 to 1847,
the church was predominantly the Church of the Irish. In 1846, Saint Patrick opened
its doors. In 1854, the Récollets Church lost other parishioners when Saint Ann was
established in Griffintown. The church was located at the corner of St. Helen (Ste-
Hélène) street near Notre Dame in Old Montréal. It was demolished in 1867,
although the interior décor including the church altar was preserved and moved to
the church of Notre-Dame des Anges on Lagauchetière Street. The latter building
later became the church of the Chinese community; it still exists to this day.
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M3316
http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/1955094
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_des_R%C3%A9collets_de_Montr%C3%
A9al
https://www.flickr.com/photos/urbexplo/4946693283
https://www.imtl.org/edifices/Eglise_recolet.php
St. Antoine’s Ward - Saint Patrick Basilica – Church was opened in 1847 to serve
the Irish immigrants who had come to Montreal in great numbers due to the famine
and other troubles in Ireland
http://stpatricksmtl.ca/
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/VIEW-2963
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Basilica,_Montreal
https://www.mtl.org/en/what-to-do/heritage-and-architecture/st-patrick-s-basilica
https://www.tourbytransit.com/montreal/things-to-do/St-Patricks-Basilica
https://www.catholicregister.org/item/23430-montreal-basilica-s-green-space-sold-
to-business-school
https://news.shupilov.com/section/lifestyle/new-development/hec-montreal-
receives-approval-for-183-complex-near-st-patricks-basilica/
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240
Point St. Charles - Point St. Charles Fever Sheds (1847) - In 1847, the emigrant
fever among the Irish immigrants spread to Quebec City and Montreal. In Montreal
alone, thousands of immigrants, mostly Irish, were affected by the dreaded typhus
fever, thus affecting the general population. Up to 22 Fever Sheds were established
in the Point St. Charles district in order to segregate the Irish immigrants from the
rest of the citizens. One source place the deaths at 6000. See also 1859 under
Victoria Bridge. BAnQ under Église Notre-Dame is most likely the best source in
order to identify some of the individuals who perished during this appalling period of
Montreal's history. A book by Sharon Doyle Driedger entitled “An Irish Heart”
describes "The District of Death" as many people called it. Another book by Herbert
Brown Ames, published in 1897, described the poverty and overcrowding of
Griffintown.
https://montrealgazette.com/feature/montreal-refugees-and-the-irish-famine-of-
1847
https://irishcanadianfamineresearcher.wordpress.com/category/montreal-fever-
sheds/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose_Village
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-
gazette/20090530/281569466692969
Griffintown – St. Ann’s Ward - Saint Ann’s (1848) – Rev. J. O’Farrell, Rev. M.
O’Brien, Rev. James Hogan, presiding. Established about 1848 as a mission. The
church opened in 1854. This church was the soul and inspiration of the Irish
community. Although, it has been closed and demolished for years, Saint Ann is still
referred to in numerous writings about the Irish of South Central Montreal. In 1884,
a portion of the church members of the congregation of the Parish of Saint Ann were
asked to join the ranks of Saint Gabriel. A fair number of Irish families agreed to the
move. In 1982, the parish of St Ann closed its doors.
https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/uhr/1991-v19-n3-uhr0757/1017591ar
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/griffintown-remembered
https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/memoiresdesmontrealais/leglise-sainte-anne-et-les-
irlandais-catholiques-de-griffintown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffintown
https://imtl.org/montreal/image.php?id=4936
http://collections.musee-
mccord.qc.ca/scripts/explore.php?Lang=1&tableid=11&tablename=theme&elemen
tid=113__true&contentlong
https://montrealgazette.com/life/a-haunted-tour-of-one-of-montreals-hottest-
neighbourhoods
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240
St. Antoine’s Ward – Sisters of Mercy Chapel (1848) - Dorchester Street West.
Church related documents dealing with baptisms or adoption papers are unknown
to this writer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_of_the_Sisters_of_Misericorde
http://www.centrerosaliecadronjette.org/wp/?page_id=2275&lang=en
http://www.chac.ca/about/history/books/sisters/Misericordia Sisters_Historical Data
1921.PDF
https://www.covenanthealth.net/about-us/history
St. Lawrence’s Ward – Church of the Gesu - Saint Mary (1852) – Located at 144
Bleury Street at Dorchester, the elaborate church was part of Collège Sainte-Marie
(St. Mary’s College), and for many years the college would welcome members of
the Irish community who resided uptown. Up to five daily masses were conducted
in English at the church. Baptisms, marriages, burials were not conducted at this
prestigious church. These church functions were held at Notre Dame Church.
http://montrealrampage.com/celebrating-150-years-of-church-of-the-gesu-other-
quebec-curios/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Ges%C3%B9_(Montreal)
https://www.quebecoriginal.com/en-ca/listing/things-to-do/heritage-sites-and-
attractions/religious-buildings-and-sites/eglise-du-gesu-15580204
https://imtl.org/montreal/building/eglise-du-Gesu.php
Quebec Suburb - St. James’s Ward – Saint Peter’s Church (1854) – Rev. C.
Leonard, Rev. T. Fitzhenry, presiding in 1854 - Located at the corner of Visitation
and Dorchester streets in a district known then as the Quebec Suburb, a region near
today’s Jacques Cartier Bridge. The church was originally established about 1826
by the Oblate Fathers as the Parish of Saint-Pierre. The first parishioners were
mostly French, but from about the 1850’s, the Irish out-numbered the original
parishioners. Visitation Street was located from St. Mary Street northward to the
then city boundary - Church registers under Notre-Dame. McCord-Museum under
access number MP-0000.851.3
http://collections.musee-
mccord.qc.ca/scripts/search_results.php?Lang=1&keywords=MP-0000.851.3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint-Pierre-Ap%C3%B4tre,_Montreal
http://ca.urlm.com/www.ilot-saint-pierre-apotre.ca
http://patrimoine.ville.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiche_bat.php?&id_bat=0041-68-
0866-01
https://www.mtl.org/en/what-to-do/heritage-and-architecture/eglise-saint-pierre-
apotre
https://archivesdemontreal.ica-atom.org/eglise-saint-pierre-rue-visitation-1er-avril-
1936
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_pierre_apotre.html
N.D.G. - Notre Dame de Grâce (1856) – The region of N.D.G or Notre-Dame de
Grâce became in the late 1850’s a primary destination of citizens, among them a
large number of Irish, Scottish, British Catholic families
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame-de-Gr%C3%A2ce
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/508.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_notre_dame_de_grace.html
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol1/QMM/TC-QMM-
43553.pdf
Victoria Bridge – The Irish Burying Ground - In 1859, when the approaches to the
newly erected Victoria Bridge were being dug, hundreds of skeletons were turned-
up by workers, most of whom were Irish. Upon learning that they originated from the
fever sheds in Point St. Charles and were actually the bones of their countrymen,
the Irish workers assembled the remains in one location and placed a large round
boulder as a monument. A plaque riveted to the boulder says in part: “To preserve
from desecration the remains of 6000 immigrants who died of ship fever, A.D. 1847,
this stone is erected by the workers employed in the construction of the Victoria
Bridge, A.D. 1859” - see also 1847 under Point St. Charles Fever Sheds
http://www.arch.mcgill.ca/prof/sijpkes/1900-Wellington/Montreal's ship fever
monument.pdf
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/plan-for-memorial-park-at-montreal-s-
black-rock-in-jeopardy-1.4133229
http://www.montrealirishmonument.com/
http://www.montrealirishmonument.com/sites/default/files/MontrealsIrishFamineCe
metery.pdf
http://mtltimes.ca/Montreal/social-life/irish-memorial-doubtful/
St. Antoine’s Ward - Mary Queen of the World Cathedral (1862) – Prior to 1956,
known as Saint Jacques Cathedral. The Cathedral on Dorchester Boulevard (now
René-Lévesque) had an appreciable number of Irish, Scottish, British parishioners.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_the_World_Cathedral
https://www.mtl.org/en/what-to-do/heritage-and-architecture/mary-queen-world-
cathedral
http://www.aviewoncities.com/montreal/mariereinedumonde.htm
https://www.tripsavvy.com/mary-queen-of-the-world-montreal-2392088
https://www.google.ca/search?q=mary+queen+of+the+world+cathedral&tbm=isch
&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi58PCR0abfAhWOnOAKHT05BYoQs
AR6Bag BEAE&biw=548&bih=529
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_marie_reine_du_monde.html
Quebec Suburb - St. James’ Ward - Saint Bridget’s Refuge (1868) – Rev. M.J.
Lonergan, presiding. Although it appears that some type of church services were
offered to the Irish Catholic families of the region as early as 1846, about 400 Irish
families who resided in a district known at the time as Quebec Suburb, located in
south central Montreal near the Jacques Cartier Bridge, wanted their own church. A
few years later, in 1867, the Irish families of this district finally got their wish. Saint
Bridget’s Parish was first organized in a school for boys located on Dorchester Street
between Champlain and de Maisonneuve - In 1872 Saint Bridget was erected on de
Maisonneuve Street. The church records from 1872 to 1941 at the Archives can be
found under Sainte Brigide. Prior to 1872, from as early as 1846, church records for
this region can be found among those of Notre-Dame Basilica.
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/dowd_patrick_12E.html
http://www.biographi.ca/fr/bio/dowd_patrick_12E.html
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240
https://montrealgazette.com/news/st-patricks-basilicas-best-kept-secret-green-
space-may-be-disappearing
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240
St. Henri - St. Henry’s Ward – Saint Joseph (1868) The St. Henry’s Ward was a
hub of manufacturing which attracted hundreds of immigrants with their families,
among them the Irish. Also known as St. Henri des Tanneries Catholic Church
https://www.ubcpress.ca/asset/20234/1/9780774834339_Excerpt.pdf
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffintown
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_henri.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/630.html
South East – St. Mary's Ward – Most Holy Trinity Chapel – Sisters of Charity
(1868) - An orphanage on St. Catherine Street East, it appears that a number of
Irish orphans resided in this establishment.
http://www.soeursdelachariteottawa.com/upload/userfiles/files/Devotion to the
Cross.pdf
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Nuns
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_most_holy_trinity.html
South East - St. Mary's Ward - Saint Vincent de Paul (1868) - Located at 2310 Ste-
Catherine Street East, the Irish families of a region referred to sometimes as St.
Mary's Ward were worshippers in this parish. Parish no longer exists. Church
building is still intact in 2018
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_vincent_de_paul.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/740.html
Point St. Charles - Saint Gabriel (1873) – Rev. William O’Meara, presiding - Saint
Gabriel, the third oldest Irish Parish in Montréal. Point St. Charles, referred to by the
Irish community as “The Point”, a southwest region of Montreal dedicated to low and
mid-income immigrants, many were employees of large factories which were
stretched-out across the whole region.
http://www.memorablemontreal.com/accessibleQA/en/histoire.php?quartier=14
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_gabriel.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/617.html
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240
Côte St. Paul - Saint Paul (1874) The Verdun, Côte St. Paul district has been
another bastion of the Irish community since the 1870’s. Located next to “The Point”,
the region catered to the mid-income dwellers, among them the immigrants from
various European nations including the Irish, Scots and the British.
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/699.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_paul.html
Quebec Suburb / St. Mary’s Ward - Our Lady of Good Counsel - Saint Mary’s Parish
(1879) – Rev. M. Campion, Rev. P.F. O’Donnell, presiding. Located at 724 Craig
Street East in south central Montréal, this Irish church was somehow associated
with Saint Bridget, another parish of the same district of Faubourg Quebec. Our Lady
of Good Counsel was located at the corner of Craig (St-Antoine) and Panet Streets.
The parish closed in 1984. At the Archives, the church records can be found under
Notre Dame du Bon Conseil.
https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_our_lady_of_good_counsel.html
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol1/QMM/TC-QMM-
43553.pdf
Point St. Charles - Saint Charles (1883) – Another favourite parish of the Irish in
“The Point”. Although the Parish of Saint Charles had been consecrated in 1883 as
a parish for French Canadians, a number of Irish families also attended services at
this house of worship
http://www.memorablemontreal.com/accessibleQA/en/histoire.php?quartier=14
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_charles.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/580.html
St. Antoine’s Ward - Saint Anthony’s of Padua (1884) – Was located on Saint
Antoine Street next to the railway yards, as described in 1884. This parish was an
Irish Church for the families involved with the various railroad companies. Later
referred to as Saint Anthony of Padua and located at 1950 St-Antoine Street. The
church closed in 1970.
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_anthony_of_padua.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/557.html
Lachine - Saints Anges Gardiens (1890’s) – First established in 1676, the
congregation became the first Irish-Scottish-British parish on the West Island.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saints_anges_gardiens.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/553.html
Pointe Claire - Saint Joachim (1890’s) – First established in 1713, this parish
became another house of worship in which the Irish, Scottish and British were
welcomed on the West Island in the 1890s.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_pointe_claire_saint_joachim.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/st-joachim.html
Dorval – Presentation of the Virgin Mary (1895) - A fully bilingual district on the
West Island.
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/542b.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_dorval_presentation_de_la_sainte_vierge.html
St. Mary's Ward - Saint Eusèbe (1897) - Located at 2151 Fullum Street in
southeast Montreal.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_eusebe_de_verceil.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/609.html
Verdun – Notre Dame (1899) - A parish mostly of French families, within an Irish
district. A few Irish families were church members.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_notre_dame_de_lourdes.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/519.html
Hudson - Saint Thomas Aquinas (1899) - An Irish-Scottish-British parish among a
predominantly English language district.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_hudson.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1808.html
Westmount - Saint Léon (1901) - A French-Irish-Scottish-British parish in a
predominantly English language region.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_westmount_saint_leon.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/661.html
Côte des Neiges – Notre Dame des Neiges (1901) - Another Irish-French-
Scottish-British parish within a mixed French-English district.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_notre_dame_des_neiges.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/526.html
Griffintown - Saint Helen Parish (1902) – Located on St. Maurice Street south of
Notre Dame Street. The church was demolished in 1971. An Irish church in an
Irish district.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Griffintown+St.+Helen&tbm=isch&tbo=u&sourc
e=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8tYj3567fAhWIUt8KHanBD4QQsAR6BAgAEAE&bi
w= 595&bih=459
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_sainte_helene.html
https://www.google.com/search?q=Griffintown+St.+Maurice+Street&tbm=isch&tbo
=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjFp4y-
6K7fAhWxUt8KHboGCI8QsAR6BAgDEAE&biw=595&bih=459
St. Urbain Street District / St. Lawrence Ward - Saint Michael the Archangel (1902)
– Located uptown on St. Urbain Street, this parish was the destination of immigrants
from various nations, including the Irish and immigrants from various Eastern
European nations. In 1964, the parish became part of the Polish church.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_michael_and_saint_anthony.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/687.html
Monk Avenue - Ville Émard – Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours (1906) – Monk
Avenue in Ville Émard, a region located west of “The Point” that was favoured by
immigrant families in the early 1900s, including the Irish.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_notre_dame_du_perpetuel_secours.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/535.html
Montreal East - Saint Agnes (1906) - Located at 3980 St-Denis Street. This church
organized in 1906 lasted until 1953. In 1954, the congregation merged with Saint
Jude Parish and Sanctuary, a parish that no longer exists.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_sainte_agnes.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/656.html
Maisonneuve District - Saint Aloysius (1906) – Located in the Maisonneuve district
of South East Montreal, the church was destroyed by fire in 1953. The parish now
worship at Saint George’s Anglican on Baldwin Street
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/547.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_aloysius.html
St. Henry’s District - Saint Thomas Aquinas (1908) - Parish opened in 1908 and
closed in 1990. Was located at 124 du Couvent Street in St-Henri.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_thomas_aquinas.html
Côte des Neiges - Saint Pascal Baylon (1910) - The Côte-des-Neiges district
became a destination for families from European nations including the Irish.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_pascal_baylon.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/697.html
Lachine - Holy Sacrement (Très Saint-Sacrement) (1910) - Another partial Irish
region, this one on the West Island.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_tres_saint_sacrement.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/720.html
Cartierville / Norwood – Notre Dame des Anges (1910) - The Irish were present at
Cartierville from the early 1900's.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_notre_dame_des_anges.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/522.html
Mile End District - Saint Dominic’s Rectory (1912) - Irish families resided in the
district. Parish was located on Parthenais Street in the Mile-End district. The original
church building was sold after 1941, the congregation is now part of the Parish of
Saint Casimir
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_dominic.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/594.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/576.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_casimir.html
Amherst Park District - Saint Catherine (1912) – Located at 408 Amherst Street
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/stecatherinedalexandrie.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_sainte_catherine_dalexandrie.html
Verdun - Saint Willibrod (1913) - An Irish town, an Irish parish, one of the leading
Irish Catholic churches in southwest Montreal
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_willibrord.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/746.html
Westmount – N.D.G. - Saint Augustine of Canterbury (1916) - A British, Scottish,
Irish parish in an English language region. Located at 5565 Côte St-Antoine Road.
In 2001 the parish moved to N.D.G. at 5333 Notre-Dame de Grâce Avenue
https://www.diocesemontreal.org/en/lets-connect/churches-parishes/saint-
augustine-canterbury
http://staugustinemontreal.org/
Montreal West - Saint Ignatius of Loyola / Loyola Chapel Community (1917) -
Another British, Scottish, Irish parish in an English language region
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_ignatius_of_loyola.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/633.html
Verdun - Notre Dame of Peace (de la Paix) (1917) - An Irish town, an Irish parish
shared with the Scots, British and French.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_notre_dame_de_la_paix.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/515.html
Point St. Charles – Most Holy Trinity (1919) – 1660 Centre Street, an Irish district,
an Irish parish.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_most_holy_trinity.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/501.html
Vaudreuil – Holy Trinity (Très-Sainte Trinité) (1924) - A few Irish families resided
in the region located off the West Island.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_vaudreuil_dorion_tres_sainte_trinite.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1856.html
Ville Émard - Holy Cross - (1925) - An Irish district within a mixed Irish-Scottish-
British-French parish
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/491.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_holy_cross.html
Ahuntsic - Holy Family (1926) – Irish, Scottish and British families resided in the
district.
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/492.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_holy_family.html
Westmount – Ascension of Our Lord (1926) – Located at 375 Kitchener Avenue.
An up-scale region of Montreal.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_westmount_ascension_of_our_lord.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/484.html
La Salle - Notre Dame of the Sacred Heart (1927) - Many Irish families resided in
La Salle.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_notre_dame_du_sacre_coeur.html
Rosemount / Rosemont - Saint Brendan (1928) - An Irish district and an Irish
parish and located at 3542 Rosemont Boulevard
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_brendan.html
Verdun – Notre Dame of Lourdes (1928) - A parish with a limited Irish presence
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_notre_dame_de_lourdes.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/519.html
Côte-des-Neiges - Saint Raphael the Archangel (1930) - An upscale French
region with a British, Scottish, Irish mix
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_raphael_the_archangel.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/711.html
Côte St. Luc - Saint Antonin of Snowdon (1930) - Many Irish families resided in
the NDG, Côte-St-Luc, Snowdon, Montreal West, Hampstead region.
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/559.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_antonin.html
Côte des Neiges - Saint Kevin’s Rectory (1938) - An Irish parish within a multi-
nation district.
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/659.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_kevin.html
Hampstead - Saint Malachy (1938) - A British, Scottish, Irish church within an
English language district
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/672.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_malachy.html
Verdun - Saint Thomas More (1941) - An Irish town and a British, Scottish, Irish
parish. Located at 980 Moffat Avenue, Verdun
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_thomas_more.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/734.html
Town of Mount Royal - Annunciation of Our Lady (1945) - An English language
district with an appreciable number of Irish and British families.
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/482.html
Laval West - Saint Theophile (1946) - The only English-language Catholic parish
of the district.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_laval_saint_theophile.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/laval.html
Lachine - Resurection of Our Lord (1947) - A British-Scottish-Irish district of the
city of Lachine within a French-English town
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_resurrection_of_our_lord.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/543.html
N.D.G. - Saint Monica (1949) - An English language region with a British-Scottish-
Irish parish
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/688.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_sainte_monica.html
St-Laurent (city-ville) - Our Lady of Fatima (1951) - A fully bilingual region with an
Irish-Scottish-British parish
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/540.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_our_lady_of_fatima.html
Ahuntsic - Saint Rita (1952) - A French region with pockets of English language
districts, especially from the 1920's to the 1960's
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_sainte_rita.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/717.html
Montreal North - All Saints Mission - Organized in 1952 at 11519 Pelletier Street
in Montréal-Nord. The parish closed in 2003.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_all_saints.html
Pointe Claire - Saint John Fisher (1953) - An English language district of Pointe-
Claire, a leading Irish - Scottish Parish on the West Island and located at 120
Summerhill Avenue in Pointe Claire
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_pointe_claire_saint_john_fisher.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/651.html
Pierrefonds - Mary Queen of Peace Parish - Marie-Reine-de-la-paix (1954) -
Organized in 1954 at 11075 Gouin Boulevard West in Pierrefonds
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/497.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_marie_reine_de_la_paix.html
Beaconsfield - Saint Edmund of Canterbury Parish (1956) - An English language
region with an Irish-Scottish-British parish. Saint Edmund of Canterbury is a bastion
of the Anglo Catholic population of the West Island. Pastored by Rev. Thomas
McEntee from 1974 to 2000. Father McEntee died at the age of 84 on May 30th
2008
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/597.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_beaconsfield.html
La Salle - Saint John Brébeuf (1957) - Formerly Saint Barbara in a mix English-
French region with a mix French-Irish-Scottish-British parish and located at 777
George Street in LaSalle
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/650.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_john_brebeuf.html
Senneville - Corpus Christi (1958) An English language district with an equally
English language parish. Located at 16 Pacific Avenue in Senneville
www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com /490.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_senneville.html
Dorval - Saint Veronica (1958) - A predominantly English language district. Church
located at 1300 Carson Avenue in Dorval
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/736.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_dorval_sainte_veronica.html
Outremont - Saint Francis of Assisi (1959) - An upscale multi-nation district
including French, Irish, Scottish, British, Jewish families. Church located at 7785
avenue Outremont
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_francis_of_assisi.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/611.html
Pierrefonds - Saint Suzan (Sainte-Suzanne) (1959) - A West Island district of the
English and French languages. Church located at 9501 Gouin Boulevard West
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/726.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_sainte_suzanne.html
Côte St.Luc - Saint Richard (1959) - A neighbourhood that is primarily Jewish,
and in which the English language is dominant among many European cultures.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_cote_saint_luc.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/716.html
Bordeaux - Transfiguration of Our Lord (1960) - A French district with a sprinkle of
English language families. Church located at 11775 Filion Street in the Bordeaux
district of Montréal
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/751.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_transfiguration_of_our_lord.html
Montréal-Nord - All Saints - Organized in 1963 in the Montreal North district. Irish
families were present in this sector of the city.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_all_saints.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/montrealnord.html
Pierrefonds - Saint David - (1963) - Church organized in 1963 and located at 12450
Gascon Street in Pierrefonds. A bilingual district.
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/592.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_david.html
Pincourt - Saint Patrick of the Island (1963) - A bilingual region within the West
Island. A church located on Shamrock Drive in Pincourt
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_pincourt_saint_patrick_of_the_island.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1820.html
D.D.O. / Dollard-des-Ormeaux – Saint Luke Parish (1964) - Another bilingual city
and region within the West Island. Still open in 2018
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/669.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_dollard_des_ormeaux.html
Roxboro / Pierrefonds – Mary Queen of Peace (Marie Reine de la Paix) (1965) A
bilingual district, English and French families.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_marie_reine_de_la_paix.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/497.html
Laval / Chomedey - Holy Name of Jesus (1965) - The Anglo region of the City of
Laval - Church located at 899 Chomedey Boulevard.
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/493.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_laval_holy_name_of_jesus.html
Pierrefonds - Saint Thomas Becket (1965) - A leading Irish - British - Scottish parish
in a fully bilingual district of the West Island. Church located at 4320 Sainte Anne
Street in Pierrefonds.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_thomas_a_becket.html
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/732.html
Fabreville - Our Lady of Peace (1965) - Parish no longer exist, opened in 1965,
closed in 2004
www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/?page=schools/our-lady-of-peace-elementary
Pointe Claire - Saint Edward the Confessor (1969) - Another leading Anglo Catholic
church in a bilingual part of the West Island. Church located on Aurora Avenue
http://www.stedwardtheconfessor.ca/
http://www.stedwardtheconfessor.ca/sjuc.html
Downtown - Peel Street – Newman Christian Community / McGill University
http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/503.html
Montreal of the 19th century
Plan (map) of the Fief Nazareth commonly called Griffintown within St. Ann’s Ward
https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/plan-of-fief-nazareth-commonly-called-
griffintown-situate-in-st-anns-ward-montreal
Point St. Charles
https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/informationobject/browse?topLod=0&q
uery=Point+St.+Charles&repos=
Victoriatown (Goose Village).
http://archivesdemontreal.com/2013/10/16/les-quartiers-disparus-de-montreal-
victoriatown-goose-village-17-octobre-1963/
Montreal’s Fever Sheds
https://irishcanadianfamineresearcher.wordpress.com/category/montreal-fever-
sheds/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1847_North_American_typhus_epidemic
Faubourg à m’lasse
http://archivesdemontreal.com/2013/10/15/les-quartiers-disparus-de-montreal-le-
secteur-de-la-societe-radio-canada-faubourg-a-mlasse-9-juillet-1963/
The Red Light District
http://archivesdemontreal.com/2013/10/11/les-quartiers-disparus-de-montreal-la-
mise-en-oeuvre-du-plan-dozois-dans-le-red-light-1957/
Little Burgundy
http://archivesdemontreal.com/2014/12/18/les-quartiers-disparus-de-montreal-la-
petite-bourgogne-1965-1967/
St. Henri District
http://archivesdemontreal.com/2014/10/20/chronique-montrealite-no-16-le-quartier-
saint-henri/
The cemeteries
Montreal Cemeteries – Genealogy Ensemble
https://genealogyensemble.com/2017/03/12/montreal-cemeteries/
The Irish Stone
http://www.montrealirishmonument.com/
Île-de-Montréal - Island of Montreal – 120 cemeteries
http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=52
Laval – 37 cemeteries
http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=27
Boucherville – Longueuil – St-Lambert – St-Bruno - 19 cemeteries
http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=43
Châteauguay – Delson – Kahnawake – La Prairie – Mercier – St-Constant – 28
cemeteries
http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=62
Beauharnois – Huntingdon – Valleyfield – 26 cemeteries
http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=6
Rosemère - Terrebonne – Ste-Thérèse – 15 cemeteries
http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=83
Côteau-du-Lac – Hudson – Île-Perrot – Les Cèdres – Pointe-Fortune – Rigaud
– St-Lazare – Vaudreuil-Dorion – 37 cemeteries
http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=68
Charlemagne – L’Assomption – Repentigny – St-Sulpice – 23 cemeteries
http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=26
The authors
Matthew Barlow
https://www.ubcpress.ca/asset/20234/1/9780774834339_Excerpt.pdf
Dorothy Suzanne Cross
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol1/QMM/TC-QMM-
43553.pdf
Linda Diebel
http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Stories and Writings/Montreal Irish 1.htm
http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Stories and Writings/Montreal Irish 2.htm
http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Stories and Writings/Montreal Irish 3.htm
Sharon Doyle Driedger
https://www.amazon.com/Irish-Immigrant-Community-Shaped-
Canada/dp/0002007843
https://www.harpercollins.ca/author/cr-100132/sharon-driedger/
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/griffintown-remembered
Rose Eveleth
http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2015/12/25/the-monument-that-montreal-
swallowed/
Bruno Harel
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/dowd_patrick_12E.html
Kevin James
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ37209.pdf
Donovan King
http://www.montrealirishmonument.com/sites/default/files/MontrealsIrishFamineCe
metery.pdf
Robert D. Lewis
https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/uhr/1991-v19-n3-uhr0757/1017591ar/
Laura Marchand
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/plan-for-memorial-park-at-montreal-s-
black-rock-in-jeopardy-1.4133229
Eileen Reid Marcil
https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17764/22239
Colin McMahon
http://www.arch.mcgill.ca/prof/sijpkes/1900-Wellington/Montreal's ship fever
monument.pdf
Jessica J. Mills
https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/7282/1/Mills_MA_S2011.pdf
France Mulraney
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/montreal-irish-anger-over-disrespect-to-
great-hunger-memorial
Julie Noël
https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/memoiresdesmontrealais/leglise-sainte-anne-et-les-
irlandais-catholiques-de-griffintown
Sherry Olson
https://www.amazon.ca/Peopling-North-American-City-1840-1900/dp/0773538313
Loreen Pindera
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/plan-for-memorial-park-at-montreal-s-
black-rock-in-jeopardy-1.4133229
Marian Scott
https://montrealgazette.com/feature/montreal-refugees-and-the-irish-famine-of-
1847
John Symon
http://mtltimes.ca/Montreal/social-life/irish-memorial-doubtful/
Patricia Thornton
https://www.amazon.ca/Peopling-North-American-City-1840-1900/dp/0773538313
Rosalyn Trigger
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol2/QMM/TC-QMM-
85210.pdf
Meredith G. Watkins
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0029/MQ64206.
The repositories
BAnQ – Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
http://www.banq.qc.ca/accueil/index.html?language_id=1
http://www.banq.qc.ca/outils/nous_joindre/index.html?language_id=1
https://www.banq.qc.ca/formulaires/formulaire_reference/index.html
https://www.banq.qc.ca/formulaires/commentaires/index.html
http://www.banq.qc.ca/outils/nous_joindre/index.html
https://www.banq.qc.ca/archives/entrez_archives/centres_archives/index.html
BAnQ Vieux-Montréal (Old Montreal)
http://www.banq.qc.ca/archives/entrez_archives/centres_archives/ca_montreal.ht
ml?language_id=1
BAnQ Online
http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/ecivil/
http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/
http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/lovell/
http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/marcotte/
http://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/cartes_plans/index.html?language_id=1
BAnQ Pistard
http://pistard.banq.qc.ca/unite_chercheurs/recherche_simple
http://pistard.banq.qc.ca/unite_chercheurs/recherche_simple?p_anqsid=20181027
1445282021&P_rech_type=A
BAnQ Ask a question
https://www.banq.qc.ca/formulaires/formulaire_reference/?language_id=1
BAnQ Poser une question
https://www.banq.qc.ca/formulaires/formulaire_reference/index.html?language_id=
3
BAnQ Digital Collection
https://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/collection_numerique/index.html?language_id=
1
BAnQ Collection numérique
https://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/collection_numerique/
LAC – Library and Archives Canada – Irish Genealogy and Family History
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/history-ethnic-
cultural/Pages/irish.aspx
https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/st-patricks-society-of-montreal-2
https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/informationobject/browse?topLod=0&q
uery=Irish++Montreal&repos=
Archives de Montréal - City of Montreal Archives
http://archivesdemontreal.com/2017/02/22/des-traces-de-montreal-au-temps-de-la-
nouvelle-france/
https://archivesdemontreal.ica-atom.org/
http://archivesdemontreal.com/2013/10/16/les-quartiers-disparus-de-montreal-
victoriatown-goose-village-17-octobre-1963/
The Archdiocese of Montreal
https://www.diocesemontreal.org/en
https://www.diocesemontreal.org/en/parish-resources/religious-heritage
https://www.diocesemontreal.org/en/parish-resources
Concordia University – School of Irish Studies
https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/irish-studies.html
https://www.concordia.ca/content/dam/artsci/irish-
ùastudies/news/docs/cisf_newsletter_Winter 2018_Final.pdf
Concordia University – Saint Patrick’s Society of Montreal fonds
https://concordia.accesstomemory.org/st-patricks-society-of-montreal-fonds
Concordia University Library – Special Fonds
https://library.concordia.ca/find/special-collections/archival-fonds.php
https://library.concordia.ca/find/special-collections/archival-fonds.php?guid=list
McCord Museum – Irish Catholic Churches
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M385
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/VIEW-2963
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/VIEW-1190
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M986.58.1.1-3
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M979.87.188
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M970.67.22
McCord Museum – Irish families, workers, students, constables
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M985.230.5356
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M15934.45
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/VIEW-7023.0
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M993X.5.1529.1
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/N-0000.187.3
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/MP-1979.131
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/CVAMiP2N26
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M979.87.5024
http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M979.87.324
http://collections.musee-
mccord.qc.ca/scripts/explore.php?Lang=1&tableid=11&elementid=111__true
United Irish Societies of Montreal
http://unitedirishsocieties.ca/
Biographi.ca
http://biographi.ca/fr/collab/3
http://biographi.ca/en/collab/3
Université de Montréal - P.R.D.H. – Programme de recherché en démographie
historique
https://www.prdh-igd.com/en/base-de-donnees
https://www.prdh-igd.com/fr/les-pionniers
Genealogy Québec
https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3PvlnbuQ3AIVAlgN
Ch1Q4A-AEAAYASAAEgI5nvD_BwE
FamilySearch.org
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Quebec_Online_Genealogy_Records
Ancestry.com
https://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=1091
https://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=1091
Findmypast.com
https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?keywordsplace=quebec
Quebec Family History Society
https://qfhs.ca/cpage.php?pt=3
St. Patrick’s Society of Montreal
https://spsmtl.com/
https://concordia.accesstomemory.org/st-patricks-society-of-montreal-fonds
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ37209.pdf
Lowell Directory Online – 1842-2010
http://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/collection_numerique/index.html
Gazette Officielle du Québec – 1869-1995
http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/ressources/details/GOQ1
Researched and compiled by: Jacques Gagné
First posting 2012-08-22
Upgraded 2018-12-31
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