Happy 375th Anniversary, Montreal!

Explore a timeline of Montreal’s 375-year history!

Posted May 11, 2017

Montreal is a blend of pleasant contradictions. It is French, British, Indigenous, new-Canadian and all of these at once. And it is the largest French city in North America. Thousands of pieces form its historical patchwork quilt.

Explore this Montreal’s history with the timeline above.  You can start at the beginning and move towards present day or jump in at any point and move forward or backwards through time.

Don’t want to interact? Explore some of the most significant events in Montreal’s history by watching the video.

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