L'histoire

Aboriginal trading territory between Iroquois (Mohawk) and Algonquin (Abenaki)

Jeanne Mance creates the Fief of Nazareth where the first settlers settle

Griffintown became an industrial neighbourhood built around the Lachine Canal and populated mainly by Irish immigrants. New communities were established in the 1940s, but from 1960 onwards, several factors led to the departure of many inhabitants in parallel with de-industrialisation*.

Artists move into the eastern part of the neighbourhood, bringing a form of revitalization and cultural attraction.

Thecollective event "Panique au Faubourg" draws attention to the Griffintown neighbourhood and begins a possible renaissance.

Citizens' desire to create a cultural and tourist route that would create a strong link between the old Irish Quarter and Old Montreal to preserve their heritage and existing cultural sites. A dotted line emerges around Ottawa Street**.

Major real estate projects are unfolding in Griffintown, aiming to make the neighbourhood a centre of gravity for the expansion of the downtown area to the southwest. Gentrification will bring more than 35,000 housing units over the next 15 years.

The Plan Particulier d'Urbanisme recognizes the notion of the "Ottawa Street Cultural Corridor" as a structuring axis of Griffintown***.  2021  During the summer, in collaboration with the City of Montreal, MR-63 will implement a project of two artistic interventions on the Cultural Corridor.