Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

In front of the former Maisonneuve Market, a bronze market gardener stands with children holding a calf, a fish and a fowl. Farmers, grocers, butchers and fishmongers traded at the market. After the municipality closed it, residents’ persistence brought market activity back; traders later moved into a new building nearby. The footwear industry helped drive Maisonneuve’s growth. City hall and Boulevard Morgan opened in 1912; the market, fire station, public bath and gymnasium followed as municipal facilities. A lantern crowns the old market’s central dome.

The Beaux-Arts city hall housed Maisonneuve’s administration from 1912 to 1918, then accommodated other institutions, including a laboratory for sterilizing and pasteurizing milk. The library has occupied the building since 1981. Rehabilitation and expansion between 2020 and 2023 added glazed wings alongside the original structure. At Château Dufresne, a unified Beaux-Arts facade conceals the paired residences of brothers Oscar and Marius Dufresne. The building also housed the Musée national d’art contemporain.

Key places

• Former Maisonneuve Market : lantern-topped dome and bronze market-gardener fountain.
• Boulevard Morgan : boulevard inaugurated in 1912.
• Maisonneuve Library : former Beaux-Arts city hall enlarged with glazed wings.
• Château Dufresne : paired residences of the Dufresne brothers.