Nord-Ouest de l’Ile de Montréal

In Sainte-Geneviève, a former novitiate designed by Lucien Parent now accommodates Cégep Gérald-Godin and a contemporary wing containing a performance hall. The modern addition was designed by Saucier+Perrotte and Desnoyers Mercure. The campus borders the Rivière des Prairies, and Salle Pauline-Julien forms part of the modern addition to the religious building. Before becoming a college, the former novitiate also housed the Domrémy rehabilitation centre following alterations in 1968. The college’s first teachers and students arrived in 1999, when classes began in the new institution.

At the foot of the Jacques-Bizard bridge, Sainte-Geneviève village stretches along Boulevard Gouin among preserved heritage buildings. Maison Joseph-Adéodat-Chauret, formerly Sainte-Geneviève’s town hall, built around 1907–1908 for a notary, combines a substantial volume with Victorian architectural ornament. Sainte-Geneviève church, the Sisters of Sainte-Anne convent and Maison Demers-Brunet also appear among the buildings marked by heritage plaques in the village. The local heritage and historical society for L’Île-Bizard and Sainte-Geneviève is based in this waterfront neighbourhood.

Key places

• Gérald-Godin college : former novitiate with contemporary addition.
• Pauline-Julien performance hall : theatre in the college’s modern addition.
• Joseph-Adéodat-Chauret house : villa with Victorian ornament.
• Sainte-Geneviève church : building on the heritage plaque route.
• Sisters of Sainte-Anne convent : heritage building on Boulevard Gouin.