Villeray

The district Villeray is a district of Montreal. It belongs to the district of Villeray-Saint-Michel-Park-Extension. It is located at the center-north of the Île of Montreal.

Why the name Villeray?

The village Villeray which draws its name from the owner of the career Villeray Quarry Company located on the current site of the Villeray park will be set up in municipality in 1896 and its 800 hearts (75 families) will be attached to Montreal in 1905.

It is the only example still nowadays which exists where public transport preceded the urbanization in Montreal at least, because this one was going to finally be able to develop all this hitherto occupied part by farms. One of those is notorious in more than one way, because it is directly associated with the park and urban rise with the Villeray district. It is about the Jarry farm.

Geographical site

Several farms occupy this territory strewn with brooks and small lakes at the same time giboyeux and interesting for agriculture. The Jarry farm of a tenure of 64 Arpent S is bordered on the northern side by current the metropolitan Autoroute, of the southern part by the street Villeray, its east coast by the street St-Hubert and finally in its western axis by the small street Foucher.

The owner Stanislas Jarry will parcel out this space at the beginning of the XXe century in 680 batches. Other members of this family had arable lands in what now agreed is called district Villeray-Saint-Michel-Park-Extension.

Effervescence of development at the beginning of the XXe century

One finds there then in this effervescence of development and construction mainly of the workmen owners of their house which is typical there of wood giving directly on the street with hangars and stables to the back sometimes connected to the principal body of the building sometimes not.

From 1915 to 1930 Villeray knows a demographic boom without precedent from where the need for schools, churches and a public baths and the barracks of the firemen to the corner of the street Jarry and St-Hubert (1912).

Creation of the first public baths

The institute of the deaf persons and dumb men of the Clercs of Saint-Viateur whose frontage is made of block of stone known as of Montreal is set up with the corner of Faillon and of Castelnau during the First World War.

The contribution of this population is not done without creating health issues since hygiene is not established in manners. It for what the erection of a public baths is seen, the Bain St-Denis (1909-1910) but that was not enough since variola, the typhoid fever and tuberculosis prevailed in an endemic way bringing an infantile death rate comparable with countries known as of the third world.

Post-war

After the Second world war, the “Plexi” becomes with the mode and Villeray is built quickly while obtaining vast, unquestionable unquestionable lanes small with the not less famous clothes lines. It is besides of Villeray that this concept of Montreal with its lanes is worked out.

Raoul Jarry

A city council man of time Mr. Raoul Jarry (alderman of Villeray since 1921) sees in this park his war-horse to counter the diseases and to support the blooming of youth through sports activities and/or family like the picnic, walk, the nap. This one is implied in its municipal activities like member of the executive committee of the Ville of Montreal by making countryside for the purchase by the town of this rented park.

Need for the Park Jarry

The need for a park is then felt to oxygenate and make so that the young people and the adults can practice healthy activities for the body. The ground of the park belonged to the Stanley Clark Bagg and the succession rented at the town of Montreal this site, and this, for two 10 year old beams.

Places of interests

See too

Internal bonds

  • Park Jarry
  • Stage Jarry

External bonds

  • History of the district Villeray
  • Neighborhood house Villeray
  • House of the Grandparents of Villeray
  • Coalition of the friends of the park Jarry

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