Montreal Neighborhood Heritage from the 1980s Macro-Inventory

Digitized fascicles from the 1991 reissue of 'Pignon sur rue: The neighborhoods of Montréal' locate territories covered by each neighborhood study. The collection summarizes the Macro-Inventory of Montreal neighborhoods produced between 1978 and 1985 and is published under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Data reflects the state of knowledge before the 2002 municipal mergers and was created by Michèle Benoît and Roger Gratton under an agreement between the City of Montreal and the Quebec Ministry of Cultural Affairs.

Use Cases

• Mapping historical neighborhood boundaries based on the described territorial coverage.
• Studying urban heritage and architectural inventory results mentioned in the Macro-Inventory.
• Analyzing the evolution of Montreal's administrative geography prior to the 2002 mergers.

Strengths

• Includes links to digitized archival notices and the 1991 reissues of the fascicles.
• Based on a systematic Macro-Inventory conducted over a 7-year period (1978-1985).
• Published under a specific open license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Limitations

• Data corresponds to the state of knowledge at publication and has not been updated since the 1980s/1991.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Archives de Montréal, with permission from publisher Guérin literature. Collaboration between the City of Montreal's Heritage Division, Archives, and Department of Strategic Planning.

Collection Method

Digitization of published fascicles and books summarizing a prior macro-inventory project.

Time Range

Original content published in the 1980s, republished in 1991. Inventory work conducted 1978-1985.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-15 17:30:59.716437; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Territory of the City of Montreal before the municipal mergers of 2002.