Timeline

1642

Foundation of Fort Ville-Marie on the island of Montréal
Picture: BANQ. 0002729282

1694

Royal Letters Patent granting the Charon Brothers the right to found a general hospital in Montréal
Picture: Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Archives. B-1-A

1700

1701

Birth of Marguerite d'Youville
Picture: Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Collections. MDY.2004.055

1701

Signing of the Great Peace of Montréal
Picture: Library and Archives Canada, Mikan 3050235, folio 43

1737

Foundation of the community of the Grey Nuns by Marguerite d’Youville and three of her companions

1745

Original commitments signed by Marguerite d’Youville and her companions
Image : Archives des Sœurs grises de Montréal. G01-B-2-2-02

1747

Marguerite d’Youville and her companions taking over the administration of the General Hospital; bequest of the Charon Brothers’ land

1753

Royal Letters Patent officially granting management of the General Hospital to Marguerite d'Youville.
Picture: Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Archives, G02

1760

Capitulation of Montréal
Picture: Archives of the city of Montréal

1765

Fire at the General Hospital
Picture: Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Archives, AMY-K-66

1765

Purchase of the Châteauguay Seigneury by Marguerite d’Youville

1771

Death of Marguerite d’Youville
Picture: Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Collections. 1973.F.009

1774

The Québec Act
Picture: Archives of the city of Montréal. VM6-258-1-5-2-001

1791

Constitutional Act

1800

1821

Death of Mother Thérèse-Geneviève Coutlée, s.g.m., Superior General since 1792

1832-1834

Cholera epidemic in Montréal
Picture: Archives of the city of Montréal. CA M001 BM007-2-D23-P009

1833

Election of Jacques Viger, first mayor of Montréal
Picture: BANQ. 971.004114 S954h 1882

1837-1838

Rebellion of the Patriotes
Picture: BANQ. 2724397

1840

Act of Union

1840

Foundation of the Sisters of Charity of Saint-Hyacinthe

1844

Sale of remaining land at Chambly

1844

The Grey Nuns of Montréal in Manitoba
Picture: Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Archives, P01-Y-01

1845

Foundation of the Sisters of Charity of Bytown, later the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa

1845-1849

The Great Famine in Ireland

1847

Typhus epidemic
Picture: BANQ. 0002748706

1849

Foundation of the Sisters of Charity of Québec

1849

Parliament Buildings Burned (Montréal)
Picture: BANQ. MAS 8-217-b

1859

Departure of the Grey Nuns to the West; foundation of the Lac Sainte-Anne mission
Picture: Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Collections. L018

1859

Beginning of activities at the Youville Convent and Hospice farm

1860

Opening of Victoria Bridge
Picture: BANQ. 06M-P401S1P098

1867

Confederation: creation of the Dominion of Canada

1867

Creation of the Ministry of Agriculture of Québec

1871

Departure from the General Hospital in Old Montréal and move to the Motherhouse on Guy street
Picture: Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Collections. L082-C-13-5d

1876

Inauguration of Mont-Royal Park
Picture: Archives of the city of Montréal. BM42-G0731

1877

Opening of the Hospice Saint-Charles, later to become the Accueil Bonneau
Picture: Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Archives. L035-J-1-1-02-02

1880

Industrialization of Montréal
Picture: Archives of the city of Montréal. BM42g1497

1886

Foundation of the Hôtel-Dieu in Nicolet by the Sisters of Charity of the Hôtel-Dieu of Nicolet
Picture: Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Archives. P07-R-11D

1895

Beginning of the Métairie Saint-Joseph in Nicolet

1900

1901

Death of Queen Victoria
Picture: BANQ. 06M,P62,D188

1905

Opening of the Institut Familial (Family Institute)
Picture: Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Archives. L066, album 1

1907

Beginning of the activities at the Saint-Charles Farm in Côte-de-Liesse
Picture: Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Archives. Studio G, p43

1909-1910

Typhoid epidemic

1912

The congregation numbers 1,010 Sisters working in 68 establishments in Canada and in United States

1914

Beginning of the activities of the Saint-Bruno Farm

1914-1918

The Great War
Picture: BANQ. AFF B 00003886 CON

1918-1919

Spanish flu epidemic in Montréal

1925-1930

Construction of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge
Picture: BANQ. 06M,P48,S1,P01153

The 1930s

Great Depression
Picture: Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Archives. L035-J-1-1-02-45

1936-1939/1944-1959

Maurice Duplessis, Prime Minister of Québec
Picture: BANQ. 03Q,P560,S2,D1,P001515

1939

Sale of the Saint-Bruno Farm

1940

Women’s Right to Vote in Québec
Picture: BANQ. 06M,P48,S1,P23134

1942

Tri-centenary of Montréal

1954

Sale of the Saint-Charles Farm (Côte-de-Liesse)

1957

Departure of the first Grey Nun missionaries for Brazil
Picture: Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Archives. L127-3-D

1959

Beatification of Marguerite d’Youville
Picture: Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Archives. AMY-J-7-9-2-12

1959-1970

The Quiet Revolution
Picture: Québec Liberal Party

1961

Sale of the Convent and Hospice Youville Farm

1966

Sale of the Métairie Saint-Joseph

1967

Expo 67
Picture: Archives of the city of Montréal. 2,P110-Y,15-001

1976

The Montréal Olympic Games

1980

Return of the congregation’s headquarters to Old Montréal

1990

Canonization of Marguerite d’Youville
Picture: Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Archives. AMY-J-8-6-3

2000

2010

Transfer of the remains of Marguerite d’Youville

2011

Sale of a section of Saint-Bernard Island

2013

Departure of the Sisters from the Motherhouse