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The Chinese Catholic Mission was officially established on rue de La Gauchetière in 1922. In 1957, it welcomed Father Thomas Tou, Montréal’s first Chinese-born priest.
The Chinese Hospital, founded in 1918, is one of the emblems of Montréal’s Chinese-speaking community. A statue of Confucius watches over the unique institution.
“The eternal soul of ancient China dances at night in Montréal’s Chinatown.” When La Revue Moderne wrote about Chinatown in 1937, it painted an exotic image of a neighbourhood that remains a distinctive area of downtown Montréal.
In the 1970s, leaders of Montréal’s Chinese community rallied to save a large part of Chinatown from the threat of demolition.