The Société du Havre de Montréal

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Profile of the société Status, structure and organization Mission, objectives and operations General aims Board of directors Montréal Harbourfront VISION 2025 EXPLORATORY STUDIES Preliminary analyses Areas concerned Socio-economic profile Reclassified areas Rips in the urban fabric Isolated areas Land access Access to the riverbanks and St. Lawrence Original riverbanks Built and archaeological heritage Main economic poles Development issues Development constraints Development potential Possible solutions Urban habitat Recreational, cultural and tourism role Public transit Highway systems Access to the St. Lawrence and its banks Industrial operations Consultation Presentations Publications Newsletter THE HARBOURFRONT Quartier Bonaventure – The New Montreal Transformation of the Bonaventure Expressway at the Downtown Gateway The Montreal Harbourfront – Final Report and Recommendations L'autoroute Bonaventure – VISION 2025 Montréal Harbourfront – VISION 2025 Montréal Harbourfront – Assessment of the Situation Press releases Image bank The Montreal Harbourfront – Final Report and Recommendations Bonaventure Expressway Montréal Harbourfront – VISION 2025 Videos Preparatory Works 2007

Current conditions

Reclassified areas

The past 25 years could be considered as the first step in a development process that could conceivably extend over a 50-year period. Indeed, it is important to begin by underscoring the major transformations on the harbourfront over the past quarter century. The renaissance of Old Montréal as a place to live and the redevelopment of the faubourgs, the renewal of the Old Port and Jean Drapeau Park, the reopening of the Lachine Canal, the Cité multimedia and the Quartier international are all achievements that have helped to restore the harbourfront to its central role in the Montréal economic and social development.

Total public- and private-sector investment of $3 billion over close to 25 years:

Old Montréal: $250 M
Development of public spaces: $465 M
Revitalizing the faubourgs: $2.285 billion
A vision emerges

Old Montréal: $250 M

(MCCQ-Ville agreement 1979-2005)
(MCCQ: Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec)

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Development of public spaces: $465 M

Écluse St-Gabriel,
Lachine Canal, SHM.

Redevelopment of the Old Port for Montréal’s 350th anniversary: $125 M
Landscaping and development of Jean Drapeau Park since 1980: $240 M
Reopening of the Lachine Canal in 2002: $100 M
Redevelopment of a number of public spaces in Old Montréal

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Revitalizing the faubourgs: $2.285 billion

Quartier international de Montréal
public-sector investment of $85 M
property development projects of over $950 M
Faubourg Québec
public-sector investment of $45 M
property development projects of over $260 M (long-term)
Cité Multimédia
public-sector investment of $15 M
property development projects of over $225 M

Quartier international
de Montréal, PM.

Faubourg Québec, SDM.

Cité Multimédia, SDM.

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A vision emerges

The effect, if not the implicit objective, of all these projects has been to:

help spur development down toward the harbourfront again
partially reconnect the historic district and surrounding areas that had been cut off by the expressways acting as urban barriers

But there is still much to be done, in particular to mend the rips in the urban fabric and develop isolated areas, improve accessibility to the harbourfront, the St. Lawrence and its banks, solve the soil management problem, protect and develop heritage properties and encourage economic development.

Vue panoramique à partir du silo numéro 5

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