History of Glenmount...

With the creation of the town of Mount Royal (TMR), just before WWI, official documents dating from 1912 show the southern area corresponding to the actual Glenmount as a part of TMR.  Between 1912 and 1938, for unknown reasons, the area was merged to the city of Montreal.  Most actual houses have been built after WWII, with the veterans coming back home.  Initially, the area was named Mount Enterprises in 1946, but the name Glenmount was coined in 1951 in honnour of Lord Strathcona of Glencoe and Mount Royal.

Since the creation of Glenmount, its citizens have always been participating, by preference and necessity, to the same social, cultural, religious and school life as the citizens of Mount Royal.  The physical barrier which is made by the southern CP railway and Jean-Talon boulevard makes difficult, even dangerous for some, the link with other Montreal areas.

The actual legal exclusion of Glenmount from TMR has always been considered has an historical error by the citizens of both Glenmount and TMR.  Since 1946, many attemps have been made to correct the situation.  The last one was done in 1983-1985.  More than 98% of the population of Glenmount wanted to be merged to TMR.  Sadly, even showing this will to belong to the TMR community, the city of Montreal refused to respond positively to the request for financial reasons, denying a daily reality lived by the citizens of Glenmount.

Before the big 2002 merger, administrative agreements, requested by the citizens of Glenmount, have allowed them to used TMR community services.

With the merger of all the municipalities on the Island of Montreal, in Janary 2002, Glenmount has finally been merged to the borough of Mount Royal.  Sadly, with the possible demerger of the old municipalities, there is a risk, for Glenmount, to be merged again to the former city of Montreal.

(Modified from a mémoire de l'Association Communautaire de Glenmount, 1997)