Montreal

File:Montreal.jpg Montreal (French: Montréal) is the largest city in the province of Quebec and the second largest city in Canada. It has a considerably large and active Armenian community. Many Armenian social and political organizations are established there, such as the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Armenian General Benevolent Union.

Armenian Community

Most of the Armenians in Montreal are immigrants or the descendants of immigrants from Middle Eastern countries such as Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. In the early 1990s, after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, some Armenians immigrated to Montreal from Armenia. The city has an Armenian Genocide memorial, located in Marcelin Wilson Park.

Many of the Armenian Montrealers live in Laval, which is a suburb of Montreal.

Churches

• Armenian Evangelical Church of Montreal http://netministries.org/see/churches/ch01243/ (Laval, Quebec)
• First Armenian Evangelical Church http://www.hayavedmontreal.com/ (Montreal, Quebec)
• Notre-Dame of Nareg Armenian Catholic Church (St. Laurent, Montreal, Quebec)
• Sourp Hagop Armenian Apostolic Church http://www.sourphagop.org/ (Montreal, Quebec)
• Sourp Kevork Armenian Apostolic Church http://www.sourpkevork.laval.qc.ca/ (Laval, Quebec)
• St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Cathedral (Outremont, Montreal, Quebec)

Educational Institutions

• Alex Manoogian School (AGBU) http://www.alexmanoogian.qc.ca/
• Sourp Hagop Armenian School http://www.sourphagop.com/ecole/index.html/

Relations with Armenia

Montreal is a sister city of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.

Prominent Armenian Montrealers

• Araz Artinian – documentarian, filmmaker

External links

• AGBU Montreal http://www.agbumontreal.org/
• Homenetmen Canada, Montreal Chapter http://www.homenetmen.ca/chapters1.php3?chapter=montreal