COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal

For effects of the pandemic in the province, see COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec.

COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal
Map of boroughs and municipalities with confirmed coronavirus cases (as of 24 May).   1–49   50–199   200–499   500–999   1,000–1,999   ≥2,000 Note: Does not include 853 cases whose boroughs or municipalities have not been confirmed.
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Index case	Montreal
Arrival date	February 28, 2020 (4 years, 2 months and 3 days)
Date	May 31, 2020
Confirmed cases	25,545
Deaths	2,927

The COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal is an ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). As of May 31, 2020, Montreal is the worst affected region in Canada, with 25,545 cases and 2,927 deaths, representing over 60% of deaths in Quebec. The death rate for COVID-19 was four times higher in the urban area of Montreal than in Toronto. At the end of May, the city's death rate was also higher than most American cities, including Chicago and Los Angeles. Montreal is Canada's 2nd most populous city and the 8th most populous city in North America.

Timeline of distancing measures

March

On March 10, the City of Montreal declared that it was in "Alert" mode. According to the mayor, these were only internal measures to ensure the resilience of the services offered to the public.

On March 12, Loto-Québec closed the Montreal Casino.

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante announced the closure of public facilities effective March 13, such as 34 public arenas, 45 public libraries, sports facilities, and swimming pools (48 indoor pools, 74 outdoor pools, 109 paddling pools and 117 water games), as well as the Montreal Botanical Garden and Planétarium de Montréal.

On Friday March 13, the Premier of Quebec, François Legault, announced the closure of schools, CEGEPs and universities until March 30, 2020. On March 22, Quebec extended the school closing period until May 1.

As the Orange Line reached a point of saturation to the point of being a public health issue in April 2019, the trains, even during rush hour, were empty

On March 13, the STM improved its maintenance procedures for subway cars and buses. Moving from cleaning every six weeks, the cars are supposed to be washed daily. As of March 17, passengers on STM buses were now required to enter through the back door to protect drivers. Then, as of March 24, the STM no longer accepted cash. According to figures from the transportation agency, there was a 75% decrease in daily bus trips. And in the metro, we're talking about an 80% decrease. As of May 5, the decline in ridership exceeded 80%

As of March 16, the Montreal Public Health Department dispatched dozens of its employees to Montreal's Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau Airport to ask travellers arriving in the metropolis to isolate themselves for 14 days.

On March 16, the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal and the Montreal Council on International Relations suspended all their activities until further notice.

Since March 17, the 31 SPVM neighbourhood stations are temporarily closed to the public for an indefinite period of time. On March 23, the SPVM declared a state of emergency throughout its territory for an indefinite period of time, in order to optimize COVID-19-related interventions. Under the 2015-2021 collective agreement, all overtime hours are remunerated as if they had been worked in normal times. As of April 9, the SPVM would have carried out approximately 4,000 interventions with the population in order to enforce the decree prohibiting gatherings. At the same time, 65 police officers on bikes will be walking through the parks to remind them of the instructions. A specialized mixed team of 30 police officers was put in place, in addition to the 125 police officers assigned to the parks.

From March 20, the majority of trials at the Municipal Court of Montreal were postponed to a later date. From March 31, the Municipal Court of Montreal was closed.

As for the Montreal courthouse, since March 20, only urgent cases were heard.

On March 22, shopping centres were ordered to close their doors until further notice. All nine shopping centres in the greater Montreal metropolitan area, including the Montreal Eaton Centre, which receives an average of 22.3 million visitors per year, were ordered closed.

On March 23, the City set up a COVID-19 testing clinic in Downtown Montreal.

On March 24, the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough, together with the Caisse Desjardins du Plateau-Mont-Royal, created a local emergency fund COVID-19 of CA$200,000 to support neighborhood community organizations. Deputy Ruba Ghazal subsequently made a personal donation of $50,000 to the fund. The City of Montreal, for its part, allocated $1.2 million for an emergency fund to provide food aid to the most vulnerable citizens.

On March 27, the Montreal mayor declared a state of health emergency for the City of Montreal. On April 18, the state of emergency was extended until April 22, and was subsequently extended until April 26, 2020. On May 14, the city extended the date to July 2, 2020. Finally, the state of emergency was extended until May 26

On March 28, the City of Montreal announced the closure of dog parks and community gardens for an indefinite period.

On May 30, again, the state of emergency was renewed until June 4.

April

On April 2, Mayor Plante announced that there would be a larger police presence at six major parks (Mont-Royal Park, Jeanne-Mance Park, Laurier Park, La Fontaire Park, Maisonneuve Park, and Canal-de-Lachine Park) to enforce restrictions and physical distancing laws. The same day, the City announced the temporary suspension of the indexing of its parking meters.

On April 3, a marquee was erected in front of the Santa-Cabrini hospital in order to respect the rules of social distancing. On April 14, the Verdun hospital built a temporary annex without its parking lot to accommodate 36 additional hospital beds. Work was to be completed by the end of April. On April 24, the Jacques Lemaire arena in LaSalle was temporarily converted into a hospital.

From April 5, the Mount Royal Chalet and Beaver Lake pavilion were closed. In addition, cyclists have been banned from cycling on Mount Royal's Olmstead Road.

On April 9, 2020, La Ronde amusement park cancelled the 36th edition of the International des Feux Loto-Québec due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On April 13, TVA Nouvelles revealed that the City approved the purchase of 800,000 KN-95 masks at a cost of $4.50 per unit, or, approximately, $4.1 million. On April 24, Ottawa announced that one million NK95 masks imported from China do not meet Canadian health standards and could not be distributed to the provinces.

The 2020 season for BIXI bikes began as scheduled on April 15th. In addition, additional instructions regarding hygiene measures were strongly recommended. The service offered as of April 15, 2020 includes: 7,270 regular bikes, 160 electric bikes, 610 stations spread over 142 square kilometers. Unlike in previous years, no advertising was displayed on the rear wheel.

On April 23, the president of the executive committee, Benoit Dorais, presented the city's financial report for 2019. It reports a surplus of 250.9 million. However, according to the different scenarios of the City, the health crisis could cause it to lose between 93 and 281.3 million in revenues.

On April 30, Mayor Plante announced that the 97 community gardens could open starting May 4.

May

COVID-10 street signage, May 30, Esplanade Street at Saint Viateur, Mile End.

As Montrealers experienced their second day of +20°C weather of the year and began crowding into parks, the City announced the closure of the parking lots at La Fontaine Park, Maisonneuve Park, Jarry Park, Frédéric-Back Park, and the Île de la Visitation nature park, effective May 3, 2020.

In an interview with the Téléjournal, Mayor Plante said she had already ordered 50,000 masks for the population. In addition, the STM announced that 6 of their buses would be transformed into mobile clinics

As of May 5, patients with COVID-19 in the Greater Montreal Region were transferred to hospitals in the regions in order to relieve some pressure on the Montreal health network. The same day, the STM announced that it would start installing plexiglass panels to protect the drivers.

On May 6, Mayor Plante announced on the radio that the river shuttle between Longueuil and the Old Port would be cancelled for the summer of 2020.

On May 7, the city of Montreal extended its state of emergency until May 11, 2020 and announced a grant of $5 million to help local merchants, cultural enterprises and social economy businesses. A little earlier, the Quebec government had postponed the reopening of shops, schools and daycare services in the greater Montreal region until May 25. In Ottawa, the federal government confirmed that 1,020 soldiers had been deployed to help 20 different establishments, all in the greater Montreal area.

Parking signs on the island of Montreal that normally come into effect on April 1 were delayed until May 10.

During the week of May 10, 267 statements of offense for non-compliance with distancing measures were submitted by the SPVM police, while 199 had been issued the previous week.

Montreal had its first heat wave of the year at the end of May, with temperatures regularly exceeding 30°C. On May 27, the second highest temperature in Montreal's entire history was recorded, at 36.6°C. The next day, the City urgently opened various municipal buildings to allow people to cool off. The government of Quebec also authorized the purchase and installation of air conditioners in CHSLDs in Montreal, as only a third of rooms had air conditioning as of May 24.

Timeline of the virus' spread

Cases

March

• On March 10, an employee of the Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital in Laval, who lives in Montreal, reported for work that day when he was asymptomatic, but during a period when he was contagious. He was later diagnosed with COVID-19.

• On March 24, Montreal regional public health department said it had identified 300 cases of community transmissions in the metropolitan area on March 23. The same day, La Presse learned that a homeless person had tested positive for COVID-19.

April

• On April 2, 480 cases were detected in Montreal, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 2,642. Of these, there are 17 deaths. In addition, more than 20 outbreaks have been observed in long-term care facilities. Furthermore, at least 35 patients and two doctors had contracted COVID-19 at the hospital in Verdun.
• On April 3, while 2,837 cases had been confirmed in the metropolitan area, a total of 204 healthcare workers, including 148 in Montreal, had been diagnosed with COVID-19, including 5 doctors from the Verdun Hospital. In addition, a second employee of a McDonald's restaurant was found positive. While the first worked at the branch located at 12 090 rue Sherbrooke Est, the second worked at the restaurant located at 2901 rue Sherbrooke Est. According to TVA Nouvelles, the billionaire Michael Rosenberg is said to be in intensive care, intubated and under sedation. The latter had participated in a wedding on March 16 at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Montreal.

• By April 4, all of the boroughs and municipalities of Montreal had confirmed cases with Senneville getting its first cases.

• On April 15, the Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) had 34 employees with COVID-19, including 14 bus drivers. An officer from the Montreal police service (SPVM) was also admitted to intensive care. The man was in his late thirties and was assigned to the Montreal metro.
• On April 23, 85% of deaths related to COVID-19 had occurred in the greater Montreal region. The metropolis also accounts for 76% of the 15,915 confirmed cases.

May

The regional director of public health in Montreal indicated that the metropolitan area of Quebec had on May 4, 16,606 confirmed cases, an increase of 355 cases in 24 hours. In addition, 1,055 people were hospitalized, 137 of whom were in intensive care.

On May 13, nearly 20% of the 19,875 COVID-19 positive cases were healthcare workers. Two days later, four of the 1,400 soldiers of the Canadian Armed Forces deployed in CHSLDs in Quebec. That day, the SPVM renewed its emergency hours.

On May 19, the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal was urgently closed after an outbreak of COVID-19 among staff

As of May 22, 93 City of Montreal officials were infected with COVID-19.

On May 29, Public Health did not rule out the possibility that a second wave of COVID-19 would occur in the summer if physical distancing measures were poorly applied

Deaths

March

• On March 25, COVID-19 made its first victim in Montreal. A 67-year-old man who lived in the Outremont district.

April

• Marguerite Lescop died from Covid-19 at the age of 104, in the CHSLD Alfred-Desrochers in Montreal, where she lived for several years and where several other residents also succumbed to the disease.

• On April 7, 2020, the actor Ghyslain Tremblay died following an infection with COVID-19 disease at home L'Étincelle, a nursing home in Verdun (Montreal), at the age of 68 years.

• On April 11, it was stated that at least five residents of CHSLD Herron in Montreal suburb Dorval had died from COVID-19 in the last month, as part of a larger pattern of neglect discovered at the facility.
• On April 19, a beneficiary attendant working at the CHSLD Grace Dart, in the Mercier – Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district, died as a result of COVID-19.
• On April 24, the funeral homes of Greater Montreal confirmed a 46.5% increase in deaths for the period from March 22 to April 22, compared to the same period in 2019.

May

Distribution of deaths by living environment in the sociosanitary region of Montréal.

Date	Hospital Centre	Long-term care centre	Home	Intermediate resource	Private seniors' residence	Other	Unknown	Total
May 2	97	947	117	19	143	11	31	1,365
May 3	96	979	119	21	157	11	27	1,410
May 4	106	1,038	124	21	166	11	22	1,489
May 5	111	1,088	131	21	178	11	22	1,562
May 6	112	1,173	134	22	189	12	24	1,666
May 7	116	1,215	138	24	197	15	22	1,727
May 8	127	1,245	142	26	201	15	4	1,760
May 9	135	1,320	148	26	214	16	4	1,863
May 10	143	1,354	151	28	222	15	5	1,919
May 11	156	1,404	154	29	238	16	6	2,003
May 12	157	1,454	158	29	241	18	6	2,063
May 13	161	1,523	162	29	254	18	7	2,154
May 14	162	1,542	164	29	257	20	8	2,182
May 15	163	1,576	166	30	271	20	8	2,234
May 16	170	1,602	167	33	277	20	7	2,276
May 17	170	1,612	172	34	279	22	7	2,296
May 18	166	1,631	179	35	279	26	7	2,323
May 19	169	1,666	181	36	282	26	7	2,367
May 20	171	1,702	184	37	284	26	7	2,411
May 21	172	1,732	188	38	290	27	7	2,454
May 22	141	1,784	193	45	313	27	5	2,508
May 23	143	1,800	197	45	321	27	5	2,538
May 24	145	1,813	199	45	324	27	5	2,558
May 25	145	1,832	203	45	327	27	5	2,584
May 26	147	1,855	208	46	336	27	5	2,624
May 27	150	1,888	210	46	340	27	5	2,666
May 28	155	1,896	213	55	343	23	5	2,690
May 29	155	1,929	220	56	352	23	5	2,740
May 30	163	2,042	227	63	391	27	6	2,919
May 31	163	2,047	228	63	393	27	6	2,927

Timeline of the deconfinement

April

On April 10, during his daily press briefing, François Legault mentioned a possible back to school before May 4.

On April 13, the province's economic reopening sequence was unveiled by Quebec:

Reopening of certain sectors of the economy

Economic sector	Complete resumption of activities	Greater Montreal
Garage and landscaping	April 15	April 15
Residential construction	April 20	April 20
Retail trade: Shops with external entrance	May 4	May 11
Construction other than residential	May 11	May 11
Manufacturing sector (50% of the workforce)	May 11	May 11
Manufacturing sector (100% of the workforce)	May 25	May 25

On April 20, the lack of unanimity among the Caquist deputies and among the population forced the government to postpone the initial date of May 4 for a return to class. A week later, Education Minister Jean-François Roberge announced that elementary students would return to class from May 11, 2020.

May

Most grocery stores or pharmacies refuse entry to people with COVID-19 symptoms in Montreal

On May 4, Prime Minister Legault announced the postponement by one week of the reopening of non-essential stores in the greater Montreal area. Originally scheduled for May 11, the owners of these businesses will have to wait until Tuesday, May 19, the day before being the Fête des Patriotes.

On May 7, the return to class for little Montrealers was postponed to May 25, 2020.

In report 2, epidemiologists predicted that from May 7, 2020 an early deconfinement of Greater Montreal could result in a daily toll of 150 deaths throughout the month of July 2020.

On May 8, the STM unveiled its deconfinement plan for public transit. According to the STM, a maximum of 150 people per metro train and 15 people per bus would respect the rules of social distancing. To do this, the transport company would need 8,000 buses and 800 metro trains. The STM currently has 1,425 buses and 97 metro trains.

On May 14, Benoit Dorais, president of the executive committee of the City of Montreal, announced that "face covers" were going to be distributed from May 18 in the Montreal metro. By June, the STM must receive 500,000. For his part, Prime Minister François Legault, during his first press conference in Montreal announced that the schools of the metropolis will not open until September 2020. He also strongly recommended that users of public transport use the port of the mask. Financial assistance in the region of $ 5 or 6 million for the purchase and distribution of masks was also granted by Quebec.

On May 15, the Premier of Quebec, François Legault, announced that the Quebec government would donate 1 million masks to Montreal, in addition to financial assistance of $ 6 million to various public transit organizations in the Greater Montreal.

On May 17, more than sixty Montrealers left the parking lot of the Rockland center to protest against confinement in front of the Assemblée Nationale.

At the May 18 press conference, Prime Minister Legault maintained the opening date for non-essential businesses that have a door to the outside could open on May 25.

On May 20, the mayoress of Montreal affirmed that Montreal was ready for deconfinement of its businesses

On May 20, the Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Solidarity, Jean Boulet, allowed dentists, massage therapists, optometrists and many others to resume their activities in Greater Montreal from June 1, 2020. hairdressing and beauty salons, as well as gymnasiums and training rooms will remain closed on this date.

In a press release dated May 21, the City of Montreal announced:

Gradual reopening of sports and leisure facilities in Montreal

Installations	Announced reopening date	Actual reopening date
97 community gardens	May 18	May 24
Skateparks, pétanque areas and athletics tracks	May 21	May 21
Municipal golf of Montreal	May 21	May 22
Access to Île Notre-Dame, Gilles-Villeneuve circuit and parc Jean-Drapeau	May 21	May 23
102 tennis courts on its territory	May 21	Until early June
Parking lots in La Fontaine, Maisonneuve, Jarry, Frédéric-Back parks, Ile-de-La-Visitation and Ile Notre Dame nature parks - children's play areas - sports facilities for team sports	May 21	no scheduled date
Museum institutions, cultural product loan counters and drive-ins	May 22	May 29
Hair salons, beauty centers, manicure and pedicure, hair removal, tattoo and piercing services	May 29	June 15
Outdoor public spaces (like outdoor pools and park play modules)	May 30	May 30

On May 22, François Legault, Marc Bergevin and Jonathan Drouin participated in the distribution of masks at the Cadillac metro station. In addition, from May 22, a government decree allowed any gathering of up to 10 people, all located two meters from each other.

From May 24, businesses, that had been asked to be closed every Sunday since April, were able to reopen to open on Sundays.

While non-essential businesses in Greater Montreal reopened on Monday, May 25, the City of Montreal deployed around sixty inspectors to enforce physical distancing measures in businesses and Mayor Plante maintained her decision to make the mask mandatory in opened public areas, especially in the metro. And voila, covid-19 is over However, several commercial arteries were very quiet on that day.

Three weeks after report 2, the INSPQ published their third report. While the second raised the possibility of more than 10,000 new cases per day in the event of Montreal's deconfinement as of June, the report of May 28 now forecasts, in June, from 1000 to 1500 new cases per day in Greater Montreal, according to the public support for distancing measures.

Boroughs

Ahuntsic-Cartierville

On March 25, TVA Nouvelles learned that 5 people from the borough's CHSLD de Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci were positive for covid-19.

On April 1, there were 70 cases in health establishments, in addition to the 29 patients and 7 deaths from the CHSLD Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci. In addition, 10 cases were reported to CHSLD Laurendeau, 31 to the Sacré Coeur hospital and one to the Fleury hospital

On April 5, 15 people died in two CHSLDs in the neighbourhood. In addition, 99 residents and 94 staff members had been infected by that date

On April 14, 392 of the 6,628 cases in the metropolitan area lived in the neighbourhood.

On April 15, the CHSLD Laurendeau located on boulevard Gouin Est reported 142 positive cases and 21 deaths. Three days before paravat, there were only 61 cases.

Situation in the living environments for elderly and vulnerable people in the borough

	Marie-Clarac Hospital	CHSLD Paul-Lizotte	CHSLD Paul-Gouin	CHSLD Auclair	CHSLD - Cartierville	CHSLD Laurendeau	CHSLD Légaré	CHSDLD Notre-dame-de-la-Merci
April 15	25	11	4	N.A.	N.A.	142	14	82 (25 deaths)
April 30	65	42	21	20	15	182	20	88

On April 28, the federal deputy Mélanie Joly declared that she will donate the portion of the annual salary increase to 2 food counters in Ahuntsic-Cartierville.

On May 15, the director of Ahuntsic College estimated that the only solution to ensure a return to school in the fall would be distance education.

On May 19, CCM Hockey donated 100,000 surgical masks to the CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'Ile-de-Montréal.

Anjou

On March 13, at the request of the City of Montreal, the local soccer club FC Anjou suspended its season until further notice.

From March 19, municipal council meetings were held behind closed doors to limit the spread of COVID-19. Among the 19 boroughs of Montreal, Anjou is the only one that did not broadcast its session on the web or take questions from the public. Considering the highlights of the portrait of the population of the district of Anjou to the effect that:

• 9,995 Angevins aged over 65 and over;
• 5,240 were aged 75 and over;
• 7,100 were living alone;
• 33% of families with single-parent children;
• Average total pre-tax income of residents of the territory aged 15 and over was lower than the Montreal average;
• Immigrants and non-permanent residents account for 33% and 10% of the resident population, respectively.

The borough set aside an emergency fund of $ 100,000 to donate it to local community organizations and another $50,000 for Centre-Aide.

On April 5, the Costco spokesperson in Anjou announced that 3 employees had tested positive for COVID-19.

As of May 5, only a dozen shops were open at Les Halles d'Anjou Market. Normally, a little more than 40 merchants are present daily.

From May 8, a frozen food delivery service was set up free of charge for residents of Anjou who were affected during the crisis

Baie d'Urfé

On March 21, the town of Baie D'Urfé created a special committee to deal with COVID-19. The day before, the parks and the playgrounds closed.

Since the beginning of April, volunteers put masks on the doors of grocery stores.

From April 21 to April 30, eight employees of the Première Moisson plant located on Clark Graham Avenue tested positive for covid-19

Côte-des-Neige-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

The Jewish General Hospital of Montreal, one of the four centres initially designated by Quebec to care for COVID-19 patients treated two of the 17 Quebecers tested positive as of March 13, 2020.

On March 14, in a press release, the Sainte-Justine mother-child university hospital centre (CHU Sainte-Justine) indicated that a child who returned from a trip to Europe had tested positive for COVID-19. It was the first case of coronavirus found in Quebec in a minor. Five days later, an employee tested positive.

On March 16, a student at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf was tested positive.

On March 30 the Montreal Regional Department of Public Health published the number of confirmed cases by borough. As of 1612 confirmed cases in Montreal, 161 came from the Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough.

On April 7, the Centre d’hébergement Alfred-Desrochers was severely affected by the virus. Nine elders have died from COVID-19, while 39 other residents also received a positive diagnosis.

On April 8, the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery in Montréal, the largest in Canada, no longer accepted the remains and at least until the return from Easter holiday.

From April 23, a truck broadcasting public service announcements in French, English, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Yiddish, Spanish, Creole, Arabic, Russian, Mandarin, Tamil, Hindi, Wolof, Farsi and Urdu was circulating in the streets of the district.

On April 27, while 12,034 people had tested positive for COVID-19, 1,097 patients lived in the neighbourhood.

Côte Saint-Luc

On March 12, a wedding in Côte-St-Luc, where some guests came from New York City, which became the global epicenter of the pandemic some time later, took place

On March 20, public health authorities advised that individuals who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 were in several public places in Montreal over the past week including the STM's green line between Angrignon and McGill metro stations, the bus 106 from Newman Boulevard towards Angrignon station on March 10, the library of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on March 11, the 24 bus headed west on Sherbrooke Street between Notre-Dame Hospital and the Fine Arts Museum on March 12 and the Aunja Restaurant on March 13. These individuals are among the four residents of Côte-Saint-Luc who were declared positive for COVID-19 according to the city's mayor, Mitchell Brownstein. On the same date, according to Le Devoir, the emergency chief at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, also received a positive diagnosis of COVID-19.

On March 20, the mayor of Côte-Saint-Luc, Mitchell Brownstein, affirmed that with four residents assigned to COVID-19, this made his municipality the epicenter of the epidemic in Quebec. Indeed, in this small municipality in the west of the island, a person living in the residence for elderly people King David and three members of the Beth Chabad Congregation, linked to the Hasidic Jewish community Lubavitch, contracted the disease.

From March 29, a driving screening clinic was installed in Côte-Saint-Luc. There were then 50 cases in the area, and by the end of the month, Côte-St-Luc had the highest COVID-19 rate in the province, with 107 positive cases of COVID-19

On April 2, the IGA supermarket in Quartier Cavendish announced the closure of its establishment to the public due to the pandemic. Two days later, an employee had tested positive for the virus.

As of April 16, there had been 7 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Centre in Côte Saint-Luc. The same day, the screening center opened on March 29 closed, when the area had the highest infection rate in Canada.

From June 1, wearing a mask will be mandatory at Cote St. Luc.

Dollard-des-Ormeaux

The celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the city of Dollard-des-Ormeaux were suspended due to the pandemic.

From April 22 to May 8, 40 residents of CHLSD Vigi Dollard-des-Ormeaux died due to COVID-19 and the lack of staff. A doctor said that 70% of the 160 residents were positive for COVID-19.

Dorval

The province confirmed its first case on February 28—a 41-year-old woman from Montreal-Trudeau International airport who had returned from Iran on the 24th on a flight from Doha, Qatar. She was transferred to Jewish General Hospital on March 3 and released on March 4. A few days later, the Journal de Montréal revealed that a person suffering from COVID-19 had used the shuttle service offered by Montréal-Trudeau airport to the parking lots when it was contagious.

From March 13, the city of Dorval announced the closure of certain municipal buildings until further notice.

On March 29, the Residence Herron in Dorval was placed under guardianship

On May 25, the City of Dorval decided to cancel all of its major events until at least July 1. National Day, Canada Day and Baby Boomer's Brand summer concert were canceled.

Hampstead

At the start of the crisis, the mayor of the City of Hampstead, William Steinberg played down COVID-19. However, the April 6 municipal council meeting was held online. At that moment the median rate for Montreal was 36 cases for every 100,000 people. However, in some neighbourhoods like Hampstead the number is more like 150 to 200 per 100,000.</ref> This explains why certain additional measures were taken.

From May 22, the tennis courts were opened. The next day was the dog parks. But day camps for summer 2020 were canceled.

Kirkland

On March 30, Kirkland closed its parks and park chalets. The city has also set up a telephone line for seniors for real time updates and available resources from the city to help. The Ecclestone swimming pool was also closed for the summer season 2020.

Lachine

On March 24, the borough of Lachine confirmed that it was offering a contribution of $ 25,000 to the emergency fund launched by Centraide. This fund made it possible to immediately implement measures targeting the isolated population in the context of a pandemic.

At the beginning of April, a first screening clinic was opened at the Cité medical de Lachine clinic.

On April 6, a Lachine dépanneur was the target of criticism after citizens learned that the delivery man's wife was suffering from COVID-19.

From May 3 to 5, the number of covid-19 positive cases to double in Lachine.

On May 15, the borough canceled garage sales until further notice.

LaSalle

On March 10, a STM public transport user took the bus on line 106 from Boulevard Newman towards Angrignon station. Then, from March 27, Parc des Rapides in LaSalle was closed due to COVID-19.

On April 7, with 237 positive cases, LaSalle borough was just behind that of Côte-des-Neiges, which had more than 400 cases. Of these, 23 had died. 14 of them stayed at the [LaSalle Accommodation Center and 9 at the LaSalle Hospital Accommodation Center. Also, at least 29 patients had caught the virus in the CHSLD and 20 others in the hospital.

COVID-19 case in institutions for the elderly in LaSalle

Date	Centre d’hébergement LaSalle	Floralies de LaSalle	Unité d’hébergement de l’Hôpital de LaSalle	Les Tours Angrignon
April 13	77	21	N.A.	4
April 17	99	84	66	5
April 20	99	92	66	7
April 21	99	93	66	15
April 22	109	93	66	15

On April 24, the Red Cross set up dozens of beds in the Jacques-Lemaire arena.

Since May 13, a mobile screening clinic has been installed in LaSalle.

L'Ile-Bizard-Sainte-Geneviève

Around mid-March, and despite the challenges related to Coronavirus, the city of Montreal teams were closely monitoring the Rivière des Prairies in the Ile-Bizard-Sainte-Geneviève borough. These spring floods will never have occurred and at the end of March, while Montreal counted 1,612 cases, only 5 came from the borough.

The borough councils of Tuesday May 5 and June 2 were held behind closed doors to limit the spread of coronavirus.

Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

On Friday March 13, the City of Montreal announced the closure of all community centers, cultural places, libraries, swimming pools, arenas and sports facilities in Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (MHM). Then, on March 17, it was around the temporary closure of all Access Montreal offices and permit counters. On March 24, Mayor Pierre Lessard-Blais announced that the borough was offering a contribution of $ 100,000 to the Emergency Fund launched by Centraide.

From April 13, the Francis-Bouillon arena was transformed into a rest stop for people experiencing homelessness. Something similar was set up at the Maurice Richard arena a few days later. Around the same time, several new "pedestrian corridors" were put in place in the borough in order to secure travel. In late April, a mobile screening clinic was deployed in the borough.

As of May 1, 27 soldiers from the Canadian Armed Forces were deployed to the CHSLD Benjamin-Victor-Rousselot.

Between May 2 and May 12, the number of deaths almost doubled in the borough. Starting the next day, 15,000 masks were distributed to MHH residents in nine days

On May 20, the Débrouillards scientific day camps were canceled.

Montréal-Nord

On March 13, the Mayor of Montréal-Nord, Christine Black, placed herself in voluntary quarantine after returning from her trip during spring break.

On April 5, Toronto Raptors player Chris Boucher urged young people to follow Public Health guidelines.

Between March 25 and April 7, four employees tested positive for coronavirus in the Metro chain's meat and frozen distribution centre, located at 11701 Albert-Hudon. Since then, two other cases have been identified at this distribution centre.

On March 30, there were 50 confirmed cases.

On April 7, the first positive case was reported in a CHSLD in the borough which had 149 people tested positive.

On April 9, the borough had 193 cases.

On April 16, there were 443 infected people, an increase of 52% in four days (on April 12, there were 291 cases).

On April 22, 40 North Montrealers died from COVID-19, while 839 cases were identified. Of this number, 25 health workers residing in Montreal North are infected.

As of April 29, the borough of Montréal-Nord had 1,153 confirmed cases or 1,369 per 10,0000 inhabitants. The ratio of Quebec was 324.55 per 100,000 inhabitants, that of Canada of 142.78. The newspaper Le Devoir indicated that 23% of all cases, some 253 health workers had contracted the coronavirus, and 206 other cases of contamination were reported in CHSLDs.

As of April 30, 2020, the situation in the living environments for elderly and vulnerable people in the borough:

Situation in the living environments for elderly and vulnerable people in the borough.

Date	Institution	Cumulative number of confirmed residents	Percentage of confirmed residents
April 29	Résidence Angelica Inc.	162	Less than 15% of residents are confirmed cases
April 29	Hôpital Marie-Clarac	66	Between 15% and 25% are confirmed cases
April 28	Résidence Angelica	145	More than 25% are confirmed cases
April 26	CHSLD Champlain-De-Gouin	30	More than 25% are confirmed cases
April 28	Château Beaurivage	29	Between 15% and 25% are confirmed cases
April 28	Résidence Les Cascades inc.	2	Between 15% and 25% are confirmed cases
Before April 13	Résidence Sault-au-Récollet	1	Between 15% and 25% are confirmed cases
Before April 13	Résidence Portofino inc	1	Between 15% and 25% are confirmed cases

As of May 1, 2020, a screening centre was opened to the symptomatic population living in Montreal-Nord.

On May 23, Kent Nagano and the Orchester symphonique de Montréal sent a message of support to Montréal-Nord in a video posted online

From May 19 to 25, the number of new infections fell by 26% compared to the previous week for the borough.

Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie

The new "pedestrian corridors" on Beaubien Street

From March 13, 2020, patients at Maisonneuve-Rosement and Santa-Cabrini hospitals could not receive a visit. A week later, a member of the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital care teams had COVID-19, the fourth case of infection in a hospital setting. On March 20, the EPIC Centre, one of the largest cardiovascular prevention centre in Canada with more than 5,303 registered members, suspended its activities until further notice. The next day, Lenni-Kim indicated on his Instragram account that he and his mother had positive tests at Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont. On March 26, the Angus Medical Clinic was mandated to open a designated COVID-19 evaluation clinic. The new clinic offers medical consultations to people with a diagnosis and requiring medical follow-up.

On April 2, with 133 cases, Rosemont was then the 3rd district most affected by the virus. On April 6, the borough councilor indicated in the agenda, wanting to grant financial support of $ 100,000 for the year 2020 to Centraide of Greater Montreal. As of April 7, 87 elderly patients and seven deaths related to COVID-19 had been detected in seven CHSLDs, including in the CHSLD J. Henri Charbonneau. As of April 28, four of the five surgical units at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital were infected with covid-19 patients.

From mid-April, several new "pedestrian corridors" were put in place in the borough in order to secure travel.

From April 30, traffic was prohibited on Marché-Du-Nord streets during Jean-Talon market opening hours. This exceptional measure was part of the plan to secure and bring the Jean-Talon market up to sanitary standards in relation to COVID-19.

As of May 11, the various roadworks in the borough gradually resumed. The same day, a petition circulated online to reopen the Botanical Garden. In addition, the La Mennais emergency childcare service, located in the closed district for two weeks due to an outbreak linked to COVID-19.

As of May 12, 227 health workers had caught COVID in the borough, or 21% of the total in the region.

On May 19th, borough mayor François William Croteau announced that the section of Saint-Laurent Boulevard, between rue Saint-Zotique and rue Jean-Talon would be converted into a "transit mall". The restaurateurs of Little Italy in Montreal will be allowed to extend their terraces onto the street in order to facilitate social distancing.

Mount-Royal

By May 14, the CHSLD Vigi Mont-Royal received help from the Canadian army after 148 employees and 226 seniors contracted the virus due to a ventilation problem

Ville-Marie

As of March 13, 2020, and until further notice, all of Ville-Marie's community centers, cultural sites, libraries, swimming pools, arena and sports facilities were closed under COVID-19. On March 24, Ville-Marie donated $ 150,000 to the COVID-19 emergency fund to support the 80 community organizations in the borough. The day before, a first walk-in COVID-19 screening clinic had been set up under large tents pitched on the Place des festivals. At the end of March, Ville-Marie was one of 6 boroughs with more than 50 cases of COVID-19.

On April 15, the deputee for Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques and head of the second opposition group in the Quebec National Assembly, Ms. Manon Massé, added $ 50,000 to the emergency fund, just like the Caisses Desjardins of Complexe Desjardins and Quartier-Latin de Montréal.

Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension

As of May 1, the accessible screening clinic in Saint-Michel was open from Sunday to Wednesday from noon to 8 p.m. The authorities estimated a daily capacity of a hundred tests

As of May 6, with 1,239 cases of contamination, Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension, was the 2nd most affected arrondissement. Being one of the poorest neighborhoods in Canada, various community organizations fear a upsurge of cases.

On May 15, the borough announced its Summer 2020 travel plan.

Westmount

On March 12, a woman with COVID-19 attended a wedding in a synagogue in Westmount. Over a hundred people attended. A week later, access to all of the City of Westmount's playgrounds was prohibited to the public until further notice. Few days after, a firefighter tested positive for COVID-19.

On April 6, 2020, the municipal council voted to postpone the date of the 2nd payment of municipal tax accounts. The next day, access to the borough was reserved for local traffic or deliveries. Then, from April 8, Westmount pedestrians were asked not to cross paths on the sidewalks. As of April 15, the resumption of services for landscaping contractors in the city quietly resumed. As of April 21, 21 cases of COVID-19 were detected at St. Margarert' Residence on Hillside Avenue, the only public CHSLD in Westmount.

Starting May 18, the City of Westmount opened its community gardens.

Impact

Criminality

Although Montreal was on pause, domestic violence was not. However, for the period between March 13, 2020, the start of the state of health emergency in Quebec, and May 15, 2020, crimes in Montreal fell by 30% compared to the same period in 2019 and for the month of April, a drastic drop of more than two thirds of reports to the DPJ was observed by the interveners compare to last year.

With the suspension of most professional sports leagues, the illegal sports betting network of the Montreal mafia was also undermined. According to sources from La Presse, the price of a kilogram of cocaine in Montreal would be around $ 65,000 per kilograme, compared to $ 43,000 before the pandemic.

Cultural

On March 12, Montreal cancelled the St. Patrick's Day parades (for the first time in its 196-year history). The Montreal Symphony Orchestra cancelled concerts scheduled through May 24 (including a planned performance at New York City's Carnegie Hall). Various festivals have been cancelled, including Les Francos, Montréal Complètement Cirque, the Montreal International Jazz Festival. Montreal's Just for Laughs comedy festival was postponed to late-September and early-October. The Montreal Fireworks Festival was also cancelled.

Cinéma Beaubien

On March 13, all museums in Canada, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) and the OPTICA contemporary art centre in Montreal were closed indefinitely. The next day, the McCord Museum did the same. Since April 17, the McCord Museum has launched the collaborative photographic project. Having the mission to tell the social history of Montreal, it was decided to document in photos this period of confinement. On May 5, Montreal museums raised the possibility that museums will be open by early summer.

On March 14, the Beaubien cinema, the Parc cinema, the Musée cinema and the Quebec Cinematics, as well as all the state museums and all the libraries in the Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec network closed their doors for a period 30 days in accordance with the request of the Minister of Culture and Communications, Mrs. Nathalie Roy. In addition to these cinemas, the performance halls of the Théâtre de Quat'Sous and the Théâte PAP, the Agora de la danse and the Prospero theater.

As of April 9, several events and shows were cancelled due to COVID-19, including:

Cancelled events, shows and festivals in Montreal

Events	When	Where
FRANCOUVERTES 2020	February 17 - May 4	Lion d'or and Club Soda
Cabane Panache et Bois Rond 2020	March 19 - March 22	Wellington Promenade
Dr. Mobilo Aquafest 2020	May 1 - May 16	Fairmount Theater
Distorsion Psych fest 2020	May 6 - May 9	St-Infant Jesus Church
Festival METRO METRO 2020	May 15 - May 17	Esplanade du Stade Olympique
Pouzza fest 2020	May 15 - May 17	Quartier des spectacles
Festival transamériques FTA 2020	May 20 - June 3	Downtown Montreal

On April 10, following the government's request to suspend events across Quebec until August 31, evenko confirmed that its festivals, notably OSHEAGA, ILESONIQ and LASSO Montreal will not take place on the scheduled dates, without however officially cancel said festivals. The Montreal Pride Festival scheduled from August 6 to 16, 2020 was also cancelled.

On May 19, the Montreal Pride announced that a virtual parade would take place from August 10 to 16, 2020.

On May 20, the Backstreet Boys officially postponed their DNA tour, which was scheduled to stop at the Bell Center in Montreal on September 16.

On May 22, Minister of Culture Nathalie Roy announced the reopening of museum institutions, cultural product loan counters and drive-ins as of Friday, May 29 throughout Quebec

On May 29, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts announced the resumption of its activities as of June 6, 2020

Economy

While the unemployment rate in Canada for the month of April 2020 was 13%, it was estimated in the Montreal metropolitan area it was 18.2%, up 13.4 percentage points since February. Towards the end of April, Montreal announced a plan to cut its finances in order to fill the deficit of 500 million. The Conference Board believed that economic activity in the Montreal region will decline by 3.6% this year, the result of a fall of 6.6% expected in the second quarter. In addition, the Montreal market should lose almost 55,000 jobs in 2020, with an unemployment rate of up to 8.9% (compared to 5.7% last year).

On May 7, Montreal deployed the Fonds de développement de l'économie sociale (FDES) of MTL's SMEs, which offered grants of up to $ 50,000 for start-up, growth or consolidation projects.

On May 19, for the first time in almost two and a half months, Montreal gas stations sold a liter of regular fuel at a price greater than $ 1 per liter.

After a record year in 2019 with a tonnage of goods handled on its quays which exceeded 40 million tonnes, the CEO of the Montreal Port Authority announced on May 19 that she foresaw a 12% drop in traffic in 2020 compared to 2019 due to the pandemic.

On May 21, the city postponed for one month the presentation of its economic recovery plan linked to the COVID-19 crisis.

According to a survey by the Federation of Chambers of Commerce of Quebec, Montreal was, with 35.6% of respondents claiming to have experienced a strong impact related to covid, the region least affected by the pandemic on the economic level of Quebec.

Education

On Friday March 13, the Premier of Quebec, François Legault, announced the closure of schools, CEGEPs and universities until March 30, 2020. On March 22, Quebec extended the school closing period until May 1.

Educational institutions in Montreal

	English Montreal School Board	Commission scolaire de Montréal	Private schools	CEGEP	Universities
Number of schools	64	189	270	12	9
Number of students	35,000	115,018	125,000	54,000	190,000

Many experts on May 6 fear a significant increase in high school dropout. On May 12, in a survey commissioned by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) and the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), 77% of Canadian students said they were worried about their future, 70% among them feared not having a job this summer and 30% of them considered leaving their post-secondary studies. On May 15, In a letter sent to Prime Minister Legault, the ministries of health and education and the mayoress of Montreal, the pediatric association noted a significant delay in the cognitive development of students in Greater Montreal is to be expected because of the prolonged course close.

According to Immigration and Citizenship Canada data, some 30,700 foreign students study in Quebec in 2019. About a third of McGill University students come from abroad and between 8% to 10% of Université de Montréal students. In order to make up for this possibility of losing a large number of students, the Université de Montréal has already indicated that all of its faculties will hold the fall 2020 session by online classes. On May 14, it was Concordia University's turn to do the same. Two days earlier, the 12 Cégeps de la Métropole had announced similar measures.

Environment

Air pollution

The decrease in air traffic, the closure of factories, the increase in telework, and consequently a significant reduction in road vehicles on the road network, have had the effect of significantly reducing greenhouse gases (GHG). According to data from the Réseau de la surveillance de la qualité de l'air, in the east of the city, the average air quality index was 26.2. For the same period last year, the average was 32.6. Obviously, the better the air quality, the lower the index. This index measures conventional gaseous pollutants (So2, NO/NO2, O3 and H2S), particulate pollution, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

In Montreal, nitrogen dioxide dropped more than 30% during the first two months of the pandemic.

Biodiversity

Like metropolises around the world, more wild animals were seen during the pandemic in Montreal.

On April 3, 2020, the chief scientist of Québec and QuébecOiseaux announced the creation of the Des oiseaux à la Maison. As of May 3, 166 species had been sighted in Montreal.

Waste management

Selective collection of recyclable materials

It was in the 1990s that the selective collective of materials (cardboard, newspapers, paper, glass, plastic and metal) began. According to Statistics Canada, in 2013–2014, Canadians avoided sending over 9 million recycled materials to the landfill. Of this number, more than half went to China. In Quebec, the 27 sorting centres, no longer able to sell our "recyclable" materials, have asked for state aid to survive. In early 2018, the Plante administration injected $29.9 million into the Montreal sorting centre. In January 2020, two of the three sorting centres in Montreal threatened to close, including one that had received the subsidy of nearly 30 million two years earlier.

Garbage and recyclable materials were recognized as an essential service during the pandemic. Although not in the position of the City of Quebec where 80% of the contents of the recycling bins were stored by (and at the costs of the City of Quebec), a large significant quantity of materials normally recycled ended up in the dumps.

As for other materials such as household appliances, refrigerators, wood, sofas, tires, construction residues, dangerous household and green residues, the 7 ecocentres of the agglomeration of Montreal remained open according to the usual schedule, although it was strongly recommended not to go.

Plastic bag

On February 6, 2020, Mayor Valérie Plante announced the end of plastic bags in all merchants in Montreal by the end of 2020. However, during the crisis, several companies, such as Loblaw or IGA decided to no longer accept reusable bags belonging to customers, the latter having to use plastic bags.

Food insecurity

Normally, without the pandemic, one in six people suffered from food insecurity, while 614,000 people were in poverty and exclusion in Greater Montreal. But with the pandemic, in April, Moisson Montréal distributed $ 7.4 million in foodstuffs, $ 2.3 million more than in 2019 and the organization had to help 50% more families every day.

The health crisis also deprived the 32,000 children who normally had lunch in one of the Breakfast Club programs.

Health

Health workers

Saturday April 17, a first attendant to the beneficiary fell in coma against COVID-19.

Wednesday, April 29, a beneficiary attendant died after working with patients affected by COVID-19 from CHSLD Cartierville.

Thursday, May 21, a beneficiary attendant who came to lend a hand in CHSLDs died as a result of COVID-19.

On May 27, health workers demonstrated in several cities in Quebec, including Montreal, to demand their right to vacation

Mental Health

On May 22, General Roméo Dallaire launched the "Bâtissons l'espoir" movement with the Douglas Foundation to raise awareness of the mental health issues caused by the COVID-19 crisis.

Overwhelmed hospitals

On March 20, the EPIC Centre, one of the largest cardiovascular prevention centre in Canada with more than 5,303 registered members, suspended its activities until further notice. As of April 28, four of the five surgical units at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital were infected with covid-19 patients. On May 7, Le Devoir newspaper revealed that a patient with COVID-19 had been in the emergency room of Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital for more than 100 hours.

As of May 1, thirty patients and 34 health care workers at Lakeshore General Hospital have been diagnosed with covid. The Lakeshore was filled to beyond its capacity and the CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal is sending new patients to a field hospital set by the Canadian Red Cross inside a hockey arena in LaSalle.

On May 6, the National Institute of Excellence in Health and Social Services (INESS) published a study, according to which the room for maneuver for Montreal hospitals would be very slim in the event of an increase in hospitalization related to COVID.

On May 18, Minister of Health and Social Services Danielle McCan announced that non-emergency surgeries postponed due to COVID-19 would gradually resume in Quebec hospitals, but only at a rate of approximately 40% in Greater Montreal, The next day, the Minister raised the possibility of cancer patients in Montreal having surgery outside Montreal, for example, at the Hotel-Dieu de Québec.

Housing

As of April 6, 46% of homeowners claimed they had not received all of their rents for the month of March 2020

On May 27, Mayor Plante asked Quebec City for emergency assistance of $ 5 million to help people in need to help out. Earlier that month, the Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urgain (FRAPRU), supported by 25 other community groups, warned that the pandemic could seriously worsen the housing crisis in Montreal.

Justice system

Detention centres

When an individual is sentenced to less than two years in prison, he will serve it in a provincial jail. The Montreal region has two detention facilities on its territory.

On May 19, a 70-year-old inmate from Bordeau Detention Center with COVID-19 was taken to hospital. His death confirmed the next day.

State of play in Montreal facilities

Date	Number of prisoners present at midnight	Number of inmates currently living with COVID-19	Proportion of the prison population affected by COVID-19	Number of tests done on inmates	Number of guards tested positive (active cases)
May 2	935	23	2.46%	?	21
May 4	936	33	3.53%	68	26
May 5	926	34	3.67%	108	26
May 6	933	35	3.75%	112	28
May 7	915	37	4.04%	108	34
May 8	907	39	4.30%	115	34
May 9	911	49	5.38%	170	34
May 10	911	49	5.38%	170	34
May 11	901	55	6.10%	180	35
May 12	901	55	6.10%	180	35
May 13	882	87	9.86%	292	36
May 14	874	89	10.18%	344	29
May 15	870	89	10.23%	352	24
May 16	868	90	10.36%	352	25
May 17	869	90	10.36%	352	25
May 18	872	77	8.83%	407	26
May 19	872	77	8.83%	407	26
May 20	862	60	6.97%	389	18
May 21	859	57	6.63%	391	18
May 22	862	51	5.92%	408	15
May 23	875	35	4.00%	408	15
May 24	857	34	3.96%	408	14
May 25	857	22	2.57%	412	14
May 26	842	4	0.47%	412	12
May 27	848	1	0.12%	418	9
May 28	845	1	0.14%	418	8
May 29	845	1	0.14%	418	8

Judiciary process

It is in Montreal that a first virtual trial took place in Quebec.

Racism

On January 29, when Canada only had 3 COVID-19 positive cases, the Chinese community denounced the "surge of racist comments" made against their community on social networks in Canada. The remarks were denounced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the mayor of Brossard, Doreen Assad, and Horacio Arruda, director of public health. During the month of February, numerous acts of vandalism targeting pagodas, while Montreal's Chinatown was deserted. Montreal artist Ravy Puth has launched an illustration campaign to denounce racism stemming from the pandemic.

In honor of George Floyd, a demonstration was organized on May 31 in front of the headquarters of the Montreal City Police Service to denounce violence, racism and police impunity. Masks were distributed due to the pandemic

Religious

On March 12, the Assembly of Quebec Bishops cancelled all masses during the pandemic. Following this news, the Archbishop of Montreal, Monseigneur Christian Lépine, held masses in camera the following Sunday from the crypt of Saint Joseph's Oratory. However, on March 20, the Archdiocese of Quebec ordered the closure of all churches, chapels of worship and public oratories until further notice.

On March 13, the Canadian Council of Imams asked all mosques to suspend services for the duration of the pandemic; more than 25 mosques are located in the territory of Montreal. On the occasion of Ramadan, the Islamic organization Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama of Montreal offered a "virtual" version of the celebration

On March 18, leaders of the Montreal Hasidic Jewish community decided to close all the synagogues in the territory.

Research

On March 23, a team at the Montreal Heart Institute led by Jean-Claude Tardif launched a clinical trial exploring the use of colchicine to help treat complications of COVID-19. The first results are expected for the month of June 2020. On April 30, Ontarians Affected by COVID-19 could Now Participate in the Study. The clinical trial was then available in Montreal, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California, Madrid-Spain and British Columbia.. On May 13, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded a $3 million grant to the Montreal Heart Institute for Dr. Tardif's project. A few days later, Dr. Tardif informed the Journal de Montréal that the recruitment of 6,000 patients should be completed in June 2020.

On March 26, the Fonds de recherche du Québec and Génome Québec established a provincial task force to build a biobank of COVID-19 samples, led by McGill University chair Vincent Mooser. By May 5, 494 patients had been recruited. On May 24, it was a dozen hospitals that had recruited more than 1,000 patients.

Mila, an artificial intelligence institute in Montreal, is developing contact tracing software for mobile phones. Federal government invests $ 40 million on April 23. The application, which is called COVI, was launched on May 18, 2020. Louise Arbour and Louise Otis, two ex-judges joined the project a few days later.

Starting in June, the Ad5-nCoV vaccine, developed by the Chinese company CanSino Biologics (Tianjin, China) and the Beijing Institute of Biotechnology (Beijing, China) will be manufactured in Montreal and tested in Canada. The vaccine was tested between March 16 and March 27, 2020 in Wuhan.

On May 15, the first transfusion of convalescent plasma to a patient with COVID-19 in Canada took place Thursday at CHU Sainte-Justine. Scientists from CHU Sainte-Justine, the Research Center, the University of Montreal Hospital Center, the Jewish General Hospital, Héma-Québec and several other hospitals in the province participated in this project. The patient was then released from intensive care.

Sports

The National Hockey League and Major League Soccer have suspended their regular seasons, affecting the Montreal Canadiens and Montreal Impact. With Major League Baseball suspending preseason play, the Toronto Blue Jays' annual preseason series at Olympic Stadium was also cancelled. The 2020 World Figure Skating Championships being hosted by Montreal were cancelled on March 11. On April 7, Formula One postponed the Canadian Grand Prix.

On April 11, Tennis Canada announced that pursuant to the request by the provincial government, the women's portion of the Canadian Open was cancelled; Montreal is now scheduled to host the 2021 women's tournament instead. The women's and men's competitions normally alternate between Montreal and Toronto.

On April 15, in a press release from the organization of the Grands Prix Cyclistes de Montréal (GPCQM) and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the stages in Montreal and Quebec, the only UCI WorldTour races presented in America, retain their place on the 2020 calendar.

Other provincial sports bodies have also suspended activities, including Basketball Québec, Baseball Québec (baseball activity suspended until at least May 1), Hockey Québec (including the Quebec Junior Hockey League, which called off the remainder of the season), and Soccer Québec (activity suspended until at least May 1). Other local events that have faced cancellations include the Tour de l'Île de Montréal, and various footraces.

On May 6, when MLS leaders gave circuit teams permission to hold individual fitness sessions on the field, the Montreal Impact players still have not received city approvals. The Montreal Regional Department of Public Health refused the request the next day, while the city of Toronto said yes to the Toronto FC.

On May 7, Randy Ambrosie, the commissioner of the Canadian Football League (CFL) told the House of Commons that the most likely scenario was to cancel the 2020 season, which include the Montreal Alouettes. In the meantime, the Alouettes' cheerleaders have given free performances outside some CHSLDs affected by the virus. On May 20, the CFL announced the postponement of the start of its 2020 season to September 1

On May 13, Isabelle Charest, the Minister for Sports and Recreation of Quebec announced that from May 20, golf, singles tennis, fishing, rowing, cycling, sailing, swimming in open water, athletics, can be practiced anywhere in Quebec, including in Montreal.

On May 15, Montreal Canadiens goalkeeper Carey Price and his wife provided meals to 160 workers in the maternity department and the neonatal intensive care unit at the Jewish General Hospital and 1,200 health workers. The couple had already donated $ 50,000 to the Breakfast Club of Canada Emergency Fund. In addition to Price, Philip Danault, Jeff Petry, Brendan Gallagher and Nick Suzuki have also made various donations.

At the end of May, the players of the national hockey league accepted the scenario, proposed unanimously by the governors of the Betmann circuit, 29-2. Montreal Canadians will take part in the spring ball.

Tourism

On April 9, the organization Tourisme Montréal foresaw an 80% loss of revenue for the summer season, while half of the hotel establishments had already suspended their operations. In 2019, Montreal welcomed 11 million tourists, more than 3 million from outside Canada, generating revenue of $ 4.85 billion.

As of April 26, of the 140 business conferences scheduled in the metropolitan area until mid-June, almost 50 had been postponed and 70 were cancelled. According to Tourisme Montréal, the events postponed until that date represented direct expenses of $ 55 million, including 70,000 nights reserved at the hotel.

On May 22, the organizers of Movin'On, the World Summit on Sustainable Mobility, announced that it would return to Montreal in 2021. The 2020 edition was canceled due to the pandemic.

Transport

On May 27, some 425 Montreal taxis were fitted with protective partitions. By the end of June 2020, some 900 taxis in the metropolis should be equipped in this way. It was also on May 27 that the Montreal Ombusdman, Johanne Savard, sent the City a recommendation to pay attention to the most vulnerable during urban redevelopment. This plan, announced a few days earlier, provided for more than 327 additional kilometers for pedestrians and cyclists.

On May 29, Transport Minister Marc Garneau confirmed that international cruises will be banned in Canada. This measure could lose a billion dollars in economic spinoffs in Quebec.

Cases

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COVID-19 cases in Montreal by Municipality/Borough ()

Date	Total Cases																																		Confirmed
	AC	Anj	BDU	Bfd	CDNNDG	CSL	DDO	Dor	Ham	Kir	Lac	LaS	IBSG	MHM	ME	MN	MO	MR	Outr	PiRo	PMR	PC	RDPPAT	RPP	SAB	SLa	SLe	Sen	SO	Ver	VM	VSMPE	Wmt	?	Total	Death
Mar 30	54	9	2	10	161	107	17	7	18	7	19	66	5	40	1	26	<5	18	56	26	67	11	41	80	2	40	17	0	46	36	67	41	25	487	1,612
Mar 31																																			1,991
Apr 1																																			2,097
Apr 2																																			2,642
Apr 3	106	19	<4	10	281	154	30	17	23	8	35	135	9	98	<4	55	<5	33	95	39	134	15	83	141	<4	90	40	0	95	85	117	103	38	735	2,837
Apr 4	131	26	<4	10	323	169	36	23	26	11	45	170	11	126	<4	79	<5	34	103	45	156	18	102	166	<4	103	48	0	107	97	127	126	39	788	3,261
Apr 5	143	35	5	10	370	192	45	26	27	12	57	204	14	145	<5	99	<5	36	113	50	168	21	117	181	<4	119	67	<4	124	105	135	149	44	888	3,713
Apr 6	176	37	5	10	384	207	50	27	27	12	59	219	15	151	<5	117	<5	36	113	54	174	23	133	194	<5	128	77	<5	134	117	140	160	46	938	3,977
Apr 7	200	42	5	11	428	232	54	31	28	12	71	237	16	182	5	149	<5	37	119	56	186	24	148	217	5	141	96	<5	162	134	152	185	52	985	4,407	63
Apr 8	223	47	5	13	453	241	64	37	28	12	78	267	20	195	5	165	5	38	131	69	203	30	161	227	5	152	103	<5	171	141	164	199	55	1,067	4,775	77
Apr 9	247	59	5	13	501	262	66	37	29	14	83	286	19	213	6	193	5	44	139	75	220	32	180	247	5	163	124	5	184	154	174	242	57	1,181	5,262	93
Apr 10	277	67	5	14	522	264	68	37	29	15	83	298	22	232	7	238	5	44	143	78	232	33	194	260	5	167	139	5	210	174	185	266	57	1,245	5,617	100
Apr 11	305	72	5	14	538	266	71	37	29	15	85	312	22	255	7	263	5	45	144	83	233	33	216	278	5	172	153	<5	224	183	190	292	58	1,248	5,861	135
Apr 12	333	81	5	14	543	267	72	37	29	17	85	313	25	276	8	291	5	46	144	86	235	33	235	301	5	181	168	5	227	186	193	302	59	1,284	6,088	147
Apr 13	353	87	5	13	559	267	73	38	29	17	87	324	25	298	7	326	5	47	147	88	248	34	253	317	5	191	184	5	236	198	205	326	60	1,339	6,393	162
Apr 14	392	92	5	13	640	270	75	41	29	18	89	339	27	330	7	357	5	49	148	90	259	37	285	336	5	200	210	5	268	240	215	367	62	1,126	6,628	218
Apr 15	417	97	5	13	671	279	76	41	29	18	93	349	28	359	7	404	5	51	153	93	275	37	313	340	5	213	224	<5	286	276	225	390	63	993	6,830	242
Apr 16	481	113	5	13	717	286	82	44	29	20	99	360	29	396	7	443	5	53	156	100	295	38	358	357	5	223	240	<5	310	301	238	429	64	983	7,281	332
Apr 17	535	120	5	15	775	292	89	47	29	21	102	372	32	430	8	490	5	57	157	104	345	39	395	379	5	237	258	<5	322	326	249	467	67	983	7,760	391
Apr 18	594	127	5	15	799	292	92	47	29	23	104	379	32	459	8	527	6	60	159	108	348	40	413	401	5	253	273	<5	328	332	252	487	67	986	8,052	454
Apr 19	663	138	5	15	839	300	96	49	29	25	108	384	31	488	8	577	6	63	162	110	363	40	444	418	5	271	294	<5	350	350	261	529	70	964	8,457	513
Apr 20	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	8,964	525
Apr 21	753	154	5	16	907	316	103	55	32	25	114	399	38	542	11	722	7	67	165	117	380	46	529	467	7	302	353	<5	381	417	274	602	72	968	9,348	583
Apr 22	802	173	5	17	955	321	108	61	33	26	120	406	44	569	12	785	7	76	167	124	386	50	577	489	7	319	372	<5	406	462	287	624	74	990	9,856	647
Apr 23	835	188	5	17	987	325	109	62	33	26	126	425	45	618	13	839	7	87	170	127	401	52	647	527	7	340	394	<5	427	505	302	660	77	990	10,375	741
Apr 24	879	214	6	20	1,035	328	117	71	33	29	129	428	52	671	14	891	7	93	170	138	416	59	708	552	7	354	418	<5	448	518	321	701	84	984	10,897	808
Apr 25	946	239	6	24	1,053	330	126	73	37	25	146	469	49	761	15	1,001	9	91	182	147	435	63	775	574	8	398	438	<5	469	515	305	798	90	563	11,161	895
Apr 26	973	256	6	24	1,071	330	128	77	38	26	149	478	53	791	14	1,059	9	92	182	154	465	62	817	600	8	415	480	<5	491	523	313	837	91	609	11,621	938
Apr 27	1,007	279	6	25	1,097	335	130	77	37	27	155	485	54	830	14	1,110	9	96	183	155	488	63	869	629	8	433	509	<5	500	535	322	871	91	604	12,034	983
Apr 28	1,064	288	6	25	1,137	346	136	78	38	27	157	497	57	852	16	1,153	10	104	188	156	508	67	908	652	9	452	531	<5	525	561	326	909	101	602	12,487	1,039
Apr 29	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	12,811	1,078
Apr 30	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	13,324	1,146
May 1	1,185	324	6	27	1,225	354	184	95	38	52	186	561	76	1,014	18	1,316	11	125	194	192	566	83	1,029	777	10	518	582	<5	563	620	353	998	113	583	13,979	1,245
May 2	1,229	333	6	29	1,258	367	190	103	39	54	209	586	88	1,075	21	1,377	11	133	196	201	579	87	1,079	837	12	534	600	<5	608	635	366	1,047	118	591	14,599	1,312
May 3	1,307	347	9	40	1,375	375	252	132	39	70	333	829	116	1,150	22	1,423	14	186	209	287	609	126	1,130	885	13	586	616	<5	649	678	399	1,139	128	777	16,251	1,365
May 4	1,329	364	9	42	1,388	378	259	133	39	72	336	838	118	1,185	22	1,457	14	190	209	294	616	126	1,178	913	14	594	638	<5	662	683	411	1,190	129	775	16,606	1,410
May 5	1,351	363	9	42	1,427	386	268	136	41	72	343	852	115	1,226	23	1,501	14	192	211	297	621	129	1,201	931	15	607	638	<5	684	706	439	1,212	135	783	16,991	1,488
May 6	1,392	379	10	45	1,448	388	270	137	42	75	354	869	118	1,288	23	1,544	14	197	213	313	631	139	1,247	958	16	627	675	<5	688	724	456	1,239	139	783	17,442	1,562
May 7	1,442	398	10	46	1,478	390	271	137	42	77	378	888	118	1,341	24	1,615	14	202	215	324	649	142	1,300	978	16	645	694	<5	694	738	475	1,268	143	765	17,918	1,666
May 8	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	18,435	1,727
May 9	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	18,855	1,760
May 10	1,585	436	11	45	1,559	400	282	145	48	82	407	927	136	1,463	26	1,762	16	222	221	357	685	143	1,443	1,075	15	678	743	<5	717	762	523	1,364	143	775	19,197	1,863
May 11	1,610	453	11	49	1,588	401	283	146	48	83	409	938	139	1,502	25	1,791	16	225	220	368	696	143	1,466	1,092	16	688	766	<5	719	762	527	1,387	143	781	19,492	1,919
May 12	1,645	455	11	51	1,616	405	290	147	48	85	417	946	143	1,552	27	1,820	16	226	222	377	710	145	1,525	1,103	16	710	783	<5	727	768	539	1,411	149	792	19,878	2,003
May 13	1,671	471	14	50	1,633	408	310	150	48	88	433	953	154	1,591	28	1,857	17	229	224	387	721	148	1,561	1,126	16	724	801	<5	730	780	543	1,435	149	781	20,232	2,063
May 14	1,695	494	15	50	1,659	412	318	152	48	89	438	964	156	1,645	27	1,894	18	230	225	400	732	153	1,606	1,158	16	749	816	<5	734	786	558	1,470	151	774	20,633	2,154
May 15	1,722	503	15	49	1,684	415	323	154	48	90	447	975	163	1,696	29	1,942	18	231	225	404	743	156	1,656	1,186	16	763	837	<5	742	797	569	1,500	153	786	21,038	2,182
May 16	1,755	516	15	50	1,715	419	326	160	48	92	453	985	166	1,737	30	1,979	17	231	233	422	750	159	1,690	1,204	16	781	853	<5	748	807	578	1,520	156	798	21,410	2,234
May 17	1,782	528	16	49	1,752	425	331	161	50	92	455	989	169	1,779	31	2,004	17	231	235	433	762	164	1,705	1,217	17	790	867	<5	757	820	593	1,536	157	802	21,717	2,276
May 18	1,817	537	16	50	1,787	437	339	163	50	93	465	996	172	1,825	32	2,028	17	232	235	439	765	166	1,730	1,231	18	806	876	<5	764	826	611	1,549	159	796	22,028	2,296
May 19	1,842	545	16	50	1,811	443	338	164	53	93	470	1,002	173	1,844	32	2,052	17	234	235	443	776	171	1,755	1,247	18	824	893	<5	781	835	633	1,569	159	798	22,317	2,323
May 20	1,865	552	19	51	1,825	449	339	164	53	94	472	1,004	173	1,887	32	2,104	17	235	236	454	777	174	1,771	1,268	18	845	910	<5	790	841	639	1,601	160	816	22,636	2,367
May 21	1,898	562	19	54	1,851	461	342	164	54	95	483	1,011	177	1,924	33	2,139	17	239	237	461	783	182	1,811	1,308	18	875	931	<5	794	851	651	1,642	163	833	23,064	2,411
May 22	1,925	569	19	54	1,862	469	344	164	54	95	505	1,024	179	1,945	34	2,184	18	242	238	474	794	185	1,859	1,318	18	897	945	<5	802	856	655	1,688	163	834	23,413	2,454
May 23	1,964	576	22	55	1,879	473	363	163	53	96	510	1,029	178	1,971	34	2,212	19	242	241	474	798	184	1,881	1,340	19	906	964	<5	808	863	662	1,717	165	834	23,696	2,508
May 24	1,975	589	23	55	1,901	478	369	164	52	96	515	1,036	179	1,991	35	2,227	18	243	242	478	805	184	1,902	1,356	19	916	971	<5	813	864	670	1,741	165	845	23,918	2,538
May 25	1,998	594	25	55	1,924	480	370	166	52	97	519	1,043	180	2,014	35	2,243	18	244	243	483	809	190	1,913	1,370	19	924	977	<5	818	871	676	1,747	165	853	24,116	2,558
May 26	2,031	606	26	56	1,935	481	376	168	52	96	527	1,054	180	2,039	35	2,263	18	245	244	488	820	196	1,934	1,392	19	938	990	<5	827	876	680	1,781	165	849	24,388	2,584
May 27	2,055	610	26	56	1,954	483	382	172	52	97	530	1,058	182	2,057	36	2,287	18	247	247	493	823	202	1,949	1,409	19	950	998	<5	837	877	690	1,799	167	848	24,611	2,624
May 28	2,084	613	27	57	1,972	484	389	173	52	97	533	1,061	183	2,073	37	2,319	18	248	246	500	825	204	1,968	1,420	19	964	1,005	<5	842	885	695	1,824	168	852	24,838	2,666
May 29	2,102	621	28	57	1,992	488	393	173	52	98	542	1,074	186	2,085	37	2,334	18	248	247	502	827	207	1,978	1,429	18	976	1,018	<5	846	885	710	1,852	170	849	25,043	2,690
May 30	2,121	626	28	57	2,013	489	393	174	52	101	546	1,083	185	2,103	37	2,340	18	249	248	504	830	208	1,990	1,440	17	983	1,030	<5	852	890	716	1,882	169	852	25,227	2,740
May 31	2,146	632	28	57	2,030	489	395	176	53	103	554	1,086	188	2,129	38	2,354	18	250	248	503	839	209	2,011	1,453	17	989	1,039	<5	853	897	726	1,891	171	864	25,437	2,919
Total Cases																																			Confirmed
Date	AC	Anj	BDU	Bfd	CDNNDG	CSL	DDO	Dor	Ham	Kir	Lac	LaS	IBSG	MHM	ME	MN	MO	MR	Outr	PiRo	PMR	PC	RDPPAT	RPP	SAB	SLa	SLe	Sen	SO	Ver	VM	VSMPE	Wmt	?	Total	Death