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It’s a Bargain!

Black and white photograph of two men standing in front of a small white cabin, which was a property sales office. The price was $50 for a fifty-by-one-hundred-foot lot.

Property sales office in Laval, circa 1950

Reference: Société d’histoire et de généalogie de l’Île Jésus, C1/A3, 02.17

In the first half of the 20th century, Montrealers began to experience a housing crisis. With the goal of finding a home for their families, many of them moved to the suburbs, mainly because the land was less expensive than in Montreal.