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“Maisonneuve, le Pittsburgh du Canada,” 1913

Newspaper article headline titled "Maisonneuve, the Pittsburgh of Canada" with the subtitle "The most progressive city in the Dominion of Canada." It presents the population increase from 18,000 in 1911 to 32,000 in 1913. The article begins: Maisonneuve ranks first before all major cities in Canada, even ahead of Montreal and Toronto, in the per capita value of its industrial products.

Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Le Devoir, August 21, 1913

An ad column in Le Devoir newspaper that was also published in several daily and weekly periodicals at the time to promote the town of Maisonneuve. The slogan on the document reads: “Maisonneuve, Canada’s Pittsburg” and features information about the town’s population and industrial production.