Moving day in Montreal is what occupies many people on Canada Day. The holiday is much appreciated as there is a greater likelihood that friends might just be available to help!
The tradition goes back as far as 1750 when tenants rights activists achieved a by-law to keep landlords from evicting tenants during the harsh winters. At the time most leases expired on May 1st.
The annual event continued until 1973, when legislation changed the occasion to July 1st to accommodate children in school, so their year would not have to be interrupted, as well as chances of better weather are greater on July 1st than May 1st. The holiday also accommodated workers who did not have to lose a day’s work.
Montreal is one of the cities in Canada with the most rental and apartment accommodation, with duplexes and triplexes found in almost every neighbourhood.
As in other urban centres in Canada, however, more and more condominium developments are being built now, providing an opportunity to invest in a property, where no landlord has the final say on a lease.
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