Students at McGill University started to arrive in mid-sixties. Most Ismailis arrived in Quebec and Canada in the mid-seventies from Uganda (fleeing Idi Amin’s regime), East Africa and Franco-phones from West and Central Africa, and Madagascar. In the mid-nineties, people arrived from Central Asia. The date of the first official organization in Montreal is 1972 when a group of students from Uganda were meeting on Fridays in then the Students Union Building at McGill University. Besides the Jamatkhana in TMR, there are Jamatkhanas in Brossard, Laval, Granby, Sherbrooke, Quebec City and Maritimes.
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This was a grocery store in 1984 and was purchased by a group including Rossanally Dad. The Ismaili Association (Council) was not keen at that time but the private group went ahead. The private buyers were reimbursed for the building and Montreal HQ was born. In the early 2000s, as the search for a high profile site proved challenging, a complete renovation was performed. JK was held on Park-Ex for that period. It is a beautiful facility with an elevator for the aged, and full service kitchen.
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