Montreal Misericorde Hospital
Date: c1906
Montreal Misericorde Hospital Nursery.
This hospital, also known as Maternit茅 Sainte-P茅lagie and later Hospice de la maternit茅, opened on Dorchester Boulevard (currently Ren茅-L茅vesque Boulevard) in the east of Montreal in 1853. It was managed聽by the Sisters of Mis茅ricorde, a congregation established in 1848 by Bishop Ignace Bourget and led by Rosalie Cadron-Jett茅. Its mission was to care for unwed mothers and their 鈥渋llegitimate鈥� children (many of whom were abandoned). Over the years, it cared for many thousands of mothers and babies. Each year between 1845 and聽1882 the hospital admitted between 300 to 500 unwed mothers. The hospital was first located in a small building on Ste-Catherine Street. When the building聽became too crowded, the Sisters moved the Hospital to a specially constructed building on Dorchester Street. The management of the Hospital was transferred to the Quebec Government and it became a long-term care center (CHSLD Jacques-Viger) in 1973. The building has been unoccupied since 2012.
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