Boroughs of Montreal during the COVID-19 pandemic

On March 25, TVA Nouvelles reported on March 25, 2020, that five people in the Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci CHSLD had tested positive for COVID-19.{{cite web|title=Cinq cas de la COVID-19 dans un CHSLD montréalais|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2020/03/25/cinq-cas-de-la-covid-19-dans-un-chsld-montrealais|website=TVA Nouvelles|date=March 25, 2020 |access-date=2020-05-04}} On April 1 there were 70 cases of COVID-19 in Ahuntsic-Cartierville health establishments, in addition to the 29 cases and seven deaths at the Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci CHSLD. That day, the Laurendeau CHSLD reported 10 cases; Sacré-Coeur Hospital reported 31 cases, and Fleury Hospital reported one case.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: 70 cas dans les établissements de santé d'Ahuntsic-Cartierville|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/ahuntsic-cartierville/2435122/coronavirus-62-cas-dans-les-etablissements-de-sante-dahuntsic-cartierville/|last=Esseghir|first=Amine|date=2020-04-01|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-04}} Four days later, 15 people died in two CHSLDs in Ahuntsic-Cartierville; ninety-nine residents and 94 staff members had been infected.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: 15 décès dans les CHSLD d'Ahuntsic-Cartierville|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/ahuntsic-cartierville/2436041/coronavirus-15-deces-dans-les-chsld-dahuntsic-cartierville/|last=Esseghir|first=Amine|date=2020-04-06|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-04}}

On April 14, six percent of cases in greater Montreal were in the borough.{{cite web|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/04/14/plus-de-6600-cas-de-la-covid-19-a-montreal-1|title=Plus de 6600 cas de la COVID-19 à Montréal|author=TVA Nouvelles|work=Le Journal de Montréal|date=April 20, 2020|access-date=June 2, 2020}} The Laurendeau CHSLD reported 142 positive cases and 21 deaths the following day, an increase of 81 cases in three days.{{cite web|title=Laurendeau en première place au Québec pour le nombre de cas, après avoir testé résidants et employés|url=https://journaldesvoisins.com/laurendeau-en-premiere-place-au-quebec-pour-le-nombre-de-cas-apres-avoir-teste-residants-et-employes/|date=2020-04-16|website=Journaldesvoisins.com|language=fr-CA|access-date=2020-05-04}} On April 28, Ahuntsic-Cartierville MP Mélanie Joly said that she would donate part of her annual salary increase to two borough food banks.{{cite web|title=Des quartiers à l'est d'Ahuntsic sous haute surveillance - Mélanie Joly refilera son augmentation au SNAC et à La Corbeille|url=https://journaldesvoisins.com/des-quartiers-a-lest-dahuntsic-sous-haute-surveillance-melanie-joly-refilera-son-augmentation-au-snac-et-a-la-corbeille/|date=2020-04-29|website=Journaldesvoisins.com|language=fr-CA|access-date=2020-05-04}} On May 19, CCM Hockey donated 100,000 surgical masks to the Nord-de-l'Ile-de-Montréal CIUSSS (Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre).{{cite web|title=Le CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal reçoit 100 000 masques de CCM|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/ahuntsic-cartierville/2446931/le-ciusss-du-nord-de-lile-de-montreal-recoit-100-000-masques-de-ccm/|last=Faucher|first=Olivier|date=2020-05-19|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-31}}

Forty-nine residents of the Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci CHSLD died between mid-May and June 11, bringing the total since the beginning of the pandemic to 90; at the time, it was the largest number of deaths in a CHSLD.{{Cite web|last=Richer|first=Jules|title=Hécatombe dans un CHSLD de Montréal: 49 décès depuis la mi-mai|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/06/11/hecatombe-dans-un-chsld|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Le Journal de Montréal|date=June 11, 2020 }} On June 12, the management of Concerts Ahuntsic en Fugue announced that the seventh series, scheduled for August, would be postponed to 2021.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-12|title=Concerts Ahuntsic en fugue, sur une note optimiste: à l'an prochain ...mais, peut-être ...|url=https://journaldesvoisins.com/concerts-ahuntsic-en-fugue-sur-une-note-optimiste-a-lan-prochain/|access-date=2020-06-27|website=Journaldesvoisins.com|language=fr-CA}} Restrooms in the borough's public parks began reopening on June 26.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-26|title=Fermées pour la COVID-19, les toilettes des parcs ouvrent progressivement|url=https://journaldesvoisins.com/fermees-pour-la-covid-19-les-toilettes-des-parcs-ouvrent-progressivement/|access-date=2020-06-26|website=Journaldesvoisins.com|language=fr-CA}}

On March 13, at the request of the city, local soccer club FC Anjou suspended its season until further notice.{{cite web|title=COVID-19: Fermeture du Bureau!|url=https://www.fcsocceranjou.com/fr/publication/nouvelle/covid-19_fermeture_du_bureau.html|website=FC Anjou|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-05}} Beginning on March 19, municipal council meetings were closed to limit the spread of the virus;{{cite web|title=Conseils municipal et d'agglomération: dorénavant à huis clos|url=https://montreal.ca/actualites/conseils-municipal-et-dagglomeration-dorenavant-huis-clos|website=montreal.ca|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-05|archive-date=2020-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728233947/https://montreal.ca/actualites/conseils-municipal-et-dagglomeration-dorenavant-huis-clos|url-status=dead}} of Montreal's 19 boroughs, Anjou was the only one which did not stream its meeting online or take questions from the public.{{cite web|title=Ni diffusion ni questions à la séance à huis clos du conseil d'Anjou|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/mercier-anjou/2436218/ni-diffusion-ni-questions-a-la-seance-a-huis-clos-du-conseil-danjou/|last=Gelper|first=Naomie|date=2020-04-06|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-05}}

The borough may have been particularly at risk due to its demographics:

• 9,995 Angevins{{cite web|title=Commission de toponymie|url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/toponymie-municipale/gentiles/lesgentilesliste.aspx|website=www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca|access-date=2020-05-05}} were over age 65; 5,240 were over 75
• 7,100 lived alone
• 33 percent of families had a single parent
• The average total pretax income of residents age 15 and over was lower than the Montreal average.
• Immigrants and non-permanent residents were 33 and 10 percent of the population, respectively.{{cite web|title=Ordre du jour et documents décisionnels, séance ordinaire du 7 avril 2020 19h00, au 7701, boul. Louis-H. La Fontaine (page consultée le 5 mai 2020), à la page 25|url=http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=6958,69949771&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL|website=ville.montreal.qc.ca}}

The borough set aside an emergency fund of $100,000 to donate to local community organizations, and another $50,000 for Centraide.{{cite web|title=Système de gestion des décisions des instances - Sommaire décisionnel, Arrondissement d'Anjou, Direction de la culture_des_sports_des_loisirs et du développement social, Dossier #1200558005 et :1200558004|url=https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/documents/Adi_Public/CA_Anj/CA_Anj_ODJP_ORDI_2020-04-07_19h00_FR.pdf|website=ville.montreal.qc.ca}} On April 5, a Costco spokesperson in Anjou announced that three employees had tested positive for COVID-19.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: 3 Costco employees test positive in Anjou, Montreal|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6780894/costco-anjou-coronavirus/|website=Global News|language=en|access-date=2020-05-05}}

By May 5, only 12 shops were open at Les Halles D'Anjou market; over 40 merchants were normally present daily.{{cite web|title=Covid19 - Halles d'Anjou|url=https://www.hallesdanjou.com/fr/promotions-et-evenements/4739-covid19.html|website=Sandalwood|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-05}} On May 8, a free frozen-food delivery service became available to Anjou residents who were affected by the pandemic.{{cite web|title=Service de livraison de plats congelés|url=https://montreal.ca/actualites/service-de-livraison-de-plats-congeles|website=montreal.ca|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-05|archive-date=2020-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728231052/https://montreal.ca/actualites/service-de-livraison-de-plats-congeles|url-status=dead}}

On March 21, the town of Baie-D'Urfé established a committee to deal with COVID-19.{{cite web|title=Baie D'Urfé takes "Living Safe" approach includes resident designated hotline|url=https://www.westislandblog.com/baie-durfe-takes-living-safe-approach-includes-resident-designated-hotline/|last=Massad|first=Rhonda|date=2020-03-21|website=West Island Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-28}} The day before, parks and playgrounds had been closed.{{cite web|title=Parks and playgrounds closed to public in Baie-D'Urfé|url=https://www.thesuburban.com/news/covid_19/parks-and-playgrounds-closed-to-public-in-baie-durf/article_5e0bc86b-0b2f-56c9-9784-cffd1e7a835c.html|last=Woodhouse|first=Kevin |website=The Suburban Newspaper|date=March 20, 2020 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}} At the beginning of April, volunteers began handing out masks at grocery stores.{{cite web|title=Baie-D'Urfé is ahead of the curve when it comes to wearing masks in public|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6858453/baie-durfe-coronavirus-masks/|website=Global News|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}} On May 21, eight employees of the Première Moisson plant in Baie-d'Urfé tested positive for COVID-19.{{Cite news|date=May 21, 2020|title=Quebec IGA and Metros provide updates on stores with known coronavirus cases|work=Daily Hive|url=https://dailyhive.com/montreal/quebec-iga-metros-coronavirus-list-may-21-2020|access-date=June 14, 2020}}

Jewish General Hospital, one of four hospitals initially designated by the Quebec government to care for COVID-19 patients, treated two of the 17 Quebecers who had tested positive for COVID-19 by March 13, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/jewish-general-hospital-braces-for-a-wave-of-covid-19-cases/ |title='In a situation of war,' Jewish General Hospital braces for COVID-19 wave |website=montrealgazette.com|access-date=2020-05-06}} On March 14, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre announced that a child who had returned from Europe tested positive for COVID-19; it was the first case found in a minor in Quebec.{{cite web|title=COVID-19: un premier cas en Mauricie|url=https://www.lenouvelliste.ca/actualites/covid-19-un-premier-cas-en-mauricie-b693792c63107258c2a68dd05cf0976a|date=2020-03-12|website=Le Nouvelliste|language=fr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321234721/https://www.lenouvelliste.ca/actualites/covid-19-un-premier-cas-en-mauricie-b693792c63107258c2a68dd05cf0976a|archive-date=March 21, 2020|access-date=2020-03-22}} Five days later, an employee tested positive.{{cite news|title=Un cas de COVID-19 au CHU Sainte-Justine|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202003/19/01-5265528-un-cas-de-covid-19-au-chu-sainte-justine.php|date=2020-03-19|website=La Presse|language=fr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320131246/https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202003/19/01-5265528-un-cas-de-covid-19-au-chu-sainte-justine.php|archive-date=March 20, 2020|access-date=2020-03-22 |last1=Lauzon |first1=Véronique }} Two days later, a student at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf also tested positive.{{cite web|title=COVID-19: Deux élèves infectés par le coronavirus dans des écoles du grand Montréal|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/03/16/covid-19-deux-eleves-infectes-par-le-coronavirus-dans-des-ecoles-du-grand-montreal|agency=Agence OMI|website=Le Journal de Montréal|date=March 17, 2020 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322013428/https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/03/16/covid-19-deux-eleves-infectes-par-le-coronavirus-dans-des-ecoles-du-grand-montreal|archive-date=March 22, 2020|access-date=2020-03-22}}

On March 30, the Montreal Regional Department of Public Health published the number of confirmed cases by borough. Of 1,612 confirmed cases in the region, 161 were in Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.{{cite web|title=Côte-des-Neiges-NDG recense le plus de cas de COVID-19 à Montréal {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1689806/coronavirus-infections-maladies-contagion-contamination-densite|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=March 30, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-05-06}}

On April 7, the Alfred-Desrochers CHSLD was announced as severely affected by the virus; nine residents had died, and 39 had tested positive.{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/covid-19-outbreaks-surge-to-36-in-montreals-long-term-care-centres/ |title=COVID-19 outbreak kills nine people at Côte-des-Neiges seniors' residence |website=montrealgazette.com|access-date=2020-05-06}} That day, longtime resident Marguerite Lescop died of COVID-19 at age 104.{{cite news|title=Une éclosion dans un CHSLD emporte l'autrice Marguerite Lescop|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/litterature/202004/07/01-5268326-une-eclosion-dans-un-chsld-emporte-lautrice-marguerite-lescop.php|last1=Lacoursière|first1=Ariane|last2=Lévesque|first2=Kathleen|date=7 April 2020|website=La Presse|language=fr}} That day, Montreal's Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery{{snd}}Canada's largest{{snd}}stopped performing burials and cremations.{{cite news|title=Le cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges suspend enterrements et crémations|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/07/01-5268446-le-cimetiere-notre-dame-des-neiges-suspend-enterrements-et-cremations.php|date=2020-04-08|website=La Presse|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-06 |last1=Teisceira-Lessard |first1=Philippe }}

On April 23, a truck broadcasting public service announcements in French, English, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Yiddish, Spanish, Creole, Arabic, Russian, Mandarin, Tamil, Hindi, Wolof, Farsi, and Urdu began driving around the borough.{{cite web|title=Des messages en 12 langues pour protéger Côte-des-Neiges {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1696789/montreal-cote-neiges-messages-langues-coronavirus|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 23, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-05-06}} By April 27, 1,097 of the 12,034 Montrealers who had tested positive for COVID-19 (nine percent) were from the borough.{{cite web|title=Nearly 1,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Montreal, and over 12,000 infected|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/nearly-1-000-people-have-died-from-covid-19-in-montreal-and-over-12-000-infected-1.4913867|last=Rowe|first=Daniel J.|date=2020-04-27|website=Montreal|language=en|access-date=2020-05-06}} On May 12, a group of residents asked the city to provide more resources such as mobile screening clinics and masks.{{Cite web|title=Côte-des-Neiges residents worry they could be overwhelmed by COVID-19|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/cote-des-neiges-residents-worry-they-could-be-overwhelmed-by-covid-19|access-date=2020-06-06|website=Montreal Gazette|language=en-CA}}

On March 20, 2020, public-health authorities announced that individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 had been in public places in Montreal during the preceding week; locations included the Montreal Metro between the Angrignon and McGill station; the 106 bus between Newman Boulevard and the Angrignon station; the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce library; a westbound 24 bus on Sherbrooke Street between Notre-Dame Hospital and the Fine Arts Museum, and the Aunja Restaurant.{{cite web|title=Informations générales sur la maladie à coronavirus (COVID-19)|url=https://www.quebec.ca/sante/problemes-de-sante/a-z/informations-generales-sur-le-coronavirus/|website=www.quebec.ca|language=fr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321011052/https://www.quebec.ca/sante/problemes-de-sante/a-z/informations-generales-sur-le-coronavirus/|archive-date=March 21, 2020|access-date=2020-03-21}} According to Côte Saint-Luc mayor Mitchell Brownstein, the individuals were among city residents who tested positive for COVID-19.{{cite web|title=Quatre cas de COVID-19 à Côte-Saint-Luc {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1677435/coronavirus-congregation-beth-chabad-lubavitch|website=Radio-Canada.ca|language=fr-ca|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322005213/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1677435/coronavirus-congregation-beth-chabad-lubavitch|archive-date=March 22, 2020|access-date=2020-03-22}} Brownstein said that this made Côte Saint-Luc the worst-affected municipality per capita in Quebec. That day, the head of the emergency department at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital was diagnosed with COVID-19.{{cite web|title=Le chef des urgences de l'hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont a été déclaré positif|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/sante/575460/le-chef-des-urgences-de-l-hopital-maisonneuve-rosemont-a-teste-positif|website=Le Devoir|date=March 20, 2020 |language=fr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320203036/https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/sante/575460/le-chef-des-urgences-de-l-hopital-maisonneuve-rosemont-a-teste-positif|archive-date=March 20, 2020|access-date=2020-03-21}}

A drive-through testing site opened in Côte Saint-Luc on March 29.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: Côte-Saint-Luc screening clinic opens to the public|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6747681/coronavirus-cote-saint-luc-screening-clinic/|website=Global News|language=en|access-date=2020-05-20}} There were more than 50 cases in the area at the time{{cite web|title=Vingt personnes aux soins intensifs à Côte Saint-Luc|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2020/03/29/vingt-personnes-aux-soins-intensifs-a-cote-saint-luc|website=TVA Nouvelles|date=March 29, 2020 |access-date=2020-05-20}} and, by the end of the month, Côte Saint-Luc had the province's highest COVID-19 rate{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/cote-st-luc-has-highest-covid-19-rate-in-province-but-little-guidance/ |title= Côte-St-Luc has highest COVID-19 rate in province, but little guidance|website=montrealgazette.com|access-date=2020-05-20}} with 107 cases.{{cite news|title=Le coronavirus affecte toute l'île de Montréal|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202003/30/01-5267151-le-coronavirus-affecte-toute-lile-de-montreal.php|date=2020-03-30|website=La Presse|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-20 |last1=Lévesque |first1=Kathleen }}

On April 2, the IGA supermarket in Quartier Cavendish announced its closure due to the pandemic;{{cite news|title=L'IGA Cavendish fermé au public pour "limiter les déplacements"|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/02/01-5267714-liga-cavendish-ferme-au-public-pour-limiter-les-deplacements.php|date=2020-04-02|website=La Presse|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-20 |last1=Fournier |first1=Marie-Eve }} two days later, an employee tested positive for the virus.{{cite web|title=Quebec IGAs, Metros provide list of stores with known coronavirus cases {{!}} News|url=https://dailyhive.com/montreal/quebec-iga-metro-coronavirus-cases|website=dailyhive.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-21}} The drive-through testing site closed on April 16, as a new site was opened at Jewish General Hospital.{{cite web|last=Goldenberg|first=Joel|title=Quartier Cavendish COVID-19 test centre closes, JGH centre opens|url=http://www.thesuburban.com/news/city_news/quartier-cavendish-covid-19-test-centre-closes-jgh-centre-opens/article_6ea6d2e7-d165-5e1c-b9ac-019523083489.html|access-date=2020-05-21|website=The Suburban Newspaper|date=April 19, 2020 |language=en}} Masks became mandatory in public areas of Côte Saint-Luc on July 1,{{cite web|title=Cote St. Luc to make wearing masks mandatory in public areas|url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/cjad/news/cote-st-luc-to-make-wearing-masks-mandatory-in-public-areas-1.12463084|website=www.iheartradio.ca|language=en-CA|access-date=2020-05-21}} making it the first jurisdiction in Canada with a mask mandate.{{cite web|last=Valiante|first=Giuseppe|date=2020-06-02|title=Montreal suburb of Cote St-Luc becomes first municipality in Canada to make masks mandatory|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-suburb-of-cote-st-luc-becomes-first-municipality-in-canada-to-make-masks-mandatory-1.4965896|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Montreal|language=en}}

Celebration of the 60th anniversary{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/west-island-gazette/dollard-des-ormeaux-celebrates-60th-anniversary-as-a-city/ |title=Dollard-des-Ormeaux celebrates 60th anniversary as a city |website=montrealgazette.com|access-date=2020-05-21}} of the city of Dollard-des-Ormeaux was suspended due to the pandemic.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: Dollard mayor wants citizens to 'understand the severity'|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/coronavirus-dollard-mayor-wants-citizens-to-understand-the-severity|website=Montreal Gazette|language=en-CA|access-date=2020-05-21}} From April 22 to May 8, 2020, 40 residents of the Vigi Dollard-des-Ormeaux CHSLD died due to COVID-19 and a staff shortage.{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/40-residents-have-died-of-covid-19-at-chsld-vigi-dollard-des-ormeaux/ |title=40 residents have died of COVID-19 at CHSLD Vigi Dollard-des-Ormeaux |website=montrealgazette.com|access-date=2020-05-21}} According to a doctor, 70 percent of the nursing home's 160 residents tested positive for the virus.{{cite web|title=Cri d'alarme d'un médecin en CHSLD: "Les gens vont se laisser aller plus vite"|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2020/04/21/cri-dalarme-dun-medecin-en-chsld-les-gens-vont-se-laisser-aller-plus-vite|website=TVA Nouvelles|date=April 21, 2020 |access-date=2020-05-21}}

Quebec confirmed its first case on February 28: a 41-year-old woman who landed at Montréal–Trudeau International Airport (in Dorval) on a flight from Doha, Qatar on February 24.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: un premier cas est officiellement confirmé au Québec|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1641897/coronavirus-cas-quebec-montreal|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=February 28, 2020 |language=fr-ca|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308111359/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1641897/coronavirus-cas-quebec-montreal|archive-date=March 8, 2020|access-date=2020-03-09}}{{cite news|title=Un premier cas de COVID-19 au Québec|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sante/202002/27/01-5262657-un-premier-cas-de-covid-19-au-quebec.php|date=2020-02-27|website=La Presse|language=fr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228002149/https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sante/202002/27/01-5262657-un-premier-cas-de-covid-19-au-quebec.php|archive-date=February 28, 2020|access-date=2020-02-28|last1=Gosselin |first1=Janie }}{{cite web|title=Montreal woman with COVID-19 is back at home after medical evaluation|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/covid-19-montreal-woman-who-tested-positive-is-back-at-home-after-medical-evaluation|last=Schwartz|first=Susan|date=2020-03-05|work=Montreal Gazette|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305162841/https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/covid-19-montreal-woman-who-tested-positive-is-back-at-home-after-medical-evaluation|archive-date=March 5, 2020|access-date=2020-03-09}} She was transferred to Jewish General Hospital on March 3, and was released on March 4.{{cite web|title=Montreal has Quebec's first probable case of the COVID-19 coronavirus|url=https://montrealgazette.com/health/quebec-has-first-suspected-case-of-coronavirus-reports|last1=Tomesco|first1=Frédéric|date=2020-02-28|work=Montreal Gazette|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305082709/https://montrealgazette.com/health/quebec-has-first-suspected-case-of-coronavirus-reports|archive-date=March 5, 2020|access-date=2020-03-09}}{{cite web|title=Quebec woman diagnosed with COVID-19 released from Jewish General Hospital|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6629124/montreal-coronavirus-patient-returns-home/|website=Global News|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305133434/https://globalnews.ca/news/6629124/montreal-coronavirus-patient-returns-home/|archive-date=March 5, 2020|access-date=2020-03-09}} A few days later, Le Journal de Montréal reported that a person with COVID-19 had used the airport's shuttle service.{{cite web|title=COVID-19: une personne infectée a pris une navette à l'aéroport|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/03/18/covid-19-une-personne-infectee-a-pris-une-navette-a-laeroport-1|last=Pelletier|first=Guillaume|website=Le Journal de Montréal|date=March 18, 2020 |access-date=2020-05-28}}

Dorval announced the closure of some municipal buildings until further notice on March 13.{{cite web|url=https://www.ville.dorval.qc.ca/fr/nouvelles/article/coronavirus-covid-19-la-cite-de-dorval-annonce-la-fermeture-de-certains-batiments-municipaux-jusqua-nouvel-ordre |title=Coronavirus (COVID-19) - La Cité de Dorval annonce la fermeture de certains bâtiments municipaux jusqu'à nouvel ordre |publisher=Ville.dorval.qc.ca |date=2020-03-13 |access-date=2020-05-29}} On March 29, Dorval's CHSLD Herron was taken over by the government.{{cite web|title=La Résidence Herron à Dorval mise sous tutelle|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/lachine-dorval/2437532/la-residence-herron-a-dorval-mise-sous-tutelle/|date=2020-04-10|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-28}} It was reported on April 11 that at least five residents of the nursing home had died from COVID-19 in the previous month, part of a larger pattern of neglect discovered at the facility.{{cite web|title=CHSLD Herron: une situation 'inacceptable', martèle François Legault {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1693094/covid-19-quebec-bilan-11-avril-legault-mccann-arruda|website=Radio-Canada.ca|language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-23}}

Billionaire Michael Rosenberg was sent to intensive care, where he was intubated and sedated. He had participated in a wedding on March 16 at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Montreal.{{cite news|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/04/03/le-riche-homme-daffaires-michael-rosenberg-aux-soins-intensifs|title=COVID-19: le milliardaire montréalais Michael Rosenberg aux soins intensifs|author=TVA Nouvelles|work=Le Journal de Montréal|date=April 3, 2020|access-date=June 28, 2020}} Dorval canceled its major events until at least July 1 on May 25, including celebrations of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day and Canada Day.{{cite web|url=https://www.ville.dorval.qc.ca/fr/nouvelles/article/coronavirus-covid-19-evenements-annules-jusquau-1er-juillet-et-ouverture-des-parcs-a-chiens-a-dorval |title=Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Événements annulés jusqu'au 1er juillet et ouverture des parcs à chiens à Dorval |publisher=Ville.dorval.qc.ca |date=2020-05-25 |access-date=2020-05-29}}

At the beginning of the pandemic, Hampstead mayor William Steinberg downplayed COVID-19.{{cite web|title=Ville de Hampstead / Town of Hampstead|url=https://www.facebook.com/hampsteadQC/posts/10158168811929820|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-27}} Despite this, the April 6 municipal council meeting was held online.{{cite web|title=Hampstead council meeting to be via videoconferencing|url=https://www.thesuburban.com/news/covid_19/hampstead-council-meeting-to-be-via-videoconferencing/article_fcfff90f-f1d1-5c13-82dd-4c7d6192761c.html|last=Goldenberg|first=Joel|website=The Suburban Newspaper|date=March 25, 2020 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-27}} At that time, the median rate for Montreal was 36 cases for every 100,000 people. The infection rate reached 150–200 per 100,000 in neighbourhoods such as Hampstead,{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-west-end-covid-19-1.5512350 |title=As COVID-19 numbers rise in Montreal's west end, public health officials beg residents to stay home |website=cbc.ca|date=2020-03-27}} leading to additional health measures.{{cite web|title=Hampstead announces additional COVID-19 measures|url=https://www.thesuburban.com/hampstead-announces-additional-covid-19-measures/article_7de9027c-4bcb-5bbd-a52d-abf04ed451ad.html|last=Goldenberg|first=Joel|website=The Suburban Newspaper|date=March 28, 2020 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-27}}

Although tennis courts and dog parks were reopened in late May,{{cite web|title=Town of Hampstead|url=https://www.hampstead.qc.ca/inside_town_hall/news/tennis_courts_open_may_20_2020|website=www.hampstead.qc.ca|access-date=2020-05-27}}{{cite web|title=Town of Hampstead|url=https://www.hampstead.qc.ca/inside_town_hall/news/dogs_can_run_free_again|website=www.hampstead.qc.ca|access-date=2020-05-27}} summer day camps remained cancelled.{{cite web|title=Town of Hampstead|url=https://www.hampstead.qc.ca/inside_town_hall/news/day_camp_programs_cancelled|website=www.hampstead.qc.ca|access-date=2020-05-27}}

On March 30, Kirkland closed its parks and park buildings.{{cite web|title=COVID-19 concerns prompt West Island cities to reduce access to parks, playgrounds|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/west-island-gazette/covid-19-concerns-prompt-west-island-cities-to-reduce-access-to-parks-playgrounds|website=Montreal Gazette|language=en-CA|access-date=2020-05-28}} The city set up a telephone line for seniors to receive real-time updates and news about city resources.{{cite web|title=Mayor Gibson addresses Kirkland residents on COVID-19|url=https://www.thesuburban.com/news/covid_19/mayor-gibson-addresses-kirkland-residents-on-covid-19/article_230549f6-0877-5a12-9028-d1f544dd7db7.html|last=Woodhouse|first=Kevin|website=The Suburban Newspaper|date=April 2, 2020 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}} The Ecclestone swimming pool was closed for the 2020 season.{{cite web|title=Ville de kirkland: Ecclestone Pool will not be opening this Summer|url=http://www.ville.kirkland.qc.ca/catalog/login.php?param=news&pagedest=934|website=www.ville.kirkland.qc.ca|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-28}}

On March 24, the borough of Lachine said that it would contribute $35,000 to Centraide's emergency fund.{{cite news |last1=Luft |first1=Amy |title=Montreal, boroughs give more than $1M to Centraide emergency fund |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-boroughs-give-more-than-1m-to-centraide-emergency-fund-1.4866048 |access-date=26 December 2020 |agency=CTV News |date=24 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325144338/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-boroughs-give-more-than-1m-to-centraide-emergency-fund-1.4866048 |archive-date=25 March 2020}} At the beginning of April, a testing centre opened at the Cité Medical de Lachine clinic.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: une nouvelle clinique de dépistage ouvre à Montréal {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1690802/cite-medicale-lachine-symptomes-contamination-maladie|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 4, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621085436/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1690802/cite-medicale-lachine-symptomes-contamination-maladie|archive-date=2020-06-21}}

A Lachine repairman was criticized on April 6 after citizens learned that his wife had COVID-19.{{cite web|title=La femme d'un employé atteinte de la COVID-19, un dépanneur de Lachine est la cible de critiques|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/04/06/lachine--un-depanneur-est-la-cible-de-critiques|last=Cyr|first=Guillaume|website=Le Journal de Montréal|access-date=2020-05-28}} On April 21, a case of COVID-19 was diagnosed at the Sisters of Sainte-Anne motherhouse; a month later, it was Quebec's most- affected private senior residence.{{cite news|date=2020-06-02|title=Sœurs de Sainte-Anne: "On est des oubliées"|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202006/01/01-5275967-soeurs-de-sainte-anne-on-est-des-oubliees.php|access-date=2020-06-02|website=La Presse|language=fr|last1=Lacoursière |first1=Ariane }}

From May 3 to 5, the number of COVID-19 cases in Lachine doubled.{{cite web|title=COVID-19: le nombre de cas double à Lachine|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/lachine-dorval/2443664/covid-19-le-nombre-de-cas-double-a-lachine/|date=2020-05-05|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-28}} On May 15, the borough cancelled garage sales until further notice.{{cite web|title=Arrondissement de Lachine|url=https://www.facebook.com/arrondissement.lachine/posts/3213477131996869|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}} A viral outbreak after a July 18 lifeguard-initiation party forced city officials to temporarily close public pools.{{Cite web|last=Yoon|first=Jennifer|date=July 23, 2020|title=Initiation party in Lachine for new lifeguards leads to pool closures, COVID testing|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/lifeguard-initiation-party-covid-1.5661204|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930181131/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/lifeguard-initiation-party-covid-1.5661204|archive-date=September 30, 2020}}

A person with COVID-19 rode a bus from Boulevard Newman towards Angrignon station on March 10.{{cite web|title=Nouveau cas de COVID-19 à LaSalle|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/lasalle/2430086/nouveau-cas-covid-19-lasalle/|last=Sincennes|first=Carl|date=2020-03-17|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-19}} On March 27, Parc des Rapides in LaSalle closed because of the pandemic.{{cite web|title=Fermeture du parc des Rapides à LaSalle|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/lasalle/2433779/fermeture-parc-rapides/|last=Sincennes|first=Carl|date=2020-03-27|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-19}}

LaSalle had the second-highest number of cases (237) of Montreal's boroughs on April 7, just behind Côte-des-Neiges (400 cases). Of LaSalle's 237 cases, 23 had died; fourteen had stayed at the LaSalle Accommodation Centre and nine at LaSalle Hospital. At least 29 patients had contracted the virus in the CHSLD (the accommodation centre), and 20 others in the hospital.{{cite web|title=COVID-19: LaSalle, deuxième principal foyer d'infection à Montréal|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/lasalle/2436666/covid-19-lasalle-foyer-infection/|last=Sincennes|first=Carl|date=2020-04-07|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-19}} On April 24, the Red Cross set up dozens of beds in the Jacques Lemaire Arena.{{cite web|title=COVID-19: la Croix-Rouge s'installe dans un aréna de LaSalle {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1696850/covid-19-croix-rouge-arena-jacques-lemaire-lasalle|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 24, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-05-19}}{{cite web|title=En zone chaude sur la patinoire {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1703457/coronavirus-covid-arena-jacques-lemaire-hopital-croix-rouge|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=May 19, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-05-19}}

A mobile screening clinic was set up in LaSalle on May 13.{{cite web|title=La clinique de dépistage mobile se poursuit à LaSalle|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/lasalle/2445512/clinique-depistage-mobile-covid-19/|last=Sincennes|first=Carl|date=2020-05-12|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-19}} On June 4, soldiers deployed to CHSLD Floralies began to leave the nursing home.{{cite web|title=Mission accomplie pour les militaires déployés dans les CHSLD {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1709101/soldats-quittent-chsld-covid-floralies|access-date=2020-06-04|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=June 4, 2020 |language=fr-ca}}

In mid-March, despite the pandemic, the city of Montreal began monitoring the spring freshets of the Rivière des Prairies (which runs alongside L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève).{{cite web|title=Crue printanière 2020 {{!}} Soyons prêts!|url=https://montreal.ca/actualites/crue-printaniere-2020-soyons-prets|website=montreal.ca|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-31}} At the end of March, Montreal had 1,612 COVID-19 cases; five were from the borough.{{Citation|last=Iskander|first=Elsa|title=COVID-19: Il y a 1 612 cas sur l'île de Montréal|date=March 30, 2020 |url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/03/30/voici-les-cas-de-covid-19-dans-chaque-arrondissement-a-montreal-1|access-date=2020-05-31}}

The city of Montreal announced the closure of all community centres, cultural facilities, libraries, swimming pools, arenas and sports facilities in Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (MHM) on March 13. Four days later, it announced the temporary closure of all Access Montreal offices and permit counters.{{cite web|title=COVID-19 {{!}} État de la situation à MHM|url=https://montreal.ca/actualites/covid-19-etat-de-la-situation-mhm|website=montreal.ca|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-31|archive-date=2020-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728232511/https://montreal.ca/actualites/covid-19-etat-de-la-situation-mhm|url-status=dead}} On March 24, Mayor Pierre Lessard-Blais announced that the borough would contribute $100,000 to Centraide's emergency fund.{{cite web|title=Ville de Montréal - Portail officiel - Détail du communiqué|url=http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=5798,42657625&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&id=32493|website=ville.montreal.qc.ca|language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-05-31}}

On April 13, the Francis-Bouillon arena was converted to a homeless shelter;{{cite web|title=Une halte repos ouvre dans l'aréna Francis-Bouillon|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/hochelaga-maisonneuve/2438163/une-halte-repos-ouvre-dans-larena-francis-bouillon/|last=Gelper|first=Naomie|date=2020-04-14|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-31}} the Maurice Richard Arena was converted to a similar facility a few days later.{{cite web|title=Un refuge pour les sans-abris ouvre à l'aréna Maurice-Richard|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/mercier-anjou/2440307/un-refuge-pour-les-sans-abris-ouvre-a-larena-maurice-richard/|last=Gelper|first=Naomie|date=2020-04-22|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-31}} Around that time, several pedestrian corridors were put in place in the borough to improve COVID-19 security.{{cite web|title=MHM: Des corridors sanitaires sur les artères commerciales|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/mercier-anjou/2439103/mhm-des-corridors-sanitaires-sur-les-arteres-commerciales/|last=Gelper|first=Naomie|date=2020-04-17|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-31}} In late April, a mobile screening clinic was deployed in the borough.{{cite web|title=Une unité de dépistage mobile dans l'Est de Montréal|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/hochelaga-maisonneuve/2442389/une-unite-de-depistage-mobile-dans-lest-de-montreal/|last=Carabin|first=François|date=2020-04-30|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-31}}

Twenty-seven Canadian Armed Forces soldiers were deployed to the CHSLD Benjamin-Victor-Rousselot on May 1.{{cite web|title=L'armée en renfort dans un CHSLD de l'Est|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/mercier-anjou/2443554/larmee-en-renfort-dans-un-chsld-de-lest/|last=Lacerte-Gauthier|first=Félix|date=2020-05-04|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-31}}

Between May 2 and May 12, the number of deaths in the borough nearly doubled.{{cite web|title=COVID-19: le CIUSSS s'inquiète de la hausse des décès dans Hochelaga-Maisonneuve {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1702044/covid-19-augmentation-deces-homa-inquite-ciusss|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=May 12, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-05-31}} On May 13, 15,000 masks began to be distributed to MHM residents{{cite news|title=15 000 masques seront distribués dans Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202005/12/01-5273343-15-000-masques-seront-distribues-dans-mercier-hochelaga-maisonneuve.php|date=2020-05-13|website=La Presse|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-31|last1=Ducas |first1=Isabelle }} over a nine-day period.{{cite web|title=COVID-19: presque tous les masques distribués dans MHM|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/hochelaga-maisonneuve/2451464/covid-19-presque-tous-les-masques-distribues-dans-mhm/|last=Carabin|first=François|date=2020-05-22|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-31}} The Débrouillards scientific day camps were canceled on May 20.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: Les camps de jour des Débrouillards sont annulés|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/hochelaga-maisonneuve/2447179/coronavirus-les-camps-de-jour-des-debrouillards-sont-annules/|last=Gelper|first=Naomie|date=2020-05-20|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-31}}

On March 19, Montréal-Est announced the closure of all non-essential services the following day.{{cite web|title=COVID-19 {{!}} Fermeture de tous les services non essentiels et des parcs|url=https://ville.montreal-est.qc.ca/covid-19-fermeture-de-services-non-essentiels/|last=Lalonde|first=Daniel|date=2020-03-19|website=Ville de Montréal-Est|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-06-01|archive-date=2020-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728231338/https://ville.montreal-est.qc.ca/covid-19-fermeture-de-services-non-essentiels/|url-status=dead}} A month later, residential construction (on April 20) and landscaping (on April 15) partially resumed.{{cite web|title=COVID-19 {{!}} Reprise de la construction résidentielle et de l'aménagement paysager|url=https://ville.montreal-est.qc.ca/covid-19-reprise-de-construction-residentielle-de-lamenagement-paysager/|last=Lalonde|first=Daniel|date=2020-04-21|website=Ville de Montréal-Est|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-06-01|archive-date=2020-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728225753/https://ville.montreal-est.qc.ca/covid-19-reprise-de-construction-residentielle-de-lamenagement-paysager/|url-status=dead}} On June 2, the city announced the temporary closure of its facilities after three employees were diagnosed with COVID-19 the previous week.{{cite web|title=Employés infectés: Montréal-Est ferme ses installations municipales|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2020/06/01/employes-infectes--montreal-est-ferme-ses-installations-municipales|access-date=2020-06-02|website=TVA Nouvelles|date=June 2020 }}

On March 13, Montréal-Nord mayor Christine Black placed herself in voluntary quarantine after returning from her spring-break trip.{{cite web|title=La mairesse de Montréal-Nord se place en quarantaine|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/montreal-nord/2429167/la-mairesse-de-montreal-nord-se-place-en-quarantaine/|last=Faucher|first=Olivier|date=2020-03-13|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-01}} Three weeks after the COVID-19 crisis began, the Obsession Club (a Montréal-Nord nightclub which prided itself on being the world's largest swinger club) filed for bankruptcy protection due to COVID-19.{{Cite web|last=Faucher|first=Olivier|date=2020-06-16|title=Montréal-Nord: la distanciation physique sonne le glas d'un club échangiste|url=https://journalmetro.com/actualites/montreal/2475742/club-obsession/|access-date=2020-06-18|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR}} On April 5, Toronto Raptors player Chris Boucher urged young people in Montréal-Nord to follow public-health guidelines.{{Citation|title=Arrondissement de Montréal-Nord on Facebook Watch|url=https://www.facebook.com/mtlnord/videos/chris-boucher-le-joueur-des-raptors-de-toronto-demande-aux-jeunes-de-montr%C3%A9al-no/838534713294548/|language=en|access-date=2020-05-01}}

Between March 25 and April 7, four employees tested positive for coronavirus in Metro Inc.'s meat and frozen distribution centre.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: Des épiceries atteintes dans l'est de Montréal|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/saint-leonard/2436317/coronavirus-des-epiceries-atteintes-dans-lest-de-montreal/|date=2020-04-06|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-01}} Since then, two other cases have been identified at this distribution centre.{{cite web|title=Cas de COVID-19 {{!}} Metro|url=https://corpo.metro.ca/fr/cas-covid-19.html|website=corpo.metro.ca|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-01|archive-date=April 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430051927/https://corpo.metro.ca/fr/cas-COVID-19.html|url-status=dead}}

There were 50 confirmed cases in the borough on March 30.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: Voici les arrondissements les plus touchés à Montréal|url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/energie/energie-montreal/nouvelles/coronavirus-voici-les-arrondissements-les-plus-touches-a-montreal-1.11348189|website=www.iheartradio.ca|language=fr-CA|access-date=2020-05-01}}

The first positive case in a CHSLD was reported in the borough, which had 149 cases, on April 7.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: un premier cas dans un CHSLD de Montréal-Nord|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/montreal-nord/2436616/coronavirus-un-premier-cas-dans-un-chsld-de-montreal-nord/|last=Faucher|first=Olivier|date=2020-04-07|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-01}}

Two days later, the borough had 193 cases.{{cite web|title=Pandémie de coronavirus: Montréal franchit le cap des 5000 cas de COVID-19|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/04/09/pandemie-de-coronavirus-montreal-franchit-le-cap-des-5000-cas-de-covid-19|website=Le Journal de Montréal|date=April 9, 2020 |access-date=2020-05-01}} There were 443 infected people, an increase of 52 percent in four days, on April 16.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: la forte hausse de cas à Montréal-Nord inquiète la députée|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/montreal-nord/2438843/coronavirus-la-forte-hausse-de-cas-a-montreal-nord-inquiete-la-deputee/|last=Faucher|first=Olivier|date=2020-04-16|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-01}} Forty people in Montréal-Nord had died from COVID-19 and 839 cases had been identified by April 22.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: pas d'intervention ciblée à Montréal-Nord|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/montreal-nord/2440866/coronavirus-pas-dintervention-ciblee-a-montreal-nord/|last=Faucher|first=Olivier|date=2020-04-24|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-01}}

Montréal-Nord had 1,153 confirmed cases by April 29, or 1,369 per 100,000 inhabitants.{{cite web|title=COVID-19: 'C'est un peu hors de contrôle' à Montréal-Nord {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1698270/coronavirus-cas-montreal-nord-quebec-covid-tests|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 28, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-05-01}} The rate in Quebec was 325 per 100,000 inhabitants, and 143 in Canada.{{cite web|title=COVID-19: le nombre de cas en temps réel|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/2020/coronavirus-covid-19-pandemie-cas-carte-maladie-symptomes-propagation/|website=ICI Radio-Canada.ca|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-01}} According to Le Devoir, 23 percent of the borough's cases were health workers and 19 percent were residents of CHSLDs.{{cite web|title=Montréal-Nord, Saint-Michel et Rivière-des-Prairies sont des "quartiers chauds" de COVID-19|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/montreal/577870/montreal-nord-saint-michel-et-riviere-des-prairies-sont-des-quartiers-chauds-de-la-pandemie|website=Le Devoir|date=April 28, 2020 |language=fr|access-date=2020-05-01}}

A screening centre was opened for the borough's symptomatic population on May 1, 2020.{{Citation|first=Yves|last=Poirier|title=Un centre de dépistage de la COVID-19 ouvre à Montréal-Nord|date=April 30, 2020 |url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/04/30/un-centre-de-depistage-de-la-covid-19-ouvre-a-montreal-nord-1|access-date=2020-05-07}} On May 23, Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra sent a message of support to Montréal-Nord in an online video.{{cite web|title=L'OSM ❤ Montréal-Nord|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3od7TJFdkI|date=2020-01-06|publisher=YouTube|access-date=2020-05-25}} From May 19 to 25, the number of new infections fell by 26 percent from the previous week.{{cite web|title=La propagation du coronavirus ralentit à Montréal-Nord|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/montreal-nord/2453654/la-propagation-du-coronavirus-ralentit-a-montreal-nord/|last=Faucher|first=Olivier|date=2020-05-29|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-31}} On June 17, businessman Stéphane Pierre Corneille donated $250,000 worth of personal protective equipment to organizations in Montréal-Nord.{{Cite web|last=Faucher|first=Olivier|date=2020-06-17|title=COVID-19: un entrepreneur donne 250 000$ à Montréal-Nord|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/montreal-nord/2475887/covid-19-un-entrepreneur-donne-250-000-a-montreal-nord/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR}}

By May 14, the CHSLD Vigi Mont-Royal received help from the Canadian Army after 148 employees and 226 residents{{cite web|title=Un CHSLD infecté à 100 %, avec un virus dans l'air, préoccupe Québec {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1702760/covid-chsld-vigi-mont-royal-ministere-air-ventilation-virus|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=May 14, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-05-14}} contracted the virus due to a ventilation problem.{{cite news|title=Ventilation défectueuse dans l'un des CHSLD les plus touchés par la COVID-19|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202005/14/01-5273563-ventilation-defectueuse-dans-lun-des-chsld-les-plus-touches-par-la-covid-19.php|date=2020-05-14|website=La Presse|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-14|last1=Larouche |first1=Vincent }} On June 21, a drive-in cinema opened on the site of the Royalmount real-estate project.{{cite web|title=Un ciné-parc verra le jour à Montréal {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1709176/nouveau-cine-parc-royalmount-cinema-spectacles|access-date=2020-06-04|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=June 4, 2020 |language=fr-ca}}

The New York Times reported on March 18 that the virus was present in Hasidim in Williamsburg and Borough Park, Brooklyn, communities linked to those in Outremont, Côte-des-Neiges and Boisbriand.{{cite web|title=Les synagogues hassidiques fermées en raison du coronavirus {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1676781/synagogues-hassidiques-fermees-coronavirus-legault-liberaux|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=March 20, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-06-01}} On March 28, 38 percent of the 971 Montrealers who tested positive for COVID-19 lived in Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Outremont, Parc-Extension and the cities of Hampstead and Côte-Saint-Luc.{{cite web|title=Le centre-ouest de Montréal au coeur de l'épidémie|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/montreal/575965/le-centre-ouest-de-montreal-au-coeur-de-l-epidemie|website=Le Devoir|date=March 28, 2020 |language=fr|access-date=2020-06-01}} Outremont had the highest infection rate per 100,000 inhabitants until April 16.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: la vulnérabilité de Montréal-Nord sous la loupe de la Santé publique|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/montreal-nord/2440101/coronavirus-la-vulnerabilite-de-montreal-nord-sous-la-loupe-de-la-sante-publique/|last=Faucher|first=Olivier|date=2020-04-21|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-06-01}}

On March 25, COVID-19 claimed its first victim in Montreal: a 67-year-old man who lived in Outremont.{{cite web|title=La communauté hassidique d'Outremont déplore un premier mort de la COVID-19 {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1688910/coronavirus-juifs-hassidiques-covid-19-mort-montreal-outremont|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=March 27, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-23}}{{cite web|title=Outremont man who died of COVID-19 leaves Hasidic community grieving|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/outremont-man-who-died-of-covid-19-leaves-hasidic-community-grieving-1.4870988|last=Thomas|first=Katelyn|date=2020-03-27|website=Montreal|language=en|access-date=2020-06-01}} The following day, the SPVM found eight pallets with hundreds of cases of Ontario wine behind the Satmar synagogue on Hutchison Street in Outremont.{{cite web|title=Saisie d'alcool dans une synagogue de Montréal|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1690376/saisie-alcool-vin-synagogue-montreal-outremont|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 2, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-06-01}} A few days later, the SPVM limited Hasidic gatherings in Montreal.{{cite web|title=Juifs ultra-orthodoxes et COVID-19: une tempête parfaite {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1690936/juifs-ultra-orthodoxes-covid-19-montreal-israel-culture|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 4, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-06-01}} On May 13, the SPVM again intervened in Montreal's Orthodox Jewish community.{{cite web|title=Juifs ultra-orthodoxes: la police intervient à Outremont lors d'une fête {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1702457/coronavirus-covid-montreal-communautee-hassidique|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=May 13, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-06-01}}

In addition to dealing with the pandemic, the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough closely monitored the level of the Rivière des Prairies.{{cite web|title=Amid COVID-19 crisis, Pierrefonds-Roxboro begins spring flood preparations|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/amid-covid-19-crisis-pierrefonds-roxboro-begins-spring-flood-preparations|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Montreal Gazette|language=en-CA}} An emergency fund of $35,000 was created by the borough on April 6, 2020.{{cite web|last=Felice|first=Dario De|date=2020-04-08|title=Pierrefonds-Roxboro Creates COVID-19 Emergency Fund|url=https://www.westislandblog.com/pierrefonds-roxboro-creates-covid-19-emergency-fund/|access-date=2020-06-02|website=West Island Blog|language=en-US}} On May 8, it canceled the annual ecological-gardening day scheduled for May 29.{{cite web|title=Arrondissement de Pierrefonds-Roxboro Borough|url=https://www.facebook.com/pfds.rox/posts/705945683312297|access-date=2020-06-02|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}}

The borough's Cloverdale neighbourhood was considered a COVID-19 hotspot by public-health authorities on May 22.{{cite web|title=Mobile coronavirus screening centre pops up in Pierrefonds|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6945763/coronavirus-mobile-screening-centre-pierrefonds/|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Global News|language=en}} On June 2, the borough expected an estimated $500,000 loss of local revenue for 2020 and a budget-reduction target of 3.1 percent (equivalent to $1 million).{{cite web|title=Lire le rapport du maire sur la situation financière à Pierrefonds‐Roxboro|url=https://montreal.ca/actualites/lire-le-rapport-du-maire-sur-la-situation-financiere-pierrefonds-roxboro|access-date=2020-06-02|website=montreal.ca|language=fr|archive-date=2020-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728233847/https://montreal.ca/actualites/lire-le-rapport-du-maire-sur-la-situation-financiere-pierrefonds-roxboro|url-status=dead}}

On March 24, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and the Caisse Desjardins du Plateau-Mont-Royal created a local COVID-19 emergency fund of {{CAD|200,000|link=yes}} to support neighbourhood community organizations. Deputy Ruba Ghazal donated $50,000 to the fund.{{cite web|title=COVID-19: Tous les détails sur le fonds d'urgence du Plateau|url=https://montreal.ca/actualites/covid-19-tous-les-details-sur-le-fonds-durgence-du-plateau|access-date=2020-04-23|website=montreal.ca|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502165706/https://montreal.ca/actualites/covid-19-tous-les-details-sur-le-fonds-durgence-du-plateau|archive-date=2020-05-02|url-status=dead}} Montreal allocated $1.2 million for an emergency fund to provide food aid to the most-vulnerable citizens.{{cite web|last=Goudreault|first=Zacharie|date=2020-03-24|title=Coronavirus: Montréal accorde 1,1 M$ dans un fonds d'urgence|url=https://journalmetro.com/actualites/montreal/2432524/coronavirus-la-ville-de-montreal-depose-plus-d1-m-dans-un-fonds-durgence/|access-date=2020-04-24|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR}}

Beginning on May 7, 10,000 masks were distributed in the borough.{{Cite web|last=Loiseau|first=Clara|date=2020-05-06|title=Près de 10 000 masques seront distribués dans RDP|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/riviere-des-prairies/2444122/pres-de-10-000-masques-seront-distribues-dans-rdp/|access-date=2020-06-09|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR}} On May 15, a testing centre was set up at the CLSC de l'Est de Montréal in Pointe-aux-Trembles.{{Cite web|last=Broch|first=Elena|date=2020-05-14|title=Coronavirus: un centre permanent de dépistage à Pointe-aux-Trembles|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/pointe-aux-trembles-montreal-est/2446178/coronavirus-un-centre-permanent-de-depistage-a-pointe-aux-trembles/|access-date=2020-06-09|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR}} The borough was then considered a hot zone in Quebec.{{Cite web|last=Broch|first=Elena|date=2020-05-12|title=Coronavirus à Rivière-des-Prairies – Pointe-aux-Trembles, où en est-on ?|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/riviere-des-prairies/2445592/coronavirus-a-riviere-des-prairies-pointe-aux-trembles-ou-en-est-on/|access-date=2020-06-09|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR}} On May 22, Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles deployed a new series of measures to counter the spread of the coronavirus.{{Cite web|last=Broch|first=Elena|date=2020-05-22|title=RDP-PAT renforce ses mesures pour contrer la COVID-19|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/riviere-des-prairies/2451482/rdp-pat-renforce-ses-mesures-pour-contrer-la-covid-19/|access-date=2020-06-09|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR}}

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Beginning on March 13, 2020, patients at Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont and the Santa-Cabrini hospital could not have visitors.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: des hôpitaux et CHSLD du Québec restreignent ou interdisent les visites {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1665256/quebec-regle-coronavirus-visite-hopital-chsld-cisss-ciusss|website=Radio-Canada.ca|language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-05-08}} A week later, a member of the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital care team had COVID-19: the fourth case in a hospital setting.{{cite web|title=Un employé de Maisonneuve-Rosemont atteint de la COVID-19|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/575367/le-ciuss-de-la-monteregie-sur-la-sellette|website=Le Devoir|date=March 20, 2020 |language=fr|access-date=2020-05-08}} On March 20, the EPIC Centre (one of Canada's largest cardiovascular-disease prevention centres, with 5,303 registered members){{cite web|title=Centre ÉPIC|url=https://www.icm-mhi.org/fr/prevention/centre-epic|website=Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-08}} suspended its activities until further notice.{{cite web|title=Le Centre Épic suspend ses activités jusqu'à nouvel ordre|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/rosemont-la-petite-patrie/2431510/le-centre-epic-suspend-indefiniment-ses-activites/|last=Delacour|first=Emmanuel|date=2020-03-20|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-08}} The following day, Lenni-Kim posted on his Instagram account that he and his mother had tested positive at Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont.{{cite web|title=Deux artistes québécois disent être atteints de la COVID-19 {{!}} Coronavirus|date=March 21, 2020 |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1680390/coronavirus-artistes-quebecois-diagnostic|language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-05-08}} On March 26, the Angus Medical Clinic opened a COVID-19 clinic offering consultations to people diagnosed with the virua and requiring medical care.{{cite web|title=Une clinique désignée d'évaluation de COVID-19, à Angus: bénévoles recherchés|url=https://journalmetro.com/uncategorized/2433508/une-clinique-designee-devaluation-de-covid-19-a-angus-benevoles-recherches/|date=2020-03-26|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-08}}

On April 2, with 133 cases, Rosemont was Montreal's third-most-affected borough.{{cite web|title=Un cas sur deux est à Montréal: la liste des arrondissements touchés|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2020/04/02/un-cas-sur-deux-est-a-montreal-la-liste-des-arrondissements-touches|website=TVA Nouvelles|date=April 2, 2020 |access-date=2020-05-08}} Four days later, the borough councilor wanted to donate $100,000 to Centraide of Greater Montreal.{{cite web|title=Ordre du Jour - Séance ordinaire du conseil d'arrondissement du 6 avril 2020, 19h, au 5650, rue D'Iberville, 2e étage, résolution 309 |url=https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/documents/Adi_Public/CA_Rpp/CA_Rpp_ODJ_ORDI_2020-04-06_19h00_FR.pdf |website=ville.montreal.qc.ca}} Eighty-seven cases and seven deaths related to COVID-19 were reported in seven nursing homes by April 7, including the CHSLD J. Henri Charbonneau.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: sept des quinze CHSLD de l'est de Montréal touchés|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/mercier-anjou/2437033/coronavirus-sept-des-quinze-chsld-de-lest-de-montreal-touches/|last=Broch|first=Elena|date=2020-04-09|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-08}} On April 28, four of Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital's five surgical units contained COVID-19 patients.{{cite web|title=Dépassé par le virus, l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont annule des chirurgies {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1698114/eclosions-covid-hopital-maisonneuve-rosemont|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 28, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-05-08}}

In mid-April, several pedestrian corridors were installed in the borough to make walking safer.{{cite web|title=Trois nouveaux corridors piétons pour sécuriser les déplacements dans RPP|url=https://montreal.ca/actualites/trois-nouveaux-corridors-pietons-pour-securiser-les-deplacements-dans-rpp|website=montreal.ca|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-09|archive-date=2020-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729001553/https://montreal.ca/actualites/trois-nouveaux-corridors-pietons-pour-securiser-les-deplacements-dans-rpp|url-status=dead}} On April 30, traffic was banned on Marché-Du-Nord streets when the Jean-Talon Market was open{{cite web|title=Marché Jean-Talon|url=https://www.marchespublics-mtl.com/marches/jean-talon/|website=Marchés Publics de Montréal|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-09}} to improve the farmers' market's health standards.{{cite web|title=Piétonnisation du marché Jean-Talon|url=https://montreal.ca/actualites/pietonnisation-du-marche-jean-talon|website=montreal.ca|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-09|archive-date=2020-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728234205/https://montreal.ca/actualites/pietonnisation-du-marche-jean-talon|url-status=dead}}

Road work in the borough began to resume on May 11,{{cite web|title=Les chantiers reprennent mardi dans Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie|url=https://journalmetro.com/uncategorized/2446460/les-chantiers-reprennent-mardi-dans-rosemont-la-petite-patrie/|last=Magalhaes|first=Zoe|date=2020-05-15|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-16}} and an online petition circulated to reopen the Botanical Garden.{{cite web|title=Une pétition demande la réouverture "immédiate" du Jardin botanique|url=https://journalmetro.com/uncategorized/2445934/une-petition-demande-la-reouverture-immediate-du-jardin-botanique/|last=Magalhaes|first=Zoe|date=2020-05-14|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-16}} The La Mennais emergency childcare service was closed for two weeks due to a COVID-19 outbreak.{{cite news|title=Fermeture d'un service de garde d'urgence de Montréal après deux cas de COVID-19|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2020/05/11/fermeture-dun-service-de-garde-durgence-de-montreal-apres-deux-cas-de-covid-19|website=TVA Nouvelles|date=May 11, 2020 |access-date=2020-05-29}}

By May 12, 227 of the borough's health workers had been diagnosed with COVID-19 (21 percent of the region's total cases).{{cite web|title=Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie: un cas sur cinq travaille dans le réseau de la santé|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/rosemont-la-petite-patrie/2445830/rosemont-la-petite-patrie-un-cas-sur-cinq-travaille-dans-le-reseau-de-la-sante/|last=Carabin|first=François|date=2020-05-13|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-16}} A week later, borough mayor François Croteau announced that the section of Saint-Laurent Boulevard, between rue Saint-Zotique and rue Jean-Talon would be converted into a transit mall. Little Italy restaurateurs were authorized to extend their terraces into the street to facilitate social distancing.{{cite news|title=Pas d'autos sur Saint-Laurent dans la Petite Italie|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202005/19/01-5274158-pas-dautos-sur-saint-laurent-dans-la-petite-italie.php|date=2020-05-19|website=La Presse|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-19|last1=Bisson |first1=Bruno }} On June 5, organizers of Montreal's August Italian Week festival{{cite web|title=Montreal's Italian Week Festival|url=https://www.mtl.org/en/what-to-do/festivals-and-events/montreal-s-italian-week|access-date=2020-06-05|website=Tourisme Montréal|language=en-CA}} announced that the event would be virtual.{{cite web|title=Montreal Italian Week Festival to move ahead as digital event|url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/cjad/news/montreal-italian-week-festival-to-move-ahead-as-digital-event-1.12604483|access-date=2020-06-05|website=www.iheartradio.ca|date=June 5, 2020 |language=en-CA}} Three days later, the borough mayor announced the cancellation of "pedestrianization with bus" projects on the Beaubien and Masson commercial arteries and the removal of social-distancing corridors.{{Cite news|date=2020-06-08|title=Rosemont-La Petite Patrie renonce à piétonniser ses rues commerciales|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/grand-montreal/2020-06-08/rosemont-la-petite-patrie-renonce-a-pietonniser-ses-rues-commerciales|access-date=2020-06-08|website=La Presse|language=fr|last1=Bisson |first1=Bruno }}

On June 16, the Beaubien Cinema announced that it would reopen on July 3.{{Cite web|last=Magalhaes|first=Zoe|date=2020-06-16|title=Le Cinéma Beaubien annonce sa réouverture|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/rosemont-la-petite-patrie/2475753/le-cinema-beaubien-annonce-sa-reouverture/|access-date=2020-06-18|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR}}

On April 9, 2020, Saint-Léonard announced the creation of a COVID-19 emergency fund up to $50,000.{{cite web|title=Saint-Léonard crée un Fonds d'urgence COVID-19|url=https://montreal.ca/actualites/saint-leonard-cree-un-fonds-durgence-covid-19|website=montreal.ca|language=fr|access-date=2020-06-01|archive-date=2020-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728225909/https://montreal.ca/actualites/saint-leonard-cree-un-fonds-durgence-covid-19|url-status=dead}}

On June 1, the Intermarché Lagoria grocery chain imposed a mask mandate.{{cite web|title=L'obligation du port du masque débute à l'Intermarché Lagoria|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/saint-leonard/2457455/lobligation-du-port-du-masque-debute-a-intermarche-lagoria/|last=Lacerte-Gauthier|first=Félix|date=2020-06-01|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-06-01}} The DOD basketball organization set up a survival kit to assist parents with their children's education.{{Cite web|last=Lacerte-Gauthier|first=Félix|date=2020-06-05|title=À Saint-Léonard, outiller les familles pour faire face à la crise|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/saint-leonard/2453600/outiller-les-familles-pour-faire-face-a-la-crise/|access-date=2020-06-18|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR}}

All of Montreal's boroughs had confirmed cases by April 4, with Senneville experiencing its first cases.{{cite web|title=Ligne du temps COVID-19 au Québec|url=https://www.inspq.qc.ca/covid-19/donnees/ligne-du-temps|website=INSPQ|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-04}}

On April 20, 115 of the 165 residents of CHSLD Yvon-Brunet were infected with COVID-19.{{Cite web|last=Lacroix-Couture|first=Frédéric|date=2020-04-24|title=CHSLD Yvon-Brunet: plus de 70% des résidents infectés par la COVID-19|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/sud-ouest/2440782/chsld-yvon-brunet-plus-de-70-des-residents-infectes-par-la-covid-19/|access-date=2020-06-19|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR}} More than four out of five deaths were in senior residences in Le Sud-Ouest on June 3.{{Cite web|last=Lacroix-Couture|first=Frédéric|date=2020-06-03|title=Plus de quatre décès sur cinq en résidence pour aînés dans le Sud-Ouest|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/sud-ouest/2457886/plus-quatre-deces-cinq-residence-aines/|access-date=2020-06-19|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR}} On May 13–15, a mobile screening clinic visited the borough.{{Cite web|last=Lacroix-Couture|first=Frédéric|date=2020-05-12|title=Clinique de dépistage mobile dans la Petite-Bourgogne|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/sud-ouest/2445591/2445591/|access-date=2020-06-19|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR}}

On February 28, 2020, the Quebec government confirmed its first case of COVID-19: a 41-year-old Montrealer who had returned from Iran. After going to a Verdun clinic, the woman was transferred to Verdun Hospital.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: un premier cas est officiellement confirmé au Québec {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1641897/coronavirus-cas-quebec-montreal|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=February 28, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-06-01}} On March 27, Verdun Hospital's emergency department closed due to an outbreak of the virus;{{cite web|title=Médecin et patients atteints du coronavirus à l'Hôpital de Verdun|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/verdun/2433805/medecin-et-patients-atteints-du-coronavirus-a-lhopital-de-verdun/|last=Desautels|first=Katrine|date=2020-03-27|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-06-01}} by April 2, at least 35 patients and two doctors had contracted COVID-19 at the hospital.{{cite web|title=L'hôpital de Verdun, foyer d'éclosion de la COVID-19 {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1690551/coronavirus-hopital-verdun-cas-eclosion-medecins|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 2, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-23}} The following day, 2,837 cases were confirmed in the metropolitan area; 204 healthcare workers{{snd}} including 148 in Montreal{{snd}}were diagnosed with COVID-19 (including five doctors from Verdun Hospital).{{cite news|title=Plus de 200 travailleurs de la santé infectés au Québec|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/02/01-5267749-plus-de-200-travailleurs-de-la-sante-infectes-au-quebec.php|date=2020-04-03|website=La Presse|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-03|last1=Lacoursière |first1=Ariane }}

On April 7, actor and comedian Ghyslain Tremblay died at age 68 in L'Étincelle nursing home in Verdun after he became infected with COVID-19.{{cite news|author=Marie-Josée R. Roy|date=8 April 2020|title=Le comédien Ghyslain Tremblay est décédé de la COVID-19|language=fr|website=TVA Nouvelles|agency=QMI|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2020/04/08/deces-du-comedien-ghyslain-tremblay}} A week later, Verdun Hospital began constructing a temporary 36-bed annex; it was scheduled for completion by the end of April.{{cite web|title=COVID-19 - Ouverture prochaine d'une annexe à l'Hôpital de Verdun|url=https://ciusss-centresudmtl.gouv.qc.ca/actualite/covid-19-ouverture-prochaine-dune-annexe-lhopital-de-verdun|website=ciusss-centresudmtl.gouv.qc.ca|date=April 14, 2020 |language=fr-CA|access-date=2020-04-23}} On April 17, the hospital experienced a second COVID-19 outbreak.{{Cite news|date=2020-04-17|title=Nouvelle éclosion à l'Hôpital de Verdun|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/2020-04-17/nouvelle-eclosion-a-l-hopital-de-verdun|access-date=2020-06-12|website=La Presse|language=fr|last1=Teisceira-Lessard |first1=Philippe |last2=Lacoursière |first2=Ariane }}{{Citation|last=Duchaine|first=Hugo|title=COVID-19: plus de 50 cas à l'Hôpital de Verdun|date=April 2, 2020 |url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/04/02/covid-19--explosion-de-cas-a-lhopital-de-verdun|access-date=2020-06-12}} The borough began a pilot project partially closing Wellington Street to car traffic on May 8.{{Cite web|title=Coronavirus: Verdun to launch pilot project closing off parts of Wellington Street to traffic|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6921567/coronavirus-verdun-pilot-project-wellington-street-closed-to-traffic/|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Global News|language=en}}

Ville-Marie's community centres, cultural sites, libraries, swimming pools, arena and sports facilities were closed on March 13, 2020, until further notice.{{cite web|title=Coronavirus - Avis de fermeture préventive dans Ville-Marie|url=https://montreal.ca/actualites/coronavirus-avis-de-fermeture-preventive-dans-ville-marie|website=montreal.ca|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-16|archive-date=2020-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729001520/https://montreal.ca/actualites/coronavirus-avis-de-fermeture-preventive-dans-ville-marie|url-status=dead}} On March 24, the borough donated $150,000 to the COVID-19 emergency fund to support its 80 community organizations.{{cite web|title=Ville-Marie fait un don de 150 000 $ au fonds d'urgence COVID-19|url=https://montreal.ca/actualites/ville-marie-fait-un-don-de-150-000-au-fonds-durgence-covid-19|website=montreal.ca|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-16|archive-date=2020-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728235605/https://montreal.ca/actualites/ville-marie-fait-un-don-de-150-000-au-fonds-durgence-covid-19|url-status=dead}} The day before, Ville-Marie's first walk-in COVID-19 screening clinic was set up in large tents on the Place des festivals.{{cite web|title=Une message de votre conseillère de Ville, Cathy Wong|url=https://petermcgill.org/une-message-de-votre-conseillere-de-ville-cathy-wong/|date=2020-03-27|website=Table de quartier Peter-McGill|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-16}} At the end of March, Ville-Marie was one of six boroughs with more than 50 cases of COVID-19.{{cite web|title=Six Montreal neighbourhoods identified as COVID-19 hotspots|url=https://cultmtl.com/2020/03/montreal-covid-19-hotspots-valerie-plante-state-of-emergency/|date=2020-03-30|website=Cult MTL|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-16}} About 50 people per day warmed up in the Grande Bibliothèque between April 12 and June 4, 2020;{{cite web|title=Grande Bibliothèque de Montréal: fin de la halte répit pour itinérants|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2020/06/04/grande-bibliotheque-de-montreal--fin-de-la-halte-repit-pour-itinerants|access-date=2020-06-04|website=TVA Nouvelles|date=June 4, 2020 }} the library's hall had been converted into a homeless shelter during the pandemic{{cite web|title=Le hall de la Grande Bibliothèque métamorphosé en gîte pour itinérants|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2020/04/14/le-hall-de-la-grande-bibliotheque-metamorphose-en-gite-pour-itinerants|access-date=2020-06-04|website=TVA Nouvelles|date=April 14, 2020 }}

On April 15, Québec solidaire member for Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques and head of the second opposition group in the Quebec National Assembly Manon Massé donated $50,000 to the emergency fund on April 15,{{cite web|title=COVID-19: détails sur le fonds de soutien de l'arrondissement de Ville-Marie|url=https://montreal.ca/actualites/covid-19-details-sur-le-fonds-de-soutien-de-larrondissement-de-ville-marie|website=montreal.ca|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-16|archive-date=2020-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728232513/https://montreal.ca/actualites/covid-19-details-sur-le-fonds-de-soutien-de-larrondissement-de-ville-marie|url-status=dead}} in common with the Caisses Desjardins of Complexe Desjardins and Quartier-Latin de Montréal.{{cite web|title=34 organismes soutenus par le Fonds COVID-19 de Ville-Marie|url=https://montreal.ca/actualites/34-organismes-soutenus-par-le-fonds-covid-19-de-ville-marie|website=montreal.ca|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-17|archive-date=2020-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729022341/https://montreal.ca/actualites/34-organismes-soutenus-par-le-fonds-covid-19-de-ville-marie|url-status=dead}}

A second McDonald's employee tested positive. The first employee worked at the restaurant at 12090 rue Sherbrooke Est, and the second worked at 2901 rue Sherbrooke Est.{{cite news|title=Deux employés de McDonald's contaminés à Montréal|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/03/01-5267902-deux-employes-de-mcdonalds-contamines-a-montreal.php|date=2020-04-03|website=La Presse|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-03 |last1=Ferah |first1=Mayssa }} The Native Women's Shelter of Montreal was closed on May 19 after a staff outbreak of COVID-19.{{cite web|title=Évacuation d'urgence du Foyer pour les femmes autochtones de Montréal {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-autochtones/1704370/eclosion-foyer-femmes-autochtones--mtl-appel-ignore|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=May 19, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-05-19}}

On June 3, the Chambre du commerce du Montréal métropolitain (CCMM) proposed making Sainte-Catherine street pedestrian-only between Atwater and Papineau. Due to the pandemic, downtown Montreal has lost 100,000 students, millions of tourists and about 80 percent of its workers (most of whom are telecommuting).{{cite web|title=Piétonnisation de la rue Sainte-Catherine pour sauver les commerces du centre-ville {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1708789/sainte-catherine-pietonne-relance-commerces-centre-ville|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=June 3, 2020 |language=fr-ca}}

On May 1, 2020, Saint-Michel's accessible screening clinic was open on Sunday to Wednesday from noon to 8 p.m. Authorities estimated a daily capacity of 100 tests.{{cite news|title=Clinique de dépistage et porte-à-porte dans Saint-Michel et Rivière-des-Prairies|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202005/01/01-5271803-clinique-de-depistage-et-porte-a-porte-dans-saint-michel-et-riviere-des-prairies.php|date=2020-05-01|website=La Presse|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-07 |last1=Lévesque |first1=Kathleen }} On May 18, a walk-in mobile screening clinic was testing asymptomatic residents.{{Cite web|last=Paré|first=Étienne|title=Dépistage pour tous à Saint-Michel|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/05/17/depistage-pour-tous-a-saint-michel|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Le Journal de Montréal|date=May 17, 2020 }}

On May 6, with 1,239 cases, Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, was Montreal's second-most-affected borough. Community organizations feared an upsurge of cases in one of Canada's poorest neighbourhoods.{{cite web|title=Parc-Extension risque d'être frappé de plein fouet par la COVID-19|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/montreal/578424/inquietude-dans-parc-extension|website=Le Devoir|date=May 7, 2020 |language=fr|access-date=2020-05-07}} On May 15, the borough announced its summer 2020 travel plan.{{cite web|title=Ville de Montréal - Portail officiel - Détail du communiqué|url=http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=5798,42657625&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&id=32670|website=ville.montreal.qc.ca|language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-06-01}}

On March 12, 2020, a woman with COVID-19 attended a wedding in a Westmount synagogue with over 100 others.{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/man-who-attended-westmount-synagogue-wedding-tests-positive/ |title=Woman who attended Westmount synagogue wedding tests positive for COVID-19 |website=montrealgazette.com|access-date=2020-05-16}} A week later, public access to Westmount's playgrounds was banned until further notice.{{cite web|title=COVID-19: Fermeture des terrains de jeux|url=https://westmount.org/covid-19-fermeture-des-terrains-de-jeux/|date=2020-03-20|website=Ville de Westmount|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-16}} Several days later, a firefighter tested positive for COVID-19.{{cite web|title=Firefighter in Westmount tests positive for COVID-19|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/firefighter-in-westmount-tests-positive-for-covid-19-1.4865577|last=Thomas|first=Katelyn|date=2020-03-24|website=Montreal|language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}}

On April 6, the municipal council voted to postpone the date of the second payment of municipal taxes.{{cite web|title=COVID-19: le 2e versement des taxes est reporté|url=https://westmount.org/covid-19-le-2e-versement-des-taxes-est-reporte/|date=2020-05-13|website=Ville de Westmount|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-16}} The following day, access to the borough was restricted to local traffic and deliveries.{{cite web|title=COVID-19: Message de la mairesse et du Conseil - le 7 avril 2020|url=https://westmount.org/covid-19-message-de-la-mairesse-et-du-conseil-le-30-mars-2020/|date=2020-04-07|website=Ville de Westmount|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-16}} On April 8, Westmount pedestrians were asked to socially distance.{{cite web|title=Westmount recommande la marche à sens unique sur le trottoir; Rosemont y réfléchit {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1692525/montreal-westmount-distanciation-pietons-rosemont|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 9, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-05-16}} A week later, landscaping services quietly resumed.{{cite web|title=Reprise des services pour les entrepreneurs en aménagement paysager|url=https://westmount.org/reprise-des-services-pour-les-entrepreneurs-en-amenagement-paysager/|date=2020-04-15|website=Ville de Westmount|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-16}} On April 21, 21 cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed at St. Margaret's Residence on Hillside Avenue (Westmount's only public CHSLD).{{cite news|author=Laureen Sweeney|title= Retirement, long-term care home adapt to new challenges|website= Westmount independent |date=April 21, 2020|url=https://www.westmountindependent.com/WIv14.4c.pdf}} The city opened its community gardens on May 18.{{cite web|title=COVID-19: ouverture des jardins communautaires de Westmount dès le 18 mai 2020|url=https://westmount.org/covid-19-ouverture-des-jardins-communautaires-de-westmount-des-le-18-mai-2020/|date=2020-05-12|website=Ville de Westmount|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-16}}

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