Hour Community

{{Short description|Former English weekly newspaper in Montreal}}

{{more citations needed|date=January 2012}}

{{Infobox Newspaper

| name = Hour

| image = Hour front page.jpg

| caption = The February 1, 2007 front page of Hour

| type = Alternative weekly

| format = Tabloid

| foundation = {{start date and age|1993}}

| ceased publication = {{end date and age|2012}}

| price = Free

| owners = Communications Voir

| publisher = Pierre Paquet

| chiefeditor = Kevin Laforest

| language = English

| political = Social Democracy, Canadian Federalism |

| circulation = 56,762{{cite web |url=http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewCompany?oid=oid%3A32 |title=Hour Magazine |access-date=2007-02-06 |publisher=Association of Alternative Newsweeklies }}

| headquarters = Montreal, Quebec Canada

| ISSN =

| website = [http://hour.ca/ hour.ca]

}}

Hour was an English-language urban news weekly paper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by Communications Voir. Its president-publisher was Pierre Paquet, the editor-in-chief was Kevin Laforest. The first issue was published on February 4, 1993.{{cite news |last=Nerenberg |first=Albert |date=January 8, 1993 |title=Launch of Hour to be first salvo in war of cultural weeklies |work=The Gazette}} It catered to Montreal's anglophone community and was published every Thursday. The news features "expose readers to new ideas and alternative policies". News coverage centered on film, arts, and nightlife. In 2011, the magazine was renamed Hour Community.{{cite web |url=https://aan.org/aan/its-official-hour-magazine-changing-to-hour-community/ |title=It's Official: Hour Magazine Changing to Hour Community |date=April 12, 2011 |access-date=October 15, 2023 |publisher=Association of Alternative Newsweeklies}}

On May 2, 2012, editor Kevin Laforest announced that Hour Community would cease operations, following its last issue on May 3.{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/Hour+Community+being+shut+down/6556294/story.html|title=Hour Community is being shut down|date=May 3, 2012|work=The Gazette|access-date=May 3, 2012|archive-date=May 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505225908/http://www.montrealgazette.com/Hour+Community+being+shut+down/6556294/story.html|url-status=dead}}