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In the 1600's, the Irish of France were used and sent to colonize the Saint Lawrence Valley. These Were the first Irish Canadians. Since the days of these early colonizers, the Irish have always held a strong presence in Canadian societies. Today there are approximately 5,000,000 Irish Canadians, which makes up about 15% of the population of Canada. Since the founding of Montreal in 1642, there has been a strong Irish presence in the city. There were three stages of immigration; the first wave (1607- 1776), the Desirable second wave (1776-1890), and the Un-Desirable wave (1890-1920). The majority of the Irish population in Montreal arrived during either the first or second waves of immigration. While many Irish came during the third and later fourth waves of immigration, the early waves of Irish immigrants were those who truly began to form the identity of the Irish peoples living in Montreal.

New France & Montreal
At the beginning of the eighteenth century there were around 100 Irish families living in New France. While they were not the majority, many of the families were able to assimilate into French-Canadian society and culture, with a very little degree of difficulty. Many of these Irish families migrated to Montreal. Because of its' geographic placement, downstream from the saint Lawrence river, Montreal very quickly became one of the biggest centers of trade in New France.

Montreal, 1800-1847
By the beginning of the 19th century, Commercial shipping between Canada, Britain and Ireland, caused a large wave of emigration to Canada beginning in 1815. But to the Irish who landed in Montreal, Lower Canada seemed as though it was a stepping stone towards English speaking Upper Canada And the United States. that being said, by 1825, Out of its population of 25,000, Montreal had an Irish population of about 3,000 people, who lived mainly in the western area of the city. This Irish population was both very involved in Montreal's political, social, religious, and journalist spheres. Catholics and Protestants began to associate with each other as Irish-Canadians, bonding over their common heritage, language, customs, and celebrations. While Protestants found it tough interacting with French catholic Montreal, the Irish Catholics played an important bridging the gap between both groups. The relationship between the Irish and the French populations in Montreal during the 1830's was overall pretty stable. It was with the Great Irish Famine that more than a around 250,000 Irish landed in Canada. and with this large influx of Irish immigrants came great animosity directed towards the Irish in Montreal and throughout the rest of Quebec, Canada and the united states. That being said the Irish survived and manage to survive in Montreal, even with the high levels of hate directed towards them throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Today there are around 162,000 people who declare their Irish heritage in Montreal