Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Cathedral

Christ Church Cathedral stands in the heart of the commercial and shopping centre of Montreal, Canada. It is a stone's throw from McGill University, one of the major universities of the city. Since the development of several years ago Christ Church Cathedral is now linked with a shopping mall and an office tower, which are in turn linked with the Metro system, and the underground city of Montreal.

Both in its situation and in its life and teaching, Christ Church Cathedral tries to represent the faith and tradition of Christianity and Anglicanism, interpreted in and for the modern (and post-modern) world

An Anglican ministry first began in Montreal in 1760. Up to 1814, the Anglican Christian community met in several chapels of the Roman Catholic Church. The first church built specifically as Christ Church was opened in 1814. It stood on Notre Dame Street in what is now known as the Old City of Montreal.

The present Christ Church Cathedral was completed in 1859. It is an imposing neo-Gothic building designed by Frank Wills.

In 1987 some older buildings north of the Cathedral were demolished and the land leased to developers who built the landmark office tower and underground mall known as La Place de La Cathedrale.