A new LGBTQ+ community centre is coming to Montreal’s Village. Can it help revitalize the neighbourhood?
July 9, 2026
Par Kalina Laframboise
North America’s first French-speaking LGBTQ+ community centre is coming to the heart of Montreal’s Village, and those behind the future sprawling complex say its strive for inclusivity also involves welcoming unhoused and vulnerable neighbours.
Montreal announces $625K investment for Canada’s first French-speaking LGBT+
August 8, 2025
By Joe Lofaro
As Pride Week comes to an end this weekend, the City of Montreal announced Friday the creation of Espace + Village, which will become the first French-speaking LGBT+ community centre in Canada.
Montreal organizations call on federal government to fund 2SLGBTQ+ complex
April 17, 2024
By Paula Dayan-Perez, Erika Morris
« A coalition of community organizations is calling on the federal government to fund the building of a multi-level 2SLGBTQ+ community complex in Montreal's Village, which they say the community is sorely lacking. »
Canada and Quebec governments and the City of Montreal invest in the renovation of a building to create the Espace+Village Community Complex in Montreal