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Montreal has an attitude that is less open-minded of its history than Quebec. The long simmering tensions between English and French communities is viewed as old equals English, except for cultural, social and entertainment history. French-language nationalists over the decades have worked diligently to dismiss and reduce all evidence of the large English language community. The mayor of Montreal during WW2 was Camillien Houde, and he was locally quite popular but vigorously opposed conscription, and the Mounties arrested him for sedition. Even though Montreal has always been a large population centre and had recruit and supply depots, I cannot think of any WW2-era public fixtures that remain.

That said, the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps museum was at Longue Pointe barracks for many years. Their outdoor displays of vehicles was good, but condition-wise was an embarrassment. I recall seeing wooden artillery carriage wheels that were rotten and only the paint forming a skin. The axles were propped up with jack stands.