The following books have all, or
a large portion of the text dedicated to biographies
of prominant members of Montreal
society. Unfortunately most are
long out of print but are available
at most Canadian libraries.
Montreal, It's History
to which has been added Biographical Sketches, with
Photographs of Many of it's Principal Citizens
By Rev. J. Douglas Borthwick,
Drysdale
& Co., Montreal, 1875
Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent
and Self-Made Men
Quebec and Maritime Provinces
American Biographical Publishing Company, H.C. Cooper
Jr. & Co., Chicago, New York, Toronto, 1881
A History of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, St. Gabriel Street,
Montreal
By Rev. Robert Campbell, M.A., W. Drysdale &
Co., Publishers, 1887
Montreal History and Gazeteer to the year 1892
By Rev. J.
Douglas Borthwick, John Lovell & Son,
Montreal 1892
Histoire de la Corporation de la
Cite de Montreal Depuis on Original Jusqu'a Nos Jours (1903)
By J. Cleophas Lamothe, Avocat
& La Violette et Masse editeurs, Montreal Printing and
Publishing Company Ltd. 1903
(Text in French except for the
biographies of Anglo-Montrealers which are written in English)
A History of Quebec, It's Resources and People
By Benjamin Sulte, Dr, C.E. Fryer
& Sen. L.O. David, Canadian History Company, Montreal and Toronto,
1908
Montreal, Pictorial and Biographical
Published by The S.J. Clarke Publishing
Company, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Montreal, 1914
Montreal 1534-1914 (3 volumes)
By William Henry Atherton, The
S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, Montreal, Vancouver, Chicago, 1914
Prominent People of the Province of Quebec
in Professional, Social & Business Life 1923-1924
published by The Biographical Society
of Canada, Limited, Montreal
The Storied Province of Quebec Past and Present
(5 volumes)
Ed. Col. William Wood, Dominion
Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto 1931
From the mid 1800s to the mid 1900s business was booming in Montreal. A large portion of the people listed in the Canadian biographical books were Montrealers. Here are some of the biographical books that were written during that time.
Biographies of Celebrated Canadians, and Persons connected with Canada
from the earliest history of the province down to the present time
By Henry J. Morgan (1842-1913), Hunter & Rose Co.,
Quebec, 1862
Portrait of British Americans-
3 volumes
By Wm.
Notman & Fennings Taylor, Published by
Notman, printed by Lovell 1865/1868
Bibliotheca Canadensis - or A Manual of Canadian
literature
By Henry J. Morgan, Published by G. E. Desbarats, Ottawa,
1867
The Canadian Portrait Gallery - 4 volumes
By John Charles Dent, Published
by John B. Magurn, Toronto, 1880
Canadian Parliamentary Companion 1883
Edited by J.A. Gemmill, J. Durie
& Son, Ottawa 1883, Printed by the Gazette Printing Co., Montreal
Representative Canadians - A Cyclopedia of
Canadian Biography being chiefly men of the Time 1886
Ed. Geo MacLean Rose, Rose Publishing
Company, Toronto, 1886
Representative Canadians - A Cyclopedia of
Canadian Biography being chiefly men of the Time 1888
Ed. Geo MacLean Rose, Rose Publishing
Company, Toronto, 1888
The Canadian Album - Men of Canada or Success
by Example (1894)
- 4 volumes
Ed. Rev. Wm. Cochrane, Bradley,
Garretson & Co., Brantford Ontario, 1894
The Bishops of the Church of England in Canada
and Newfoundland
By Rev. Charles H. Mockridge, M.A.,
D.D., Toronto, F.N.W. Brown, 1896
Canadian Men & Women of the time 1898
Ed. By Henry James Morgan, Toronto,
William Briggs, Richmond Street West
Men of Canada 1901-1902
A Portrait Gallery of Men whose
energy, ability, enterprise and public spirit are
responsible for the advancement
of Canada, the Premier Colony of Great Britain.
Ed. John A. Cooper, The Canadian
Historical Company, Montreal and Toronto, 1902
The Newspaper Reference Book of Canada
Embracing Facts and Data Regarding
Canada and Biographical Sketches of Representative Canadian Men for use
by Newspapers
The Press Publishing Company Ltd.,
Toronto 1903
The Canadian Who's Who 1910
The Times, Toronto - The Musson
Book Company Limited, London England, 1910
Canadian Men & Women of the Time 1912
Ed. Henry James Morgan, Toronto,
William Briggs, Richmond St. W., 1912
Who’s Who and Why in Canada (and in Newfoundland)
Volume 1, 1912
Ed. By John F. Kennedy, Canadian
Press Association, Ltd., 1912
Business Men at Home and Abroad 1912-1913
(British)
By Herbert H. Bassett, London,
England
Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1918
Edited by Colonel Ernest J. Chambers,
Ottawa 1918
Who's Who and Why (Canada) 1921 - An
Illustrated Biographical Record of Men & Women of the Time
Ed. B.M.Greene, International Press
Ltd., C.P.R. Bulding, Toronto
Who's Who in Canada 1922 - including
The British Possessions in the Western Hemisphere
Ed. B.M. Greene, International
Press Ltd.
Who's Who in Canada 1925-1926 -
An Illustrated Biographical Record of Men and Women of the Time
Including the British Possessions
in the Western Hemisphere 18th year of Issue
Ed. B.M. Greene, International
Press Limited, Toronto
Who's Who in Canada - 1927An
Illustrated Biographical Record of Men and Women of the Time Including
the British Possessions in the Western Hemisphere
- The Diamond Jubilee of Confederation Edition - 19th year of Issue
Ed. B.M. Greene, International
Press Limited, Toronto
Who’s Who Among North American Authors Vol
III 1927-28
Containing Biographical and Literary
data of living authors whose birth or activities connect them to the continent
of North America, with a Press Section devoted to journalists and magazine
writers.
Ed. By A. Lawrence, Golden Syndicate
Publishing Co., 1927
Who’s Who Among North American Authors Vol
IV 1928-29
Containing Biographical and Literary
data of living authors whose birth or activities connect them to the continent
of North America, with a Press Section devoted to journalists and magazine
writers. Ed. By A. Lawrence, Golden Syndicate Publishing Co., 1927
Who's Who in Canada - 1928-1929 An Illustrated Biographical Record of Men and Women of the Time Including the British Possessions in the Western Hemisphere - 20th year of Issue Ed. B.M. Greene, International Press Limited,
Prominent Men of Canada 1931-1932
Edited by Ross Hamilton, National
Publishing Co. of Canada, Montreal
Canadian Who Was Who 1875-1933
vol. 1
Ed. Charles G. D. Roberts, Toronto,
Trans-Canada Press 1934
National Encyclopedia of Canadian Biography
Ed. by Jesse Edgar Middleton &
W. Scott Downs
The Dominion Publishing Company
Ltd., Toronto, Ontario 1935
National Reference Book on Canadian Men and
Women 5th edition - 1936
By H. Harrison, Canadian Newspaper
Service
The Canadian Who's Who 1936-1937 vol. II -
A
Handbook of Canadian Biography of Living Characters
Ed. Sir Charles G.D. Roberts &
Arthur Leonard Tunnel, Times Publishing Co., London Eng., Murray Printing
Co. Toronto
National Encyclopedia of Canadian Biography
Ed. by Jesse Edgar Middleton &
W. Scott Downs
The Dominion Publishing Company
Ltd., Toronto, Ontario 1937
Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1937
Edited by Major A.L. Normandin,
Ottawa 1918
The Canadian Who's Who 1938-1939 vol.
III - A Handbook of Canadian Biography of Living Characters
Ed. Sir Charles G.D. Roberts &
Arthur Leonard Tunnel,
Trans Canada Press, Times Publishing
Co., London Eng., Murray Printing Co. Toronto
Who's Who in Canada 1943-1944
Ed. B. M. Greene 32th year of Issue
International Press Ltd., Toronto
Who's Who in Canada 1945-1946
Ed. B. M. Greene 34th year of Issue
International Press Ltd., Toronto
Who's Who in Canada 1947-1948
Ed. B. M. Greene 36th year of Issue
International Press Ltd., Toronto
Who's Who in the Agricultural Institute of
Canada 1948
Published by the Agricultural Institute
of Canada, Ottawa, 1948
Who’s who in Canada 1949-1950
An Illustrated Biographical Record of Men and women of the Time
Ed. B. M. Greene 38th year
of Issue, International Press Ltd., Toronto
The Canadian Who's Who Vol VI 1952-1954
A
Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women
Trans-Canada Press, Toronto 1,
Canada
The Canadian Who's Who Vol V 1949-1951
A Biographical Dictionary of Noteable Living Men and Women
Trans-Canada Press, Toronto 1,
Canada
Who's Who in Canada 1956-1957
Ed. B. M. Greene 44th year of Issue
International Press Ltd., Toronto
The Financial Post Directory Of Directors -
Executives of Canada (1957)
MacLean-Hunter Publishing Co.,
Toronto 1957
Who's Who in Canada 1958-1959
Ed. B. M. Greene 46th year
of Issue International Press Ltd., Toronto
The Canadian Who's Who Vol IX 1961-1963
- A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women
Trans-Canada Press, Toronto 1,
Canada
Who's Who in Canada 1962-1963
By E.W. Whelpton - 50th year of
issue Ed. B.M. Greene, G.W. Stratton, International Press Ltd., 110 Adelaide
St. E., Toronto
Who's Who in Canada 1966-1968
Published by Ernest W. Whelpton O.B.E. - 54th year of
issue,
Ed. Hugh Fraser (Toronto), Herbert E. Barnett (Montreal),
Edward R. White (Vancouver), International Press Ltd., Toronto
The Canadian Who's Who Vol XI 1967-1969 A Biographical
Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women
Who's Who Canadian Publications, Toronto, Canada
Who's Who in Canada 1969-1970
By E. W. Whelpton, 58th year of issue
Ed. Hugh Fraser (Toronto), Herbert E. Barnett (Montreal),
International Press Ltd., Toronto
The Canadian Who's Who Vol XII 1970-1972 A Biographical
Dictionary of Noteable Living Men and Women
Who's Who Canadian Publications, Toronto, Canada
Who's Who in Canada 1971-1972
By E. W. Whelpton, 60th year of issue
Ed. Hugh Fraser (Toronto), Herbert E. Barnett (Montreal),
Terry M. Whelpton (Toronto)
Who's Who in Canada 1973-1974
Ed. E.W. Whelpton 62nd year of Issue, International
Press Ltd., 643 Yonge St., Toronto
The Canadian Who's Who Vol XIII 1973-1975 - A Biographical
Dictionary of Noteable Living Men and Women
Who's Who Canadian Publications, Toronto, Canada
Who's Who in Canada 1975-1976
Ed. E.W. Whelpton 64nd year of Issue, International
Press Ltd., 643 Yonge St., Toronto
Who's Who in Canada 1980-1981
By E. W. Whelpton, 70th year of issue, International
Press Ltd., Toronto
LATER WORKS ABOUT EARLIER PEOPLE
The (MacMillan) Dictionary of Canadian Biography
1st Edition, 1926
Compiled by W. Stewart Wallace,
MacMillan Co. of Canada, Toronto
The (MacMillan) Dictionary of Canadian Biography
2nd Edition, revised and enlarged
1945
Ed. by W. Stewart Wallace, MacMillan
Co. of Canada, Toronto.
The (MacMillan) Dictionary of Canadian Biography
3rd Edition, reprinted 1967
Ed. by W. Stewart Wallace, MacMillan
Co. of Canada, Toronto.
Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967
Ed. J. Keith Johnson, Published
by the Archives of Ontario, 1968
Creative Canada - a Biographical Dictionary
of twentieth-century creative and performing artists
(2 volumes)
Compiled by Reference Division, McPherson Library, University
of Victoria, B.C., University of Toronto Press 1971/72
The (MacMillan) Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Five thousand concise biographies
of prominent Canadians from the earliest times to 1976.
4th Edition, Ed. by W. A. Mackay,
MacMillan Co. of Canada, Toronto, 1978
Biographical Dictionary of Graduates and Students
of Knox College, Toronto, 1845-1945
Compiled by the Reverend T.G.M.
Bryan, with additions by Gordon H. Allison
Privately printed 1982, available
at the Presbyterian Archives
CANADIAN WHO'S WHO INDEX 1898-1984 Incorporating
Canadian Men and Women of the Time
By Evelyn de R. McMann, University
of Toronto Press 1986
| Dictionary of Canadian Biography | Vol I | 1000-1700 | University of Toronto Press 1966 |
| Dictionary of Canadian Biography | Vol II | 1701-1740 | University of Toronto Press 1969 |
| Dictionary of Canadian Biography | Vol III | 1741-1770 | University of Toronto Press 1974 |
| Dictionary of Canadian Biography | Vol IV | 1771-1800 | University of Toronto Press 1979 |
| Dictionary of Canadian Biography | Vol V | 1801-1820 | University of Toronto Press |
| Dictionary of Canadian Biography | Vol VI | 1821-1835 | University of Toronto Press |
| Dictionary of Canadian Biography | Vol VII | 1836-1850 | University of Toronto Press 1988 |
| Dictionary of Canadian Biography | Vol VIII | 1851-1860 | University of Toronto Press 1985 |
| Dictionary of Canadian Biography | Vol IX | 1861-1870 | University of Toronto Press 1976 |
| Dictionary of Canadian Biography | Vol X | 1871-1880 | University of Toronto Press 1972 |
| Dictionary of Canadian Biography | Vol XI | 1871-1880 | University of Toronto Press 1982 |
| Dictionary of Canadian Biography | Vol XII | 1891-1900 | University of Toronto Press 1990 |
| Dictionary of Canadian Biography | Vol XIII | 1901-1910 | University of Toronto Press 1994 |