200th Anniversary Celebration

Founded in 1826, the Montreal Hunt is the oldest North American hunt club in continuous existence. For two decades after 1850, the club was virtually an annex of the local British Army garrison, and its members were mainly military personnel.

 

The years after Confederation were relatively quiet; the club lost many of its members with the removal of military units to the United Kingdom and of civil servants to the newly established capitals of Ottawa and Québec City.

 

The club has watched Canada unfold as a country before its eyes. With time, the Club opened its doors and evolved, welcoming all those driven by the same flame: a love of horses, hounds and the open air.

 

Today it continues to thrive.