History of Quartier Bois-Franc a. The Cartierville airport was located in St-Laurent and started in 1911 b/c of WW1 and was decommissioned in 1988. b. ‘‘In March 1990, Bombardier Real Estate Services was mandated to transform the 200- hectare runway used by in Cartierville into an innovative real estate development. Following a series of comparative studies of similar projects in the U.S. and Europe, the concept for the Bois-Franc residential project was born, inspired by a new urbanism approach.’’ (Bois-Franc in Saint-Laurent, 2020) c. It was then turn into the Bois-Franc neighborhood d. It was closed because the Dorval airport made it more difficult and hazardous. e. Different aircrafts that were used (We can try to find a comparative study with the different gas emissions in the area) i. Norseman aircraft (CF-AYO) ii. Cansos iii. OA-10A iv. DC-3 v. C-47 vi. Northstar vii. F-86 Sabre viii. T-33 ix. CL-28 argus (CC-106) x. CL-66 xi. CL-44 xii. CL-41 Tutor xiii. CF-104 Starfighter xiv. CL-84 Dynavert xv. CL-214 xvi. CF-5A f. Cartierville: Canada's busiest airport from the start of their operations g. Busiest airport during the 60s and 70s

Photo retrieved from:CYCV - Cartierville QB (winnipegacc.org)

Photo retrieved from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartierville_Airport#/media/File:Saint-Laurent_Cartierville_Airport_1946.jpg

History of Environmental Impacts:

Date Event Supporting Reference Information February Ice Storm Ice storm in https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10. 25th & with 1080/00431672.1961.9930031?journalCode 26th, 1961 winds gusting =vwws20 to 120 km/h in which many Montreal residents were left without electricity for several days March 4th, Snowstorm Also known as https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal 1971 the ‘storm of a /storm-of-the-century-1.3477182 century’ in which 43.2 cm of snow fell in Montreal within a day June 5th, Thunderstorm Severe https://cdd.publicsafety.gc.ca/srchpg- 1979 thunderstorm eng.aspx?dynamic=false including hail and heavy rain May 29, Hail Hail up to 8cm https://cdd.publicsafety.gc.ca/srchpg- 1986 in diameter eng.aspx?dynamic=false July 14th, Rainstorm https://www.iheartradio.ca/cjad/news/31- 1987 & flood years-since-big-montreal-rainstorm-and- flood-1.4095384 January Storm Winter storm, https://cdd.publicsafety.gc.ca/srchpg- 5th, 1994 winds gusting eng.aspx?dynamic=false to 70 km/hr November Flood Major flooding https://cdd.publicsafety.gc.ca/srchpg- 8th and due to heavy eng.aspx?dynamic=false 9th, 1996 rainfall January Ice storm Freezing rain/ https://www.thesuburban.com/blogs/subur 5th, 1998 ice storm in the ban_weather/th-anniversary-of-the-great- Montreal ice-storm-of/article_e014de38-f196-11e7- region a9d4-432fe9c2c24f.html

December Snowfall Major snowfall, https://www.mtlblog.com/en-ca/life/12-of- 16th and in about a day the-worst-winter-storms-in-the-history-of- 17th 2007 there was 30- montreal 40cm of snow 2012 Snowfall Largest https://www.mtlblog.com/en-ca/life/12 snowfall in -of-the-worst-winter-storms-in-the-history- Montreal, of-montreal 43.2cm of snow August Fire 5-alarm fire in https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal 2016 Bois-Franc /saint-laurent-fire-five-alarm-1.37127624- neighborhood townhouses- which damaged 4 townhouses

Other references: https://www.boisfranc.com/en/history/