The Mordecai-Richler Library (front R) built in a repurposed church in the Mile-End borough of Montreal. Quebec used to be home to around 2,800 churches, but their number has been dwindling, explained Lucie Morisset, an urban heritage researcher. In Montreal alone, there were about 1,000 churches at the beginning of the 20th century, of which only 400 are left today.
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