Claims on Housing Space in Nineteenth-Century Montreal

: Space per person is a fundamental measure of equity in an urban society. From small samples of the Montreal population over the years 1861-1901, we infer substan tial improvement in the average dwelling space available per person, but an extreme and persistent inequity in the distribution among households. The housing market re mained polarised in terms of class and cultural identity. control over vital urban In a demanding process was moves from house to house.