About Us 

Created by and for the Milton-Parc community, the MPCC aims to build connections with the residents of Milton-Parc, support their needs, and collectively create a neighbourhood where everyone can feel welcomed. Rooted in grassroots initiatives and communities around the Milton-Parc neighbourhood, the MPCC promotes social transformation on issues related to collective autonomy, social justice, urban ecology, grassroots democracy, and more. We aim to continue our support to groups and projects that share our values and do crucial work in our neighbourhood. 

Our Values and Objectives

The Citizens’ Committee was founded in 1968 as part of a struggle against the demolition of the Milton-Parc neighbourhood. Throughout the 50s and 60s, 96% of the Milton-Parc neighbourhood was bought out by the developer, Concordia Ltd., a corporation which planned to demolish the neighbourhood, evict its working-class tenants, and build up luxury highrises. Through grassroots mobilization, the Milton-Parc Citizens’ Committee organized protests and building occupations. Tenants who were evicted so that their homes could be demolished would break back into their homes and re-occupy them as an act of protest. A sit-in at Concordia Ltd’s offices resulted in the arrest of 56 residents and their supporters. Eventually, the movement succeeded in forcing the company’s hand. Tenants were sold back their apartment buildings. Rather than reconverting these buildings into “private property,” further and intensive mobilization resulted in the establishment of co-operative housing in the homes previously destined for demolition. Close to 1,500 people now live in the non-profits and co-ops that resulted from this period.

Today, the Citizens’ Committee of Milton-Park runs 6 important initiatives tackling food insecurity, and a variety of social events and educational workshops throughout the year. We continue to be involved in community organizing, closely supporting mobilizations around housing justice, homelessness, urban ecology, and more. The MPCC also supports other mutual aid groups that operate in the Milton-Parc neighbourhood, such as the Montreal Autonomous Tenants’ Union (MATU), and the Indigenous Support Work Project.