Montreal Stock Exchange bombing

Montreal Stock Exchange bombing
Part of FLQ insurgency
The Tour de la Bourse seen in 2017
Location45°30′02″N 73°33′42″W / 45.500611°N 73.56175°W / 45.500611; -73.56175
Montreal Stock Exchange
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
DateFebruary 13, 1969 (1969-02-13)
15:20 EST (UTC-05:00)
Attack type
Bombing
DeathsNone
Injured27
PerpetratorsFront de libération du Québec

The Montreal Stock Exchange bombing was a domestic terrorist bombing of the Montreal Stock Exchange inside the Tour de la Bourse skyscraper in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on February 13, 1969.[1][2]

Perpetrated by the Quebec separatist Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), the bombing happened approximately 40 minutes before the end of trading. It injured 27 people and destroyed a large portion of the trading floor, visitor gallery, and the building's northeast wall.[2][3] The blast caused nearly $1 million worth of property damage.[4]

The attack was one of the FLQ's biggest in its bombing campaign, and was the culmination before the October Crisis of 1970.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Recall: The Bomb Breaker". CBC Radio. October 16, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
  2. 1 2 "This day in Montreal: Wilbert Coffin's execution, FLQ bombing". CBC News.
  3. ↑ "MONTREAL STOCK EXCHANGE BOMBING - 1969 - Stock Footage". www.efootage.com.
  4. ↑ Palmer, Bryan D. (26 July 2018). Canada's 1960s: The Ironies of Identity in a Rebellious Era. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802099549 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Sawe, Benjamin Elisha (1 August 2017). "What Was the October Crisis?". worldatlas.com.
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