Place Viger

former railway station and hotel in Montreal, Canada
Place railway_station Q2363048
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Place Viger

Summary

Place Viger is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.93% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month, #172 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Place Viger is located in Ville-Marie[3].
  • Place Viger is in the country of Canada[4].
  • Place Viger's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Place Viger's architect is recorded as Bruce Price[6].
  • Place Viger's architect is recorded as Daniel John Crighton[7].
  • Place Viger's commissioned by is recorded as William Cornelius Van Horne[8].
  • Place Viger's commissioned by is recorded as Canadian Pacific Railway[9].
  • Place Viger is operated by Canadian Pacific Railway[10].
  • Jacques Viger is named after Place Viger[11].
  • Place Viger's architectural style is recorded as châteauesque[12].
  • Place Viger is part of Mass Mason’s Castle[13].
  • Place Viger's Commons category is recorded as Place Viger[14].
  • 1896 marks the founding of Place Viger[15].
  • Place Viger's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 45.5125, 'longitude': -73.5532}[16].
  • Place Viger's official website is recorded as http://gareviger.com/fr[17].
  • Place Viger's official website is recorded as http://gareviger.com/en[18].
  • Place Viger's described at URL is recorded as http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiches/fiche_bat.php?sec=c&num=4[19].
  • Place Viger's described at URL is recorded as http://www.memorablemontreal.com/print/batiments_menu.php?quartier=11&batiment=241&section=Array&menu=histoire[20].
  • Place Viger's floors above ground is recorded as {'amount': '+6'}[21].
  • Place Viger's date of official opening is recorded as August 1898[22].
  • Place Viger sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+16'}[23].
  • Place Viger's date of official closure is recorded as 1935[24].
  • Place Viger's state of use is recorded as decommissioned[25].
  • Place Viger's street address is recorded as 700, rue Saint Antoine Est, Montréal (Québec) H2Y 1A6[26].

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Geography

Place Viger is in the country of Canada[4]. It is located in Ville-Marie[3]. It is part of Mass Mason’s Castle[13].

Physical Characteristics

Place Viger sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+16'}[23].

Designation and Status

Place Viger's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].

History and Context

1896 marks the founding of Place Viger[15]. Jacques Viger is named after it[11].

Why It Matters

Place Viger ranks in the top 0.93% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month, #172 of 18,574).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · VIGNERON · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception +1896-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Yelp id place-viger-montréal-2
    Image C.P.R. station "Chateau Viger", Montreal, QC, about 1901 (28
    Commons category Place Viger
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51993|batch #51993]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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