Rotary Westmount first founded in 1930 and has been very active in supporting Rotary Avenues of service.  Our member participate in numerous community service and vocational service projects. They are   generous with their time and money in supporting both International Service as well as the Rotary Foundation. Youth Service is achieved through the Youth Exchange Program and the support of an Interact Club. To make all this possible Club Service sustains an ambitious fund raising agenda. But all is not work—social and fellowship events lighten the Rotary year. This page  will give you an idea of the full scope of what we are doing all year long.


On the eve of the 50th Anniversary of The Rotary Club of Westmount, a long held goal of was achieved. The club membership had conceived the development of a residence for retired persons who would not be exposed to any of the capital costs in the development of the property or the vagaries of public, bureaucratic authority.

Manoir Westmount Inc. was formed with all the members of The Rotary Club of Westmount as members of the corporation. The directors are nominees of The Rotary Club of Westmount. The club is responsible for the operation of the property  and setting admittance without interference by government at any level.

On October 12, 1979, the building was officially opened by Lieutenant Governor Jean-Pierre Côté. Within the next 12 months, there was no debt (some bridge financing had been used) remaining on the property and the building was fully occupied.

Below are some more details on Manoir Westmount's history.

In 1974 the club sought and received a federal Local Initiatives Project (LIP) grant of $9,000 to further its study of residence care needs for senior citizens in Westmount. It became clear that Westmount, however privileged in other respects, was almost totally lacking in appropriate residential facilities within its borders for local retired citizens, with whom it abounds.
Within the year, the club came up with a plan to establish an appropriate residence of quality. This undertaking invited maximum participation by members of Rotary, local churches and other community groups. It was to become the club’s major undertaking over the next two decades!
By 1976, this major project was under way, to be known as “Manoir Westmount.” The costs – about $5,000,000 – the site, the plan of actual building and the approvals still required finalizing, but the club now had a new goal. Westmount Rotary was encouraged by letters from the City of Westmount and the provincial government. Monetary assistance with public funds was neither sought nor offered.
A revolving committee, drawing on the wide talents available to it as needed from the membership, met over a year and a half at weekly breakfast meetings. Sub-committees and individuals devoted freely an enormous amount of additional time and effort to various aspects of the site-search, planning, negotiating and financing. Dominating 1977 were the most crucial stages of the project.