{{Short description|Town square in Montreal, Canada}} {{one source|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox park | name = Chaboillez Square | native_name = {{langx|fr|square Chaboillez}} | image = Montréal depuis l'observatoire de la Place Ville-Marie, 2019-02-06 (no 04).jpg | image_size = | image_caption = The square as seen from Place Ville-Marie. | map = Canada Montreal | map_size = | type = Town square | location = Downtown Montreal, Ville-Marie Montreal, Quebec, Canada | nearest_city = | coordinates = {{coord|45.496442|N|73.564568|W|region:CA-QC|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coords_ref = | area = | created = {{Start date|1813}} | operator = City of Montreal | visitation_num = | status = Open all year | open = }} '''Chaboillez Square''' ({{langx|fr|square Chaboillez}}) is a town square located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Saint Jacques Street and Peel Street in downtown Montreal. The former Dow Planetarium is located within the square.
==History== thumb|left|Flooding in 1886. In 1813, Margaret Godfrey inherited a large tract of land from her husband, Louis Chaboillez. She yielded many plots of land to the City of Montreal including the lot known as Chaboillez Square (which was larger than it is today).
In 1886, flooding deluged the square.<ref name=Gazette>{{cite news|url=https://montrealgazette.com/sponsored/mtl-375th/from-the-archives-1886-flood-had-montreal-at-its-mercy|work=Montreal Gazette|title=From the archives: 1886 flood had Montreal at its mercy|first=John |last=Kalbfleisch |date=May 12, 2017|access-date=November 23, 2025}}</ref>
The Square was completely refurbished in 1950 and reopened in 1953. Its size was reduced in the mid-1960s in planning for the coming of the Ville Marie Expressway. The Dow Planetarium (later known as Montreal Planetarium) was constructed in the square in 1966.<ref name=Gazette />
==Monuments== The square used to display two monuments: * ''Nicolaus Copernicus Statue'' (1967) by Bertel Thorvaldsen * ''Sundial'' (1968), by Herman J. van der Heide When the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium was opened near the Olympic Stadium to replace the Montreal Planetarium, both monuments were moved near the new planetarium.
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==Further reading== * Ville de Montréal, ''Les rues de Montréal, Répertoire historique''. Éditions du Méridien. 1995. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204744/http://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/ressources/bibliotheque/dossiers_linguistiques/entrevues/desautels_nguilloton.html Sur la Loi du Square Chaboillez]
Category:Downtown Montreal Category:Squares in Montreal
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