1979
Architect's drawing of the new Montreal malthouse, a long elevated gallery on stilts joining the plant blocks.
The company
Canada Malting malted barley for brewers and distillers. Three Ontario maltsters combined in 1902. The 1905 Saint-Henri plant on the Lachine Canal was for a time the largest maltings in Canada. The company also built houses in Winnipeg, Calgary, Thunder Bay, and Toronto. It left the canal site around 1980 for a plant in the Port of Montreal.
Canada Malting Co. Limited Annual Report 1979
That year
A new malthouse in Montreal was under construction and scheduled for completion in late 1980.
Canada Malting Co. Limited Annual Report 1979, p. 11