One Sunday in Canada

One Sunday in Canada visits an Italian community in the northwest sector of Montreal, where about half of the city's 150,000 Italians live. In the new suburbs where they are settling, the streets may have names like Venice, Naples, Genoa; and wherever men and women gather, there is the ebullience characteristic of the Latin. This is a Sunday on which special observances are held at the Italian church of Madonna della Difesa, and it is also the Sunday when Montreal's Cantalia soccer team challenges Toronto's Italia. A very human story of people adapting to life in a new environment.
Directed by Gilles Carle - 1961 | 27 min
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[@claudelalonde1732]

Gilles Carle, great director, became famous after.

[@garyhersemeyer2642]

Kudos to the sound recording team for a wonderfully vibrant soundtrack.
Love the narration, too.
The description shows a date of 1961 but the date at the end of the film itself is 1963.

[@SDS-ee9js]

Yeah I noticed that too, perhaps it was filmed in 1961 and released in 63?

[@frankdenardo8684]

I visited Montreal in 1989. I did go to the Italian enclave known as Little 🇮🇹. A nice vibrant community.

[@frediheld5649]

Nice One !!!

[@hectorkingjr]

25:08 to 27:39 I like that toon he sings very well.