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Official title: Exposition universelle et internationale Montreal 1967 / Universal and International Exhibition Montreal. Expo '67

Theme: Man and his World. Canada's centennial.

Category: Universal exhibition of the 1st category

Opening: April 27, 1967

Duration: April 28 - October 27, 1967, 183 days

Location: Cité du Havre peninsula, Saint Hélène's island and Notre-Dame island in the Saint Lawrence river

Symbol: 'The Man', sculpture by Alexander Calder

Start of planning: December 4, 1959

Organization: Management by a minister appointed by the Canadian government. Preparation, organization and implementation by the Compagnie canadienne de l'Exposition universelle, whose president also holds the office of general secretary of the exhibition

General secretary: Pierre Dupuy

Chief architect: Édouard Fiset

Exhibition director: Andrew G. Kniewasser

Exhibition area: 400 hectares, including 48.5 hectares for the exhibition buildings;
Area of the Canadian part of the exhibition: 14.5 hectares, half for the official government exhibition, half for private exhibitors; foreign exhibitors: 18 hectares

Exhibitors: 60,845 exhibits from 62 nations and 268 companies

Classification: xx sections, 52 groups, 291 classes, according to the classification system of the 1958 exhibition in Brussels

Pavilions: 51 national pavilions, 25 company pavilions, 17 theme pavilions, six Canadian pavilions, five pavilions from American states, three pavilions of international organizations and pavilions of the cities of Paris and Vienna

Visitors: 50,306,648

Entrance prices: Day ticket: adults 2.50 Canadian dollars, Kinder: 1.25; week ticket: 12 Canadian dollars, reduced 10, children 6; season ticket: 35 Canadian dollars, reduced 30, children 17.

Costs: 431,904,683 Canadian dollars

Takings: 221,239,872 Canadian dollars

Loss: 210,664,811 Canadian dollars


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The Montreal World Exposition 1967
 
Year: 1967City: MontrealCountry: Canada
Duration: 28th April - 27th October 1967

 

 

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