Charles Boehm

Walk inside Centre Nutrilait, a century-old edifice tucked between Rue Notre-Dame and the St. Lawrence River which was once a firehouse but now serves as CF Montréal ’s training facility, and you’ll see a motto splashed across the wall in large font, atop imagery of 1642 MTL and the rest of the club’s rowdy supporters’ groups at Stade Saputo.

‘ Unis par nos différences .’ United by our differences.

It’s one of CFMTL’s slogans, reflective of their region’s burgeoning diversity and their desire to reflect it both on and off the field.

According to 2021 census data, about a quarter of the Montréal metropolitan area’s population – more than a million people –is foreign-born; the proportion is even higher in the city proper. Some 58 percent speak both French and English, a

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