Montmorency takes its name from a town in France.
Settlement of the area dates from the mid 1800s. The population was minimal in the area until the early 1900s. The population rose in the 1920s, when the township was established, following the opening of the railway line. Originally the area was used for orchards, poultry farms and dairy farms. The biggest surge in development occured following the wars, in particular the 1950s and 1960s. Following this, the population levelled out from the early 1990s. This was due to new residences being built, but the average household size decreased.
I grew up in Montmorency in the 1960s and 70s and the housing landscape has changed enormously since then. When my parents first built in the area in the late 1950s, their house was one of the first in their street.
Source City of Banyule community profile- Montmorency
Image: Montmorency Railway Station, 2009 from Wikicommons