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In 1886, Victor Theodule Daubigny founded the "École de médecine vétérinaire française de Montréal" (the French Veterinary Medicine School of Montreal), which was affiliated with Victoria University in Ontario; however, Daubigny broke ties with Victoria University after one year. The school was officially founded on April 4, 1886, and inaugurated on September 30th of the same year. The first courses were taught in a newly-constructed building on Craig street in Montreal, which also served as a residence, clinic, pharmacy, and library. Certain courses, such as chemistry, histology, and physiology, were taught at the University of Laval in Montreal's faculty of medicine.  

In 1886, French veterinarian Victor-Théodule Daubigny founded a veterinary school in Montreal where teaching would be conducted only in French, l’École vétérinaire française de Montréal (The French Veterinary School of Montreal). At this point in time, three other veterinary schools already existed in Quebec; however, the school that Daubigny founded was the only one able to survive the crises, wars, and declining horse industry Quebec faced over the next several decades.  

The faculty of veterinary medicine moved to Oka, Quebec in 1928, and then to St. Hyacinthe, Quebec in 1947. It became the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Montreal officially in 1969.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Daubigny's son, François-Théodule Daubigny, took over and negotiated a successful association with the University of Montreal; however, large financial difficulties forced the veterinary facultry to leave Montreal in 1928, moving to an agricultural school in Oka, Quebec.

 

In the summer of 1947, the veterinary school left Oka and re-established in St. Hyacinthe, a region with a strong agricultural potential. The construction of the school's buildings was completed in 1953 and accredited in 1954. Ten years later, the school's first bovine and equine clinic was opened. The first woman was admited to the program in 1965.  

 

The school was officially considered a Faculty in 1969 and, in 1975, the school officialy became the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Montreal; this year also marked the inauguration of the largest clinic in Quebec that specialized in small animals. All these factors lead to the formation of several research groups at the Faculty, as well as the introduction of graduate level education options.

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