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Participants countries:

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Burma
Canada
Ceylon
China
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Ethiopia
France
Great Britain
Germany
Grece
Guyana and Barbados
Haïti
Korea
India
Iran
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Mauritius
Mexico
Monaco
Netherland
Switzerland
Thaïland
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
U.S.S.R.
USA
Venezuela
Yugoslavia

Africa Pavilion:

Cameroun
Democratic Rep. of Congo
Ivory Coast
Gabon
Ghana
Kenya
Madagascar
Nigeria
Ouganda
Rwanda
Senegal
Tanzania
Tchad
Togo

Arabes Pavilions:

Algeria
Kuwait
Le Morocco
United Arab Republic

Scandinavian Pavilion:

Denmark
Finland
Iceland
Norway
Sweden

Province and State Pavilions:

New York State
Maine State
Vermont State

Ontario
Quebec
Atlantic Provinces
West Provinces


Private pavilions:

Steel
Air Canada
Aquarium Alcan
Brewers Pavilion
Canadian Nationall
Canadian Pacific
Christian
European Community
Indians of Canada
Jeunesses Musicales
Judaism
Kalaidescope
Kodak
Hospitality Pavilion
Chatelaine Magazine house
United Nations
OECD Pavilion
Olympic House
Pulp & Paper Industry
Place des Nations
Polymer
Boy Scouts
Sermons from Science
Telephone
Pavilion of Economic Progress

Les Pavillons Thématique:

Man The Explorer
 -Man and life
 -Man, his planet and space
 -Man and the Ocean
 -Man and the Polar regions
 -Man and his healt

Man The Producer
 -Ressources of the man
 -Progress
 -Man in control

Man the Creator
 -Fine arts
 -Photography
 -Industrial Design
 -Sculpture

Man In The Community
Man The Provider
Labyrinth

 

Dates:
April 28 to October 29,
1967

Visitors:
50,306,648.

54,992,000
including staff.

Cost:
431 904 683 $


Revenues:
221 239 872 $


Deficit:
210 664 811 $

Theme:
Terre des Hommes

Musical theme :
Stéphane Venne

Thème Title:
Un jour, un jour
Hey friend, say friend

Interpretes:
Donald Lautrec et
Michèle Richard

Musical Instrumental version :
Marcel Lévêque

Pavilions that impressed the most:

1. Telephone 18%
2. USSR 13%
3. Czech.9%
4. United Kingdom 8%
5. USA 8%
6. Theme Pavilion8%
7. France 6%
8. Canada 6%


Others

Largest single day crowd of 530,000 on April 30.

30 day transit strike in late Sept. halted city buses and new Metro system and is said to have caused loss of a potential 5 million in attedance.

Expo-Express transit system carried 44 million people during exhibition.

Top Ten Restaurants
(Per Sales Volume)

1- Bavarian Restaurant
      Carrefour International

2- USSR Pavilion

3- Canada Pavilion

4- Czechoslovakia Pavilion

5- Canadian Brewer's Pavilion

6- West Germany Pavilion

7- St. Hubert BarBQ -
       Theme Pavilion
8- Scandinavian Pavilion

9- Ontario Pavilion

10- Raphael 67
       Theme Pavilion


The most expensive pavilions

1- U.S.S.R15 millions
2- Czechoslovakia10 Millions
3- USA 9 Millions

Participating nations -
order of precedence:

Canada 12-11-62
Great Britain 29-01-63
Belgium 03-05-63
France 30-08-63
Morocco 16-12-63
Netherlands 04-02-64
Austria 13-02-64
Federal Republic of Germany 18-02-64
Venezuela 04-05-64
Israel 28-05-64
Iran 16-06-64
Sweden (Scandinavian Pavilion) 19-06-64
Finland (Scandinavian Pavilion) 19-06-64
Denmark (Scandinavian Pavilion) 19-06-64
United States 30-07-64
Ceylon 15-08-64
Republic of China 25-08-64
Jamaica 25-08-64
Monaco 01-09-64
Italy 16-09-64
Norway (Scandinavian Pavilion) 21-09-64
Iceland (Scandinavian Pavilion) 25-09-64
Czechoslovakia 02-11-64
Japan 04-11-64
Tunisia 25-11-64
Switzerland 09-12-64
Ghana (Africa Place) 24-12-64
Trinidad & Tobago 21-01-65
Niger (Africa Place) 24-01-65
Ivory Coast (Africa Place) 24-01-65
Cameroon (Africa Place) 24-02-65
Barbados 01-03-65
Thailand 03-03-65
U.S.S.R. 08-03-65
Chad (Africa Place) 09-03-65
India 11-03-65
Ethiopia 19-03-65
Korea 27-04-65
Haiti 10-05-65
Yugoslavia 13-05-65
Democratic Rep. of Congo 03-06-65
Cuba 13-07-65
Guyana 14-07-65
Australia 23-07-65
Tanzania (Africa Place) 26-08-65
Mauritius 02-09-65
Gabon (Africa Place) 03-09-65
Algeria 04-10-65
Senegal (Africa Place) 04-10-65
Togo (Africa Place) 15-10-65
Mexico 18-10-65
United Arab Republic 21-10-65
Kuwait 21-10-65
Kenya (Africa Place) 03-12-65
Greece 01-02-66
Burma 14-03-66
Madagascar (Africa Place) 30-03-66
Uganda (Africa Place) 14-04-66
Grenada 09-05-66
Rwanda (Africa Place) 06-10-66
Nigeria (Africa Place) 08-12-66

Those In Charge

Board of Director

T. Norbert Beaupré: Vancouver
Jean Drapeau: Maire de Montréal

Pierre Dupuy: Commissaire Général*
Herbert H.Lank: Montréal
Victor deB Oland: Halifax
Dr Lucien Piché: Montréal
H.C. Pinder: Saskatoon*
Claude Pratte: Québec
John S. Proctor: Toronto
Maurice Riel: Montréal
André Rousseau: St-Jean Port-Joli*
Lucien Saulnier: Montréal*
Robert F.Shaw: Sous Commissaire Général*
Fridolin Simard: Montréal
Dr O.M. Solandt: Toronto

*Member of executive Committee

Direction

Pierre Dupuy: Commissioner General and President of the Corporation.

Robert F. Shaw: Deputy Commissioner General and Vice-President of the Corporation.

Andrew G. Kniewasser: General Manager.

Installations

Colonel E. Churchill: Director

G. Lambert: Assistant to the Director

Lt Col. L.J.Brown: Deputy Director

E. Fiset: Chief Architect

G. Sarault: Chief Engineer

Finance and Administration

G. Dale Rediker: Director

S. Pecho: Assistant to the Director

others

Pierre de Bellefeuille: Exhibitors Director

Phillipe de Gaspé Beaubien: Operations Director

Jean Coté: Division Heads Director Adm.

Yves Jasmin: Public Relations Director

 

Crédit photos: Archives Nationales du Canada, Raymond Dashner, Robert Lavigne, Jeffrey Stanton,
Parc Jean Drapeau, Jean Pierre Bonin et Lillian Seymour ©