The Institut de réadaptation Gingras-Lindsay-de-Montréal is the result of the 2008 merger of the Institut de réadaptation de Montréal and of the Lindsay Rehabilitation Hospital.

➢ Institut de réadaptation de Montréal

• 1949: Foundation under the auspices of Rotary International, and the Société pour la réhabilitation des infirmes.
• 1954: The establishment adopts the name of “Institut de réhabilitation de Montréal”.
• 1957: Opening of a laboratory for the fabrication and fitting of orthotics and prosthetics. Within the first year, a student training program is begun.
• 1962: The Institut moves to Darlington Avenue in a new building with 110 beds on three floors and an outpatient clinic.
• 1972: The Institut is formally affiliated with the Université de Montréal.
• 1976: The name “Institut de réadaptation de Montréal” is officially adopted.

➢ The Lindsay Rehabilitation Hospital

• 1913: Founded by the administrators of the Loyola Literary and art Club, the Loyola Convalescent Home is inaugurated in Montreal on Overdale Street, and consists of 12 beds.
• 1929: Move to a 33-bed residence on St-Marc Street.
• 1933: Inauguration of a 104-bed pavilion on Hudson Road in Côte-des-Neiges, which was built thanks to the generous contribution of Sir Charles Lindsay, a Montreal piano manufacturer. The establishment then becomes the Montreal Convalescent Hospital.
• 1985: The establishment is officially recognized as a short-term specialized hospital by the ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux du Québec.
• 1997: The institution is renamed The Lindsay Rehabilitation Hospital to better reflect the nature of its mandate and raison-d'être, as well as to honour one of its most important benefactors.