Guignolée 

The traditional Guignolée of la Société de Saint-Vincent de Paul de Montréal takes place on the third Sunday of November. You also have the opportunity to get involved by making a difference through cash donations, non-perishable food items, and even making online contributions!

The traditional Guignolée is an essential event for the proper functioning our activities. Last year, it allowed us to raise $523,653 in donations.

Every November, SSVP volunteers get to work on one of our most important solidarity events of the year.

The Guignolée was Québec’s first door-to-door charity fundraiser, initiated in 1861 by the SSVP throughout the province’s small town communities to gather food for the needy.

The collection was – and still is – carried out in a festive manner, with carollers tagging along for the cause.

Many decades later, this annual tradition continues, thanks to the unrelenting actions of our vast solidarity network.