La Isonto laseNotre-Dame itholakala endaweni engokomlando e-Old Montreal, e Montreal, Isifundazwe saseQuebec. Isonto likhona ku-110 West Notre-Dame Street, ekhoneni likaSanta Sulpice Street. Itholakala eduze kweSaint-Sulpice Seminary futhi ibhekene ne-Place d »Armes.
Ukwakhiwa kwesonto elinjengesitayela samaGoth kungenye yezinto ezihlaba umxhwele kakhulu emhlabeni, futhi ingaphakathi lalo likhulu futhi linemibala, uphahla lwalo lumnyama luhlaza okwesibhakabhaka futhi lihlotshiswe ngezinkanyezi zegolide, kanti yonke enye ingcwele iyi-blues polychrome, i-Azores, okubomvu, okaphephuli, isiliva negolide.
Igcwele amakhulukhulu ezinto eziqoshwe ngokhuni eziqoshiwe nezithombe ezihlukahlukene zenkolo. Okungajwayelekile esontweni, amafasitela anengilazi anezindonga ezisezindongeni zethempeli awavezi izigcawu eziseBhayibhelini, kepha kunalokho abonisa izigcawu zomlando wezenkolo waseMontreal. Iphinde ibe nohlaka lwamapayipi eCasavant Frères, lwangonyaka we-1891 kanye namapayipi angaphezu kwe-9.000 ngamanye kanye nebhodi lokuhambisa.
Umsuka wawo usukela esikhathini sikaMbhishobhi u-Ignace Bourget, owayengamele ukwakhiwa kwawo ngemuva kokushiswa kwethempeli lokuqala lamaKhatholika ngo-1852. Ukwakhiwa kwaqala ngo-1875 kuya ku-1894.
Isakhiwo esivelile simboza ngaphansi kwengxenye yesine yobuso bokuphefumlelwa kwaso kwamaRoma. Okuhlaba umxhwele kakhulu iSonto eliphakeme ngamamitha angu-252. Ingaphakathi alithokozisi kangako kunangaphandle, kepha i-altare eliyinhloko likufanele ukuvakashelwa.
Isonto linikela ngohlelo lomculo lokudlala kwamakhwaya nezitho zomzimba. Kuyisiko phakathi kwabahlali baseMontréal ukuya emcimbini waminyaka yonke kaDisemba ka-Handel kaMesiya ngoKhisimusi.
Isonto manje likhokhisa imali yokungena engu- $ 5.00 yezivakashi, ngaphandle kwalapho bezothamela imisa. "Futhi Kwakukhona Ukukhanya," umbukiso ozwakalayo futhi olula oveza umlando wesonto, uphinde unikezwe kusihlwa, ngoLwesibili kuya ngoMgqibelo (amathikithi angama- $ 10 kubantu abadala [18], $ 9 kubantu abadala abadala kanye $ 5 ezinganeni kanye nabantu abadala abasebasha).