‘We worked hard’: After 50 years in Montreal, couple’s clothing shop to close
Global News
After half a century in business in Montreal's Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, a longtime business run by a couple who immigrated to Montreal from India has decided to call it quits.
The Dheers have been working for quite some time — half a century, to be exact.
They’ve been running their women’s clothing store in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, on Ontario Street, for 35 years, but have been store owners for 50.
“We worked hard, there’s lots of ups and downs, but Ontario Street is the best — it gave us a lot of love and I think we did good,” said Swaran Dheer.
The Dheers came to Montreal from India in the 1970s.
They opened up their first store, Miss India, at Plaza Ontario in 1974, and then they bought another building down the street in 1985.
They called it Boutique Swaran and moved into the apartment with their two boys, right on top.
“Living upstairs and then working downstairs on the weekend — and helping out your family, your parents, succeed,” said their son, Kesh Dheer. “It was definitely an eye-opening experience.”
The family says adapting to life in Montreal wasn’t necessarily easy.
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