<i>I thought it was the almost won referendum that drove this exile, not Bill 101.</i><p>Nope.  The almost won referendum was in 1995.  The referendum that wasn&#x27;t close was 1980.  Bill 101 was 1977.<p>The Bank of Montreal announced its move in 1977.<p>(I&#x27;m aware of this because I had several classmates in high school whose families had moved from Quebec.  They were extremely clear that they moved because of Bill 101, not because of the referendum.)