It started in the 70's and was a slow process. There are still a couple of men-only Taverns. The rule was, after a certain date, all new Taverns & ones that changed ownership had to serve women, but ones that stayed in the same family didn't. So it was a slow evolution. There was a Tavern on Monkland that was men-only into the 90s, and a beer cost 75 cents, but it's now a fancy restaurant (still with the same Tavern sign) & a beer costs 6-8 bucks.

I remember the rage of some guys when the TP Tav in St Laurent started serving women! "They'll put up frilly curtains and the price of beer will go way up." they cried. And they were right on both counts!

Yes I remember the sawdust floors & free peanuts and the drool and spit and vomit and pee with some fondness. But not THAT much fondness.

The Peel Pub still only had one washroom with a trough last time I went in some yrs ago, even though it admitted women. They had to take their chances!