Arunabha Sengupta on WG Grace playing in Canada for Cricket Country:-
“When they reached Montreal, they tarried a while in the luxurious and conveniently located hotel before hunting down the cricket ground in Catherine Street.

Strangely, it was a three-cornered piece of land in ‘a deplorable condition’. It had been used as a rubbish tip, and the surface was pitted and uneven. According to Fitzgerald: “Luckily, some heavy thunderstorms improved the wicket, and by dint of hard work it was made fit to play upon, though it was bad enough in all conscience.”
So even in 1872, cricket infrastructure was a challenge in Canada!
Full story