 The Alouettes are currently owned by Crawford Steel executives Sid Spiegel and Gary Stern (through their subsidiary S and S Sportsco), who took over the team on January 6, 2020; the team had been purchased by the CFL in 2019 after the previous owner, American businessman Robert Wetenhall, could not find a buyer.Prior to selling the team to the league, Wetenhall was the league's only remaining non-Canadian owner.Canadian football has a long history in Montreal, dating to the 1850s.