The exposition displayed many nations, corporations, industries, technologies, social themes, religions, and designs, including the US pavilion, a geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller. Expo 67 also featured Habitat 67, an urban modular housing complex designed by architect Moshe Safdie, whose units were purchased by private Montrealers after the fair was concluded and is still occupied today.
Most visited: USSR Pavilion
The most popular display of the exposition was the soaring Soviet Union pavilion, which attracted about 13 million visitors.[1] Rounding out the top five pavilions (by attendance) were: Canada (11 million visitors), the United States (9 million), France (8.5 million), and Czechoslovakia (8 million).[1]
Asia: Burma, Ceylon, China (Taiwan), Korea, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Thailand and the United Arab Republic;
Australia;
Europe: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, the USSR, and Yugoslavia;
South America & Caribbean: Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela;
North America: Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
Absent countries included the People's Republic of China, Spain, South Africa (banned from BIE-sanctioned events due to its apartheid policy), and many countries of South America.
Canadian Pavilion - The distinctive building in the form of a large inverted pyramid called the Katimavik, which is the Inuit word for "Gathering Place". The pavilion was located on a 30,285 sq metre lot and designed by Roderick Robbie, Colin Vaughan, Paul Schoeler and Matt Stankiewicz, with consulting architects Evans St. Gelais and Arthur Erickson. The major attractions in the building included a rotating cinema.
Australia - Australia's Pavilion featured a large lounge area with prominent Australian oil paintings and seat-activated audio chairs that gave commentary in either French or English on a variety of Australian topics. There was also a static tropical coral display representing the Great Barrier Reef, and a kangaroo enclosure.
Czechoslovakia - featuring the world's first interactive movie, Kinoautomat, directed by Radúz Činčera, as well as an extensive collection of Bohemian glassware.
3rd most visited: USA Pavilion (with minirail)Apollo Command Module, inside USA Pavilion
United States of America Pavilion - designed by Buckminster Fuller, the pavilion was the third most popular, with over 9 million visits. The building was distinguished by its large 20-story geodesic dome with an acrylic skin (which would catch fire and melt away in 1976).[citation needed] The Expo 67 minirail train passed through the building. Designed by Cambridge Seven Associates, the six levels of exhibits, connected by escalators, were based on the theme of: "Creative America - the positive use of creative energy". The exhibits included everything from American Folk Art and Elvis Presley's guitar to NASA’s Apollo Command Module and Lunar Excursion Module. But not everyone liked the pavilion, including US President Lyndon B. Johnson, who (after a brief visit) was alleged to have said "the homosexuals have had carte blanche!" in reference to the design and content of the displays.[citation needed] After Expo 67, the geodesic dome was repurposed to house the Biosphère.
Bell Telephone Pavilion, also known as the "Telephone Pavilion". The pavilion's feature attraction was the exciting Walt Disney ImagineeringCircle-Vision 360° documentary film Canada '67. From the Expo '67 Guide Book: "You're on centre stage for the RCMP Musical Ride... on centre ice for hockey... on the track at the Stampede! CIRCLE-VISION 360° surrounds you with all the fun and excitement of Canada's most thrilling events and its scenic beauty. And then, take your children to the Enchanted Forest... see exciting new communication services for the future... all in the Telephone Pavilion!"[2] The pavilion also offered many of the public their first look at AT&T's state-of-the-art videophone called the Picturephone, the product of US$500 Million of research and development.
Canadian Pulp and Paper Pavilion - 44 stylized tree tops created the unique roof, the tallest tree reaching 8 stories. Out front, guests were greeted by a stylized sculpture of a roll of paper being unwound. The sculpture had the attached meaning of: "(paper) the principal tool Man uses to record his thoughts". The trees were constructed with tongue and groove Douglas fir plywood (19 mm) over a steel frame. All of the trees had the same 4.9m2 base, but the height varied from 5 to 18 m. The plywood was coated with various shades of green epoxy paints. Over 9,300 m2 of plywood was used to build the roof.[citation needed]
Indians of Canada - A pavilion devoted to the Indigenous people of Canada. It was one of the most controversial buildings as it included photos and works of art that depicted the difficulties faced by Indigenous people in Canada (such as on reserves, and issues raised with the use of Residential schools). It showcased the plight of Indigenous people before and after the arrival of European settlers, and explained at length how those European settlers needed the aid of Indigenous people in order to survive the harsh winters in Canada.[citation needed]
Ontario: The fabric-roofed pavilion contained 16 bilingual exhibits, a 570-seat circular theatre with a 66 by 30 feet (20.1 m × 9.1 m) screen which played the 17-minute film A Place to Stand, which premiered the highly influential multi-dynamic image technique, and a large restaurant complex. The movie included the song "A Place to Stand, A Place to Grow", which became the unofficial theme song for the province. It was designed by Macy DuBois, who also worked with landscape architect Dick Strong on pavilion landscaping, featuring massive granite blocks.[3]
Quebec, designed by Papineau, Gérin-Lajoie, Le Blanc and Durand, architectes.[4]
The Czechoslovakian government donated its pavilion to the government of the province of Newfoundland as a gesture of gratitude for rescue efforts following the crash of ČSA Flight 523 at Gander International Airport on September 5, 1967, during Expo. The pavilion was moved to Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, where it remains in use as the Gordon Pinsent Centre for the Arts.[7]
The Yugoslavian pavilion was purchased for $1 and moved to Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador, where it was reopened in 1971 as the Provincial Seamen's Museum.[8]
The Jeunesses Musicales du Canada pavilion was moved to Orford, Quebec, where it stands on the Orford Musique campus.[8]
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