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==Montreal and Bonanno antecedents==
Montreal's Italian underworld included a Calabrian-centered organization associated with the Cotroni family and a growing Sicilian faction. The New York Bonanno family maintained a Montreal crew or ''decina'' and personal relationships with figures on both sides.

Nicolo Rizzuto immigrated from Sicily and developed a faction within this environment. His family came from Cattolica Eraclea in Agrigento province, not Castellammare del Golfo. The Rizzutos' inclusion in this collection comes through institutional ties to the Castellammaresi-derived Bonanno family, not through shared Castellammarese birthplace.

Tension between Sicilian and Calabrian factions produced a violent power shift during the 1970s. The Rizzuto side became dominant, but the transition did not erase every Cotroni-linked network or establish that all Montreal Italian organized crime belonged to one family.