Olympic torchbearer short-track speedskater Jean-Francois Monette lit the Olympic flame at Montreal's Olympic Stadium on Wednesday. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press)The torch relay entered its 41st day at the Montreal Olympic Stadium, where the world gathered more than three decades ago for the Summer Games.

A small ceremony under light snow was held at the Big O to honour the torch.

On Tuesday night, West Island residents celebrated the torch's passage through Beaconsfield, where 16-year-old Benjamin Mumme carried the flame.

Benjamin Mumme carried the Olympic torch in Beaconsfield. (CBC)"It's something that you will never forget," Mumme said after his short run. "Like, wearing this uniform here, every time I look at it, it's going to tell me that day, when I lit that cauldron, it's for the athletes. This event here, it's for the athletes. That's why we're doing this for all these athletes who train hard."

The Olympic torch is heading to the Laurentians, north of Montreal, for most of Wednesday. It will then wind its way back through six boroughs and 10 demerged cities on the island of Montreal.

The torch has already gone through Brossard, Chambly, Iberville, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, La Prairie, Candiac and Kahnawake, where Mohawk peacekeepers accompanied the procession.

In Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Olympic figure skating medallist Isabelle Brasseur carried the torch. "It's certain that the torch's passage in my hometown stirs up many emotions," she told CBC's French-language service. "It reminds me of so many memories."

On Thursday night, the torch will be celebrated in Old Montreal, where Quebec singer Gregory Charles and Les Choeurs du nouveau monde choir will perform at the Jacques-Cartier Plaza.