diff --git a/scripts/geodata/openaddresses/formatter.py b/scripts/geodata/openaddresses/formatter.py
index d495b4fa..e2a41692 100644
--- a/scripts/geodata/openaddresses/formatter.py
+++ b/scripts/geodata/openaddresses/formatter.py
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ class OpenAddressesFormatter(object):
         # All fields
         None: [
             (re.compile('<\s*null\s*>', re.I), six.u('')),
-            (re.compile('[\s]{2,}'), six.u(' '))
+            (re.compile('[\s]{2,}'), six.u(' ')),
+            (re.compile('\`'), six.u("'")),
         ],
         AddressFormatter.HOUSE_NUMBER: [
             # Most of the house numbers in Montreal start with "#"