Marguerite Bourgeoys

Portrait of Marguerite Bourgeoys a prominent individual in New France who opened the first school in Montréal in 1658, painted by Pierre le Ber. ...

Wellington Street, Sherbrooke, QC, 1910

"The industrialization of Quebec brought with it another phenomenon: urbanization. In fact, more and more people were now living in cities than in the countryside. Most people moved to the city because that was where the industries were located. And...

Jules-Paul Tardivel (1895-1921)

Jules-Paul Tardivel (post-Confederation ultramontanist nationalist) (2 September 1851 – 24 April 1905) was an American–Québécois writer and a significant promoter of Quebec nationalism. In the 1880s, he founded La Verité, a weekly newspaper e...

La Vérité, juillet 1881

In 1881, Jules-Paul Tardivel founded La Vérité, French Canada's most influential ultramontane newspaper. ...