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The list of alumnae includes Jeanne Le Ber (1662–1714), the saintly "recluse of Montreal", and Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville(1701–1771), foundress of the Grey Sisters at Montreal. During the French Revolution (1789–1799) several French refugees were chaplains to the monastery, the most notable being Abbé L.P. Desjardins, who died in ...
In its early years, in addition to providing subsistence for the Congregation, the farm served as a preparatory school. It housed young women destined for or residing in Montreal, as well as some Filles du Roi, who were recruited in France. These girls were brought to New France in order to provide wives for the numerous single men of the ...
As such, the Crown within Quebec's jurisdiction is referred to as the Crown in Right of Quebec (French: couronne du chef du Québec, pronounced [kuʁɔn dy ʃɛf dy kebɛk]), [2] His Majesty in Right of Quebec (French: Sa Majesté du chef du Québec, pronounced [sa maʒɛste dy ʃɛf dy kebɛk]), [3] or the King in Right of Quebec (French: le ...
In 1896, the Montreal Park and Island Railway Company tramway reached Saint-Laurent along the Grande-Allée-de-Florence (current Decarie Boulevard). The same year, at the instigation of the mayor and promoter Édouard Gohier, the city adopted an urban plan which grouped together the sectors of activity following the City Beautiful model.
Montreal [a] is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the ninth-largest in North America.It was founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", [19] and is now named after Mount Royal, [20] the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. [21]
Henoc Beauséjour (French pronunciation: [enɔk boseʒuʁ]; born November 18, 1973), known by his stage name Roi Heenok (/ r w ɑː h iː n ɒ k /), [stress?] is a Canadian rapper, producer and entrepreneur of Haitian descent from Montreal, Quebec.
Rates on a 15-year mortgage stand at an average 6.21% for purchase and 6.17% for refinance, up 3 basis points from 6.18% for purchase and up 3 basis points from 6.14% for refinance over the past week.
This is a list of the premiers of the province of Quebec since Canadian Confederation in 1867. Quebec uses a unicameral (originally bicameral) Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the National Assembly (previously called the Legislative Assembly).