Residential Archives | Laval, a Region Well Positioned for a Diversified Economy

Elementary school

You may think that country schoolhouses had only a few students. This elementary school, which was located on Rang du Haut-Saint-François in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, proves otherwise. The countryside was […]

Not So Clean Energy

While there are no longer any oil industry facilities in Laval today, there was once a refinery in Saint-François.

Boomtown

Duvernay, a city developed for an affluent middle class. A bungalow, a fancy car, a beautiful yard and a greener lawn than the neighbour’s. A model of happiness […]

People!

As the suburbs grew, farmland was turned into residential developments. Around 1930, the land behind the Maison St‑Domitille was still farmland—the farm of the Sisters of the Good […]