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

We still love it!

Although it sounds like a cliché, our first contact with a cultural community came through restaurants, such as those serving Chinese cuisine, which everyone loves.

Future Nurses

Women have long worked in so-called traditional occupations. Cécile L. Dagenais founded and ran the Sainte-Rose General Hospital in 1957. In 1962, she founded and ran the École […]

Interview with Jacques A. Catudal, founding president of the Chambre de commerce et d’industrie de Laval

Interview with Jacques A. Catudal, founding president of the Chambre de commerce et d’industrie de Laval [Music: soft classical piano] Title on screen on black background: Interview with […]

Strength in Numbers

With the opening of the Laval public market in June 1983, a wide variety of specialized food stores came together, to the great delight of the community’s food […]

United We Stand!

The economic development of a region or city was long the domain of a boy’s club, as can be seen in this photograph of members of the Association […]

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 […]

Citizen Involvement

As urban sprawl developed in the 1960s and 1970s, residential neighbourhoods were getting closer and closer to quarry sites. Around the mid-1970s, citizen protests were organized to denounce […]

A Major Project

The arrival of shopping centres was a game changer in the 1960s. One of the largest projects was Carrefour Laval. Its construction was announced on February 27, 1969, by […]

It’s a Bargain!

In the first half of the 20th century, Montrealers began to experience a housing crisis. With the goal of finding a home for their families, many of them […]

The Golden Age of Beaches

Île Jésus was long known for its many beaches. At its height, it was home to more than 50 public and private beaches.

An Afternoon on the River

Our ancestors knew how to have fun. This postcard from 1910 features one of the canoe regattas that were held on Des Prairies River in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul. This type […]

The End of an Era

These are the ruins of the second mill built on Moulin Island in St-François, on Des Prairies River, on the southern tip of Île Jésus. The first mill, […]