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Cléo Ducharme et son épouse Flore, Rosanna Généreux et Joseph Ducharme (Rosanna et Jos sont mes grands-parents). Photo courtesy of Joëlle Roy

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Descendants de la Vallée du Saint-Laurent

Il est parti au chantierY avait à peine 15 ansY a moyen de s’en sortirPour ça, faut faire d’l’argentY en a en Ontario sous la...

Toronto’s Paroisse du Sacré-Cœur is one of dozens of churches across Ontario that assists in keeping the francophone community a viable part of the entire fabric of Ontario.

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Keeping the faith: The Church and French Ontario

The arrival of the Catholic Church in modern-day Ontario can be traced back to New France with the establishment of the missions of Sainte-Marie-among-the-Hurons in...

The family of Simon Aumont. Only Simon himself and Irène (seated, holding a doll), survived the great fire that devastated the region in 1916, Val Gagné (Ontario), [before 1916]. University of Ottawa Centre for Research on French Canadian Culture, TVOntario archive (C21), reproduced from the collection of Germaine Robert, Val Gagné, Ontario.

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Developing communities: French-Canadian settlement in Ontario

In 1840, as Upper Canada was about to become Canada West, a grand migratory movement began from the neighbouring colony of Canada East (Quebec). The...

Plaque at the River Raisin National Battlefield Park in Monroe, Michigan. The Battle of Frenchtown, also know as the Battle of the River Raisin, was a series of conflicts that took place during the War of 1812. (Photo: Guillaume Teasdale)

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Choosing sides: French presence on the Detroit frontier during the War of 1812

Battles of the War of 1812, waged on the Detroit frontier, had a significant impact on the lives of the predominantly French settlers of the...

Pioneers of Penetanguishene. A group of voyageurs – Lewis Solomon, John Bussette, James Laramee and Francis Dusome – from an 1895 photograph (Source: A.C. Osborne, The Migration of the Voyageurs from Drummond Island to Penetanguishene in 1828, Toronto, Ontario Historical Society Papers and Records, 1901).

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The early French experience in Ontario

The French came to present-day Ontario as early as 1610, and Canadiens (descendants of French colonists) were established in three areas by 1840. The story...

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An interview with Madeleine Meilleur

Recently, the Ontario Heritage Trust interviewed Madeleine Meilleur – Ontario’s Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, and the Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs. Her...

Champlain (George A. Reid, c. 1908, Library and Archives Canada/ George Agnew Reid fonds/C-011016.

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Resources: Understanding the French experience in Ontario

Government of Ontario: Ministry of Francophone Affairs Centre for Research on French Canadian Culture Centre for Franco-Ontarian Studies (CRÉFO) Le Centre franco-ontarien de folklore Métis...

Michelle Lafleur celebrating Francophone Day at De La Salle high school.

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Young francophones

It was an honour for me to receive the Lieutenant Governor’s Youth Achievement Award for Ontario heritage conservation for 2011. And on top of that...