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1784 - Pointe-Claire, Quebec

As early as 1670, the sisters were present in Lachine by way of their travelling missions. They journeyed in pairs outside Ville-Marie to develop religious and educational services for the colonist families. In 1676, Bishop de Laval erected the small community into a parish. In the 1680s, the…

1857 - Sherbrooke, Quebec

The establishment of Mont Notre-Dame de Sherbrooke was the result of the initiative of Mrs. Clara Lloyd Felton, who had wanted the opening of the first Catholic school for girls in the region. In 1850, she launched a fundraising campaign to finance her project. When she first undertook this…

1809 - Riviere-Ouelle, Quebec

1877 - Havre-aux-Maisons (Îles-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec

1891 - Pointe-Saint-Charles (Montreal), Quebec

1673 - Montreal, Quebec

1823 - Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce (Sainte-Marie)

1926 - Montreal, Quebec

In 1908, after some years of effort to try to persuade education officials, the Congrégation de Notre-Dame opened École d’enseignement supérieur for young women (also known in English as Superior School and Notre Dame Collegiate Institute), the first Catholic classical women’s college in Quebec…

1944 - Montreal, Quebec

1860 - Montreal, Quebec

1956 - Granby, Quebec

On August 15, 1956, after five years of procedures and anticipation, Granby’s English-speaking Catholic community obtained a place where classes were given in English. The classes of Our Lady of Good Counsel Convent were temporarily held in Notre Dame School, located on Principale Street. When…

1705 - La Prairie, Quebec

1855 - Rimouski, Quebec

From 1851, Father Cyprien Tanguay, pastor of Rimouski, wanted to have sisters to provide education to the girls of his parish. His wish became reality four years later, following the decision made by the General Councilof the Congrégation de Notre-Dame. The community was the first to send…

1847 - Saint-Jean (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Quebec

1903 - Brompton, Quebec

On March 25, 1902, Most Reverend Paul Larocque, Bishop of Sherbrooke, assigned Father Joseph-Siméon Larocque to the parish of Bromptonville. Upon his arrival he wished to establish a parish school. Because there already were, at that time, three Congrégation de Notre-Dame schools in the area (in…

1873 - Saint-Romuald (Lévis), Quebec

1876 - Côte-Saint-Paul (Montreal), Quebec

1895 - Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec

1863 - Montreal, Quebec

Sainte-Catherine Convent was officially established in 1861 by the Congrégation de Notre-Dame as a result of many years of involvement in the Montreal area known as Au Pied-du-Courant or Faubourg à m’lasse (today Sainte-Marie district). Indeed, the sisters had been present there since 1853. At…

1900 - Verdun (Montreal), Quebec

1854 - Montreal, Quebec

Collège Villa Maria’s history is closely connected to the land where it stands. Located in Montreal’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce area, the school grounds first belonged to the Décarie family (1693-1780). In 1795, James Monk, Chief Justice of Lower Canada, purchased this property as well as a piece of…

1857 - Montreal, Quebec

Saint Ann School was established in 1857, an initiative of Sulpician priest, Father Michael O’Brien, whose desire was to open a school for girls of Irish descent. This new school was built on McCord Street (today de la Montagne) in Montreal. As soon as it was founded, he asked the Sisters of the…

1911 - Montreal, Quebec

1956 - Montreal, Quebec

Saint Monica School was already in existence when the Les Sœurs de la Congrégation de Notre-Dame took on its direction. Because the building was small, the Montreal Catholic School Commission built a new, more spacious school. In August 1956, the sisters moved into the former school on Borden…

1857 - Sherbrooke, Quebec

1908 - Montreal, Quebec

Opened in 1908, École d’enseignement supérieur, also known as SuperiorSchool, offered a selection of Arts, Sciences and Business courses. The bilingual school, located within the Congrégation de Notre-Dame Mother house(located at 3040 Sherbrooke Street West, today Dawson College) and…

1961 - Verdun (Montreal), Quebec

Together, the Saint Willibrord Thomas More Parent Teacher Association and the Verdun Catholic School Board requested that the Provincial Government build a new school to replace Saint-Willibrord School, which had become too small to accommodate all its students. Verdun Catholic High School was…

1943 - Alma, Quebec

In August 1943, at the request of Bishop Georges-Arthur Melançon of the Diocese of Chicoutimi, the sisters of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame arrived in Alma. Sainte-Bernadette School, on the corner of Collars Street and Labrecque Avenue, was a branch school of Saint-Joseph Convent, also in Alma…

1943 - Alma, Quebec

n 1943, Most Reverend Georges-Arthur Melançon, Bishop of the Diocese of Chicoutimi, approached the Congrégation de Notre-Dame about opening a boarding school in the town. The mission was established in August 1943 by Sister Sainte-Olive (Marie-Aurélie Bougie), Superior, accompanied by seven…

1894 - Waterbury