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The French presence in Cornwall

Exh Religion French Presence Cornwall
Credit: Centre for Research on French-Canadian Culture, University of Ottawa, Franco-Ontarian teachers’ association archive (C50) Editorial by Louis Rocque in Le Droit, on the demands of francophones in the Cornwall area

Industrial expansion in Cornwall in the late 1870s led to an influx of workers and tradespeople from Quebec. Over the years, Cornwall's Franco-Ontarian community has asserted its cultural distinctiveness and paid particular attention to French education and preservation of the French language.

  • Visit the plaque – On the grounds of l'Église de la Nativité de la Bienheureuse Vierge Marie, 300 Montreal Road, Cornwall.

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  • Exh Franco French Presence Cornwall 2
    Credit: Centre for Research on French-Canadian Culture, University of Ottawa, BRO1951-10-p18Various shots of École St. Laurent, a high school in Cornwall
  • Exh Franco French Presence Cornwall
    Credit: Centre for Research on French-Canadian Culture, University of Ottawa, Franco-Ontarian teachers’ association archive (C50)Editorial by Louis Rocque in Le Droit, on the demands of francophones in the Cornwall area
  • Exh Franco Nativity Of Blessed Virgin Cornwall
    Credit: Ontario Heritage Trust.Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Co-Cathedral, Ontario’s Places of Worship Inventory