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Walker-Marchand moved to Ottawa where she established this organization dedicated to helping French-Canadian soldiers and their families during and after the First World War. The organization expanded beyond Ottawa to form chapters in Francophone communities across Canada.

This plaque commemorates the establishment of the Exhibition (the “Ex”), a national event that has occurred since 1912.

Originally from near Bordeaux, France, Jeanne Branda felt a calling to become a nun and a teacher. In 1899, she joined the Dominican Sisters of Nancy, where she took on the name Sister Marie Thomas d’Aquin. She moved to the United States and then, while visiting Ottawa in 1914, agreed to head the Jeanne d’Arc Institute.

Born in Devonshire, England, Scadding came to Canada in 1821. He was the first rector of the nearby Church of the Holy Trinity and authored many books on the history of Toronto. Scadding lived in this house from 1862 until his death.

In November 1929, two Finnish-Canadians left the Port Arthur area to recruit bushworkers for a strike. Their bodies were found the following spring. Many locals suspected foul play, but the coroner’s jury ruled the deaths as accidental drowning. The two men remain as martyrs to the cause of organized labour.