This street honours the memory of Gabriel Taschereau (1915-1999), a military aviation group captain, born in Victoriaville. At the outset of the 1939-1945 war, he enrolled in the Royal Canadian …

This street honours musician Georges Dor (Georges-Henri Doré), who was born in 1931, the youngest of a family of 11 children of Irish ancestry. Dor worked in a factory in …

Quebec City has an Avenue Garneau and a Rue Garneau, and each is named after a different person. Avenue Garneau, located on the Plains of Abraham, is named in honour …

This street is named in honour of Gaëtane De Montreuil, which was the pen name of Quebec author Géorgina Bélanger (1867-1951). She has been described as being one of the …

François Hazeur (1638-1708) was a merchant and entrepreneur, seigneur, member of the Compagnie du Nord and the Compagnie de la Colonie, and member of the Conseil Supérieur. Hazeur immigrated to …

This street is named in honour of Françoise Aubut (1922-1984), an organist and music teacher who was born in Saint-Jérôme. She was the great-granddaughter of Calixa Lavallée (1842-1891), who is …

This street is named in honour of Louis-Roch-Hector Fabre (1834-1910), a lawyer, journalist, diplomat and senator born in Montreal. He was admitted to the bar in 1856 but practised law …

This road is named after the foulon (fulling mill) where wool was treated to produce a heavy homespun cloth. The mill was built in 1710 by the Séminaire de Québec …

This street is named in honour of Narcisse-Henri-Édouard Faucher, who was born in Quebec City on March 24, 1848. He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and at Collège …

Guillaume-Eugène Chinic (1818-1889) was born in Quebec City. At a very early age, probably around 15, he began working for François-Xavier Méthot, who owned a hardware store on Rue Saint-Pierre. …