This street is named in honour of French author Louis Hémon (1880-1913), who was born in Brest, but grew up in Paris, where his parents moved when he was …

Luc Pelletier (1859-1944) was born in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies (Lower Saint Lawrence) and was an entrepreneur who played a key role in the development of the Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides municipality, today a part of …

This street was named in honour of Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (1867-1952), who served as the 14th premier of Quebec from 1920 to 1936. Born in Quebec City, he was the son …

This street is named in honour of Jean Liégeois (1600-1655), a Jesuit friar who was born in Verdun, France. Skilled in the building trades and equipped with a sound education, …

This street is named in honour of Louis-Alexandre Bélisle (1902-1985), who was born in Saint-Éloi-de-Témiscouata, a small village near Trois-Pistoles in the Lower St. Lawrence region, but who lived in …

This short dead-end street in the Old City that runs off Rue Saint-Louis has been very much in the public eye lately, as it is where the iconic “cannonball tree” …

These streets in the Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy district of Quebec City are named after Charles Hugh Le Pailleur (Jones), who was born in Montreal on May 1, 1876, the son of Charles …

This street in the Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy district of Quebec City is named after François-Marc-Antoine Le Mercier (1722-1798), a French artillery officer who first arrived in Canada in 1740 as a cadet …

Avenue Livernois, a residential street in the La Cité-Limoilou borough of Quebec City, is named in honour of three generations of famous photographers, the Livernois family. Jules-Isaïe Benoit dit Livernois …

A very short street and a stairway are named in honour of the Lépine family, notably Germain Legris dit Lépine (1821-1899) who began his career as a cabinet maker. In …