Benjamin Sulte

1841 – 1923   The most prolific writer of his generation, Sulte was a poet, novelist but mostly an historian who authored an eight-volume history of French Canadians and an estimated 3500 articles on a wide variety of topics. Opinionated … Read More

Antoine Gérin-Lajoie

1824 – 1882   A French Canadian poet and author, Gérin-Lajoie is best remembered for having penned the lyrics of Un Canadien errant, a song about the exiled Patriotes of the 1837 Rebellion, and Jean Rivard, défricheur canadien, one of … Read More

Archibald Lampman

1861-18 99   Lampman is considered one of the finest exponents of the Canadian school of nature poetry. He died at age 37 of pneumonia. In a “Night of Storm”, a sonnet written in 1887, Lampman points to the darker … Read More

Bertram Loeb

1916-2006   In the 1950s and 60s, Loeb transformed the small family wholesale tobacco and confectionary business into a retail giant by buying Canada’s first IGA franchise and becoming the second largest food retailer in Eastern Ontario. He later became … Read More

Sam Berger

1900 – 1992   Lawyer, developer, businessman, politician and philanthropist, Sam Berger owned successively both the Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Alouettes football clubs leading them to several Grey Cups. He twice ran for mayor of the City of Ottawa. … Read More

Andrew Fleck

1848 – 1924   Born in Montreal, the son of a foundry owner, a modest and unassuming man, Andrew Walker Fleck was a businessman and philanthropist who worked in the lumber and transportation business for J.R. Booth.   The house[1] … Read More

George Goodwin

1846 – 1915   Born in Ireland, George Goodwin arrived in Canada at the age of four, was educated at the College of Ottawa (now the University), worked in his uncle’s business and became a wealthy contractor building large public … Read More

John Mather

1827-1907 Mather worked primarily in the lumber industry. Starting his working life in Scotland as a millwright and machinist before immigrating to Canada in 1857 to manage Gilmour’s lumber operations on the Gatineau and Ottawa rivers. Later, he became a … Read More

James W. Woods

1863-1930   In 1885, Woods established himself as an outfitter of canvas supplies to lumbermen in the Ottawa Valley. He established his own manufacturing facility to produce tents, sleeping bags, and canvas bags. He invented a new light canvas so … Read More

Alphonse Desjardins

1854-1920   Desjardins is the founder of the Quebec-based credit union now known as Mouvement Desjardins. It is the largest cooperative financial institution in Canada with over $260 billion in financial assets in 2015.   For 25 years (between 1892 … Read More

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