Quick reference of Ottawa's french history (1826-2006) : 1826 Village of Bytown created
1827 Bytown's first bilingual catholic church opens
1830 Jean-Baptiste St-Louis Builds Bytown's first sawmill
1826-1832 Rideau canal construction
1832 First catholic school built at the corner of Sussex and St. Patrick streets
1833 François Dupuis and family are Orléans' first settlers
1844 Arrival of the "Pères Oblats de Marie-Immaculée" (Oblate Fathers)
1845 Arrival of Sister Élisabeth Bruyère, founder of the Sœurs de la Charité, also known as Sœurs
grises de la Croix
1845 Sœurs de la Charité open first bilingual school
1846 Village of Carlsbad Springs created
1847 Bytown incorporated (legaly established– 1850)
1848 Cumberland post office opens
1848 Collège Saint-Joseph founded (will later become the University of Ottawa)
1850 Township of Gloucester created
1852 Cercle littéraire founded (will later become l’Institut canadien-français d’Ottawa)
1852 Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste d’Ottawa founded
1854 First train arrives in Ottawa
1855 Bytown becomes a city and is renamed Ottawa
1856 Ottawa Separate School Board/Conseil des écoles séparées d'Ottawa created
1857 Ottawa designated capital of the Province of Canada
1860 Paroisse St-Joseph d’Orléans created
1858 Le Progrès newspaper created
1861 Le Courrier d’Ottawa newspaper created
1861 Village of Navan founded
1863 l’Union St-Joseph d’Ottawa founded (known today as Union du Canada)
1864 Arrival of the Frères des écoles chrétiennes (Christian Brothers)
1866 Collège de Bytown becomes University of Ottawa
1867 Ottawa becomes the capital of Canada
1868 Arrival of les Sœurs de la Congrégation de Notre-Dame
1868 Building of Montréal road
1872 Paroisse de Cyrville created
1872 Building of Martineau Hotel, Murray street
1873 Paroisse Saint-Jean-Baptiste d’Ottawa founded, the city's first french language church
1884 Arrival of les pères dominicains (Dominican Fathers)
1885 Couvent des Sœurs de la Charité opens in Gloucester(Orléans)
1887 Arrival of les Adoratrices du Précieux-Sang-de-Jésus
1889 Collège d’Ottawa becomes University of Ottawa
1889 First school opens in Janeville (known today as Vanier)
1891 Arrival of les Filles de la Sagesse (Daughters of Wisdom)
1896 Le Temps newspaper created (ceased publication in 1916)
1897 School opens in Navan
1900 Major fire in Ottawa-Hull
1900 Collège dominicain de théologie et de philosophie founded
1903 Fire at the University of Ottawa
1904 Monument national d’Ottawa opens (closed in 1938)
1905 l’Alliance française d’Ottawa founded
1909 Janeville and Clarkstown merge : named Eastview
1910 l’Association canadienne-française d’Éducation d’Ontario founded
1912 First Caisse populaire founded (Sainte-Anne d’Ottawa)
1912 Eastview (renamed Vanier in 1969) becomes a city
1913 Le Droit publishes its first edition
1914 Fédération des femmes canadiennes-françaises founded
1915 Monument Samuel de Champlain erected at Nepean point
1916 Teacher strike and occupation of l’École Guigues
1917 Le Courrier fédéral newspaper founded (ceased publication in 1925)
1918 First french speaking scout troupe (Notre-Dame d'Ottawa)
1919 Sœurs de l’Institut Jeanne d’Arc founded, the diocese's first religious sisters congregation
1922 St-Joseph d’Orléans becomes a village
1924 Saint-Vincent hospital opens
1926 l’Ordre de Jacques-Cartier created (disolved in 1965)
1934 Jacques-Cartier cross erected on Montreal road
1944 Société Richelieu founded (later renamed Richelieu International)
1947 Eastview (known today as Vanier) changes 50 street names to reflect the city's french
character
1949 l’École secondaire Eastview opens, the first bilingual secondary school
1953 Montfort Hospital opens
1967 Blackburn Hamlet created
1969 Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton created
1969 Eastview changes its name to Vanier
1976 Festival franco-ontarien created
1981 Liaison magazine is created
1981 Gloucester becomes a city
1981 Nepean becomes a city
1983 L’École secondaire De-La-Salle creates an arts concentration
1986 Fondation franco-ontarienne created
1988 Conseil scolaire de langue française d’Ottawa-Carleton created
1989 Regroupement des organismes du patrimoine franco-ontarien created
1990 Cité collégiale opens
1997 SOS Montfort rally at Ottawa Civic Centre (10 000 people)
1998 Creation of Conseil scolaire des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario
1998 Creation of Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est
2001 Jeux de la francophonie held in Ottawa
2005: 150th anniversary of the establishment of the City of Ottawa.
2006 - 2007 Erection of 6 Monuments de la francophonie d’Ottawa 2007: 150th anniversary of Queen
Victoria’s designation of Ottawa as the capital of Canada.
2009: 100th anniversary of the Grotte de Lourdes, located in Vanier.
2010: 100th anniversary of L’Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario (AFO), also known under the
names L’Association canadienne-française d’éducation d’Ontario (ACFEO) and L’Association canadienne-française de l’Ontario (ACFO).
2010: establishment of La Radio communautaire francophone d’Ottawa (RCFO).
Development team Coordination - Direction: Francis Beaulieu (Muséoparc Vanier Museopark); Manon Henrie-Cadieux, Alain Poirier (French Language Services Division, City of Ottawa), Jean Yves Pelletier, Christine Moriceau
Content (research and writing): Jean Yves Pelletier
Revision: Robert Serré, Lucie Lecomte, Yves Breton, Yanick Labossière
Translation: French Language Services Division, City of Ottawa
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Graphic Design: Christine Moriceau (chrismoriceau@yahoo.ca) We acknowledge the financial support provided by the Department of Canadian Heritage |