The Lost Code

French Canadian Businesses

In Front of Confiserie Lamontagne, 1909

Patrick Donovan collection

Proteau and Carignan's Brewery

Taken from Quebec Ancient and Modern, 1900
Québec City Archives Collection , N009401
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Beginning in the late 1800s, businesses started by French Canadian entrepreneurs—often with modest seed money—started to become successful and carved out a place for themselves on the Québec and Canadian markets. Bombardier, Biscuits Viau, and Biscuits Leclerc are good examples.