The Lost Code

From Habitant to Factory Worker

Workers in Grand-Cascapédia

Musée de la civilisation, Séminaire de Québec archival holdings. Interior of J.-P. Nadeau's Sash and Door Factory, Grand Cascapedia. C.-F. Laforest. Undated. No. Ph1985-0369

For rural Quebecers, leaving the land to work in a factory in the city represented a considerable change. After being accustomed to take care of all aspects of farming themselves and living off the fruits of their labor, they found themselves stuck performing the same repetitive tasks all day long for paltry wages.