People!

People! Suburbanization transformed the farmland of Laval, c. 1970
Reference: Société d’histoire et de généalogie de l’Île Jésus, C1/D3, 0006
As the suburbs grew, farmland was turned into residential developments. Around 1930, the land behind the Maison St‑Domitille was still farmland—the farm of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. Today, this land is all residential.