Founding of Université Laval National Historic Event
Québec, Quebec
Address :
3 de la Vieille Université Street, Québec, Quebec
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1972-05-29
Other Name(s):
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Founding of Université Laval
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Established by royal charter in 1852
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: 3 de la Vieille Université Street, Québec, Quebec
At the request of Le Séminaire de Québec, a royal charter established L’Université Laval, on December 8, 1852. The first Rector, Father Louis-Jacques Casault, set up the Faculties of Theology, Arts, Law, and Medicine. In 1876, Rome granted a pontifical charter and, on December 8, 1970, the Government of Quebec gave new legal existence to the institution. The corner-stone was laid in 1854. For many years, Laval, the first French language university in North America, had a branch in Montreal and, up to 1972, maintained at least one faculty or school here in the old city.