With the White Fathers having vacated the property by the mid 1970s, the City of Vanier – in
partnership with the National Capital Commission – transformed the grounds into a municipal park. While the former residence of the Soeurs Antoniennes de Marie was repurposed into the public library, and a 1960s addition was retained for community uses, the primary building, the White Fathers Scholasticate, was demolished in 1977 (photo taken September 29, 1977).
VanierThen is a monthly series, produced in collaboration with Vanier’s Muséoparc. Special thanks to the museum’s researcher, Yanick Labossière, and museum’s curator, Janik Aubin-Robert, for making this possible. Image Credit: MVM.2010.P.0100.0007