Under the British Regime, Sillery was a small town made up of large British upper-class estates and working-class neighbourhoods inhabited by people of French and Irish origin. While religious associations took possession of several estates, most were subdivided in the 1960s to make way for residential development projects that starkly changed the space.

1945 - 1969

A bird’s-eye view of Québec City in the post-war years

The post-war years brought a period of unprecedented prosperity to Québec City. The countryside and villages that once surrounded the city gave way to new, ever-expanding suburbia. It was the era of the bungalow and the shopping mall that, ever spreading, gradually swallowed up the villages around the city. This aerial photo album reflects this era of transformation around Québec City. Do you recognize the region’s landscapes, as they changed between 1945 and the late 1960s?

Aerial view of Saint-Charles-Garnier parish in Sillery

Auteur inconnu Under the British Regime, Sillery was a small town made up of large British upper-class estates and working-class neighbourhoods inhabited by people of French and Irish origin. While religious associations took possession of several estates, most were subdivided in the 1960s to make way for residential development projects that starkly changed the space.

Chronoscope Can you name any of the buildings in this photo? (unilingual French for a limited time)

Depicted period: 1949

Source: Ville de Québec Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - W. B. Edwards Inc. Fonds - Date: 1949

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