This image shows a Dominion Corset sewing workshop. Members of the management team scrutinize the seamstresses’ work. Conditions could be arduous for the women, who earned a meagre salary. In the 1950s, the factory introduced assembly-line work, and many workers were paid by quantity.

1945 - 1965

Working at Dominion Corset

The Dominion Corset factory was located on Dorchester Street. Company founder Georges-Élie Amyot acquired the former Guillaume Bresse and Company shoe factory in 1897. This factory produced corsets, bras and the cardboard boxes used to package products. The factory was renowned for its architecture and the quality of the women’s lingerie it produced, notably the Sarong and Daisyfresh lines in the 1950s. Dominion Corset was sold to Canadelle WonderBra in 1988. The manufacturer then moved to the Vanier Industrial Park.

Bosses supervising workers at Dominion Corset

Roger Bédard This image shows a Dominion Corset sewing workshop. Members of the management team scrutinize the seamstresses’ work. Conditions could be arduous for the women, who earned a meagre salary. In the 1950s, the factory introduced assembly-line work, and many workers were paid by quantity.

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Depicted period: 1952

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