Plaques, Statues, etc.:
Ottawa, Ontario
Parliament Hill
Statue
Ottawa, Ontario
Near the entrance to Notre Dame Cemetery
Monument
Ville des Laurentides, Quebec
Places, Buildings, etc.
Named After Prime Minister:
Laurierville, County of Megantic, Quebec.
Laurier. A canton (township) in Portneuf County, Quebec.
Laurier. A canton (township) in Laviolette County, Quebec.
Laurier. Village North West of McCreary, Manitoba. Original name FOSBERY changed to Laurier to mark the election of the first French Canadian PM.
Laurier. Municipal district east of Saddle Lake, Alberta. Named in 1914.
Laurier Pass. East of Finlay Reach, Williston Lake, British Columbia. Named after the PM of Canada by Inspector J.D. Moodie of the North West Mounted Police, who had discovered the Pass in 1897.
Mount Laurier. Immediately south of Laurier Pass, British Columbia.
Laurier. Geographic township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, North East of Sundridge Village.
Laurier. Township in Parry Sound District, Ontario. Established in 1878.
The Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, Ontario. Luxury hotel opened in 1912, along with the Union Station, across Rideau Street.
Laurier Street in Sandy Hill, Ottawa, Ontario. Was first called Theodore Street
Historic Sites:
Saint-Lin-des-Laurentides, comté de l'Assomption, Quebec
Arthabaska, Quebec
(16 Laurier-Ouest)
Sir Wilfrid Laurier National Historic Site,
250, 12th Avenue,
Ville des Laurentides, Quebec
(formerly Saint-Lin)
Laurier House National Historic Site,
350 Laurier Ave.East,
Ottawa, Ontario
Additional Information
on Historic Sites:
SIR WILFRID LAURIER HOUSE NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK, Ville-des-Laurentides, Quebec
56 km north of Montreal, Quebec
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Canada's seventh prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party for 32 years, spent his childhood in the village of St. Lin north of Montreal, now called Ville-des-Laurentides. This small brick veneer building with a sloping roof and a front verandah belonged to his father, and was one of Laurier's first homes. Now a national historic site, the house has been restored to the early 1850s period.
LAURIER HOUSE, 335 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa, Ontario
Named by Prime Minister Mackenzie King and bequeathed by him to the nation with contents on his death in 1950. The house was formally opened as a public museum in 1951.
Built by John Leslie, a jeweller, in 1878, it was bought in 1897 by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who added the verandah. After his death in 1919, Lady Laurier lived on in the house until she died in 1921. She willed it to King.
The museum contains the Laurier Room, the famous study of King, drawing room, dining room and bedrooms, all with period furnishings and filled with historical memorabilia. A study displaying memorabilia treasured by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson was opened in 1974.
Details of Interest
First PM of French ancestry
Longest unbroken tenure as PM
KCMG 1897
Died while still a Member