In brief

Memory lapse

Surprisingly, there is no mention of Francophone heritage in the LeBreton Flats redevelopment plan submitted in 2016 by the RendezVous LeBreton group. Recovery of the area’s historical heritage does, however, appear among the objectives of the project.

Black and white photograph of a young boy walking in front of a multi-storey brick house, with a grocery store on the ground floor. The signs are bilingual. A car is parked in front of the shop.

House located at 82 Fleet Street, Ottawa, April 1962. Notice the bilingual signs on the front of the store.

City of Ottawa Archives, National Capital Commission Collection, MG431-003 CA020921.