Flag

Carillon-Sacré-Coeur flag, from 1903 to 1940, forerunner of today’s Quebec flag. The flag is made of woolen cheesecloth.

  • Accession Number 2021.02.OBJ.55.1-12
  • Marchand Dupuis Frères
  • Date 1948 c
  • Materials fiber, wool, paint
  • Technique painted, sewn
  • Measurements 29,5 x 40 cm
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Historical context

The Carillon-Sacré-Coeur flag was inspired by the banner Montcalm’s French troops would have flown in their victory at Carillon on July 8, 1758. Designed by Abbé Eugène Filiatrault, who hoisted it on the Saint-Jude presbytery in 1902, it was part of a drive by French-Canadian elites of the time to give French Canadians a national flag.

At first, the flag consisted solely of a white cross on an azure background, with four f...

  • Accession Number 2021.02.OBJ.55.1-12
  • Marchand Dupuis Frères
  • Date 1948 c
  • Materials fiber, wool, paint
  • Technique painted, sewn
  • Measurements 29,5 x 40 cm
Download PDF file

© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, Frédéric Cloutier fonds, 2021.002.OBJ.055.1-12
Photo by Michel Pinault

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