Visit the home of Canada’s seventh Prime Minister and the first French-Canadian Prime Minister, Sir Wilfred Laurier. A true historical landmark, this Victorian-style home was classified in 1989 as a Historical Monument of Quebec and a National Historic Site of Canada in 2000. It was built in 1876 for $3,000 by the architect Louis Caron. However, as Prime Minister of Canada, Laurier had to stay permanently in Ottawa with his wife, Zoé.
He would spend some of his summers and Christmas holidays in this home. The house was turned into a museum in 1929, and visitors can see his apartments. There is also an exciting exhibition on his political life and the people in his spheres at the time. The tour guides are dressed in period costumes and will reveal some little-known facts about Laurier’s career and private life.
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