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Desjardins Group Celebrates Its 125th Anniversary

Summary by L'Express
The Desjardins Group is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. Founded in 1900 in Lévis, across from Quebec City, by Alphonse and Dorimène Desjardins, the "caisses populaires" quickly became a powerful tool for economic emancipation for French Canadians. They multiplied in Quebec and, starting in 1910, in Ontario (first in Ottawa because Alphonse Desjardins was a stenographer at the House of Commons). In 2020, the "Caisse Desjardins Ontari…
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The Desjardins Group is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. Founded in 1900 in Lévis, across from Quebec City, by Alphonse and Dorimène Desjardins, the "caisses populaires" quickly became a powerful tool for economic emancipation for French Canadians. They multiplied in Quebec and, starting in 1910, in Ontario (first in Ottawa because Alphonse Desjardins was a stenographer at the House of Commons). In 2020, the "Caisse Desjardins Ontari…

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L'Express broke the news in on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
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