Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, prime minister of Canada from 1841-1919 and the country's first French-Canadian prime minister, strove to build a united Canada undivided by language or religion. He advanced settlement of Canada's West by building railways and creating the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. He also increased Canada's independence and founded the Royal Canadian Navy. Here he looks out over the former Union Station and the Chateau Laurier, the hotel that bears his name.

Ontario · Canada