The Sisters of St. Ann is a Roman Catholic religious order, founded in 1850 in Vaudreuil

Vaudreuil

-Places:Canada* Vaudreuil-Dorion, a city located west of Montreal, Quebec* Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Quebec, a small Quebec municipality located near Montreal* Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec...

, Quebec

Quebec

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. In 1858, the congregation arrived in Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia

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, British Columbia to help Bishop Modeste Demers

Modeste Demers

Modeste Demers was a Roman Catholic Bishop and missionary in the Oregon Country. A native of Quebec, he traveled overland to the Pacific Northwest and preached in the Willamette Valley and later in what would become British Columbia.-Early life:...

 with First Nations

First Nations

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 people. In 1871 St. Ann's Academy (Victoria, British Columbia) was established. The congregation has taught in various schools and has built schools and foundations, including hospitals, across western Canada

Canada

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, western United States

United States

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, Alaska

Alaska

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, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 & Haiti

Haiti

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The sisters arrived in the United States in 1870 at the request of the Bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo. The sisters went on to expand throughout northern New York and New England, staffing many schools of French-speaking parishes. The sisters' provincial house was located in Marlboro, Massachusetts.

In 1912, the sisters of the United States province numbered 150.