In 1943, the Eastern American Province of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary opened a residence for students attending Laval University in Quebec. The next year a finishing school was opened, and gradually elementary and secondary schools were added.

The RSHM Community in the garden at 31 Rue Mt Carmel in Quebec, Canada.

The RSHM taught in Canada for more than twenty years.

Sr. Catherine Daly with Monsignor Parent at Marymount College, Ste Foy, Quebec, Canada