[1] Adrien Dufresne studied at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal from 1924 to 1930.
[2] Many of the drawings created by Dufresne during his time at the school are stored within the Laval University.
[3] Dufresne was a close friend of Dom Paul Bellot, and was greatly influenced by his architectural style.
[5] Dufresne designed several monuments, cathedrals and religious structures, including the Notre-Dame-du-Cap Basilica in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
[7] Dufresne spent much of his life in Beauport, Quebec City, where he died in 1983 in his family home.