He obtained his baccalauréat ès arts at the Séminaire de Chicoutimi where he contributed to the newspaper of the Institution L'Oiseau-Mouche, then enrolled, in 1894, in a business course.

In 1910, he moved to Montreal where he worked for Devoir (1910), while contributing to various newspapers and magazines: Chasse et Pêche, Culture, Saturday, French Canada.

In July 1918, he founded the review Le Terroir, organ of the Society of Arts, Sciences and Letters, which will be published until 1940.

In December 1917 he co-founded, with Georges Morisset and Alonzo Cinq-Mars, the Society of Arts, Sciences and Letters of Quebec.

In 1938, he received the Prix David for his novel Peter McLeod and in 1940, the Prize of the Ministry of Mines for his novel Sous le signe du quartz.