[1] He attended the Petit Séminaire de Québec and went on to study medicine at the Laval University in Montreal.

Briefly attending a university in Louvain, Belgium he transferred to the École de Médicine in Paris where he furthered his scientific training.

When he returned to Quebec he began teaching at Laval in a variety of subjects including forensic medicine, inorganic chemistry, histology and toxicology.

He wrote extensively in the magazines and newspapers of his time, notably in the Courrier du Canada, L'Événement, Soirées Canadiennes, Foyer Canadien, and in La Ruche littéraire, where he signed his name Isidore de Méplats.

One of his most remarkable studies is his work on Chansons populaires et historiques du Canada (1863), which he published: Le Voyage sentimental sur la rue Saint-Jean; départ en 1860, retour en 1880 (1879); le Voyage autour de l'Isle d'Orléans.