L'Opinion publique

L'Opinion publique was the French-language counterpart to Canadian Illustrated News, also produced by George-Édouard Desbarats in Montreal.

During the first years of its activity, the newspaper, under the direction of Laurent-Olivier David, had nationalist and liberal tendencies, which went against the original intention to be neutral.

Even though political subjects were no longer frequently discussed, collaborations with Henri-Raymond Casgrain, Joseph Tassé, Benjamin Sulte, and Louis Fréchette, and above all Henri Julien's drawings continued to attract readers.

[6] From 1870 to 1874, the magazine had a French-language American edition through the acquisition of L'Étendard national, a newspaper founded in 1969 in Worcester, Massachusetts by Ferdinand Gagnon, who continued to contribute to it.

L'Opinion publique, like the Canadian Illustrated News, ceased publication at the end of 1883, but in many ways prefigured the press of the 20th century.