Born in Quebec City, Destroismaisons began his music studies while completing his preparation for ordination as a priest.
[1] In 1925 Destroismaisons was awarded a scholarship which enabled him to pursue studies in Paris over a four-year period.
His teachers in France included Georges Caussade (harmony and counterpoint), Vincent d'Indy (composition), Marcel Dupré (organ), and Auguste Le Guennant (Gregorian chant).
In 1929 he received a diploma from the Gregorian Institute of Paris; and then returned to Canada to resume teaching at the Collège Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière.
WIth Louis-Philippe Morneau he prepared the hymn and canticle collection Manuel de chants sacrés (1940).