Les Soeurs de Notre-Dame du Bon Conseil de Chicoutimi were founded in 1892 by Bishop of Chicoutimi Michel-Thomas Labrecque, who wanted a religious congregation in his diocese to educate the poor. The congregation follows the spirituality of Saint François de Sales, who is the patron saint of writers and educators. The Sisters assisted the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the administration Pointe Bleue Residential School for two years in the 1960s. After the congregation was named in the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement (IRSSA), they worked with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) to supply documents about the Sisters’ involvement in the Residential School System.
1957-2003