In his absence, on the 18 September 1841, the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada incorporated the shelter as the Montreal Asylum for Aged and Infirm Women.
Emilie de Ravin | Maurice Gamelin | Emilie-Claire Barlow | Émilie Simon | Émilie du Châtelet | Emilie Schindler | Emilie of Saxony | Emilie Benes Brzezinski | Emilie Schenkl | Émilie Le Pennec | Émilie Gamelin | Emilie Demant Hatt | Emilie | École secondaire Hormidas-Gamelin |
In 1856 Augustin-Magloire Blanchet, the bishop of the new Diocese of Nesqually (now the Archdiocese of Seattle), approached Mother Émilie Gamelin, the foundress of the Sisters of Providence, seeking their assistance for his diocese in the Pacific Northwest Territories of the United States.