Founded in 1904, the municipality of Honfleur is similar to Honfleur, city in Calvados, Normandie, where many sailors came from during the 16th and 17th century to North America. The name comes from the archbishop of Quebec, cardinal Louis-Nazaire Bégin, (1840-1925) whose ancestor came from Saint-Léonard-de-Honfleur, archdiocese of Lisieux, also situated in Calvados.
Founded in 1904, Honfleur is comparable to a city in Calvados, Normandie, where sailors traveled during the 16th and 17th centuries to North America. The name Honfleur comes from Archbishop Louis-Nazaire Bégin of Quebec (1840-1925), whose ancestor was born in Saint-Léonard-de-Honfleur within the archdiocese of Lisieux, situated in Calvados.