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, the municipality of Honfleur is analogous to Honfleur, a city in Calvados, Normandie, where many sailors came from during the 16th and 17th centuries to North America. The name originates from Archbishop Louis-Nazaire Bégin of Quebec (1840-1925), whose ancestor hailed from Saint-Léonard-de-Honfleur in the archdiocese of Lisieux, also located in Calvados.