Belcourt, Victor Philip | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

BELCOURT, Victor Philip (1908-1965) was born in Ottawa on 26 May 1908 and educated at the University of Ottawa (in 1918-25) and at Mount St. Louis College in Montreal (in 1925-27). He later worked as a draftsman for Noffke & Sylvester in 1927-28. After completing his formal education in architecture at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Montreal in 1928-34 he traveled to London, Engl. where he worked as assistant to Sir John J. Burnet, one of the leading figures in early 20th C. British architecture. On returning to Ottawa he was briefly in partnership with Roper & Morin (in 1939-40), then served with the Canadian Navy during WWII. In 1948 he formed a new partnership with D.L. Blair (as Belcourt & Blair) and remained active in this Ottawa firm until his death on 7 April 1965 (obit. Ottawa Journal, 7 April 1965, 44; inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects)