BRASSARD, Sylvio (1898-1974) was born in Jonquiere, Que. and graduated from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Montreal in May 1925. He practised in Chicoutimi in 1927-31 then opened an office in Quebec City in 1932. Inspired by the writing and teaching of Gerard Morisset, he had a strong interest in early Quebec architecture and sought inspiration from this vernacular tradition. He designed a number of churches in the lower St. Lawrence River valley which faithfully interpreted the 18th and 19th Century precedents of church architecture in Quebec. Brassard died in Quebec City on 10 September 1974 (death notice Le Soleil [Quebec City], 10 Sept. 1974, 47). The Archives Nationales du Quebec at Laval University holds a small collection of drawings by Brassard.
JONQUIERE, QUE., City Hall, St. Dominique Street at Harvey Boulevard, 1928; still standing in 2023 (C.R., xlii, 4 July 1928, 49; L. Noppen & L.K. Morisset, Jonquiere-Memoires et lieux, 1994, 21-3, illus.)
(with Lamontagne & Gravel) KENOGAMI, QUE., Eglise Ste. Famille, 1928-29 (L. Noppen & L.K. Morisset, Jonquiere-Memoires et lieux, 1994, 54-6, illus.)
CHARLESBOURG, QUE., Administration Building at the Zoological Garden, 1932 (L. Noppen at al, Quebec Monumental 1890-1990, 161, illus.)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., residence for the Roman Catholic School Commission, Chamfleury Street, 1937 (C.R., l, 6 Oct. 1937, 32)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., presbytery for Notre Dame du Chemin Parish, Maple Avenue, 1938 (C.R., li, 27 July 1938, 118)
SILLERY, QUE., residence for Dr. J. Edouard Morin, St. Louis Road, 1938 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xvi, May 1939, 115, illus.)
TADOUSSAC, QUE., Ste. Croix Roman Catholic Church, 1946-47 (C.R., lix, Oct. 1946, 96; La Presse [Montreal], 7 Sept. 1946, 38)
NOTRE-DAME-DE-LA-DORE, QUE., Roman Catholic church, 1949 (C.R., lxii, March 1949, 138)
BAIE ST. PAUL, QUE., Roman Catholic college, 1949 (C.R., lxii, Sept. 1949, 160)
JONQUIERE, QUE., major addition to St. Laurent Roman Catholic Church, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, Aug. 1950, 239)