Le Naturaliste Canadien
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| Discipline | Natural sciences and conservation biology in Quebec |
| Language | Mostly French |
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Publication history
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1868-1891; 1894-present |
| Frequency | Semiannual |
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0028-0798 |
| LCCN | 05037702 |
| OCLC no. | 6312227 |
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Le Naturaliste Canadien is a Canadian French-language peer-reviewed scientific journal published semiannually by the Société Léon-Provancher d'Histoire Naturelle du Canada. The journal publishes articles on all topics of natural sciences with a specific focus on ecology and conservation biology in Quebec. The journal also acts as the official publication of the society. The journal is the oldest scientific publication in French in North America and one of the oldest scientific journals still in publication in Canada.
The Naturaliste Canadien was launched in 1868 by Léon Abel Provancher, an important figure in Quebec's scientific history. It was aimed to be an organ for the diffusion of scientific findings and popularization:
Populariser les connaissances en histoire naturelle, provoquer les recherches, recueillir les observations, constater les découvertes et faire connaître les nouvelles applications que l'on peut faire des connaissances déjà acquises au profit des arts, de l'industrie et des besoins de la vie, tel sera le but de cette publication.
For all his life, Provancher would remain the owner and editor of the journal, as well as its main contributor, although a number of other prominent naturalists of the time also published in it: Dominique-Napoléon Saint-Cyr, Charles-Eusèbe Dionne (who also for a time edited a concurrent journal), François-Xavier Bélanger, Joseph-Alexandre Crevier, James MacPherson Le Moine and Jean-Baptiste Meilleur amongst others. Their combined contribution amount to less than a hundred pages; Provancher providing the vast majority of the journal's content, over 6,000 pages' worth. While many articles treated scientific topics, Provancher also wrote essays on related topics such as public education, the establishment of museums, and a botanical garden project in Quebec City. Soon after it was launched, having reached 500 subscription (a rather high rate when 50% of the population couldn't sign their name), it received a government grant to help with publication.
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