Sault Ste. Marie was founded in 1936 from Peterborough which was founded in 1890 from Toronto, which was founded in 1851 from Philadelphia/Chestnut Hill (a province of Carondelet). Carondelet/St. Louis was founded in 1836 from Lyon France which, through the French Revolution disbursement, can be traced back to Le Puy, founded in 1650. Toronto was actually legally separated from Carondelet of which Philadelphia was a province. The current bishop of Toronto, knew the Fontbonne family from France, and requested that Mother Delphine, in Philadelphia at the time, bring Sisters to Toronto.