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Ottawa, June 9, 2025 – The University of Ottawa is proud to confer nine honorary doctorates during its spring convocation ceremonies, held at the Rogers Centre. Among this year’s recipients, Gilles Desjardins, founder and president of Brigil, was particularly honored for his exceptional career and commitment to the community. Gilles Desjardins is the only recipient of […]

Brigil is pleased to learn about a $10 million investment by Soudure Marc Marine for the construction of a new 28,000-square-foot factory in Gatineau’s industrial Aeropark. The company will also acquire new equipment, significantly increasing its production capacity. With financial assistance from the governments of Canada and Québec, Marc Lauzon, Founder and Owner of Soudure […]

Last fall, the three co-chairs of the 80th annual Centraide Outaouais campaign, Gilles Desjardins and his sons Jessy and Kevin, accompanied members of the Centraide Outaouais team on a tour of organizations in the Outaouais region. In their own way, co-chairs Jessy and Kevin Desjardins wanted to set the tone for this campaign and bring […]

Brigil’s team is proud to announce the construction of the very first residential apartment building on the Canevas site, formerly Place Cartier, at 425 boulevard Saint-Joseph in Gatineau.  This modern six-story building will offer 146 units and contribute to enriching the residential landscape of the area. Featuring two elevators, two lounges totaling over 2400 square […]

Located just steps away from the sandy beaches of the Ottawa River, the new Petrie’s Landing community by Brigil offers an upscale lifestyle in a natural setting in Orleans. The only project of its kind in the National Capital Region, it offers exceptional access to countless recreational opportunities and downtown Ottawa through its proximity to […]

Since 1985, Brigil has had a long-term development vision and has worked closely with the City of Gatineau and key community stakeholders to make it a reality. Along with the protection and enhancement of our built and cultural heritage, the importance of environmental protection is at the heart of our thinking and emerges from our […]

Ottawa, June 9, 2025 – The University of Ottawa is proud to confer nine honorary doctorates during its spring convocation ceremonies, held at the Rogers Centre. Among this year’s recipients, Gilles Desjardins, founder and president of Brigil, was particularly honored for his exceptional career and commitment to the community. Gilles Desjardins is the only recipient of […]

Under the inspiring leadership of Gilles, Jessy, and Keving Desjardins, the region experienced an extraordinary mobilization, filled with memorable moments and deep emotion. The result? A record-breaking amount of $4,888,000 was raised to support vulnerable people across the Outaouais region. This incredible success is thanks to a community that rallied around the cause: committed businesses, […]

The co-chairs of the 80th campaign – Gilles, Jessy and Kevin Desjardins of Brigil – are setting a new milestone in the history of philanthropy in the Outaouais. At a press conference at Canevas in Gatineau, accompanied by members of Centraide Outaouais management, they announced a historic donation of $1 million as part of the […]

Dear Premier Ford, We, the city builders of the National Capital Region are writing to express our strong opposition to provincial legislation that would make it more difficult to build safe cycling infrastructure. As developers, architects, urban planners, urban designers, landscape architects, and transportation planners, we believe this decision would be detrimental to the safety, […]

Kite Mobility announces a unique partnership with The Dale, a 33-storey rental high-rise located in Ottawa, built by real estate developer Brigil. In continuing their commitment to enable and promote active and electric transportation, Brigil’s partnership with cleantech platform Kite will provide residents with unprecedented access to a fleet of eVehicles. First-to-market in Ottawa, residents at The […]

Spending two hours a week in green spaces – local parks or other natural environments – makes you significantly more likely to be in good health and feel good psychologically than those who do not. This finding emerges from a study of 20,000 people by the European Centre for Environment and Human Health at the […]

We are proud to share a major milestone in the construction of the residential tower located at 99 Parkdale in Ottawa. This past weekend, our community “The Dale” gathered a team of specialists to dismantle the tower crane that played a crucial role in the elevation of this magnificent structure. This project was the result […]