extended to include those Canadiens residing on the left bank (now the Canadian side) of the Detroit River, in addition to the Hurons. In 1767, the mission of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption was re-organized as a parish, the first in what is now Ontario. Potier was its first parish priest, and therefore the first parish priest in Ontario. He remained in this role until his death in 1781.

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