"I can't believe I don't have any religious friends," the photographer Olivier Drouin, known online as Drowster, remembers thinking. "None of my friends go to church, or any other religion. It's so surprising, considering when we go visit countries with a bigger religious aspect."
Having spent most of his twenties in places where faith was load-bearing—Iraq, Lebanon, Iran, Palestine, more than 45 countries before he turned 30—he came home to a city with more churches than believers. And yet, a priest pressuring a woman about how many children they should have is still a living memory for anyone over 70.
"Considering that the church had such a big place in society not even a hundred years ago, I find it so extraordinary that Quebecers really did a 180-degree shift," Drowster says. "For a society, that happened so fast. Usually it takes more time, major events… It was so drastic and rapid."
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