For years in the early 1900s, Dr. Wilfred Dérôme worked in the Pathology Lab of the Notre Dame Hospital in Montreal. As the Director of the hospital lab, he examined evidence brought to him and then walked across the street to the Courthouse to give testimony on the findings in cases both low-level and prominent. Fascinated with forensics, Dr. Dérôme took advanced training in 1908, travelling to Paris, France to study at the University of Paris with French experts, Professors Bertillon and Balthazard.

Doctor of Medical-Legal Science

In 1910, Dr. Dérôme returned to Montreal with a fresh diploma in his hand. He was now skilled “in such fields as ballistics, criminal psychology and fingerprint analysis,” said Heather Wright in “Rigorous Science” from The Beaver: Canada’s History Magazine, Feb/Mar 2007. And Wright added, Dérôme “also came back with a dream and the determination to see it fulfilled.” Dr. Dérôme urged the provincial government to establish a forensics facility staffed with qualified scientists and experts to serve the law enforcement community in criminal and legal cases.

North America’s First Crime Lab

Under the authorization of the Attorney General of Québec in July 1914, Dr. Wilfred Dérôme opened a medical-legal laboratory to investigate criminal case evidence. It was not only the first forensics laboratory in Canada, it was the first in North America. The cramped office was initially rented at $75 a month, with a budget of $2,500 allowed for equipment, according to Doug Lucas’ research paper given at California Association of Criminalists in May 1996.

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