Education
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Barbeau was educated at Collège Sainte-Marie, Université Laval, and University of Paris.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Barbeau was educated at Collège Sainte-Marie, Université Laval, and University of Paris.
From 1925 to 1963, he was a Professor at Higher Education Commission Montréal.
He was a founding member of the Académie canadienne française (today Académie des lettres du Québec) and was its President from 1944 to 1947.