Found someone else- "For my entire life I thought this dish was called 'Pot de chinois.'" Source of the name: A G. Leclerc repeats the Chinese labor-Railroad story: Pate Chinois

Nice recipes for tourtiere and Pate chinois at: Recettes I hope I can translate them so that I can use them.

Simon-pierre, the French name would not survive long on the prairies or british Columbia. Here in Calgary (1,000,000 metro), there are Franch names used in French and other superior restaurants, but no French-Canadian cooking is regularly available. Turkish, Ethiopian, Indonesian, etc., but only French or Vietnamese-French here.