 His early publishing career included a term as editor of Montreal's "Minerve" from 1857 to 1859.He then founded and published other Montreal-based publications such as "L'Ordre" (1859–1860), "La Revue Canadienne" (1864) and "Le Nouveau Monde" (1867, editor-in-chief).Soon after moving to Manitoba, Royal founded "Le Metis" and operated that publication from 1871 to 1882 after which its new owner changed its title to "Le Manitoba".