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From Canadian Frenchtourtière, from a cooking vessel of the same name, from Frenchtourte(“meat pie”). There is a common false etymology that it derives from the alternative meaning tourte(“passenger pigeon”).[1][2]
2018 November 30, Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé, “How a family recipe taught me what’s at stake when Franco-Ontarians lose their roots”, in The Globe and Mail:
Last December, I called my mother to get her recipe for tourtière, a beloved traditional French-Canadian dish. It would be the meaningful heart of a bundle of gifts I had lovingly gathered to honour a Métis elder I had recently met. To share this recipe for tourtière was to share a piece of my family’s story with this elder, to whom I owed a great debt of gratitude.
References
^ “Tourtière”, in Cook's Info, 2010 March 12, retrieved 11 September 2012
^ Casselman, William G (2012 November 10 (last accessed)) “Tourtiere & Omelette: Foods Named After Their Cooking Utensils”, in Bill Casselman's Canadian Word of the Day, archived from the original on 29 January 2013
