#1Notable
Étienne Desmarteau
1873–1905Canadian athletics competitor
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Famous people · Boucherville, Quebec
Of the 37 famous people born in Boucherville, an unusual share are leaders
Étienne Desmarteau, the Canadian athletics competitor, is the most widely known, written about in 25 languages. Second and third on the list are Sandrine Mainville and Charle Cournoyer. The list is still growing: 15 were born since 1970. As early as 1676, Geneviève Boucher was born here, one of 18 born before Confederation.
Born here
37
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Étienne Desmarteau
25 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1676
Geneviève Boucher
Youngest
2000
Marjorie Lajoie
Most common field
Politics & Law
15 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Boucherville’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 10 births in the decade.
Politics & LawSportsNotableFaithFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineMusicBusinessWriting & Arts
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Boucherville is known for
Clergy and people of faith stand out most, at 6.4 times the usual share.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
The best known
Born in Boucherville
#1
#2CC#3
Sports
Charle Cournoyer
born 1991Canadian short track speed skater
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Boucherville
Here are 34 more, born from 1676 to 2000.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Sainte-Julie’s, at 2 names.
Questions about famous people from Boucherville
Who is the most famous person from Boucherville?
The top name is Étienne Desmarteau (Canadian athletics competitor), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Sandrine Mainville and Charle Cournoyer.
How many famous people were born in Boucherville?
Wikidata places 58 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Boucherville known for?
They make up 41% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Boucherville?
Geneviève Boucher, from 1676; the most recent birth on the list is from 2000.
Who counts as from Boucherville?
Born inside Boucherville’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
Why is someone missing?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each refresh.
Birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations and the count of Wikipedia and sister-site articles come from Wikidata (CC0). Each birthplace is checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article, or the French one where English says nothing or has no article; the articles are linked, never quoted. Wikidata’s Statistics Canada code, the place’s name or its point inside the 2021 census outline puts a birth in a town, and a birth given only as a split city stays on that city’s page. Fields are read from the description and occupations, and the list runs by number of articles. “The usual town” is everyone listed across Canadian towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (24)
- Étienne Desmarteau: Etienne_Desmarteau.jpg : Unknown derivative work: MachoCarioca, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandrine Mainville: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominique Rollin: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine: Indéterminé, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marjorie Lajoie: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Duhamel: World Poker Tour, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Toussaint Charbonneau: Edgar. Paxson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Marshall: Leech44, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caroline Néron: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gisèle Lullaby: DVSROSS, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre-Luc Gagnon: Philkon Phil Konstantin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rita Baga: Djief87, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yannick Riendeau: Sarah Connors, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexandre Lacoste: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilbert Delorme: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lysandre Ménard: Eva Maude, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amable Jodoin: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis-Victor Sicotte: Théophile Hamel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Lacoste: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Xavier Barsalou-Duval: Bobby212Charest, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Girouard: J.E. Livernois Photo. Québec, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bonaventure Viger: Inconnu (issu du périodique L'Opinion publique, Vol. 8, no 7, 15 février 1877, p. 75), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Catherine Fournier (Canadian politician): Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott McKay: Bureau de Scott McKay, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).