#1Science & Medicine
Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté
1794–1864Holy midwife
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Lavaltrie, Quebec
9 famous people from Lavaltrie, many of them leaders
The best known is the Holy midwife Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté, with articles in 6 languages. Close behind are André Villeneuve and Louis Conrad Pelletier. More than half were born before Confederation, 8 in all. As early as 1794, Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté was born here, one of 8 born before Confederation.
Born here
9
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1794
Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté
Youngest
1961
André Villeneuve
Most common field
Politics & Law
7 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Lavaltrie is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 3.5 times.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Through the years
When Lavaltrie’s famous people were born
The 1850s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Politics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & Arts
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Lavaltrie
Two of the three are leaders.
#1AV#2
Politics & Law
André Villeneuve
born 1961Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Politics & Law
Louis Conrad Pelletier
1852–1929Canadian lawyer and politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Lavaltrie
6 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, L'Assomption counts 38 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
L'Assomption · 11 kmSebastien Toutant & 37 more
Verchères · 13 kmCalixa Lavallée & 24 more
Contrecoeur · 6 kmJoseph Edmond Marcile & 8 moreNPSaint-Ours · 11 kmNarcisse Pérodeau & 8 moreGCSaint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu · 13 kmGeorge-Étienne Cartier & 8 more
Saint-Sulpice · 8 kmJacques Rougeau & 7 more
L'Épiphanie · 16 kmAntoine Dufour & 6 morePDSaint-Denis-sur-Richelieu · 15 kmPaul Dubé & 5 moreQuestions about famous people from Lavaltrie
Who is the most famous person from Lavaltrie?
By our measure the best known is Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté (holy midwife); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come André Villeneuve and Louis Conrad Pelletier.
What is Lavaltrie known for?
Here the share is 78%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lavaltrie?
Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté, from 1794; the most recent birth on the list is from 1961.
Who counts as from Lavaltrie?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Lavaltrie’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
Why is someone missing?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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 (11)
- Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté: Sister Marie Perras, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Conrad Pelletier: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Bourgeau: Anonymous, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis-Siméon Morin: J.E. Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges-Albini Lacombe: Quéry Frères, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clément Robillard: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sebastien Toutant: Letartean, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Calixa Lavallée: L'Opinion publique Vol. 4, no 11, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Edmond Marcile: Unknown author , Published by Montreal Perrault Print. Co, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Rougeau: George Napolitano, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Dufour: Dandon TRJ, 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).