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Émilie Mondor
1981–2006Canadian long-distance runner
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Mascouche, Quebec
Leaders stand out among the 15 famous people born in Mascouche
Émilie Mondor, the Canadian long-distance runner, is the most widely known, written about in 9 languages. Second place goes to the Canadian singer Amylie, third to Prudent Beaudry. More than half were born since 1970, 8 in all. For its size the list is short: 2.6 for every 10,000 residents, against 6.1 in the typical Quebec town.
Born here
15
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Émilie Mondor
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1774
Jean-Marie Rochon
Youngest
2002
Maya Labad
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
What stands out about Mascouche’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Mascouche’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 6.
Politics & LawSportsMusicFilm, TV & StageWriting & Arts
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mascouche is known for
Musicians stand out most, at 3.5 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 Mascouche
Émilie Mondor, Amylie and Prudent Beaudry are written about in 9, 7 and 5 languages.
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Mascouche
A further 12 follow, born between 1774 and 2002.
Élyse Marquis
born 1968Canadian actor, television presenter and radio host
Film, TV & StageWikipedia (French) ↗
Florence Longpré
born 1984Actor in the theatrical field in Quebec
Film, TV & StageWikipedia (French) ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby towns with at least one name on record: 8.
SPRepentigny · 14 kmSamuel Piette & 50 more
Terrebonne · 4 kmGarven Metusala & 41 moreCDCharlemagne · 10 kmCéline Dion & 7 more
Pointe-aux-Trembles · 13 kmJulien Gauthier & 6 more
Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan · 12 kmLise Thibault & 4 moreÉTLorraine · 15 kmÉdouard Therriault & 3 more
Rivière-des-Prairies · 10 kmJoseph-François Armand & 1 moreAPSaint-François · 8 kmAugustin Perrault
Terrebonne · 4 kmGarven Metusala & 41 moreCDCharlemagne · 10 kmCéline Dion & 7 morePointe-aux-Trembles · 13 kmJulien Gauthier & 6 moreSaint-Roch-de-l'Achigan · 12 kmLise Thibault & 4 moreÉTLorraine · 15 kmÉdouard Therriault & 3 moreRivière-des-Prairies · 10 kmJoseph-François Armand & 1 moreAPSaint-François · 8 kmAugustin PerraultQuestions about famous people from Mascouche
Who is the most famous person from Mascouche?
Émilie Mondor (Canadian long-distance runner) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Amylie and Prudent Beaudry.
How many famous people were born in Mascouche?
Wikidata places 21 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Mascouche known for?
Here the share is 40%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mascouche?
Jean-Marie Rochon, from 1774; the most recent birth on the list is from 2002.
Who counts as from Mascouche?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Mascouche’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?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page at the next 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 (14)
- Amylie: Jean Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Prudent Beaudry: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Delfosse: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hormidas Jeannotte: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Déry: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Élyse Marquis: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Florence Longpré: Aude Vanlathem, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Mathieu Traversy: Terrebonne bidoofs, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Olivier Brisebois: Flowizm ..., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Pier Perreault: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Garven Metusala: John Jacques, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julien Gauthier: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lise Thibault: Montrealais 07:15, 3 November 2006 (UTC), CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph-François Armand: William James Topley, Public domain, 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).