#1Sports
Antoine Valois-Fortier
born 1990Canadian judoka
22 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Vanier, Québec
Vanier has one famous person on record
The Canadian judoka Antoine Valois-Fortier was born in 1990. Their name appears in articles in 22 languages. Saint-Roch, 2 km away, has 8 on its list, the best known Irma LeVasseur. In Quebec, 605 towns have someone on the list.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Antoine Valois-Fortier
22 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1990
Antoine Valois-Fortier
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Vanier
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Questions about famous people from Vanier
Who is the most famous person from Vanier?
The top name is Antoine Valois-Fortier (Canadian judoka), going by Wikipedia coverage.
How many famous people were born in Vanier?
Born in Vanier and confirmed by an English or French Wikipedia article: 1. Wikidata has 2 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Vanier known for?
Mostly athletes: 1 of the 1 people listed. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 38% across Canadian towns.
Who counts as from Vanier?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Vanier’s neighbourhood outline (the census tracts it is drawn from), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly for crimes. A neighbourhood page lists only births recorded in that neighbourhood; someone recorded as born just “in Toronto”, “in Montréal” or another split city stays on the city’s page.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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 (4)
- Antoine Valois-Fortier: Mohammad Hassansadeh / Tasnimnews, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Irma LeVasseur: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec P655,S2,SS6,D8, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilles Jobidon: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierrette Robitaille: Bull-Doser, 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).