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Faith
Jean-Pierre Blais
born 1949Canadian Catholic prelate
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Saint-Anselme, Quebec
Saint-Anselme’s famous people span 152 years: 8 births from 1834 to 1986
At the top of the list is the Canadian Catholic prelate Jean-Pierre Blais, covered in 5 languages. Before Confederation, 3 were born, the most of any period. As early as 1834, Louis-Napoléon Larochelle was born here, one of 3 born before Confederation. The list comes to 17.6 for every 10,000 residents, against 6.1 in the typical town in Quebec.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean-Pierre Blais
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1834
Louis-Napoléon Larochelle
Youngest
1986
Pascal Baillargeon
Most common field
Faith
2 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Saint-Anselme’s famous people were born
The 1890s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
FaithPolitics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsSports
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Saint-Anselme
Jean-Pierre Blais, Cyrille Vaillancourt and Joseph-Clovis-Kemner Laflamme are written about in 5, 4 and 4 languages.
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Politics & Law
Cyrille Vaillancourt
1892–1969Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Science & Medicine
Joseph-Clovis-Kemner Laflamme
1849–1910Canadian academic administrator
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Saint-Anselme is known for
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
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Everyone else born in Saint-Anselme
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Famous people from the towns next door
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Saint-Henri · 11 kmAlfred Tremblay & 2 moreHLSaint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse · 13 kmHerman Laverdière & 2 morePBSainte-Marguerite · 14 kmPierre-André Boutin & 2 more
Saint-Henri · 11 kmAlfred Tremblay & 2 moreHLSaint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse · 13 kmHerman Laverdière & 2 morePBSainte-Marguerite · 14 kmPierre-André Boutin & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Saint-Anselme
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Anselme?
Jean-Pierre Blais (Canadian Catholic prelate) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Cyrille Vaillancourt and Joseph-Clovis-Kemner Laflamme.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Anselme?
Wikidata places 15 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Saint-Anselme known for?
Here the share is 25%; across Canadian towns it is 1%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Anselme?
Louis-Napoléon Larochelle (1834). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1986.
Who counts as from Saint-Anselme?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Saint-Anselme’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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 (5)
- Joseph-Clovis-Kemner Laflamme: Jules-Isaïe Benoît, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel-Thomas Labrecque: J.E. Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Pierre Morin: Gilbert Bochenek, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis-Napoléon Larochelle: J.E. Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Tremblay: Unknown author, 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).