AC#1
Sports
Alexandre Carrier
born 1991Canadian ice hockey player
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Photo: Société du patrimoine des Beaucerons - Fonds PR86 - Collection Chantale Gilbert pl. 1, no 1 · Public domainFamous people · Saint-Elzéar, Quebec
3 famous people call Saint-Elzéar their birthplace
At the top of the list is the Canadian ice hockey player Alexandre Carrier, covered in 2 languages. Second and third on the list are Gaëtan Gagné and Philippe Sylvain. Philippe Sylvain (1915) and Alexandre Carrier (1991) mark the two ends of the list. Of its neighbours, Sainte-Marie, 6 km away, lists the most: 26, Thomas Chabot first.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Alexandre Carrier
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1915
Philippe Sylvain
Youngest
1991
Alexandre Carrier
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Saint-Elzéar
GG#2
Film, TV & Stage
Gaëtan Gagné
born 1950Chairman of the Board of Directors of L'Entraide Assurance
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
PS#3
Writing & Arts
Philippe Sylvain
1915–1993Canadian writer
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Saint-Elzéar is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 1 people.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Sainte-Marie · 6 kmThomas Chabot & 25 more
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce · 18 kmJunior Lessard & 7 moreFBSaint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage · 12 kmFrançois Blais & 2 morePBSainte-Marguerite · 17 kmPierre-André Boutin & 2 moreYGSaint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage · 17 kmYanni Gourde & 2 moreLCVallée-Jonction · 11 kmLucien ClicheLVSaint-Frédéric · 13 kmLouis-Albert VachonJGSaint-Sylvestre · 15 kmJoseph GiguèreQuestions about famous people from Saint-Elzéar
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Elzéar?
By our measure the best known is Alexandre Carrier (Canadian ice hockey player); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Gaëtan Gagné and Philippe Sylvain.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Elzéar?
Wikidata counts 6 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Saint-Elzéar known for?
33% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Elzéar?
Philippe Sylvain, from 1915; the most recent birth on the list is from 1991.
Who counts as from Saint-Elzéar?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Saint-Elzéar’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, and that the person’s English or French Wikipedia article repeats. Adult performers, people known chiefly for crimes and those who only lived here are not on the list.
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 (2)
- Thomas Chabot: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Junior Lessard: Saruwine, 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).