EF#1
Politics & Law
Edmond Fortier
1849–1921Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Saint-Gervais, Quebec
Leaders stand out among the 8 famous people born in Saint-Gervais
Edmond Fortier, the Canadian politician, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. Before Confederation, 6 were born, the most of any period. 6 of them were born before Confederation, the first Nicodème Audet in 1822. The longest list of any town in Quebec belongs to Montréal, with 5,278.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Edmond Fortier
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1822
Nicodème Audet
Youngest
1986
Stéphane Goulet
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Saint-Gervais is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 2.8 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.
Through the years
When Saint-Gervais’s famous people were born
The 1840s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Born in Saint-Gervais
GA#2
Politics & Law
Guillaume Amyot
1843–1896Canadian lawyer and politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
SG#3
Sports
Stéphane Goulet
born 1986Canadian ice hockey player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Saint-Gervais
Another 5, the earliest born in 1822.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse has the most on record, with 9.
BLSaint-Michel-de-Bellechasse · 18 kmBenoît Lacroix & 8 moreCFSaint-Charles-de-Bellechasse · 7 kmCharles Alphonse Fournier & 7 moreJBSaint-Anselme · 11 kmJean-Pierre Blais & 7 moreVBSainte-Claire · 13 kmVictor Bouchard & 7 more
Beaumont · 15 kmMarie-Élisabeth Turgeon & 6 moreJLSaint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans · 19 kmJean Langlois & 5 moreMPSaint-Raphaël · 14 kmMarc Picard & 3 moreHLSaint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse · 8 kmHerman Laverdière & 2 more
Beaumont · 15 kmMarie-Élisabeth Turgeon & 6 moreJLSaint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans · 19 kmJean Langlois & 5 moreMPSaint-Raphaël · 14 kmMarc Picard & 3 moreHLSaint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse · 8 kmHerman Laverdière & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Saint-Gervais
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Gervais?
The top name is Edmond Fortier (Canadian politician), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Guillaume Amyot and Stéphane Goulet.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Gervais?
Of the 13 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Saint-Gervais known for?
63% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Gervais?
The earliest is Nicodème Audet, born in 1822, and the latest birth listed is 1986.
Who counts as from Saint-Gervais?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Saint-Gervais’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
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 (1)
- Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon: 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).