JB#1
Faith
Jean-Baptiste-Zacharie Bolduc
1818–1889Canadian missionary
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Hadrianopolis · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Saint-Joachim, Quebec
From 1756 to 1921, Saint-Joachim was the birthplace of 6 famous people
Most widely known is Jean-Baptiste-Zacharie Bolduc, the Canadian missionary, with articles in 3 languages. Jacques Leblanc and Télesphore Simard follow. The list reaches back to Jean-Marie Poulin, born in 1756, one of 3 born before Confederation. Before Confederation, 3 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean-Baptiste-Zacharie Bolduc
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1756
Jean-Marie Poulin
Youngest
1921
Jacques Leblanc
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Saint-Joachim’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1810s come out on top, with 1 births.
Politics & LawFaithScience & MedicineBusinessWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Saint-Joachim
Jean-Baptiste-Zacharie Bolduc, Jacques Leblanc and Télesphore Simard are written about in 3, 2 and 2 languages.
JL#2
Science & Medicine
Jacques Leblanc
1921–2010Canadian scientist
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
TS#3
Business
Télesphore Simard
1878–1955Canadian businessman and politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Saint-Joachim 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-Joachim
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Saint-Vallier, at 10.
JMSaint-Vallier · 18 kmJack Marshall & 9 moreALSaint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans · 16 kmAchille Larue & 8 moreCRBerthier-sur-Mer · 17 kmCamille Roy & 6 more
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré · 7 kmRené-Édouard Caron & 5 more
Château-Richer · 17 kmCharles-Honoré Laverdière & 5 moreJGBeaupré · 4 kmJoël GodinAHSaint-Ferréol-les-Neiges · 10 kmAlex Harvey
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré · 7 kmRené-Édouard Caron & 5 moreChâteau-Richer · 17 kmCharles-Honoré Laverdière & 5 moreJGBeaupré · 4 kmJoël GodinAHSaint-Ferréol-les-Neiges · 10 kmAlex HarveyQuestions about famous people from Saint-Joachim
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Joachim?
Jean-Baptiste-Zacharie Bolduc (Canadian missionary) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Jacques Leblanc and Télesphore Simard.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Joachim?
Of the 8 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Saint-Joachim known for?
33% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Joachim?
The earliest is Jean-Marie Poulin, born in 1756, and the latest birth listed is 1921.
Who counts as from Saint-Joachim?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Saint-Joachim’s 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?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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)
- René-Édouard Caron: J.E. Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles-Honoré Laverdière: Jules-Isaïe Benoît, 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).