CF#1
Politics & Law
Carole Freeman
born 1949Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Stéphane Batigne · CC BY 3.0Famous people · Saint-Urbain, Quebec
8 famous people were born in Saint-Urbain, more of them leaders than in most towns
Articles in 4 languages make the Canadian politician Carole Freeman the best known. 4 of them were born between Confederation and 1913, more than in any other period. As early as 1834, Onésime Gauthier was born here, one of 2 born before Confederation. No town in Quebec lists more than Montréal, with 5,278.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Carole Freeman
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1834
Onésime Gauthier
Youngest
1949
Carole Freeman
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Saint-Urbain is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 3.4 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Saint-Urbain
JG#2
Politics & Law
Joseph Girard
1853–1933Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JB#3
Politics & Law
Joseph-Arsène Bonnier
1879–1962Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Saint-Urbain’s famous people were born
Politics & LawMusicFaith
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Saint-Urbain
5 more names, born between 1834 and 1946.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Baie-Saint-Paul has the most on record: 20.
Questions about famous people from Saint-Urbain
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Urbain?
Carole Freeman (Canadian politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Joseph Girard and Joseph-Arsène Bonnier.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Urbain?
Wikidata counts 10 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Saint-Urbain known for?
75% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Urbain?
Onésime Gauthier (1834). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1949.
Who counts as from Saint-Urbain?
Born inside Saint-Urbain’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
Why is someone missing?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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)
- Simone Mary Bouchard: 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).