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Norman Canadians are Canadians whose ancestors came from the Duchy of Normandy.
- Pierre de Chauvin de Tonnetuit: naval captain, lieutenant of New France and governor.
- Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay: officer and merchant who was a prominent figure in the early days of Montreal.
- René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, colonist, namesake of LaSalle, Quebec. [1]
- Pierre Boucher: Governor of Trois-Rivières, namesake of Boucherville. [2]
- Jean Brebeuf: missionary, wrote a grammar and dictionary in the Wyandot language. [3]
- Guillaume Couture: missionary, translator, diplomat, militia captain.
- Jacques Le Ber: merchant and lord at Montreal.
- Julien Dubuque: third generation Norman Canadian, namesake of Dubuque, Iowa.
- Charles Hus, dit Millet third generation Norman Canadian, political figure.
- Joseph Marie LaBarge, Senior: third generation Norman Canadian, frontiersman, trapper and fur trader.
More than two million people in Quebec have a name of Norman origin. [4]
- Anctil: a variant spelling of Anquetil.
- Bellemare: common family name in Mauricie.
- Bérubé: originates in the Pays de Caux.
- Carpentier: a surname from Picardy and Upper Normandy.
- Coté [4]
- Gagné [4]
- Gagnon [4]
- Hébert: Norman variant of Herbert.
- Normand
- Talbot
- Ratelle (Ratel "Dit Dragon") a name from Rouen.
- Roy: Norman & Anglo-Norman, meaning "King". [4]
- Tremblay [4]
- Trépanier. [5]
- Dieppe, New Brunswick: named in the memory of the 913 Canadians who were killed during the Dieppe Raid in the Second World War.
- Honfleur, Quebec
- ^ Canada-Québec Synthèse Historique, Montréal, (1977) pp 108-109.
- ^ Canada-Québec Synthèse Historique, Montréal, (1977) pp 86-87.
- ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia, Hurtig Publishers Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta, (1988) p 267.
- ^ a b c d e f Raulin, François (3 November 2017). "Les "cousins" québécois au chevet du tourisme normand". Le Point (in French). Le Point. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Canada-Québec Synthèse Historique, Montréal, (1977) pp 11.
| This article needs additional citations for
verification. (September 2018) |
Norman Canadians are Canadians whose ancestors came from the Duchy of Normandy.
- Pierre de Chauvin de Tonnetuit: naval captain, lieutenant of New France and governor.
- Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay: officer and merchant who was a prominent figure in the early days of Montreal.
- René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, colonist, namesake of LaSalle, Quebec. [1]
- Pierre Boucher: Governor of Trois-Rivières, namesake of Boucherville. [2]
- Jean Brebeuf: missionary, wrote a grammar and dictionary in the Wyandot language. [3]
- Guillaume Couture: missionary, translator, diplomat, militia captain.
- Jacques Le Ber: merchant and lord at Montreal.
- Julien Dubuque: third generation Norman Canadian, namesake of Dubuque, Iowa.
- Charles Hus, dit Millet third generation Norman Canadian, political figure.
- Joseph Marie LaBarge, Senior: third generation Norman Canadian, frontiersman, trapper and fur trader.
More than two million people in Quebec have a name of Norman origin. [4]
- Anctil: a variant spelling of Anquetil.
- Bellemare: common family name in Mauricie.
- Bérubé: originates in the Pays de Caux.
- Carpentier: a surname from Picardy and Upper Normandy.
- Coté [4]
- Gagné [4]
- Gagnon [4]
- Hébert: Norman variant of Herbert.
- Normand
- Talbot
- Ratelle (Ratel "Dit Dragon") a name from Rouen.
- Roy: Norman & Anglo-Norman, meaning "King". [4]
- Tremblay [4]
- Trépanier. [5]
- Dieppe, New Brunswick: named in the memory of the 913 Canadians who were killed during the Dieppe Raid in the Second World War.
- Honfleur, Quebec
- ^ Canada-Québec Synthèse Historique, Montréal, (1977) pp 108-109.
- ^ Canada-Québec Synthèse Historique, Montréal, (1977) pp 86-87.
- ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia, Hurtig Publishers Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta, (1988) p 267.
- ^ a b c d e f Raulin, François (3 November 2017). "Les "cousins" québécois au chevet du tourisme normand". Le Point (in French). Le Point. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Canada-Québec Synthèse Historique, Montréal, (1977) pp 11.