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List of Norman Canadians and notable Norman settlers
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List surnames of Norman origin found in Canada
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List of Canadian places named after places in Normandy
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References
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Norman Canadians are Canadians whose ancestors came from the Duchy of Normandy.
List of Norman Canadians and notable Norman settlers[edit]
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Pierre de Chauvin de Tonnetuit: naval captain, lieutenant of New France and governor.
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Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay: officer and merchant who was a prominent figure in the early days of Montreal.
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René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, colonist, namesake of LaSalle, Quebec.[1]
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Pierre Boucher: Governor of Trois-Rivières, namesake of Boucherville.[2]
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Jean Brebeuf: missionary, wrote a grammar and dictionary in the Wyandot language.[3]
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Guillaume Couture: missionary, translator, diplomat, militia captain.
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Jacques Le Ber: merchant and lord at Montreal.
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Julien Dubuque: third generation Norman Canadian, namesake of Dubuque, Iowa.
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Charles Hus, dit Millet third generation Norman Canadian, political figure.
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Joseph Marie LaBarge, Senior: third generation Norman Canadian, frontiersman, trapper and fur trader.
List surnames of Norman origin found in Canada[edit]
More than two million people in Quebec have a name of Norman origin.[4]
List of Canadian places named after places in Normandy[edit]
References[edit]
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^ 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.
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