Norman Canadians

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Norman Canadians are Canadians whose ancestors came from the Duchy of Normandy.

List of Norman Canadians and notable Norman settlers

List surnames of Norman origin found in Canada

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.
  • Huneault (Toussaint Huneault was a Norman who was one of the first settlers in New France in the early 1600’s)
  • Normand
  • Talbot
  • Toupin which was previously Toutain/Tostain (dit Dussault; Toussaint Toupin was a founding settler in New France and is 100% genetically Norman and a descendant of Thorstein a companion of Rollo)
  • Ratelle (Ratel "Dit Dragon") a name from Rouen.
  • Roy: Norman & Anglo-Norman, meaning "King".[4]
  • Tremblay[4]
  • Trépanier.[5]

List of Canadian places named after places in Normandy

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