People
- Harry Bain, former paediatrician-in-chief of the Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto's department chairman of paediatrics
- Jean Éthier-Blais, writer and literary critic at Le Devoir
- Jean-Jacques Blais, former cabinet member in the Canadian government
- Louise Charron, first Franco-Ontarian justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- France Gareau, 1984 Olympics athlete who won a silver medal in the 4x100 metres sprints
- Emily Haines lead singer of the successful Canadian New Wave band Metric.
- Ed Harrington, ex-CFL player
- François Larocque, Canadian lawyer and academic
- Carl Legault, former federal politician
- Moe Mantha, Sr., former NHL player and politician
- Moe Mantha, Jr., former NHL player, raised in Sturgeon Falls
- Denise Meehan, founder and operator of the Lick's Homeburgers hamburger chain
- André Paiement, singer and songwriter
- Lise Paiement, director of L'écho d'un Peuple, Franco-Ontarian outdoor play
- Rachel Paiement, singer and songwriter
- Benoît Serré, former federal politician
- Gaetan Serré, former federal politician
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“What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one’s heroic ancestors. It’s astounding to me, for example, that so many people really seem to believe that the country was founded by a band of heroes who wanted to be free. That happens not to be true. What happened was that some people left Europe because they couldn’t stay there any longer and had to go someplace else to make it. They were hungry, they were poor, they were convicts.”
—James Baldwin (1924–1987)
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“The words of lowly people carry little weight.”
—Chinese proverb.