List of venerated Canadian Catholics

The history of the Catholic Church in Canada extends back to the arrival of the earliest European explorers. A French priest accompanied the explorer Jacques Cartier, performing the first ever recorded Holy Mass on Canadian soil on July 7, 1534, on the shores of the Gaspé Peninsula. It was followed by conversion of the First Nations into the fold of Catholicism. Soon after, more and more religious congregations set foot in Canada especially among French-speaking present-day Quebec.
In this long history of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada, a number of deceased persons of the Church have had their life and work declared worthy of achieving one of the four stages of canonization in the Catholic Church: Servants of God; Venerable; Beatification ; and, for some, full recognition as a Saint.

''Fondateurs''

The list of Canadian Roman Catholic Saints, Blesseds and Venerables includes six individuals called the Fondateurs, or Founders. These people are particularly venerated for establishing the Church in Canada. Generally, these are: St. Marguerite Bourgeoys, St. Marguerite d'Youville, St. François de Laval, St. Marie de l'Incarnation, Bl. Catherine de Saint-Augustin and Ven. Jeanne Mance. Sometimes, Ven. Jérôme Le Royer de la Dauversière is also included.

Saints

Martyrs of North America:
* Jean de Brébeuf, Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* Noël Chabanel, Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* Antoine Daniel, Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* Charles Garnier, Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* Isaac Jogues, Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* Gabriel Lallemant (Lalemant), Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* René Goupil, Professed Religious of the Jesuits
* Jean de Lalande, Professed Religious of the Jesuits
** Beatified: June 21, 1925 by Pope Pius XI
** Canonized: June 29, 1930 by Pope Pius XI
Elizabeth Ann Seton, Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul of Halifax
* Declared "Venerable": December 18, 1959
* Beatified: March 17, 1963 by Pope John XXIII
* Canonized: September 14, 1975 by Pope Paul VI
Marguerite Bourgeoys, Founder of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame
* Declared "Venerable": June 19, 1910
* Beatified: November 12, 1950 by Pope Pius XII
* Canonized: October 31, 1982 by Pope John Paul II
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville née Dufrost de Lajemmerais, Widow; Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Montréal
* Declared "Venerable": March 3, 1955
* Beatified: May 3, 1959 by Pope John XXIII
* Canonized: December 9, 1990 by Pope John Paul II
Alfred Bessette, Professed Religious of the Congregation of Holy Cross
* Declared "Venerable": June 12, 1978
* Beatified: May 23, 1982 by Pope John Paul II
* Canonized: October 17, 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI
Kateri Tekakwitha, Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Montréal
* Declared "Venerable": January 3, 1943
* Beatified: June 22, 1980 by Pope John Paul II
* Canonized: October 21, 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI
Marie Guyart Martin, Widow; Professed Religious of the Ursuline Nuns
* Declared "Venerable": July 19, 1911
* Beatified: June 22, 1980 by Pope John Paul II
* Canonized : April 3, 2014 by Pope Francis
François de Montmorency-Laval, Bishop of Québec
* Declared "Venerable": February 28, 1960
* Beatified: June 22, 1980 by Pope John Paul II
* Canonized: April 3, 2014 by Pope Francis
Marie-Léonie Paradis, Founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family
* Declared "Venerable": January 31, 1981
* Beatified: September 11, 1984 by Pope John Paul II
* Canonized: October 20, 2024 by Pope Francis

Blesseds

André Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, Priest of the Archdiocese of Sens
* Declared "Venerable": October 1, 1926
* Beatified: October 17, 1926 by Pope Pius XI
Eulalie Durocher, Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
* Declared "Venerable": July 13, 1979
* Beatified: May 23, 1982 by Pope John Paul II
Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe; Cofounder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Saint-Hyacinthe
* Declared "Venerable": May 10, 1973
* Beatified: May 10, 1987 by Pope John Paul II
Frédéric Janssoone, Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor
* Declared "Venerable": March 21, 1985
* Beatified: September 25, 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Marie-Catherine Simon de Longpré, Professed Religious of the Augustinian Sisters of Mercy of Jesus
* Declared "Venerable": June 9, 1984
* Beatified: April 23, 1989 by Pope John Paul II
Dina Bélanger, Professed Religious of the Religious of Jesus and Mary
* Declared "Venerable": May 13, 1989
* Beatified: March 20, 1993 by Pope John Paul II
Esther Blondin, Founder of the Sisters of Saint Anne
* Declared "Venerable": May 14, 1991
* Beatified: April 29, 2001 by Pope John Paul II
Vasyl Velychkovsky, Professed Religious of the Redemptorists; Eparch of the "clandestine" Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church; Martyr
* Declared "Venerable": April 24, 2001
* Beatified: June 27, 2001 by Pope John Paul II
Mykyta Budka, Auxiliary Eparch of Lviv of the Ukrainians; Martyr
* Declared "Venerable": April 24, 2001
* Beatified: June 27, 2001 by Pope John Paul II
Émilie Tavernier-Gamelin, Founder of the Sisters of Providence of Montréal
* Declared "Venerable": December 23, 1993
* Beatified: October 7, 2001 by Pope John Paul II
Basil Moreau, Founder of the Sisters of Holy Cross
* Declared "Venerable": April 12, 2003
* Beatified: September 16, 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
Marie-Louise-Élisabeth de Lamoignon de Molé de Champlâtreux, widow; founder of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Louis of Vannes
* Declared "Venerable": January 16, 1986
* Beatified: November 27, 2011 by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon, Founder of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
* Declared "Venerable": October 9, 2013
* Beatified: April 26, 2015 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B.
Louis Doumain, priest of the diocese of Viviers and martyr under the National Socialists with the Martyrs de l’Apostolat
* Beatified: TBD

Venerables

Vital-Justin Grandin, Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Bishop of Saint-Albert
* Declared "Venerable": December 15, 1966
Alfred Pampalon, Professed Priest of the Redemptorists
* Declared "Venerable": May 14, 1991
Élisabeth Bergeron, Cofounder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Saint-Hyacinthe
* Declared "Venerable": January 12, 1996.
Délia Tétreault, Founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception
* Declared "Venerable": December 18, 1997
Jérôme Le Royer de la Dauversière, Married Layperson of the Diocese of Le Mans; Cofounder of the Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph
* Declared "Venerable": July 6, 2007
Adolphe Châtillon, Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
* Declared "Venerable": April 2, 2011
Marie-Josephte Fitzbach, Widow; Founder of the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Good Shepherd Sisters
* Declared "Venerable": June 28, 2012
Antoine Kowalczyk, Professed Religious of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
* Declared "Venerable": March 27, 2013
Rosalie Cadron-Jetté, Founder of the Misericordia Sisters
* Declared "Venerable": December 9, 2013
Marie-Anne-Marcelle Mallet, Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Québec
* Declared "Venerable": January 27, 2014
Joseph Staub, Professed Priest of the Assumptionists; Founder of the Sisters of Saint Joan of Arc
* Declared "Venerable": April 3, 2014
Jeanne Mance Layperson of the Archdiocese of Montréal
* Declared "Venerable": November 7, 2014
William Gagnon, Professed Religious of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God
* Declared "Venerable": December 14, 2015
Aurélie Caouette, Founder of the Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood
* Declared "Venerable": December 1, 2016
Élisabeth Bruyère, Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa
* Declared "Venerable": April 14, 2018
Ovide Charlebois, Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Apostolic Vicar of Keewatin; Titular Bishop of Berenice
* Declared "Venerable": November 28, 2019

Servants of God

Jeanne Le Ber, Layperson of the Archdiocese of Montréal
Martyrs of French Revolution:
* Anne Le Prince veuve le Blanc, Married Layperson of the Diocese of Quimper-Léon
* Anastasie le Blanc, Layperson of the Diocese of Quimper-Léon
Michael Power, Bishop of Toronto
Stephen Eckert, Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins
Elzéar DeLamarre, Priest of the Diocese of Chicoutimi; Founder of the Antonian Sisters of Mary
Vénérance Morin-Rouleau, Founder of the Sisters of Providence of Chile
Léon Pratte, Priest of the Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe
Gérard Raymond, Seminarian of the Archdiocese of Québec
Louis Doumain, Priest of the Diocese of Viviers; Martyr
Eugène Prévost, Priest and Founder of the Congregation of the Sacerdotal Fraternity and of the Oblate Sisters of Bethany
Albert L'Heureux, Professed Priest of the Trappists; Martyr
Louis Émond, Layperson of the Archdiocese of Québec
Victor Lelièvre, Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
Pierre Fallaize, Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Auxiliary Bishop of MacKenzie
Georges-Philias Vanier, Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Ottawa; Governor-General of Canada
Gilberte Lapierre, Professed Religious of the Poor Clare Nuns
Dorian LaPlante, Professed Religious of the Congregation of Holy Cross
Catherine de Hueck Doherty, Married Layperson of the Diocese of Pembroke; Founder of the Madonna House Apostolate
Pauline Archer–Vanier, Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Ottawa
Colette Lamontaigne Samson, Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Québec
Carmelina Tarantino, Professed Religious of the Passionist Sisters of Saint Paul of the Cross
Julienne Dallaire, Founder of the Dominican Missionary Adorers
Emiliano Tardif, Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart; Founder of the Community of the Servants of the Living Christ

Candidates for sainthood

Nicolas Viel, Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor
Auhaitsique, Layperson of the Archdiocese of Québec
Joseph Chiwatenhwa and Marie Aonetta, Married Laypersons of the Archdiocese of Québec
Barthélemy Vimont, Professed Priest of the Jesuits
Marie-Madeleine de Chauvigny de la Peltrie, Professed Religious of the Ursulines of Québec
Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot, Professed Priest of the Jesuits
Claude Pelletier, Professed Religious of the Franciscan Friars Minor
Esther Wheelwright, Professed Religious of the Ursulines of Québec
Frances Margaret Allen, Professed Religious of the Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph
Esther Pariseau, Professed Religious of the Sisters of Providence of Montréal
Éléonore Potvin, Founder of the Servants of Jesus-Marie
Jean-Baptiste Rouvière, Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Martyr
Guillaume Le Roux, Professed Priests of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Martyr
Alexis-Louis Mangin, Priest of the Archdiocese of Ottawa; Founder of the Servants of Jesus-Marie
Marie Bibeau, Founder of the Little Franciscans of Mary
Marie Rose Ferron, Layperson of the Diocese of Providence
Emma Tétu, Professed Religious of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa
Martyrs of Fengxian :
* Alphonse Dubé, Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* Prosper Bernard, Professed Priest of the Jesuits
* Armand Lalonde, Professed Priest of the Jesuits
Rose Prince, Layperson of the Diocese of Prince George
Léon Arcand, Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor
Henri Roy, Professes Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Founder of the Secular Institute "Pius X"
James Arthur Mackinnon, Priest of the Scarboro Foreign Mission Society; Martyr
Martyrs of Maseru, Lesotho:
* Almanzar Joseph Ménard, Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
* Raynald Beauregard, Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
Maurice Lefebvre Beaudry, Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Martyr
Martyrs of Uganda:
* Jean-Paul Demers, Priest of the Missionaries of Africa
* Gérard Perrault, Priest of the Missionaries of Africa
* Wilfred Lépine, Priest of the Missionaries of Africa
Raoul Joseph Léger, Layperson of the Archdiocese of Moncton; Lay Missionary of the Québec Foreign Missionary Society; Martyr
Douglas William Main, Professed Priest of the Benedictines
Claudia Murphy, Professed Religious of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa
Mary Josephine Mulligan, Founder of the Sisters of Our Lady Immaculate
Jean-Luc Hudon, Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools ; Martyr
Martin John Royackers, Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr
William Lloyd Ryan, Priest of the Diocese of Hamilton; Founder of the Sisters of Our Lady Immaculate
Richard Émile Joyal, Professed Priest of the Society of Mary ; Martyr
Martyrs of Rwanda:
* François Cardinal, professed religious, Brothers of Christian Instruction
* Claude Simard, professed priest, Congregation of Holy Cross
* Guy Pinard, priest of the Missionaries of Our Lady of Africa