from Quebec. Louis-Joseph Papineau - politician, lawyer, landlord, and leader of the reformist Patriote movement before the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–1838. Jules-Maurice Quesnel, companion of Simon Fraser, Quesnel city, lake, and river bear his name in British-Columbia. Louis Riel - Canadian politician, founder of the province of Manitoba, and political and spiritual leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies. David Saint-Jacques - Astronaut. Thomas Joseph Shahan - Rector of the Catholic University of America 1909–1928, and Auxiliary bishop of Baltimore 1914–1932. Notable faculty J.-J. Gagnier Jean-Baptiste Labelle Benoît Poirier Alexis Contant References External links Collège de Montréal website High schools in Montreal Educational institutions established in 1767 1767 establishments in the British Empire