Châteauguay is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, located on both the Châteauguay River and Lac St-Louis, which is a section of the St. Lawrence River. The population of the city of Châteauguay at the 2021 Census was 50,815, and the population centre was 75,891.
General Jean Victor Allard was the first French Canadian to become Chief of the Defence Staff, the highest position in the Canadian Forces, from 1966 to 1969. He was also the first to hold the accompanying rank of general.
Jean Carignan, was a Canadian fiddler from Quebec.
Carl Abou Samah, better known by his stage name Karl Wolf, is a Lebanese-Canadian musician based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Joseph Allard was a Canadian fiddler and composer. He occasionally recorded under the pseudonym Maxime Toupin. Allard made many popular recordings, including Reel de l'Aveugle, Reel de Chateauguay, Reel de Jacques Cartier, and Reel du voyageur. During most of his life he was rarely in the public eye, and worked much of his life as a fisherman. After his recordings became popular, he was known as The Prince of Fiddlers.
Louis-Jules Allard was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec.
A move over law is a law which requires motorists to move over and change lanes to give safe clearance to law enforcement officers, firefighters, ambulances, utility workers, and in some cases, tow-truck drivers and disabled vehicles. In the past, Canada and United States have used this term to apply to two different concepts; however, this is beginning to change as Canadian provinces have begun expanding the scope of their move over laws.
Quebec fiddle is a part of the Old time fiddle canon and is influential in New England and Northwest fiddle styles.
The 2013 Bank of America 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 12, 2013, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt quad-oval, it was the thirty-first race of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the fifth race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Brad Keselowski won the race, his first of the season, while Kasey Kahne finished second and Matt Kenseth finished third. This was the first time since October 2011 that a Chase race was "spoiled" by a non-Chase driver.
The Circuit Riverside Speedway Ste-Croix is a multi-track motorsport venue located in Sainte-Croix, Quebec (Canada), approximatively 60 km west of Quebec City, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The facility features a 5/8-mile length oval speedway and a 1,7 km 9-turn road course.
Patrick Laperle is a Canadian racing driver. He competes in the Série ACT and in the PASS North Series. He is considered one of the best stock car drivers in Quebec.
Donald Theetge is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 74 Toyota Camry for Visconti Motorsports, as well as the NASCAR Pinty's Series driving his own No. 80 Chevrolet Camaro.
Alex Labbé is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 35 Toyota Camry for Joey Gase Motorsports and the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro for SS-Green Light Racing. He also competes in the NASCAR Canada Series on a part-time basis. He is the 2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series champion. He has also competed in Quebec's ACT Series and in the PASS North Series.
Jean-François Déry is a Canadian racing driver. He competes in the Quebec's ACT Series and in the PASS North Series.
Alexandre Gingras is a Canadian racing driver. He competes in the PASS North Series. He previously competed in the Quebec ACT Series.
Sylvain Lacombe is a Canadian racing driver. He competes in the Quebec's ACT Series.
Derek White is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 13 Toyota Camry and No. 40 Dodge Challenger as an owner/driver for MBM Motorsports.
Faith Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Whelen All-American Series. The team was owned by Shane Lamb, and fielded entries for Matt Mills and Donnie Levister.
Michael "Buddy" Kofoid is an American professional dirt track and stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the USAC National Midget Series and POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series, driving for Keith Kunz Motorsports. He is the 2021 and 2022 USAC National Midget Series champion. He also competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 51 Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 15 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports. He also has competed with the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint car Series. He collected his first Win at Husets Speedway on June 23, 2022.
Étienne Grandmont is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2022 Quebec general election. He represents the riding of Taschereau as a member of Québec solidaire.
