Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Historically, it was a French priest who accompanied the great explorer Jacques Cartier who said the first ever recorded Holy Mass on Canadian soil on July 7, 1534, on the shores of the Gaspe Peninsula. It is followed by deliberate conversion of the First Nations into the fold of Catholicism. Soon after, more and more religious congregations set foot in Canada specially among French-speaking present-day Quebec. The following are the holy men and women of Canada: The Canadian Martyrs also known as the North American Martyrs were eight Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, who were martyred in the mid-17th century in Canada and upstate New York. They comprised the six Jesuits and two companions missioning to the Hurons during colonial days of New France. Their canonizations were for having been martyred for their faith. These holy men were canonized by Pope Pius XI on June 29, 1930. Their feast day is celebrated in Canada on September 26.

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