Explore the world of LeBlanc

The LeBlanc name is everywhere on the planet, where do you fit in? Trace the family from Acadia to today, one record at a time.

Early map of Port Royal, Acadia, with the river, settlement and surrounding hills
Port Royal, Acadia, where Daniel LeBlanc settled. Library and Archives Canada.
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From Martaizé to Ottawa, since 1626

Each generation is backed by census pages, parish records and family photos, with the open questions marked honestly along the way.

Six ways into the family archive

Records, crests, service files and stories gathered over years of research, all free to explore.

A page of the 1671 census of Port Royal listing Daniel LeBlanc's household

Daniel LeBlanc

Martaizé, France, 1626

The first LeBlanc of this line in North America. He crossed to Acadia, married Françoise Gaudet and raised his family at Port Royal.

His household appears in the census of 1671, the page shown here, still kept by Library and Archives Canada.

His signature, 1695His signature, 1695
Read Daniel's story

LeBlancs in the news

Clippings from more than a century of newspapers, each one a small window into a life.

Halifax Evening Mail clipping, 1917
1917

The Esther Hankinson

A new schooner under Captain Frances LeBlanc arrives in Halifax.

1902 California newspaper report from the Klondike
1902

Frank LeBlanc

A death in the Klondike, reported as far away as California.

Gustave LeBlanc with Bing and Philip in uniform
Military

Gustave, Bing and Philip

Three men in uniform, from the family's service records.

LeBlanc coats of arms

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LeBlanc family crest, Ottawa Governor General Roméo LeBlanc Association des LeBlanc Arthur Joseph LeBlanc Monseigneur Edouard LeBlanc Diana Fowler LeBlanc Percy LeBlanc family, Smoke Bend, Louisiana Acadian crest Original LeBlanc family crest