List of Metis Surnames of Ontario
This index is a list of links to information about Metis surnames that are present in Ontario and which originated primarily with the Metis of western and central Canada. It’s under development and is intended to be a Finding Aide to any information on this site that relates to the Ontario Metis. Most of the surnames are derived from the official Metis Nation of Ontario project, but I’ve also added a few from more recent generations.
SURNAMES IN ORANGE
are those for which there is information on this site in my Marriage Index and / or the Canadian Census Extracts. You can search for these orange surnames in the Marriage Index or by using the Search Box in the sidebar.
SURNAMES IN PURPLE
are links to surname mini-indexes. These are either Surname Anchor Posts or Early French Canadian Pioneer Posts. The goal of these posts is to gather all the links to information about one surname on one post so that it is easier to find.
The Surname Anchor Posts collect indigenous and Metis-related links. The Pioneer Posts focus on French Canadians but usually have some indigenous and/or Metis-related links.
SURNAMES IN BLACK
represent surnames that appear in the Metis Nation of Ontario official lists, but do not appear on this site. I’ve listed those surnames in black at the foot of this post.
A
Arbour
Alexandre
Allan / Allen
(sometimes) Allain [Pioneer Post]
Anderson [Surname Anchor Post]
Andrew, Andrews [Surname Anchr Post]
Apaquash
Archibald [SurnameAnchor Post]
Arthur / Arthurs
Ashfield – Assinewa
Atkinson [Surname Anchor Post]
Attwood
B
Bailey / Baillie – Bain
Ballenden – Bannan
Barker – Bartosewsky
Bateman – Bates
Bazinet – Bead
Bear [Surname Anchor Post] new Nov 2022
Beaucage
Beauchamp [Surname Anchor Post]
Beaudoin [ Surname Anchor Post]
Beaulieu [Surname Anchor Post]
Beauregard [Surname Anchor Post]
Beausoleil [Surname Anchor Post]
Beboning – Beddome
Belanger [Surname Anchor Post]
Belhumeur [Surname Anchor Post] newly indexed
Bell – Belleau
Bellerose [Surname Anchor Post]
Bellevalle
Belisle / Bellisle [Pioneer Post]
Benang
Bidal – Birch
Birney
Bis(s)aillon
Blackburn
Blanchette – Blette
Blondin [Surname Anchor Post] newly indexed
Blunt
Boissonneau
Bonhomme
Bonnevill / Bonnerville [Pioneer Post]
Boon
Bottineau
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Bouchard [Surname Anchor Post]
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Boulton
Bowes – Boyce
Bowman
Bright
Brissette / Bressette [Surname Anchor Post]
Brophy
Brunelle
Bunn – Burnie
Burke
*sometimes Bourque [Surname Post]
Burton – Byington
C
Cachegee
Cadeau(x)
*sometimes Cadot [Surname Anchor Post]
Cadrant
Callaghan
Campbell – Carlson
Carpenter, [Surname Anchor Post]
Carre
Carriere [Surname Anchor Post]
Carter
Cartier, Chartier [Surname Anchor Post]
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Cascanette / Cascagnette / Caskinett
Cavanaugh – Chamberlain
Chambers
Charlton
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Charpentier [Surname Anchor Post]
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Charette, Charest | [Surname Anchor Post]
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Chartrand [Surname Anchor Post]
Chatelain / Chastelain [Surname Anchor Post]
Chayer – Chenier
Chevrier [Surname Anchor Post]
Chilton
Christian
Christie [Surname Anchor Post]
Cimon (see also Simon)
Clark(e)
Cliff
Cloutier [Surname Anchor Post]
Cole
Colton
Commandant [Surname Anchor Post]
Comstock – Connor(s)
Contan(t) – Cook
Cooper – Corbett
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Corbiere [Surname Anchor Post] new Nov 2022
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Corboy
Corcoran – Cornell
Corrigal – Corson
Cosgrove
Couture, Lacouture [Surname Anchor Post]
Courchesne – Cousineau
Craddock [Surname Anchor Post]
Crawford [Surname Anchor Post]
Cromaty – Cronin
Crow, Crowe [Surname Anchor Post]
Crowley
Cyrette
D
D’ailleburt / Diabo [Surname Anchor Post]
Dallaire
Davieaux – Davies
Debassige – Decaire
De Geier – (de) Lamorandiere
Delaronde [Surname Anchor Post]
Denault
Desbiens
Deschamps [Surname Anchor Post]
Desjardins [Surname Anchor Post]
Desmoulin(s)
Desrochers [Surname Anchor Post]
Deziel
Dion, Deon, Dionne [Surname Anchor Post]
Dokis
Donald
Doucette – Douglas
Driver
Dubeau
Duchenau
Dufau / Dufault
Dumouchel
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Duncan new Nov 2022
Dunn
Dunning – Dupand
Duxbury – Dyotte
E
Eagle [Surname Anchor Post] new Nov 2022
Eas(t)on
Edmonstone – Ellison
Enright – Evans
F
Fadden – Farr
Farling
Favel – Fenton
Ferraro
Finlayson
Fletcher – Folster
Foote – Forbes
Fortunato
Fournier [Surname Anchor Post]
Fowler – Foy
Francois [Surname Anchor Post]
Freve – Frobisher
Furlong
G
Gallant – Garden / Garton
Gareau, Garrow [Surname Anchor Post]
Gatien
Gaudet – Gaudry
Gauthier [Surname Anchor Post]
Gendron [Surname Anchor Post]
George – Gerard
Gibbins – Gibson
Gignac
Gladman
sometimes Godard =
Gogeosh
Goodchild [Bonenfant Pioneer Post]
Good – Goodwin
Goulais / Goulet [Pioneer Post]
Grace – Graham
Gravel
Griffiths – Grisdale
Grosleau [Groleau Pioneer Post]
Grouette [Surname Anchor Post]
Guest
Guppy – Gutcher
H
Haitz
Hanlon – Hanrahan
Harcus – Harper
Harrison – Harvey
Hawley – Hayden
Head – Hearn
Hebner
Herron
Hodgson – Hogue
Horn
Howard – Howe
Howell – Howland
Hubridge – Hudson
Hull
Hunt, Hunter new Nov 2022
Hurteau – Hutton
Hyatt
I
Ikwens – Irish
Irvine – Irwin
J
Jacko / Jocko
Janasse – Jeffrey
Jewitt
Jourdain [Surname Anchor Post]
K
Kakkwabit – Kavanagh
Kakwabit – Kearney
Keble – Keetch
Keith
Kennedy [Surname Anchor Post] new Nov 2022
Kerr
Kijikasowekwe – Kimball / Kimble
Kirkness – Kistabish
Knott – Kobeosse
Kodje
L
Labelle – Labine
Lacourse / Lacource
Ladouceur [Surname Anchor Post]
Laford
Laframboise [Surname Anchor Post]
Lafrance [Surname Anchor Post]
Lafreniere [Surname Anchor Post]
Lagarde – Lagimodiere
Laliberte [Surname Anchor Post]
Lamorandiere
Lamoureux [Surname Anchor Post]
Landon – Landrigan
Langdon
Langevin [Surname Anchor Post]
Langstaff
Lapensee [Surname Anchor Post]
Lapierre [Surname Anchor Post]
Laplante [Surname Anchor Post]
Lapointe [Surname Anchor Post]
Lariviere [Surname Anchor Post]
Larouche
Laurin
Lavallee [Surname Anchor Post]
Leach
Lefebvre [Surname Anchor Post]
La Steche – Lawrence
Lecamp
Lee – Legarde
Legros
Lesperance [Surname Anchor Post]
Letour
L’Hirondelle – Libby
Linden – Lindsay
Lindstrom – Linklater
Lloyd
Longlade, Langlade [Surname Anchor Post]
Loutit – Lundgren
Lynch – Lyons
Lyttle
M
Macdonald [Surname Anchor Post]
Madore – Maille
Mainville
Mantha – Marcelle
Marchand [Surname Anchor Post]
Marshall
Marvin – Mason
Mathieson
Maxwell – Mayneur / Miner
McBride – McCarthy
McConnell – McCoy
McCracken – McCrea
McDonald / McDonnel (dit Mawiskak) [Surname Anchor Post]
McDougal [Surname Anchor Post]
McFarland / McFarling
McGregor | [Surname Anchor Post]
McKibbon – McGuire
McHale
McKay, MacKay, McCay [Surname Anchor Post] new Oct 2022
McKelvey
McKenzie [Surname Anchor Post]
McIvor, McIver [Surname Anchor Post] new Nov 2022
McLaren
McLean, Maclean, McLane [Surname Anchor Post] new Oct 2022
McMahon – McPhee
McPherson, MacPherson [Surname Anchor Post]
McRobert [Surname Anchor Post]
McQuarry – Mecowatch
Melancon
Mervyn – Meshergess
Mezzobi
Mic Mac – Mijakwat
Millet – Miron
Mishki
Mitchell [Surname Anchor Post]
Moar – Mole
Mongrain – Monkman
Montreuil [Surname Anchor Post]
Moore
Morissette
Morrison [Surname Anchor Post]
Morrow – Motigwash
Mou
N
Nabigan
Nadau / Nadeau [Surname Anchor Post]
Nash – Natowesi
Nelles – Nelson
Netawassang
Newman
Newton
Nicholas [Surname Anchor Post]
Nielson – Noble
Normand
O
O’Connor – Ogimabinens
Ogweiaw – Olmstead
Owen
P
Papineau [Surname Anchor Post]
Pappin
Paquette [Surname Anchor Post]
Paquin, Pocha [Surname Anchor Post]
Pari / Paris – Parke
Patenaude – Patterson
Payette, Pyette | [Surname Anchor Post]
Payment / Payement
Peebles – Pekikewany
Pelletier [Surname Anchor Post]
Pelon
(possibly) Pilon [Surname Anchor Post]
Penase – Penny
Perfetto
Perrault [Surname Anchor Post]
Perrons / Peron [Pioneer Post]
Perry – Pierce
Pierre / St. Pierre [Surname Anchor Post]
Piette
Pim – Pindeau
Pirie – Plouffe
Polson – Pork
Potts – Powers
Pratt – Precourt
Presley – Presse
Prince
Prisk / Prisque [Surname Anchor Post]
Pritchard [Surname Anchor Post]
Puffer – Puskewiatch
Putz
Q
Quesnel / Quesnelle [Pioneer Post]
Quigley
R
Rainville [Surname Anchor Post]
Ramsey / Romsey – Ransom
Recollet | [Surname Anchor Post]
Reid – Remington
Restoule – Reynolds
Richardson – Rickard
Ritchot – Rivers
Robertson
Robillard [Surname Anchor Post]
Robinson [Surname Anchor Post]
Rochon
Roque – Rose
Rosman
Rousseau [Surname Anchor Post]
Rowe
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S
Sabiston
Salter
Sanderson [Surname Anchor Post]
Saulteuse – Saunders
Sauvage
Sayer(s) – Schellin
Schwink
Sebastien [Surname Anchor Post]
Secord – Setter
Sewell – Shearer
Sheperd – Sherlock
Sibikwe
Sinclair – Singleton
Singosobie – Sloan
Smeltzer
Solomon – Soucie
Souliere – Sourdif / Sourdine
Spence, Spencer [Surname Anchor Post]
Stanger – Stanton
St. Denys / Denis [Pioneer Post]
Stevenson – Stewart
St. Germain [Surname Anchor Post]
Stiller
St. Matte – Stockers
Stone
St. Onge [Surname Anchor Post]
St. Ours – Stoqua
Stocker – Stranger
Sturgeon – Sutherland
Sylvestre [Surname Anchor Post]
Syrette – Swain
Swanson
T
Tausensen
Tchimanens – Tennisco
Thewish
Thibault [Surname Anchor Post]
Tkwe – Thompson
Tobin – Toby
Tooley
Tranch Montagne [Pioneer Post]
Tremblay / Trembley [Surname Anchor Post]
Truthwaite
Tunny
Turner
U
Udgarden
V
Vanderburgh – Varty
W
Wabi – Waller
Ward – Warner
Wassegijigok – Watson
Watt – Way
Weigand – Weis
Welsh – Wheeler
Whiteduck – Wilcox
Willet
(sometimes) Ouellet [Surname Anchor Post]
William, Williams [Surname Anchor Post]
Wilson – Wood
Wynn(e)
X -Y – Z
Yale
Youman
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A Canadian Family 
need to research more on Bertrand—were they Metis?
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My grand mothers mother was a Bertrand, her name was Zemilia Bertrand, she married my ggf Lusires Guillory. The Guillory’s were Acaidian, they along with the Ringets, (Ranget), and Bertrands seem to have married alot within the three familys. I have Joseph J, 11, Leondre J, J. Bertrand, Joseph F., Amable Bertrand, G. Bertrand Beaulieu, Giles 1,Jan, de G.S. di Bertrand,Gillette, Jan, and Pierre Bertrand. Some of these may have come from France, also as I said Acaidian, through New Foundland to La. US. This is on my father’s mother’s side, I am tracing my fathers paternal side and found out that I have in the Robin side Metis going back to Kaskaskia Il. Territory, New France through marriage between Marie Rouensa, and Michel Philippe, she was the dau. of Chief Rouensa of the kaskaskia Indians.He was a french trader along with being in the military stationed there.Trace some or all of these names back, and save names that you keep seeing at times during your searches. Charboneau, Menard, Roy, Fortier. These names I kept seeing every once in a while during my searching other lines taking me back to Canada. I just kept digging and finally the dots started to connect, and these name’s became part of my familly.. If your Bertrand line traces back to Canada chance’s are your Bertrands will have Metis, but don’t take me by my word alone check everything out real good. I hope that you find what your looking for.
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Need to know if Severe Labranche born 1824 was a metis
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My mother name was Claire Bertrand and father name is Alfred Sarrazin
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my mother was pierrette paquet and father rejean turgeon would i be considered metis
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Hello Evelyn, Thank you for your research!! I have a few surnames in my family tree listed on your site.
I would love your opinion : )
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Such wonderful work you’ve done!
I saw Lavigne. My relative Sophie Lavigne+dit-Tessier married George Dean. My Great-grandfather Leo Chester Cunningham who married Lydia Hill said Sophie was the beginning of our Mohawk Turtle Clan Ancestry. Could I somehow send you details?
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Replied by email.
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Has anyone found Metis ties in the Meloche and Reaume families in Windsor Essex county Ontario
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Hello Mark,
I hope someone will be able to help you with your query.
In the meantime, in case you missed it there’s this post
https://acanadianfamily.wordpress.com/2021/08/07/meloche-iroquois-mixed-heritage-surname-anchor-post/
You might want to leave another comment under that post so the right people see your comment.
Good luck with you search,
Evelyn
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Thank you for giving me a starting point I have a really good book on Meloche family but it want to explore more
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