Bene merenti de patria

Bene merenti de patria is a silver medal created in 1923. It is awarded by the Quebec patriotic Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society to a "compatriot having rendered exceptional services to the homeland".

Laureates

 * 1924: Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie
 * 1924: Laurent-Olivier David
 * 1964: Sister Marie-Stéphane
 * 1964: Wilfrid Laurier
 * 1965: Claude Champagne
 * 1965: Lionel Daunais
 * 1965: Madame Hector Perrier
 * 1966: Annette Lasalle-Leduc
 * 1966: Jean Vallerand
 * 1966: Eugène Lapierre
 * 1968: Dr. Pierre Grondin
 * 1970: Clermont Pépin
 * 1972: Dr. Armand Frappier
 * 1974: Gustave Bellefleur
 * 1975: Father Gustave Lamarche
 * 1977: Raymond Barbeau
 * 1977: Jean-Charles Bonenfant (posthumous)
 * 1982: Séraphin Marion
 * 1982: Jean Rougeau (known as Johnny Rougeau)
 * 1983: Jeannine Séguin
 * 1987: Gilles Proulx
 * 1989: Pierre-Louis Mallen (first non-Quebecer)
 * 1990: Alice Poznanska-Parizeau (posthumous)
 * 1991: Mary Travers (known as La Bolduc, posthumous)
 * 1992: Dollard Ménard and Eugenia Dias
 * 1997: Rosaire Morin
 * 2005: Raymond Lévesque
 * 2011: Reggie Chartrand
 * 2012: Marcel Masse
 * 2015: Gilles Rhéaume
 * 2019: Yvon Groulx
 * 2019: Yves Saint-Denis
 * 2021: Yves Michaud
 * 2023: Onil Perrier