Hélène Desportes (c. 1620 – June 24, 1675) is often cited as the first white child born in Canada (New France).
Her father was a lawyer in the Parlement de Paris and an investor in the Company of 100 Associates which funded Champlain's colony.
[4] After the fall of Québec City in 1629, Hélène and her parents, along with Champlain were transported to London, and then back to France.
She then married Noël Morin — a native of the parish of St-Étienne in Brie-Comte-Robert, a village near Paris — on January 9, 1640, in Quebec City.
[6] In time, two of Hélène's daughters, a daughter-in-law, and three granddaughters also became midwives, being cited in Church records as "sage-femmes" in the communities of Château-Richer, Cap-St-Ignace, and Montmagny.