Jean Carignan, CM (December 7, 1916 – February 16, 1988) was a Canadian fiddler from Quebec.

[2] Carignan was a friend of famous violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin.

In 1974, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada as "the greatest fiddler in North America".

There are few players in any music who reach his degree of virtuosity without sacrificing feeling or originality"—p. 84.

As a fiddler, he was always aiming for the strictest authenticity in his executions, displaying an attitude of absolute rigor when playing his repertoire of 7,000 pieces learned from Coleman, Skinner, Allard, Wellie Ringuette and many others.