Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal

Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal (October 1, 1787 – February 17, 1847) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.

He was born Joseph-Rémi Vallière in Carleton, Bay of Chaleur, Quebec, in 1787, the son of blacksmith Jean-Baptiste Valliere and his wife Marguerite Cornelier.

In October 1798, Joseph-Remi and his family arrived in Kingston, Upper Canada, with a group of French Royalists, refugees from the French Revolution, on their way to start a settlement in York County on Yonge Street, north of York (Toronto), on land that is now part of the city of Richmond Hill, Ontario.

After the death of his father, he moved to Quebec City, where he was tutored by Monsignor Joseph-Octave Plessis, and then studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec.

He acquired property at Quebec, was the main shareholder in a toll bridge over the Etchemin River, was a part-owner in a lumber business and owned a gristmill that he rented out in exchange for a large portion of its flour production.