René-Édouard Caron (21 October 1800 – 13 December 1876) was a Canadian politician, judge, and the second Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.

He studied Latin at the college of Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, which prepared him for admittance to the Petit Séminaire de Québec, in 1813.

[1] After later studying law in André-Rémi Hamel's office, Caron was called to the bar of Lower Canada in 1826.

[citation needed] In 1834, he was elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for the riding of Upper Town of Quebec.

Their daughter Corine married Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, who became Chief Justice of Canada and Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec.