According to many modern historians, including Alain Laberge, the 2008 Chair of the History Department at Quebec City's Laval University, a specialist in the history of New France, Champlain could have been born a Protestant.
Consonte os historiadores modernos, como Alain Laberge, presidente no ano 2008 do Departamento de Historia da Universidade de Laval de Quebec, especialista en historia da Nova Francia, Champlain puido ter nacido protestante.