Thérèse Tanguay-Dion, MSM (born 20 March 1927), popularly known as Maman Dion, is a Canadian television personality and the mother of singer Céline Dion. She was born on the Gaspé Peninsula, in Saint-Bernard-des-Lacs, Quebec, as was her late husband, Adhémar-Charles Dion. Her parents were Antoinette (née Sergerie) and Laureat Achille Tanguay.Already well known in Quebec as a stage mother involved in her daughter's career, she later launched her own line of food products, Pâtés de Maman Dion, and became host of a cooking show for TVA. She is also a sponsor of the Fondation Maman Dion, an educational foundation which provides school supplies, clothing and eyewear to underprivileged children.
Children - Thérèse and Adhémar had 14 children:
Denise Dion (born 16 August 1946)
Clement Dion (born 2 November 1947)
Claudette Dion (born 10 December 1948)
Liette Dion (born 8 February 1950)
Michel Dion (born 18 August 1952)
Louise Dion (born 22 September 1953)
Jacques Dion (born 10 March 1955)
Daniel Dion (29 November 1956 – 16 January 2016)
Ghislaine Dion (born 28 July 1958)
Linda Dion (born 23 June 1959)
Manon Dion (born 7 October 1960)
Paul Dion (born 3 April 1962)
Pauline Dion (born 3 April 1962)
Céline Dion (born 30 March 1968)
