Background
He was born in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, the son of Ignace Caron and Marie-Élisabeth Émond.
He was born in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, the son of Ignace Caron and Marie-Élisabeth Émond.
He represented Northumberland in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1808 to 1809 and from 1811 to 1814. Caron served in the militia, was a commissioner for the summary trial of minor causes and a justice of the peace for Quebec district. He did not run for reelection to the assembly in 1809.
He was elected again in an 1811 by-election held following the death of Joseph Drapeau but did not run for reelection in 1814.
Caron died in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré at the age of 83.