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Canadians Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

, people who are identified with

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...

through residential,

legal Law is a set of rules that are created and are law enforcement, enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. ...

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

, or cultural means, grouped by their area of notability.

Architects

Hans Blumenfeld Hans Blumenfeld, (October 18, 1892 – January 30, 1988) was a German Canadian architect and city planner. Blumenfeld published many articles on economic and social effects of planning with the emphasis on interdependence of physical, soc ...

OC (1892–1988) – architect and city planner *

Joan Burt Joan Burt (1930 - 10 March 2021) was a Canadian architect and educator. She was born in Toronto and received a BArch from the University of Toronto in 1956, becoming the 21st woman to graduate from the program. Burt worked with architecture firm ...

(1930–2021) – architect *

Douglas Cardinal Douglas Joseph Cardinal (born 7 March 1934) is a Canadian architect based in Ottawa, Ontario. His flowing architecture marked with smooth curvilinear forms is influenced by his Indigenous heritage as well as European Expressionist architectur ...

OC RAIC (born 1934) – architect of

Canadian Museum of Civilization The Canadian Museum of History (french: Musée canadien de l’histoire) is a national museum on anthropology, Canadian history, cultural studies, and ethnology in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The purpose of the museum is to promote the heritage ...

* Mary Clark (born 1936) – architect and transportation planner *

Ernest Cormier Ernest Cormier OC (December 5, 1885 – January 1, 1980) was a Canadian engineer and architect. He spent much of his career in the Montreal area, designing notable examples of Art Deco architecture, including the Université de Montré ...

OC RAIC (1885–1980) – architect of

Supreme Court of Canada The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; french: Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the highest court in the judicial system of Canada. It comprises nine justices, whose decisions are the ultimate application of Canadian law, and grants permission to ...

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A. J. Diamond Abel Joseph "Jack" Diamond, (November 8, 1932–October 30, 2022) was a South Africa-born Canadian architect. Diamond arrived in Canada in 1964 for the University of Toronto. In 1974, he established his architectural practice, A.J. Diamond Archi ...

OC RAIC (born 1934) – architect of

Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts is a 2,071-seat theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located at the southeast corner of University Avenue and Queen Street West, across from Osgoode Hall. The land on which it is located was a gift f ...

Margaret Synge Dryer Margaret "Pegeen" Synge Dryer (1921–1963) was a Canadian architect. She was born Margaret Synge in Toronto and was educated in Dublin from 1925 to 1930 and in Toronto from 1930 to 1945, when she graduated from the University of Toronto with a ...

(1921–1963) – architect *

Arthur Erickson Arthur Charles Erickson (June 14, 1924 – May 20, 2009) was a Canadian architect and urban planner. He studied Engineering at the University of British Columbia and, in 1950, received his B.Arch. (Honours) from McGill University. He is known ...

CC RAIC (1924–2008) – architect of

Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located ...

Robson Square Robson Square is a landmark civic centre and public plaza, located in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the site of the Provincial Law Courts, UBC Robson Square, government office buildings, and public space connecting the newer dev ...

, and the Embassy of Canada in Washington *

David Ewart David Ewart, ISO (18 February 1841 – 6 June 1921) was a Canadian architect who served as Chief Dominion Architect from 1896 to 1914. As chief government architect he was responsible for many of the federal buildings constructed in this peri ...

ISO ISO is the most common abbreviation for the International Organization for Standardization. ISO or Iso may also refer to: Business and finance * Iso (supermarket), a chain of Danish supermarkets incorporated into the SuperBest chain in 2007 * Is ...

(1841–1921) – Chief Dominion Architect (1896 to 1914), architect of Dominion Archives Building,

Royal Canadian Mint }) is the mint of Canada and a Crown corporation, operating under the ''Royal Canadian Mint Act''. The shares of the Mint are held in trust for the Crown in right of Canada. The Mint produces all of Canada's circulation coins, and manufactur ...

Victoria Memorial Museum The Canadian Museum of Nature (french: Musée canadien de la nature; CMN) is a national natural history museum based in Canada's National Capital Region. The museum's exhibitions and public programs are housed in the Victoria Memorial Museum Bui ...

Connaught Building The Connaught Building is a historic office building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, owned by Public Services and Procurement Canada. It is located at 555 MacKenzie Avenue, just south of the American Embassy. To the east, the building looks out on the ...

in Ottawa *

Étienne Gaboury Étienne-Joseph Gaboury (April 24, 1930 – October 14, 2022) was a Canadian architect from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was noted for designing key buildings in his hometown, such as the Royal Canadian Mint building, Esplanade Riel, Saint Boniface ...

RAIC OAA (1930–2022) – architect of the Embassy of Canada in

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

and the

building in Winnipeg *

Frank Gehry Frank Owen Gehry, , FAIA (; ; born ) is a Canadian-born American architect and designer. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become world-renowned attractions. His works are considere ...

LLD Legum Doctor (Latin: “teacher of the laws”) (LL.D.) or, in English, Doctor of Laws, is a doctorate-level academic degree in law or an honorary degree, depending on the jurisdiction. The double “L” in the abbreviation refers to the early ...

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PhD PHD or PhD may refer to: * Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), an academic qualification Entertainment * '' PhD: Phantasy Degree'', a Korean comic series * ''Piled Higher and Deeper ''Piled Higher and Deeper'' (also known as ''PhD Comics''), is a newsp ...

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DEng Deng may refer to: * Deng (company), is a Danish engineering, electrical, solar power and sales company in Accra, Ghana * Deng (state), an ancient Chinese state * Deng (Chinese surname), originated from the state ** Deng Xiaoping, paramount leader ...

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AIA AIA or A.I.A. or Aia may refer to: Aia * Aia, a small town in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, Spain * Aia, current Kutaisi, ancient capital of Colchis * Aia, another name for Aea (Malis), an ancient town in Greece * ''Aia'', the collected edi ...

(born 1929) – architect of

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. The museum was inaugurated on 18 October 1997 by King Juan Carlos I of Spa ...

Experience Music Project The Museum of Pop Culture or MoPOP is a nonprofit museum in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to contemporary popular culture. It was founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2000 as the Experience Music Project. Since then MoPOP has organized ...

Walt Disney Concert Hall The Walt Disney Concert Hall at 111 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, California, is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center and was designed by Frank Gehry. It was opened on October 24, 2003. Bounded by Hope Street, Grand A ...

, and the

Art Gallery of Ontario The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO; french: Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario) is an art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The museum is located in the Grange Park neighbourhood of downtown Toronto, on Dundas Street West between McCaul and Be ...

Dan Hanganu Dan Sergiu Hanganu, (January 27, 1939 – October 5, 2017) was a Romanian-born Canadian architect. Based in Montreal, Quebec, he designed a number of prominent Quebec buildings, including the new wing of the Pointe-à-Callière Museum, the HEC Mo ...

OQ DArch ('' hc'') RAIC OAQ (1939–2017) – architect of

Pointe-à-Callière Museum Pointe-à-Callière Museum (french: Musée Pointe-à-Callière) is a museum of archaeology and history in Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1992 as part of celebrations to mark Montreal's 350th birthday. The museum has collections o ...

and Montreal Archival Centre *

Gregory Henriquez Gregory Henriquez (born 1963) is a Canadian architect who has designed community-based mixed-use projects in Vancouver, Toronto and Seattle. He is the managing principal of Vancouver-based Henriquez Partners Architects, founded in 1969 by his fat ...

FRAIC The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is a not-for-profit, national organization that has represented architects and architecture for over 100 years, in existence since 1907. The RAIC is the leading voice for excellence in the built ...

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(born 1963) RAIC – architect of the Woodward's Building, TELUS Garden, and redevelopment of

Honest Ed's Honest Ed's was a landmark discount store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was named for its proprietor, Ed Mirvish, who opened the store in 1948 and oversaw its operations for almost 60 years until his death in 2007. The store continued to operat ...

location. * Stephen Irwin RAIC

RIBA The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

OAA (1939–2019) – architect of

Purdy's Wharf Purdy's Wharf is an office complex in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Built over the water at the edge of Halifax Harbour and resting on pilings, it consists of two office towers, and a smaller office structure called Purdy's Landing. The co ...

Bruce Kuwabara Bruce Bunji Kuwabara, (O.C., B.Arch, OAA, FRAIC, RAIC, AIA, RIBA) is a Canadian architect and a founding partner of the firm KPMB Architects (formed in 1987). He is an invested Officer of the Order of Canada and recipient of the RAIC Gold Me ...

OAA

(born 1949) RAIC – architect of the

Gardiner Museum The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art (commonly shortened to the Gardiner Museum) is a ceramics museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The museum is situated within University of Toronto's St. George campus, in downtown Toronto. The museum bu ...

, and

Kitchener City Hall Kitchener City Hall is the seat of municipal government of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. It has gone through many iterations through the 20th century, culminating in the current building, which opened in 1993. History The original location of ...

E. J. Lennox Edward James Lennox (September 12, 1854 – April 15, 1933) was a Toronto-based architect who designed several of the city's most notable landmarks in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including Old City Hall and Casa Loma. He d ...

RAIC OAA (1854–1933) – architect of

Old City Hall Old City Hall may refer to: Asia In Hong Kong * Old City Hall (Hong Kong) Europe In Croatia *Old City Hall (Zagreb) In Denmark * Old City Hall (1479–1728), in Copenhagen * Old City Hall (1728–1795), in Copenhagen * Old City Hall (Aalborg) ...

in Toronto, and

Casa Loma Casa Loma (improper Spanish for "Hill House") is a Gothic Revival castle-style mansion and garden in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that is now a historic house museum and landmark. It was constructed from 1911 to 1914 as a residence for f ...

John M. Lyle John MacIntosh Lyle (13 November 1872 – 20 December 1945) was an Irish-Canadian architect, designer, urban planner, and teacher active in the late 19th century and into the first half of the 20th century. He was a leading Canadian architect i ...

FRIBA The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

OAA (1872–1945) RAIC – architect of the

New York Public Library The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second largest public library in the United States (behind the Library of Congress) ...

, the

Royal Alexandra Theatre The Royal Alexandra Theatre, commonly known as the Royal Alex, is a theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located near King and Simcoe Street. Built in 1907, the 1,244-seat Royal Alex is the oldest continuously operating legitimate theatre in Nor ...

, and Toronto's

Union Station A union station (also known as a union terminal, a joint station in Europe, and a joint-use station in Japan) is a railway station at which the tracks and facilities are shared by two or more separate railway companies, allowing passengers to ...

Raymond Moriyama Raymond Moriyama LL. D. (born October 11, 1929) is a Canadian architect.Ra ...

CC OOnt (born 1929) – architect of the

Ontario Science Centre The Ontario Science Centre, formally the Centennial Museum of Science and Technology, is a science museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located near the Don Valley Parkway about northeast of downtown on Don Mills Road just south of Eg ...

Ottawa City Hall Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of ...

, and

Canadian War Museum The Canadian War Museum (french: link=no, Musée canadien de la guerre; CWM) is a national museum on the country's military history in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum serves as both an educational facility on Canadian military history, in ad ...

Samuel Oghale Oboh Samuel Óghalé Oboh (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian architect, manager, leader, former Vice President - Architecture at AECOM Canada Architects Ltd - a Fortune 500 Company and the 2015 President of the Royal Architectural Institute of Can ...

FAIA Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) is a postnominal title or membership, designating an individual who has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Fellowship is bestowed by the institute on AIA-membe ...

, Architect, AAA (born 1971) – 2015 President of the RAIC – architect of the

International Law Enforcement Academy International Law Enforcement Academies (ILEAs) are international police academies administered by the U.S. Department of State where U.S. law enforcement can instruct local police from participating countries in counterterrorism, narcotics int ...

Botswana and the

Botswana Police College The Botswana Police College is located in Otse in the South East District. An ultra-modern new college campus for meeting the training needs of the Botswana Police Service was designed by FMA Architects Ltd (Canadian Architect - Samuel Oboh - wa ...

; Lead Architect of the Alberta Legislature Centre Redevelopment Master Plan *

John Ostell John Ostell (7 August 1813 – 6 April 1892) architect, surveyor and manufacturer, was born in London, England and emigrated to Canada in 1834, where he apprenticed himself to a Montreal surveyor André Trudeau to learn French methods of surve ...

(1813–1892) – architect of the

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...

Arts Building, and the Montreal Custom House *

Francis Rattenbury Francis Mawson Rattenbury (11 October 1867 – 28 March 1935) was a British architect although most of his career was spent in British Columbia, Canada, where he designed the province's legislative building among other public commissions. Divorc ...

RAIC AIBC (1867–1935) – architect of the

British Columbia Parliament Buildings The British Columbia Parliament Buildings are located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and are home to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The Speaker and the Serjeant-at-Arms are amongst those responsible for the legislative ...

, and the Empress Hotel *

Moshe Safdie Moshe Safdie ( he, משה ספדיה; born July 14, 1938) is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author, with Israeli, Canadian, and American citizenship. He is known for incorporating principles of socially responsible des ...

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(born 1938) – architect of

Habitat 67 HABITAT 67, or simply Habitat, is a housing complex at Cité du Havre, on the Saint Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, designed by Israeli- Canadian architect Moshe Safdie. It originated in his master's thesis at the School of Archi ...

, the

National Gallery of Canada The National Gallery of Canada (french: Musée des beaux-arts du Canada), located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, is Canada's national art museum. The museum's building takes up , with of space used for exhibiting art. It is one of the ...

, and

Vancouver Library Square Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The ...

Fariborz Sahba Fariborz Sahba ( fa, فريبرز صهبا, born 1948 Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-ea ...

(born 1948) Master's degree from Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran – architect of

Lotus Temple The Lotus Temple, located in Delhi, India, is a Baháʼí House of Worship that was dedicated in December 1986. Notable for its flowerlike shape, it has become a prominent attraction in the city. Like all other Bahá’í Houses of Worship, ...

, and

Terraces (Baháʼí) The Baháʼí Terraces, or the Hanging Gardens of Haifa, are garden terraces on Mount Carmel in Haifa, and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Israel. Completed in 2001, there are 19 terraces and more than 1,500 steps ascending the mo ...

Henry Sears Henry Sears (1913 – March 1982) was an American commander and a commodore of the New York Yacht Club who competed in the America's Cup and discovered multiple species of marine fish. Early life Sears began sailing at the age of eight. As ...

(1929–2003) – Massey medal-winning architect, urban and gallery planner * Brigitte Shim (born 1958) –

Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the c ...

for architecture, and

Integral House Integral House is a private residence located at 194 Roxborough Drive in the Rosedale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The project was commissioned by mathematician James Stewart as a residence incorporating a performance space, and was ...

Bing Thom Bing Wing Thom, ( Chinese: 譚秉榮; 8 December 1940 – 4 October 2016) was a Canadian architect and urban designer. Born in Hong Kong, he immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with his family in 1950.CM

AIBC (1940–2016) – architect of Central City Centre *

Ronald Thom Ronald James Thom, (May 15, 1923 – October 29, 1986) was a Canadian architect. He is well known for two works: Massey College and Trent University's riverside campus. Early years He was born in Penticton, British Columbia, the son of James ...

AIBC (1923–1986) – architect of

Massey College Massey College is a graduate residential college at the University of Toronto that was established, built and partially endowed in 1962 by the Massey Foundation and officially opened in 1963, though women were not admitted until 1974. It was mo ...

, the Shaw Theatre, and

Trent University Trent University is a public liberal arts university in Peterborough, Ontario, with a satellite campus in Oshawa, which serves the Regional Municipality of Durham. Trent is known for its Oxbridge college system and small class sizes.

* Bob Topping RAIC OAA (born 1954) – Accessibility and

Universal Design Universal design is the design of buildings, products or environments to make them accessible to people, regardless of age, disability or other factors. It addresses common barriers to participation by creating things that can be used by the m ...

specialist

Artists

Actors

Animators

Ryan Larkin Ryan Larkin (July 31, 1943 – February 14, 2007) was a Canadian animator, artist, and sculptor who rose to fame with the psychedelic Oscar-nominated short ''Walking'' (1968) and the acclaimed '' Street Musique'' (1972). He was the subject of the ...

(1943–2007) – nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film, ''

Walking Walking (also known as ambulation) is one of the main gaits of terrestrial locomotion among legged animals. Walking is typically slower than running and other gaits. Walking is defined by an 'inverted pendulum' gait in which the body vaults o ...

'', 1969

Broadcasters

Comedians

Musicians

Visual arts

Cartoonists

Danny Antonucci Daniel Edward Antonucci (, ; born February 27, 1957) is a Canadian animator, director, producer, and writer. Antonucci is known for creating the Cartoon Network animated comedy series ''Ed, Edd n Eddy''. He also created '' Lupo the Butcher'', ''C ...

(born 1957) – creator of '' Ed Edd n Eddy'' *

Kate Beaton Kathryn Moira Beaton (born 8 September 1983) is a Canadian comics artist best known as the creator of the comic strip '' Hark! A Vagrant'', which ran from 2007 to 2018. Her other major works include the children's books '' The Princess and the ...

(born 1983) – creator of ''

Hark! A Vagrant ''Hark! A Vagrant'' is a webcomic published by Canadian artist Kate Beaton between 2007 and 2018. It discussed historical and literary topics in a comedic tone and was drawn in black and white. Recurring themes ''Hark! A Vagrant'' is best k ...

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Chester Brown Chester William David Brown (born 16 May 1960) is a Canadian cartoonist. Brown has gone through several stylistic and thematic periods. He gained notice in alternative comics circles in the 1980s for the surreal, scatological '' Ed the Happy Cl ...

(born 1960) – creator of '' Yummy Fur'', '' Underwater'' and ''

Louis Riel Louis Riel (; ; 22 October 1844 – 16 November 1885) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people. He led two resistance movements against the Government of Canada and its first ...

'' * John Byrne (born 1950) – influenced superhero characters like The

Fantastic Four The Fantastic Four is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team debuted in '' The Fantastic Four'' #1 ( cover dated Nov. 1961), helping usher in a new level of realism in the medium. It was the first ...

and Superman *

Andy Donato Andy Donato is an editorial cartoonist and former art director for the ''Toronto Sun''. Life and career Donato graduated from Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute and worked at Eaton's as a layout artist. He joined the ''Toronto Telegram'' ...

(born 1937) –

editorial cartoonist An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary. Their cartoons are used to convey and question an aspect of daily news or curre ...

for the ''

Toronto Sun The ''Toronto Sun'' is an English-language tabloid newspaper published daily in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The newspaper is one of several ''Sun'' tabloids published by Postmedia Network. The newspaper's offices is located at Postmedia Place i ...

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Hal Foster Harold Rudolf Foster, FRSA (August 16, 1892 – July 25, 1982) was a Canadian-American comic strip artist and writer best known as the creator of the comic strip ''Prince Valiant''. His drawing style is noted for its high level of draftsmanship a ...

(1892–1982) – artist for ''

Tarzan Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adv ...

'' comic strip, creator of ''

Prince Valiant ''Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur'', often simply called ''Prince Valiant'', is an American comic strip created by Hal Foster in 1937. It is an epic adventure that has told a continuous story during its entire history, and the full stret ...

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J.D. Frazer Usability can be described as the capacity of a system to provide a condition for its users to perform the tasks safely, effectively, and efficiently while enjoying the experience. In software engineering, usability is the degree to which a soft ...

(born 1965) (moniker: Illiad) – creator of the

webcomic Webcomics (also known as online comics or Internet comics) are comics published on a website or mobile app. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers, or comic books. Webcomics can be ...

User Friendly Usability can be described as the capacity of a system to provide a condition for its users to perform the tasks safely, effectively, and efficiently while enjoying the experience. In software engineering, usability is the degree to which a soft ...

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Gregory Gallant Gregory Gallant (born September 16, 1962), better known by his pen name Seth, is a Canadian cartoonist. He is best known for his series ''Palookaville'' and his mock-autobiographical graphic novel ''It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken'' (1996). ...

(born 1962) (moniker: Seth) – creator of ''

Palookaville Palookaville may refer to: * ''Palookaville'' (film), a 1995 comedy film * ''Palookaville'' (album), a 2004 electronic album by Fatboy Slim * ''Palookaville'' (comics), an alternative comic book See also *Palooka (disambiguation) Palooka may ...

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Lynn Johnston Lynn Johnston (born May 28, 1947) is a Canadian cartoonist and author, best known for her newspaper comic strip '' For Better or For Worse''. She was the first woman and first Canadian to win the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award. Ea ...

CM OM (born 1947) – creator of '' For Better or For Worse'' *

John Kricfalusi Michael John Kricfalusi ( ; born September 9, 1955), known professionally as John K., is a Canadian illustrator, blogger, voice actor and former animator. He is the creator of the animated television series ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', which was ...

(born 1955) (moniker: John K.) – creator of ''

Ren and Stimpy ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' (also known as ''Ren & Stimpy'') is an American animated television series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi. Originally produced by Spümcø for Nickelodeon, the series aired from August 11, 1991, to Decem ...

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Graeme MacKay Graeme MacKay (born 23 September 1968) is the ''Hamilton Spectators resident editorial cartoonist. Born in 1968, grew up in Dundas, Ontario. A graduate from Parkside High School in Dundas, Graeme attended the University of Ottawa majoring in Hi ...

(born 1968) – editorial cartoonist * Sean Martin (1950–2020) – creator of the print and webcomic "

Doc and Raider ''Doc and Raider'' is a Canadian comic strip, created by Sean Martin.Michael Willhoite, "Review: Caught on Tape: An Anthology of Doc and Raider Cartoons". ''Lambda Book Report'', May/Jun 1995 (Vol. 4 Issue 10). p. 45. Published in newspapers an ...

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Todd McFarlane Todd McFarlane (; born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian comic book creator, artist, writer, filmmaker and entrepreneur, best known for his work as the artist on ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and as the creator, writer, and artist on the superhero horro ...

(born 1961) – creator of ''

Spawn Spawn or spawning may refer to: * Spawn (biology), the eggs and sperm of aquatic animals Arts, entertainment, and media * Spawn (character), a fictional character in the comic series of the same name and in the associated franchise ** '' Spawn: ...

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Win Mortimer James Winslow Mortimer (May 1, 1919 – January 11, 1998) Note: The Marvel Comics 1978 Calendar merchandise lists Mortimer's birth date as June 23 and ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' lists it as May 23 per was a Canadians, Canadian comic book and comic ...

(1919–1998) – illustrator for

DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their f ...

' Superman and

Batman Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in the 27th issue of the comic book '' Detective Comics'' on March 30, 1939 ...

Terry Mosher Christopher Terry Mosher, (born 11 November 1942) is a Canadian political cartoonist for the '' Montreal Gazette''. He draws under the name Aislin, a rendition of the name of his eldest daughter Aislinn (without the second 'n'). Aislin's drawi ...

DLitt Doctor of Letters (D.Litt., Litt.D., Latin: ' or ') is a terminal degree in the humanities that, depending on the country, is a higher doctorate after the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree or equivalent to a higher doctorate, such as the Doctor ...

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Montreal Gazette The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of th ...

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Len Norris Leonard Matheson Norris, better known as Len Norris (1913 in London, England – 1997 in Langley, British Columbia, Canada), was a longtime editorial cartoonist for the Canadian newspaper ''Vancouver Sun'' from 1950 to 1988. Called by Walt Kelly, ...

(1919–1997) – long-time editorial columnist for the ''

Vancouver Sun The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network. Published s ...

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Ryan North Ryan North (born October 20, 1980) is a Canadian writer and computer programmer. He is the creator and author of ''Dinosaur Comics'', and has written for the comic series of ''Adventure Time'' and Marvel Comics' '' The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl''. ...

(born 1980) – creator of the webcomic ''

Dinosaur Comics ''Dinosaur Comics'' is a constrained webcomic by Canadian writer Ryan North. It is also known as "Qwantz", after the site's domain name, "qwantz.com". The first comic was posted on February 1, 2003, although there were earlier prototypes. ''Di ...

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(born 1981) – creator of the webcomic ''

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Joe Shuster Joseph Shuster (; July 10, 1914 – July 30, 1992), professionally known simply as Joe Shuster, was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with Jerry Siegel, in ''Action Comics'' #1 ...

(1914–1992) – co-creator of '' Superman'' *

Dave Sim Dave Sim (born 17 May 1956) is a Canadian cartoonist and publisher, best known for his comic book '' Cerebus'', his artistic experimentation, his advocacy of self-publishing and creators' rights, and his controversial political and philosophica ...

(born 1956) – creator of ''

Cerebus the Aardvark ''Cerebus'' (; also ''Cerebus the Aardvark'') is a comic book series created by Canadian cartoonist Dave Sim, which ran from December 1977 until March 2004. The title character of the 300-issue series is an anthropomorphic aardvark who takes o ...

'' *

Fiona Staples Fiona Staples is a Canadian comic book artist known for her work on books such as ''North 40'', '' DV8: Gods and Monsters'', '' T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents'', ''Archie'', and ''Saga''. She has been described as one of the best artists working in the in ...

(born 1984) – co-creator of ''

Saga is a series of science fantasy role-playing video games by Square Enix. The series originated on the Game Boy in 1989 as the creation of Akitoshi Kawazu at Square. It has since continued across multiple platforms, from the Super NES to the Pl ...

'' *

Paul Szep Paul Michael Szep (born July 29, 1941) is a Canadian political cartoonist. He was the chief editorial cartoonist at the ''Boston Globe'' from 1967 to 2001 and has been syndicated to hundreds of newspapers worldwide. He won the Pulitzer Prize twice ...

(born 1941) – editorial cartoonist for the ''

Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...

'' from 1967 to 2001 *

Ben Wicks Ben Wicks, (born Alfred Wicks; October 1, 1926 – September 10, 2000) was a British-born Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author. Biography Wicks was a Cockney born into a poor, working-class family in London's East End nea ...

CM (1926–2000) – illustrator, comic strip cartoonist, and humanitarian

Astronauts

Roberta Bondar Roberta Lynn Bondar (; born December 4, 1945) is a Canadian astronaut, neurologist and consultant. She is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space. After more than a decade as head of an international space medicine r ...

OC OOnt ScD ('' hc'') FRCP(C) FRSC (born 1945) – first Canadian woman in space *

Marc Garneau Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau (born February 23, 1949) is a Canadian politician, retired Royal Canadian Navy officer and former astronaut who served as a Cabinet minister from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party, Garneau was the minis ...

CC CD ScD ('' hc'') (born 1949) – first Canadian man in space *

Chris Hadfield Chris Austin Hadfield (born August 29, 1959) is a Canadian retired astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot, and musician. The first Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in outer space, he has flown two Space Shuttle missions and also ser ...

OOnt MSC

('' hc'')

('' hc'') (born 1959) – first Canadian to walk in space, first Canadian to command the

International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest Modular design, modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos ( ...

* Steven MacLean ScD ('' hc'') (born 1954) *

Julie Payette Julie Payette (; born October 20, 1963) is a Canadian engineer, scientist and former astronaut who served from 2017 to 2021 as Governor General of Canada, the 29th since Canadian Confederation. Payette holds engineering degrees from McGill ...

CQ FMC (born 1963) *

David Saint-Jacques David Saint-Jacques ( , ; born January 6, 1970) is a Canadian astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). He is also an astrophysicist, engineer, and a physician. In December 2018, he launched to the International Space Station, as Flight ...

B.Eng., Ph.D., M.D. (born 1970) *

Robert Thirsk Robert Brent "Bob" Thirsk, (born August 17, 1953) is a Canadian engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut. He holds the Canadian record for the most time spent in space (204 days 18 hours). He became an officer of th ...

(born 1953) – holds Canadian record for longest time spent in space *

Bjarni Tryggvason Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason (September 21, 1945 – April 5, 2022) was an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a NRC/CSA astronaut. He served as a Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-85 in 1997, a 12-day mission to study changes in ...

ScD ('' hc'') (born 1945)

Athletes

Businesspeople and entrepreneurs

Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (25 May 1879 – 9 June 1964), generally known as Lord Beaverbrook, was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics o ...

, Baron Beaverbrook PC (1879–1964) – publishing baron, entrepreneur *

Francesco Aquilini Francesco Weasel Aquilini (born 1969) is a Canadian businessman, investor, and philanthropist and is the current chairman of the Vancouver Canucks. He is a managing director of Vancouver-based Aquilini Investment Group,

(born 1969) – Chairman of the Aquilini Investment Group and owner of the

Vancouver Canucks The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference, and ...

David Asper David Asper (born November 26, 1958) is a Canadian lawyer and businessman, currently serving as Acting Dean of Robson Hall, the law faculty of the University of Manitoba. Asper is the son of Canwest founder Izzy Asper, and is now the head of h ...

(born 1958) – chairman, Canwest Global Communications *

Izzy Asper Israel Harold "Izzy" Asper (August 11, 1932– October 7, 2003) was a Canadian tax lawyer and media magnate. He was the founder and owner of the now-defunct TV and media company CanWest Global Communications Corp and father to its former CEO an ...

OC QC OM (1932–2003) – chairman, Canwest Global Communications *

Jeannine Bailliu Jeannine N. Bailliu is a Canadian economist who is currently the Associate Vice-President (Programs) at the C.D. Howe Institute in Toronto. Prior to joining the C.D. Howe Institute, Jeannine spent over twenty years working at the Bank of Canada, ...

– economist, policy advisor at the Bank of Canada *

Conrad Black Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour (born 25 August 1944), is a Canadian-born British former newspaper publisher, businessman, and writer. His father was businessman George Montegu Black II, who had significant holdings in Cana ...

– Lord Black of Crossharbour

KCSG KCSG (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Cedar City, Utah, United States, airing programming from the classic television network MeTV. Owned and operated by network parent Weigel Broadcasting, the station maintains studios on West 16 ...

('' hc'') (born 1944) – entrepreneur, publisher *

Willard Boyle Willard Sterling Boyle, (August 19, 1924May 7, 2011) was a Canadian physicist. He was a pioneer in the field of laser technology and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device. As director of Space Science and Exploratory Studies at Bellcomm he h ...

(1924–2011) – invented

charge-coupled device A charge-coupled device (CCD) is an integrated circuit containing an array of linked, or coupled, capacitors. Under the control of an external circuit, each capacitor can transfer its electric charge to a neighboring capacitor. CCD sensors are ...

Edgar Bronfman, Sr. Edgar Miles Bronfman (born June 20, 1929 – December 21, 2013) was a Canadian-American businessman. He worked for his family's distilled beverage firm, Seagram, eventually becoming president, treasurer and CEO. As president of the World Jewish ...

(1929–2013) – head of

Seagram The Seagram Company Ltd. (which traded as Seagram's) was a Canadian multinational conglomerate formerly headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. Originally a distiller of Canadian whisky based in Waterloo, Ontario, it was once (in the 1990s) the l ...

's and long-time president of the

World Jewish Congress The World Jewish Congress (WJC) was founded in Geneva, Switzerland in August 1936 as an international federation of Jewish communities and organizations. According to its mission statement, the World Jewish Congress' main purpose is to act a ...

Samuel Bronfman Samuel Bronfman, (February 27, 1889 – July 10, 1971) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He founded Distillers Corporation Limited, and is a member of the Canadian Bronfman family. Biography Samuel Bronfman was born in Otaci, ...

CC (1889–1971) – founder of

's *

Robert Campeau Robert Joseph Antoine Campeau (August 3, 1923 June 12, 2017) was a Canadian financier and real estate developer. Starting from a single house constructed in 1940 in the Alta Vista neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Campeau built a large land dev ...

(1923–2017) – real-estate mogul *

Jack Kent Cooke Jack Kent Cooke (October 25, 1912 – April 6, 1997) was a Canadian-American businessman in broadcasting and professional sports. Starting in sales, Cooke was very successful, eventually becoming a partner in a network of radio stations and news ...

(1912–1997) – owner of the Los Angeles Lakers,

Los Angeles Kings The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference and was founded on June 5, 1967, after Jack Kent ...

Washington Redskins The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) ...

and the

Chrysler Building The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco skyscraper on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. At , it is the tallest brick building in the world with a steel f ...

* James Alexander Cowan (1901–1978) – public relations consultant and founder of

Stratford Shakespeare Festival The Stratford Festival is a theatre festival which runs from April to October in the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Founded by local journalist Tom Patterson in 1952, the festival was formerly known as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival ...

Samuel Cunard Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet (21 November 1787 – 28 April 1865), was a British-Canadian shipping magnate, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line, establishing the first scheduled steamship connection with North America. H ...

Bt (1787–1865) – founder of

Cunard Line Cunard () is a British shipping and cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. Since 2011, Cunard and its three ships have been registered in Hamilton, Ber ...

William Davidson William or Bill Davidson may refer to: Businessmen * Bill Davidson (businessman) (1922–2009), Michigan businessman and sports team owner ** William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan, named in honor of Bill Davidson * William Davidson ...

(1740–1790) – lumberman, shipbuilder, merchant *

Christine M. Day Christine M. Day (born 1962) is a Canadian retail executive. She has been the CEO of the Vancouver-based food company Luvo Inc. since January 2014. From 2008 through December 2013, she was the CEO of the Canadian clothing company Lululemon Athlet ...

(born 1962) – former CEO of the Canadian clothing company Lululemon Athletica *

Michael DeGroote Michael George DeGroote (August 13, 1933 – September 12, 2022) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist from Hamilton, Ontario, who resided in Bermuda. Aside from his business career, he was best known as a major private donor to local ...

OC (born 1932) – businessman and philanthropist *

Paul Desmarais Paul Desmarais Sr. (January 4, 1927 – October 8, 2013) was a Canadian financier and philanthropist, based in Montreal. With an estimated family net worth of US$4.5 billion (as of March 2012), Desmarais was ranked by ''Forbes'' as the fou ...

PC CC (1927–2013) – Chairman, Power Corporation of Canada TimothyeatonstatueCommons

Craig Dobbin Craig Lawrence Dobbin, (12 September 1935 – 7 October 2006) was an industrialist and chairman and chief executive officer of CHC Helicopter Corporation, a public company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. ...

OC (1935–2006) – founder, chairman and CEO of

CHC Helicopter CHC Helicopter is a Texas-based helicopter services company. CHC Helicopter maintains it global headquarters in Irving, Texas and operates more than 250 aircraft in 30 countries around the world. CHC's major international operating units are b ...

Corporation *

Denzil Doyle Denzil Doyle C.M. is an electrical engineer and entrepreneur. Career He has become a prominent figure in the Ottawa technology community having been the "founding president of Digital Equipment Corporation's Canadian subsidiary, one of the r ...

(born 1932/1933) – founding President of

Digital Equipment Corporation Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC ), using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s. The company was co-founded by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in 1957. Olsen was president unti ...

's Canadian subsidiary *

James Hamet Dunn Sir James Hamet Dunn, 1st Baronet (October 29, 1874 – January 1, 1956) was a Canadian financier and industrialist during the first half of the 20th century. He is recognized chiefly for his 1935 rescue and subsequent 20-year presidency and propri ...

Bt (1874–1956) – financier, steel magnate *

Timothy Eaton Timothy Eaton (March 1834 – 31 January 1907) was an Irish businessman who founded the Eaton's department store, one of the most important retail businesses in Canada's history. Early life and family He was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ir ...

(1834–1907) – founder of

Eaton's The T. Eaton Company Limited, later known as Eaton's, was a Canadian department store chain that was once the largest in the country. It was founded in 1869 in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an immigrant from what is now Northern Ireland. Eaton's grew ...

department store A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic app ...

s *

Bernie Ebbers Bernard John Ebbers (August 27, 1941 – February 2, 2020) was a Canadian businessman, the co-founder and CEO of WorldCom and a convicted fraudster. Under his management, WorldCom grew rapidly but collapsed in 2002 amid revelations of accounting ...

(1941–2020) – former CEO of

WorldCom MCI, Inc. (subsequently Worldcom and MCI WorldCom) was a telecommunications company. For a time, it was the second largest long-distance telephone company in the United States, after AT&T. Worldcom grew largely by acquiring other telecommunic ...

Alfred Fuller Alfred Carl Fuller (January 13, 1885 – December 4, 1973) was a Canadian-born American businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who was the original "Fuller Brush Man". He created the Fuller Brush Company, a multi-million dollar corpo ...

(1885–1973) – Fuller Brush Company *

Arcadi Gaydamak Arcadi Aleksandrovich Gaydamak ( he, ארקדי אלכסנדרוביץ' גאידמק; russian: Аркадий Александрович Гайдамак; born 8 April 1952 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian-born French-Israeli businessman, philanthr ...

(born 1952) – owner of

Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Jerusalem Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply as Beitar (), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Je ...

Percy Girouard Sir Édouard Percy Cranwill Girouard, (26 January 1867 – 26 September 1932) was a Canadian railway builder, High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria and the East Africa Protectorate. Education Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Désiré G ...

KSMG KSMG (105.3 FM, "Magic 105.3") is a Hot AC formatted radio station serving the San Antonio area, licensed to Seguin. The Cox Media Group outlet operates at 105.3 MHz with an ERP of 97.5 kW from a transmitter near Elmendorf in far northwester ...

(1867–1932) – railway builder, governor *

Angèle Grenier Angèle Grenier is a Canadian maple syrup producer from Quebec who attracted international media attention for her legal battles against the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers (FPAQ). After breaking FPAQ regulations for the sale of her p ...

–

maple syrup Maple syrup is a syrup made from the sap of maple trees. In cold climates, these trees store starch in their trunks and roots before winter; the starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap in late winter and early spring. Maple t ...

producer known for her legal battles with the

Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers The Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers (french: Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec, FPAQ) is a government-sanctioned private organization that regulates the production and marketing of maple syrup in Quebec. As of 2011, t ...

* Charles Guillimin (1676–1739) – shipbuilder, merchant and moneylender * Zabeen Hirji (born 1960) – Chief Human Resources Officer,

Royal Bank of Canada Royal Bank of Canada (RBC; french: Banque royale du Canada) is a Canadian multinational financial services company and the largest bank in Canada by market capitalization. The bank serves over 17 million clients and has more than 89,000& ...

* Janet Holder – business executive, head of

Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines The Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines were a project to build a twin pipeline from Bruderheim, Alberta to Kitimat, British Columbia. The eastbound pipeline would have imported natural gas condensate and the westbound pipeline would have expor ...

Robin Ingle Robin Ingle is a Canadian entrepreneur and a specialist in special risk insurance, travel security and healthcare who currently serves as the chairman and CEO of MSH Americas. Ingle has been in the insurance industry for over 40 years. He is fr ...

– CEO and Chairman of the Ingle Group of Companies * K. C. Irving OC ONB (1899–1992) – industrialist *

Suresh Joachim Suresh Joachim Arulanantham (born August 17, 1968) is a Canadian film actor, producer, and multiple-Guinness World Record holder who has broken more than 60 world records. World records Farthest distance run, whilst carrying a 4.5 kg brick ...

(born 1968) – co-founder of WBBAS, No Poverty No Disease No War, World Peace Marathon and Suresh Joachim International Group Of Companies * F. Ross Johnson (1931–2016) – former CEO of RJR Nabisco *

Ron Joyce Ronald Vaughan Joyce, (October 19, 1930 – January 31, 2019) was a Canadian entrepreneur and billionaire. He co-founded the Tim Hortons doughnut chain as Tim Horton's partner and first franchisee in 1964. After the death of Tim Horton, Ron Joyce ...

CM (1930–2019) – original partner with Horton in

Tim Hortons Tim Hortons Inc., commonly nicknamed Tim's, or Timmie's is a Canadian multinational coffeehouse and restaurant chain. Based in Toronto, Tim Hortons serves coffee, doughnuts, and other fast-food items. It is Canada's largest quick-service rest ...

, primary builder of the chain *

Moez Kassam Moez Kassam (born August 27, 1980 Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian alternative asset manager. He is a founder and principal of Anson Funds, which manages a collection of long-short equity funds - most notably, Anson Investments Master Fund LP ( ...

(born 1980) – hedge fund manager, founder of Anson Group *

Izaak Walton Killam Izaak Walton Killam (July 23, 1885 – August 5, 1955) was a Canadian financier. Early life Born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, he was the son of William Dudman Killam and Arabella Hunter (Belle) Cann. Business ventures As a young banker with the ...

(1885–1955) – major financier *

James L. Kraft James Lewis Kraft (December 11, 1874 – February 16, 1953) was a Canadian-American entrepreneur and inventor. Kraft was the first to patent processed cheese. Life and career J. L. Kraft was born on December 11, 1874, near Stevensville, Ontari ...

(1874–1953) – entrepreneur and inventor, founder of L. Kraft & Bros. Company, which later became

Kraft Foods Inc Kraft Foods Inc. was a multinational confectionery, food and beverage conglomerate. It marketed many brands in more than 170 countries. 12 of its brands annually earned more than $1 billion worldwide: Cadbury, Jacobs, Kraft, LU, Maxwell Hous ...

Guy Laliberté Guy Laliberté, (born 2 September 1959) is a Canadian billionaire businessman, and poker player. Along with Gilles Ste-Croix, he is the co-founder of Cirque du Soleil. In January 2018, Laliberté was ranked by ''Forbes'' as the 11th wealthiest ...

OC CQ (born 1959) – founder and owner of the

Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (, ; "Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. Located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 16 ...

Bernard Lamarre Bernard Lamarre, (6 August 1931 – 30 March 2016) was a Canadian engineer and businessman. Born in Chicoutimi, Quebec in 1931, Lamarre received a Bachelor of Applied Sciences in Civil Engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montréal, an af ...

(1931–2016) – Chairman & C.E.O., Lavalin Group, 1972–1991; senior advisor, SNC-Lavalin Inc., 1991–2016 * Cindy Lee – founder of

T & T Supermarket T&T Supermarket () is a Canadian supermarket chain that sells primarily Asian foods. The company is headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia. In 1993, the first T&T was opened in Burnaby's Metropolis at Metrotown, a shopping centre in the Me ...

Michael Lee-Chin Michael Lee-Chin, (born 3 January 1951) is a Jamaican-Canadian billionaire businessman, and philanthropist and the chairman and CEO of Portland Holdings Inc, a privately held investment company in Ontario, Canada. Lee-Chin was appointed to th ...

('' hc'') (born 1951) – CEO of AIC Diversified Canada Split Corp. and the National Commercial Bank of Jamaica *

Li Ka-shing Sir Ka-shing Li (; born 13 June 1928) is a Hong Kong billionaire business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. As of June 2019, Li is the 31st richest person in the world, with an estimated net wealth of US$33.4 billion. He is the senior ad ...

(born 1928) – Chairman of the Board of

Cheung Kong Holdings Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, is a multinational conglomerate, based in Hong Kong. It was one of Hong Kong's leading multi-national conglomerates. The company merged with its subsidiary Hutchison Whampoa on 3 June 2015, as part of a major ...

and

Hutchison Whampoa Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) was an investment holding company based in Hong Kong. It was a Fortune Global 500 company and one of the largest companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. HWL was an international corporation with a dive ...

Victor Li Victor Li Tzar-kuoi is a Hong Kong businessman, the chair of the board and group co-managing director of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited and the chairman of the board and managing director of CK Asset Holdings Limited and the Chairman of CK In ...

(born 1964) – deputy chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited *

William Secondo Lombardo William Secondo Lombardo (1930 – 27 March 2009) is a Canadian businessman and entrepreneur and philanthropist. Lombardo was born in Windsor, Ontario. His father Angelo owned ''Lombardo Construction'', which in the 1960s built many Windsor-area es ...

(1930–2009) – owner of Lombardo Construction and CEO of Peerless-Cascade Plastics *

Pete Luckett Pete Luckett (born 1953) is a British-Canadian entrepreneur and media personality known as a culinary fruit and vegetable expert. A native of Nottingham, England, Luckett emigrated to Canada in 1979, settling in Saint John, New Brunswick. In the e ...

(born 1953) – owner of Pete's Frootique and host of ''The Food Hunter'' *

William Christopher Macdonald Sir William Christopher Macdonald (10 February 1831 – 9 June 1917) was a Canadian tobacco manufacturer and major education philanthropist in Canada. Though born in Prince Edward island, he is considered a Scots-Quebecer. Early life and c ...

(1831–1917) – tobacco manufacturer, education philanthropist *

Terry Matthews Sir Terence Hedley Matthews (born 6 June 1943) is a Welsh-Canadian business magnate, serial high-tech entrepreneur, and Wales' first billionaire. He was the richest man in Wales until 2012, when he was surpassed by Sir Michael Moritz. He has ...

FREng Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) is an award and fellowship for engineers who are recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering as being the best and brightest engineers, inventors and technologists in the UK and from aroun ...

(born 1943) – entrepreneur, chairman of

Mitel Mitel Networks Corporation is a Canadian telecommunications company. The company previously produced TDM PBX systems and applications, but after a change in ownership in 2001, now focuses almost entirely on Voice-over-IP (VoIP) products. Mitel ...

and

Wesley Clover Sir Terence Hedley Matthews (born 6 June 1943) is a Welsh-Canadian business magnate, serial high-tech entrepreneur, and Wales' first billionaire. He was the richest man in Wales until 2012, when he was surpassed by Sir Michael Moritz. He has ...

Louis B. Mayer Louis Burt Mayer (; born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1882 or 1884 or 1885 – October 29, 1957) was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industr ...

(1885–1957) – co-founder of

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 ...

(MGM) Studios *

Harrison McCain Harrison McCain (3 November 1927 – 18 March 2004) was a Canadian businessman and co-founder, along with his three brothers, of international frozen foods giant McCain Foods. Early life McCain was born in Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswi ...

CC ONB (1927–2004) – New Brunswick potato magnate * Colonel

Samuel McLaughlin Colonel Robert Samuel McLaughlin, (September 8, 1871 – January 6, 1972) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He started the McLaughlin Motor Car Company in 1907, one of the first major automobile manufacturers in Canada, which ev ...

CC CD ED (1871–1972) – Buick automobile manufacturer * Simon McTavish (1750–1804) – fur trader *

Hartland Molson Hartland de Montarville Molson, (May 29, 1907 – September 28, 2002) was an Anglo-Quebecer statesman, Canadian senator, military aviator, and a member of the Molson family of brewers. Education Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a wealthy ...

OC GOQ

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(1907–2002) –

Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the e ...

, President of

Molson The Molson Brewery is a Canadian based brewery company based in Montreal which was established in 1786 by the Molson family. In 2005, Molson merged with the Adolph Coors Company to become Molson Coors. Molson Coors maintains some of its Ca ...

Breweries *

John Molson John Molson (December 28, 1763 – January 11, 1836) was an English-born brewer and entrepreneur in colonial Quebec, which during his lifetime became Lower Canada. In addition to founding Molson Brewery, he built the first steamship and the fi ...

(1763–1836) – founder of Molson Breweries *

Peter Munk Peter Munk (November 8, 1927 – March 28, 2018) was a Hungarian-Canadian businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chief executive officer of a number of high-profile business ventures, including the hi-fi electronics co ...

OC (1927–2018) – founder of

Barrick Gold Barrick Gold Corporation is a mining company that produces gold and copper with 16 operating sites in 13 countries. It is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has mining operations in Argentina, Canada, Chile, Côte d'Ivoire, Democrati ...

Jim Pattison James Allen Pattison (born October 1, 1928) is a Canadian business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he holds the position of chief executive officer, chairman and sole owner of the Jim P ...

CM OBC (born 1928) – chairman, president, CEO, and owner of the

Jim Pattison Group The Jim Pattison Group is a Canadian Conglomerate (company), conglomerate based in Vancouver. In a recent survey by the Financial Post, the firm was ranked as Canada's 62nd largest company. Jim Pattison, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur, is the ch ...

Pierre Péladeau Pierre Péladeau, (April 11, 1925 – December 24, 1997) was a French-Canadian businessman. He was the founder of Quebecor Inc., a Canadian media and telecommunications conglomerate in Quebec. He was the father of billionaire Pierre Karl Péla ...

CM OQ (1925–1997) – founder of

Quebecor Quebecor Inc. is a Canadian diversified media and telecommunications company serving Québec based in Montreal. It was spelled Quebecor in both English and French until May 2012, when shareholders voted to add the acute accent, Québecor, in F ...

Inc. *

Pierre Karl Péladeau Pierre Karl Péladeau (born 16 October 1961), also known by his initials PKP, is a Canadian businessman, billionaire and former politician. He was also the MNA for Saint-Jérôme. Péladeau is the president and CEO of Quebecor Inc. He used to ...

(born 1961) – President, CEO of

Quebecor Inc. Quebecor Inc. is a Canadian diversified media and telecommunications company serving Québec based in Montreal. It was spelled Quebecor in both English and French until May 2012, when shareholders voted to add the acute accent, Québecor, in F ...

, Québecor Média Inc. and

Sun Media Corporation Sun Media Corporation was the owner of several tabloid and broadsheet newspapers in Canada and the 49 percent owner of the now defunct Sun News Network. It was a subsidiary of Quebecor Media. On October 6, 2014, Quebecor Media announced the s ...

Marie Penny Marie Penny ( 1970), also spelled Penney, was a Canadian businesswoman who owned and operated one of the largest frozen-fish companies in Newfoundland during the 20th century. She operated John Penny & Sons in Ramea from 1949 until her death in 1970 ...

(died 1970) – owner and operator of one of the largest 20th-century frozen fish companies in

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

John Draper Perrin John Draper Perrin (August 26, 1890 – September 19, 1967) was a Canadian entrepreneur, mining executive and civic leader.Staff report (19 September 1967). J. D. Perrin dies at his home. ''Winnipeg Free Press''Edited by Greene, B. M. (1948). Perri ...

(1890–1967) – entrepreneur, financier, mining executive *

Richard Porritt Richard Valentine Porritt (February 14, 1901 – 1985) was a Canadian mining industry executive and an inductee to the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. Porritt was born 14 February 1901 in Simcoe, Ontario Richard was the fourth child of Frederick R ...

OC (1901–1985) – mining industry executive *

Jean Pouliot Jean Adélard Pouliot, OC (June 6, 1923 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian broadcasting pioneer who helped establish television stations in Kitchener, Ontario, and Quebec City, Quebec. Pouliot was the president and CEO for the first publicly-tr ...

(1923–2004) – founder of CFCF et Télévision Quatre Saisons *

John Redpath John Redpath (1796 – March 5, 1869) was a Scots-Quebecer businessman and philanthropist who helped pioneer the industrial movement that made Montreal, Quebec the largest and most prosperous city in Canada. Early years In 1796, John Redp ...

(1796–1869) – canal builder, sugar refinery founder *

Paul Reichmann Paul (Moshe Yosef) Reichmann ( he, משה יוסף רייכמן‎; 27 September 1930 – 25 October 2013) was a Canadian businessman and member of the Reichmann family. He is best known for his leadership of the Olympia & York real estate ...

(1930–2013) – developer of

Canary Wharf Canary Wharf is an area of London, England, located near the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Canary Wharf is defined by the Greater London Authority as being part of London's central business district, alongside Central ...

Edward Samuel Rogers Edward Samuel "Ted" Rogers Jr., (May 27, 1933 – December 2, 2008) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist who served as the president and CEO of Rogers Communications. He was the fifth- richest person in Canada in terms of net wo ...

OC (1933–2008) – president and CEO of

Rogers Communications Rogers Communications Inc. is a Telecommunications in Canada, Canadian communications and media company operating primarily in the fields of mobile phone operator, wireless communications, cable television, telephony and Internet access, Intern ...

* John Roth (born 1942) – former CEO of

Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Corporation (Nortel), formerly Northern Telecom Limited, was a Canadian Multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was foun ...

Lino Saputo Emanuele "Lino" Saputo, (; born June 10, 1937) is an Italian-Canadian billionaire businessman. He is the founder of the Canadian cheese manufacturer Saputo Inc. According to ''Forbes'', he has an estimated net worth of US$4.7 billion as ...

(born 1937) – founder of Saputo *

Isadore Sharp Isadore "Issy" Sharp, (born October 8, 1931) is a Canadian hotelier and writer. He is founder and chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. Early life and education Sharp was born in Toronto, the son of Polish Jewish immigrants. His father ...

OC (born 1931) – founder of the

Four Seasons Hotel Four Seasons Hotels Limited, trading as Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, is an international luxury hotel and resort company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Four Seasons currently operates more than 100 hotels and resorts worldwide.D ...

chain *

E.D. Smith Ernest D'Israeli Smith (December 8, 1853 – October 15, 1948) was a Canadian businessman and politician who founded a food company that bears his name. Life He was born in the hamlet of Winona, part of Saltfleet Township (which became Sto ...

(1858–1943) – founder of E.D. Smith & Sons Ltd *

Levy Solomons Lucius Levy Solomons (born 1730 in England – died May 18, 1792 at Montreal) was a Jewish Canadians, Canadian merchant and fur trader. References

1730 births 1792 deaths Canadian Jews Canadian fur traders English emigrants to pre-Confedera ...

(1730–1792) – merchant and fur trader *

John F. Stairs John Fitzwilliam Stairs, also known as John Fitz William Stairs (January 19, 1848 – September 26, 1904) was an entrepreneur and statesman, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a member of the prominent Stairs family of merchants and shippers fo ...

(1848–1904) – entrepreneur, statesman *

Frank Stronach Frank Stronach (born 6 September 1932) is an Austrian and Canadian businessman and politician. He is the founder of Magna International, an international automotive parts company based in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, Granite Real Estate, and The S ...

CM (born 1932) – entrepreneur, founder of

Magna International Magna International Inc. is a Canadian parts manufacturer for automakers. It is one of the largest companies in Canada and was recognized on the 2020 ''Forbes'' Global 2000. The company is the largest automobile parts manufacturer in North Ame ...

E. P. Taylor Edward Plunket Taylor, CMG (January 29, 1901 – May 14, 1989) was a Canadian business tycoon, investor and philanthropist. He was a famous breeder of Thoroughbred race horses, and a major force behind the evolution of the Canadian horse-racing ...

(1901–1989) – entrepreneur, thoroughbred horse breeder *

Nat Taylor Nathan A. Taylor (1906 – February 29, 2004) was a Canadian inventor and film producer. He co-founded Cineplex with Garth Drabinsky. Biography Taylor was born and raised in a Jewish family in Toronto, Ontario and began his business career in 1918 ...

(1906–2004) – originator of Cineplex Entertainment *

Kenneth Thomson Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet (September 1, 1923 – June 12, 2006), known in Canada as Ken Thomson, was a Canadian/British businessman and art collector. At the time of his death, he was listed by ''Forbes'' as the richest per ...

, Baron Thomson of Fleet (1923–2006) * Roy Thomson, Baron Thomson of Fleet GBE (1894–1976) – entrepreneur, publisher *

William Cornelius Van Horne Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, (February 3, 1843September 11, 1915) is most famous for overseeing the construction of the first Canadian transcontinental railway, a project that was completed in 1885, in under half the projected time. He succ ...

KCMG KCMG may refer to * KC Motorgroup, based in Hong Kong, China * Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, British honour * KCMG-LP, radio station in New Mexico, USA * KCMG, callsign 1997-2001 of Los Angeles radio station KKLQ (FM) ...

(1843–1915) – constructed the

Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canad ...

Jack L. Warner Jack Leonard Warner (born Jacob Warner; August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978) was a Canadian-American film executive, who was the president and driving force behind the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Warner's career spanned some ...

(1892–1978) – founder of

Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. D ...

Studios *

Galen Weston Willard Gordon Galen Weston (October 29, 1940April 12, 2021) was a British-Canadian billionaire businessman and Chairman Emeritus of George Weston Limited, a Canadian food processing and distribution company. Weston and his family, with an es ...

OC OOnt (1940–2021) – owner of

Loblaws Loblaws Inc. is a Canadian supermarket chain with stores located in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan. Headquartered in Brampton, Ontario, Loblaws is a subsidiary of Loblaw Companies Limited, ...

Holt Renfrew Holt, Renfrew & Co., Limited (doing business as Holt Renfrew and known colloquially as Holt's) is a Canadian luxury department store chain founded in 1837 by William S. Henderson. It has been owned by the Weston family since 1986, and was previ ...

, and

Selfridges Selfridges, also known as Selfridges & Co., is a chain of high-end department stores in the United Kingdom that is operated by Selfridges Retail Limited, part of the Selfridges Group of department stores. It was founded by Harry Gordon Selfridg ...

Chip Wilson Dennis J. "Chip" Wilson (born 1955) is a Canadian-American billionaire, businessman and philanthropist, who has founded several retail apparel companies, most notably yoga-inspired athletic apparel company Lululemon Athletica Inc (NASDAQ: LULU) ...

(born 1956) – founder of

Lululemon Athletica lululemon athletica inc. (; styled in all lowercase) is a Canadian multinational athletic apparel retailer headquartered in British Columbia and incorporated in Delaware, United States. It was founded in 1998 as a retailer of yoga pants and oth ...

Walter Wolf Walter Wolf (born 5 October 1939) is a Canadian oil-drilling equipment supplier who in the early 1970s made a fortune from the North Sea oil business and decided to join the world of Formula One (F1) motor racing. Life and career Wolf was ...

(born 1939) – oil drilling equipment supplier and Formula 1 team owner * Bob Young (born 1953/1954) – self-publishing website, owner of CFL

Hamilton Tiger Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Fiel ...

Criminals and suspects

Marie-Joseph Angélique Marie-Josèphe dite Angélique (died June 21, 1734) was the name given to a Portuguese-born black slave in New France (later the province of Quebec in Canada) by her last owners. She was tried and convicted of setting fire to her owner's home, b ...

(1710–1734) – executed for setting the city of Montreal on fire *

Johnson Aziga Johnson Aziga (born 1956) is a Ugandan-born Canadian man formerly residing in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, notable as the first person to be charged and convicted of first-degree murder in Canada for spreading HIV, after two women whom he had infecte ...

(born 1956) – first person to be charged with first-degree murder in Canada for spreading

HIV The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of '' Lentivirus'' (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the immu ...

Paul Bernardo Paul Kenneth Bernardo (born August 27, 1964), also known as The Scarborough Rapist and The Schoolgirl Killer, is a Canadian serial killer and serial rapist. He is known for initially committing a series of rapes in Scarborough, Ontario, a sub ...

(born 1964) – serial killer, serial rapist * John Hamilton (1899–1934) – bank robbery, killer *

Richard Blass Richard Blass (October 24, 1945 – January 24, 1975) was an infamous Canadian gangster and a multiple murderer. Born in Montreal, he was nicknamed ''Le Chat'', French for ''The Cat'', because of his luck in evading death after surviving at leas ...

(1945–1975) – multiple murderer *

Edwin Alonzo Boyd Edwin Alonzo Boyd (April 2, 1914 – May 17, 2002) was a Canadian bank robber and leader of the Boyd Gang. His career made him a notorious Canadian folk hero. Early life Edwin Alonzo Boyd was born on April 2, 1914, four months before the Brit ...

(1914–2002) – bank robber *

Alfonso Caruana Alfonso Caruana (; born January 1, 1946) is an Italian-Canadian crime boss and member of the Sicilian Mafia and was the head of the Sicilian Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan's branch in Canada. In 1997, he was sentenced ''in absentia'' in Italy, on s ...

(born 1946) – mobster *

Paul Joseph Cini Paul Joseph Cini (born ) is a Canadian plane hijacker who is noted as the first person to plan a skyjacking with a planned escape by use of a parachute. In November 1971 Cini boarded Air Canada Flight 812, and—posing as an international terror ...

(born 1941) – Canada's first

skyjack Aircraft hijacking (also known as airplane hijacking, skyjacking, plane hijacking, plane jacking, air robbery, air piracy, or aircraft piracy, with the last term used within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States) is the unlawf ...

er, sentenced to life imprisonment *

Jacques Cossette-Trudel ''Jacques Cossette-Trudel (born 1947 in Shawinigan, Quebec) is a Canadian who kidnapped British diplomat James Cross in the October Crisis of 1970 in Canada. Cossette-Trudel was a member of a cell of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) th ...

(born 1947) – FLQ terrorist *

Louise Cossette-Trudel Louise or Luise may refer to: * Louise (given name) Arts Songs * "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005 * "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984 * "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013 * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 *"Louise", by Clan of ...

(born 1947) – FLQ terrorist *

Vincenzo Cotroni Vincenzo "Vic" Cotroni (; born Vincenzo Cotrone; ; 1911 – 16 September 1984), also known as "The Egg", was an Italian-Canadian crime boss of the Cotroni crime family in Montreal, Quebec. Cotroni was born in 1911, in Mammola, Calabria, Italy. I ...

(1911–1984) – mobster *

Frank Cotroni Frank Cotroni (born Francesco Cotrone; ; 1931 – 17 August 2004) was an Italian-Canadian crime boss of the Cotroni crime family in Montreal, Quebec. Cotroni was born in 1931, in Montreal. His family, including his brother Vincenzo, had immigra ...

(1931–2004) – mobster *

John Martin Crawford John Martin Crawford (March 29, 1962 – December 16, 2020) was a Canadian serial killer. Crawford was convicted of killing four women in Saskatchewan and Alberta, between 1981 and 1992. Crimes Crawford was sentenced in 1981 to ten years' impri ...

(1962–2020) – serial killer *

Raynald Desjardins Raynald Desjardins (born October 2, 1953) is a prominent organized crime figure in Montreal, and a former associate of the Rizzuto crime family. In 2010, he was part of a violent effort to take control of the Rizzutos' operations. He is currently ...

(born 1953) – mobster * Evelyn Dick (born 1920) – convicted of infanticide; convicted and acquitted of having murdered her husband *

Terry Driver Terry Driver (25 January 1965 – 23 August 2021) was a Canadian murderer who attacked two teenage girls with a baseball bat, killed one, then taunted police in Abbotsford, British Columbia with letters and phone calls. Crimes and investigation ...

(1965–2021) – murderer * Larry Fisher (1949–2015) – convicted of the murder for which David Milgaard (see "Wrongfully convicted", below) was originally convicted and subsequently exonerated *

Charles Guité J. Charles (Chuck) Guité (born 1943 or 1944 in Dugas, Quebec, on the Gaspé peninsula), raised in Campbellton, New Brunswick, is a former Canadian civil servant, appointed by Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative government. He held his ...

(born c. 1943) – fraud *

Karla Homolka Karla Leanne Homolka (born May 4, 1970), also known as Karla Leanne Teale, Leanne Teale, and Leanne Bordelais, is a Canadian serial killer who acted as an accomplice to her husband, Paul Bernardo, taking active part in the actual rapes and murde ...

(born 1970) – serial killer *

Bindy Johal Bhupinder "Bindy" Singh Johal (January 14, 1971 – December 20, 1998) was a Canadian gangster from British Columbia, Canada. A self-confessed drug trafficker, he was known for his outspoken nature, blatant disregard for authority and his longti ...

(1971–1998) – Vancouver gangster *

Jacques Lanctôt Jacques Lanctôt is a Canadian writer, publisher, terrorist, and restaurateur. He was a member of the Front de libération du Québec The (FLQ) was a Marxist–Leninist and Quebec separatist guerrilla group. Founded in the early 1960s with ...

(born 1945) – FLQ terrorist *

Yves Langlois Yves Langlois (born 1947) a.k.a. Pierre Seguin was a Canadian terrorist and member of the Quebec terrorist group Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), the group responsible for the 1970 October crisis. Langlois is one of the men who kidnapped Br ...

(born 1947) – FLQ terrorist *

Robert Latimer Robert William Latimer (born March 13, 1953) is a Canadian canola and wheat farmer who was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of his daughter Tracy (November 23, 1980 – October 24, 1993). This case sparked a national controversy on ...

(born 1953) – convicted of second-degree murder *

Allan Legere Allan Joseph Legere (born February 13, 1948), also known as the Monster of the Miramichi, is a Canadian rapist, arsonist, and serial killer. Early life Allan Joseph Legere was born in Chatham Head, New Brunswick. First murder On the evening of ...

(born 1948) – serial killer * Blake Leibel (born 1981) – murderer *

Marc Lépine Marc Lépine (; born October 26, 1964 – December 6, 1989) was a Canadian antifeminist mass murderer from Montreal, Quebec, who, in 1989, murdered fourteen women, and wounded ten women and four menNote: Many sources state thirteen were wound ...

(1964–1989) – mass murderer *

Denis Lortie Denis Lortie (born March 10, 1959) is a former Canadian Forces corporal. In 1984, he stormed into the Parliament Building in Quebec City and opened fire with several firearms, killing three government employees and wounding 13 others. The Nati ...

(born 1959) – murderer * Luka Rocco Magnotta (born 1982) – murderer *

Grace Marks Grace Marks (c. July 1828 – after c. 1873) was an Irish-Canadian maid who was involved in the 1843 murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery, in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Her conviction for the murder of Kinnea ...

(c. 1828–after c. 1873) – convicted of murder in 1843 *

Bruce McArthur The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been a ...

(born 1951) – serial killer * Allan McLean (1855–1881) – son of

Fort Kamloops Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the South flowing North Thompson River and the West flowing Thompson River, east of Kamloops Lake. It is located in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, ...

Chief Trader and leader and eldest of the group known as the Wild McLean Boys, who went on a killing spree with his brothers and accomplice Alex Hare in the

British Columbia Interior , settlement_type = Region of British Columbia , image_skyline = , nickname = "The Interior" , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Province , subd ...

in 1876 *

Paddy Mitchell Patrick Michael "Paddy" Mitchell (June 26, 1942 – January 14, 2007) of Ottawa, Ontario, was leader of the notorious " Stopwatch Gang" of bank robbers. Mitchell was on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's most wanted list for the Stopwatch Gang ...

(1942–2007) – bank robber, leader of

The Stopwatch Gang The Stopwatch Gang was a group of three Canadians, Paddy Mitchell, Lionel Wright, and Stephen Reid, who made a living robbing banks in the United States and Canada. From 1974 to 1980, they robbed more than 140 banks and stole the equivalent of ab ...

Kenneth Murdock Kenneth Bishop (born Kenneth Murdock; 1963) is a Canadian truck driver who was a hitman for the Musitano crime family of Hamilton, Ontario. In 1998, Murdock was convicted of three mob hits, sentenced to life imprisonment, but later released on par ...

(born 1963) – hitman *

Clifford Olson Clifford Robert Olson Jr. (January 1, 1940 – September 30, 2011) was a convicted Canadian serial killer who confessed to murdering 11 children and teenagers between the ages of 9 and 18 in the early 1980s. Murders Christine Weller, 12, from ...

(1940–2011) – serial child murderer *

Johnny Papalia John Joseph Papalia (; March 18, 1924 – May 31, 1997), also known as Johnny Pops Papalia or "The Enforcer", was an Italian-Canadian crime boss of the Papalia crime family based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The Papalia crime family is one of ...

(1924–1997) – mobster *

Rocco Perri Rocco Perri (; born Rocco Perre; December 30, 1887 – disappeared April 23, 1944) was an Italian-born organized crime figure in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was one of the most prominent Prohibition-era crime figures in Canada, and was some ...

(1887–c. 1944) – gangster, bootlegger *

Robert Pickton Robert William "Willy" Pickton (born October 24, 1949) is a Canadian serial killer and former pig farmer. He is suspected of being one of the most prolific serial killers in Canadian history. After dropping out of school, Pickton left a butcher' ...

(born 1949) – serial murderer *

Monica Proietti Monica Proietti (; February 25, 1940 – September 19, 1967) was a Canadian bank robber and folk hero from Montreal, better known as "Machine Gun Molly" (in French: ''Monica la Mitraille''). Proietti came from a poor Montreal family, and many ...

(1940–1967) – bank robber *

(1844–1885) – executed for treason *

Lucien Rivard Lucien Rivard (June 16, 1914 – February 3, 2002) was a Quebec criminal known for a sensational prison escape in 1965. Background Rivard had been engaged in robbery and smuggling drugs since the 1940s. He has been described as a "petty crook" in ...

(c. 1915–2002) – narcotics smuggler *

Nicolo Rizzuto Nicolo Rizzuto (; February 18, 1924 – November 10, 2010) was an Italian-Canadian crime boss and founder of the Rizzuto crime family, the Sicilian Mafia organization based in Montreal, Quebec. Rizzuto was born in Cattolica Eraclea, Sicily, ...

(1924–2010) – mobster *

Vito Rizzuto Vito Rizzuto (; February 21, 1946 – December 23, 2013), also known as "Montreal's Teflon Don", was an Italian-Canadian crime boss alleged to be the leader of the Sicilian Mafia in Canada. He headed the notorious Rizzuto crime family based in ...

(1946–2013) – mobster * Paul Rose (1943–2013) – FLQ terrorist *

Frank "Dunie" Ryan Frank Peter "Dunie" Ryan Jr. (10 June 1942 – 13 November 1984) was a Canadian gangster and the leader of the West End Gang, a Montreal-based criminal organization. Criminal career Hoodlum Ryan was born of Irish descent in a poor neighborhood ...

(1942–1984) – gangster * Pietro Scarcella (born 1950) – mobster *

Jeffrey Shuman Jeffrey Shuman (born 1962) is an American-French bank robber, dubbed "The Vaulter", considered to be one of Canada's most prolific bank robbers. In 1994, he pleaded guilty to robbing 14 banks in the United States, receiving a 12-year sentence, but ...

(born 1962) – bank robber *

Francis Simard Francis Simard, (June 2, 1946 – January 10, 2015) was a Quebec nationalist and convicted murderer. Simard was a member of the Chenier Cell of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), a group dedicated to the creation of an independent Marxist ...

(1946–2015) – FLQ terrorist *

Slumach Slumach was an elderly Katzie First Nations man hanged for murder in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, in 1891. Baptized moments before his death he was given the first name "Peter", a name never used in his lifetime. His unmarked grave is ...

(died 1891) –

Katzie Katzie First Nation ( hur, q̓ic̓əy̓) is an Indigenous band located in the Lower Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada. They are part of the Sto:lo Coast Salish group of peoples, historically referred to by European settlers as Fraser Ri ...

man convicted and hung for the murder of Louis Bee, a Kanaka (Hawaiian) half-breed *

Cathy Smith Catherine Evelyn Smith (25 April 1947 – 16 August 2020) was a Canadian occasional backup singer, rock groupie, drug dealer, and legal secretary. Smith served 15 months in the California state prison system for injecting original ''Saturday ...

(1947–2020) – convicted of manslaughter in death of

John Belushi John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor, and musician, best known for being one of the seven original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL''). Throughout his c ...

* Stanley James Tippett - kidnapper and rapist *

Colin Thatcher Wilbert Colin Thatcher (born August 25, 1938) is a Canadian politician who was convicted for the murder of his ex-wife, JoAnn Wilson. Early life Colin Thatcher was born in Toronto, Ontario, on August 25, 1938. His father, Saskatchewan-born Ro ...

(born 1938) – murderer *

Mark Twitchell Mark Andrew Twitchell (born July 4, 1979) is a Canadian filmmaker convicted of first-degree murder in April 2011 for the murder of John Brian Altinger. His trial attracted particular media attention because Twitchell had allegedly been inspired ...

(born 1979) – murderer *

Paolo Violi Paolo Violi (; 6 February 1931 – 22 January 1978) was an Italian-Canadian mobster and '' capodecina'' in the Cotroni crime family of Montreal. Violi was born in Sinopoli, Calabria, Italy, in 1931; his father Domenico was the boss of the Violi ...

(1931–1978) – mobster * Paul Volpe (1927–1983) – mobster *

Elizabeth Wettlaufer Elizabeth Tracy Mae "Bethe" Wettlaufer (née Parker; born June 10, 1967) is a convicted Canadian serial killer and former registered nurse who confessed to murdering eight senior citizens and attempting to murder six others in southwestern Ont ...

(born 1955) – serial killer *

Russell Williams Russell Williams may refer to: Sportspeople * Russell Williams (footballer) (born 1974), former Australian rules footballer * Russell Williams (cyclist) (born 1961), English former road and track cyclist Politicians * Russell Williams (politician ...

(born 1963) – former RCAF military pilot and wing commander; convicted murderer, rank and decorations revoked upon conviction * Gabriel Wortman (1968–2020) – mass murderer *

Rocco Zito Rocco Zito (; August 19, 1928 – January 29, 2016) was an Italian-Canadian crime boss of the 'Ndrangheta in Canada, a Mafia-type organisation originating in Calabria, Italy. He was also a founding member of the Camera di Controllo in Canada in 1 ...

(1928–2016) – mobster

Wrongfully convicted or lynched

Robert Baltovich Robert Baltovich (born July 17, 1965) is a Canadian man who was wrongly convicted in 1992 of the murder of his girlfriend, Elizabeth Bain, in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. He spent eight years in prison and nearly another decade trying to clear ...

(born 1965) – wrongfully convicted of murder *

Donald Marshall, Jr. Donald Marshall Jr. (13 September 1953 – 6 August 2009) was a Mi'kmaw man who was wrongly convicted of murder. The case inspired a number of questions about the fairness of the Canadian justice system, especially given that Marshall was Abo ...

(1953–2009) – wrongfully convicted of murder *

David Milgaard David Milgaard (July 7, 1952 – May 15, 2022) was a Canadian man who was wrongfully convicted for the 1969 rape and murder of nursing student Gail Miller in Saskatoon and imprisoned for 23 years. He was eventually released and exonerated. U ...

(1952–2022) – wrongfully convicted of murder *

Guy Paul Morin Guy Paul Morin is a Canadians, Canadian who was wrongly convicted of the October 1984 rape and murder of his nine-year-old next-door neighbour, Christine Jessop of Queensville, Ontario, Queensville, north of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. DNA testi ...

(born 1961) – wrongfully convicted of murder *

Louie Sam Louie Sam ( – February 24, 1884) was a Stó:lō youth from an Indigenous community near Abbotsford, British Columbia who was lynched by an American mob. Sam was 14 at the time these events occurred. He had been accused of the murder of James ...

(c. 1870–1884) – wrongfully accused of murder and hanged by lynch mob in Whatcom County, Washington *

Steven Truscott Steven Murray Truscott (born January 18, 1945) is a Canadian man who was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in 1959 for the rape and murder of classmate Lynne Harper. Truscott had been the last known person to see her alive. He was schedule ...

(born 1945) – wrongfully convicted of murder

Directors

Educators

* J. Willis Ambrose (1911–1974) – Professor at the Queen's University at Kingston *

Richard Lee Armstrong Richard Lee Armstrong (August 4, 1937 – August 9, 1991) was an American/Canadian scientist who was an expert in the fields of radiogenic isotope geochemistry and geochronology, geochemical evolution of the earth, geology of the American C ...

FRSC (1937–1991) –

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

professor, geochemist *

Martha Black Martha Louise Munger Black OBE (February 24, 1866 – October 31, 1957) was a Canadian politician. Black was the second woman elected to the House of Commons of Canada. Biography Martha was born in on February 24, 1866 in Chicago, Illinois ...

– art historian, curator and author *

Marguerite Bourgeoys Marguerite Bourgeoys (17 April 162012 January 1700), was a French nun and founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal in the colony of New France, now part of Québec, Canada. Born in Troyes, she became part of a sodality, ministering ...

(1620–1700) – founder of the

Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal The Congrégation de Notre Dame (CND) is a religious community for women founded in 1658 in Ville Marie (Montreal), in the colony of New France, now part of Canada. It was established by Marguerite Bourgeoys, who was recruited in France to creat ...

* Stephen E. Calvert FRSC (born 1935) –

emeritus professor, geologist, oceanographer *

Petr Cerny Petr is a Czech given name for males and a Czech surname. Petr is the Czech form of ''Peter''. For information on Petr as a first name, see Peter (given name). Given name * Petr Aven (born 1955), Russian billionaire banker, economist and polit ...

(1934–2018) ScD ('' hc'') FRSC –

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.Henry C. Gunning Henry Cecil Gunning, Royal Society of Canada, FRSC (September 9, 1901 – 1991) was a Canadians, Canadian geologist and Academia, academic. A mineral, gunningite, was named in his honour. Early life Gunning was born in Belfast, Ireland. At the a ...

ScD ('' hc'') FRSC (1901–1991) – University of British Columbia professor, geologist *

Aleksis Dreimanis Aleksis Dreimanis (August 13, 1914 – July 8, 2011) was a Latvian Canadians, Latvian Canadian Quaternary geologist. He was born in Valmiera, Latvia. Biography He first studied geology at the Institute of Palaeontology at the University of Latvia ...

(1914–2011) –

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thames Ri ...

emeritus professor, quaternary geologist *

James E. Gill James Edward Gill (1901 – January 26, 1980) was a scientist, teacher, explorer and mine developer. Along with William R. James, Sr. he discovered the high-grade iron ore deposits of Quebec and Labrador. He is remembered for his important c ...

(1901–1980) –

professor, geologist *

James Edwin Hawley James Edwin (Ed) Hawley (September 27, 1897 – April 20, 1965) was a Canadian geologist and distinguished Professor of Mineralogy at Queen's University. Biography Hawley was raised in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He earned both a Bachelor� ...

(1897–1965) – Professor at Queen's, geologist (

Hawleyite Hawleyite is a rare sulfide mineral in the sphalerite group, dimorphous and easily confused with greenockite. Chemically, it is cadmium sulfide, and occurs as a bright yellow coating on sphalerite or siderite in vugs, deposited by meteoric wate ...

) *

Frank Hawthorne Frank Christopher Hawthorne (born 8 January 1946 in Bristol, England) is a Canadian mineralogist, crystallographer and spectroscopist. He works at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and is currently Distinguished Profess ...

OC FRSC (born 1946) –

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.Adelaide Hoodless Adelaide Sophia Hoodless (née Addie Hunter; February 27, 1858 – February 26, 1910) was a Canadian educational reformer who founded the international women's organization known as the Women's Institute. She was the second president of the Hamil ...

(1858–1910) – education and women's activist *

Michael Ignatieff Michael Grant Ignatieff (; born May 12, 1947) is a Canadian author, academic and former politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2008 until 2011. Known for his work as a histo ...

(born 1947) –

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institu ...

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in contin ...

and

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

professor, political science *

Sue Johanson Susan Johanson (née Powell; born March 13, 1930) is a Canadian sex educator, public speaker, and registered nurse. Biography Early life and career Johanson was born Susan Powell in Toronto, Ontario, to Wilfrid Powell, a decorated British wa ...

CM (born 1930) –

sex educator Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including emotional relations and responsibilities, human sexual anatomy, sexual activity, sexual reproducti ...

Michael John Keen Michael John Keen (1935–1991) was a Canadian geoscientist. From 1961 to 1977, he was a professor at Dalhousie University in the Department of Geology. He chaired the department for several years. From 1977 to 1991, he was with the Geological Su ...

(1935–1991) –

Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada, with three campuses in Halifax, a fourth in Bible Hill, and a second medical school campus in Saint John, New Brunswick. Dalhousie offer ...

professor, marine geoscientist * Sean Kelly (born 1940) –

Pratt Institute Pratt Institute is a private university with its main campus in Brooklyn, New York. It has a satellite campus in Manhattan and an extension campus in Utica, New York at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. The school was founded in 1887 ...

, NYC, Humanities & Media Studies, writer *

J. Ross Mackay John Ross Mackay, (偕約翰, December 31, 1915 – October 28, 2014) was a Canadian geographer. He is most noted for his explorations of permafrost phenomena in the western Canadian Arctic. His 40 plus years of study has enabled the building of ...

OC FRSC (1915–2014) –

professor, geologist * Eric W. Mountjoy FRSC (1931–2010) – McGill University professor, geologist *

Gerard V. Middleton Gerard Viner Middleton FRSC (May 13, 1931 – November 2, 2021), often known as Gerry Middleton, was a Canadian geologist and university teacher. Biography Middleton was born in South Africa and educated in England. He obtained his batchelors (1 ...

FRSC (1931–2021) –

McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale, adjacent to the Royal Botanical ...

professor, geologist * Anthony J. Naldrett FRSC (1933–2020) –

emeritus professor, geologist *

Santa J. Ono Santa Jeremy Ono ( ja, 小野三太; born November 23, 1962) is a Canadian-American immunologist and academic administrator, currently serving as the 15th president of the University of Michigan since October 2022. Ono previously served as th ...

FCAHS (born c. 1962) –

15th President & Vice-Chancellor, professor, medical scientist * William Richard Peltier ScD ('' hc'') FRSC (born c. 1942) – University of Toronto professor, physicist *

Jordan Peterson Jordan Bernt Peterson (born 12 June 1962) is a Canadian media personality, clinical psychologist, author, and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. He began to receive widespread attention as a public intellectual in the late 2010s ...

(born 1962) – Canadian clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. *

Paula Rochon Paula Ann Rochon is a Canadian geriatrician. She is the Retired Teachers of Ontario/ERO Chair in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Toronto. Early life and education Rochon completed her Bachelor of Arts degree and medical degree at McMaster ...

– Chair in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Toronto in 2022. *

Egerton Ryerson Adolphus Egerton Ryerson (24 March 1803 – 19 February 1882) was a Canadian educator, author, editor, and Methodist minister who was a prominent contributor to the design of the Canadian public school system. A renowned advocate against Christ ...

(1803–1882) –

public education State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in pa ...

advocate *

Dora Sakayan Dora Sakayan (classical Armenian orthography: ; reformed: ; born January 24, 1931), Professor of German Studies (retired), McGill University. Specializing initially as a Germanist, today she is also known for her work in various areas of Applied ...

(born 1931) – full professor, Department of German Studies, McGill University; Armenology, Contrastive Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Translation, Genocide Studies * Colin Simpson (born c. 1965) –

George Brown College George Brown College is a public, fully accredited college of applied arts and technology with three campuses in downtown Toronto (Ontario, Canada). Like many other colleges in Ontario, GBC was chartered in 1966 by the government of Ontario and ...

, best-selling author *

Charles R. Stelck Charles Richard Stelck, O.C., Ph.D., F.R.S.C., P.Geol. (May 20, 1917 – May 14, 2016) was a Canadian petroleum geologist, paleontologist, stratigrapher, and university professor. He is known for his pioneering work on unraveling the stratigraph ...

OC ScD ('' hc'') FRSC (1917–2016) –

University of Alberta The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexander Cameron Ruth ...

professor, petroleum geologist, paleontologist, stratigrapher *

David Strangway David William Strangway, (June 7, 1934 – December 13, 2016) was a Canadian geophysicist and university administrator. Strangway was the founder, first President and first Chancellor of Quest University Canada, a private non-profit liberal ar ...

OC ScD ('' hc'') FRSC (1934–2016) – geophysicist and university administrator *

Thomas Symons Thomas Henry Bull Symons (30 May 1929 – 1 January 2021) was a Canadian professor and author in the field of Canadian studies. Biography Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was the son of writer Harry Lutz Symons and Dorothy Sarah Bull, and the brot ...

CC OOnt (1929–2021) – Founding President of Trent University, Professor of Canadian Studies *

Claude Vivier Claude Vivier ( ; baptised as Claude Roger; 14 April 19487 March 1983) was a Canadian contemporary composer, pianist, poet and ethnomusicologist of Québécois origin. After studying with Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne, Vivier became an i ...

(1948–1983) –

organ Organ may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a part of an organism Musical instruments * Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone ** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument ** Hammond ...

pedagogue and professor at Collège Montmorency * Roger G. Walker FRSC – McMaster University emeritus professor *

William Winegard William Charles Winegard, (September 17, 1924 – January 31, 2019) was a Canadian educator, engineer, scientist and member of Parliament. Life and career Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he served during World War II in the Royal Canadian Navy from ...

PC OC (1924–2019) – educator, engineer, scientist and former Member of Parliament

Environmentalists

''See

Canadian environmentalists Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

''.

Fashion

Jeanne Beker Jeanne Beker, (; born 19 March 1952) is a Canadian television personality, fashion editor, and author. Family Jeanne Beker was born in Toronto, Ontario to father Joseph Beker and mother Bronia Beker, two Jewish Holocaust survivors born in Ko ...

(born 1952) – reporter *

Sahar Biniaz Sahar Biniaz (born November 17, 1984) is an Iranian-Canadian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Canada 2012. She had a recurring role on the hit TV show ''Sanctuary'' as Kali goddess of destruction. Biography ...

(born November 17, 1985) – model *

Dean and Dan Caten Dean and Dan Caten (né Catenacci; born December 19, 1964) are Canadian fashion designers, radio personalities, and businessmen. They are identical twin brothers and the founders and owners of Dsquared², an Italian luxury fashion house based in ...

(born 1965) – designers known as Dsquared *

Keshia Chanté Keshia Chanté Harper (born June 16, 1988) is a Canadian singer, television host, actress, songwriter and philanthropist. As a teenager, Chanté gained recognition with the release of her singles "Unpredictable", "Bad Boy" and "Does He Love Me" " ...

(born 1988) – model and singer *

Steven Cojocaru Steven Cojocaru (; ; born July 4, 1970), is a Canadian television fashion critic. He was born in Montreal, Quebec to Romanian parents. Cojocaru started out as a magazine columnist and eventually began working on American television shows as a ...

(born 1970) (known as Cojo) – critic and correspondent on ''

Entertainment Tonight ''Entertainment Tonight'' (or simply ''ET'') is an American first-run syndicated news broadcasting newsmagazine program that is distributed by CBS Media Ventures throughout the United States and owned by Paramount Streaming. ET also airs in Aust ...

'' *

Taryn Davidson Taryn Davidson (born February 2, 1991) is a Canadian model. Early life Davidson is the second eldest of four children, Talia, Lauren, and Sean, and lived her first few years in New Liskeard, before moving to Brooklin, Ontario. Career In 2007, s ...

(born 1991) – model *

Linda Evangelista Linda Evangelista (; born May 10, 1965) is a Canadian fashion model. She is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential models of all time, and has been featured on over 700 magazine covers. Evangelista is primarily known for being ...

(born 1965) – model *

Shalom Harlow Shalom Harlow (born December 5, 1973) is a Canadian model and actress. She began working as a fashion model in the early 1990s, achieving supermodel status by the end of the decade. In 2007, she was listed by ''Forbes'' as thirteenth in the list o ...

(born 1973) – model and actress *

Winnie Harlow Chantelle Whitney Brown-Young (born July 27, 1994), known professionally as Winnie Harlow, is a Canadian fashion model and public spokesperson on the skin condition vitiligo. She gained prominence in 2014 as a contestant on the 21st cycle of th ...

(born 1994) – model *

Irina Lazareanu Irina ( Cyrillic: Ирина) is a feminine given name of Ancient Greek origin, commonly borne by followers of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is derived from Eirene (Ancient Greek: Εἰρήνη), an ancient Greek goddess, personification of ...

(born 1982) – model *

Jay Manuel Jay Manuel (born August 14, 1972) is a Canadian TV host, Creative Director, make-up artist, and author. He is most recognizable as the Creative Director on the popular reality television show ''America's Next Top Model'' for the first eighteen sea ...

(born 1972) – expert on ''

America's Next Top Model ''America's Next Top Model'' (abbreviated ''ANTM'' and ''Top Model'') is an American reality television series and interactive competition in which a number of aspiring models compete for the title of "America's Next Top Model" and a chance to ...

'' and ''

Canada's Next Top Model ''Canada's Next Top Model'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''CNTM'') is a Canadian reality show in which female contestants compete for the title "Canada's Next Top Model" and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry. The winner recei ...

'' *

Heather Marks Heather Marks (born July 25, 1988) is a Canadian model known in the fashion world for her big eyes and "doll-like" or elven features. Her high fashion looks have booked her many campaigns, and her career has followed those of other doll-like model ...

(born 1988) – model *

Kenneth G. Mills Kenneth George Mills (January 25, 1923 – October 8, 2004) was a Canadian metaphysical/philosophical speaker and author. An exponent of the oral tradition, he gave spontaneous lectures and poetry for over 37 years. At the same time, he became not ...

(1923–2004) – designer *

Peter Nygard Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

(born 1941) – designer *

Lana Ogilvie Lana Ogilvie is a Canadian fashion model. She was the first model of colour to be given a contract with the CoverGirl cosmetics brand, frequently being paired with Rachel Hunter. She appeared in the 1994 '' Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue' ...

(born 1968) – model *

Coco Rocha Mikhaila "Coco" Rocha (born September 10, 1988) is a Canadian fashion model. She is known as one of the first "digital" supermodels, and is known for her advocacy for younger models. As an author, she collaborated on the 2014 book ''Study of Pos ...

(born 1988) – model *

Monika Schnarre Monika Schnarre (born May 27, 1971) is a Canadian model, actress and television host. She is reportedly 185.4 cm (6′1″) tall. In 1986, at age 14, Schnarre won the Ford Models "Supermodel of the World" contest, becoming the youngest mo ...

(born 1971) – model *

Jessica Stam Jessica Elizabeth Stam (born 23 April 1986) is a Canadian model. She is considered to be part of the crop of models described as "doll faces". In 2007, ''Forbes'' named her fifteenth in the list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels, earning ...

(born 1986) – model *

Ty States Ty (stylized as ty) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. It was founded by Ty Warner in 1986. It designs, develops and sells products, most notably Beanie Babies, exclusively to spe ...

(born 1991) – model *

Daria Werbowy Daria Werbowy (born 19 November 1983) is a Canadian retired fashion model born in Poland. She became a spokesmodel for the French beauty brand Lancôme in 2005. According to ''Forbes'', Werbowy has appeared on over 50 international ''Vogue'' c ...

(born 1983) – Polish-born Canadian model *

Jason Wu Jason Wu (; born September 27, 1982) is a Taiwanese-Canadian artist and fashion designer based in New York City. Born in Taiwan and raised in Vancouver, he studied fashion design at Parsons School of Design, and trained under Narciso Rodriguez ...

(born 1982) – fashion designer, dolls artist

Humanitarians

Louise Arbour Louise Bernice Arbour (born February 10, 1947) is a Canadian lawyer, prosecutor and jurist. Arbour was the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal for Ontario and a former ...

(born 1947) – former

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, commonly known as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) or the United Nations Human Rights Office, is a department of the Secretariat of the United Nati ...

, former justice of the

, former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda * J. Esmonde Barry (1923–2007) – healthcare activist and political commentator in

New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic Canad ...

Norman Bethune Henry Norman Bethune (; March 4, 1890 – November 12, 1939; zh, t=亨利·諾爾曼·白求恩, p=Hēnglì Nuò'ěrmàn Báiqiú'ēn) was a Canadian thoracic surgeon, early advocate of socialized medicine, and member of the Communist Party ...

(1890–1939) – physician and medical innovator *

Richard Maurice Bucke Richard Maurice Bucke (18 March 1837 – 19 February 1902), often called Maurice Bucke, was a prominent Canadian psychiatrist in the late 19th century. An adventurer during his youth, Bucke later studied medicine. Eventually, as a psychiatrist ...

FRSC (1837–1902) – psychiatrist, philosopher, early author on human development and human potentials *

Steve Fonyo Stephen Charles Fonyo Jr. (June 29, 1965 – February 18, 2022) was a Canadian runner with an artificial leg who was a nationally renowned fundraiser for cancer research and treatment, and a former Member of the Order of Canada. Journey for Live ...

OC Rescinded 2010 (born 1966) – retraced and completed Terry Fox's cross country cancer research fundraising marathon *

Terry Fox Terrance Stanley Fox (July 28, 1958 June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated due to cancer, he embarked on an east-to-west cross-Canada run to raise money ...

CC OD (1958–1981) – attempted one-legged cross country run for cancer research *

Marc Kielburger Marc Kielburger (born 1977) is a Canadian author, social entrepreneur, columnist, humanitarian and activist for children's rights. He is the co-founder, along with his brother Craig, of the We Movement, which consists of the WE Charity, an ...

(born 1977) – author, social entrepreneur, columnist, humanitarian and activist for children's rights. co-founder, with his brother

Craig __NOTOC__ Craig may refer to: Geology *Craig (landform), a rocky hill or mountain often having large casims or sharp intentations. People (and fictional characters) *Craig (surname) *Craig (given name) Places Scotland *Craig, Angus, aka Barony o ...

, of the We Movement *

Grey Owl Archibald Stansfeld Belaney (; September 18, 1888 – April 13, 1938), commonly known as Grey Owl, was a British-born conservationist, fur trapper, and writer who disguised himself as a Native American man. While he achieved fame as a co ...

(1888–1938) (real name Archibald Stanfield Belaney) – conservationist who falsely presented himself as an Aboriginal person and worked to save the

beaver Beavers are large, semiaquatic rodents in the genus ''Castor'' native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. There are two extant species: the North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') and the Eurasian beaver (''C. fiber''). Beavers a ...

s of

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North ...

and

Manitoba , image_map = Manitoba in Canada 2.svg , map_alt = Map showing Manitoba's location in the centre of Southern Canada , Label_map = yes , coordinates = , capital = Win ...

Rick Hansen Richard Marvin Hansen (born August 26, 1957) is a Canadian track and field athlete (Paralympic Games), activist, and philanthropist for people with disabilities. Following a pickup truck crash at the age of 15, Hansen sustained a spinal cord ...

CC OBC

('' hc'')

('' hc'') (born 1957) – paraplegic athlete who completed an around-the-world marathon for spinal cord injury research *

Stephen Lewis Stephen Henry Lewis (born November 11, 1937) is a Canadian politician, public speaker, broadcaster, and diplomat. He was the leader of the social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party for most of the 1970s. During many of those years as lead ...

CC (born 1937) – AIDS activist,

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizi ...

special envoy for

HIV/AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual ...

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

Harold A. Rogers Harold Allin Rogers, Order of Canada, OC, Order of the British Empire, OBE (January 3, 1899 – September 15, 1994) was the founder of Kin Canada. He is known by Kinsmen and Kinettes as Founder Hal. Early life Harold Allin Rogers was born i ...

(1899–1994) – founder of Kin Canada *

Jean Vanier Jean Vanier (, September 10, 1928 – May 7, 2019) was a Canadian Catholic philosopher and theologian. In 1964, he founded L'Arche, an international federation of communities spread over 37 countries for people with developmental disabilities ...

CC GOQ (1928–2019) – activist for the mentally disabled, founder of

L'Arche L'Arche is an international federation of non-profits working to create networks of community where people with and without intellectual disabilities live and work together. Founded in 1964 by Jean Vanier, Raphaël Simi, and Philip Seux, L'Arc ...

Inventors

* Scott Abbott – co-inventor of

Trivial Pursuit ''Trivial Pursuit'' is a board game in which winning is determined by a player's ability to answer trivia and popular culture questions. Players move their pieces around a board, the squares they land on determining the subject of a question ...

Thomas Ahearn Thomas Ahearn, PC (June 24, 1855 – June 28, 1938) was a Canadian inventor and businessman. Ahearn, a native of Ottawa, Ontario, was instrumental in the success of a vast streetcar system that was once in Ottawa, the Ottawa Electric Rail ...

PC(1855–1938) – invented the electric cooking range and the electric car heater *

Anthony R. Barringer Anthony R. "Tony" Barringer (October 20, 1925 – August 15, 2009) was a Canadian geophysicist. He made numerous contributions to mineral exploration technology. His most famous work was the development of the INPUT airborne electromagnetic syst ...

(1925–2009) – holds 70 patents for

mineral exploration Mining in the engineering discipline is the extraction of minerals from underneath, open pit, above or on the ground. Mining engineering is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, and ...

technology *

Earl W. Bascom Earl Wesley Bascom (June 19, 1906 – August 28, 1995) was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, cowboy, rodeo performer, inventor, and Hollywood actor. Raised in Canada, he portrayed in works of fine art his own experiences of cowboyin ...

(1906–1995) – co-invented rodeo's side-delivery chute, invented reverse-opening side-delivery chute, hornless bronc saddle, one-hand bareback rigging and high-cut chaps *

Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell (, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and T ...

(1847–1922) – born in Scotland, invented the telephone in Canada and developed it in the United States *

Joseph-Armand Bombardier Joseph-Armand Bombardier (; April 16, 1907 – February 18, 1964) was a Canadian inventor and businessman who was the founder of Bombardier. His most famous invention was the snowmobile. Biography Born in Valcourt, Quebec, Joseph-Armand Bombar ...

(1907–1964) – invented the

snowmobile A snowmobile, also known as a Ski-Doo, snowmachine, sled, motor sled, motor sledge, skimobile, or snow scooter, is a motorized vehicle designed for winter travel and recreation on snow. It is designed to be operated on snow and ice and does not ...

* Gerald Bull (1928–1990) – invented the G5 howitzer and the Project Babylon, Iraqi supergun * Herbert Henry Dow (1866–1930) – invented a method of bromine extraction known as the Dow process * Mathew Evans – co-inventor of the first electric light bulb * Charles Fenerty (c. 1821–1892) – inventor of the wood pulp process for making paper * Reginald Fessenden (1866–1932) – radio inventor who made the first radio-transmitted audio transmission and the first two-way transatlantic radio transmission; also invented sonar and patented the first television system * Sir Sandford Fleming

Doctor of Science, DSc ('' hc'') FRSC (1827–1915) – inventor of the system of Standard Time zones * Wilbur R. Franks

(1901–1986) – invented the anti-black-out-suit (the G-suit) * Abraham Pineo Gesner (1797–1864) – inventor of kerosene; known as the "father of the petroleum industry" * James Gosling OC (born 1955) – invented Java computer language * Chris Haney (Trivial Pursuit), Chris Haney (1950–2010) – co-inventor of

* Sam Jacks (1915–1975) – inventor of ringette * George Klein (inventor), George Klein OC Order of the British Empire, MBE

('' hc'') (1904–1992) – developed: electric wheelchairs, microsurgical staple gun, the ZEEP nuclear reactor, and the Canadarm *James L. Kraft, James L Kraft (1874–1953) – entrepreneur and inventor, founder of L. Kraft & Bros. Company, which later became

; patented processed cheese (AKA American cheese) * Thomas Edvard Krogh ScD ('' hc'') FRSC (1936–2008) – developed technique of Radiometric dating, radiometric uranium-lead dating to further the precision of geochronology * Hugh Le Caine (1914–1977) – invented the music synthesizer in 1945 * Cluny MacPherson (1879–1966) – invented the first general-issue WWI gas mask, gas mask used by the British Army in World War I * Wilson Markle (born 1938) – invented film colorization process in 1983 * Elijah McCoy (1844–1929) – developed automatic machinery lubricator, lawn sprinkler, the "Real McCoy" * James Naismith (1861–1939) – invented basketball * P. L. Robertson (1879–1951) – invented the Robertson screw * Henry Ruttan (1792–1871) – invented air-conditioned railway coach * Thomas F. Ryan (1872–1971) – invented five-pin bowling * Arthur Sicard (1876–1946) – invented the snowblower in 1925 * Simon Sunatori (born 1959) – engineer, inventor and entrepreneur; created the MagneScribe and the Magic Spicer * Lewis Urry (1927–2004) – invented the long-lasting alkaline battery * Harry Wasylyk (1925–2013) – invented the disposable green polyethylene garbage bag in 1950 * Thomas Willson (1860–1915) – invented arc lamps and process for creating calcium carbide * Henry Woodward (inventor), Henry Woodward – co-inventor of the first electric light bulb

Law

* Alfred Scow (1927–2013) – First Nations judge * Catherine Latimer (lawyer), Catherine Latimer – lawyer and criminologist

Media

* Samantha Bee (born 1969) – host of ''Full Frontal with Samantha Bee'' * Stephen Brunt (born 1959) – lead sports columnist for ''The Globe and Mail'' since 1989 * Stevie Cameron (born 1943) – journalist, author * Richard Gizbert (born 1960) cable network journalist of Al Jazeera English * Gordon Donaldson (journalist), Gordon Donaldson (1926–2001) – amateur historian, journalist * Barbara Frum OC

('' hc'') (1937–1992) – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC radio and television journalist * Jian Ghomeshi (born 1967) – former musician and radio broadcaster * Ken Hechtman (born 1967) – maverick journalist jailed by Afghanistan's Taliban government as a suspected United States spy in 2001 * Kenny Hotz (born 1967) – only registered Canadian journalist to cover the Gulf War * Mark Irwin CSC/ASC (born 1950) – Hollywood Director of Photography * Peter Jennings CM (1938–2005) – American Broadcasting Company, ABC news anchor * Jason Jones (actor), Jason Jones (born 1967) – senior correspondent for ''The Daily Show'' * Pat Kiernan (born 1968) – morning anchor of NY1 since 1997 * Michael Kesterton (1946–2018) – ''The Globe and Mail'' columnist * Lisa LaFlamme (born 1964) – journalist, occasional chief anchor, and senior editor for CTV National News * Neil Macdonald (born 1957) – CBC reporter * Robert MacNeil (born 1931) – journalist, author, longtime co-anchor of ''The MacNeil/Lehrer Report'' on Public Broadcasting Service, PBS * Peter Mansbridge OC

('' hc'') (born 1948) – news anchor of CBC's ''The National (CBC), The National'' * Rick Mercer OC (born 1969) – comedian, TV personality, political satirist and author * Mosha Michael (c. 1948–2009) – Canada's first Inuk filmmaker * Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray (1888–1982) – editor and co-publisher of the ''Bridge River-Lillooet News'' * Peter C. Newman CC CD

('' hc'') (born 1929) – eminent journalist and writer * Sydney Newman OC (1917–1997) – supervisor of drama at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC, head of drama at the BBC, creator of the ''Doctor Who'' television series, chairman of the National Film Board of Canada, NFB * Steve Paikin (born 1960) – journalist, film producer and author, best known for hosting TVOntario's ''Studio 2'' * Pete Parker (1895–1991) – made the first ever broadcast of a professional hockey game * Sandie Rinaldo (born 1950) – journalist and occasional news anchor for CTV National News * John Roberts (journalist), John Roberts (born 1956) – Fox News Channel reporter, previously a CNN reporter and host of ''The New Music'' on MuchMusic * Lloyd Robertson OC

('' hc'') (born 1934) – senior editor and former longtime anchor for CTV Television Network, CTV National News * Morley Safer (1931–2016) – investigative journalist for CBS News and ''60 Minutes'' * Linus Sebastian (born 1986) – owner and founder of Linus Media Group * Shane Smith (journalist), Shane Smith (born 1969) – founder of Vice (magazine), Vice * George Stroumboulopoulos (born 1972) – television journalist * Peter Trueman OC (1934–2021) – original newsman on Global Television Network, Global TV * Jan Wong (born 1952) – journalist

Medical

* Evan Adams (born 1966) – First Nations medical doctor, medical advisor, Deputy Provincial Health Advisor (BC), and actor * Maria Louisa Angwin (1849–1898) – first woman licensed to practice medicine in Nova Scotia * Elizabeth Bagshaw CM (1881–1982) – physician and birth control activist * Frederick Banting Order of the British Empire, KBE Military Cross, MC

('' hc'') ScD ('' hc'') Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, FRSC (1891–1941) – Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of insulin * John Cameron Bell (born 1953) – pioneer of oncolytic virus therapies for cancer *

(1890–1939) – surgeon, inventor, socialist, battlefield doctor in Spain and China * Wilfred Bigelow OC

('' hc'') FRSC (1913–2005) – inventor of the first artificial pacemaker *Yvette Bonny (born 1938) – pediatrician * Basil Boulton (1938–2008) – pediatrician and child health advocate * John Callaghan (physician), John Callaghan OC Alberta Order of Excellence, AOE (1923–2004) – pioneer of open-heart surgery * John Dick (scientist), John Dick FRSC (born 1954) – credited with discovery of cancer stem cell * Tommy Douglas PC CC Saskatchewan Order of Merit, SOM

('' hc'') (1904–1986) – introduced publicly funded health care in Canada; commonly known as the "father of Medicare" * Carl Goresky OC (1932–1996) – physician and scientist * David H. Hubel (1926–2013) – Nobel Prize winner in medicine for mapping the visual cortex * Harold E. Johns OC (1915–1998) – medical physicist, noted for his extensive contributions to the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancer * Doreen Kimura (1933–2013) – behavioural psychologist, world expert on sex differences in the brain * William Harding le Riche (1916–2010) – epidemiologist * Jeanne Mance (1606–1673) – established the first hospital in North America – the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal – in 1644 * Ernest McCulloch CM OOnt FRSC Royal Society, FRS (1926–2011) – cellular biologist credited with the discovery of stem cell with James Till * Frances Gertrude McGill (1882–1959) – pioneering forensic pathologist and criminologist * Henry Morgentaler CM

('' hc'') (1923–2013) – abortionist who helped legalize abortion in Canada and strengthen the power of jury nullification * William Osler Bt (1849–1919) – physician, called the "father of modern medicine"; wrote ''Principles and Practice of Medicine'' * Daniel David Palmer (1845–1913) – founded the chiropractic profession * Edgar Randolph Parker (1871–1951) (known as "Painless" Parker) – flamboyant dentist * Wilder Penfield Order of Merit, OM CC Order of St. Michael and St. George, CMG Royal Society, FRS (1891–1976) – neurosurgeon, discovered electrical stimulation of the brain * Jack Pickup (1919–1996) – general practitioner and surgeon, also known as the "Flying Doctor of British Columbia" * David Sackett CC FRSC (1934–2015) – founded the first department of clinical epidemiology in Canada at

* Mary Elizabeth MacCallum Scott (1865–1941) – physician and missionary in Ceylon * Sydney Segal (1920–1997) – pediatrician and neonatologist particularly known for his work with sudden infant death syndrome * James Till OC OOnt FRSC Royal Society, FRS (born 1931) – biophysicist, credited for the discovery of stem cell with Ernest McCulloch * A. Ross Tilley (1904–1988) MD FRCS(C)

OC – plastic surgeon * Irene Ayako Uchida OC (1917–2013) – cytogenticist, Down Syndrome researcher

Military figures

* General Maurice Baril Order of Military Merit (Canada), OMM CD (born 1943) – military advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General, head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the

, and Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada), Chief of the Defence Staff * Gustave Biéler Distinguished Service Order, DSO Order of the British Empire, MBE (1904–1944) – Special Operations Executive agent, executed by the Nazis * Louis-Nicolas-Emmanuel de Bigault d'Aubreville – head of the nightwatch in Montreal * Air Commodore Leonard Birchall CM

Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom), DFC OOnt CD DMSc ('' hc'')

('' hc'') (1915–2004) – war hero * Air Marshall Billy Bishop Victoria Cross, VC Order of the Bath, CB Distinguished Service Order, DSO* Military Cross, MC Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom), DFC ED (1894–1956) (commonly known as Billy Bishop) –World War I flying ace * Brigadier-General Jean Boyle Order of Military Merit (Canada), CMM CD (born 1947) – fighter pilot, and businessman * Major General Sir Isaac Brock Order of the Bath, KB (1769–1812) – War of 1812 general * Captain Roy Brown (pilot), Roy Brown Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom), DSC* Royal Naval Air Service, RNAS (1893–1944) – World War I fighter pilot officially credited with shooting down the Red Baron * Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave Distinguished Service Order, DSO* (1890–1971) – Canadian signatory to the Japanese Instrument of Surrender * General Harry Crerar Order of the Companions of Honour, CH Order of the Bath, CB Distinguished Service Order, DSO CD PC (1888–1965) – "leading field commander" in World War II * Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie Order of the Bath, KCB Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, GCMG (1875–1933) – first Canadian commander of the Canadian Expeditionary Force * Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire OC Order of Military Merit (Canada), CMM GOQ Meritorious Service Decoration (Canada), MSC CD

('' hc'') Doctor of Science, ScDHum ('' hc'') Doctor of Humane Letters, DHL ('' hc'') (born 1946) – UN peacekeeping General, attempted to prevent the Rwandan genocide * Guy D'Artois Distinguished Service Order, DSO George Medal, GM (1917–1999) – SOE agent, recipient of the ''Croix de Guerre'' * General John de Chastelain Order of the Companions of Honour, CH OC Order of Military Merit (Canada), CMM CD

('' hc'') Doctor of Science, ScDMil ('' hc'') Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, FLMH (born 1937) – head of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning * Peter Dmytruk (1920–1943) – WWII Flight Sergeant and member of the French Resistance * Brigadier-General Charles Drury, Dury, Charles PC OC QC Order of the British Empire, CBE Distinguished Service Order, DSO (1912–1991) – soldier, businessman, and politician * John Weir Foote Victoria Cross, VC CD (1904–1988) – military chaplain, Ontario cabinet minister, and recipient of the Victoria Cross * Captain Nichola Goddard Meritorious Service Medal (Canada), MSM (1980–2006) – first female Canadian soldier killed in combat * William Hall (VC), William Hall Victoria Cross, VC (1827–1904) – first Nova Scotian recipient of the Victoria Cross * John Kenneth Macalister (1914–1944) – Special Operations Executive, SOE agent, executed by the Nazis * Vice-Admiral Bruce MacLean CMM, CD – Chief of the Maritime Staff from 2004 to 2006 * Captain Simon Mailloux (born 1983) – first Canadian soldier with an amputation to deploy on a combat mission; recipient of the Sacrifice Medal * Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae (1872–1918) – soldier, poet, author of ''In Flanders' Fields'' * Alan Arnett McLeod Victoria Cross, VC (1899–1918) – fighter pilot, youngest Canadian-born winner of the Victoria Cross * General Andrew McNaughton Order of the Companions of Honour, CH Order of the Bath, CB Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, CMG Distinguished Service Order, DSO CD PC (1887–1966) – Co-Minister of Defence during World War II * Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Meighen (1905–1979) – lawyer and philanthropist * Lieutenant Colonel Charles Merritt Victoria Cross, VC (1908–2000) – recipient of the Victoria Cross * Major General Sydney Chilton Mewburn PC (1863–1956) – lawyer and politician, Minister of Militia and Defence * Jerri Mumford, Minnie "Jerri" Mumford (1909–2002) – serving member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) during World War II * Rear Admiral Leonard W. Murray (1896–1971) – Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Northwest Atlantic during World War II * Henry Norwest Military Medal, MM & Bar (1884–1918) – sniper in World War I * Lieutenant-Colonel George Pearkes Victoria Cross, VC PC CC Order of the Bath, CB Distinguished Service Order, DSO Military Cross, MC CD (1888–1984) – recipient of the Victoria Cross, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia * Francis Pegahmagabow Military Medal, MM** (1891–1952) – the most highly decorated aboriginal Canadian soldier of World War I * Frank Pickersgill (1915–1944) – Special Operations Executive, SOE agent, executed by the Nazis * Rear Admiral Desmond Piers CM Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom), DSC CD Doctor of Science, ScDMil ('' hc'') (1913–2005) – war hero * George Lawrence Price (1898–1918) – last soldier killed in World War I * Tommy Prince Military Medal, MM (1915–1977) – one of

's most decorated soldiers, member of the First Special Service Force, Devil's Brigade * James Ralston PC (1881–1948) – Co-Minister of Defence during World War II * Thomas Ricketts Victoria Cross, VC (1901–1967) – recipient of the Victoria Cross (Newfoundlander at the time of his award) *

(1889–1994) – founder of Kin Canada * Roméo Sabourin (1923–1944) – Special Operations Executive, SOE agent, executed by the Nazis * General Guy Simonds CC Order of the Bath, CB Order of the British Empire, CBE Distinguished Service Order, DSO CD (1903–1974) – commander of the II Canadian Corps * Ernest Smith (1914–2005) – Victoria Cross, VC, CM, OBC, CD, Seaforth Highlander Private/ Sergeant, the last living Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, awarded for gallantry in actions at the River Savio, Northern Italy 1944 * Sam Steele Order of the Bath, CB

Royal Victorian Order, MVO (1851–1919) – member of the North-West Mounted Police, commander of Yukon detachment * William Stephenson CC Military Cross, MC Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom), DFC (1897–1989) (codename: ''Intrepid'') – senior representative of British intelligence for the Western Hemisphere in World War II * Lieutenant-General Kenneth Stuart Order of the Bath, CB Distinguished Service Order, DSO Military Cross, MC (1891–1945) – Chief of the General Staff 1941–1943, educator * Tecumseh (1768–1813) – Leader of First Nations British Allies, War of 1812, died defeating American invasion * Rear Admiral Robert Timbrell Order of Military Merit (Canada), CMM Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom), DSC CD (1920–2006) – first Canadian to be decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom), Distinguished Service Cross * General Christopher Vokes Order of the Bath, CB Order of the British Empire, CBE Distinguished Service Order, DSO CD (1904–1985) – General Officer commanding the Canadian Army Occupation Force in Europe * Brigadier Sir Edward Oliver Wheeler (1890–1962) – Corps of Royal Engineers surveyor * General Ramsey Muir Withers Order of Military Merit (Canada), CMM CD

('' hc'') (1930–2014) – Chief of the Defense Staff * Sir James Lucas Yeo (1782–1818) – commander of Royal Navy forces in Canada during the War of 1812

Monarchs and Canadian Royal Family

''Main articles:'' * List of Canadian monarchs * Monarchy of Canada#Canada's royal family and house, Canadian Royal Family

Magicians

* Shawn Farquhar (born 1962) – magician, winner of the Grand Prix Close Up at the 2009 FISM World Championship of Magic * Doug Henning (1947–2000) – credited with reviving the magic show in North America * Leon Mandrake (1911–1993) – Mandrake the Great; and his sons Lon and Ron, born in 1948 and 1949, respectively * James Randi (1928–2020) – magician, writer, skeptical investigator of paranormal and pseudo-scientific claims, founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation * Dai Vernon (1894–1992) – magician, known as "the man who fooled Houdini"

Musicians

Politicians

* Lloyd Axworthy PC OC OM (born 1939) – former Cabinet minister * Thomas Bain (1834–1915) – former Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons * Robert Baldwin (1804–1858) * Maude Barlow

('' hc'') Doctor of Humane Letters, DHL ('' hc'') (born 1947) – activist, Chairperson of the Council of Canadians * Perrin Beatty PC (born 1950) – former cabinet minister, president of CBC * Monique Bégin PC OC ScD ('' hc'') FRSC (born 1936) – former cabinet minister * Thomas R. Berger OC OBC (1933–2021) – jurist * Ethel Blondin-Andrew PC (born 1951) – former Cabinet minister * Henri Bourassa (1868–1952) – Quebec politician * Pierre Bourgault (1934–2003) – President of Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale * Ed Broadbent PC CC (born 1936) – former New Democratic Party (Canada), New Democratic Party leader * George Brown (Canadian politician), George Brown (1818–1880) * Rosemary Brown (Canadian politician), Rosemary Brown PC CC OBC

('' hc'') (1930–2003) * Tim Buck (1891–1973) – leader of the Canadian Communist Party * George-Étienne Cartier Bt

PC (1814–1873) – Cabinet minister * Brock Chisholm CC Military Cross, MC*

('' hc'') (1896–1971) – first Director-General of the World Health Organization * Joe Clark (born 1939) – 16th Prime Minister of Canada, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1976 to 1983, and again from 1998 to 2003 * Sheila Copps PC (born 1952) * Victor Copps (1919–1988) – Mayor of Hamilton * John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, Earl of Durham Order of the Bath, GCB PC (1792–1840) * Ellen Fairclough PC CC OOnt (1905–2004) – first female member of the Canadian Cabinet * The Famous Five (Canada), The Famous Five – 1920s women's rights activists * Janice Filmon (born 1943) – Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba since 2015 * Iqwinder Singh Gaheer (born 1993) – member of Parliament for the riding of Mississauga—Malton * Jennifer Granholm (born 1959) – first female governor of Michigan * Gurmant Grewal (born 1957) – the "Ironman of Canadian Parliament" * Nina Grewal (born 1958) – first South Asian and Sikh woman elected to Parliament; with her husband Gurmant, the Grewals are the first married couple to concurrently serve in Canadian Parliament * Elijah Harper (1949–2013) – Cree chief (Red Sucker Lake Nation), MLA Manitoba, successfully blocked the Meech Lake Accord (proposed Constitutional amendment) * C. D. Howe PC (1886–1960) – Cabinet minister * Joseph Howe PC (1804–1873) – "father of Confederation" * Stan Keyes PC (born 1953) * Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bt (1807–1864) – co-premier of the United Province of Canada * Franklin K. Lane (1864–1921) – 1910s United States Secretary of the Interior (1913–1920) * Jack Layton PC (1950–2011) – leader of the New Democratic Party (Canada), New Democratic Party * William Lyon Mackenzie (1795–1861) – Mayor of Toronto * Allan MacNab Bt (1798–1862) – Prime Minister of Upper Canada * Thomas D'Arcy McGee PC (1825–1868) * Agnes Macphail (1890–1954) – first female Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) * Beverley McLachlin PC

('' hc'') (born 1943) – Chief Justice of Canada * James McMillan (Senator), James McMillan (1838–1902) – US Senator from Michigan * John Munro (Canadian politician), John Munro PC (1931–2003) * Louis-Joseph Papineau, Papineau (1786–1871) – reformer and 1837 rebellion leader * Allan Studholme (1846–1919) * Nathan Eldon Tanner (1898–1982)

Provincial premiers

:''Main articles'': * ''List of premiers of Alberta'' * ''List of premiers of British Columbia'' * ''List of premiers of Manitoba'' * ''List of premiers of New Brunswick'' * ''List of premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador'' * ''List of premiers of Nova Scotia'' * ''List of premiers of Ontario'' * ''List of premiers of Prince Edward Island'' * ''List of premiers of Quebec'' * ''List of premiers of Saskatchewan''

Territorial premiers

:''Main articles'': * ''List of premiers of the Northwest Territories'' * ''List of premiers of Nunavut'' * ''List of premiers of Yukon''

Indigenous leaders

* Shawn Atleo (born 1967) * William Beynon (1888–1958) * Big Bear (1825–1888) – Cree leader * Joseph Brant (1742–1807) – Mohawk leader * Mary Brant (1736–1796) – leader of Six Nations women's federation * Frank Calder (1877–1943) – Nisga'a * Joe Capilano (c. 1854–1910) – Squamish * Rose Charlie (born 1930) * Arthur Wellington Clah (1831–1916) * Heber Clifton (1871–1964) * Cumshewa – 18th-century Haida chief at the inlet now bearing his name * Harley Desjarlais * Alfred Dudoward (ca. 1850–1914) * Dan George (1899–1981) – Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, Tsleil-Waututh (Burrard) * Joseph Gosnell (1936–2020) – Nisga'a * Simon Gunanoot (1874–1933) – Gitxsan * Guujaaw (born 1953) – modern-day Haida leader * Elijah Harper (1949–2013) – Cree * Chief Hunter Jack (died 1905) – St'at'imc * Mary John, Sr. (1913–2004) * August Jack Khatsahlano (1877–1971) – Squamish people, Squamish * Klattasine (died 1864) – Tsilhqot'in war chief, surrendered on terms of amnesty in times of war, hanged for murder * Koyah (fl. 1787–1795) – 18th-century chief of the Haida * George Manuel (1921–1989) * Maquinna – 18th-century Nuu-chah-nulth chief (Yuquot/Mowachaht) * Harriet Nahanee (1935–2007) – Squamish and Nuu-chah-nulth people, Nuu-chah-nulth (Pacheedaht First Nation, Pacheedaht) * Nicola (chief), Nicola (1780/1785–c. 1865) – Grand chief of the Okanagan people, and jointly chief of the Nlaka'pamux-Okanagan-Nicola Athapaskans, Nicola Athapaskan alliance in the Nicola Valley and of the Kamloops group of the Secwepemc * Andy Paull (1892–1959) – Squamish * Stewart Phillip * Chief Poundmaker (c. 1842–1886) – Cree chief * Piapot (c. 1816–1908) – Cree chief * Steven Point (born 1951) – modern Sto:lo leader, current Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia *

(1844–1885) – leader of two Métis people (Canada), Métis rebellions before being hung for treason * James Sewid (1913–1988) – Kwakwaka'wakw * Tecumseh (1768–1813) – Shawnee leader * Alec Thomas (1894–?) * Wickanninish – 19th-century Nuu-chah-nulth chief (Opitsaht/Tla-o-qui-aht) * Walter Wright (oral historian), Walter Wright (died 1949)

Producers

Religious figures

Martyrs

* St.

(1620–1700) – first Canadian saint * St. Noël Chabanel (1613–1649) – Jesuit missionary * St. Anthony Daniel (1601–1648) – Jesuit missionary * St. Jean de Brébeuf (1539–1649) – Jesuit missionary * St. Jean de Lalande (died 1646) – Jesuit missionary * St. Saint Charles Garnier (1606–1649) – Jesuit missionary * St. René Goupil (1608–1642) – first North American martyr of the Roman Catholic Church * St. Isaacs Jogues (1607–1646) – Jesuit missionary * St. Gabriel Lallemant (1610–1649) – Jesuit missionary

Religious community leaders

* Alexis André (1832–1893) – Catholic missionary priest, spiritual advisor to

* Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic (1930–2011) – Roman Catholic Archbishops of Toronto, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto * André Besette (1845–1937) – Holy Cross Brother known as the "Miracle Man of Montreal" * Linda Bond (born 1946) – Generals of the Salvation Army, General of The Salvation Army, 2011–2013 * Arnold Brown (General of The Salvation Army), Arnold Brown (1913–2002) – Generals of the Salvation Army, General of The Salvation Army, 1977–81 * Hugh B. Brown (1883–1975) – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Latter-day Saint Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), apostle * Ranj Dhaliwal (born 1976) – Sikh, writer, activist and co-founder of the Sikh Youth orthodox political party in Surrey, British Columbia * Lionel Groulx (1878–1967) – Roman Catholic priest, historian, nationalist, and traditionalist * Albert Lacombe (1827–1916) – Roman Catholic missionary * John G. Lake (1870–1935) – leader of the Pentecostal Movement, born in St. Marys, Ontario * Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger (1904–1991) – Catholic clergyman and humanitarian * Merlin Lybbert (1926–2001) – general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * David Mainse (1936–2017) – broadcaster, founder of 100 Huntley Street and CITS-TV * Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944) – founder of the Foursquare Church * William D. Morrow – General Superintendent of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada * Bishop Michael Power (Canadian bishop), Michael Power (1804–1847) – Roman Catholic Bishop of Toronto * Alexandre-Antonin Taché (1823–1894) – Roman Catholic priest, missionary of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Oblate order * Nathan Eldon Tanner (1898–1982) – Latter-day Saint apostle * John Taylor (Latter Day Saints), John Taylor (1808–1887) – President of the Church (LDS Church), president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Kateri Tekakwitha (1656–1680) – "The Lily of the Mohawks", first Native American canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church * Rúhíyyih Khanum (1910–2000) – wife of Shoghi Effendi, the head of the Baháʼí Faith until 1957; she was appointed as a Hands of the Cause, Hand of the Cause; in 2004, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC viewers voted her number 44 on the list of "greatest

" on the television show ''The Greatest Canadian'' * Bramwell Tillsley (1931–2019) – Generals of the Salvation Army, General of The Salvation Army, 1993–94 * Clarence Wiseman (1907–1985) – Generals of the Salvation Army, General of The Salvation Army, 1974–77

Religious cult figures

* Roch Thériault (1947–2011) – cult leader * Brother XII (1878–1934) – cult leader

Scholars

(born 1947) – jurist * Pratima Bansal – economist * Timothy Brook (historian), Timothy Brook (born 1951) – professor, historian and writer * Joseph-Alphonse-Paul Cadotte (1897–1979) – professor, author * Jack Chambers (linguist), Jack Chambers (born 1938) – linguist * T. H. Clark, Thomas H. Clark (1893–1996) – McGill University, McGill geology professor, namesake of Thomasclarkite * Gerald Cohen (1941–2009) – Oxford University, Oxford Philosopher * Northrop Frye (1912–1991) – influential critic, Shakespeare and Blake scholar * John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006) – economist * George Grant (philosopher), George Grant (1918–1988) – philosopher * John Peters Humphrey (1905–1995) – legal scholar, principal drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights * Harold Innis (1894–1952) – political economist; author of seminal works on Canadian economic history, media and communications * Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) – communications theorist, coined phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village" * Steven Pinker (born 1954) – psychologist, cognitive scientist, writer of popular science * John Ralston Saul (born 1947) – businessman, essayist, diplomat * F. R. Scott (1899–1985) – law professor, philosopher, poet * Guy Sylvestre (1918–2010) – literary critic * David Sztybel (born 1967) – philosopher * Charles Taylor (philosopher), Charles Taylor (born 1931) – philosopher

Scientists

*Robert Campbell Aitken (born 1963) – electrical engineer *Judie Alimonti (1960–2017) – immunologist * Sidney Altman (1939–2022) – molecular biologist, winner of Nobel Prize in chemistry *Brenda Andrews (born 1957) – academic, researcher and biologist specializing in systems biology and molecular genetics. * Albert Bandura (1925–2021) – psychologist * Neil Banerjee – earth scientist * Karen Bailey – plant pathologist * Karen Beauchemin (born 1956) – livestock ruminant nutrition * Robert Bell (geologist), Robert Bell FRSC (1841–1917) – geologist * Walter A. Bell (1889–1969) – geologist, paleontologist * Manjul Bhargava (born 1974) – mathematician and Fields Medal, Fields medallist * Selwyn G. Blaylock ScD ('' hc'') (1879–1945) – chemist and mining executive * Stewart Blusson OC (born 1939) – geologist, diamond prospector, multimillionaire and philanthropist * Adolfo J. de Bold (born 1942) – biomedical scientist, discoverer of hormone secreted by heart muscle cells *

(1924–2011) – inventor of the charge coupled device, winner of nobel prize in physics * Bertram Brockhouse CC FRSC (1918–2003) – designer of the Triple-Axis Neutron Spectrometer, winner of Nobel Prize for Physics * Georges Brossard CM CQ ScD ('' hc'') (1940–2019) – entomologist, television personality and founder of the Montreal Insectarium * Moira Brown – North Atlantic Right Whale researcher and conservationist * Vernon Douglas Burrows, Vernon Burrows (born 1930) – oat breeder * John J. Clague FRSC (born 1946) – authority in quaternary and environmental earth sciences * Kate Crooks (botanist), Kate Crooks (1833–1871) – botanist * Claire Cupples – microbiologist * Philip J. Currie (born 1949) – palaeontologist * John William Dawson Order of St Michael and St George, CMG Royal Society, FRS FRSC (1820–1899) – first Canadian-born scientist of worldwide reputation * Duncan R. Derry

('' hc'') (1906–1987) – Economic geology, economic geologist * Raymond L. Desjardins, Raymond Desjardins – agrometeorologist * Donald B. Dingwell – earth scientist * Martine Dorais – plant physiologist, organic horticulture * R. J. W. Douglas, Robert John Wilson Douglas FRSC (1920–1979) – petroleum geologist * Eugenia Duodu – chemist * Lorne Elias – chemist, inventor of the explosives vapour detector EVD-1 * John Charles Fields Royal Society, FRS FRSC (1863–1932) – mathematician and founder of the Fields Medal * J. Keith Fraser (born 1922) – geographer * Hu Gabrielse (born 1926) – geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada * William Giauque (1895–1982) – Nobel Prize winner in chemistry * Anne-Claude Gingras – molecular geneticist * Cynthia Grant – soil fertility and crop nutrition specialist * Donald O. Hebb Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (1904–1985) – neuroscientist, published his theory of Hebbian learning * Gerhard Herzberg PC CC ScD ('' hc'')

('' hc'') FRSC Royal Society, FRS (1904–1999) – Nobel Prize winner in chemistry for molecular spectroscopy * James Hillier OC (1915–2007) – inventor of the electron microscope * Vanessa M. Hirsch – veterinary pathologist and virologist * Paul F. Hoffman OC FRSC (born 1941) – geologist noted for research into Snowball Earth events * Edward A. Irving CM ScD ('' hc'') FRSC Royal Society, FRS (1927–2014) – provided the first physical evidence of continental drift * Charles Legge (1829–1881) – civil engineer * Victor Ling CC (born 1944) – medicine, drug resistance in cancer * Sir William Edmond Logan Royal Society, FRS (1798–1875) – founded the Geological Survey of Canada * Mary MacArthur – botanist, cytologist, horticulturalist * John Macoun (1831–1920) – botanist * Tak Wah Mak (born 1946) – immunologist who discovered the T-cell receptor * Claude Hillaire-Marcel FRSC (born 1943) – world leader in quaternary research * Rudolph A. Marcus (born 1923) – Nobel Prize in chemistry recipient for electron transfer reactions * Jerrold E. Marsden (1942–2010) – applied mathematician, founder of the Fields Institute * Ernest McCulloch CC FRSC Royal Society, FRS (1926–2011) – cellular biologist who, with James Till, demonstrated the existence of stem cells * Maud Menten (1879–1960) – medical scientist, made groundbreaking work in enzyme chemical kinetics, kinetics * Robert Mundell (1932–2021) – economist and Nobel laureate * John Charles Polanyi PC CC FRSC Royal Society, FRS (born 1929) – Nobel Prize in chemistry recipient for infrared chemiluminescence * Isabella Preston (1881–1965) – ornamental horticulturalist * Raymond A. Price OC ScD ('' hc'') FRSC (born 1933) – geologist * Hubert Reeves CC OQ (born 1932) – astrophysicist and science popularizer *Soon Jai Park (1937–2018) – dry bean breeder * Elizabeth Pattey – agricultural micrometeorologist * Henry de Puyjalon (1841–1905) – biologist and ecologist * Carmelle Robert (born 1962) – astrophysicist *Laurie Rousseau-Nepton – astrophysicist, first Indigenous peoples in Canada, indigenous woman in Quebec to obtain a PhD in astrophysics * Donald F. Sangster

('' hc'') ScD ('' hc'') FRSC – geologist * Charles E. Saunders (1867–1937) – agronomist * Arthur Schawlow (1921–1999) – Nobel Prize winner in physics (for lasers) * David Schindler OC (1940–2021) – limnologist * Myron Scholes (born 1941) – Nobel Prize winner in economics * Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein – animal ethologist * Hans Selye CC (1907–1982) – pioneering stress researcher * Michael Smith (chemist), Michael Smith CC

(1932–2000) – Nobel Prize winner in chemistry for site-based mutagenesis * Ralph M. Steinman (1943–2011) – Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity * Peter A Stewart (1921–1993) – physiologist, quantitative acid-base physiology *Donna Strickland (born 1959) – Nobel Prize winner in Physics, optical physicist and pioneer in the field of pulsed lasers * Richard Summerbell (born 1956) – mycologist * David Suzuki CC OBC

('' hc'') ScD ('' hc'') Doctor of Science, ScDEnv ('' hc'') Doctor of Science, ScDComm ('' hc'') Doctor of Humane Letters, DHL ('' hc'') (born 1936) – geneticist and science popularizer * Felicitas Svejda (1920–2016) – horticulturalist * Henry Taube FRSC (1915–2005) – Nobel Prize in chemistry for electron transfer reactions * Richard Taylor (physicist), Richard Taylor CC FRSC Royal Society, FRS (1929–2018) – Nobel Prize in physics recipient for verifying the quark theory * James Till CC Royal Society, FRS (born 1931) – biophysicist who, with Ernest McCulloch, demonstrated the existence of stem cells * Joseph Tyrrell (1858–1957) – geologist, cartographer, discoverer of dinosaur bones in Alberta * William Vickrey (1914–1996) – Nobel Prize winner in economics * Harold Williams (geologist), Harold Williams FRSC (1934–2010) – geologist, expert on the Appalachian Mountains * John Tuzo Wilson CC

ScD ('' hc'') FRSC Royal Society, FRS Royal Society of Edinburgh, FRSE (1908–1993) – geophysicist, expert in plate tectonics

Singers

Viceroys

:''Main articles'': * ''List of Governors General of Canada'' * ''List of Lieutenant Governors of Alberta'' * ''List of Lieutenant Governors of British Columbia'' * ''List of Lieutenant Governors of Manitoba'' * ''List of Lieutenant-Governors of New Brunswick'' * ''List of Lieutenant Governors of Newfoundland and Labrador'' * ''List of Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia'' * ''List of Lieutenant Governors of Ontario'' * ''List of Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island'' * ''List of Lieutenant-Governors of Quebec'' * ''List of Lieutenant Governors of Saskatchewan''

Writers

Other personalities

* Alexandre Trudeau (born 1973) – author, filmmaker and journalist * Janis Babson (1950–1961) – organ donor, subject of two books * Great Antonio, Antonio Barichievich (1925–2003) (known as The Great Antonio) – strongman, showman, and eccentric * Grant Bristow (born 1958) – Canadian Security Intelligence Service, CSIS undercover agent who started the Heritage Front, planted as political operative within Reform Party of Canada, Reform Party * René Lepage de Sainte-Claire (1656–1718) – lord-founder of Rimouski, Quebec * Black Donnellys, Donnelly family (known as the Black Donnellys) – participants and/or victims of a vicious community feud * Josiah Henson (1789–1883) – former slave, believed to be the inspiration for ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' * Harold Kandel (1906–1995) – legendary theatregoer from Toronto, Ontario known for speaking out during theatre events, now commemorated through the Harold Awards * Marc Karam (born 1980) – professional poker player * Anna Ruth Lang Cross of Valour (Canada), CV – recipient of the Cross of Valour (Canada), Cross of Valour * Sunny Leone (born 1981) – Canadian and Indian people, Indian pornographic actress; Bollywood actress * Bat Masterson (1853–1921) – gunfighter, fight promoter, sports journalist * Charles Vance Millar (1853–1926) – lawyer, financier, and posthumous practical joker * Sorel Mizzi (born 1986) – professional poker player * John Wilson Murray (1840–1906) – Canada's first major detective * Daniel Negreanu (born 1974) – professional poker player * Minnie Patterson (died 1911) – heroine noted for her daring rescue of men from the Barquentine, barkentine (barque) ''Coloma (barquentine), Coloma'' during a severe storm in 1906. * Sue Rodriguez (1950–1994) – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) sufferer and right to die advocate * Alexander Milton Ross (1832–1897) (known as The Birdman) – pre-American Civil War Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist and participant in the Underground Railroad * Craig Russell (Canadian actor), Craig Russell (1948–1990) – female impersonator and actor * Laura Secord (1775–1868) – heroine of the War of 1812, warned the British of a surprise American attack at Battle of Beaver Dams * Chris Sky (born 1983) – conspiracy theorist * Joshua Slocum (1844–1909) – first man to sail around the world solo * Margaret Trudeau (born 1948) – widow; former wife of Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Fictional Characters

* Amuro Ray – main character in the mecha anime ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' and varying roles in subsequent sequels * Ike Broflovski – character on ''South Park'' * Captain Canuck, Tom Evans (known as Captain Canuck) – cartoon character * Benton Fraser – Mountie on the 90s television show ''Due South'' * Wolverine (character), James Howlett (aka "Logan", aka "Wolverine") – member of the X-Men * Justin Jones from ''Justin Time (TV series), Justin Time'' * Rodney McKay – character on ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'' * Bob and Doug McKenzie – characters on ''Second City Television, SCTV'' * Captain Canuck, Darren Oak (known as Captain Canuck) – cartoon character * Trevor Philips – one of the three protagonists of ''Grand Theft Auto V'' * Scott Pilgrim – from the graphic novel series of the same name * Sergeant William Preston – heroic Mountie of radio and TV series from the 1950s * Peter Puck – ''Hockey Night in Canada'' symbol from the 1970s * Robin Scherbatsky – supporting character on the sitcom ''How I Met Your Mother'' * Captain Canuck, Dave Semple (known as Captain Canuck) – cartoon character * Anne Shirley – known as ''Anne of Green Gables'' * Terrance and Phillip – characters on ''South Park'' * Deadpool, Wade Wilson (aka "Deadpool") – comic book anti-hero

Other

;National * Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) * List of Companions of the Order of Canada * List of inductees of Canada's Walk of Fame * The Greatest Canadian ;Groupings and articles of relevance * Aboriginal Canadian personalities * Asian Canadians * Black Canadians * European Canadians * List of First Nations people * List of Canadian Jews * List of Canadians by net worth ;Lists by city List of people from Canada#By city, List of people from Canada by city ;Lists by province/territory

References

External links

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography
– biographies of Canadians from 1000 to 1930 CE
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada
– biographies of Canadian architects and lists of their buildings from 1800 to 1950
"Canada Questions and Answers: Everything You Need to Know About Canada"
by canadafaq.ca
The Canadian Encyclopedia
– click on "people" for links to articles about Canadians; English/French availability {{DEFAULTSORT:Canadians