List of Companions of the Order of Canada
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Companions of the Order of Canada, the highest level of the Order of Canada
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...

, have demonstrated the highest degree of merit to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and humanity, on the national or international scene. Up to 15 Companions are appointed each year, with a limit of 165 living Companions at any given time. Companions are entitled to use the post-nominal "C.C." As of June 14, 2010, there were 164 living Companions (including four honorary). This list shows all of the Companions, in alphabetical order, both living and deceased.

A

  1. Aga Khan IV
    Aga Khan IV
    Prince Karim, Aga Khan IV, NPk, NI, KBE, CC, GCC, GCIH, GCM is the 49th and current Imam of the Shia Imami Nizari Ismaili Muslims. He has held this position under the title of Aga Khan since July 11, 1957, when, at the age of 20, he succeeded his grandfather, Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan...

    , honorary appointment (1936–)
  2. John Black Aird
    John Black Aird
    John Black Aird, was the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada, from 1980 to 1985.Born in Toronto, Ontario, the grandson of Canadian financier Sir John Aird, John Black Aird was educated at Upper Canada College, Trinity College and Osgoode Hall Law School. He was a Brother at the Toronto...

     (1923–1995)
  3. Pierrette Alarie
    Pierrette Alarie
    Pierrette Alarie, was a French Canadian coloratura soprano. She was married to the French-Canadian tenor Léopold Simoneau.-Life and career:...

     (1921–2011)
  4. Lincoln Alexander
    Lincoln Alexander
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     (1922–)
  5. Jean Victor Allard
    Jean Victor Allard
    Jean Victor Allard, was the first French-Canadian to become Chief of the Defence Staff, the highest position in the Canadian Forces, from 1966–1969. He was also the first to hold the accompanying rank of general....

     (1913–1996)
  6. Doris Anderson
    Doris Anderson
    Doris Hilda Anderson, was a Canadian author, journalist and women's rights activist.She was born in Calgary, Alberta as Hilda Doris Buck. She attended Crescent Heights High School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alberta in 1945...

     (1921–2007)
  7. Louis Applebaum
    Louis Applebaum
    Louis Applebaum, was a Canadian composer, administrator, and conductor.He was born in Toronto, Ontario and studied at the Toronto Conservatory of Music with Leo Smith and the University of Toronto with Boris Berlin, Healey Willan and Ernest MacMillan...

     (1918–2000)
  8. Louise Arbour
    Louise Arbour
    Louise Arbour, is the former 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 Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda...

     (1947–)
  9. Denys Arcand
    Denys Arcand
    Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions...

     (1941–)
  10. Edgar Archibald
    Edgar Archibald
    Edgar Spinney Archibald, was a Canadian agricultural scientist.He was the Director of the Dominion Experimental Farm between 1919 and 1950....

     (1885–1968)
  11. Eric Arthur
    Eric Arthur
    Eric Ross Arthur, was a Canadian architect, writer and educator.Born in Dunedin, New Zealand and educated in England, he served in World War I with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade...

     (1898–1982)
  12. Kenojuak Ashevak
    Kenojuak Ashevak
    Kenojuak Ashevak, is regarded as one of the most notable Canadian pioneers of modern Inuit art.-Life:Kenojuak Ashevak was born in an igloo in an Inuit camp, Ikirasaq, at the southern coast of Baffin Island. At three years old, she lost her father. In 1952, she had to be treated for three years...

     (1927–)
  13. Margaret Atwood
    Margaret Atwood
    Margaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C...

     (1939–)

B

  1. Edwin Baker
    Edwin Baker
    Edwin Albert Baker, was a Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind ....

     (1893–1968)
  2. Charles Band (1889–1968)
  3. Marius Barbeau
    Marius Barbeau
    Charles Marius Barbeau, , also known as C. Marius Barbeau, or more commonly simply Marius Barbeau, was a Canadian ethnographer and folklorist who is today considered a founder of Canadian anthropology...

     (1883–1969)
  4. Lloyd Barber
    Lloyd Barber
    Lloyd Ingram Barber, was the first President and former vice-chancellor of the University of Regina.-Early life:...

     (1932–2011)
  5. Henry J. M. Barnett (1922–)
  6. John Bassett
    John Bassett
    John White Hughes Bassett, was a Canadian publisher and media baron.Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he was the son of John Bassett , publisher of the Montreal Gazette, and Margaret Avery. Bassett attended Ashbury College and graduated from Bishop's University with a BA in 1936...

     (1915–1998)
  7. Michel Bastarache
    Michel Bastarache
    J. E. Michel Bastarache is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and retired puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada....

     (1947–)
  8. Thomas J. Bata
    Thomas J. Bata
    Tomáš Jan Baťa, , also known as Tomas Bata Jr. and Tomáš Baťa ml. and "Shoemaker to the World", ran the Bata Shoe Company from the 1940s until the '80s. His last name pronounce baht-ya....

     (1914–2008)
  9. Laurent Beaudoin
    Laurent Beaudoin
    Laurent Beaudoin, is a Canadian businessman.-Biography:Born in Laurier Station, Quebec, the son-in-law of Joseph Armand Bombardier, Beaudoin joined Bombardier Limited in 1963. He became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bombardier Inc. in 1979...

     (1938–)
  10. Jean Beetz
    Jean Beetz
    Jean-Marie Philémon Joseph Beetz, was a Canadian jurist and puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada....

     (1927–1991)
  11. Michel Bélanger
    Michel Bélanger
    Michel Bélanger, was a Canadian businessman and banker.-Biography:He was an economic adviser to René Lévesque and helped to nationalize electricity. He was the first Francophone to become president of the Montreal stock exchange.From 1976 until 1979, he was President of the Provincial Bank of...

     (1929–1997)
  12. Jean Béliveau
    Jean Béliveau
    Jean Arthur "Le Gros Bill" Béliveau, is a former professional ice hockey player who played parts of 20 seasons with the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens. As a player, he won the Stanley Cup 10 times, and as an executive he was part of another seven championship teams, the most Stanley...

     (1931–)
  13. Robert Edward Bell
    Robert Edward Bell
    Robert Edward Bell, was a Canadian nuclear physicist and principal of McGill University from 1970 to 1979.-Biography:...

     (1918–1992)
  14. Agnes Benidickson
    Agnes Benidickson
    Agnes McCausland Benidickson, was the first female Chancellor of Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada, from 1980 to 1996....

     (1920–2007)
  15. Avie Bennett
    Avie Bennett
    Avie Bennett, is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist.-Work History:In 1986, he acquired the Canadian publishing company, McClelland & Stewart Inc. In 2000, he donated his shares, 75% of the company, to the University of Toronto...

     (1928–)
  16. Mario Bernardi
    Mario Bernardi
    Mario Bernardi, is a Canadian conductor and pianist. He has conducted 75 different operas and over 450 other works with the National Arts Centre Orchestra.-Early years:...

     (1930–)
  17. Pierre Berton
    Pierre Berton
    Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton, was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana and Canadian history, and was a well-known television personality and journalist....

     (1920–2004)
  18. Claude Bertrand
    Claude Bertrand (neurosurgeon)
    Claude Bertrand, is a Canadian neurosurgeon.Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1934 and a Doctor of Medicine from Université de Montréal in 1940...

     (1917–)
  19. Charles Best (1899–1978)
  20. Florence Bird
    Florence Bird
    Florence Bayard Bird, was a Canadian broadcaster, journalist, and Senator.Born Florence Rhein in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended Bryn Mawr College and, in 1928, married journalist John Bird. They moved to Montreal in 1931...

     (1908–1998)
  21. Claude Bissell
    Claude Bissell
    Claude Thomas Bissell, was a Canadian author and educator.-Biography:He was the eighth president of the University of Toronto from 1958 to 1971. He played a major part in the expansion of the University of Toronto, tripling the size of the university during his tenure.He was born in Meaford,...

     (1916–2000)
  22. S. Robert Blair
    S. Robert Blair
    Sidney Robert "Bob" Blair, was a Canadian engineer and businessman.Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, where his father Sidney Blair was managing an oil refinery, the young Sidney Robert Blair would be educated in various settings then begin his studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario at...

     (1929–)
  23. Marie Claire Blais (1939–)
  24. Roger Blais
    Roger Blais
    Roger A. Blais, was a Canadian geological engineer and academic. He helped develop a number of prospecting and exploration technologies....

     (1926–2009)
  25. Jean Sutherland Boggs
    Jean Sutherland Boggs
    Jean Sutherland Boggs, is a Canadian academic, art historian, and civil servant.Born in Negritos, Peru, an alumna of Alma College Boggs would later receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Trinity College in 1942...

     (1922–)
  26. Gerald Bouey
    Gerald Bouey
    Gerald Keith Bouey, was the fourth Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1973 to 1987, succeeding Louis Rasminsky. He was succeeded by John Crow....

     (1920–2004)
  27. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
    Boutros Boutros-Ghali
    Boutros Boutros-Ghali is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1992 to December 1996...

    , honorary appointment (1922–)
  28. William Boyd
    William Boyd (pathologist)
    William Boyd, was a Scottish-Canadian pathologist, academic, and author known for his medical textbooks....

     (1885–1979)
  29. Willard Sterling Boyle
    Willard Boyle
    Willard Sterling Boyle, was a Canadian physicist and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device. On October 6, 2009, it was announced that he would share the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit—the CCD sensor".-Life:Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, he...

     (1924–2011)
  30. John Ross Bradfield
    John Ross Bradfield
    John Ross Bradfield, was a Canadian businessman who was involved in the development of the Canadian mining industry as President and CEO of Noranda....

     (1899–1983)
  31. François-Philippe Brais
    François-Philippe Brais
    François-Philippe Brais, was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Montreal, the son of Émilien Brais and Blanche Brunet, he studied at McGill University. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1917...

     (1894–1972)
  32. Yvette Brind'Amour
    Yvette Brind'Amour
    Yvette Brind'Amour, was a Quebec actor.In 1949, she co-founded, with Mercedes Palomino, the Théâtre du Rideau Vert, Quebec’s oldest French theatre, in Montreal where she was born. She was artistic director until her death....

     (1918–1992)
  33. Ed Broadbent
    Ed Broadbent
    John Edward "Ed" Broadbent, is a Canadian social democratic politician and political scientist. He was leader of the federal New Democratic Party from 1975 to 1989. In the 2004 federal election, he returned to Parliament for one additional term as the Member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre.-Life...

     (1936–)
  34. Bertram Brockhouse
    Bertram Brockhouse
    Bertram Neville Brockhouse, was a Canadian physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter", in particular "for the development of neutron spectroscopy".-Life:Brockhouse was...

     (1918–2003)
  35. Charles Bronfman
    Charles Bronfman
    Charles Rosner Bronfman, is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. With an estimated net worth of $US 2.0 billion , Bronfman was ranked by Forbes as the 15th wealthiest Canadian and 595th in the world....

     (1931–)
  36. Samuel Bronfman
    Samuel Bronfman
    Samuel Bronfman, was a Canadian business magnate and philanthropist. He founded Distillers Corporation Limited, and is a member of the Canadian Jewish family dynasty, the Bronfman family.-Early life:...

     (1891–1971)
  37. Robert Bryce
    Robert Bryce
    Robert Broughton Bryce, was a Canadian civil servant.After graduating with engineering degree from the University of Toronto, Bryce undertook graduate studies in economics at Cambridge, where he was influenced by the ideas of John Maynard Keynes...

     (1910–1997)
  38. E.L.M. Burns (1897–1985)

C

  1. Marcel Cadieux
    Marcel Cadieux
    Marcel Cadieux, was a Canadian civil servant and diplomat.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he studied at the Collège André Grasset, obtained a Master's degree in law from the Université de Montréal and studied constitutional law at McGill University in Montreal...

     (1915–1981)
  2. Morley Callaghan
    Morley Callaghan
    Morley Callaghan, was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, TV and radio personality.-Biography:...

     (1903–1990)
  3. June Callwood
    June Callwood
    June Rose Callwood, was a Canadian journalist, author and social activist. She was born in Chatham, Ontario and grew up in nearby Belle River.-Early life and career:...

     (1924–2007)
  4. Kim Campbell
    Kim Campbell
    Avril Phædra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, is a Canadian politician, lawyer, university professor, diplomat, and writer. She served as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 25, 1993, to November 4, 1993...

     (1947–)
  5. Thane A. Campbell (1895–1978)
  6. Gerald Emmett Carter (1912–2003)
  7. John Cartwright
    John Robert Cartwright
    John Robert Cartwright, was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Toronto, Cartwright was the son of James Strachan Cartwright and Jane Elizabeth Young...

     (1895–1979)
  8. Thérèse Casgrain
    Thérèse Casgrain
    Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain, was a feminist, reformer, politician and senator in Quebec, Canada.Thérèse Casgrain was raised in a wealthy family, the daughter of Lady Blanche MacDonald and Sir Rodolphe Forget...

     (1896–1981)
  9. Claude Castonguay
    Claude Castonguay
    Claude Castonguay, is a Canadian politician, educator and businessman.Born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Émile Castonguay and Jeanne Gauvin, he studied at Université Laval and studied actuary science at the University of Manitoba....

     (1929–)
  10. Clifford Chadderton
    Clifford Chadderton
    Hugh Clifford "Cliff" Chadderton, is a Canadian World War II veteran and Chief Executive Officer of The War Amps.Born in Fort William, Ontario, he worked as a news editor for Canadian Press and a reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press and he attended the University of Manitoba...

     (1919–)
  11. Floyd Chalmers
    Floyd Chalmers
    Floyd Sherman Chalmers, was a Canadian editor, publisher and philanthropist.Born in Chicago, Illinois, to Canadian parents he was raised in Orillia, Ontario and Toronto, Ontario....

     (1898–1993)
  12. Joan Chalmers
    Joan Chalmers
    Margaret Joan Chalmers, is a Canadian philanthropist and supporter of the arts.In 1972, she and her parents, Floyd and Jean Chalmers, founded the annual Chalmers Awards, which donates $25,000 CAD to artists in dance, theatre, crafts, film, the visual arts and music.She was involved with the...

     (1928–)
  13. Gretta Chambers
    Gretta Chambers
    Gretta Chambers, is a Canadian journalist and former Chancellor of McGill University.She received a B.A. in political sciences from McGill University in 1947....

     (1927–)
  14. Lionel Chevrier
    Lionel Chevrier
    Lionel Chevier, was a Canadian Member of Parliament and cabinet minister.Born in Cornwall, Ontario, the son of former Cornwall mayor Joseph E. Chevrier, he was educated in Cornwall, at the University of Ottawa, the University of Montreal and Osgoode Hall. Chevrier was called to the bar in 1928...

     (1903–1987)
  15. Ludmilla Chiriaeff
    Ludmilla Chiriaeff
    Ludmilla Chiriaeff, was a Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, and director.Born in Riga, Latvia, she trained in Berlin with Alexandra Nicolaieva, a former prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet....

     (1924–1996)
  16. Brock Chisholm
    Brock Chisholm
    George Brock Chisholm, CC, MC & Bar was a Canadian First World War veteran, medical practitioner, and the first Director-General of the World Health Organization...

     (1896–1971)
  17. Fernand Choquette
    Fernand Choquette
    Fernand Choquette, was a Canadian Quebec MNA and judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal from 1956 until 1970. He also worked as a lawyer for over 10 years and a teacher for over 20 years....

     (1895–1975)
  18. Robert Choquette
    Robert Choquette
    Robert Guy Choquette, was a Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat.He's the father of Nathalie Choquette.He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and he moved with his family to Montreal in 1914....

     (1905–1991)
  19. Jean Chrétien
    Jean Chrétien
    Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien , known commonly as Jean Chrétien is a former Canadian politician who was the 20th Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the position for over ten years, from November 4, 1993 to December 12, 2003....

     (1934–)
  20. Joe Clark
    Joe Clark
    Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician...

     (1939–)
  21. Howard Clark
    Howard Clark (bishop)
    Howard Hewlett Clark, was Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada from 1959 to 1971.Born in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Clark attended the University of Trinity College in Toronto. He was first appointed Curate of St. John the Baptist Norway in Toronto, Ontario in 1930. In 1932 he was made Curate of...

     (1903–1983)
  22. Adrienne Clarkson
    Adrienne Clarkson
    Adrienne Louise Clarkson is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 26th since Canadian Confederation....

     (1939–)
  23. Gilles Cloutier
    Gilles Cloutier
    Gilles George Cloutier, is a Canadian physicist and former director of the Alberta Research Council.Born in Quebec City, he was educated at Université Laval and McGill University...

     (1928–)
  24. John Clyne
    John Clyne
    John Valentine Clyne, was a Canadian lawyer and former Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court....

     (1902–1989)
  25. Reuben Cohen
    Reuben Cohen
    H. Reuben Cohen, is a Canadian businessman, lawyer, and the third Chancellor of Dalhousie University.Born in Moncton, New Brunswick, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dalhousie University in 1942 and a Bachelor of Law degree from the Dalhousie Law School in 1944...

     (1921–)
  26. Leonard Cohen
    Leonard Cohen
    Leonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...

     (1934–)
  27. Major James Coldwell
    Major James Coldwell
    Major James William Coldwell, , usually known as M.J. , was a Canadian social democratic politician, and leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation party from 1942 to 1960. He was born in England, and immigrated to Canada in 1910...

     (1888–1974)
  28. Alex Colville
    Alex Colville
    David Alexander Colville, is a Canadian painter.Colville's family moved from Toronto to Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1929. He attended Mount Allison University from 1938-1942, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Colville married Rhoda Wright that year and enlisted in the Canadian Army under the...

     (1920–)
  29. Harold Copp
    Harold Copp
    Douglas Harold Copp, was a Canadian scientist who discovered and named the hormone calcitonin, which is used in the treatment of bone disease....

     (1915–1998)
  30. Clément Cormier
    Clément Cormier
    Father Clément Cormier, was a Canadian Priest, academic and the vice chancellor and founder of Université de Moncton....

     (1910–1987)
  31. James Corry (1899–1985)
  32. Peter Cory (1925–)
  33. H. S. M. Coxeter (1907–2003)
  34. Purdy Crawford
    Purdy Crawford
    Purdy Crawford, is a Canadian lawyer and businessman.Purdy Crawford, the "dean emeritus of Canada's corporate bar" is a native of Five Islands, Nova Scotia, and a graduate of Mount Allison University, Dalhousie Law School and Harvard Law School...

     (1931–)
  35. Donald Creighton
    Donald Creighton
    Donald Grant Creighton, was a noted Canadian historian.-Background:Born in Toronto, the son of Methodist minister, Creighton attended Victoria College, in the University of Toronto, where he received his BA in 1925...

     (1902–1979)
  36. Paul-André Crépeau
    Paul-André Crépeau
    Paul-André Crépeau, was a Canadian legal academic who led the reforms of the Civil Code of Quebec and the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms....

     (1926–2011)
  37. Thomas Alexander Crerar (1876–1975)
  38. Buck Crump
    Buck Crump
    Norris Roy Crump, was a Canadian businessman and President of the Canadian Pacific Railway Limited....

     (1904–1989)
  39. E.M. Culliton (1906–1991)
  40. David Culver
    David Culver
    David Michael Culver, is a Canadian businessman and former Chairman and CEO of Alcan Aluminum Limited, from 1979 to 1989....

     (1924–)
  41. Balfour Currie
    Balfour Currie
    Balfour Watson Currie, was a Canadian scientist specializing in the fields of meteorology and climatology....

     (1902–1981)

D

  1. Camille Dagenais
    Camille Dagenais
    Camille A. Dagenais, is a Canadian engineer and former President of the SNC Group ....

     (1920–)
  2. Roy Daniells
    Roy Daniells
    Roy Daniells, was a Canadian poetry professor. He helped build the University of British Columbia's creative writing department and fostered the careers of several major Canadian writers.-Education and career:...

     (1902–1979)
  3. Pierre Dansereau
    Pierre Dansereau
    Pierre Dansereau, was a Canadian ecologist known as one of the "fathers of ecology".-Biography:...

     (1911–2011)
  4. Barnett J. Danson
    Barney Danson
    Barnett Jerome Danson, was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister.Barney Danson was born to a Jewish family in Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood...

     (1921–2011)
  5. Paul David
    Paul David
    Paul David, was a Canadian cardiologist, founder of the Montreal Heart Institute, and Senator.Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Louis-Athanase David and Antonia Nantel, he received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Paris in 1939 and his MD from the Université de Montréal in 1944...

     (1919–1999)
  6. George Forrester Davidson
    George Forrester Davidson
    George Forrester Davidson, was a Canadian civil servant and president of the CBC.Born in Bass River, Nova Scotia, he graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1928 and earned a Ph.D. in classical studies from Harvard University in 1932...

     (1909–1995)
  7. Robertson Davies
    Robertson Davies
    William Robertson Davies, CC, OOnt, FRSC, FRSL was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best-known and most popular authors, and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies is variously said to have gladly accepted for himself...

     (1913–1995)
  8. William Davis
    Bill Davis
    William Grenville "Bill" Davis, was the 18th Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1971 to 1985. Davis was first elected as the MPP for Peel in the 1959 provincial election where he was a backbencher in Leslie Frost's government. Under John Robarts, he was a cabinet minister overseeing the education...

     (1929–)
  9. A. Jean de Grandpré
    A. Jean de Grandpré
    Albert Jean de Grandpré, is a Canadian businessman, lawyer, and former president and chief executive officer of Bell Canada Enterprises Inc....

     (1921–)
  10. Louis-Philippe de Grandpré
    Louis-Philippe de Grandpré
    Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, was a Canadian lawyer and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Montreal, Quebec to Roland de Grandpré and Aline Magnan, he studied at McGill University and received a BCL in 1938...

     (1917–2008)
  11. Robert Defries
    Robert Defries
    Robert Davies Defries, was a Canadian physician and Director of Connaught Medical Research Laboratories.Born in Toronto, Ontario, he received his M.D...

     (1889–1975)
  12. Rock Demers
    Rock Demers
    Rock Demers, is a Canadian film producer.He is the founder of the film company Les Productions la Fête and has produced the Tales for All film series for children....

     (1933–)
  13. Jules Deschênes
    Jules Deschênes
    Jules Deschênes, was a Canadian Quebec Superior Court judge.Born in Montreal, to Wilfrid Deschênes and Berthe Bérard, he completed grade school under the supervision of les Clercs de Saint-Viateur and classical studies under les Messieurs de Saint-Sulpice...

     (1923–2000)
  14. Paul Desmarais
    Paul Desmarais
    Paul Desmarais, Sr., is a Canadian financier in Montreal. With an estimated net worth of $US 4.5 billion , Desmarais was ranked by Forbes as the 4th wealthiest person in Canada and 235th in the world.Desmarais also owns homes in Palm Beach, Florida and New York.He is CEO of the Power Corporation...

     (1927–)
  15. John Deutsch (1911–1976)
  16. Jacques Dextraze
    Jacques Dextraze
    General Jacques Alfred Dextraze CC, CMM, CBE, DSO & Bar, KStJ, CD was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the Defence Staff from 1972–1977.-Early life:...

     (1919—1993)
  17. Jack Diamond
    Jack Diamond (Canadian businessman)
    Jack Diamond, was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist.Born in Lubience in Galicia, Diamond immigrated to Vancouver in 1927. He bought a butcher shop and later created British Columbia's largest meat packing firm, Pacific Meats...

     (1909–2001)
  18. Brian Dickson
    Brian Dickson
    Robert George Brian Dickson, , commonly known as Brian Dickson, was appointed Chief Justice of Canada on April 18, 1984. He retired on June 30, 1990 and died October 17, 1998.-Career:...

     (1916–1998)
  19. Celine Dion
    Celine Dion
    Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...

     (1968–)
  20. Tommy Douglas
    Tommy Douglas
    Thomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas, was a Scottish-born Baptist minister who became a prominent Canadian social democratic politician...

     (1904–1986)
  21. Charles George Drake
    Charles George Drake
    Charles George Drake, CC, O.Ont, FRCS was a Canadian neurosurgeon known for his work on treating aneurysms.Born in Windsor, Ontario, he received his B.Sc. and MD degrees from The University of Western Ontario....

     (1920–1998)
  22. Jean Drapeau
    Jean Drapeau
    Jean Drapeau, was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Montreal from 1954 to 1957 and 1960 to 1986...

     (1916–1999)
  23. George Drew (1894–1973)
  24. Richard Drouin
    Richard Drouin
    Richard R. Drouin, is a Canadian lawyer and businessman.Born in Quebec City, he studied at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Montreal and studied law at the Université Laval. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1957 and was created a Queen's Counsel in 1972. A practicing lawyer, he is a partner with...

     (1932–)
  25. Arnold Davidson Dunton
    Arnold Davidson Dunton
    Arnold Davidson Dunton, was a Canadian educator and public administrator.He was educated at Lower Canada College, Montréal, and at universities in Canada, France, Britain, and Germany. He worked as a reporter on the Montreal Star 1935-37, as associate editor 1937-38, and was editor of the...

     (1912–1987)
  26. Pierre Dupuy
    Pierre Dupuy (Canadian diplomat)
    Pierre Dupuy, was a Canadian diplomat. His most noted achievement was as the Commissioner General of Expo 67.- Early life :Dupuy was born in Montreal, in 1896...

     (1896—1969)

E

  1. HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
    Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
    Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...

     (1900–2002)
  2. Arthur Erickson
    Arthur Erickson
    Arthur Charles Erickson, was a Canadian architect and urban planner. He studied Asian languages at the University of British Columbia, and later earned a degree in architecture from McGill University.-Biography:...

     (1924–2009)
  3. Willard Estey
    Willard Estey
    Willard Zebedee "Bud" Estey, was a Canadian justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Estey was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He was the son of James Wilfred Estey, a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, and Muriel Baldwin. He studied at the University of Saskatchewan earning a BA in...

     (1919–2002)
  4. John Robert Evans
    John Robert Evans
    John Robert Evans, is a Canadian pediatrician, academic, businessperson, and civic leader.After graduating from the University of Toronto Schools, he received his medical degree from the University of Toronto in 1952 and was a Rhodes Scholar...

     (1929–)

F

  1. Ellen Fairclough
    Ellen Fairclough
    Ellen Louks Fairclough, was the first female member of the Canadian Cabinet.Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Fairclough was a chartered accountant by training, and ran an accounting firm prior to entering politics...

     (1905–2004)
  2. Marcel Faribault
    Marcel Faribault
    Marcel Faribault, was a Canadian notary, businessman and administrator.-Background:Born in Montreal, he was the son of René Faribault and Anna Pauzé and was educated at the Université de Montréal...

     (1908–1972)
  3. Gérald Fauteux
    Gérald Fauteux
    Joseph Honoré Gérald Fauteux, was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1970 to 1973....

     (1900–1980)
  4. Gérard Filion
    Gérard Filion
    Gérard Filion, was a Canadian businessman and journalist.Born in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec, the youngest of 17 children, he received a Bachelor of Arts from Université Laval in 1931 and a diploma in 1934 from École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal...

     (1909–2005)
  5. George Flahiff
    George Flahiff
    George Bernard Flahiff, CC, CSB was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Winnipeg from 1961 to 1982, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.-Early life and education:...

     (1905–1989)
  6. Ross Flemington
    Ross Flemington
    The Reverend William Thomas Ross Flemington, was president of Mount Allison University and the first New Brunswick ombudsman ....

     (1897–1971)
  7. Robert Ford
    Robert Ford (poet)
    Robert Arthur Douglas Ford, was a Canadian poet, translator and diplomat.Born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of former London Free Press Editor-in Chief and University of Western Ontario Chancellor Arthur Ford, he received his B.A. in history and English in 1937 from the University of Western...

     (1915–1998)
  8. Maureen Forrester
    Maureen Forrester
    Maureen Kathleen Stewart Forrester, was a Canadian operatic contralto.-Life and career:Maureen Forrester was born and grew up in a poor section of Montreal, Quebec. She was one of four children to Thomas Forrester, a Scottish cabinetmaker, and his Irish-born wife, the former May Arnold. She...

     (1930–2010)
  9. Eugene Forsey
    Eugene Forsey
    Eugene Alfred Forsey, served in the Canadian Senate from 1970 to 1979. He was considered to be one of Canada's foremost constitutional experts.- Biography :...

     (1904–1991)
  10. Claude Fortier
    Claude Fortier
    Claude Fortier, was a Canadian physiologist and expert on the pituitary gland.From 1974 to 1975, he was the President of the Royal Society of Canada.-Honours:* In 1970, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada....

     (1921–1986)
  11. Yves Fortier (1935–)
  12. Charles Foulkes
    Charles Foulkes (Canadian)
    Charles Foulkes, was a Canadian soldier, and an officer of The Royal Canadian Regiment.-Military career:Foulkes was born in Stockton-on-Tees, England and joined the Canadian Army in 1926...

     (1903–1969)
  13. Terry Fox
    Terry Fox
    Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox , was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer research activist. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research...

     (1958–1981)
  14. Celia Franca
    Celia Franca
    Celia Franca, was the founder of The National Ballet of Canada and its artistic director for 24 years ....

     (1921–2007)
  15. Ruth Frankel
    Ruth Frankel
    Ruth Hartman Frankel, was honoured as a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1969 due to her work for the Canadian Cancer Society....

     (1903?–1989)
  16. Ursula Franklin
    Ursula Franklin
    Ursula Martius Franklin, , is a Canadian metallurgist, research physicist, author and educator who has taught at the University of Toronto for more than 40 years...

     (1921–)
  17. Armand Frappier
    Armand Frappier
    Armand Frappier, was a physician, microbiologist and expert on tuberculosis from Quebec, Canada....

     (1904–1991)
  18. Rowland Frazee
    Rowland Frazee
    Rowland Cardwell Frazee, was a Canadian banker and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Bank of Canada from 1979 to 1986....

     (1921–2007)
  19. Martin Friedland
    Martin Friedland
    Martin Lawrence Friedland, is a Canadian lawyer, academic and author.He received a B.Comm. , LL.B. , and honorary LL.D. from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. and LL.D from Cambridge University. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1960...

     (1932–)
  20. Henry Friesen
    Henry Friesen
    Henry George Friesen, is a Canadian endocrinologist, a distinguished professor emeritus of the University of Manitoba and the discoverer of prolactin, a hormone which stimulates lactation in mammary glands....

     (1934–)
  21. Leslie Frost
    Leslie Frost
    Leslie Miscampbell Frost, was a politician in Ontario, Canada, who served as the 16th Premier from May 4, 1949 to November 8, 1961. Due to his lengthy tenure, he gained the nickname "Old Man Ontario".-Early years:...

     (1895–1973)
  22. Northrop Frye
    Northrop Frye
    Herman Northrop Frye, was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century....

     (1912–1991)
  23. William Fyfe
    William Fyfe
    William Sefton Fyfe, is a New Zealand geologist and Professor Emeritus in the department of Earth Sciences at the University of Western Ontario. He is widely considered among the world’s most eminent geochemists.-Life:...

     (1927–)

G

  1. Walter Gage
    Walter Gage
    Walter Henry Gage, was a Canadian professor and academic administrator.-Biography:He was with the University of British Columbia for fifty years. He graduated with a B.A...

     (1922–1978)
  2. George Alexander Gale
    George Alexander Gale
    George Alexander Gale, was a Chief Justice for the province of Ontario, Canada from 1967 until his 1976 retirement from that post....

     (1906–1997)
  3. Mavis Gallant
    Mavis Gallant
    Mavis Leslie Gallant, , née Mavis Leslie Young is a Canadian writer.-Biography:An only child, Gallant was born in Montreal, Quebec. Her father died when she was young, and her mother remarried. Gallant received her education at seventeen different public, convent, and French-language boarding...

     (1922–)
  4. Marc Garneau
    Marc Garneau
    Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau, CC CD FCASI MP is a Canadian retired military officer, former astronaut, engineer and politician.Garneau was the first Canadian in space taking part in three flights aboard NASA Space shuttles...

     (1949–)
  5. Stuart Garson
    Stuart Garson
    Stuart Sinclair Garson, was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He served as the 12th Premier of Manitoba from 1943 to 1948, and later became a federal cabinet minister....

     (1898–1977)
  6. Jean Gascon
    Jean Gascon
    Jean Gascon, was a Canadian opera director, actor, and administrator.From 1968 to 1974, he was the artistic director of the Stratford Festival of Canada.-Honours:...

     (1920–1988)
  7. Roger Gaudry
    Roger Gaudry
    Roger Gaudry, was a Canadian chemist, businessman, corporate director, and former rector of the Université de Montréal....

     (1913–2001)
  8. William-Henry Gauvin
    William-Henry Gauvin
    William-Henry Gauvin, was a Canadian chemical engineer.-Honours:* Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada* In 1975 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada....

     (1913–1994)
  9. Frank Gehry
    Frank Gehry
    Frank Owen Gehry, is a Canadian American Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles, California.His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions...

     (1929–)
  10. Arthur Gelber
    Arthur Gelber
    Arthur Ellis Gelber, was a Canadian philanthropist.Educated at Upper Canada College, from 1977 to 1980, he was Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Arts Centre....

     (1915–1998)
  11. Gratien Gélinas
    Gratien Gélinas
    Gratien Gélinas, was a Canadian author, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator who is considered one of the founders of modern Canadian theatre and film....

     (1909–1999)
  12. Pierre Gendron
    Pierre Gendron
    Pierre Raoul Gendron, was a Canadian academic who was the first dean of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at the University of Ottawa from 1953 until 1962....

     (1916–1984)
  13. Jacques Genest
    Jacques Genest
    Jacques Genest, is a Canadian physician and scientist.-Honours:* In 1963, he was awarded the Gairdner Foundation International Award.* In 1967, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada....

     (1919–)
  14. Paul Gérin-Lajoie
    Paul Gérin-Lajoie
    Paul Gérin-Lajoie, is a Canadian lawyer, philanthropist, and a former member of the National Assembly of Quebec and Cabinet Minister....

     (1920–)
  15. Reva Gerstein
    Reva Gerstein
    Reva Appleby Gerstein, is a Canadian psychologist and educator. She was the first woman Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario from 1992 to 1996....

     (1917–)
  16. Paul-Antoine Giguère
    Paul-Antoine Giguère
    Paul-Antoine Giguère, was a Canadian academic and chemist.Born in Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Science degree from Université Laval in 1931 and a doctorate from McGill University in 1934...

     (1910–1987)
  17. Gustave Gingras
    Gustave Gingras
    Gustave Gingras, was a Canadian physician and founder of the Montreal Institute of Rehabilitation in 1949....

     (1918–1996)
  18. Émile Girardin
    Émile Girardin
    Joseph-C. Émile Girardin, was a Canadian businessman and president of Mouvement Desjardins from 1959 to 1972.In 1969, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour, "for his service to savings institutions".-References:...

     (1895–1982)
  19. Roland Giroux
    Roland Giroux
    Roland Giroux, was from 1969 to 1977 the Chairman of the Quebec Hydro-Electric Commission ....

     (1913?–1991)
  20. Phil Gold
    Phil Gold
    Phil Gold, CC, OQ, FRSC, FRCPC, MACP is a Canadian physician, scientist, and professor.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received a B.Sc. degree in 1957, a M.Sc. degree in 1961, a M.D. degree in 1961, and a Ph.D. in 1965 from McGill University.In 1968, he co-discovered with Samuel O...

     (1936–)
  21. Victor Goldbloom
    Victor Goldbloom
    Victor Charles Goldbloom, is a Canadian pediatrician, lecturer, and politician.He was born in Montreal, the son of Alton Goldbloom and Annie Ballon. He studied at Selwyn House and Lower Canada College. He studied at McGill University receiving his BSc in 1944, his MD in 1945, his DipEd in 1950...

     (1923–)
  22. Nicholas Goldschmidt
    Nicholas Goldschmidt
    Nicholas Goldschmidt, was a Canadian conductor, administrator, teacher, performer, music festival entrepreneur and artistic director...

     (1908–2004)
  23. Charles D. Gonthier
    Charles Gonthier
    Charles Doherty Gonthier, was a Puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Canada from February 1, 1989 to August 1, 2003. He was replaced by Morris Fish.-Early life:...

     (1928–2009)
  24. Donald Gordon
    Donald Gordon (Canadian businessman)
    Donald Gordon, was a Canadian businessman and the former President of the Canadian National Railways from 1950 to 1966....

     (1901–1969)
  25. Walter L. Gordon
    Walter L. Gordon
    Walter Lockhart Gordon, PC, CC, FCA was a Canadian accountant, businessman, politician, and writer.-Education:...

     (1906–1987)
  26. Joseph Gosnell Sr.
    Joseph Gosnell
    Joseph Arthur Gosnell, Sr., is a distinguished leader of the Nisga'a people of northern British Columbia, Canada.The son of Eli and Mary Gosnell, he was born at Arrandale Cannery and grew up in the village of New Aiyansh where he still lives. He received his formal education at St. Michael's...

     (1936–)
  27. Allan Gotlieb
    Allan Gotlieb
    Allan Ezra Gotlieb, is a Canadian public servant and author.-Life and career:Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Gotlieb received his BA from the University of California at Berkeley, his MA from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and his LL.B degree from Harvard University, where he was editor of...

     (1928–)
  28. Duncan Archibald Graham
    Duncan Archibald Graham
    Duncan Archibald Graham, was a Canadian physician and academic who held the first position in the British Empire of chair of clinical medicine, established by John Craig Eaton at the University of Toronto in 1919...

     (1882–1974)
  29. Alain Grandbois
    Alain Grandbois
    Alain Grandbois, was a Canadian Quebecer poet, considered the first great modern one.Traveling around the world in 1918-1939 and sharing the hopes and problems of contemporary man, his work combined the themes of exploring the secrets of the world and studying human destiny, the writing and...

     (1900–1975)
  30. Herb Gray
    Herb Gray
    Herbert Eser Gray, is a retired Canadian politician. He was Canada's first Jewish federal cabinet minister, and is one of only a few Canadians ever granted the title The Right Honourable who was not so entitled by virtue of a position held.-Early life:Born in Windsor, Ontario, the son of Harry...

     (1931–)
  31. James Lorne Gray
    James Lorne Gray
    James Lorne Gray, was a Canadian administrator and President of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited from 1958 to 1974....

     (1913–1987)
  32. Wayne Gretzky
    Wayne Gretzky
    Wayne Douglas Gretzky, CC is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. Nicknamed "The Great One", he is generally regarded as the best player in the history of the National Hockey League , and has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters,...

     (1961–)
  33. Roger Guindon
    Roger Guindon
    Roger Guindon, is a Canadian priest and former university administrator.Born in Ville-Marie, Quebec, he was ordained a priest in 1946....

     (1920–)
  34. Peter Gzowski
    Peter Gzowski
    Peter Gzowski, was a Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter, most famous for his work on the CBC radio show Morningside. His first biographer argued that Gzowski's contribution to Canadian media must be considered in the context of efforts by a generation of Canadian nationalists to understand...

     (1934–2002)

H

  1. Ian Hacking
    Ian Hacking
    Ian Hacking, CC, FRSC, FBA is a Canadian philosopher, specializing in the philosophy of science.- Life and works :...

     (1936–)
  2. Emmett Matthew Hall
    Emmett Matthew Hall
    Emmett Matthew Hall, CC, QC was a Canadian jurist and civil libertarian and is considered one of the fathers of the Canadian system of Medicare....

     (1898–1995)
  3. Francess Halpenny
    Francess Halpenny
    Francess Georgina Halpenny, is a Canadian editor and professor.Born in Ottawa, she received a Master's degree in English language and literature from the University of Toronto in 1941....

     (1919–)
  4. Rick Hansen
    Rick Hansen
    Richard M. Hansen, CC, OBC is a Canadian Paralympian and an activist for people with spinal cord injuries. Following a car crash at the age of 15, Hansen sustained a spinal cord injury that paralyzed him from the waist down. Hansen is most famous for his Man In Motion World Tour...

     (1957–)
  5. Kenneth Hare
    Kenneth Hare
    Fredrick Kenneth Hare, CC, O.Ont, FRSC was a Canadian climatologist and academic, who researched atmospheric carbon dioxide, climate change, drought, and arid zone climates and was a strong advocate for preserving the natural environment.- Biography :Born in Wiltshire, England, he received a...

     (1919–2002)
  6. Lawren Harris
    Lawren Harris
    Lawren Stewart Harris, CC was a Canadian painter. He was born in Brantford, Ontario and is best known as a member the Group of Seven who pioneered a distinctly Canadian painting style in the early twentieth century. A. Y. Jackson has been quoted as saying that Harris provided the stimulus for the...

     (1885–1970)
  7. James M. Harrison
    James M. Harrison
    James Merritt Harrison, CC was a Canadian scientist and public servant. He was the Director of the Geological Survey of Canada from 1956 to 1964, and Assistant Deputy Minister of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, he obtained his B.Sc. from the University...

     (1915–1990)
  8. Evelyn Hart
    Evelyn Hart
    Evelyn Anne Hart, CC, OM, FRSC is a Canadian ballerina and former principal dancer with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.Born in Toronto, Ontario, she studied dance at the Dorothy Carter School of Dance in London, Ontario and later on at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School...

     (1956–)
  9. Václav Havel
    Václav Havel
    Václav Havel is a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic . He has written over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally...

    , honorary appointment (1936–)
  10. Anne Hébert
    Anne Hébert
    Anne Hébert, CC, OQ , was a Canadian author and poet. She is a descendant of famed French-Canadian historian Francois-Xavier Garneau, "and has carried on the family literary tradition spectacularly."...

     (1916–2000)
  11. Arnold Heeney
    Arnold Heeney
    Arnold Danford Patrick Heeney, was a Canadian lawyer, diplomat and civil servant.He was born in Montreal, Quebec. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1921 and a Master of Arts degree in 1923 from the University of Manitoba. He attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar...

     (1902–1970)
  12. Gordon Henderson (1912–1993)
  13. Martha Henry
    Martha Henry
    Martha Henry, is a Canadian stage, film, and television actress, who is best known for her appearances at the Stratford Festival.-Background:...

     (1938–)
  14. Ben Heppner
    Ben Heppner
    Ben Heppner, CC is a Canadian tenor, specializing in opera and other classical works for voice.Heppner was born in Murrayville, British Columbia, and lived in Dawson Creek...

     (1956–)
  15. Gerhard Herzberg
    Gerhard Herzberg
    Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg, was a pioneering physicist and physical chemist, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1971, "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals". Herzberg's main work concerned...

     (1904–1999)
  16. Henry Hicks
    Henry Hicks
    Henry Davies Hicks was a lawyer, university administrator, and politician in Nova Scotia.He was born in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, the son of Henry Hicks and Annie Kinney. Hicks was educated in Bridgetown and at Mount Allison University, Dalhousie University and Oxford University. He was admitted to...

     (1915–1990)
  17. Lotta Hitschmanova
    Lotta Hitschmanova
    Lotta Hitschmanova, was a Canadian humanitarian. In 1945, she helped to found USC Canada as the Unitarian Service Committee of Canada...

     (1909–1990)
  18. Gerda Hnatyshyn
    Gerda Hnatyshyn
    Karen Gerda Hnatyshyn, CC was the wife of Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor General of Canada from 1990 to 1995, and served as viceregal consort during Ray Hnatyshyn's term of office....

     (1935–)
  19. Ray Hnatyshyn
    Ray Hnatyshyn
    Ramon John Hnatyshyn , commonly known as Ray Hnatyshyn, was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 24th since Canadian Confederation....

     (1934–2002)
  20. Helen Sawyer Hogg
    Helen Sawyer Hogg
    Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg, CC was a prolific astronomer noted for her research into globular clusters...

     (1905–1993)
  21. Peter Hogg
    Peter Hogg
    Peter Wardell Hogg, CC, QC, FRSC is a Canadian lawyer, author and legal scholar. He is best known as a leading authority on Canadian constitutional law....

     (1939–)
  22. Harley Norman Hotchkiss
    Harley Hotchkiss
    Harley Norman Hotchkiss, was a Canadian business and community leader who was best known for his contributions to health and sports development in Canada. He was one of the original owners that brought the National Hockey League's Atlanta Flames to Calgary in 1980 and remained a team owner until...

     (1927–2011)
  23. William Hutt
    William Hutt (actor)
    William Ian DeWitt Hutt, was a Canadian actor of stage, television and film. Hutt's distinguished career spanned more than fifty years and won him many accolades and awards...

     (1920–2007)

J

  1. A. Y. Jackson
    A. Y. Jackson
    Alexander Young Jackson, was a Canadian painter and a founding member of the Group of Seven.- Early life and training :...

     (1882–1974)
  2. Stephen A. Jarislowsky
    Stephen A. Jarislowsky
    Stephen A. Jarislowsky, is a Canadian financier, businessman and philanthropist. He is widely regarded as being the "Warren Buffett of Canada"...

     (1925–)
  3. Michaëlle Jean
    Michaëlle Jean
    Michaëlle Jean is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 27th since Canadian Confederation, from 2005 to 2010....

     (1957–)
  4. Diamond Jenness
    Diamond Jenness
    Diamond Jenness, CC was one of Canada's greatest early scientists and a pioneer of Canadian anthropology.-Biography:...

     (1886–1969)
  5. Norman Jewison
    Norman Jewison
    Norman Frederick Jewison, CC, O.Ont is a Canadian film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. Highlights of his directing career include In the Heat of the Night , The Thomas Crown Affair , Fiddler on the Roof , Jesus Christ Superstar , Moonstruck , The Hurricane and The...

     (1926–)
  6. Raoul Jobin
    Raoul Jobin
    Raoul Jobin, was a French-Canadian operatic tenor, particularly associated with the French repertory.- Life and career :...

     (1906–1974)
  7. Albert Wesley Johnson
    Albert Wesley Johnson
    Albert Wesley Johnson, was a Canadian civil servant, former president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, professor in the department of political science at the University of Toronto, and author....

     (1923–2010)
  8. David Lloyd Johnston
    David Lloyd Johnston
    David Lloyd Johnston is a Canadian academic, author and statesman who is the current Governor General of Canada, the 28th since Canadian Confederation....

     (1941–)
  9. Sharon Johnston
    Sharon Johnston
    Sharon Johnston CC, PhD is the spouse of David Lloyd Johnston, the 28th Governor General of Canada. A native of Sault Ste Marie, she has degrees in physiotherapy and rehabilitation medicine from the University of Toronto, the University of Western Ontario and McGill University.The Johnstons...

     (1943– )
  10. Wilfred Judson
    Wilfred Judson
    Wilfred Judson, was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Todmorden, England, he received a BA in 1922 and an MA in 1923 from the University of Manchester. In 1923 he emigrated to Canada and graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the bar in...

     (1902–1980)

K

  1. Karen Kain
    Karen Kain
    Karen Alexandria Kain, CC is a retired Canadian ballet dancer, and currently the Artistic Director of the National Ballet of Canada.-Early Training:...

     (1951–)
  2. Yousuf Karsh
    Yousuf Karsh
    Yousuf Karsh, CC was a Canadian photographer of Armenian heritage, and one of the most famous and accomplished portrait photographers of all time.-Biography:...

     (1908–2002)
  3. Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside
    Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside
    Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside, CC was a Canadian university professor, diplomat, and civil servant. He was the Canadian ambassador to Mexico from 1944 to 1947, and Commissioner of the Northwest Territories from January 14, 1947 to September 15, 1950.Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Ellis William...

     (1898–1992)
  4. Roy Kellock
    Roy Kellock
    Roy Lindsay Kellock, was a Canadian Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Born in Perth, Ontario, he graduated from McMaster University with a B.A. in 1915. Justice Kellock was called to bar in 1920 and appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 1942...

     (1893–1975)
  5. Thomas Worrall Kent
    Thomas Worrall Kent
    Thomas Worrall Kent, was a Canadian economist, journalist, editor, public servant, and industrialist....

     (1922–2011)
  6. Larkin Kerwin
    Larkin Kerwin
    John Larkin Kerwin, was a Canadian physicist.Born in Québec City, he studied physics at Saint Francis Xavier University and obtained his Masters degree in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His received his D.Sc. from Université Laval. He was Chairman of the Department of...

     (1924—2004)
  7. Raymond Klibansky
    Raymond Klibansky
    Raymond Klibansky, was a German-Canadian historian of philosophy.Born in Paris, to Rosa Scheidt and Hermann Klibansky, he was educated at the University of Kiel, University of Hamburg and Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, where he received a Ph.D. in 1928...

     (1905–2005)
  8. Walter Koerner
    Walter Koerner
    Walter Charles Koerner, CC, OBC was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist.Born in Nový Hrozenkov, Moravia, he emigrated to Canada in 1938 after serving in World War I. His family had been involved in the forest industry and continued the tradition in Canada founding the Alaska Pine and...

     (1898–1995)
  9. Arthur Kroeger
    Arthur Kroeger
    Arthur Kroeger, was a Canadian academic and civil servant, who is referred to as the "dean of deputy ministers"....

     (1932–2008)

L

  1. Claire L'Heureux-Dubé
    Claire L'Heureux-Dubé
    Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Canada from 1987 to 2002. She was the first woman from Quebec and the second woman appointed to this position.- Personal history :...

     (1927–)
  2. Gérard La Forest
    Gérard La Forest
    Gérard Vincent La Forest, CC, QC, FRSC, LL.D was a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from January 16, 1985 to September 30, 1997....

     (1926–)
  3. Huguette Labelle
    Huguette Labelle
    Huguette Labelle, CC is a retired Canadian civil servant and the Chancellor of the University of Ottawa.Born in Rockland, Ontario, she received a Master of Education and Doctor of Philosophy in education from the University of Ottawa....

     (1939–)
  4. Luc Lacourcière
    Luc Lacourcière
    Luc Lacourcière, CC was a Quebec author and ethnographer. In 1970, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.-External links:* at The Canadian Encyclopedia...

     (1910–1989)
  5. Jean-Daniel Lafond
    Jean-Daniel Lafond
    Jean-Daniel Lafond CC is a French-born Canadian filmmaker, and the husband to the former Governor General Michaëlle Jean, making him the Viceregal Consort of Canada during her service.-Biography:...

     (1944–)
  6. Phyllis Lambert
    Phyllis Lambert
    Phyllis Barbara Lambert CC, GOQ, OAL, FRAIC, FRSC, RCA is a Canadian philanthropist and member of the Bronfman family....

     (1927–)
  7. Antonio Lamer
    Antonio Lamer
    Joseph Antonio Charles Lamer, PC, CC, CD was a Canadian lawyer, jurist and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.-Personal life:...

     (1933–2007)
  8. Roger Landry
    Roger Landry
    Roger D. Landry, CC, OQ is a Canadian businessman and the former president and publisher of La Presse.Born in Montreal, he was educated in Montreal, Paris, and London. He started his career with Bell Canada working with the Quebec government and helped to design a mobile telephone network for the...

     (1934–)
  9. Renaude Lapointe
    Renaude Lapointe
    Louise Marguerite Renaude Lapointe, PC, CC was a Canadian journalist and a Senator. She was among the first Canadian women to work as a professional journalist and the first French-Canadian woman to preside over the Senate.Born in Disraeli, Quebec the daughter of Joseph-Alphonse Lapointe and...

     (1912–2002)
  10. Bora Laskin
    Bora Laskin
    Bora Laskin, PC, CC, FRSC was a Canadian jurist, who served on the Supreme Court of Canada for fourteen years, including a decade as its Chief Justice.-Early life:...

     (1912–1984)
  11. Margaret Laurence
    Margaret Laurence
    Jean Margaret Laurence, CC was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, one of the major figures in Canadian literature.- Early years :...

     (1926–1987)
  12. Gerald Le Dain
    Gerald Le Dain
    Gerald Eric Le Dain, CC was a Canadian lawyer and judge, who sat on the Supreme Court of Canada from 1984 to 1988....

     (1924–2007)
  13. Diana Fowler LeBlanc
    Diana Fowler LeBlanc
    Diana Fowler LeBlanc, CC is the widow of former Governor General of Canada, Roméo LeBlanc, during whose term she was a Viceregal consort....

     (1940–)
  14. Roméo LeBlanc
    Roméo LeBlanc
    Roméo-Adrien LeBlanc was a Canadian journalist, politician, and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 25th since Canadian Confederation....

     (1927–2009)
  15. Charles Leblond
    Charles Leblond
    Charles Philippe Leblond, was a pioneer of cell biology and stem cell research and a former Canadian professor of anatomy...

     (1910–2007)
  16. Maurice LeClair
    Maurice LeClair
    J. Maurice LeClair, CC is a Canadian physician, businessman, civil servant, and academic.Born in Sayabec, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1947 and a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1951 from McGill University. In 1953, he became a General Practitioner in Shawinigan, Quebec...

     (1927–)
  17. Gabrielle Léger
    Gabrielle Léger
    Gabrielle Léger, CC was the wife of the 21st Governor General of Canada Jules Léger and was the Viceregal consort of Canada....

     (1917–1998)
  18. Jules Léger
    Jules Léger
    Jules Léger was a Canadian diplomat and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 21st since Canadian Confederation....

     (1913–1980)
  19. Paul-Émile Léger (1904–1991)
  20. Robert Legget
    Robert Legget
    Robert Ferguson Legget, CC, FRSC was a civil engineer, historian and non-fiction writer. He was internationally known for his contributions to engineering, geology and building research and standardization...

     (1904–1994)
  21. Roger Lemelin
    Roger Lemelin
    Roger Lemelin, was a Quebec novelist, television writer and essayist.-Biography:Lemelin was born in Quebec City. From 1944 to 1952, he was a Canadian correspondent for the American magazines Time and Life and, from 1972 to 1981, chief executive officer and editor of La Presse.In 1980 he was made...

     (1919–1992)
  22. Jean Paul Lemieux
    Jean Paul Lemieux
    Jean Paul Lemieux, was one of the foremost painters of twentieth century Quebec. He was born in Quebec City, where he also died . He was raised in Quebec City until 1916, when his family moved to Berkeley, California...

     (1904–1990)
  23. Raymond U. Lemieux
    Raymond U. Lemieux
    Raymond Urgel Lemieux, CC, AOE, FRS was a Canadian organic chemist, who pioneered a number of discoveries in the field of chemistry, his first and most famous being the synthesis of sucrose...

     (1920–2000)
  24. Robert Lepage
    Robert Lepage
    Robert Lepage, is a playwright, actor, film director, and stage director from Québec City, Québec, and is one of Canada's most honoured theatre artists.- Life and work :...

     (1957–)
  25. Jean Lesage
    Jean Lesage
    Jean Lesage, PC, CC, CD was a lawyer and politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as the 19th Premier of Quebec from 22 June 1960, to 16 August 1966...

     (1912–1980)
  26. Georges-Henri Lévesque
    Georges-Henri Lévesque
    Georges-Henri Lévesque, was a Canadian Dominican priest and sociologist.Born in Roberval, Quebec, the son of Georges Lévesque and Laura Richard, he was ordained into the priesthood in 1928...

     (1903–2000)
  27. David Lewis
    David Lewis (politician)
    David Lewis, CC was a Russian-born Canadian labour lawyer and social democratic politician. He was national secretary of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation from 1936 to 1950, and one of the key architects of the New Democratic Party in 1961...

     (1909–1981)
  28. Stephen Lewis
    Stephen Lewis
    Stephen Henry Lewis, is a Canadian politician, broadcaster and diplomat. He was the leader of the social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party for most of the 1970s. During many of the those years as leader, his father David Lewis was simultaneously the leader of the Federal New Democratic Party...

     (1937–)
  29. Bennett Lewis
    Bennett Lewis
    Wilfrid Bennett Lewis, was a Canadian nuclear scientist and administrator, and was centrally involved in the development of the CANDU reactor....

     (1908–1987)
  30. Gordon Lightfoot
    Gordon Lightfoot
    Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s...

     (1938–)
  31. Arthur Lismer
    Arthur Lismer
    Arthur Lismer, CC was an English-born Canadian painter and member of the Group of Seven.-Early life:At age 13 he apprenticed at a photo-engraving company. He was awarded a scholarship, and used this time to take evening classes at the Sheffield School of Arts from 1898 until 1905...

     (1885–1969)
  32. Charles Locke (1887–1980)
  33. Bernard Lonergan
    Bernard Lonergan
    Fr. Bernard J.F. Lonergan, CC, SJ was a Canadian Jesuit priest, philosopher, and theologian widely regarded as one of the most important Catholic thinkers of the twentieth century....

     (1904–1984)
  34. Peter Lougheed
    Peter Lougheed
    Edgar Peter Lougheed, PC, CC, AOE, QC, is a Canadian lawyer, and a former politician and Canadian Football League player. He served as the tenth Premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985....

     (1928–)
  35. Arthur R. M. Lower
    Arthur R. M. Lower
    Arthur Reginald Marsden Lower, CC, FRSC was a noted Canadian historian and "liberal nationalist" interested in Canadian economic history, particularly the forest trade, and in Canadian-U.S. relations....

     (1889–1988)

M

  1. John MacAulay
    John MacAulay
    John Alexander MacAulay, CC was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and a volunteer worker in the Canadian Red Cross Society....

     (1895–1978)
  2. Brian Macdonald
    Brian Macdonald
    Brian Macdonald, CC is a Canadian dancer, choreographer, director of opera, theatre and musical theatre.Born in Montreal, Macdonald was an original member of the National Ballet of Canada...

     (1928–)
  3. Donald Stovel Macdonald
    Donald Stovel Macdonald
    Donald Stovel Macdonald, PC, CC is a former Canadian Liberal politician and Cabinet minister.Macdonald graduated from the University of Trinity College in the University of Toronto in 1952. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 election as the Liberal Member of...

     (1932–)
  4. Flora MacDonald (1926–)
  5. Ronald St. John Macdonald
    Ronald St. John Macdonald
    Ronald St. John Macdonald, CC was a Canadian legal academic and jurist.Born in Montreal, the son of R. St. John Macdonald and Elizabeth Smith, he served as a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. When he returned to Canada he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1949...

     (1928–)
  6. James MacDonnell
    James MacDonnell
    James MacKerras Macdonnell, PC, CC, was a Canadian lawyer and parliamentarian.He was born in Kingston, Ontario, the son of George W. Macdonnell and Mary Louise Philips, he was a Master at St. Andrew's College from 1904 to 1914 before becoming a trust company officer...

     (1884–1973)
  7. Jack Mackenzie
    Jack Mackenzie
    Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, CC, CMG, MC, FRS, FRSC was a Canadian civil engineer, chancellor of Carleton University, president of the National Research Council, first president of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, first president of Atomic Energy Control Board and instrumental in the development of...

     (1888–1984)
  8. Norman MacKenzie
    Norman MacKenzie
    Norman Archibald Macrae MacKenzie, CC, CMG, MM, CD, QC, FRSC was the President of the University of British Columbia from 1944 to 1962, and a Senator from 1966 to 1969.-Biography:...

     (1894–1986)
  9. William Archibald Mackintosh
    William Archibald Mackintosh
    William Archibald Mackintosh, CC, FRSC was a Canadian academic, economist, political scientist, writer, and was the twelfth Principal of Queen's University from 1951 until 1961....

     (1895–1970)
  10. Hugh MacLennan
    Hugh MacLennan
    John Hugh MacLennan, CC, CQ was a Canadian author and professor of English at McGill University. He won five Governor General's Awards and a Royal Bank Award.-Family and childhood:...

     (1907–1990)
  11. Ernest MacMillan
    Ernest MacMillan
    Sir Ernest Alexander Campbell MacMillan, CC was an internationally renowned Canadian orchestral conductor and composer, and Canada's only "Musical Knight". He is widely regarded as being Canada's pre-eminent musician, from the 1920s through the 1950s...

     (1893–1973)
  12. H.R. MacMillan (1885–1976)
  13. Norman John MacMillan
    Norman John MacMillan
    Norman John MacMillan, CC, QC was a president of Canadian National Railway.MacMillan was born in Bracebridge, Ontario. He would study at the University of Manitoba where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1930...

     (1909–1978)
  14. Antonine Maillet
    Antonine Maillet
    Antonine Maillet, is an Acadian novelist, playwright, and scholar. She was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick and lives in Montreal, Quebec....

     (1929–)
  15. John C. Major
    John C. Major
    John Charles "Jack" Major, CC, QC is a Canadian jurist and was a puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada from 1992 to 2005....

     (1931–)
  16. Nelson Mandela
    Nelson Mandela
    Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...

    , honorary appointment (1918–)
  17. Ernest Manning
    Ernest Manning
    Ernest Charles Manning, , a Canadian politician, was the eighth Premier of Alberta between 1943 and 1968 for the Social Credit Party of Alberta. He served longer than any premier in the province's history, and was the second longest serving provincial premier in Canadian history...

     (1908–1996)
  18. Preston Manning
    Preston Manning
    Ernest Preston Manning, CC is a Canadian politician. He was the only leader of the Reform Party of Canada, a Canadian federal political party that evolved into the Canadian Alliance...

     (1942–)
  19. Jean Marchand
    Jean Marchand
    Jean Marchand, PC, CC was a well known French Canadian public figure, trade unionist and politician in Quebec, Canada....

     (1918–1988)
  20. Léo Marion
    Léo Marion
    Léo Edmond Marion, CC, MBE, FRSC, FRS was a Canadian scientist.He was Vice-President of the National Research Council of Canada. From 1964 until 1965 he was President of the Royal Society of Canada...

     (1899–1979)
  21. Lois Marshall
    Lois Marshall
    Lois Catherine Marshall, CC was a Canadian soprano.In 1967, she was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. She was a Graduate of the University of Toronto....

     (1924–1997)
  22. Claire Martin
    Claire Martin (author)
    Claire Martin, is the pseudonym of the Canadian writer Claire Montreuil.Born in Quebec City, Quebec, she was educated at the Ursuline convent and by the Dames de la Congrégation. From 1945 to 1972, she lived in Ottawa and was a writer in residence at the University of Ottawa...

     (1914–)
  23. Goldwyn Arthur Martin
    Goldwyn Arthur Martin
    Goldwyn Arthur Martin, CC, QC was a justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario and one of the most prominent experts in criminal law in Canada....

     (1913–2001)
  24. Paul Joseph James Martin
    Paul Joseph James Martin
    Joseph James Guillaume Paul Martin, PC, CC, QC , often referred to as Paul Martin, Sr, was a noted Canadian politician. He was the father of Paul Martin , who served as Prime Minister of Canada from 2003 - 2006.-Early life:Martin was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Lumina and Joseph...

     (1903–1992)
  25. Jean Martineau
    Jean Martineau
    Jean Martineau, CC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and President of the Canada Council for the Arts from 1964 to 1969.-Biography:Jean Martineau was educated at the Université de Montréal. He was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1919....

     (1895?–1985)
  26. Ronald Martland
    Ronald Martland
    Ronald Martland, CC, QC, AOE was a Canadian Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Liverpool, England, he was the second Albertan ever to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. Justice Martland attended the University of Alberta and obtained a B.A. in 1926 and an LL.B in 1928...

     (1909–1997)
  27. Vincent Massey
    Vincent Massey
    Charles Vincent Massey was a Canadian lawyer and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 18th since Canadian Confederation....

     (1887–1967)
  28. Harrison McCain
    Harrison McCain
    Harrison McCain, CC, ONB was a Canadian businessman, co-founder of McCain Foods Limited.Born in Florenceville, New Brunswick, he was the co-founder, along with his brothers Andrew, Robert and Wallace, of McCain Foods. Harrison was the 4th son and Wallace the 5th son of the family. Their father was...

     (1927–2004)
  29. Wallace McCain
    Wallace McCain
    G. Wallace F. McCain, was a Canadian businessman, co-founder of McCain Foods Limited. With an estimated net worth of $US 2.3 billion , McCain was ranked by Forbes as the 13th wealthiest Canadian and 512th in the world.- Background :Born in Florenceville, New Brunswick, he received a Bachelor of...

     (1930–2011)
  30. Jack McClelland (1922–2004)
  31. Robert Baird McClure
    Robert Baird McClure
    Robert Baird McClure, was a Canadian physician, medical missionary, and the 23rd Moderator of the United Church of Canada from 1968 to 1971....

     (1900–1991)
  32. Pauline Mills McGibbon
    Pauline Mills McGibbon
    The Hon. Pauline Mills McGibbon, CC, O.Ont , served as the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1974 to 1980...

     (1910–2001)
  33. Gordon McGregor
    Gordon McGregor
    Gordon Roy McGregor, CC, OBE, DFC was a Canadian businessman and the first president of Air Canada.-Early life:...

     (1901–1971)
  34. William McIntyre
    William McIntyre
    William Rogers McIntyre, CC was a Canadian Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Lachine, Quebec, the son of Charles Sidney McIntyre and Pauline May Sifton, he moved with his family to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan when he was young. In 1939, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from...

     (1918–2009)
  35. Hector McKinnon
    Hector McKinnon
    Hector Brown McKinnon, CC, CMG was a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest honour. He was so honoured for his work in federal government revenue work spanning four decades....

     (1890–1981)
  36. Norman McLaren
    Norman McLaren
    Norman McLaren, CC, CQ was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada...

     (1914–1987)
  37. Samuel McLaughlin
    Samuel McLaughlin
    Colonel Robert Samuel McLaughlin, CC, ED, CD was an influential Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He started the McLaughlin Motor Car Co...

     (1871–1972)
  38. Marshall McLuhan
    Marshall McLuhan
    Herbert Marshall McLuhan, CC was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar—a professor of English literature, a literary critic, a rhetorician, and a communication theorist...

     (1911–1980)
  39. John Babbitt McNair
    John Babbitt McNair
    John Babbitt McNair, CC was the 23rd premier of the Province of New Brunswick, Canada from 1940 to 1952. He worked as a lawyer, politician and judge....

     (1889–1968)
  40. John Meisel
    John Meisel
    John Meisel, CC is a Canadian political scientist, professor, and scholar.-Career:Meisel attended the University of Toronto and the University of London. He has taught at Queen's University since 1949, where he is currently a professor emeritus...

     (1923–)
  41. Monique Mercure
    Monique Mercure
    Monique Mercure, is a Canadian actress.-Career:Mercure was born in Montreal, Quebec. At the 1977 Cannes Film Festival she won the award for Best Actress for the film J.A. Martin Photographer...

     (1930–)
  42. Norah Evangeline Michener (1901?–1987)
  43. Roland Michener
    Roland Michener
    Daniel Roland Michener , commonly known as Roland Michener, was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 20th since Canadian Confederation....

     (1900–1991)
  44. Albert Millaire
    Albert Millaire
    Rodolphe Albert Millaire, CC, CQ is an actor and theatre director.Soon after completing his studies at the Conservatoire d’art dramatique du Québec Millaire became a leading light on the Quebec theatre scene...

     (1935–)
  45. Frank Robert Miller
    Frank Robert Miller
    Air Chief Marshal Frank Robert Miller, CC, CBE, CD was a Canadian airman, the last Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff in 1964, the first Chief of the Defence Staff from 1964 until 1966, and Deputy Minister of National Defence.-Military career:Frank Robert Miller was born in Kamloops, British Columbia...

     (1908–1997)
  46. Brenda Milner
    Brenda Milner
    Brenda Milner, is a Canadian neuroscientist who has contributed extensively to the research literature on various topics in the field of clinical neuropsychology. -Biography:...

     (1918–)
  47. H.R. Milner (1889–1975)
  48. Joni Mitchell
    Joni Mitchell
    Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...

     (1943–)
  49. Raymond Moriyama
    Raymond Moriyama
    Raymond Moriyama, CC, O.Ont is a Japanese-Canadian architect. He has designed several buildings at Brock University from the 1970s through the latest campus expansion and is the University's former chancellor....

     (1929–)
  50. Mavor Moore
    Mavor Moore
    James Mavor Moore, CC, OBC was a Canadian writer, producer, actor, public servant, critic, and educator.-Biography:...

     (1919–2006)
  51. Moses Morgan
    Moses Morgan
    Moses Osbourne Morgan, CC was a Canadian academic and president of Memorial University of Newfoundland from 1973 to 1981....

     (1917–1995)
  52. Joseph Morris (1913–1996)
  53. Brian Mulroney
    Brian Mulroney
    Martin Brian Mulroney, was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S...

     (1939–)
  54. Robert Mundell
    Robert Mundell
    Robert Mundell, CC is a Nobel Prize-winning Canadian economist. Currently, Mundell is a professor of economics at Columbia University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong....

     (1932–)
  55. Peter Munk
    Peter Munk
    Peter Munk, CC is a Canadian businessman. He is the chairman and founder of the mining company Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold-mining corporation.-Early years:...

     (1927–)
  56. Anne Murray
    Anne Murray
    Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....

     (1945–)
  57. Donald Walter Gordon Murray
    Donald Walter Gordon Murray
    Donald Walter Gordon Murray, , also known as "Gordon Murray", was a Canadian cardiac surgeon.Born in Ontario, he enrolled at the University of Toronto to study medicine in 1914. During World War I, he enlisted as an artilleryman and rose to the rank of sergeant. After the war, he graduated in 1921...

     (1894–1976)
  58. Helen Mussallem
    Helen Mussallem
    Helen Kathleen Mussallem, CC, FRCN is a retired Canadian nurse.-Life:Born in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, she studied at the School of Nursing, Vancouver General Hospital from 1934 to 1937. Between 1943 and 1946, she served as a surgical nurse and lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Army Medical...

     (1914–)
  59. Fraser Mustard
    James Fraser Mustard
    James Fraser Mustard, was a Canadian physician and scientist. Born, raised and educated in Toronto, Ontario, Mustard began his career as a research fellow at the University of Toronto where he studied the effects of blood lipids, their relation to heart disease and how Aspirin could mitigate...

     (1927–2011)

N

  1. Hilda Neatby
    Hilda Neatby
    Hilda Marion Ada Neatby, was a Canadian historian and educator.Born in Surrey, England, the daughter of Andrew Mossforth Neatby and Ada Deborah Fisher, she received a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Saskatchewan and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota...

     (1904–1975)
  2. Nathaniel Nemetz
    Nathaniel Nemetz
    Nathaniel Theodore Nemetz, was a Canadian lawyer and judge.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he moved with his family to Vancouver when he was 10. He received a BA from the University of British Columbia in 1934 and was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1937...

     (1913–1997)
  3. Peter C. Newman
    Peter C. Newman
    Peter Charles Newman, CC, CD is a Canadian journalist and writer.Born in Vienna, Austria, Newman emigrated from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1940 as a Jewish refugee. His father, Oscar, was a self-made wealthy factory owner. Newman was educated at Upper Canada College, where he was...

     (1929–)
  4. John Lang Nichol
    John Lang Nichol
    John Lang Nichol, is a retired Canadian senator.Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was president of the Liberal Party of Canada. He was appointed to the Senate in 1966 by Lester Pearson and resigned in 1973....

     (1924–)

O

  1. Huguette Oligny
    Huguette Oligny
    Huguette Oligny, is a Canadian actor.She married Gratien Gélinas, a great pioneer of Quebec theater, in 1973.In 1984 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1996. In 1999 she was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.-External links:...

     (1922–)
  2. Betty Oliphant
    Betty Oliphant
    Nancy Elizabeth "Betty" Oliphant, was a co-founder of the National Ballet School of Canada.Born in London, she suffered from pneumonia as a child and her doctor prescribed ballet lessons to help with her breathing. She studied with Tamara Karsavina, Laurent Novikoff and Marie Rambert...

     (1918–2004)
  3. Gordon Osbaldeston
    Gordon Osbaldeston
    Gordon Francis Joseph Osbaldeston, is a former Canadian civil servant.Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto in 1952 and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario in 1953. He was the Gold Medalist at St...

     (1930–)
  4. Bernard Ostry
    Bernard Ostry
    Bernard A. Ostry, was a Canadian author, philanthropist, and civil servant, who is best known for being chair and CEO of TVOntario....

     (1927–2006)
  5. Sylvia Ostry
    Sylvia Ostry
    Sylvia Ostry, is a Canadian economist and public servant.Born Sylvia Knelman in Winnipeg, Manitoba on June 3, 1927, she received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from McGill University in 1948, a Master of Arts from McGill in 1950, and a Ph.D...

     (1927–)
  6. Alphonse Ouimet
    Alphonse Ouimet
    J. Alphonse Ouimet, was a Canadian television pioneer and president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1958 to 1967....

     (1908–1988)
  7. Leonard Outerbridge
    Leonard Outerbridge
    Sir Leonard Cecil Outerbridge, was the second Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland from 1949 to 1957. In 1967, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.-Biography:...

     (1888–1986)

P

  1. P. K. Page
    P. K. Page
    Patricia Kathleen Page, CC, OBC, FRSC , commonly known as P. K. Page, was a Canadian poet. She was the author of over 30 published books: of poetry, fiction, travel diaries, essays, children's books, and an autobiography.By special resolution of the United Nations, in 2001 Page's poem "Planet...

     (1916–2010)
  2. Jean Papineau-Couture
    Jean Papineau-Couture
    Jean Papineau-Couture, was a Canadian composer and academic.Born in Montreal, Papineau-Couture is the grandson of conductor and composer Guillaume Couture. As a child he studied piano with his mother...

     (1916–2000)
  3. Jean-Guy Paquet
    Jean-Guy Paquet
    Jean-Guy Paquet, is a Canadian scientist, businessman, and former rector of Université Laval.Born in Montmagny, Quebec, he received a Doctor of Electrical Engineering from Université Laval in 1963. From 1967 to 1969, he was the head of the electrical engineering department at Université Laval...

     (1938–)
  4. Alphonse-Marie Parent
    Alphonse-Marie Parent
    Alphonse-Marie Parent, CC was a Canadian priest, educator and academic administrator. He is best known for having given his name to the Parent Report on the reform of Quebec's education system....

     (1906–1970)
  5. John Parkin (1922–1988)
  6. George Randolph Pearkes (1888–1984)
  7. Lester Bowles Pearson (1897–1972)
  8. Alfred Pellan
    Alfred Pellan
    For the federal district in Laval, Quebec, see Alfred-Pellan Alfred Pellan, was an important figure in twentieth-century Quebec painting. He was born in Quebec City in 1906. From the age of fourteen until his graduation in 1926 he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Québec...

     (1906–1988)
  9. Gérard Pelletier
    Gérard Pelletier
    Gérard Pelletier, PC, CC worked as a journalist for Le Devoir, a French-language newspaper in Montreal, Quebec. In 1961 he became editor-in-chief of the Montreal daily and North America's largest French circulating newspaper, La Presse...

     (1919–1997)
  10. Wilfrid Pelletier
    Wilfrid Pelletier
    Joseph Louis Wilfrid Pelletier , CC was a Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and arts administrator. He was instrumental in establishing the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, serving as the orchestra's first artistic director and conductor from 1935-1941...

     (1896–1982)
  11. Wilder Penfield
    Wilder Penfield
    Wilder Graves Penfield, OM, CC, CMG, FRS was an American born Canadian neurosurgeon. During his life he was called "the greatest living Canadian"...

     (1891–1976)
  12. Jean-Luc Pépin
    Jean-Luc Pépin
    Jean-Luc Pépin, PC, CC was a Canadian academic, politician and Cabinet minister.Pepin was a political science professor at the University of Ottawa when he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1963 election as a Liberal Member of Parliament from Quebec.From 1965 to 1972, he...

     (1924–1995)
  13. Oscar Peterson
    Oscar Peterson
    Oscar Emmanuel Peterson was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, "O.P." by his friends. He released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, and received other numerous awards and honours over the course of his career...

     (1925–2007)
  14. Chantal Petitclerc
    Chantal Petitclerc
    Chantal Petitclerc, CC is a Canadian wheelchair racer.At the age of thirteen, she lost the use of both legs when a heavy barn door fell on her...

     (1969–)
  15. Laurent Picard
    Laurent Picard
    Laurent A. Picard, CC is a French-Canadian businessman and former President of the CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.Born in Quebec City, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree as well as a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1947 from Université Laval...

     (1927–)
  16. Jack Pickersgill
    Jack Pickersgill
    John Whitney "Jack" Pickersgill, PC, CC was a Canadian civil servant and politician. He was born in Ontario, but was raised in Manitobia. He was the Clerk for the Canadian Government's Privy Council in the early 1950s...

     (1905–1997)
  17. Louis-Philippe Pigeon
    Louis-Philippe Pigeon
    Louis-Philippe Pigeon, CC was a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born Henryville, Quebec in 1905, the son of Arthur Pigeon and Maria Demers, he studied at Université Laval and obtained an LL.L in 1928...

     (1905–1986)
  18. Gordon Pinsent
    Gordon Pinsent
    Gordon Edward Pinsent, CC, FRSC is a Canadian television, theatre and film actor.-Early life:Pinsent, the youngest of six children, was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, the son of Flossie ; originally from Clifton, Newfoundland, and Stephen Arthur Pinsent, a papermill worker and cobbler;...

     (1930–)
  19. Gunther Plaut
    Gunther Plaut
    Wolf Gunther Plaut, CC, O.Ont is a Reform rabbi and author. Plaut was the rabbi of Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto for several decades and since 1978 is its Senior Scholar....

     (1912–)
  20. Christopher Plummer
    Christopher Plummer
    Arthur Christopher Orne Plummer, CC is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1957's Stage Struck, and notable early film performances include Night of the Generals, The Return of the Pink Panther and The Man Who Would Be King.In a career that spans over five...

     (1929–)
  21. John Charles Polanyi
    John Charles Polanyi
    John Charles Polanyi, PC, CC, FRSC, O.Ont, FRS, born January 23, 1929) is a Canadian chemist who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, for his research in chemical kinetics. Polanyi was educated at Manchester University, and did postdoctoral research at the National Research Council in Canada and...

     (1929–)
  22. Adrien Pouliot
    Adrien Pouliot
    Adrien Pouliot, CC was a Canadian mathematician and educator.Born in Île d'Orléans, Quebec, he obtained a B.A. in applied sciences from the École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1919. He helped to create the department of mathematics at Université Laval where he began teaching in 1922...

     (1896–1980)
  23. Christopher Pratt
    Christopher Pratt
    For other uses, see Christopher Pratt .John Christopher Pratt CC is a Canadian painter.Pratt moved to New Brunswick in 1953 to attend Mount Allison University, where he met his future wife, the artist Mary West. They married in 1957. They have 4 children, John, Barbara, Anne and Edwin...

     (1935–)
  24. Mary Pratt
    Mary Pratt
    Mary Frances Pratt, CC is a Canadian painter specializing in still life realist paintings....

     (1935–)

R

  1. Ivan Rand
    Ivan Rand
    Ivan Cleveland Rand, CC was a Canadian lawyer, politician, academic, and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada....

     (1884–1969)
  2. Louis Rasminsky
    Louis Rasminsky
    Louis Rasminsky, CC, CBE was the third Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1961 to 1973, succeeding James Coyne. He was succeeded by Gerald Bouey....

     (1908–1998)
  3. Hubert Reeves
    Hubert Reeves
    -External links: *...

     (1932–)
  4. Louis-Marie Régis
    Louis-Marie Régis
    Father Louis-Marie Régis, CC was a Canadian philosopher, theologian, scholar, and member of the Dominican Order.He was director of the Institute for Medieval Studies from 1943 until 1952....

     (1903–1988)
  5. Escott Reid
    Escott Reid
    Escott Graves Meredith Reid, CC , was a Canadian diplomat who helped shape the UN & NATO, author, international public servant and academic administrator....

     (1905–1999)
  6. Maurice Richard
    Maurice Richard
    Joseph Henri Maurice "the Rocket" Richard, Sr., was a French-Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League from 1942 to 1960. The "Rocket" was the most prolific goal-scorer of his era, the first to achieve the feat of 50 goals in 50...

     (1921–2000)
  7. Kathleen M. Richardson
  8. Mordecai Richler
    Mordecai Richler
    Mordecai Richler, CC was a Canadian Jewish author, screenwriter and essayist. A leading critic called him "the great shining star of his Canadian literary generation" and a pivotal figure in the country's history. His best known works are The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Barney's Version,...

     (1931–2001)
  9. Jean-Paul Riopelle
    Jean-Paul Riopelle
    Jean-Paul Riopelle, was a painter and sculptor from Quebec, Canada.-Biography:Born in Montreal, he studied under Paul-Émile Borduas in the 1940s and was a member of Les Automatistes movement. He was one of the signers of the Refus global manifesto...

     (1923–2002)
  10. Edgar Ritchie
    Edgar Ritchie
    Albert Edgar Ritchie, CC was a Canadian diplomat.Born in Andover, New Brunswick, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1938 from Mount Allison University...

     (1916–2002)
  11. Charles Ritchie
    Charles Ritchie
    Charles Stewart Almon Ritchie, CC was a Canadian diplomat and diarist.Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he was Canada’s ambassador to West Germany , Permanent Representative to the United Nations , ambassador to the United States during the presidencies of John F...

     (1906–1995)
  12. Roland Ritchie
    Roland Ritchie
    Roland Almon Ritchie, CC was a Canadian lawyer and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of William Bruce Almon Ritchie and Lillian Stewart, he received a B.A. from the University of King's College in 1930, a B.A. in 1932 from Oxford University, and was...

     (1910–1988)
  13. John Robarts
    John Robarts
    John Parmenter Robarts, PC, CC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and statesman, and the 17th Premier of Ontario.-Early life:...

     (1917–1982)
  14. Robert Gordon Robertson
    Robert Gordon Robertson
    Robert Gordon Robertson, PC, CC, FRSC was Commissioner of the Northwest Territories from November 15, 1953 to July 12, 1963 who, having been sworn in at the age of 36, remains the youngest person to ever hold the office...

     (1917–)
  15. Rocke Robertson
    Rocke Robertson
    Harold Rocke Robertson, CC, FRSC is the former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University and a physician.- Biography :...

     (1912–1998)
  16. Norman Robertson
    Norman Robertson
    Norman Alexander Robertson, CC was a Canadian diplomat and was one of Prime Minister Mackenzie King's advisers....

     (1904–1968)
  17. Louis Robichaud
    Louis Robichaud
    Louis Joseph Robichaud, PC, CC, QC , popularly known as "Little Louis" or "P'tit-Louis" , was a Canadian lawyer and politician...

     (1925–2005)
  18. John Josiah Robinette
    John Josiah Robinette
    John Josiah Robinette, was a Canadian lawyer who was one of Canada's premier legal authorities and litigators....

     (1906–1996)
  19. Dufferin Roblin
    Dufferin Roblin
    Dufferin "Duff" Roblin, PC, CC, OM was a Canadian businessman and politician. Known as "Duff," he served as the 14th Premier of Manitoba from 1958 to 1967. Roblin was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In the government of Brian Mulroney, he served as...

     (1917–2010)
  20. Guy Rocher
    Guy Rocher
    Guy Rocher, CC, CQ is a Canadian academic and sociologist.Born in Berthierville, Quebec, he received a B.A. from the Université de Montréal in 1943, an M.A. in sociology from Université Laval in 1950, and a Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University in 1958. From 1952 until 1960 he taught at...

     (1924–)
  21. Chester Ronning
    Chester Ronning
    Chester Alvin Ronning, CC, AOE was a Canadian diplomat and politician.Ronning was born in Fangcheng, China, the son of Norwegian Lutheran missionaries, and graduated from the University of Alberta in 1916 with a B.Sc.He returned to China to serve as a missionary from 1922 to 1927 and then returned...

     (1894–1984)
  22. Ghislaine Roquet
    Ghislaine Roquet
    Ghislaine Roquet, CC is a philosophy professor and a nun with the Soeurs de Sainte-Croix community in Quebec. She was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1970 for her educational work....

     (1926–)
  23. Alfred Rouleau
    Alfred Rouleau
    Alfred Rouleau, was a Canadian businessman and President of the Fédération du Québec des Caisses Populaires Desjardins, Quebec's largest credit union....

     (1915–1985)
  24. Joseph A. Rouleau
    Joseph Rouleau
    Joseph A. Rouleau, is a French-Canadian bass opera singer, particularly associated with the Italian and French repertories....

     (1929–)
  25. Roger Rousseau
    Roger Rousseau
    Charles Odilon Roger Rousseau, CC was a Canadian ambassador. He was also appointed Commissioner for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....

     (1921–1986)
  26. Jean-Louis Roux
    Jean-Louis Roux
    Jean-Louis Roux, CC, CQ is a noted entertainer and playwright, senator, and briefly the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, Canada.-Biography:...

     (1923–)
  27. Gabrielle Roy
    Gabrielle Roy
    Gabrielle Roy, CC, FRSC was a French Canadian author.- Biography :Born in Saint Boniface , Manitoba, Roy was educated at Saint Joseph's Academy...

     (1909–1983)
  28. Maurice Roy
    Maurice Roy
    -External links:***...

     (1905–1985)
  29. Claude Ryan
    Claude Ryan
    Claude Ryan, was a Canadian politician and leader of the Parti libéral du Québec from 1978 to 1982. He was also the National Assembly of Quebec member for Argenteuil from 1979 to 1994.-Early life and career:...

     (1925–2004)

S

  1. Guy Saint-Pierre
    Guy Saint-Pierre
    Guy Saint-Pierre, , is a retired Canadian politician and businessman.-Background:Born in Windsor Mills, Quebec, he was the son of Armand Saint-Pierre and Alice Perra. Saint-Pierre graduated from Université Laval with a B.A.Sc. in Civil Engineering in 1957. He obtained an M.Sc. from the University...

     (1934–)
  2. Moshe Safdie
    Moshe Safdie
    Moshe Safdie, CC, FAIA is an architect, urban designer, educator, theorist, and author. Born in the city of Haifa, then Palestine and now Israel, he moved with his family to Montreal, Canada, when he was 15 years old.-Career:...

     (1938–)
  3. Robert B. Salter
    Robert B. Salter
    Robert Bruce Salter, , was a Canadian surgeon and a pioneer in the field of pediatric orthopaedic surgery....

     (1924–2010)
  4. John Ralston Saul
    John Ralston Saul
    John Ralston Saul, CC is a Canadian author, essayist, and President of International PEN.As an essayist, Saul is particularly known for his commentaries on the nature of individualism, citizenship and the public good; the failures of manager-, or more precisely technocrat-, led societies; the...

     (1947–)
  5. Lucien Saulnier
    Lucien Saulnier
    Lucien Saulnier, CC was a Canadian politician. He was chair of the Montreal Urban Community during the October Crisis. He was also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Société de développement industriel du Québec....

     (1916–1989)
  6. Jeanne Sauvé
    Jeanne Sauvé
    Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé was a Canadian journalist, politician, and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 23rd since Canadian Confederation....

     (1922–1993)
  7. Maurice Sauvé
    Maurice Sauvé
    The Honourable Maurice Sauvé, PC, CC was a Canadian economist, politician, cabinet minister, businessman, and husband of Jeanne Sauvé, 23rd Governor General of Canada....

     (1923–1992)
  8. Edward Schreyer
    Edward Schreyer
    Edward Richard Schreyer , commonly known as Ed Schreyer, is a Canadian politician, diplomat, and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 22nd since Canadian Confederation....

     (1935–)
  9. Lily Schreyer
    Lily Schreyer
    Lily Schreyer, CC is a former Viceregal consort of Canada, as the wife of former Manitoba premier and Governor General Edward Schreyer. They married June 30, 1960 and had two daughters, Lisa and Karmel, and two sons, Jason and Tobin. She has been involved with Girl Guides of Canada, UNICEF and...

  10. Ted Scott
    Ted Scott
    Edward "Ted" Scott, CC was a Canadian Anglican bishop.Scott was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1919 and grew up in Vancouver, where his father was a rector. He attended Anglican Theological College and was ordained in 1942...

     (1919–2004)
  11. Frank Scott (1899–1985)
  12. Charles Scriver
    Charles Scriver
    Charles Robert Scriver, is an eminent Canadian pediatrician and biochemical geneticist. Scriver made many important contributions to our knowledge of inborn errors of metabolism...

     (1930–)
  13. Joseph Sedgwick
    Joseph Sedgwick
    Joseph Sedgwick, CC, QC was a Canadian lawyer.He was born in Leeds, England and became a lawyer in 1923 following studies at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall. Sedgwick contributed to changes in the Criminal Code of Canada through a Royal Commission in the early 1950s. He was counsel to...

     (1898–1981)
  14. Fernand Seguin
    Fernand Seguin
    Fernand Seguin, was a Canadian biochemist, professor and host of science programs on radio and television.-Honours:* In 1977 he was awarded the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science....

     (1922–1988)
  15. Hans Selye
    Hans Selye
    Hans Hugo Bruno Selye, CC was a pioneering endocrinologist. Selye did much important scientific work on the hypothetical non-specific response of an organism to stressors. While he did not recognize all of the many aspects of glucocorticoids, Selye was aware of their role in the stress response...

     (1907–1982)
  16. Mitchell Sharp
    Mitchell Sharp
    Mitchell William Sharp, PC, CC was a Canadian politician and a Companion of the Order of Canada, was most noted for his service as a Liberal Cabinet minister. He had, however, served in both private and public sectors during his long career.-Background:Sharp was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba...

     (1911–2004)
  17. Robert Fletcher Shaw
    Robert Fletcher Shaw
    Robert Fletcher Shaw, CC was a Canadian businessman, academic, civil servant and deputy commissioner general of the Universal and International Exhibition of 1967....

     (1910–2001)
  18. Carol Shields
    Carol Shields
    Carol Ann Shields, CC, OM, FRSC, MA was an American-born Canadian author. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award in Canada.-Biography:Shields was born in Oak Park, Illinois...

     (1935–2003)
  19. Louis Siminovitch
    Louis Siminovitch
    Louis Siminovitch, CC is a Canadian molecular biologist. He was a pioneer in human genetics, researcher into the genetic basis of muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, and helped establish Ontario programs exploring genetic roots of cancer.Born in Montreal, Quebec to parents who had emigrated...

     (1920–)
  20. Guy Simonds
    Guy Simonds
    Lieutenant General Guy Granville Simonds, CC, CB, CBE, DSO, CD was a Canadian Army officer who commanded the II Canadian Corps during World War II. He served as acting commander of the First Canadian Army, leading the Allied forces to victory in the Battle of the Scheldt in 1944...

     (1903–1974)
  21. Léopold Simoneau
    Léopold Simoneau
    Léopold Simoneau, CC, CQ was a French-Canadian lyric tenor, one of the outstanding Mozarteans of his time. In 1959 he became the first recipient of the Calixa-Lavallée Award.-Life and career:...

     (1916–2006)
  22. Joey Smallwood
    Joey Smallwood
    Joseph Roberts "Joey" Smallwood, PC, CC was the main force that brought Newfoundland into the Canadian confederation, and became the first Premier of Newfoundland . As premier, he vigorously promoted economic development, championed the welfare state, and emphasized modernization of education and...

     (1900–1991)
  23. Michael Smith
    Michael Smith (chemist)
    Michael Smith, CC, OBC, FRS was a British-born Canadian biochemist who won the 1993 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.-Biography:...

     (1932–2000)
  24. Michael Snow
    Michael Snow
    Michael Snow, CC is a Canadian artist working in painting, sculpture, video, films, photography, holography, drawing, books and music.-Life:...

     (1929–)
  25. Omond Solandt
    Omond Solandt
    Omond McKillop Solandt, CC, OBE, CD, FRSC was an important Canadian scientist who was the first Chairman of the Canadian Defence Research Board.-Career:...

     (1909–1993)
  26. Harry Somers
    Harry Somers
    Harry Stewart Somers, CC was the foremost English-Canadian composer of his period.He was born in middle-class Toronto in 1925 but did not become interested in music until his early teenage years, when he met a doctor and his wife, both pianists, who introduced him to classical music...

     (1925–1999)
  27. Margaret Southern
    Margaret Southern
    Margaret E. Southern, CC, LVO, AOE is a Canadian businessperson, noted as a co-founder of the Spruce Meadows equestrian park near Calgary....

     (1931–)
  28. Ronald D. Southern
    Ron Southern
    Ronald D. Southern, CC, CBE is a Canadian businessman. He is chairman of Calgary-based ATCO Ltd. and is also the founder of the Spruce Meadows equestrian center....

     (1930–)
  29. Wishart Spence
    Wishart Spence
    Wishart Flett Spence, was a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of James Houston Spence and Margaret Hackland, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Toronto in 1925. He received his Bachelor of Law degree from...

     (1904–1998)
  30. John Spinks
    John Spinks
    John William Tranter Spinks, was the President of the University of Saskatchewan from 1960 to 1975.-Biography:...

     (1908–1997)
  31. Arnold Spohr
    Arnold Spohr
    Arnold Theodore Spohr, was a Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, and artistic director.Spohr was born in Rhein, Saskatchewan...

     (1923–2010)
  32. Graham Spry
    Graham Spry
    - Further reading :*Babe, Robert. "Graham Spry" in Canadian Communications Thought: Ten Foundational Writers. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-7949-0.*McChesney, Robert W. , Canadian Journal of Communication 24....

     (1900–1983)
  33. Louis St. Laurent
    Louis St. Laurent
    Louis Stephen St. Laurent, PC, CC, QC , was the 12th Prime Minister of Canada from 15 November 1948, to 21 June 1957....

     (1882–1973)
  34. George F.G. Stanley
    George Stanley
    Colonel George Francis Gillman Stanley, OC, CD, KStJ, DPhil, FRSC, FRHistS, FRHSC was a historian, author, soldier, teacher, public servant, and designer of the current Canadian flag.-Career:...

     (1907–2002)
  35. William Stephenson
    William Stephenson
    Sir William Samuel Stephenson, CC, MC, DFC was a Canadian soldier, airman, businessman, inventor, spymaster, and the senior representative of British intelligence for the entire western hemisphere during World War II. He is best known by his wartime intelligence codename Intrepid...

     (1897–1989)
  36. Maurice Strong
    Maurice Strong
    Maurice F. Strong, PC, CC, OM, FRSC is a Canadian entrepreneur and a former under-secretary general of the United Nations. Strong's first name is pronounced "Mor'ris" with the accent on the first syllable....

     (1929–)
  37. Janine Sutto
    Janine Sutto
    Janine Sutto, CC, CQ is a Quebec actress.Born in Paris, the daughter of Léopold Sutto and Renée Mamert, she immigrated to Canada in the 1930s with her family settling in Montreal....

     (1921–)
  38. David Suzuki
    David Suzuki
    David Suzuki, CC, OBC is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a Ph.D in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department of the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001...

     (1936–)
  39. Thomas Symons
    Thomas Symons
    Thomas Henry Bull Symons, CC, O.Ont, FRSC is a Canadian professor and author in the fields of Canadian Studies.Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Harry Lutz Symons and Dorothy Sarah Bull, Symons graduated from Upper Canada College in 1942. He attended the University of Toronto , Oxford , and...

     (1929–)

T

  1. Robert Taschereau
    Robert Taschereau
    Robert Taschereau, CC, PC was a lawyer who became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and who briefly served as acting Governor General of Canada following the death of Georges Vanier in 1967.-Biography:...

     (1896–1970)
  2. Charles Taylor
    Charles Taylor (philosopher)
    Charles Margrave Taylor, is a Canadian philosopher from Montreal, Quebec best known for his contributions in political philosophy, the philosophy of social science, and in the history of philosophy. His contributions to these fields have earned him both the prestigious Kyoto Prize and the...

     (1931–)
  3. Richard E. Taylor
    Richard E. Taylor
    Richard Edward Taylor, is a Canadian-American professor at Stanford University. In 1990, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Jerome Friedman and Henry Kendall "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have...

     (1929–)
  4. Paul Tellier
    Paul Tellier
    Paul Mathias Tellier, PC, CC is a Canadian businessman and former public servant. Born in Joliette, Quebec, Tellier was educated at Laval University and the University of Oxford.- Biography :Tellier entered Canada's civil service in the 1970s...

     (1939–)
  5. Veronica Tennant
    Veronica Tennant
    Veronica Tennant, CC, FRSC is a Canadian dance and performance film producer and director, and former ballet dancer.She was born in London, England and moved to Canada with her parents and sister in 1955...

     (1946–)
  6. Henry Thode
    Harry Thode
    Henry George "Harry" Thode was a Canadian geochemist, nuclear chemist, and academic administrator. He was president and vice-chancellor of McMaster University from 1961 to 1972....

     (1910–1997)
  7. Walter Thompson
    Walter P. Thompson
    Walter Palmer Thompson, CC was a Canadian academic and former President of the University of Saskatchewan.-Biography:...

     (1889–1970)
  8. Shirley Thomson
    Shirley Thomson
    Dr. Shirley Lavinia Thomson, CC, OOnt was a Canadian civil servant.Born in St Marys, Ontario, she received a B.A. degree in history in 1952 from the University of Western Ontario. In 1974 she received a M.A. degree in art history from the University of Maryland, College Park. In 1981 she received...

     (1930–2010)
  9. Paul Thorlakson
    Paul Thorlakson
    Paul Henrik Thorbjorn Thorlakson, CC was a Canadian physician and Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg....

     (1895–1989)
  10. Graham Towers
    Graham Towers
    Graham Ford Towers, CC was the first Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1934 to 1954.Born in Montreal, Quebec, educated at St. Andrew's College in Toronto, he graduated from McGill University in 1919. During World War II, he was Chairman of the Foreign Exchange Control Board and Chairman of the...

     (1897–1975)
  11. Pierre Trudeau
    Pierre Trudeau
    Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, , usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals,...

     (1919–2000)
  12. Marcel Trudel (1917–2011)
  13. John Napier Turner (1929–)
  14. William Twaits
    William Twaits
    William Osborn Twaits, was a Canadian businessman who was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Imperial Oil Limited....

     (1910–1985)

V

  1. Louis-Albert Vachon (1912–2006)
  2. Jean Vanier
    Jean Vanier
    Jean Vanier, CC GOQ is a Canadian Catholic philosopher, humanitarian and the founder of L'Arche, an international organization which creates communities where people with developmental disabilities and those who assist them share life together...

     (1928–)
  3. Pauline Vanier
    Pauline Vanier
    The Honourable Pauline Vanier, PC, CC, DStJ , born Pauline Archer in Montreal, married Georges Vanier on September 29, 1921. Georges would become one of Canada's first professional diplomats, Canada's first ambassador to France and Canada's first Canadian-born French-speaking Governor General of...

     (1898–1991)
  4. Murray Vaughan
    Murray Vaughan
    A. Murray Vaughan, CC was a philanthropist of the arts in Canada.He was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1969....

     (1900?–1986)
  5. Jon Vickers
    Jon Vickers
    Jonathan Stewart Vickers, CC , known professionally as Jon Vickers, is a retired Canadian heldentenor.Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, he was the sixth in a family of eight children. In 1950, he was awarded a scholarship to study opera at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto...

     (1926–)
  6. Marcel Vincent
    Marcel Vincent
    Marcel Vincent, CC was a Canadian businessman. He was the first French Canadian president of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada from August 1, 1963 to August 1, 1968...

     (?–1992)

W

  1. Patrick Watson (1929–)
  2. Ronald Lampman Watts
    Ronald Lampman Watts
    Ronald Lampman Watts, CC, FRSC is a Canadian academic, who served as the 15th Principal and Vice-chancellor of Queen's University from 1974 until 1984....

     (1929–)
  3. L. Dana Wilgress
    L. Dana Wilgress
    Leolyn Dana Wilgress, was a Canadian diplomat.Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wilgress was educated in Vancouver, Japan, Victoria and at McGill University....

     (1892–1969)
  4. Healey Willan
    Healey Willan
    Healey Willan, was an Anglo-Canadian organist and composer. He composed more than 800 works including operas, symphonies, chamber music, a concerto, and pieces for band, orchestra, organ, and piano...

     (1880–1968)
  5. Bertha Wilson
    Bertha Wilson
    Bertha Wernham Wilson, CC was a Canadian jurist and the first woman Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.-Early life:...

     (1923–2007)
  6. John Tuzo Wilson (1908–1993)
  7. Lois Miriam Wilson
    Lois Miriam Wilson
    Lois Miriam Wilson, CC, O.Ont was the first female Moderator of the United Church of Canada, from 1980 to 1982...

     (1927–)
  8. Michael H. Wilson
    Michael Wilson (politician)
    Michael Holcombe Wilson, PC, CC is a Canadian diplomat, politician and business leader.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Wilson attended Upper Canada College, Trinity College at the University of Toronto where he joined The Kappa Alpha Society...

     (1937–)
  9. Harold Wright (1908–1997)

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