Persons of National Historic Significance, (National Historic Persons), are people designated by the Canadian government

Government of Canada

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 as being nationally significant in the history of the country. Designations are made by the Minister of the Environment

Minister of the Environment (Canada)

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 on the recommendation of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Approximately 70 nominations are submitted to the board each year. A person is eligible to be listed 25 years after death, except Prime Ministers who may be designated any time after death. Parks Canada

Parks Canada

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 administers the program, and installs and maintains the federal plaques commonly erected to commemorate each person, usually placed at a site closely associated with them. The intent is generally to honour the person's contribution to the country, but in all cases to educate the public about them.

Canada has related programs for the designation of National Historic Sites of Canada and Events of National Historic Significance

Events of National Historic Significance (Canada)

Events of National Historic Significance are events that have been designated by Canada's Minister of the Environment, on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, as being defining actions, episodes, movements or experiences in Canadian history...

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List of Persons of National Historic Significance

Name	Role	Year designated
Maude Abbott Maude Abbott Maude Elizabeth Seymour Abbott was a Canadian doctor and was one of Canada's earliest female medical graduates and an expert on congenital heart disease....	medical researcher	1993
John Abbott John Abbott Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, PC, KCMG, QC was the third Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the office for seventeen months, from June 16, 1891 to November 24, 1892. - Life and work :...	Prime Minister	1938
William Aberhart William Aberhart William Aberhart , also known as Bible Bill for his outspoken Baptist views, was a Canadian politician and the seventh Premier of Alberta between 1935 and 1943. The Social Credit party believed the reason for the depression was that people did not have enough money to spend, so the government...	Premier (Alberta), Social Credit leader	1974
Gabriel Acquin Gabriel Acquin Gabriel Acquin was known by a variety of names; Sachem Gabe and Noel Gabriel being the most verifiable. He was a Maliseet hunter, guide, interpreter and showman who was the founder of the St. Mary's First Nation reserve in Canada.- Biography :Gabriel Acquin was born c. 1811 near Kingsclear, New...	hunter, cultural broker, Maliseet guide	1999
Frank Dawson Adams Frank Dawson Adams Frank Dawson Adams was a Canadian geologist.He was born into a prosperous, middle-class family in Montreal, Quebec. At that time modern Canada did not exist : "Canada" consisted of Canada West and Canada East...	geologist	1943
Mary Electa Adams	women's education reformer	2004
Thomas Beamish Akins Thomas Beamish Akins Thomas Beamish Akins was a Canadian lawyer, historian, archivist, and author who was appointed Nova Scotia's first Commissioner of Public Records from 1857 until his death in 1891....	historian	1938
Emma Albani Emma Albani Dame Emma Albani DBE was a leading soprano of the 19th century and early 20th century, and the first Canadian singer to become an international star. Her repertoire focused on the operas of Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini and Wagner...	musician (opera soprano)	1937
William Donald Albright William Donald Albright William Donald Albright was a Canadian agriculturalist and journalist. In 1954, Albright was named a Person of National Historic Significance by the Canadian government.- Biography :...	journalist, agriculturalist, promoted development of Peace River district	1954
Grant Allen Grant Allen Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen was a science writer, author and novelist, and a successful upholder of the theory of evolution.-Biography:...	author	1938
Susan Louisa Moir Allison Susan Louisa Moir Allison Susan Louisa Moir Allison was a Canadian author and pioneer. In 2010 Allison was designated a National Historic Person by the Canadian Government.- Early life and education :...	author, historian (First Nations)	2007
Walter Seymour Allward Walter Seymour Allward Walter Seymour Allward was a Canadian monumental sculptor.- Early life :Allward was born in Toronto, the son of John A. Allward of Newfoundland. Educated in Toronto public schools, his first job was at the age of 14 as an assistant to his carpenter father...	sculptor	2002
Adams George Archibald Adams George Archibald Sir Adams George Archibald, KCMG, PC was a Canadian lawyer and politician, and a father of Confederation. He was based in Nova Scotia for most of his career, though he also served as 1st Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba from 1870 to 1872.Archibald was born in Truro to a prominent family in Nova...	Father of Confederation, Lieutenant-Governor (Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia)	1938
Edith Archibald Edith Archibald Edith Jessie Archibald was a Canadian suffragist and writer who led a group of Women's Christian Temperance Union members on raids of three illicit saloons in Cow Bay, Nova Scotia.-Early life:...	women's rights	1997
Edward William Archibald Edward William Archibald Edward William Archibald was a Canadian surgeon. Archibald was born in Montreal, Quebec, and received his initial education in Grenoble, France. Upon returning to Canada, he attended McGill University, receiving his Doctor of Medicine there in 1896...	surgeon	1998
Samuel George William Archibald Samuel George William Archibald Samuel George William Archibald was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax County from 1806 to 1836 and Colchester County from 1836 to 1841 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....	Attorney General (Nova Scotia), Chief Justice (Prince Edward Island)	1939
Joseph E. Atkinson Joseph E. Atkinson -External links:*-References:...	publisher, philanthropist	1986
Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé was a French Canadian writer and seigneur.He was born at Quebec City in 1786, the son of seigneur Pierre-Ignace Aubert de Gaspé and Catherine Tarieu de Lanaudière, the daughter of seigneur Charles-François Tarieu de La Naudière. The Aubert de Gaspé family was...	author	1974
Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye was a French businessman active in Canada. The richest financier and businessman in New France, he played an important part in the colony's economic life , owned several seigneuries and was a member of the Sovereign Council of New France...	businessman	1971
George Back George Back Admiral Sir George Back FRS was a British naval officer, explorer of the Canadian Arctic , naturalist and artist.-Career:...	artist, Arctic explorer	1973
William Baffin William Baffin William Baffin was an English navigator and explorer. Nothing is known of his early life, but it is conjectured that he was born in London of humble origin, and gradually raised himself by his diligence and perseverance...	Arctic explorer	1972
Charles Bagot Charles Bagot Sir Charles Bagot, GCB was an English diplomat and colonial administrator who served as Governor General of the Province of Canada 1841-1843)....	Governor General (British North America), role in responsible government Responsible government Responsible government is a conception of a system of government that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability which is the foundation of the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy...	1926
Frederick Walker Baldwin	engineer	1957
Robert Baldwin Robert Baldwin Robert Baldwin was born at York . He, along with his political partner Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, led the first responsible ministry in Canada, regarded by some as the first truly Canadian government....	co-premier (Province of Canada), reformer, role in responsible government Responsible government Responsible government is a conception of a system of government that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability which is the foundation of the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy...	1937
Frederick Banting Frederick Banting Sir Frederick Grant Banting, KBE, MC, FRS, FRSC was a Canadian medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate noted as one of the main discoverers of insulin....	medical researcher (insulin), shared Nobel Prize	1945
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...	ethnographer, folklorist	1985
William George Barker William George Barker William George Barker VC, DSO & Bar, MC & Two Bars was a Canadian First World War fighter ace and Victoria Cross recipient...	military, World War I pilot	1998
Robert Bartlett	Arctic explorer	1969
Arthur Beauchesne Arthur Beauchesne Arthur Beauchesne was a Canadian civil servant who was Clerk of the House of Commons from 1925 to 1949. He is the author of the procedural manual, Rules and Forms of the House of Commons of Canada, which is used by Canadian Members of Parliament during parliamentary debates.Born in Carleton,...	parliamentary expert	2003
François Beaulieu François Beaulieu François He was an Arctic guide and interpreter who played an important role in exploration in that part of North America.Beaulieu accompanied Sir Alexander Mackenzie on his overland trek to the Pacific in 1793...	Métis leader	2000
Adam Beck Adam Beck Sir Adam Beck was a politician and hydroelectricity advocate who founded the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.-Biography:...	politician, founded Ontario Hydro	1938
William George Beers William George Beers William George Beers , a noted Canadian dentist and patriot, is referred to as the "father of modern lacrosse" for his work establishing the first set of playing rules for the game.-Lacrosse:...	dentist, developed modern sport of lacrosse Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...	1976
Matthew Baillie Begbie Matthew Baillie Begbie Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie was born on the island of Mauritius, thereafter raised and educated in the United Kingdom...	judge, Chief Justice (British Columbia)	1959
Edward Belcher Edward Belcher Admiral Sir Edward Belcher, KCB , was a British naval officer and explorer. He was the great-grandson of Governor Jonathan Belcher. His wife, Diana Jolliffe, was the stepdaughter of Captain Peter Heywood.-Early life:...	naval officer, surveyor	1938
Georges-Antoine Belcourt Georges-Antoine Belcourt Georges-Antoine Belcourt , also George Antoine Bellecourt, was a Canadian Jesuit missionary and priest. Born in Baie-du-Febvre, Quebec, the young Georges-Antoine was ordained in 1827. He established missions in areas of Quebec and Manitoba...	missionary, banker	1959
Robert Bell Robert Bell (geologist) Robert Bell FRSC MD was a Canadian geologist, professor and civil servant. He is considered Canada’s greatest exploring scientist, having named over 3,000 geographical features.-Personal life:...	geologist (Chief Geologist of Canada), explorer	1938
John Wilson Bengough John Wilson Bengough John Wilson Bengough was one of Canada's first cartoonists. He was born in Toronto, but grew up in Whitby. He first worked as a cartoonist for the Globe in 1871. He rose to prominence through the publication of Grip, a weekly humour magazine that he founded and published himself out of Toronto...	cartoonist, journalist, poet, lecturer	1938
Charles Fox Bennett Charles Fox Bennett Charles James Fox Bennett was a merchant and politician who successfully fought attempts to take Newfoundland into Canadian confederation. Bennett was a successful businessman and one of the island's richest residents with interests in the fisheries, distillery and brewery industry and shipbuilding...	businessman, politician	1975
R. B. Bennett R. B. Bennett Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, PC, KC was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He served as the 11th Prime Minister of Canada from August 7, 1930, to October 23, 1935, during the worst of the Great Depression years...	Prime Minister	1949
Joseph-Elzéar Bernier Joseph-Elzéar Bernier Joseph-Elzéar Bernier was a Quebec mariner who led expeditions into the Canadian Arctic in the early 20th century....	mariner (promoted Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic Archipelago)	1961
Norman Bethune Norman Bethune Henry Norman Bethune was a Canadian physician and medical innovator. Bethune is best known for his service in war time medical units during the Spanish Civil War and with the Communist Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War...	physician, political activist	1972
William Beynon William Beynon William Beynon was a hereditary chief from the Tsimshian nation and an oral historian who served as ethnographer, translator, and linguistic consultant to many anthropologists....  (Gusgai'in)	First Nations chief, ethnographer	1989
Michel Bibaud Michel Bibaud Michel Bibaud was a writer and educator in Montreal.Bibaud was the founder and editor of La Bibliothèque canadienne with the close assistance of Joseph-Marie Bellenger. His body of work was diverse and large. The historical content has importance to the events of the time.Bibaud is credited with...	poet, historian	1944
Mary and Henry Bibb Henry Bibb Henry Walton Bibb was an author and abolitionist who was born a slave. After escaping from slavery to Canada, he returned to the US and lectured against slavery. Migrating to Canada, he founded a newspaper Voice of the Fugitive.-Biography:...	author, abolitionist, publisher (African Canadian community)	2002
Big Bear Big Bear Big Bear or Mistahi-maskwa was a Cree leader notable for his involvement in the North-West Rebellion and his subsequent imprisonment.-Early life and leadership:...  (Misto-ha-a-Musqua)	First Nations leader (Plains Cree), role in North-West Rebellion North-West Rebellion The North-West Rebellion of 1885 was a brief and unsuccessful uprising by the Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel against the Dominion of Canada...	1971
Billy Bishop Billy Bishop Air Marshal William Avery "Billy" Bishop VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED was a Canadian First World War flying ace, officially credited with 72 victories, making him the top Canadian ace, and according to some sources, the top ace of the British Empire.-Early life:Bishop was born in Owen Sound,...	World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...  pilot, Victoria Cross Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....  recipient	1980
Davidson Black Davidson Black Davidson Black, FRS was a Canadian paleoanthropologist, best known for his naming of Sinanthropus pekinensis . He was Chairman of the Geological Survey of China and a Fellow of the Royal Society...	physician, palaeontologist (Peking Man Peking Man Peking Man , Homo erectus pekinensis, is an example of Homo erectus. A group of fossil specimens was discovered in 1923-27 during excavations at Zhoukoudian near Beijing , China... )	1974
Martha Black	politician (second woman Member of Parliament)	1987
Thornton and Lucie Blackburn Thornton Blackburn Thornton Blackburn and his wife Lucie were escaped slaves from Louisville, Kentucky. They had been settled in Detroit, Michigan, for two years when, in 1833, Kentucky slave hunters located, re-captured, and arrested the couple...	escaped slaves, founded Toronto's first taxi operation	1999
Edward Blake Edward Blake Dominick Edward Blake, PC, QC , known as Edward Blake, was the second Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1871 to 1872 and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1880 to 1887...	Premier (Ontario)	1937
Richard Blanshard Richard Blanshard Richard Blanshard MA was an English barrister and first governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island from its foundation in 1849 to his resignation in 1851....	Governor (Vancouver Island)	1951
Jean Blewett	journalist, poet	1946
La Bolduc La Bolduc Mary Rose-Anna Travers, was a French Canadian singer and musician. She was known as Madame Bolduc or La Bolduc. During the peak of her popularity in the 1930s, she was known as the Queen of Canadian Folksingers. Bolduc is often considered to be Quebec's first singer/songwriter...  (Mary Travers)	musician	1992
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Joseph-Armand Bombardier Joseph-Armand Bombardier was a Canadian inventor and businessman, and was the founder of Bombardier...	businessman, inventor (snowmobile Snowmobile A snowmobile, also known in some places as a snowmachine, or sled,is a land vehicle for winter travel on snow. Designed to be operated on snow and ice, they require no road or trail. Design variations enable some machines to operate in deep snow or forests; most are used on open terrain, including... )	1994
Robert Bond Robert Bond Sir Robert Bond was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1900 to 1909. He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, as the son of merchant John Bond. Bond grew up in St. John's until 1872 when his father died and left the family a good deal of money...	Prime Minister (Newfoundland, pre-Confederation)	1975
Robert Borden Robert Borden Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...	Prime Minister	1938
Jim Boss	assisted First Nations in the Yukon	2001
Pierre Boucher Pierre Boucher Pierre Boucher and later Pierre Boucher de Boucherville, born and baptized 1 August 1622 in Mortagne-au-Perche, died 19 April 1717 at the age of 95 at Boucherville, came to Canada from France in 1635 with his father...	author, government official, First Nations interpreter	1978
Joseph Bouchette Joseph Bouchette Lieutenant Joseph Bouchette was a French Canadian soldier and surveyor.Born in Montreal to Colonel Jean-Baptiste Bouchette, a topographer, and Marie Angelique Duhamel. He later joined the Royal Navy's Provincial Marine on the Great Lakes and the Royal Canadian Volunteers...	author, cartographer, Surveyor General of Lower Canada	1937
Sieurs de La Boularderie (Louis-Simon le Poupet de la Boularderie Louis-Simon le Poupet de la Boularderie Louis-Simon le Poupet de la Boularderie was a French born naval officer who was important in Canadian history for various roles he took on in the New World.... , his son Antoine	settlers (Cape Breton)	1964
Henri Bourassa Henri Bourassa Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa was a French Canadian political leader and publisher. He is seen by many as an ideological father of Canadian nationalism....	politician, publisher (Le Devoir Le Devoir Le Devoir is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and the rest of Canada. It was founded by journalist, politician, and nationalist Henri Bourassa in 1910.... )	1962
Marguerite Bourgeoys Marguerite Bourgeoys Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys was the founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame.- Biography :...	nun, founded first Canadian religious community (Congregation of Notre Dame Congregation of Notre Dame The Congregation of Notre Dame was founded in 1653 by Marguerite Bourgeoys in Montreal, Canada. This was one of the first non-cloistered communities. The community's motherhouse has continued to be based in Montreal... )	1985
John George Bourinot John George Bourinot (younger) Sir John George Bourinot, KCMG was a Canadian journalist, historian, and civil servant, widely regarded and remembered as an expert of parliamentary procedure and constitutional law....	House of Commons clerk, founded Royal Society of Canada	1938
Mackenzie Bowell Mackenzie Bowell Sir Mackenzie Bowell, PC, KCMG was a Canadian politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Canada from December 21, 1894 to April 27, 1896.-Early life:Bowell was born in Rickinghall, Suffolk, England to John Bowell and Elizabeth Marshall...	Prime Minister	1945
Joseph W. Boyle Joseph W. Boyle Joseph Whiteside Boyle , better known as Klondike Joe Boyle, was a Canadian adventurer who became a businessman and entrepreneur in the United Kingdom....	businessman (mining)	1984
Joseph Brant Joseph Brant Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant was a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York, who was closely associated with Great Britain during and after the American Revolution. He was perhaps the most well-known American Indian of his generation...  (Thayendanega)	First Nations leader (Mohawk), British ally, settler	1972
Mary Brant Mary Brant Molly Brant , also known as Mary Brant, Konwatsi'tsiaienni, and Degonwadonti, was a prominent Mohawk woman in the era of the American Revolution. Living in the Province of New York, she was the consort of Sir William Johnson, the influential British Superintendent of Indian Affairs, with whom she...  (Tekonwatonti)	First Nations leader (Six Nations)	1994
John Gough Brick	missionary, settler	1954
Emmanuel Briffa Emmanuel Briffa Emmanuel Briffa was a Canadian theatre decorator whose career in North America spanned thirty years, starting in 1912.Devoted almost entirely to theatre decoration since immigrating to North America from Malta in 1912, Briffa spent several years working in the United States prior to moving to...	theatre decorator	2007
Isaac Brock Isaac Brock Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB was a British Army officer and administrator. Brock was assigned to Canada in 1802. Despite facing desertions and near-mutinies, he commanded his regiment in Upper Canada successfully for many years...	Soldier	2010
Allan Brooks Allan Brooks Allan Cyril Brooks was an ornithologist and bird artist who lived in Canada.He went to school in England and studied the bird life of the Northumberland moors. He interacted with Henry Seebohm and learnt egg-collection and butterfly collection from John Hancock...	artist (wildlife)	1999
Harriet Brooks Harriet Brooks Harriet Brooks was the first Canadian woman nuclear physicist. She is most famous for her research on nuclear transmutations and radioactivity. Ernest Rutherford, who guided her graduate work, regarded her as being next to Marie Curie in the calibre of her aptitude.She was born in Exeter, Ontario...	nuclear physicist	2005
George Brown George Brown (Canadian politician) George Brown was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation...	Father of Confederation, publisher (Globe The Globe and Mail The Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of approximately 1 million, it is Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper and second-largest daily newspaper after the Toronto Star... ), abolitionist (Underground Railroad Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century black slaves in the United States to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause. The term is also applied to the abolitionists,... )	1950
George Browne	architect	2008
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin Sir James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, PC , was a British colonial administrator and diplomat...	Governor General (British North America, pre-Confederation), role in responsible government Responsible government Responsible government is a conception of a system of government that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability which is the foundation of the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy...	1953
Étienne Brûlé Étienne Brûlé Étienne Brûlé , was the first of European French explorers to journey along the St. Lawrence River with the Native Americans and to view Georgian Bay and Lake Huron Canada in the 17th century. A rugged outdoorsman, he took to the lifestyle of the First Nations and had a unique contribution to the...	explorer, Coureur de bois Coureur des bois A coureur des bois or coureur de bois was an independent entrepreneurial French-Canadian woodsman who traveled in New France and the interior of North America. They travelled in the woods to trade various things for fur.... , lived among First Nations	1984
George Bryce George Bryce George Bryce was a Presbyterian minister and a prolific author, writing on many topics including history of the Red River colony in what is now Manitoba, Canada....	educator (Manitoba College Manitoba College Manitoba College was a college that existed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from 1871 to 1967, when it became one of the University of Winnipeg's founding colleges. It was one of the first institutions of higher learning in the city of Winnipeg and the province of Manitoba... ), historian	1947
Douglas Brymner Douglas Brymner Douglas Brymner was a Canadian politician, journalist, civil servant and archivist.Born in Greenock, Scotland, Brymner immigrated to Canada in 1857 with his wife and son settling in Melbourne, Lower Canada...	archivist, founded Public Archives of Canada	1938
John Buchan	Governor-General	2010
Patrick Burns	rancher, businessman, Senator	1960
Thomas Button Thomas Button Sir Thomas Button was a Welsh officer of the Royal Navy and explorer who in 1612–1613 commanded an expedition that unsuccessfully attempted to locate explorer Henry Hudson and to navigate the Northwest Passage. It was, nonetheless, a voyage of discovery andThomas Button was an explorer as...	Arctic explorer	1972
John By John By Lieutenant-Colonel John By was a British military engineer, best remembered for supervising the construction of the Rideau Canal and, in the process, founding what would become the city of Ottawa....	engineer (Rideau Canal Rideau Canal The Rideau Canal , also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario. The canal was opened in 1832 as a precaution in case of war with the United States and is still in use today, with most of its... )	1954
George Frederick Cameron George Frederick Cameron George Frederick Cameron was a Canadian poet, lawyer, and journalist, best known for the libretto for the operetta Leo, the Royal Cadet.-Life:...	journalist, poet	1946
Lydia Campbell	author	2009
Alexander Campbell Alexander Campbell (Canadian politician) Sir Alexander Campbell, PC, KCMG, QC was an English-born, Canadian statesman and politician, and a father of Canadian Confederation....	Father of Confederation	1939
William Wilfred Campbell William Wilfred Campbell William Wilfred Campbell was a Canadian poet. He is often classed as one of the country's Confederation Poets, a group that included fellow Canadians Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman, and Duncan Campbell Scott; he was a colleague of Lampman and Scott...	writer	1938
Charles Camsell Charles Camsell Charles Camsell was a Canadian geologist and Commissioner of the Northwest Territories from December 3, 1936 to December 3, 1946.-Early life:...	geologist, Commissioner (Northwest Territories)	2001
William Canniff William Canniff William Canniff, was a surgeon, public health pioneer, historian and advocate of Canadian nationalism....	physician, historian, teacher	1945
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, KB , known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was an Irish-British soldier and administrator...	Governor (Quebec, pre-Confederation), Governor-in-Chief (British North America)	1974
John Carling John Carling Sir John Carling, PC, KCMG of the Carling Brewery was a prominent politician and businessman from London, Ontario, Canada...	brewer, politician, founded Dominion Experimental Farms	1938
Bliss Carman Bliss Carman Bliss Carman FRSC was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate during his later years....	poet	1945
Emily Carr Emily Carr Emily Carr was a Canadian artist and writer heavily inspired by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. One of the first painters in Canada to adopt a post-impressionist painting style, Carr did not receive widespread recognition for her work until later in her life...	author, painter	1950
William Carson William Carson Sir William Carson , often called "The Great Reformer", was an important doctor and businessman in Newfoundland. Carson's primary contribution to Newfoundland was the application of modern agricultural principles....	businessman, physician, reformer	1954
Frederick Carter	Father of Confederation, Prime Minister (Newfoundland, pre-Confederation)	1959
George-Étienne Cartier George-Étienne Cartier Sir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet, PC was a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation.The English spelling of the name, George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling, is explained by his having been named in honour of King George III....	Father of Confederation, French-Canadian statesman	1937
Richard John Cartwright Richard John Cartwright Sir Richard John Cartwright, PC, GCMG, PC was a Canadian businessman and politician. He was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario in a United Empire Loyalist family, the son of Harriet Dobbs Cartwright and the grandson of Richard Cartwright...	politician	1938
Joseph Casavant Joseph Casavant Joseph Casavant was a French Canadian manufacturer of pipe organs.Originally a blacksmith, Casavant gave up his trade at age 27 to pursue classical studies. He happened upon a 1766 treatise by Dom Bédos de Celles on organ building, called L'Art du Facteur d'Orgues, which he subsequently used to...	manufacturer (pipe organs)	1974
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, or Robert de LaSalle was a French explorer. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico...	explorer, founded Lachine, rebuilt Fort Frontenac	1934
Claude Champagne Claude Champagne Claude Champagne was a Canadian composer.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he studied violin with Albert Chamberland, organ with Orpha-F. Deveaux, and piano with Romain-Octave Pelletier I and Alexis Contant at the Conservatoire national de musique. In 1921 he went straight to Paris to study music...	musician (composer)	1988
Samuel de Champlain Samuel de Champlain Samuel de Champlain , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608....	explorer, founded Quebec City Quebec City Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest... , "The Father of New France"	1929
Edward Barron Chandler Edward Barron Chandler Edward Barron Chandler was a New Brunswick politician and lawyer from a United Empire Loyalist family. He was one of the Fathers of Confederation....	Father of Confederation, Lieutenant-Governor (New Brunswick)	1939
Jean-Charles Chapais Jean-Charles Chapais Jean-Charles Chapais, PC was a Canadian Conservative politician, and considered a Father of Canadian Confederation for his participation in the Quebec Conference to determine the form of Canada's government....	Father of Confederation, Senator	1943
Thomas Chapais Thomas Chapais Sir Joseph Amable Thomas Chapais was a French Canadian author, editor, historian, journalist, professor, and politician....	historian, Senator	1955
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, PC, KCMG , born in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, was a French-Canadian lawyer and politician....	Premier (Quebec), politician	1974
Margaret Ridley Charlton Margaret Ridley Charlton Margaret Charlton was a pioneering medical librarian who was instrumental in founding the Association of Medical Librarians - which became the Medical Library Association in 1907. She was the Associations's first Secretary.- Early life :...	medical librarian, co-founder Medical Library Association	2003
William Henry Chase	businessman, philanthropist	1939
Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry was a seigneur, military engineer and political figure in Lower Canada...	seigneur, military leader, politician	2006
Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal.- Early career :...	military officer, founded Montreal	1985
Robert Christie Robert Christie Robert Christie was a lawyer, journalist, historian and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East....	historian, politician	1938
Francis Clergue Francis Clergue Francis Hector Clergue was an American businessman who became the leading industrialist of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in Canada, at the turn of the 20th century....	businessman (Sault Ste. Marie industry)	1987
John Clinch John Clinch Rev. Dr. John Clinch was a clergyman-physician credited with being the first man to practise vaccination in North America....	clergyman, physician (vaccination)	1964
William Coaker William Coaker Sir William Ford Coaker was a Newfoundland union leader and politician and founder of the Fisherman's Protective Union and the Fishermen's Union Trading Co....	union leader, politician	1985
James Cockburn	Father of Confederation, first House of Commons Speaker	1939
George Coles George Coles George Coles was a Canadian politician, being the first Premier of Prince Edward Island, and a Father of Canadian Confederation....	Father of Confederation	1939
Enos Collins Enos Collins Enos Collins was a merchant, shipowner, banker and privateer from Nova Scotia, Canada. Upon his death he was acclaimed as the richest man in Canada. He was born to a merchant family in Liverpool, Nova Scotia...	businessman (Halifax)	1974
Lionel Conacher Lionel Conacher Lionel Pretoria Conacher, MP , nicknamed "The Big Train", was a Canadian athlete and politician. Voted the country's top athlete of the first half of the 20th century, he won championships in numerous sports. His first passion was football; he was a member of the 1921 Grey Cup champion Toronto...	athlete (Grey Cup, NHL)	1976
Ralph Connor Ralph Connor Rev. Dr. Charles William Gordon, or Ralph Connor, was a Canadian novelist, using the Connor pen name while maintaining his status as a Church leader, first in the Presbyterian and later the United churches in Canada. Gordon was also at one time a master at Upper Canada College...  (Charles William Gordon)	novelist	1938
James Cook James Cook Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...	explorer, surveyor	1954
William Cormack William Cormack William Epps Cormack was a Scottish explorer, philanthropist, agriculturalist and author, born St. John’s, Newfoundland. Cormack was the first European to journey across the interior of the island....	explorer (Newfoundland)	1953
Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne Louis de la Corne or Louis Chapt, Chevalier de la Corne was born at Fort Frontenac in what is now Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and began his career in the colonial regular troops as a second ensign in 1722 and was made full ensign five years later.He married in 1728 and began investing heavily in...	military officer	1953
Edward Cornwallis Edward Cornwallis Lieutenant General Edward Cornwallis was a British military officer who founded Halifax, Nova Scotia with 2500 settlers and later served as the Governor of Gibraltar.-Early life:...	military officer, Governor (Nova Scotia), founded Halifax	1974
Phillips Cosby Phillips Cosby Vice Admiral Phillips Cosby was a Royal Navy officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War.-Naval career:Cosby joined the Royal Navy as an ordinary seaman in 1747. He was given command of a schooner at the Siege of Louisbourg in 1758 and was present at the capture of Quebec in 1759.Promoted...	military commander (Royal Navy, Mediterranean)	1945
Laurence Coughlan Laurence Coughlan Laurence Coughlan was an Irish-born itinerant preacher who was active in Newfoundland during the period 1766–1773. Though born a Roman Catholic, ordained and employed as an Anglican, and at one point even ordained by a Greek Orthodox bishop, his true religious affiliation was Methodism, to which...	itinerant preacher	1965
George Albertus Cox George Albertus Cox George Albertus Cox was a very prominent Canadian businessman and a member of the Canadian Senate.He was born in Colborne, Upper Canada in 1840. He began work as a telegraph operator for the Montreal Telegraph Company and became their agent in Peterborough, Ontario. In 1861, he became an agent for...	businessman, Senator	1990
James Henry Coyne	President Ontario Historical Society, member Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada	1945
Isabella Valancy Crawford Isabella Valancy Crawford Isabella Valancy Crawford was an Irish-born Canadian writer and poet. She was one of the first Canadians to make a living as a freelance writer....	poet, writer	1947
James George Aylwin Creighton	lawyer, engineer, journalist, athlete (development of ice hockey)	2008
Octave Crémazie Octave Crémazie Octave Crémazie was a French Canadian poet. He has been called "the father of French Canadian poetry" for his patriotic verse, often rhetorical in style, celebrating such subjects as Montcalm's defence of Fort Carillon in "Le drapeau de Carillon"...	poet	1937
Thomas Crerar Thomas Crerar Thomas Alexander Crerar, was a western Canadian politician and a leader of the short-lived Progressive Party of Canada. He was born in Molesworth, Ontario, and moved to Manitoba at a young age....	politician (Progressive Party leader)	2004
Jean-Baptiste de La Croix de Chevrières de Saint-Vallier Jean-Baptiste de la Croix de Chevrières de Saint-Vallier Jean-Baptiste de la Croix de Chevrière de St. Vallier was appointed to the see of Quebec as bishop in 1685 by Louis XIV. But, Blessed Pope Innocent XI was not granting any more bulls of investiture....	bishop	1990
A. E. Cross A. E. Cross Alfred Ernest Cross was a Canadian politician, rancher and brewer, known as one of the Big Four who founded the Calgary Stampede in 1912.-Early life:Born in Montreal, Cross was the oldest of seven children...	businessman, politician, co-founder Calgary Stampede	1971
Crowfoot Crowfoot Crowfoot or Isapo-Muxika was a chief of the Siksika First Nation. His parents, Istowun-eh'pata and Axkahp-say-pi , were Kainai. His brother Iron Shield became Chief Bull...  (Isapo-Muxika)	First Nations leader, role in North-West Rebellion North-West Rebellion The North-West Rebellion of 1885 was a brief and unsuccessful uprising by the Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel against the Dominion of Canada...	1945
Ernest Alexander Cruikshank Ernest Alexander Cruikshank Ernest Alexander "E. A." Cruikshank FRSC , was a Canadian Brigadier General, a historian who specialized in military history and the first Chairman of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.-Early life:...	historian, original chairman Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada	1943
Maurice Galbraith Cullen Maurice Galbraith Cullen Maurice Galbraith Cullen was a Canadian artist.Cullen was born June 6, 1866 in St. John's, Newfoundland.-War artist:Beginning in January 1918, Cullen served with Canadian forces in the First World War. He came to the attention of Lord Beaverbrook, who arranged for him to be commissioned as an...	artist	1944
Samuel Cunard Samuel Cunard Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet was a British shipping magnate, born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line...	businessman (shipping)	1937
Arthur Currie Arthur Currie Sir Arthur William Currie GCMG, KCB , was a Canadian general during World War I. He had the unique distinction of starting his military career on the very bottom rung as a pre-war militia gunner before rising through the ranks to become the first Canadian commander of the four divisions of the...	military officer (World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... )	1934
Augustin Cuvillier	Speaker (Lower Canada), banker (Bank of Montreal)	1969
Louis Cyr Louis Cyr Louis Cyr was a famous Canadian strongman with a career spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His recorded feats, including lifting 500 pounds with one finger and carrying 4,337 pounds on his back, show Cyr to be, according to former International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness...	wrestler, weightlifter	1976
John Wesley Dafoe John Wesley Dafoe John Wesley Dafoe was a Canadian journalist and Liberal. From 1901 to 1944 he was the editor of the Manitoba Free Press, later named the Winnipeg Free Press. He also wrote several books, including a biography of Wilfrid Laurier. Dafoe was one of the country's most influential and powerful...	journalist (Winnipeg Free Press Winnipeg Free Press The Winnipeg Free Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Founded in 1872, as the Manitoba Free Press, it is the oldest newspaper in western Canada. It is the newspaper with the largest readership in the province.... )	1974
William Davidson William Davidson (lumberman) William Davidson was a Scottish-Canadian lumber merchant, shipbuilder and politician. He was the first permanent European settler on the Miramichi River in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick.- Arrival in the New World :...	lumberman, politician	1949
Louis Henry Davies Louis Henry Davies Sir Louis Henry Davies, was a Prince Edward Island lawyer, businessman and politician, the third Premier...	Premier (Prince Edward Island), judge (Chief Justice)	1937
Nicholas Flood Davin Nicholas Flood Davin Nicholas Flood Davin Nicholas Flood Davin was a lawyer, journalist and politician, born at Kilfinane, Ireland. The first MP for Assiniboia West , Davin was known as the voice of the North-West....	publisher (The Leader Regina Leader-Post The Regina Leader-Post is the daily newspaper of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and now a member of the Postmedia Network.The newspaper was first published as The Leader in 1883, by Nicholas Flood Davin... , Regina), politician	1947
John Davis John Davis (English explorer) John Davis , was one of the chief English navigators and explorers under Elizabeth I, especially in Polar regions and in the Far East.-Early life:...	Arctic explorer	1972
George Mercer Dawson George Mercer Dawson Dr. George Mercer Dawson F.R.S., C.M.G., was a Canadian scientist and surveyor. He was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, the eldest son of Sir John William Dawson, Principal of McGill University and his wife, Lady Margaret Dawson...	scientist, surveyor	1937
John William Dawson John William Dawson Sir John William Dawson, CMG, FRS, FRSC , was a Canadian geologist and university administrator.- Life and work :...	geologist, university administrator (McGill McGill University Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university... )	1943
Robert MacGregor Dawson Robert MacGregor Dawson Robert MacGregor Dawson was a Canadian political scientist and academic. He is best known as the author of the 1947 textbook, The Government of Canada....	political scientist	1975
Louis de Buade de Frontenac Louis de Buade de Frontenac Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau was a French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France from 1672 to 1682 and from 1689 to his death in 1698...	Governor General (New France, pre-Confederation)	1974
Louis-Hector de Callière Louis-Hector de Callière Louis-Hector de Callière or Callières was a French politician, who was the governor of Montreal , and the governor of New France from 1698 to 1703. He played an important role in defining the strategy that New France followed during the Queen Anne's War.De Callière was born in Thorigny-sur-Vire,...	politician, diplomat	2001
Amor De Cosmos Amor De Cosmos Amor De Cosmos was a Canadian journalist, publisher and politician. He served as the second Premier of British Columbia.-Early life:...	Premier (British Columbia), journalist (British Colonist)	1938
Mazo de la Roche Mazo de la Roche Mazo de la Roche , born Mazo Louise Roche in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, was the author of the Jalna novels, one of the most popular series of books of her time.-Early life:...	novelist	1976
James De Mille James De Mille James De Mille was a professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and an early Canadian popular writer who published numerous works of popular fiction from the late 1860s through the 1870s....	novelist, humorist, professor	1937
Charles de Salaberry Charles de Salaberry Lieutenant Colonel Charles-Michel d'Irumberry de Salaberry was a French-Canadian of the seigneurial class who served as an officer of the British army in Lower Canada and won distinction for repelling the American advance on Montreal during the War of 1812.-Early years:Born at the manor house of...	military officer (War of 1812)	1934
Demasduit	among the final surviving Beothuks	2000
Modeste Demers Modeste Demers Modeste Demers was a Roman Catholic Bishop and missionary in the Oregon Country. A native of Quebec, he traveled overland to the Pacific Northwest and preached in the Willamette Valley and later in what would become British Columbia.-Early life:...	bishop, missionary	1973
George Taylor Denison George Taylor Denison Lieutenant-Colonel George Taylor Denison III was a Canadian soldier and publicist.He was born in Toronto, and educated at Upper Canada College. In 1861 he was called to the bar, and was from 1865-1867 a member of the city council...	soldier, community leader, founded Canada First Movement, Imperial Federation League, role in North-West Rebellion North-West Rebellion The North-West Rebellion of 1885 was a brief and unsuccessful uprising by the Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel against the Dominion of Canada...	1937
Nicolas Denys Nicolas Denys .Nicolas Denys was a French aristocrat who became an explorer, colonizer, soldier and leader in New France. Today, he is perhaps best known for founding settlements at St. Pierre , Ste...	explorer, trader, colonizer (Acadia)	1924
Carrie Derick Carrie Derick thumb|Carrie Derick at the [[British Association for the Advancement of Science]] meeting, Toronto, Canada, August 1924.Carrie Matilda Derick was a Canadian botanist and the first female professor in a Canadian University.Born in Clarenceville, Quebec on January 14th, Carrie was educated at the...	botanist	2007
Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres Colonel Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres Colonel Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres Colonel Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres (November 22, 1721 – October 27, 1824 (or October 24, 1824 ) was a Swiss-born cartographer and Canadian statesman, who served as aide-de-camp to General James Wolfe...	Lieutenant-Governor (Cape Breton), cartographer	1925
Alphonse Desjardins Alphonse Desjardins (co-operator) Gabriel-Alphonse Desjardins , born in Lévis, Quebec, was the co-founder of the Caisses Populaires Desjardins , a forerunner of North American credit unions and community banks.- Early life :...	businessman, began Caisse Populaire Credit union A credit union is a cooperative financial institution that is owned and controlled by its members and operated for the purpose of promoting thrift, providing credit at competitive rates, and providing other financial services to its members...  system	1971
Edouard Deville Edouard Deville Édouard-Gaston Daniel Deville was the first to perfect a practical method of photogrammetry, the making of maps based on photography. He was the Surveyor General of Canada and Canada's Director General for the Bureau of Surveys...	Surveyor General, developed photogrammetry Photogrammetry Photogrammetry is the practice of determining the geometric properties of objects from photographic images. Photogrammetry is as old as modern photography and can be dated to the mid-nineteenth century....	1971
Edgar Dewdney Edgar Dewdney Edgar Dewdney, PC was a Canadian politician born in Devonshire, England. He served as Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories and the fifth Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.-Early life and career:...	Lieutenant-Governor (Northwest Territories, British Columbia), reassigned territorial capital to Regina	1975
Robert B. Dickey Robert B. Dickey Robert Barry Dickey was a participant in conferences leading to the Canadian Confederation of 1867 and is therefore considered to be one of the Fathers of Confederation....	Father of Confederation	1939
Punch Dickins Punch Dickins Clennell Haggerston "Punch" Dickins OC, OBE, DFC was a pioneering Canadian aviator and bush pilot. Northern Indians called him "Snow Eagle;" northern whites called him "White Eagle;" while the press dubbed him the "Flying Knight of the Northland."-Early years:Clennell Haggerston Dickins was born...	bush pilot	1995
John Diefenbaker John Diefenbaker John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963...	Prime Minister	1981
Thomas Dixson Thomas Dixson Thomas Dixson was a British colonial militiaman and politician serving in Canada.- Early life :The year of Thomas Dixson's birth is not clear...	soldier (Fort Beauséjour)	1938
Donnacona Donnacona Chief Donnacona was the chief of Stadacona located at the present site of Quebec City, Canada. French Explorer Jacques Cartier, concluding his second voyage to what is now Canada, returned to France with Donnacona. Donnacona was treated well in France but died there...	First Nations leader (Iroquois), kidnapped by Jacques Cartier	1981
Antoine-Aimé Dorion Antoine-Aimé Dorion Sir Antoine-Aimé Dorion, PC was a French Canadian politician and jurist.-Early years:He was born in Lower Canada in 1818, the son of Pierre-Antoine Dorion, a merchant and member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada who supported Louis-Joseph Papineau...	cabinet minister (Justice), Chief Justice (Quebec)	1937
Onésime Dorval	teacher (Saskatchewan)	1954
Arthur Doughty Arthur Doughty Sir Arthur George Doughty, KBE, CMG, FRSC was a Canadian civil servant and Dominion Archivist and Keeper of the Public Records....	Dominion Archivist, historian	1991
David Douglas David Douglas David Douglas was a Scottish botanist. He worked as a gardener, and explored the Scottish Highlands, North America, and Hawaii, where he died.-Early life:...	botanist (Douglas Fir)	1979
Howard Douglas Howard Douglas General Sir Howard Douglas, 3rd Baronet, GCB, GCMG, FRS was a British military officer born in Gosport, England, the younger son of Admiral Sir Charles Douglas, and a descendant of the Earls of Morton...	Lieutenant-Governor (New Brunswick), Chancellor (King's College, University of New Brunswick)	1925
James Douglas James Douglas (Governor) Sir James Douglas KCB was a company fur-trader and a British colonial governor on Vancouver Island in northwestern North America, particularly in what is now British Columbia. Douglas worked for the North West Company, and later for the Hudson's Bay Company becoming a high-ranking company officer...	Governor (Vancouver Island, British Columbia)	1944
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk was a Scottish peer. He was born at Saint Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. He was noteworthy as a Scottish philanthropist who sponsored immigrant settlements in Canada at the Red River Colony.- Early background :Douglas was the seventh son of Dunbar...	philanthropist, colonizer	1943
Gordon Drummond Gordon Drummond Sir Gordon Drummond, GCB was the first Canadian-born officer to command the military and the civil government of Canada...	military leader, role in War of 1812	1928
Charles Carter Drury Charles Carter Drury Admiral Sir Charles Carter Drury, GCB, GCVO, KCSI was a Canadian Royal Navy Admiral who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.-Naval career:...	naval leader	1938
Lyman Duff	Chief Justice, constitutional expert	1971
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, KP, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC was a British public servant and prominent member of Victorian society...	Governor General, diplomat, traveller, writer	1975
Margaret Iris Duley	novelist (Newfoundland)	1976
Gabriel Dumont Gabriel Dumont Gabriel Dumont was a leader of the Métis people of what is now western Canada. In 1873 Dumont was elected to the presidency of the short-lived republic of St. Laurent; afterward he continued to play a leading role among the Métis of the South Saskatchewan River...	Métis leader, role in North-West Rebellion North-West Rebellion The North-West Rebellion of 1885 was a brief and unsuccessful uprising by the Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel against the Dominion of Canada...	1981
Charles Avery Dunning Charles Avery Dunning Charles Avery Dunning, PC was born in Croft, Leicestershire, England. During his career, he was a successful businessman, a Canadian politician , and a university chancellor.-Early life:...	Premier (Saskatchewan); cabinet minister (Finance)	1985
Robert Dunsmuir Robert Dunsmuir Robert Dunsmuir was a Scottish-Canadian coal miner, railway developer, industrialist and politician. -Origins in Scotland:...	coal miner, industrialist, politician	1971
Maurice Duplessis Maurice Duplessis Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis served as the 16th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959. A founder and leader of the highly conservative Union Nationale party, he rose to power after exposing the misconduct and patronage of Liberal Premier Louis-Alexandre...	Premier (Quebec), founded Union Nationale	1974
Ernest Melville DuPorte	Scientist and teacher known for study of parasites	2010
Dorothy Dworkin	nurse, businesswoman, supported Jewish immigrants	2009
Timothy Eaton Timothy Eaton Timothy Eaton was a Canadian businessman who founded the Eaton's department store, one of the most important retail businesses in Canada's history.-Early life and family:...	businessman	1971
Ezra Butler Eddy Ezra Butler Eddy Ezra Butler Eddy was a Canadian businessman and political figure.Although born in the United States, Ezra Butler Eddy who was one of Canada's most progressive manufacturers, became one of its most loyal citizens and few men of his time were more devoted to his Sovereigns institutions and more...	businessman (forestry products, matches)	1976
Charles Edenshaw Charles Edenshaw Charles Edenshaw was a Haida artist from Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada. He is known for his woodcarving, argillite carving, jewellery, and painting.-Background:...  (Tahagen, Tahayren)	artist (Haïda)	1971
Henrietta Edwards Henrietta Edwards Henrietta Muir Edwards was a Canadian women's rights activist and reformer.She was born Henrietta Louise Muir in Montreal. As a young woman, she espoused various feminist causes, forming the Working Girls' Association in 1875 to provide vocational training for women and editing the journal Women's...	women's rights activist, reformer	1962
J. S. Ewart J. S. Ewart John Skirving Ewart, QC was a Canadian lawyer and author best known as an advocate for the independence of Canada....	lawyer, role in Manitoba schools dispute	1966
Robert Falconer Robert Falconer Sir Robert Alexander Falconer, KCMG was a Canadian academic and bible scholar. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the eldest child of a Presbyterian minister and his wife. He attended high school in Port of Spain Trinidad while his father was posted there and won a scholarship to...	university president	1944
Aegidius Fauteux	librarian, historian	1955
Edward Feild Edward Feild Bishop Edward Feild was a university tutor, university examiner, Anglican clergyman, inspector of schools and second Bishop of Newfoundland, born Worcester, England...	clergyman, bishop, academic	2003
Reginald Fessenden Reginald Fessenden Reginald Aubrey Fessenden , a naturalized American citizen born in Canada, was an inventor who performed pioneering experiments in radio, including early—and possibly the first—radio transmissions of voice and music...	inventor (radio, sonic depth finder)	1943
Peter Fidler Peter Fidler (explorer) Peter Fidler was a British surveyor, map-maker, chief fur trader and explorer who had a long career in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company in what later became Canada. He was born in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England and died at Fort Dauphin in present day Manitoba...	explorer, trader, surveyor (Hudson's Bay Company)	1953
William Stevens Fielding William Stevens Fielding William Stevens Fielding, PC was a Canadian Liberal politician, the seventh Premier of Nova Scotia , and the federal finance minister 1896–1911 and 1921–25.-Early life:...	Premier (Nova Scotia), cabinet minister (Finance)	1938
Charles Fisher	Father of Confederation, Premier (New Brunswick)	1939
Charles Fitzpatrick Charles Fitzpatrick Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, PC, GCMG was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was born in Quebec City, Canada East, to John Fitzpatrick and Mary Connolly....	Chief Justice, Lieutenant-Governor (Quebec), role in North-West Rebellion North-West Rebellion The North-West Rebellion of 1885 was a brief and unsuccessful uprising by the Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel against the Dominion of Canada... , lawyer for Louis Riel	1973
Michael Anthony Fleming Michael Anthony Fleming Michael Anthony Fleming was Catholic bishop of St. John's, Newfoundland. He was principally responsible for changing a small mission with several priests in four parishes into a large diocese with over 40,000 congregants and was the single most influential Irish immigrant to come to Newfoundland...	bishop	2003
Sandford Fleming Sandford Fleming Sir Sandford Fleming, was a Scottish-born Canadian engineer and inventor, proposed worldwide standard time zones, designed Canada's first postage stamp, a huge body of surveying and map making, engineering much of the Intercolonial Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway, and was a founding...	engineer and inventor (Standard Time)	1950
Marc-Aurèle Fortin Marc-Aurèle Fortin Marc-Aurèle Fortin was a Québécois painter.His works are displayed at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal...	painter	2011
Pierre-Étienne Fortin Pierre-Étienne Fortin Pierre-Étienne Fortin was a Quebec physician and political figure. He represented Gaspé in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1887 and also represented Gaspé in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1878...	politician, physician	1953
George Eulas Foster George Eulas Foster Sir George Eulas Foster, PC, PC, GCMG was a Canadian politician and academic. He coined the phrase "splendid isolation" to describe British foreign policy in the late 19th century....	politician, academic (League of Nations)	1938
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...	humanitarian, athlete (Marathon of Hope)	2008
Luke Fox Luke Fox Luke Foxe was an English explorer, born in Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, who searched for the Northwest Passage across North America. In 1631, he sailed much of the western Hudson Bay before concluding no such passage was possible. Foxe Basin, Foxe Channel and Foxe Peninsula were named after him...	Arctic explorer	1972
Gustave Francq	trade unionist, publisher (Le Monde ouvrier/The Labor World)	2008
John Franklin John Franklin Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic...	Arctic explorer	1945
Archibald Fraser	industrialist (lumber)	1975
Louis-Honoré Fréchette Louis-Honoré Fréchette Louis-Honoré Fréchette, , was a Canadian poet, politician, playwright, and short story writer.-Biography:...	poet, author	1937
Lillian Bilsky Freiman	organizer, philanthropist	2008
Benjamin Frobisher Benjamin Frobisher Benjamin Frobisher was born in England, the son of Joseph Frobisher and Rachel Hargrave and immigrated to Canada about 1763...	fur trader (North West Company)	1973
Joseph Frobisher Joseph Frobisher Joseph Frobisher was a fur trader and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Halifax, England in 1740 and came to Quebec with his brother Benjamin around 1763; their brother Thomas joined them around 1769...	fur trader, businessman (North West Company)	1973
Martin Frobisher Martin Frobisher Sir Martin Frobisher was an English seaman who made three voyages to the New World to look for the Northwest Passage...	Arctic explorer	1957
Thomas Frobisher	fur trader, established Île-à-la-Crosse post	1973
Marie-Anne Gaboury Marie-Anne Gaboury Marie-Anne Lagimodière was a French-Canadian woman noted as both the grandmother of Louis Riel, and as the first woman of European descent to travel to and settle in what is now Western Canada....	settler, grandmother of Louis Riel	1982
William James Gage	publisher (W. J. Gage, textbooks)	1938
Clarence Gagnon Clarence Gagnon Clarence Gagnon was a Québécois painter.A native of Montreal, he studied at the Art Association of Montreal in 1897...	artist	1944
Alexander Tilloch Galt Alexander Tilloch Galt Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, GCMG, PC was a politician and a father of Canadian Confederation.He was born in Chelsea, England, the son of Scottish novelist and colonizer, John Galt, and Elizabeth Tilloch Galt. He was a cousin of Sir Hugh Allan.Alexander Galt is interred in the Mount Royal Cemetery...	Father of Confederation, politician, businessman	1944
William Francis Ganong William Francis Ganong William Francis Ganong, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C., was a Canadian botanist, historian and cartographer. His botany career was spent mainly as a professor at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts...	botanist, cartographer, historian	1945
James Garfield Gardiner James Garfield Gardiner James Garfield "Jimmy" Gardiner, PC was a Canadian farmer, educator, and politician...	Premier (Saskatchewan), cabinet minister (Agriculture)	1975
François-Xavier Garneau François-Xavier Garneau François-Xavier Garneau was a nineteenth century French Canadian notary, poet, civil servant and liberal who wrote a three-volume history of the French Canadian nation entitled Histoire du Canada between 1845 and 1848.Born in Quebec City, Garneau argued that Conquest was a tragedy, the consequence...	historian	1937
Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye de Boumois was the second son of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye...	explorer, fur trader	1920
Cyril Genik Cyril Genik Cyril Genik was a Ukrainian-Canadian immigration agent. He is a Person of National Historic Significance.- Biography :...	supported Ukrainian immigrantion in western Canada	1995
Antoine Gérin-Lajoie Antoine Gérin-Lajoie Antoine Gérin-Lajoie was a Québécois Canadian poet and novelist. He was the author of the famous poem Un Canadien Errant . He was the father of the sociologist Leon Gérin.- External links :*...	journalist, lawyer	1939
Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie was a pioneer Quebec feminist who founded the Fédération nationale Saint-Jean-Baptiste , an organization which campaigned for social and political rights for women...	women's rights activist	1997
Abraham Pineo Gesner Abraham Pineo Gesner Abraham Pineo Gesner was a Canadian physician and geologist who invented kerosene. Although Ignacy Łukasiewicz developed the modern kerosene lamp, starting the world's oil industry, Gesner is considered a primary founder. Gesner was born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia...	physician, geologist, inventor of kerosene	1954
John Murray Gibbon John Murray Gibbon John Murray Gibbon was a Scottish Canadian writer and cultural promoter. He was born in Ceylon and educated at Aberdeen, Oxford and Göttingen universities. Gibbon emigrated to Canada in 1913 to work for the Canadian Pacific Railway...	writer, cultural promoter (Canadian Authors' Association)	1954
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Mifflin Wistar Gibbs was an African-American abolitionist and judge. Gibbs was the eldest brother of fours siblings, including Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, and was prominent in Reconstruction Arkansas...	politician, businessman, human rights activist	2009
Alexander Gibson Alexander Gibson (industrialist) Alexander "Boss" Gibson was an industrialist in New Brunswick, Canada.He was born near Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, the son of John Gibson and Jane Neilson. In 1862, Gibson bought a sawmill and forest land in the Fredericton area...	industrialist	2007
Robert Giffard de Moncel Robert Giffard de Moncel Robert Giffard de Moncel was a French surgeon and apothecary who became a prestigious colonist and businessman and eventually a nobleman of New France....	nobleman, colonizer, physician, surgeon	1955
Humphrey Gilbert Humphrey Gilbert Sir Humphrey Gilbert of Devon in England was a half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh. Adventurer, explorer, member of parliament, and soldier, he served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth and was a pioneer of English colonization in North America and the Plantations of Ireland.-Early life:Gilbert...	unsuccessful colonizer (Newfoundland)	1981
Edouard Percy Cranwill Girouard	military engineer, developed African railways	1938
Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (Canadian poet) Oliver Goldsmith was a Canadian poet born in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. He is best known for The Rising Village, which appeared in 1825. It was at once the first book-length poem published by a native English-Canadian and the first book-length publication in England by a Canadian poet...	poet	1944
Cuthbert Grant Cuthbert Grant Cuthbert Grant was a prominent Métis leader of the early nineteenth century.-Life:Grant was the son of a Scottish father and Métis mother. He was born in 1793 at Fort Tremblant, a North West Company trading post located near the present-day town of Togo, Saskatchewan, where his father was a manager...	Métis leader	1972
George Monro Grant George Monro Grant George Monro Grant, C.M.G. was a Canadian church minister, writer, and political activist. He served as principal of Queen's College, Kingston, Ontario for 25 years, from 1877 until 1902.-Early life, education:...	educator, writer, university principal (Queen's)	1937
Louis-Pierre Gravel	promoted settlement and agriculture	1956
John Hamilton Gray John Hamilton Gray (New Brunswick politician) John Hamilton Gray, QC was a politician in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada, a jurist, and one of the Fathers of Confederation. He should not be confused with John Hamilton Gray, a Prince Edward Island politician in the same era.Gray was born in St. George's, Bermuda...	Father of Confederation, Speaker (New Brunswick)	1939
John Hamilton Gray John Hamilton Gray (Prince Edward Island politician) John Hamilton Gray was Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1863 – 1865 and one of the Fathers of Confederation...	Father of Confederation, Premier (Prince Edward Island)	1939
Wilfred Grenfell Wilfred Grenfell Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, KCMG was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador.He was born at Parkgate, Wirral, England, the son of Algernon Grenfell, headmaster of Mostyn House School, and Jane Georgiana Hutchison and married Anne Elizabeth Caldwell MacClanahan of Chicago, Illinois, in...	medical missionary (Newfoundland and Labrador)	1959
Grey Owl Grey Owl Grey Owl was the name Archibald Belaney adopted when he took on a First Nations identity as an adult...  (Archibald Belaney)	conservationist, author, speaker	1993
Lionel Groulx Lionel Groulx Lionel-Adolphe Groulx was a Roman Catholic priest, historian and Quebec nationalist. -Early life and ordination:Groulx was born at Chenaux, Quebec, Canada, the son of a farmer and lumberjack, and died in Vaudreuil, Quebec. After his seminary training and studies in Europe, he taught at Valleyfield...	clergyman, historian, Quebec nationalist	1972
Helena Gutteridge Helena Gutteridge Helena Rose Gutteridge was a suffragette, labour activist and the first female elected to city council in Vancouver, British Columbia....	Suffragette and politician	2010
Casimir Gzowski Casimir Gzowski Sir Kazimierz Stanislaus Gzowski, KCMG , was an engineer who served as acting Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1896 to 1897....	Lieutenant-Governor (Ontario), engineer, constructed railroads, Niagara Parks Commission chair	1956
Frederick Haldimand Frederick Haldimand Sir Frederick Haldimand, KB was a military officer best known for his service in the British Army in North America during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War...	Governor (Quebec), settler	1974
Arthur Lawrence Haliburton (Lord Haliburton)	military officer, civil servant	1938
Thomas Chandler Haliburton Thomas Chandler Haliburton Thomas Chandler Haliburton was the first international best-selling author from Canada. He was also significant in the history of Nova Scotia.-Life:...	author, satirist	1936
William Neilson Hall	first Victoria Cross recipient of African heritage	2008
Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair Ishbel Maria Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, GBE was a Scottish author, philanthropist and an advocate of woman's interests.-Family:...	established Victorian Order of Nurses, National Council of Women	1979
Ned Hanlan Ned Hanlan Edward "Ned" Hanlan was a World Champion professional sculler, hotelier, and alderman from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Early life:...	athlete (rowing champion)	1938
Arthur Sturgis Hardy Arthur Sturgis Hardy Arthur Sturgis Hardy, QC was a lawyer and Liberal politician who served as the fourth Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1896 to 1899. On January 19, 1870 he married Mary Morrison, daughter of Judge Joseph Curran Morrison.Hardy attended school at the Rockwood Academy in Rockwood, Ontario...	Premier, Attorney General (Ontario)	1948
James B. Harkin James B. Harkin James Bernard Harkin served as Canada's first commissioner for national parks from 1911 until 1936.A former journalist, Harkin, known as "Bunny" to his close friends, was a strong believer in protecting the natural beauty of the environment and was influenced in part by the writings of John Muir,...	first national parks commissioner, established Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada	1955
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...	artist (Group of Seven)	1970
Robert Harris Robert Harris (painter) Robert Harris was a Welsh-born Canadian painter most noted for his portrait of the Fathers of Confederation....	artist (painted Fathers of Confederation)	1945
Ezekiel Hart	entrepreneur, politician, first Jew to be elected a legislator in the British Empire	1995
Julia Catherine (Beckwith) Hart	author (St. Ursula's Convent)	1951
John Harvey John Harvey (governor) Lieutenant-General Sir John Harvey, KCB KCH was a British Army officer and a Lieutenant Governor.He was commissioned into the 80th Foot in 1794 and served in several different locations, including France, Egypt, and India...	Lieutenant-Governor (Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick), Governor (Newfoundland)	1974
Frederick W. A. G. Haultain Frederick W. A. G. Haultain Sir Frederick William Alpin Gordon Haultain was a lawyer and a long serving Canadian politician and judge. His career in provincial and territorial legislatures stretched into four decades...	Premier (Northwest Territories), Chief Justice (Saskatchewan)	1946
Thomas Heath Haviland Thomas Heath Haviland Thomas Heath Haviland was a Canadian lawyer, politician and father of Canadian Confederation. He was born and died in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island...	Father of Confederation	1939
Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet	Lieutenant-Governor (New Brunswick), Governor General (British North America, pre-Confederation)	1974
Abraham Albert Heaps Abraham Albert Heaps Abraham Albert Heaps was a Canadian politician and labour leader.Born in Leeds, England, Heaps immigrated to Canada in 1911 and worked in Winnipeg as an upholsterer. He was one of the leaders of the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 and was a Labor alderman on the Winnipeg City Council from 1917...	Politician and labor leader	2010
Samuel Hearne Samuel Hearne Samuel Hearne was a an English explorer, fur-trader, author, and naturalist. He was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic Ocean, actually Coronation Gulf, via the Coppermine River...	explorer,Governor (Prince of Wales Fort)	1936
Louis-Philippe Hébert Louis-Philippe Hébert Louis-Philippe Hébert was the son of Théophile Hébert, a farmer, and Julie Bourgeois of Ste-Sophie de Mégantic, Quebec. Louis-Philippe Hébert was a sculptor who sculpted forty monuments, busts, medals and statues in wood, bronze and terra-cotta. He taught at the Conseil des arts et manufactures in...	artist (Quebec sculptor)	1937
Theodor August Heintzman Theodor August Heintzman Theodor August Heintzman was a German-born Canadian piano manufacturer and inventor, best known for founding the piano company which still bears his name....	manufacturer (pianos)	1974
Anthony Henday Anthony Henday Anthony Henday was one of the first white men to explore the interior of the Canadian northwest. His explorations were authorized and funded by the Hudson's Bay Company because of their concern with La Vérendrye and the other western commanders who were funnelling fur trade from the northwest to...	explorer, fur trader	1953
John Hendry	industrialist (lumber)	1988
Louis Hennepin Louis Hennepin Father Louis Hennepin, O.F.M. baptized Antoine, was a Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Recollect order and an explorer of the interior of North America....	clergyman, explorer, cartographer	2008
Alexander Henry (The Elder)	fur trader	1973
Alexander Henry Alexander Henry (the younger) Alexander Henry was a Canadian fur trader and explorer employed by the North West Company. He is well known for his extensive journals which he started in 1799. They contain an excellent record from the early 19th century of the fur trade. Alexander travelled and traded extensively from Lake...  (The Younger)	fur trader (North West Company)	1973
William Alexander Henry William Alexander Henry William Alexander Henry was a Canadian lawyer, politician, judge and one of the Fathers of Confederation....	Father of Confederation	1939
Josiah Henson Josiah Henson Josiah Henson was an author, abolitionist, and minister. Born into slavery in Charles County, Maryland, he escaped to Ontario, Canada in 1830, and founded a settlement and laborer's school for other fugitive slaves at Dawn, near Dresden in Kent County...	author, abolitionist, minister, role in Underground Railroad	1995
William Hespeler William Hespeler William Hespeler was a German - Canadian businessman and immigration agent and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. He served as Speaker of the Legislature and as honorary consul of Germany to Winnipeg and the Northwest Territories...	businessman, immigration agent, politician	2000
James Jerome Hill	businessman (Red River Transportation Company, Great Northern Railway)	1938
Francis Hincks Francis Hincks Sir Francis Hincks, KCMG, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Cork, Ireland, he was the son of Thomas Dix Hincks an orientalist, naturalist and Presbyterian minister and the brother of Edward Hincks orientalist, naturalist and clergyman.He moved to York in 1832 and set up an importing business...	politician	1969
Ella Cora Hind Ella Cora Hind Ella Cora Hind was Western Canada's first female journalist and a women's rights activist.On September 18th in 1861, a woman by the Ella Cora Hind was born in Toronto. Ella Hind is the daughter of Edwin Hind and Jane Carroll. Ella was Edwin and Jane Carroll’s third child. She had two brothers by...	women's rights activist	1997
Gilles Hocquart Gilles Hocquart Gilles Hocquart was from France and minor nobility. The family were successful administrators and financiers.Hocquart was chosen to replace Claude-Thomas Dupuy as Intendant of New France because of his background and because he was deemed to be a more compatible choice to work with Governor...	administrator, Intendant (New France), established Les Forges du Saint-Maurice	1974
Samuel Holland Samuel Holland Samuel Johannes Holland was a Royal Engineer and first Surveyor General of British North America.-Life in the Netherlands:...	engineer, Surveyor General (Quebec)	1989
Luther Hamilton Holton Luther Hamilton Holton Luther Hamilton Holton was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He represented Châteauguay as a Liberal member in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1880.- Early life and education :...	businessman, banker, cabinet minister (Finance)	1938
Adelaide Hoodless Adelaide Hoodless Adelaide Hoodless née Hunter was a Canadian educational reformer who founded the international women’s organization known as the Women's Institute....	educational reformer	1960
Frederic William Howay	historian, lawyer, judge	1944
C. D. Howe C. D. Howe Clarence Decatur Howe, PC , generally known as C. D. Howe, was a powerful Canadian Cabinet minister of the Liberal Party. Howe served in the governments of Prime Ministers William Lyon Mackenzie King and Louis St. Laurent continuously from 1935 to 1957...	cabinet minister, established Atomic Energy of Canada	1984
Joseph Howe Joseph Howe Joseph Howe, PC was a Nova Scotian journalist, politician, and public servant. He is one of Nova Scotia's greatest and best-loved politicians...	Premier (Nova Scotia), role in responsible government Responsible government Responsible government is a conception of a system of government that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability which is the foundation of the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy...	1983
William Pearce Howland	Father of Confederation	1959
Henry Hudson Henry Hudson Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th century. Hudson made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a prospective Northeast Passage to Cathay via a route above the Arctic Circle...	Arctic explorer (Hudson and James Bays)	1973
Sam Hughes Sam Hughes For other people of the same name see Sam Hughes Sir Samuel Hughes, KCB, PC was the Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence during World War I...	cabinet minister (Militia and Defence), journalist, soldier	1969
William Roper Hull	businessman, philanthropist, developer	1988
George Hunt George Hunt (ethnologist) George Hunt was a Tlingit consultant to the anthropologist Franz Boas who through his contributions is considered a linguist and ethnologist in his own right...	linguist, ethnologist (West Coast cultures)	1989
Harold Innis Harold Innis Harold Adams Innis was a Canadian professor of political economy at the University of Toronto and the author of seminal works on media, communication theory and Canadian economic history. The affiliated Innis College at the University of Toronto is named for him...	economist, historian (communications theory)	1972
Ipirvik and Taqulittuq	Inuit couple, assisted Arctic exploration	1981
James Isbister James Isbister James Isbister was a Canadian Métis leader of the 19th-century. Prominent among the Anglo-Métis of the area, he is considered by some to be the founder of the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.-Life:...	Métis leader	1997
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 :...	artist (Group of Seven)	1974
Charles William Jefferys Charles William Jefferys Charles William Jefferys was a Canadian painter, illustrator, author, and teacher best known as a historical illustrator.-Biography:...	artist	1954
Diamond Jenness Diamond Jenness Diamond Jenness, CC was one of Canada's greatest early scientists and a pioneer of Canadian anthropology.-Biography:...	anthropologist (First Nations culture)	1973
Louis-Amable Jetté Louis-Amable Jetté Sir Louis-Amable Jetté, was a Canadian lawyer, politician, judge, professor, and the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. He was born in L'Assomption, Lower Canada in 1836....	Lieutenant-Governor and Chief Justice (Quebec)	1945
Sylvester Joe Sylvester Joe Sylvester Joe , hunter and explorer, born Baie d'Espoir, Newfoundland, Canada. Joe, a native Mi'kmaq of Newfoundland, was the noted hunter from the south-west coast of the Island of Newfoundland who was engaged by William Cormack to guide him on his trek across Newfoundland, the first European to...	aboriginal guide	2002
Ethel Johns	nurse, educator, administrator	2009
Pauline Johnson Pauline Johnson Emily Pauline Johnson , commonly known as E. Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson, was a Canadian writer and performer popular in the late 19th century...  (Tekahionwakeh)	poet, speaker (First Nations)	1945
Edward Johnson Edward Johnson (tenor) Edward Patrick Johnson CBE was a Canadian operatic tenor who was billed outside North America as Edoardo Di Giovanni, and became director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.- Early life :...	singer, manager (Metropolitan Opera Company)	1974
John Mercer Johnson John Mercer Johnson John Mercer Johnson was a politician in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada and a Father of Confederation. He represented Northumberland in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1868 as a Liberal member....	Father of Confederation	1939
Louis Jolliet Louis Jolliet Louis Jolliet , also known as Louis Joliet, was a French Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America...	explorer (Mississippi River, with Marquette)	1944
Sigtryggur Jónasson Sigtryggur Jonasson Sigtryggur Jonasson was a community leader and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He played a major part in establishing the Icelandic community in Manitoba...	Manitoba politician and Icelandic-Canadian leader	2010
William Judge William Judge Father William Judge was a Jesuit priest who, during the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush, established St. Mary's Hospital, a facility in Dawson City which provided shelter, food and any available medicine to the many hard-luck gold miners who filled the town and its environs...	missionary (Yukon)	1987
Peter Jones (Kahkewaquonaby)	First Nations leader, clergyman	1996
Israel Isaac Kahanovitch	Manitoba rabbi and leader	2010
Paul Kane Paul Kane Paul Kane was an Irish-born Canadian painter, famous for his paintings of First Nations peoples in the Canadian West and other Native Americans in the Oregon Country....	artist (Canadian West paintings)	1937
Thomas Keefer Thomas Keefer Thomas Coltrin Keefer was a Canadian civil engineer.Born into an Empire Loyalist family in Thorold Township, Upper Canada, the son of George Keefer and Jane Emory, née McBride, his father was Chairman of the Welland Shipping Canal Company...	engineer, railroader (Hamilton Waterworks)	1938
Henry Kelsey Henry Kelsey Henry Kelsey , aka the Boy Kelsey, was an English fur trader, explorer, and sailor who played an important role in establishing the Hudson's Bay Company. Kelsey was born and married in East Greenwich, south-east of central London...	explorer, fur trader	1931
John Kennedy	civil engineer (Montreal harbour)	2001
William Frederick King William Frederick King William Frederick King was a Canadian surveyor, astronomer, and civil servant.Born in Stowmarket, England, the son of William King and Ellen Archer, King emigrated to Port Hope, Upper Canada with his family when he was eight. In 1869, he started studying at the University of Toronto...	surveyor, astronomer, civil servant (established Geodetic Survey of Canada, Dominion Observatory)	1959
William King	clergyman, abolitionist	2005
William Lyon Mackenzie King William Lyon Mackenzie King William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...	Prime Minister	1967
Charles Edmund Kingsmill Charles Kingsmill Admiral Sir Charles Edmund Kingsmill was the first Director of the Royal Canadian Navy.Charles Edmund Kingsmill was born at Guelph, Ontario in 1855 and educated at Upper Canada College in Toronto. He was the son of John Juchereau Kingsmill, Crown Attorney for Wellington County and Ellen Diana...	Founder of the Navy	2010
William Kirby William Kirby (author) William Kirby, was a Canadian author, best known for his classic historical novel, The Golden Dog.-Life:...	writer, historian (Annals of Niagara)	1946
David Kirke David Kirke Sir David Kirke was an adventurer, colonizer and governor for the king of England. Kirke was the son of Gervase Kirke, a wealthy London-based Scottish merchant, who had married a Huguenot woman, Elizabeth Goudon, and was raised in Dieppe, in Normandy.In 1627 Kirke's father and several London...	adventurer, colonizer, Governor (Newfoundland)	1968
A. M. Klein A. M. Klein Abraham Moses Klein was a Canadian poet, journalist, novelist, short story writer, and lawyer. He has been called "One of Canada's greatest poets and a leading figure in Jewish-Canadian culture."...	writer, lawyer (Jewish literature)	2007
Otto Julius Klotz Otto Julius Klotz Otto Julius Klotz OLS, DLS, DTS was a Canadian astronomer and Dominion Surveyor.He was born in Preston , Upper Canada, the son of Otto Klotz and Elise Wilhelm, Klotz was educated at Galt Grammar School, and later headed to University of Toronto, and finished his degree in Civil Engineering at the...	astronomer, geographer (Dominion Observatory)	1938
Leon Joseph Koerner	industrialist (forestry)	2009
Kondiaronk Kondiaronk Kondiaronk , known by the French as "Le Rat", was one of the most successful Canadian Indian war chiefs of the late 17th century....	negotiator (Treaty of 1701)	2001
Cornelius Krieghoff Cornelius Krieghoff Cornelius David Krieghoff is probably the most popular Canadian painter of the 19th century. Krieghoff is most famous for his paintings of Canadian landscapes and Canadian life outdoors, which were sought-after in his own time as they are today. He is particularly famous for his winter scenes,...	artist	1972
Marguerite Vincent Lawinonkié	artist	2008
John Kinder Labatt John Kinder Labatt John Kinder Labatt was an Irish-Canadian brewer, and the founder of the Labatt Brewing Company.Born in County Laoighis, Ireland, Labatt immigrated to Canada in the 1830s and initially established himself as a farmer near London, Upper Canada. In 1847 he invested in a brewery with a partner, Samuel...	businessman (brewery)	1971
Albert Lacombe Albert Lacombe Albert Lacombe , commonly known in Alberta simply as Father Lacombe, was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic missionary who lived among and evangelized the Cree and Blackfoot First Nations of western Canada...	missionary	1932
Édouard Lacroix Édouard Lacroix -Background:He was born on January 6, 1889 in Sainte-Marie, Quebec. He made career in forestry and opened a lumber plant in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine. He was the grandfather of businessmen Marcel and Robert Dutil.-Member of Parliament:...	businessman, politician	2006
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine , 1st Baronet, KCMG was the first Canadian to become Prime Minister of the United Province of Canada and the first head of a responsible government in Canada. He was born in Boucherville, Lower Canada in 1807...	jurist, statesman, co-Premier (Province of Canada, pre-Confederation)	1937
Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière was a French Canadian trapper employed in the fur trade by the Hudson's Bay Company in Rupert's Land....	trapper, grandfather of Louis Riel	1981
David Laird David Laird David Laird, PC was the first resident Lieutenant Governor of Northwest Territories, Canada. He was the fifth Lieutenant Governor in charge of the territory....	Lieutenant-Governor (Northwest Territories), cabinet minister (Interior)	1950
John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham GCB, PC , also known as "Radical Jack" and commonly referred to in history texts simply as Lord Durham, was a British Whig statesman, colonial administrator, Governor General and high commissioner of British North America...	Governor General, High Commissioner (British North America)	1974
Archibald Lampman Archibald Lampman Archibald Lampman, was a Canadian poet. "He has been described as 'the Canadian Keats;' and he is perhaps the most outstanding exponent of the Canadian school of nature poets." The Canadian Encyclopedia says that he is "generally considered the finest of Canada's late 19th-century poets in...	poet	1920
Pierre-Amand Landry Pierre-Amand Landry Sir Pierre-Amand Landry was an Acadian lawyer, judge and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Westmorland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1870 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1883...	lawyer, judge, politician, first Acadian to be knighted	1955
Franklin Knight Lane Franklin Knight Lane Franklin Knight Lane was an American Democratic politician from California who served as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1913 to 1920...	American politician, born in Prince Edward Island	1938
Hector-Louis Langevin Hector-Louis Langevin Sir Hector-Louis Langevin, PC, KCMG, CB, QC was a Canadian lawyer, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation....	Father of Confederation, cabinet minister (Public Works)	1938
Sam Langford Sam Langford Sam Langford was a Black Canadian boxing standout of the early part of the 20th century. Called the "Greatest Fighter Nobody Knows," by ESPN. He was rated #2 by The Ring on their list of "100 greatest punchers of all time". Langford was originally from Weymouth Falls, a small community in Nova...	boxer	1987
Ernest Lapointe Ernest Lapointe Ernest Lapointe, PC was a Canadian lawyer and politician.-Education, early career:Lapointe earned his law degree from Laval University...	cabinet minister	1954
Wilfrid Laurier Wilfrid Laurier Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....	Prime Minister	1938
François de Laval François de Laval This article is in part a sermon and generally comes close to hagiography.Blessed François-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval was the first Roman Catholic bishop of Quebec and was one of the most influential men of his day. He was appointed when he was 36 years old by Pope Alexander VII. He was a member...	bishop	1972
Calixa Lavallée Calixa Lavallée Calixa Lavallée, , born Calixte Lavallée, was a French-Canadian-American musician and Union officer during the American Civil War who composed the music for O Canada, which officially became the national anthem of Canada in 1980.-Biography:Calixa Lavallée was born at Verchères, a suburb of...	musician ("O Canada")	1966
Sheridan Lawrence	farmer, businessman, judge	1954
James MacPherson Le Moine James MacPherson Le Moine Sir James MacPherson Le Moine was a Canadian author and barrister.He was involved with the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, helping in the development of their natural history museum, and later serving as president in 1871, 1879-1882, and 1902-1903.From 1894 to 1895, he was the president...	author, historian, ornithologist (Royal Society of Canada)	1938
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville pronounced as described in note] Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville pronounced as described in note] Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville pronounced as described in note] (16 July 1661 – 9 July 1702 (probable)was a soldier, ship captain, explorer, colonial administrator, knight of...	soldier, explorer, administrator	1937
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienvillepronounce] was a colonizer, born in Montreal, Quebec and an early, repeated governor of French Louisiana, appointed 4 separate times during 1701-1743. He was a younger brother of explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville...	Governor (Louisiana), founded Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans	1953
Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay ,as many people of his time, had a variety of occupations. Born in Dieppe, France in Normandy, he came to New France in 1641. He became lord of Longueuil in Canada....  and family	family of soldiers and colonizers	1957
Stephen Leacock Stephen Leacock Stephen Butler Leacock, FRSC was an English-born Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist...	writer, economist, particularly as humorist	1946
Camille Lefebvre Camille Lefebvre Camille Lefebvre was a Holy Cross father and vicar general for the Acadians.Camille Lefebvre went in 1864, along with Bishop Sweeney, to New Brunswick intending to provide education to the Catholic population who were Freench speaking...	clergyman, established Acadian Renaissance Movement	1997
Jean-Louis Légaré	settler, trader	1969
Rodolphe Lemieux Rodolphe Lemieux Rodolphe Lemieux, PC, FRSC was a Canadian parliamentarian and long time Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons ....	Speaker and cabinet minister (House of Commons), professor	1973
Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox KG, PC was a British soldier and politician and Governor General of British North America.-Background:...	Governor General	1923
Irma LeVasseur	physician (pediatrics)	2008
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...	artist (Group of Seven)	1974
Philip Francis Little Philip Francis Little Philip Francis Little was the first Premier of Newfoundland Colony between 1855 and 1858. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Little studied law there with Charles Young and was admitted to the bar in 1844. He came to Newfoundland in 1846 and articled in law. He got involved in...	Premier (pre-confederation Newfoundland), role in responsible government Responsible government Responsible government is a conception of a system of government that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability which is the foundation of the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy...	2007
George Lloyd	bishop, helped found Lloydminster Lloydminster Lloydminster is a Canadian city which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan...	1953
George Locke George Locke George Herbert Locke was a Canadian librarian. He was chief librarian of the Toronto Public Library from 1908 until his death, a time of great expansion in that library system. He was the first Canadian to be president of the American Library Association. The George H...	librarian (Toronto Public Libraries), author, historian	1939
Grace Annie Lockhart Grace Annie Lockhart Grace Annie Lockhart was the first woman in the British Empire to receive a Bachelor's degree. She received a Bachelor of Science. She formally enrolled in Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada in 1874 and graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science and English Literature...	first woman in British Empire to receive university Bachelor degree	1991
William Edmond Logan William Edmond Logan Sir William Edmond Logan was a Scottish-Canadian geologist.Logan was born in Montreal, Quebec, and educated at the High School in Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh . He started teaching himself geology in 1831, when he took over the running of a copper works in Swansea. He produced a...	geologist (director, Geological Survey of Canada)	1967
Tom Longboat Tom Longboat Cogwagee was an Onondaga distance runner from the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation Indian reserve near Brantford, Ontario, and for much of his career the dominant long distance runner of the time...	athlete, Boston Marathon winner	1976
Albert Peter Low Albert Peter Low Albert Peter Low was a Canadian geologist, explorer and athlete. His explorations of 1893–1895 were important in declaring Canada's sovereignty over the Arctic, and eventually defining the border between Quebec and Labrador....	geologist, explorer, athlete, surveyor	1972
John MacIntosh Lyle	architect (Beaux-Arts style)	2008
Archibald Macallum Archibald Macallum Archibald Byron Macallum, FRS was a Canadian biochemist and founder of the National Research Council of Canada. He was an influential figure in the development of Medical School of Toronto from a provincial school to a major institution...	biochemist, founded National Research Council	1938
Thomas Bassett Macaulay Thomas Bassett Macaulay Thomas Bassett Macaulay, also known as T. B. Macaulay, was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was a noted actuary of his era; a philanthropist; and was the founder of the Macaulay Institute, in 1930...	businessman (insurance)	1997
Andrew Archibald Macdonald Andrew Archibald Macdonald Andrew Archibald Macdonald, PC , was the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island from 1 August 1884 to 2 September 1889, was one of the fathers of Canadian Confederation....	Father of Confederation	1939
James E.H. MacDonald	artist (Group of Seven)	1974
Margaret C. Macdonald Margaret C. MacDonald Major Margaret C. MacDonald is a Canadian who, on April 11, 1914, was appointed Matron-in-Chief of the Canadian Nursing service band becoming the first woman in the British Empire to reach the rank of major during a nursing career of over thirty years...	nurse (World War I)	1982
John A. Macdonald John A. Macdonald Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...	Father of Confederation, Prime Minister	1939
William Christopher Macdonald William Christopher Macdonald Sir William Christopher Macdonald was a Scots-Quebecer tobacco manufacturer and major education philanthropist in Canada.-Early life and career:...	manufacturer, philanthropist (Macdonald Tobacco)	1974
Alexander Macdonell Alexander Macdonell (bishop) Bishop Alexander Macdonell was the first Roman Catholic bishop of Kingston, Upper Canada.-Early years:...	bishop	1924
Angus Bernard MacEachern Angus Bernard MacEachern Angus Bernard MacEachern was a Scottish Bishop in the Roman Catholic Church who rose to become the first Bishop of the newly formed Diocese of Charlottetown following its separation from the Archdiocese of Quebec on August 11, 1829.MacEachern was born in Kinlochmoidart, Scotland, the son of Hugh...	bishop	1968
Elsie MacGill Elsie MacGill Elizabeth Muriel Gregory "Elsie" MacGill, OC , known as the "Queen of the Hurricanes", was the world's first female aircraft designer. She worked as an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War and did much to make Canada a powerhouse of aircraft construction during her years at Canadian...	aeronautical engineer	2007
Helen Gregory MacGill Helen Gregory MacGill Helen Emma Gregory MacGill was one of Canada's first woman judges and for many years the only woman judge, and a noted women's rights advocate in Canada, where she fought for female suffrage....	judge, campaigned for women's suffrage Suffrage Suffrage, political franchise, or simply the franchise, distinct from mere voting rights, is the civil right to vote gained through the democratic process...	1998
Alexander Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:...	Prime Minister	1957
William Mackenzie William Mackenzie (railway entrepreneur) Sir William Mackenzie was a Canadian railway contractor and entrepreneur.Born near Peterborough, Ontario, Mackenzie became a teacher and politician before entering business as the owner of a sawmill and gristmill in Kirkfield, Ontario...	railway entrepreneur (Canadian Northern Railway)	1976
William Lyon Mackenzie William Lyon Mackenzie William Lyon Mackenzie was a Scottish born American and Canadian journalist, politician, and rebellion leader. He served as the first mayor of Toronto, Upper Canada and was an important leader during the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion.-Background and early years in Scotland, 1795–1820:Mackenzie was...	politician, journalist, led Upper Canada Rebellion Upper Canada Rebellion The Upper Canada Rebellion was, along with the Lower Canada Rebellion in Lower Canada, a rebellion against the British colonial government in 1837 and 1838. Collectively they are also known as the Rebellions of 1837.-Issues:...	1949
Archibald MacMechan Archibald MacMechan Archibald McKellar MacMechan FRSC was a Canadian academic at Dalhousie University and writer. His works deal mainly with Nova Scotia and its history. The Halifax Disaster was an official history of the Halifax Explosion.Born in Kitchener, Ontario, he is credited with reviving Hermann Melville's...	professor, writer	1946
H. R. MacMillan H. R. MacMillan Harvey Reginald MacMillan, CC, CBE was a Canadian forester, forestry industrialist, wartime administrator, and philanthropist....	forester, industrialist	1987
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...	musician, composer, conductor	1984
Helen MacMurchy Helen MacMurchy Helen MacMurchy was a Canadian doctor, author, and a pioneer in the medical field.- Biography :MacMurchy, the daughter of Archibald MacMurchy, graduated with first class honour in medicine and surgery in 1901 from the University of Toronto. She interned at Toronto General Hospital, the first woman...	doctor, author, health care reformer	1997
Allan MacNab Allan MacNab Sir Allan Napier MacNab, 1st Baronet was a Canadian political leader and Premier of the Province of Canada before Canadian Confederation .-Biography:...	Premier (Province of Canada), politician, judge	1937
Agnes Macphail Agnes Macphail Agnes Campbell Macphail was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...	first female Member of Parliament	1985
Andrew Macphail Andrew Macphail John Andrew Macphail, Kt, MD, MRCS was a Canadian physician, author, professor of medicine, and soldier. "A prolific and versatile writer, Sir Andrew Macphail was one of the most influential Canadian intellectuals of his time."-Life and Work:Macphail was born in Orwell, Prince Edward Island, on...	physician, author, professor	1945
Charles Alexander Magrath Charles Alexander Magrath Charles Alexander Magrath conducted foundation surveys of the Northwest Territories from 1878 until 1885. He joined Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt and Elliot Torrance Galt in their western industrial enterprises as a surveyor, later becoming Elliott's assistant and Land Commissioner of the North...	surveyor, engineer, first mayor of Lethbridge, Alberta	1950
Charles Mair Charles Mair Charles Mair was a Canadian poet and journalist. He was a fervent Canadian nationalist noted for his participation in the Canada First movement and his opposition to Louis Riel during the two Riel Rebellions in western Canada.-Life:Mair was born at Lanark, Upper Canada, to Margaret Holmes and...	poet, nationalist, promoted western development	1937
Jeanne Mance Jeanne Mance Jeanne Mance was a French settler of New France. She was one of the founders of Montreal who secured its survival and was the founder and head of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.-Origins:...	settler, nurse, established hospital (Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal The Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal is the oldest hospital in Montreal, Quebec. Since 1996 it has been one of the three hospitals making up the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal .... )	1998
Donald Mann Donald Mann Sir Donald Mann was a Canadian railway contractor and entrepreneur.Born at Acton, Ontario, Mann studied as a Methodist minister but worked in lumber camps in Ontario and Michigan before moving to Winnipeg, Manitoba...	railroader (Canadian Northern Railway)	1976
Charles Marega Charles Marega Charles Carlos Marega was a Canadian sculptor in the early 20th century.He was born in Lucinico, in the commune of Gorizia, then part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. He received training in plaster work in Mariano, Italy and then studied in Vienna and Zurich. In Zurich, he met Berta, who he...	artist	2009
Marie-Victorin Marie-Victorin Brother Marie-Victorin was a De La Salle Christian Brother and botanist in Quebec, Canada, best known as the father of the Jardin botanique de Montréal....	botanist, monastic, author, educator	1987
Jacques Marquette Jacques Marquette Father Jacques Marquette S.J. , sometimes known as Père Marquette, was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste. Marie, and later founded St. Ignace, Michigan...	priest, explorer (Mississippi River, with Louis Jolliet)	1937
Paul Mascarene Paul Mascarene Paul Mascarene was a Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia from 1740 to 1749. He had an extensive military career throughout his life, during the events of British and French conflict that led to the Seven Years' War.-Biography:...	Lieutenant-Governor (Nova Scotia), defended Annapolis Royal	1929
Kèsh (Skookum Jim Mason) Keish Keish , better known by his English name Skookum Jim Mason, was a Canadian native part of the Tagish First Nation in what became the Yukon Territory of Canada...	explorer, discovered gold (Yukon)	1994
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....	Governor General	1974
Hart Massey Hart Massey Hart Almerrin Massey was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist born in Haldimand Township in what was then known as Upper Canada. His parents were Daniel Massey and Lucina Bradley...	businessman, philanthropist (Massey-Harris, Massey Hall)	1971
Matonabbee Matonabbee Matonabbee was a Chipewyan hunter and leader. He traveled with Chief Akaitcho's older brother, Keskarrah. After his father died, Matonabbee spent some time living at Fort Prince of Wales where he learned to speak English....	First Nations leader, role in Samuel Hearne expedition	1981
Wilfrid R. "Wop" May	aviator (World War I ace, established bush piloting)	1974
Peter McArthur	writer, farmer	1946
Richard McBride Richard McBride Sir Richard McBride, KCMG was a British Columbian politician and is often considered the founder of the British Columbia Conservative Party. McBride was first elected to the provincial legislature in the 1898 election, and served in the cabinet of James Dunsmuir from 1900 to 1901...	Premier and Agent General (British Columbia)	1938
Francis Leopold McClintock Francis Leopold McClintock Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock or Francis Leopold M'Clintock KCB, FRS was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy who is known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.-Biography:...	Arctic explorer	1972
Nellie McClung Nellie McClung Nellie McClung, born Nellie Letitia Mooney , was a Canadian feminist, politician, and social activist. She was a part of the social and moral reform movements prevalent in Western Canada in the early 1900s...	politician, feminist, social activist (first female board member of CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster... )	1954
Robert McClure Robert McClure Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure was an Irish explorer of the Arctic.In 1854, he was the first to transit the Northwest Passage , as well as the first to circumnavigate the Americas.-Early life and career:He was born at Wexford, in Ireland, the posthumous son of one of Abercrombie's captains,...	Arctic explorer	1972
Grant McConachie Grant McConachie George William Grant McConachie was a Canadian bush pilot and businessman who became CEO of Canadian Pacific Airlines ....	businessman, aviator (development of northwestern Canadian service)	2007
David Ross McCord David Ross McCord David Ross McCord was a Canadian lawyer and philanthropic founder of the McCord Museum in Montreal, Canada....	lawyer, philanthropist, founded McCord Museum in Montreal	2000
John McCrae John McCrae Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres...	physician, soldier, poet ("In Flanders Fields In Flanders Fields "In Flanders Fields" is one of the most notable poems written during World War I, created in the form of a French rondeau. It has been called "the most popular poem" produced during that period... ")	1946
Thomas McCulloch	educator (Pictou Academy, Dalhousie College)	1959
Jonathan McCully Jonathan McCully Jonathan McCully was a participant at the Confederation conferences at Charlottetown, Quebec City, and in London, and is thus considered one of the Fathers of Canadian Confederation. He did much to promote union through newspaper editorials. For his efforts, he received a Senate appointment...	Father of Confederation	1939
John Alexander Douglas McCurdy John Alexander Douglas McCurdy John Alexander Douglas McCurdy was a Canadian aviation pioneer and the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1947 to 1952. -Early years:...	aviator (first to pilot an aircraft in British Empire), Lieutenant-Governor (Nova Scotia)	1974
George Millward McDougall	missionary, role in Treaty 6 Treaty 6 Treaty 6 is an agreement between the Canadian monarch and the Plain and Wood Cree Indians and other tribes of Indians at Fort Carlton, Fort Pitt and Battle River. The area agreed upon by the Plain and Wood Cree represents most of the central area of the current provinces of Saskatchewan and...	1969
William McDougall William McDougall (politician) Sir William McDougall PC CB was a Canadian lawyer, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation.Born near York, Upper Canada...	Father of Confederation, politician	1943
Thomas D'Arcy McGee	Father of Confederation, writer, Irish nationalist	1943
Donald McKay Donald McKay Donald McKay was a Canadian-born American designer and builder of sailing ships.He was born in Jordan Falls, Shelburne County on Nova Scotia's South Shore. In 1826 he moved to New York, working for shipbuilders Brown & Bell and Isaac Webb...	ship designer and builder	1938
R. Tait McKenzie R. Tait McKenzie Robert Tait McKenzie was an internationally renowned Canadian-born sculptor, doctor, soldier, physical educator, athlete and Scouter...	surgeon, artist, physical educator	1958
Louise McKinney Louise McKinney Louise McKinney née Crummy was a provincial politician and women's rights activist from Alberta, Canada. She was the first woman sworn in to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman elected to a legislature in Canada and in the British Empire...	first female legistlator in the British Empire (Alberta)	1939
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...	businessman, philanthropist (automotive industry)	1989
John McLoughlin John McLoughlin Dr. John McLoughlin, baptized Jean-Baptiste McLoughlin, was the Chief Factor of the Columbia Fur District of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver. He was later known as the "Father of Oregon" for his role in assisting the American cause in the Oregon Country in the Pacific Northwest...	Hudson's Bay Company chief factor, "Father of Oregon"	1951
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...	professor, author (media analysis)	2007
William McMaster William McMaster William McMaster was a wholesaler, Senator and banker in the 19th century. A director of the Bank of Montreal from 1864–1867, he was a driving force behind the creation of the Canadian Bank of Commerce of which he served as the founding president from 1867 to his death in 1887.He served in the...	businessman, Senator, banker	1990
Violet Clara McNaughton	social reformer (Women Grain Growers)	1997
Alexander James McPhail	social reformer (agriculture), Canadian Wheat Pool president	1971
Arthur Meighen Arthur Meighen Arthur Meighen, PC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served two terms as the ninth Prime Minister of Canada: from July 10, 1920 to December 29, 1921; and from June 29 to September 25, 1926. He was the first Prime Minister born after Confederation, and the only one to represent a riding...	Prime Minister	1961
Jean-Baptiste Meilleur Jean-Baptiste Meilleur Jean-Baptiste Meilleur was a doctor, educator and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Petite-Côte in Saint-Laurent, Lower Canada on the Island of Montreal in 1796, the son of Jean Meilleur, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal and an English school in Montreal...	doctor, educator	2002
Henri Membertou Henri Membertou Henri Membertou was the sakmow of the Mi'kmaq First Nations tribe situated near Port Royal, site of the first French settlement in Acadia, present-day Nova Scotia, Canada. Originally sakmow of the Kespukwitk district, he was appointed as Grand Chief by the sakmowk of the other six districts.His...  (Anli-Maopeltoog)	First Nations leader, role in establishing Mi'kmaq-French Alliance	1981
Men of Letters (Acadia) - (Pascal Poirier Pascal Poirier Pascal Poirier was a Canadian author, lawyer, and the all-time longest-serving Senator.Born in Shediac, New Brunswick, he wrote books on Acadian history and language. The Pascal Poirier House, a Provincial Historic Site , is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places... , Placide Gaudet Placide Gaudet Placide Gaudet was a Canadian historian, educator, genealogist and journalist. He signed his name as Placide P. Gaudet... , John Clarence Webster John Clarence Webster John Clarence Webster was a Canadian-born physician pioneering in Obstetrics and gynaecology who in retirement had a second career as an historian, specializing in the history of his native New Brunswick... , Israël Landry and Ferdinand Joseph Robidoux Ferdinand Joseph Robidoux Ferdinand-Joseph Robidoux was a lawyer and political figure of Acadian descent in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Kent in the Canadian House of Commons from 1911 to 1917 as a Conservative.... )	writers (Acadia)	1955
Charles de Menou d'Aulnay Charles de Menou d'Aulnay Charles de Menou d'Aulnay was a pioneer of European settlement in North America and Governor of Acadia .-Biography:D'Aulnay was a member of the French nobility who was at various times a sea captain, a lieutenant in the French navy to his cousin Isaac de Razilly, and Governor of Acadia...	Governor (Acadia), colonizer	1972
Honoré Mercier Honoré Mercier Honoré Mercier was a lawyer, journalist and politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the ninth Premier of Quebec from January 27, 1887 to December 21, 1891, as leader of the Parti National or Quebec Liberal Party ....	Premier (Quebec), journalist, lawyer	1938
William Hamilton Merritt William Hamilton Merritt William Hamilton Merritt was an influential figure in the Niagara Peninsula of Upper Canada in early 19th century and one of the fathers of the Welland Canal....	businessman, role in building the Welland Canal Welland Canal The Welland Canal is a ship canal in Canada that extends from Port Weller, Ontario, on Lake Ontario, to Port Colborne, Ontario, on Lake Erie. As a part of the St...	1974
David Mills David Mills (Canadian politician) David Mills, PC was a Canadian politician, author, poet and jurist.He was born in Palmyra, in southwestern Ontario. His father, Nathaniel Mills, was one of the first settlers in the area. Mills served as superintendent of schools for Kent County from 1856 to 1865...	cabinet minister (Interior and Justice)	1954
Mattie Mitchell	First Nations figure, explorer and hunter (Newfoundland)	2002
Peter Mitchell Peter Mitchell (politician) Peter Mitchell, PC was a Canadian politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation.Mitchell ran again in 1856 as an opponent of prohibition, which had been proposed by the government. He carried a pistol for protection during the campaign and rum for his supporters. He was successful in this...	Father of Confederation, Prime Minister (New Brunswick, pre-Confederation)	1938
Mokwina	First Nations leader (Moachat Confederacy)	1987
William Molson William Molson William Molson was a Canadian politician, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was the founder and President of Molson Bank, which was later absorbed by the Bank of Montreal....	businessman	1971
Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck	first Governor General of Confederation	1974
Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE , called "Maud" by family and friends and publicly known as L.M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success...	author (Anne of Green Gables)	1943
Frederick Montizambert Frederick Montizambert Frederick Montizambert, CMG, ISO was a Canadian physician and civil servant. He was the first Director General of Public Health in Canada....	physician, civil servant (quarantining)	1998
Susanna Moodie Susanna Moodie Susanna Moodie, born Strickland , was an English-born Canadian author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada, which was a British colony at the time.-Biography:...	author, settler	1975
Sewell Moody	businessman (sawmills)	1988
Howie Morenz Howie Morenz Howard William Morenz was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played centre for three National Hockey League teams: the Montreal Canadiens , the Chicago Black Hawks, and the New York Rangers...	hockey player	1976
Adrien-Gabriel Morice Adrien-Gabriel Morice Adrien-Gabriel Morice was a missionary priest belonging to the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He served as a missionary in Canada, and created a writing system for the Carrier language.-Early life:...	missionary, author	1948
Augustin-Norbert Morin Augustin-Norbert Morin Augustin-Norbert Morin was a lawyer, judgeBorn in Saint-Michel, Lower Canada, into a large Roman Catholic farming family, Morin was identified by the parish priest at a young age as a boy of exceptional talent and intelligence. The parish priest therefore arranged for his education at the...	lawyer, Superior Court Justice, role in Reform Coalition	1938
James Wilson Morrice James Wilson Morrice James Wilson Morrice was a significant Canadian landscape painter. He studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, France, where he lived for most of his career.-Biography:...	artist	1954
Alexander Morris Alexander Morris Alexander Morris, PC was a Canadian politician. He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald , and was the second Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba...	Chief Justice (Manitoba), politician, role in 1864 Great Coalition	1971
Arthur Silver Morton	teacher, historian, archivist (Saskatchewan)	1952
William Richard Motherwell William Richard Motherwell William Richard Motherwell, PC was a provincial and federal Canadian politician.-Biography:Born in Perth, Canada West....	cabinet minister (Agriculture); established Territorial Grain Growers' Association	1966
Oliver Mowat Oliver Mowat Sir Oliver Mowat, was a Canadian politician, and the third Premier of Ontario from 1872 to 1896, making him the longest serving premier of that province and the 3rd longest in all of Canadian history...	Father of Confederation, Premier (Ontario)	1934
Beamish Murdoch Beamish Murdoch Beamish Murdoch was a lawyer, historian and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1826 to 1830....	lawyer, politician, writer	1937
Emily Murphy Emily Murphy Emily Murphy was a Canadian women's rights activist, jurist, and author. In 1916, she became the first woman magistrate in Canada, and in the British Empire...	first female judge in British Empire, author, women's rights activist	1958
James Murray	Governor (Quebec), Military Governor (Quebec District)	1955
Leonard W. Murray Leonard W. Murray Rear Admiral Leonard Warren Murray, CB, CBE was a officer of the Royal Canadian Navy who played a significant role in the Battle of the Atlantic. He commanded the Newfoundland Escort Force from 1941–1943, and from 1943 to the end of the war was Commander-in-Chief, Canadian Northwest Atlantic...	admiral (North Atlantic Convoy, World War II)	1977
Anthony Musgrave Anthony Musgrave Sir Anthony Musgrave KCMG was a colonial administrator and governor. He was born at St John’s, Antigua, the third of 11 children of Anthony Musgrave and Mary Harris Sheriff...	Governor (Newfoundland, British Columbia), role in British Columbia joining Confederation	1975
James Naismith James Naismith The first game of "Basket Ball" was played in December 1891. In a handwritten report, Naismith described the circumstances of the inaugural match; in contrast to modern basketball, the players played nine versus nine, handled a soccer ball, not a basketball, and instead of shooting at two hoops,...	inventor of basketball, physician, promoter of physical education	1976
Neekaneet (Foremost Man)	First Nations leader (Plains Cree)	1981
John Neilson John Neilson John Neilson was a Scots-Quebecer editor of the newspaper La Gazette de Québec/The Quebec Gazette and a politician.- Biography :...	politician, editor, journalist, reformer	1976
Émile Nelligan Émile Nelligan Émile Nelligan was a francophone poet from Quebec, Canada.-Biography:Nelligan was born in Montreal on December 24, 1879 at 602, rue de La Gauchetière. He was the first son of David Nelligan, who arrived in Quebec from Dublin, Ireland at the age of 12. His mother was Émilie Amanda Hudon, from...	poet (L'École littéraire de Montréal)	1974
Nescambiouit	First Nations leader	2005
Simon Newcomb Simon Newcomb Simon Newcomb was a Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician. Though he had little conventional schooling, he made important contributions to timekeeping as well as writing on economics and statistics and authoring a science fiction novel.-Early life:Simon Newcomb was born in the town of...	astronomer, mathematician (United States Naval Observatory, Nautical Almanac)	1935
Gilbert Stuart Newton Gilbert Stuart Newton -Life:Newton was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the twelfth child and youngest son of Henry Newton, a customs official, and Ann, his wife, daughter of Gilbert Stuart, snuff manufacturer at Boston, Massachusetts, of Scottish descent, and sister to Gilbert Stuart the portrait painter...	artist (Royal Academy)	1944
Margaret Newton	scientist (agriculture, grains)	1996
Guido Nincheri Guido Nincheri Guido Nincheri was a Canadian artist working mainly in stained glass and fresco.-Biography:Born in Prato, Italy, he studied art in Florence and immigrated to Montreal in 1915 after a short stay in Boston where he decorated the Boston Opera House.Nincheri designed the interior decoration of many...	artist, decorator	2007
Percy Erskine Nobbs Percy Erskine Nobbs Percy Erskine Nobbs was a Canadian architect who was born in Haddington, Scotland and trained in the United Kingdom. He spent most of his career in the Montreal area...	architect	2008
Charles Sherwood Noble Charles Sherwood Noble Charles Sherwood Noble invented a minimum disturbance cultivator called the Noble blade. The Noble blade cuts weed roots beneath the soil surface without turning the soil over, thus reducing topsoil loss due to wind erosion...	inventor (agricultural machinery)	2002
John Norquay John Norquay John Norquay was the Premier of Manitoba from 1878 to 1887. He was born near St. Andrews in what was then the Red River Colony, making him the first Premier of Manitoba to have been born in the region....	Premier (Manitoba), Métis statesman	1943
William Notman William Notman William Notman was a Canadian photographer and businessman.Notman was born in Paisley, Scotland in 1826, the same year in which photography was born in France. William Notman moved to Montreal in 1856. An amateur photographer, he quickly established a flourishing professional photography studio on...	photographer, businessman	1975
'Doc' Harold Anthony Oaks Harold Anthony Oaks Captain Harold Anthony Oaks was a Canadian-born World War I flying ace credited with 11 confirmed aerial victories. Upon his return to Canada, his extensive pioneering activities as an aviator/geologist earned him enshrinement in the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame.- Early life and infantry service...	bush pilot (Patricia Airways)	1974
Jonathan Odell Jonathan Odell Jonathan Odell was a Loyalist poet who lived during the American Revolution.Odell was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1737 to John and Temperance Odell. He graduated from Princeton University in 1754...	poet, clergyman, surgeon, Secretary (New Brunswick)	1959
William Ogilvie William Ogilvie (surveyor) William Ogilvie FRGS was a Canadian Dominion land surveyor, explorer and Commissioner of the Yukon Territory....	Commissioner (Yukon), surveyor, explorer, author	1970
Joseph Oleskiw Joseph Oleskiw Dr. Joseph Oleskiw or Jósef Olesków was a Ukrainian professor who promoted Ukrainian immigration to the Canadian prairies. His efforts helped encourage the initial wave of settlers which began the Ukrainian Canadian community....	professor, promoted Ukrainian immigration	1996
Frank Oliver	cabinet minister (Interior), journalist	1947
David Oppenheimer David Oppenheimer David Oppenheimer was a successful entrepreneur, the second mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, and a National Historic Person of Canada.-Early life:...	Mayor (Vancouver), businessman, Jewish community leader	2008
Oronhyatekha Oronhyatekha Oronhyatekha , , was a Mohawk physician, scholar, and a unique figure in the history of British colonialism...	first Canadian First Nations physician	2001
William Osler William Osler Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet was a physician. He was one of the "Big Four" founding professors at Johns Hopkins Hospital as the first Professor of Medicine and founder of the Medical Service there. Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet (July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a physician. He was...	physician, medical researcher and educator	1950
Daniel David Palmer Daniel David Palmer Daniel David Palmer or D.D. Palmer was the founder of chiropractic. Palmer was born in Pickering, near Toronto, Canada. While working as a magnetic healer in Davenport, Iowa, United States he encountered a janitor, Harvey Lillard, whose hearing was impaired...	founded chiropractic medicine	1993
Edward Palmer	Father of Confederation, Premier (Prince Edward Island)	1939
Louis-Joseph Papineau Louis-Joseph Papineau Louis-Joseph Papineau , born in Montreal, Quebec, was a politician, lawyer, and the landlord of the seigneurie de la Petite-Nation. He was the leader of the reformist Patriote movement before the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–1838. His father was Joseph Papineau, also a famous politician in Quebec...	politician, lawyer, seigneur (Montebello, la Petite-Nation), Patroit Movement leader	1937
Étienne Parent Étienne Parent Étienne Parent was a Canadian journalist and government official.He was editor of the newspaper Le Canadien and, as such, supported French Canadian journalism and writing...	civil servant, journalist, editor Le Canadien	1974
Sir Gilbert Parker, 1st Baronet	politician, author (romance novels)	1938
George Robert Parkin George Robert Parkin Sir George Robert Parkin KCMG was a Canadian educator, imperialist, and author.Born at Parkindale near Salisbury, New Brunswick, he was a graduate from the University of New Brunswick. From 1867 to 1871, he taught at the Bathurst Grammar School...	author, educator, Imperial Federation Movement leader	1938
Irene Parlby Irene Parlby Irene Parlby was a Canadian women's farm leader, activist and politician.Born in London, England, Parlby came to Canada in 1896. In 1913, Parlby helped to found the first women's local of the United Farmers of Alberta. In 1921, she was elected to the Alberta Legislature for the riding of Lacombe,...	politician, rural leader, campaigned to allow women in the Senate	1966
William Edward Parry William Edward Parry Sir William Edward Parry was an English rear-admiral and Arctic explorer, who in 1827 attempted one of the earliest expeditions to the North Pole...	Arctic explorer	1971
Walter Patterson Walter Patterson Walter Patterson was the first British colonial Governor of Prince Edward Island.-Birth and life in the military:...	Governor (Prince Edward Island)	1974
The Peacemakers The Peacemakers The Peacemakers is an 1868 painting by George P.A. Healy. It depicts the historic March 28, 1865, strategy session by the Union high command on the steamer River Queen during the final days of the American Civil War.- Historical setting :... : Albert Lacombe Albert Lacombe Albert Lacombe , commonly known in Alberta simply as Father Lacombe, was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic missionary who lived among and evangelized the Cree and Blackfoot First Nations of western Canada... , John McDougall	brokered peace between First Nations groups	1932
William Pearce	surveyor, planner (western Canada)	1973
Lester B. Pearson Lester B. Pearson Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE was a Canadian professor, historian, civil servant, statesman, diplomat, and politician, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis...	Prime Minister	1974
Paul Peel Paul Peel Paul Peel was a Canadian academic painter. Having won a medal at the 1890 Paris Salon, he became one of the first Canadian artists to receive international recognition in his lifetime.-Career and life:...	artist (of the French Academic School)	1937
Chief Peguis	First Nations leader	2008
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...	orchestra conductor, founded Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec The Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec is a public network of nine state-subsidised schools offering higher education in music and theatre in Quebec, Canada. The organization was established in 1942 as a branch of the Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec by the...	1988
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"...	neurosurgeon (Montreal Neurological Institute)	1988
Simeon Perkins Simeon Perkins Simeon Perkins was a Nova Scotia merchant, diarist and politician.Colonel Simeon Perkins was born in Norwich, Connecticut, one of sixteen children of Jacob Perkins and Jemima Leonard. He came to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, in May 1762 as part of the New England Planter migration to Nova Scotia...	businessman, diarist, politician	1946
Nicolas Perrot Nicolas Perrot Nicolas Perrot , explorer, diplomat, and fur trader, was one of the first white men in the upper Mississippi Valley. Born in France, he came to New France around 1660 with Jesuits and had the opportunity to visit Indian tribes and learn their languages...	explorer, diplomat, fur trader	1952
Piapot Piapot Piapot, a Chief of First Nations people in southern Saskatchewan in the late 19th century. His name “Payepot” means Hole-in-the-Sioux. He became a well known leader, diplomat, warrior, horse thief, and spiritualist.-Childhood:...	First Nations leader	1981
Pitikwahanapiwiyin Pitikwahanapiwiyin Pitikwahanapiwiyin , commonly known as Poundmaker, was a Plains Cree chief known as a peacemaker and defender of his people.-Name:...  (Poundmaker)	First Nations leader	1967
Peter Pitseolak Peter Pitseolak Peter Pitseolak was an Inuit photographer, artist and historian.-Life:]...	photographer, artist, historian, hunter	1981
John Stanley Plaskett John Stanley Plaskett John Stanley Plaskett FRS was a Canadian astronomer.He worked as a machinist, and was offered a job as a mechanician at the Department of Physics at the University of Toronto, constructing apparatuses and assisting with demonstrations during lectures...	astronomer (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory)	1949
Peter Pond Peter Pond Peter Pond was born in Milford, Connecticut. He was a soldier with a Connecticut regiment, a fur trader, a founding member of the North West Company, an explorer and a cartographer.-Biography:...	fur trader, cartographer, explorer (role in establishing North West Company)	1951
Georgina Pope Georgina Pope Georgina Pope was a Canadian nurse who served with distinction in the Second Boer War and First World War.- Boer War and Canadian Army Nursing Service :...	nurse (first matron of Army Medical Corps)	1983
James Colledge Pope James Colledge Pope James Colledge Pope, PC was a land proprietor and politician on Prince Edward Island , Canada. He served as premier of the colony from 1865 to 1867, and from 1870 to 1872. He was premier of PEI in 1873 when the island joined Canadian confederation.He was born in Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, the...	Premier (Prince Edward Island), cabinet minister (Marine and Fisheries)	1938
Joseph Pope Joseph Pope Sir Joseph Pope, KCMG CVO ISO was a Canadian public servant. He was Private Secretary to Sir John A. Macdonald from 1882 to 1891 and Assistant Clerk to the Privy Council & Under Secretary of State for Canada from 1896 to 1926.He married Marie-Louise-Joséphine-Henriette Taschereau in...	civil servant, author	1938
William Henry Pope	Father of Confederation	1939
Philip Louis Pratley	bridge designer (Dominion Bridge)	2005
E. J. Pratt E. J. Pratt Edwin John Dove Pratt, FRSC , who published as E. J. Pratt, was "the leading Canadian poet of his time." He was a Canadian poet originally from Newfoundland who lived most of his life in Toronto, Ontario...	poet	1975
Richard Preston Richard Preston (clergyman) Richard Preston, , was religious leader and abolitionist who escaped slavery in Virginia to become an important leader for the African Nova Scotian community and in the international struggle against slavery.-Personal life:...	escaped slaved, black community leader	2005
William Price William Price (Canadian politician) Sir William Price was a Canadian businessman and politician.Born in Talca, Chile, the son of Henry Ferrier Price and Florence Rogerson, Price was educated at Bishops College School in Lennoxville, Quebec and later at St. Marks School, Windsor, England...	businessman, politician (forest products)	2003
Léon Abel Provancher Léon Abel Provancher Léon Abel Provancher was a Canadian Catholic parish priest and naturalist. He studied at the College and Seminary of Nicolet, and was ordained 12 September 1844.-Life:He organized two pilgrimages to Jerusalem, one of which he conducted in person...	priest, naturalist, author	1994
Pierre-Esprit Radisson Pierre-Esprit Radisson Pierre-Esprit Radisson was a French-Canadian fur trader and explorer. He is often linked to his brother-in-law Médard des Groseilliers who was about 20 years older. The decision of Radisson and Groseilliers to enter the English service led to the formation of the Hudson's Bay Company.Born near...	explorer, cartographer, fur trader, role in Hudson's Bay Company	1971
John Rae John Rae (explorer) John Rae was a Scottish doctor who explored Northern Canada, surveyed parts of the Northwest Passage and reported the fate of the Franklin Expedition....	explorer, physician, fur trader	1973
James Ralston James Ralston James Layton Ralston, PC was a Canadian lawyer, soldier and politician.Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Ralston graduated from law school at Dalhousie University in 1903 and practised law in Amherst...	cabinet minister (National Defence)	1973
Alice Ravenhill Alice Ravenhill Alice Ravenhill was an educational pioneer, a developer of Women’s Institutes, and one of the first authors to propound aboriginal rights in B.C. She is also the author of numerous articles and books, including her autobiography which she wrote when she was 92.-Biography:Ravenhill was born into a...	educator, author, social and educational reformer	2008
Red Crow	First Nations leader (Blood tribe), signatory to Treaty 7 Treaty 7 Treaty 7 was an agreement between Queen Victoria and several mainly Blackfoot First Nations tribes in what is today the southern portion of Alberta. It was concluded on September 22, 1877. The agreement was signed at the Blackfoot Crossing of the Bow River, at the present-day Siksika Nation...	1977
John Reeves John Reeves John Reeves , was a British judge, public official and conservative activist. In 1792 he founded the Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers to campaign against the ideas of the French Revolution and their British supporters...	judge, historian	1995
George Agnew Reid	artist, president (Ontario Society of Artists, Royal Canadian Academy of Art)	1948
Marcel-François Richard	role in Acadia - developed flag, anthem and patron day	2004
William Buell Richards William Buell Richards Sir William Buell Richards, PC, Kt was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Richards was born in Brockville, Upper Canada to Stephen Richards and Phoebe Buell. He earned law degree at the St. Lawrence Academy in Potsdam, New York and then articled with his uncle Andrew Norton...	Supreme Court of Canada judge	1938
Harriette Taber Richardson	Promoted reconstruction of Port Royal Habitation	1949
John Richardson John Richardson (author) John Richardson was a British Army officer and the first Canadian-born novelist to achieve international recognition....	soldier (War of 1812), poet, novelist, established New Era journal	1938
Louis Riel Louis Riel Louis David Riel was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political and spiritual leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies. He led two resistance movements against the Canadian government and its first post-Confederation Prime Minister, Sir John A....	Métis leader, role in North-West Rebellion	1956
John William Ritchie John William Ritchie John William Gianni was a Canadian lawyer and politician from Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Gianni was the son of Thomas Ritchie and Elizabeth Wildman Johnston. He studied law with his uncle James William Johnston and was admitted to the bar in 1831...	Father of Confederation, Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice	1959
Joseph-Noël Ritchot Joseph-Noël Ritchot Father Joseph-Noël Ritchot commonly known as Father Noël-Joseph Ritchot was a Roman Catholic priest noted for his role in negotiating with the Government of Canada on behalf of the Métis during the Red River Rebellion of 1869 – 1870.Ritchot credited the Blessed Virgin Mary with allowing the...	clergyman	1990
Charles G.D. Roberts Charles G.D. Roberts Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, was a Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry. He was "almost the first Canadian author to obtain worldwide reputation and influence; he was also a tireless promoter and encourager of Canadian literature......	poet	1945
Charles Walker Robinson	soldier, author	1938
John Beverley Robinson John Beverley Robinson John Beverley Robinson was elected mayor of Toronto in 1856. He was the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario between the years 1880–1887....	mayor (Toronto), Lieutenant-Governor (Ontario), member of Family Compact Family Compact Fully developed after the War of 1812, the Compact lasted until Upper and Lower Canada were united in 1841. In Lower Canada, its equivalent was the Château Clique. The influence of the Family Compact on the government administration at different levels lasted to the 1880s...	1937
John Robson John Robson John Robson was a Canadian journalist and politician, who served as the ninth Premier of the Province of British Columbia.-Journalist and activist:...	Premier (British Columbia), established first British Columbia newspaper	1938
Marie Marguerite Rose	abolitionist, freed slave	2008
Sir John Rose, 1st Baronet	politician, banker, diplomat	1973
Bobbie Rosenfeld Bobbie Rosenfeld Fanny Rosenfeld was a Canadian athlete, who earned a gold medal for the 400 metre relay and a silver medal for the 100 metre at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. She was called the "best Canadian female athlete of the half-century" and a star at basketball, hockey, softball, and tennis...	athlete (Olympic gold medalist)	1976
Alexander Ross Alexander Ross (fur trader) -Fur trader and explorer:Ross emigrated to Upper Canada, present day , from Scotland about 1805.In 1811, while working for John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company, Ross took part in the founding of Fort Astoria, a fur-trading post at the mouth of the Columbia River...	fur trader, author, role in Pacific Fur Company and North West Company	1951
James Hamilton Ross James Hamilton Ross James Hamilton Ross was a Canadian politician, the Yukon Territory's third Commissioner, and an ardent defender of territorial rights...	Member of North-West Council and Assembly, Commissioner (Yukon)	1948
George William Ross George William Ross Sir George William Ross was an educator and politician in Ontario, Canada. He was the fifth Premier of Ontario from 1899 to 1905....	Premier (Ontario), Senate Liberal leader	1937
James Clark Ross James Clark Ross Sir James Clark Ross , was a British naval officer and explorer. He explored the Arctic with his uncle Sir John Ross and Sir William Parry, and later led his own expedition to Antarctica.-Arctic explorer:...	Arctic explorer	1972
John Ross John Ross (Arctic explorer) Sir John Ross, CB, was a Scottish rear admiral and Arctic explorer.Ross was the son of the Rev. Andrew Ross, minister of Inch, near Stranraer in Scotland. In 1786, aged only nine, he joined the Royal Navy as an apprentice. He served in the Mediterranean until 1789 and then in the English Channel...	Arctic explorer	1972
John Rowand John Rowand John Rowand was a fur trader for the North West Company and later, the Hudson's Bay Company. At the peak of his career, he was Chief Factor at Fort Edmonton, and in charge of the HBC's vast Saskatchewan District.-Montreal:...	fur trader, Chief factor (Hudson's Bay Company)	1954
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...	author	2008
Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson OM, FRS was a New Zealand-born British chemist and physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics...	physicist (nuclear pioneer)	1939
Egerton Ryerson Egerton Ryerson Adolphus Egerton Ryerson was a Methodist minister, educator, politician, and public education advocate in early Ontario, Canada...	clergyman, educator, politician, school advocate	1934
Mary Anne Sadlier Mary Anne Sadlier Mary Anne Sadlier was an Irish author.Born Mary Anne Madden in Cootehill, Co. Cavan, Ireland, Sadlier published roughly sixty novels and numerous stories. She wrote for Irish immigrants in both the United States and Canada, enouraging them to attend mass and retain the Catholic faith...	author (religious subjects)	2008
Idola Saint-Jean	women's rights activist	1997
Bernard Keble Sandwell Bernard Keble Sandwell Bernard Keble Sandwell,or BK as he was more commonly known, was a Canadian editor.Born in Ipswich to George Henry Sandwell, a congregationalist minister and Emily Johnson, he remained in Canada when his father's mission ended, and attended the University of Toronto from 1893 to 1897, where he...	editor, writer, role in Saturday Night Saturday Night (magazine) Saturday Night was a Canadian general interest magazine. It was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 1887.The publication was first established as a weekly broadsheet newspaper about public affairs and the arts, which was later expanded into a general interest magazine. The editor, Edmund E. Sheppard,...	1955
Edward Sapir Edward Sapir Edward Sapir was an American anthropologist-linguist, widely considered to be one of the most important figures in the early development of the discipline of linguistics....	anthropologist, linguist, expert on First Nations	1983
Margaret Marshall Saunders Margaret Marshall Saunders Margaret Marshall Saunders CBE was a Canadian author.Saunders was born in the village of Milton, Nova Scotia, though she spent most of her childhood in Berwick, Nova Scotia where her father was a Baptist minister. Saunders is most famous for her novel Beautiful Joe...	author	1947
Charles E. Saunders Charles E. Saunders Sir Charles Edward Saunders, FRSC was a Canadian agronomist. He was the inventor of Marquis Wheat....	agronomist (Marquis wheat)	1938
William Saunders William Saunders (scientist) William Saunders was a Canadian pharmacist, scientist, civil servant, and author.Born in Crediton, England, the son of James Saunders and Jane Wollacott, Saunders emigrated to Upper Canada in 1848 settling in London. He apprenticed to a local druggist and opened his own pharmacy in 1855...	pharmacist, scientist, civil servant, author, role with Experimental farms	1952
Savalette	established Acadian "sedentary" fisheries	1944
Frank W. Schofield	veterinarian	2009
Jacob Gould Schurman	educator, philosopher, academic president (Cornell University)	1943
Duncan Campbell Scott Duncan Campbell Scott Duncan Campbell Scott was a Canadian poet and prose writer. With Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, and Archibald Lampman, he is classed as one of Canada's Confederation Poets....	poet (Confederation poets)	1948
Richard William Scott Richard William Scott Sir Richard William Scott, PC, KC was a Canadian politician and cabinet minister.He was born in Prescott, Ontario in 1825. A lawyer by training, Scott was admitted to the bar in 1848 and established a practice in Bytown...	politician, supported Ontario Separate School Act	1938
Joseph E. Seagram Joseph E. Seagram Joseph Emm Seagram was a British Canadian distillery founder, politician, philanthropist, and major owner of thoroughbred racehorses....	alcohol distiller, politician	1971
Laura Secord Laura Secord Laura Ingersoll Secord was a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812. She is known for warning British forces of an impending American attack that led to the British victory at the Battle of Beaver Dams.-Early life:...	heroine, War of 1812	2002
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...	medical researcher (stress)	1989
Ernest Thompson Seton Ernest Thompson Seton Ernest Thompson Seton was a Scots-Canadian who became a noted author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America . Seton also influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting...	writer, conservationist, artist, social reformer	1995
Jonathan Sewell Jonathan Sewell Jonathan Sewell was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.-Early life:He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of the last British attorney general of Massachusetts...	Chief Justice (Lower Canada), supported Confederation	1956
Mary Ann Shadd Mary Ann Shadd Mary Ann Shadd Cary was born to Abraham and Harriett Shadd, both free-born blacks, in Wilmington, Delaware. She was the oldest in her family of 13 children...	editor, leader (Black Refugee Movement)	1994
Shanawdithit Shanawdithit Shanawdithit , also noted as Shawnadithititis, Shawnawdithit, Nancy April and Nancy Shanawdithit, was the last known living member of the Beothuk people of Newfoundland, Canada. Also remembered for drawings she made towards the end of her life, Shawnawdithit was in her late twenties when she died...	last surviving Beothuk Beothuk The Beothuk were one of the aboriginal peoples in Canada. They lived on the island of Newfoundland at the time of European contact in the 15th and 16th centuries...	2000
Ambrose Shea Ambrose Shea Sir Ambrose Shea, KCMG , from Newfoundland was a political and business figure in Colonial Newfoundland and later served as Governor of the Bahamas. He was one of two Newfoundland delegates to the Québec Conference that led to Canadian confederation.Shea was born in St. John's, Newfoundland...	Father of Confederation, Speaker (Newfoundland House)	1959
Francis Joseph Sherman Francis Joseph Sherman Francis Joseph Sherman was a Canadian poet.He published a number of books of poetry during the last years of the nineteenth century, including Matins and In Memorabilia Mortis .-Life:Sherman was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, the son of Alice Maxwell Myrshall and Louis Walsh Sherman...	poet, banker	1945
Adam Shortt Adam Shortt Adam Shortt, C.M.G. was an economic historian in Ontario. He was the first full-time employed academic in the field at a Canadian university — Queen's....	historian, author, role in Canadian Civil Service Commission	1938
Clifford Sifton Clifford Sifton Sir Clifford Sifton, PC, KCMG was a Canadian politician best known for being Minister of the Interior under Sir Wilfrid Laurier...	cabinet minister (Interior), promoted immigration	1955
John Graves Simcoe John Graves Simcoe John Graves Simcoe was a British army officer and the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada from 1791–1796. Then frontier, this was modern-day southern Ontario and the watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior...	Lieutenant-Governor (Upper Canada), military leader (Queen's Rangers)	1974
George Simpson George Simpson (administrator) Sir George Simpson was a Scots-Quebecer and employee of the Hudson's Bay Company . His title was Governor-in-Chief of Rupert's Land and administrator over the Northwest Territories and Columbia Department in British North America from 1821 to 1860.-Early years:George Simpson was born in Dingwall,...	Governor-in-Chief (Rupert's Land), General Superintendent (Hudson's Bay Company)	1927
Thomas Simpson Thomas Simpson (explorer) Thomas Simpson , Hudson's Bay Company agent and personal secretary for Hudson Bay governor Sir George Simpson, and arctic explorer.-Early life:...	Arctic explorer	1937
Oscar D. Skelton Oscar D. Skelton Oscar Douglas Skelton was a Canadian professor, author, civil servant, and politician.He earned his M.A. from Queen's University in 1900, and his doctorate in political economy from the University of Chicago in 1908. He taught at Queen's University until 1925, where he also served in the...	historian, economist, established Department of External Affairs	1947
Frank Leith Skinner Frank Leith Skinner Frank Leith Skinner M.B.E., L.L.D. was a Canadian plant breeder and horticulturalist.- Life :Born in Scotland, he immigrated at a young age to the Dropmore region, Manitoba, Canada. Medical problems caused him to turn to gardening rather than agriculture...	horticulturalist	1997
Joshua Slocum Joshua Slocum Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Canadian born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. In 1900 he told the story of this in Sailing Alone Around the World...	mariner, explorer, author, first solo sailor to travel throughout the world	1957
Charlotte Small Charlotte Small Charlotte Small was the Métis wife of explorer David Thompson . She was the daughter of North West Company partner Patrick Small and an unnamed Cree woman. Her siblings were also involved in the fur trade; Patrick Small, Jr...	Métis figure, role in fur trade	2008
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...	Father of Confederation, Premier (Newfoundland)	1996
Albert James Smith Albert James Smith Sir Albert James Smith, PC, KCMG, QC was a New Brunswick politician and opponent of Canadian confederation...	Premier (New Brunswick), cabinet minister (Marine and Fisheries)	1949
Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal Sir Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, GCMG, GCVO, PC, DL was a Scottish-born Canadian fur trader, financier, railroad baron and politician.-Early life:...	fur trader, railroader (Canadian Pacific), politician, role with Hudson's Bay Company	1971
Goldwin Smith Goldwin Smith Goldwin Smith was a British-Canadian historian and journalist.- Early years :He was born at Reading, Berkshire. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford, and after a brilliant undergraduate career he was elected to a fellowship at University College, Oxford...	historian, journalist	1975
Mary Ellen Smith Mary Ellen Smith Mary Ellen Spear Smith was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. She was the first female Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and both the first female cabinet minister and the first female Speaker in the British Empire.She was born in England...	politician	2007
Mary Meager Southcott	nurse, superintendent	1998
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....	Prime Minister	1973
Sam Steele Sam Steele Major General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele, CB, KCMG, MVO was a distinguished Canadian soldier and police official...	soldier, Superintendent (North-West Mounted Police)	1938
William Steeves William Steeves William Henry Steeves was a merchant, lumberman, politician and Father of Canadian Confederation.-Life and career:...	Father of Confederation, industrialist, senator	1939
Vilhjalmur Stefansson Vilhjalmur Stefansson Vilhjalmur Stefansson was a Canadian Arctic explorer and ethnologist.-Early life:Stefansson, born William Stephenson, was born at Gimli, Manitoba, Canada, in 1879. His parents had emigrated from Iceland to Manitoba two years earlier...	Arctic explorer	1964
Stephan G. Stephansson Stephan G. Stephansson Stephan G. Stephansson was a Western Icelander, poet, and farmer. His original name was Stefán Guðmundur Guðmundsson....	poet	1946
George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen George Stephen, 1st Baron of Mount Stephen , known as Sir Stephen, between 1778 and 1891.-Canadian Pacific Railway syndicate:...	banker, railroader (Canada Pacific Railway), philanthropist	1971
Emily Stowe Emily Stowe Dr. Emily Howard Stowe was the first female doctor to practice in Canada, and an activist for women's rights and suffrage. Emily Stowe was born in Norwich Township, Oxford County, Ontario...	first woman to practise as a Canadian doctor, women's rights activist	1995
John Strachan John Strachan John Strachan was an influential figure in Upper Canada and the first Anglican Bishop of Toronto.-Early life:Strachan was the youngest of six children born to a quarry worker in Aberdeen, Scotland. He graduated from King's College, Aberdeen in 1797...	bishop, founded King's College	1925
Gilfred Studholme	army officer, role in constructing Fort Howe	1927
Benjamin Sulte Benjamin Sulte Benjamin Sulte , baptized Olivier-Benjamin Vadeboncœur, was a Canadian journalist, writer, civil servant, and historian....	historian (French Canada)	1928
Alexandre-Antonin Taché Alexandre-Antonin Taché Alexandre-Antonin Taché was a Roman Catholic priest, missionary of the Oblate order, author and the first Archbishop of Saint Boniface in the Canadian province of Manitoba.In late 1844 Taché entered the Oblate novitiate...	bishop, missionary, writer	1943
Étienne-Paschal Taché Étienne-Paschal Taché Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché was a Canadian doctor, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation.Born in St. Thomas, Lower Canada, in 1795, the third son of Charles Taché and Geneviève Michon, Taché studied at the Séminaire de Québec until the War of 1812 when he joined the 5th battalion of the...	Father of Confederation, headed Coalition Government	1937
François-Xavier Picard Tahourenche	archivist	2008
Jean Talon Jean Talon Jean Talon, Comte d'Orsainville was a French colonial administrator who was the first and most highly regarded Intendant of New France under King Louis XIV...	Intendant (New France)	1974
Joseph Israël Tarte Joseph Israël Tarte Joseph-Israël Tarte, PC was a Canadian politician and journalist.Tarte came to prominence as editor of several newspapers, Le Canadien, L'Événement, La Patrie and the Quebec Daily Mercury...	journalist, politician, cabinet minister (Public Works)	1973
Tecumseh Tecumseh Tecumseh was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812...	First Nations leader, role in War of 1812	1931
James Teit James Teit James Alexander Teit was an anthropologist and photographer who worked with Franz Boas to study Interior Salish First Nations peoples in the late 19th and early 20th centuries...	ethnographer (First Nations)	1994
Tessouat Tessouat Tessouat was an Algonquin chief from the Kitchesipirini nation . His nation lived in an area extending from Lac des Deux-Montagnes to Pembroke, Ontario.Tessouat lived in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, in a neck of the Ottawa River...  and le Borgne	First Nations leaders	1983
Thanadelthur Thanadelthur Thanadelthur was a woman of the Chipewyan Nation who served as a guide and interpreter for the Hudson's Bay Company. She was instrumental in forging a peace agreement between the Chipewyan and the Cree people.- Life :...	First Nations figure, role in northern fur trade	2000
George McCall Theal George McCall Theal George McCall Theal , was the most prolific and influential South African historian, archivist and genealogist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.-Life history:...	educator, historian, archivist (South Africa)	1937
Louis Thomas (Maliseet)	defended Maliseet rights and interests	2002
William Thomas William Thomas (architect) William Thomas was an Anglo-Canadian architect.Thomas was apprenticed under Charles Barry and A.W. Pugin as a carpenter-joiner. His younger brother was the sculptor John Thomas .Thomas began his own practice at Leamington Spa in 1831 but in 1837 went bankrupt...	architect	1974
David Thompson David Thompson (explorer) David Thompson was an English-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and map-maker, known to some native peoples as "Koo-Koo-Sint" or "the Stargazer"...	fur trader, cartographer, surveyor	1927
John Sparrow David Thompson	Prime Minister	1937
Stanley Thompson Stanley Thompson Stanley Thompson was a Canadian golf course architect. He was a co-founder of the American Society of Golf Course Architects....	architect (golf courses)	2005
Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham PC was a British politician and the first Governor of the united Province of Canada.-Background:...	Governor General, established Union of the Canadas	1926
Edward William Thomson Edward William Thomson Edward William Thomson was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Kingston in 1794 and settled in Scarborough Township in 1808. He served with the York militia during the War of 1812 and the Rebellions of 1837, eventually commanding the 5th militia district in Canada West...	writer (editorials for Globe, Toronto)	1938
Tom Thomson Tom Thomson Thomas John Thomson , also known as Tom Thomson, was an influential Canadian artist of the early 20th century. He directly influenced a group of Canadian painters that would come to be known as the Group of Seven, and though he died before they formally formed, he is sometimes incorrectly credited...	artist (influenced the Group of Seven)	1958
Samuel Leonard Tilley Samuel Leonard Tilley Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, PC, KCMG was a Canadian politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation. Tilley was descended from United Empire Loyalists on both sides of his family...	Father of confederation, cabinet minister	1937
William Tomison	role in Hudson's Bay Company	1974
Henry Marshall Tory Henry Marshall Tory Henry Marshall Tory was the first president of the University of Alberta , the first president of the Khaki University, the first president of the National Research Council and the first president of Carleton College...	university president, first National Research Council president	1949
Catharine Parr Traill Catharine Parr Traill Catharine Parr Traill, born Strickland was an English-Canadian author who wrote about life as a settler in Canada.-Biography:...	author	1974
Jennie Kidd Trout Jennie Kidd Trout Jennie Kidd Trout was the first woman in Canada legally to become a medical doctor, and was the only woman in Canada licensed to practice medicine until 1880, when Emily Stowe completed the official qualifications....	first Canadian woman licenced as physician	1995
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,...	Prime Minister	2001
Joseph Trutch Joseph Trutch Sir Joseph William Trutch, KCMG was an English-born Canadian engineer, surveyor and politician.-Early life and career:...	Lieutenant-Governor (British Columbia)	1975
Ignace-Nicolas Vincent Tsawenhohi	First Nations leader	2001
Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Harriet Ross; (1820 – 1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the American Civil War. After escaping from slavery, into which she was born, she made thirteen missions to rescue more than 70 slaves...	abolitionist, humanitarian (Underground Railroad)	2005
Charles Tupper Charles Tupper Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, GCMG, CB, PC was a Canadian father of Confederation: as the Premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led Nova Scotia into Confederation. He later went on to serve as the sixth Prime Minister of Canada, sworn in to office on May 1, 1896, seven days after...	Prime Minister, Father of Confederation	1957
William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon, OC, PC was a Canadian politician and judge in the Province of Saskatchewan. He also served as a diplomat for the Government of Canada.- Early Life :...	Attorney General (Saskatchewan), diplomat, judge	1981
Wallace Rupert Turnbull Wallace Rupert Turnbull Wallace Rupert Turnbull was a New Brunswick engineer and inventor, born on October 16, 1870 in Saint John, NB. The Saint John Airport was briefly named after him. He died November 24, 1954...	inventor, aeronautical engineer (wind tunnel)	1960
Philip Turnor Philip Turnor Philip Turnor was a surveyor and cartographer for the Hudson's Bay Company.Turnor hired on for three years as an inland surveyor with the HBC and landed at York Factory in August, 1778...	surveyor, cartographer (Hudson's Bay Company surveyor)	1973
Joseph Tyrrell Joseph Tyrrell Joseph Burr Tyrrell was a Canadian geologist, cartographer, and mining consultant. He discovered dinosaur bones in Alberta's Badlands and coal around Drumheller in 1884....	geologist, historian, cartographer (Geological Survey of Canada)	1970
James Boyle Uniacke James Boyle Uniacke James Boyle Uniacke led the first responsible government in Canada or any colony of the British Empire...	Premier (Nova Scotia)	1938
William Cornelius Van Horne William Cornelius Van Horne Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, KCMG was a pioneering Canadian railway executive.-Life and career:Born in 1843 in rural Illinois, he moved with his family to Joliet, Illinois when he was eight years old...	railroader (Canadian Pacific)	1954
George Vancouver George Vancouver Captain George Vancouver RN was an English officer of the British Royal Navy, best known for his 1791-95 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of contemporary Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon...	explorer	1933
Georges Vanier Georges Vanier Major-General Georges-Philéas Vanier was a Canadian soldier and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 19th since Canadian Confederation....	Governor General, soldier, Ambassador (to France)	1983
Frederick Varley Frederick Varley Frederick Horsman Varley, also known as Fred Varley , was a member of the Canadian Group of Seven artists.-Early life:Varley was born in Sheffield, England. He studied art in Sheffield and in Belgium...	artist (Group of Seven)	1974
Madeleine de Verchères Madeleine de Verchères Marie-Madeleine Jarret de Verchères was the daughter of a François Jarret, a seigneur in New France, and Marie Perrot. Her ingenuity is credited with thwarting a raid on Fort Verchères when she was 14 years old....	defended family fort	1923
Peter Vasilevich Verigin Peter Vasilevich Verigin Peter Vasilevich Verigin often known as Peter "Lordly" Verigin was a Russian philosopher, activist and preacher of the Doukhobors.- In Transcaucasia:...	Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood, Doukhobor emigration	2008
Louis-Guillaume Verrier	founded law school	1952
Samuel Vetch Samuel Vetch Samuel Vetch was a Scottish soldier and colonial governor of Nova Scotia.-Early life:...	soldier, Governor (Nova Scotia)	1928
Hiram Walker Hiram Walker Hiram Walker was an American grocer and distiller, and the eponym of the famous distillery in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Walker was born in East Douglas, Massachusetts, and moved to Detroit in the mid-1830s...	industrialist, developed distillery, ferry and railway in Windsor, Ontario	1971
Horatio Walker Horatio Walker Horatio Walker was a respected and commercially successful Canadian painter. He worked in oils and watercolors, often depicting scenes of rural life in Canada. He was highly influenced by the French Barbizon school of painting.-Early life:Horatio Walker was born in 1858 to parents Thomas and...	artist, Royal Academy of Art	1939
Byron Edmund Walker Byron Edmund Walker Sir Byron Edmund Walker, CVO was a Canadian banker. He was the president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce from 1907 to 1924, and a generous patron of the arts, helping to found and nurture many of Canada's cultural and educational institutions, including the University of Toronto, National Gallery...	businessman, arts patron	1938
Provo Wallis Provo Wallis Admiral of the Fleet Sir Provo William Perry Wallis, GCB was a Royal Navy officer and naval war hero. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was 100 years old when he died....	Royal Navy officer, capture USS Chesapeake, War of 1812	1945
James Morrow Walsh James Morrow Walsh James Morrow Walsh, was a North West Mounted Police officer and the first Commissioner of the Yukon Territory....	North-West Mounted Police, Commissioner of Yukon	1967
Angus J. Walters	fishing captain	2005
Homer Ransford Watson	artist	1939
Margaret Robertson Watt aka Madge Watt	Associated Country Women of the World	2007
George Edward Watts	Vice-admiral, War of 1812	1945
John Clarence Webster John Clarence Webster John Clarence Webster was a Canadian-born physician pioneering in Obstetrics and gynaecology who in retirement had a second career as an historian, specializing in the history of his native New Brunswick...	Surgeon, historian, author, professor, chair Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada	1950
John Wentworth John Wentworth (governor) Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet was the British colonial governor of New Hampshire at the time of the American Revolution. He was later also Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia.-Early life:...	Lieutenant-Governor Nova Scotia	1974
Philip Westphal	Navy Admiral	1945
George Augustus Westphal George Augustus Westphal Sir George Augustus Alexander Westphal, Kt. was an admiral in the Royal Navy who served in more than 100 actions. He was midshipman on HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar.-Early life:...	Navy Admiral	1945
Arthur Oliver Wheeler Arthur Oliver Wheeler Arthur Oliver Wheeler was born in Ireland and immigrated to Canada in 1876 at the age of 16. He became a land surveyor and surveyed large areas of western Canada, including photo-topographical surveys of the Selkirk Mountains and the British Columbia-Alberta boundary along the continental divide...	surveyor, National Park Movement, Alpine Club	1995
Seager Wheeler Seager Wheeler Seager Wheeler, MBE an agronomist by profession, was designated as a person of national historic significance in 1988 by the Canadian federal government and inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame. Wheeler produced viable economic wheat and fruit strains for a short prairie...	agriculturist	1976
Edward Whelan Edward Whelan Edward Whelan . Edward Whelan was one of Prince Edward Island's delegates to the Québec Conference and one of the Fathers of the Canadian Confederation. Edward Whelan was also a journalist, orator, and advocate for responsible government.-Early years:Edward Whelan was born in 1824 in Ballina,...	Father of Confederation, journalist, speaker	1939
Richard Whitbourne Richard Whitbourne Sir Richard Whitbourne was an English colonist, author and mariner.Richard Whitbourne was born near Teignmouth in Devon, England. Whilst apprenticed to a merchant adventurer of Southampton, he sailed extensively around Europe and twice to Newfoundland. He served in a ship of his own against the...	Newfoundland businessman, promoted settlement	1984
Portia White Portia White Portia May White , was a singer who achieved international fame because of her voice and stage presence. As a Black Canadian, her popularity helped to open previously closed doors for talented blacks who followed....	musician	1995
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...	musician, professor	1984
John Stephen Willison John Stephen Willison Sir John Stephen Willison was a Canadian newspaperman, author, and businessman.Born near Hills Green, Huron County, Upper Canada, the son of Stephen Willison, a blacksmith, and Jane Abram, Willison left school at the age of 15...	editor	1938
Thomas Willson Thomas Willson Thomas Leopold "Carbide" Willson was a Canadian inventor.He was born on a farm near Princeton, Ontario in 1860 and went to school in Hamilton, Ontario. By the age of 21, he had designed and patented the first electric arc lamps used in Hamilton...	inventor (noted for acetylene Acetylene Acetylene is the chemical compound with the formula C2H2. It is a hydrocarbon and the simplest alkyne. This colorless gas is widely used as a fuel and a chemical building block. It is unstable in pure form and thus is usually handled as a solution.As an alkyne, acetylene is unsaturated because... )	1972
Lemuel Allan Wilmot Lemuel Allan Wilmot Lemuel Allan Wilmot was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge.Born in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, the son of William Wilmot and Hannah Bliss, Wilmot was educated at the Fredericton grammar school and at King’s College. He started articling law in 1825, became an attorney in 1830, and was...	Lieutenant-Governor New Brunswick, politician and judge	1938
Robert Duncan Wilmot Robert Duncan Wilmot Robert Duncan Wilmot, PC was a Canadian politician and a Father of Confederation.- Biography :Wilmot was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, but moved to Saint John with his family at around the age of five, and there he was educated. His father, John McNeil Wilmot, was a big tank and shipowner...	Father of Confederation, Senator	1959
Cairine Reay Mackay Wilson	first woman Senator	2005
Mona Gordon Wilson	Prince Edward Island Public Health Nursing Division	2008
Edward Winslow Edward Winslow (loyalist) Edward Winslow was a loyalist officer and New Brunswick judge and official.Edward Winslow was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1746 or 1747, a descendant of Mayflower Pilgrim Edward Winslow. He studied at Harvard College, graduating in 1765 with an MA...	loyalist; founded Fredericton, settlements in Saint John River Valley	1951
Hirsch Wolofsky Hirsch Wolofsky Hirsch Wolofsky , was a Canadian Yiddish author and business owner.- Biography :Wolofsky was born in Shidlovtse, Poland, into an ḥasidic community to which his father was crown rabbi. He received a traditional Jewish education until orphaned at 15... , aka Harry Wolofsky	Montreal Jewish community leader; founded Eagle Publishing Company	2007
William Wolseley	Royal Navy Admiral (East Indies, Mediterranean)	1945
Wong Foon Sien	Chinese-Canadian activist	2008
Henry Wise Wood Henry Wise Wood Henry Wise Wood was an American-born Canadian agrarian thinker and activist. He became director in 1914 and was elected president of the United Farmers of Alberta in 1916. Under his leadership the UFA became the most powerful political lobby group in the province...	founded Canada Wheat Pools	1962
J. S. Woodsworth J. S. Woodsworth James Shaver Woodsworth was a pioneer in the Canadian social democratic movement. Following more than two decades ministering to the poor and the working class, J. S...	CCF leader	1972
Philemon Wright Philemon Wright Philemon Wright was a farmer and entrepreneur who founded Wrightstown, the first permanent settlement in the National Capital Region of Canada...	lumber merchant, Ottawa Valley settler	1976
George MacKinnon Wrong George MacKinnon Wrong George MacKinnon Wrong was a Canadian clergyman and historian.Born at Grovesend in Elgin County, Canada West , he was ordained in the Anglican priesthood in 1883 after attending Wycliffe College. In 1894, as successor to Sir Daniel Wilson, he was appointed Professor and head of the Department of...	professor	1950
James Lucas Yeo James Lucas Yeo Sir James Lucas Yeo KCB was a British naval commander who served in the War of 1812.Yeo was born in Southampton on 7 October 1782, and joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman at the age of 10. He first saw action as a lieutenant aboard a brig in the Adriatic Sea, and distinguished himself during the...	War of 1812 Commander	1937
Nellie Yip Quong	community advocate; Euro-Canadian/Chinese Canadian intermediary	2008
John Young John Young (merchant) John Young was a Scottish-born merchant, author and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Sydney County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1824 to 1837....	farmer, businessman, agricultural reformer	1951
William Young William Young (politician) Sir William Young, KCB was a Nova Scotia politician and jurist.Born in Falkirk, the son of John Young and Agnes Renny, Young was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1836 as a Reformer and, as a lawyer, defended Reform journalists accused of libel...	Premier (Nova Scotia), judge	1951
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville Marie-Marguerite d'Youville Saint Marguerite d'Youville was a French Canadian widow who founded the religious order the Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal, commonly known as the Grey Nuns of Montreal...	saint, founded Order of the Sisters of Charity	1973

See also

• Fathers of Confederation
  Fathers of Confederation
  The Fathers of Confederation are the people who attended the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences in 1864 and the London Conference of 1866 in England, preceding Canadian Confederation. The following lists the participants in the Charlottetown, Quebec, and London Conferences and their attendance at...
  
  
• List of National Historic Sites of Canada
• List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients
• List of Companions of the Order of Canada
• Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada

External links

• Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada