The 100
Greatest
Canadians
Canadian & World Politics
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100. J.S. Woodsworth
• Pioneer of the social
democratic movement
99. MGen Sir Sam Steele
• Northwest Mounted
Police Officer
98. Mordecai Richler
• Author
97. Louise Arbour
• Chief Prosecutor, U.N.
War Crimes Tribunal for
the Former Yugoslavia
• Puisne Justice,
Supreme Court of
Canada
• U.N. High
Commissioner for
Human Rights
96. Geddy Lee
• Musician
95. Lord Stanley
• Governor General of
Canada
94. Anne Murray
• Singer
93. Joni Mitchell
• Singer
92. John Molson
• Brewer
91. Preston Manning
• Founder, Reform Party
of Canada
• Leader of the Official
Opposition
90. Bryan Adams
• Singer
89. Donovan Bailey
• Olympic Sprinter
88. Farley Mowat
• Author
87. Dr. Henry Morgentaler
• Physician
• Abortion Rights Activist
86. Mike Weir
• Golfer
85. Emily Carr
• Painter
• Author
84. Kurt Browning
• Olympic Figure Skater
83. Elijah Harper
• Politician
• Held up the Meech
Lake Accord from being
passed in the Manitoba
Legislature
• (required unanimous
consent to bypass
usual 2 day notice for
introduction of bill)
82. Dan Aykroyd
• Actor
81. Sandra Schmirler
• Olympic Curler
80. Chief Dan George
• Actor
79. Ed Belfour
• Hockey Player
78. Robert Munsch
• Children’s Author
77. Dr. Charles Best
• Physician
• Co-discovered insulin
76. LCol John McCrae, M.D.
• Physician
• Author, In Flander’s
Field
75. Sarah McLachlan
• Singer
74. Emily Murphy
• Women’s Rights
Activist
73. David Thompson
• Surveyor
• Explorer
72. The Hon. Senator Anne Cools
• Social Services
Proponent
71. Margaret Atwood
• Author
70. Dr. James Naismith
• Inventor of Basketball
69. René Lévesque
• Premier of Quebec
68. Jean Béliveau
• Hockey Player
67. Patrick Roy
• Hockey Player
66. Sheila Fraser
• Auditor General of
Canada
65. Burton Cummings
• Singer
64. The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney
• Prime Minister of
Canada
63. Dr. Roberta Bondar
• Astronaut
62. Marshall McLuhan
• Communications
Professor
61. Sir William Edmond Logan
• Geologist
60. Stan Rogers
• Singer
59. Tim Horton
• Hockey Player
• Founder of Tim
Horton’s
58. Paul Henderson
• Hockey Player
• Scored the winning
goal in the 1972 summit
against the Soviet
Union
57. Lucy Maud Montgomery
• Author, Anne of Green
Gables
56. William Shatner
• Actor
55. Glenn Gould
• Pianist
54. Sir William Stephenson
• Soldier
• Inventor
• Spy Trainer
53. Gordie Howe
• Hockey Player
52. Craig Kielburger
• Children’s Rights
Activist
• Founder, Free the
Children
• Author, Me to We:
Turning Self-Help on Its
Head
51. Pamela Anderson
• Actor
50. Rick Mercer
• Comedian
49. The Rt. Hon. Wm. Lyon
Mackenzie King
• Prime Minister of
Canada
48. Billy Bishop
• Airman
47. The Rt. Hon. John Diefenbaker
• Prime Minister of
Canada
46. Leonard Cohen
• Author
• Singer
45. The Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien
• Prime Minister of
Canada
44. Mary Maxwell
• Bahá'í adherent
43. The Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier
• Prime Minister of
Canada
42. Sir Sandford Fleming
• Engineer
• Inventor, Standard
Time
41. John Candy
• Actor
40. Avril Lavigne
• Singer
39. Bret Hart
• Wrestler
38. Mario Lemieux
• Hockey Player
37. Tecumseh
• Aboriginal Leader
36. Ernie Coombs
• Children’s Entertainer
• “Mr. Dressup”
35. Laura Secord
• War Heroine
34. Hal Anderson
• Radio Show Host
• Encouraged his
listeners to continually
vote for him as the
Greatest Canadian
33. Gordon Lightfoot
• Singer
32. Michael J. Fox
• Actor
31. Pierre Berton
• Author
• Historian
• Broadcaster
30. Rick Hansen
• Athlete
• Humanitarian
29. Jim Carrey
• Actor
28. MGen Sir Isaac Brock
• Soldier
27. Céline Dion
• Singer
26. Dr. Norman Bethune
• Physician
• Inventor, medical
instruments and blood
transfusion procedure
25. Nellie McClung
• Women’s Rights
Activist
24. Gen Sir Arthur Currie
• Soldier
23. Maurice Richard
• Hockey Player
22. Harold A. Rogers
• Founder, Kin Clubs of
Canada
21. The Unknown Soldier
• To represent all soldiers
who were lost in battle
20. Mike Myers
• Actor
19. Bobby Orr
• Hockey Player
18. Shania Twain
• Singer
17. H.E. Stephen Lewis
• Leader, Ontario New
Democratic Party
• Ambassador of Canada
to the United Nations
• Executive Director of
the United Nations
Children's Fund
(UNICEF)
• U.N. Special Envoy for
HIV/AIDS in Africa
16. LGen The Honourable
Roméo Dallaire
• Soldier
• Commander, United
Nations Assistance
Mission in Rwanda
• Senator of Canada
15. Peter Gzowski
• Broadcaster
14. Neil Young
• Singer
13. Stompin' Tom Connors
• Singer
12. Jean Vanier
• Founder, L’Arche - an
international network of
faith-based
communities creating
homes and day
programs with people
who have
developmental
disabilities
• Son of former GG
MGen The Rt. Hon.
Georges Vanier
11. Louis Riel
• “Father of Manitoba”
• Métis Leader
• Politician (although he
never took his seat)
10. Wayne Gretzky
• Hockey Player, Owner,
Coach
9. Alexander Graham Bell
• Inventor
8. The Rt. Hon.
Sir John A. Macdonald
• Prime Minister of
Canada
7. Don Cherry
• Hockey Coach,
Commentator
6. The Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson
• Prime Minister of
Canada
5. Dr. David Suzuki
• Scientist
4. Sir Frederick Banting, M.D.
• Physician
• Co-discovered insulin
3. The Rt. Hon. Pierre Trudeau
• Prime Minister of
Canada
2. Terry Fox
• Cancer Activist
1. The Hon. Tommy Douglas
• Premier of
Saskatchewan
• Leader of the New
Democratic Party of
Canada
• Founder, Universal
Medicare in Canada
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