Persons of National Historic Significance

| Medical researcher

|1993

|Prime Minister

|1938

|Premier (Alberta), Social Credit leader

|1974

| Hunter, cultural broker, Maliseet guide

|1999

| Geologist

|1943

| Women's education reformer

|2004

| Town planner

|2019

| Businessman, press baron, philanthropist

|2016

| Historian

|1938

| Musician (opera soprano)

|1937

| Journalist, agriculturalist, promoted development of Peace River district

|1954

| Author

|1938

| Author, historian (First Nations)

|2007

| Sculptor

|2002

|Father of Confederation, Lieutenant-Governor (Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia)

|1938

| Women's rights

|1997

| Surgeon

|1998

|Attorney General (Nova Scotia), Chief Justice (Prince Edward Island)

|1939

| Publisher, philanthropist

|1986

| Author

|1974

| Businessman

|1971

| Artist, Arctic explorer

|1973

|Arctic explorer

|1972

|Governor General (British North America), role in responsible government

|1926

| Engineer

|1957

| Co-premier (Province of Canada), reformer, role in responsible government

|1937

| Medical researcher (insulin), shared Nobel Prize

|1945

| Ethnographer, folklorist

|1985

| Military, World War I pilot

|1998

|Arctic explorer

|1969

| Parliamentary expert

|2003

|Métis leader

|2000

| Politician, founded Ontario Hydro

|1938

| Dentist, developed modern sport of lacrosse

|1976

| Judge, Chief Justice (British Columbia)

|1959

| Naval officer, surveyor

|1938

| Missionary, banker

|1959

| Aeronautical investor, founder of educational & social organizations

|2018

| Geologist (Chief Geologist of Canada), explorer

|1938

| Cartoonist, journalist, poet, lecturer

|1938

| Businessman, politician

|1975

|Prime Minister

|1949

| Pioneer, painter

|2016

| Mariner (promoted Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic Archipelago)

|1961

| Physician, political activist

|1972

|First Nations chief, ethnographer

|1989

| Poet, historian

|1944

| Author, abolitionist, publisher (African Canadian community)

|2002

|First Nations leader (Plains Cree), role in North-West Rebellion

|1971

|World War I pilot, Victoria Cross recipient

|1980

| Physician, paleontologist (Peking Man)

|1974

| Politician (second woman Member of Parliament)

|1987

| Escaped slaves, founded Toronto's first taxi operation

|1999

|Premier (Ontario)

|1937

|Governor (Vancouver Island)

|1951

| Journalist, poet

|1946

| Musician

|1992

| Businessman, inventor (snowmobile)

|1994

|Prime Minister (Newfoundland, pre-Confederation)

|1975

|Prime Minister

|1938

| Assisted First Nations in the Yukon

|2001

| Author, government official, First Nations interpreter

|1978

| Author, cartographer, Surveyor General of Lower Canada

|1937

| Settlers (Cape Breton)

|1964

| Politician, publisher (Le Devoir)

|1962

| Nun, founded first Canadian religious community (Congregation of Notre Dame)

|1985

|House of Commons clerk, founded Royal Society of Canada

|1938

|Prime Minister

|1945

| Businessman (mining)

|1984

|First Nations leader (Mohawk), British ally, settler, slave trader{{cite web | title = Sophia Burthen Pooley: Part of the Family? | publisher = Government of Ontario | url = http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/explore/online/slavery/sophia_pooley.aspx | accessdate = July 15, 2021}}

|1972

|First Nations leader (Six Nations)

|1994

| Missionary, settler

|1954

| Theatre decorator

|2007

|Soldier

|2010

| Artist (wildlife)

|1999

| Nuclear physicist

|2005

| Acadian leader and defender

|2023

|Father of Confederation, publisher (Globe), abolitionist (Underground Railroad)

|1950

| Architect

|2008

|Governor General (British North America, pre-Confederation), role in responsible government

|1953

| Explorer, Coureur de bois, lived among First Nations

|1984

| Educator (Manitoba College), historian

|1947

| Archivist, founded Public Archives of Canada

|1938

|Governor-General

|2010

| Rancher, businessman, Senator

|1960

|Arctic explorer

|1972

| Engineer (Rideau Canal)

|1954

| Journalist, poet

|1946

| Author

|2009

|Father of Confederation

|1939

| Writer

|1938

| Geologist, Commissioner (Northwest Territories)

|2001

| Physician, historian, teacher

|1945

|Governor (Quebec, pre-Confederation), Governor-in-Chief (British North America)

|1974

| Brewer, politician, founded Dominion Experimental Farms

|1938

| Poet

|1945

| Author, painter

|1950

| College leader, Univ. of Toronto president

|2012

| Businessman, physician, reformer

|1954

|Father of Confederation, Prime Minister (Newfoundland, pre-Confederation)

|1959

|Father of Confederation, French-Canadian statesman

|1937

| Early French explorer paved way for settlement

|2011

| Politician

|1938

| Manufacturer (pipe organs)

|1974

| Suffragist, politician

|2022

| Athlete

| 2023

| Explorer, founded Lachine, rebuilt Fort Frontenac

|1934

| Musician (composer)

|1988

| Explorer, founded Quebec City, "The Father of New France"

|1929

|Father of Confederation, Lieutenant-Governor (New Brunswick)

|1939

|Father of Confederation, Senator

|1943

| Historian, Senator

|1955

|Premier (Quebec), politician

|1974

| Medical librarian, co-founder Medical Library Association

|2003

| Businessman, philanthropist

|1939

| Seigneur, military leader, politician

|2006

| Military officer, founded Montreal

|1985

| Historian, politician

|1938

| Businessman (Sault Ste. Marie industry)

|1987

| Clan leader, cultural defender

|2016

| Clergyman, physician (vaccination)

|1964

| Union leader, politician

|1985

|Father of Confederation, first House of Commons Speaker

|1939

| Innovative newspaper editor

|2011

|Father of Confederation

|1939

| Businessman (Halifax)

|1974

| Athlete (Grey Cup, NHL)

|1976

| Novelist

|1938

| Explorer, surveyor

|1954

| Enslaved protestor

|2022

| Writer, indigenous rights leader

|2018

| Explorer (Newfoundland)

|1953

| Architect

|2018

| Military officer

|1953

| Military officer, Governor (Nova Scotia), founded Halifax

|1974

| Military commander (Royal Navy, Mediterranean)

|1945

| Itinerant preacher

|1965

| Businessman, Senator

|1990

|President Ontario Historical Society, member Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada

|1945

| Poet, writer

|1947

| Folklorist, author

|2018

| Lawyer, engineer, journalist, athlete (development of ice hockey)

|2008

| Poet

|1937

| Politician (Progressive Party leader)

|2004

| Bishop

|1990

| Businessman, politician, co-founder Calgary Stampede

|1971

|First Nations leader, role in North-West Rebellion

|1945

| Historian, original chairman Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada

|1943

| Artist

|1944

| Businessman (shipping)

|1937

| Military officer (World War I)

|1934

|Speaker (Lower Canada), banker (Bank of Montreal)

|1969

| Wrestler, weightlifter

|1976

| Journalist (Winnipeg Free Press)

|1974

| Lumberman, politician

|1949

|Premier (Prince Edward Island), judge (Chief Justice)

|1937

| Publisher (The Leader, Regina), politician

|1947

|Arctic explorer

|1972

| Scientist, surveyor

|1937

| Geologist, university administrator (McGill)

|1943

| Political scientist

|1975

|Governor General (New France, pre-Confederation)

|1974

| Politician, diplomat

|2001

|Premier (British Columbia), journalist (British Colonist)

|1938

| Business and co-op organizer

|2012

| Novelist

|1976

| Novelist, humorist, professor

|1937

| Symbol of women's entrepreneurism in New France

|2016

| Military officer (War of 1812)

|1934

| Among the final surviving Beothuks

|2000

| Bishop, missionary

|1973

| Soldier, community leader, founded Canada First Movement, Imperial Federation League

|1937

| Explorer, trader, colonizer (Acadia)

|1924

| Botanist

|2007

|Lieutenant-Governor (Cape Breton), cartographer

|1925

| Businessman, began Caisse Populaire system

|1971

| Civil rights activist

|2018

|Surveyor General, developed photogrammetry

|1971

|Lieutenant-Governor (Northwest Territories, British Columbia), reassigned territorial capital to Regina

|1975

|Father of Confederation

|1939

| Bush pilot

|1995

|Prime Minister

|1981

| Boxer

| 2021

| Soldier (Fort Beauséjour)

|1938

|First Nations leader (Iroquois), kidnapped by Jacques Cartier

|1981

| Cabinet minister (Justice), Chief Justice (Quebec)

|1937

| Teacher (Saskatchewan)

|1954

|Dominion Archivist, historian

|1991

| Botanist (Douglas Fir)

|1979

|Lieutenant-Governor (New Brunswick), Chancellor (King's College, University of New Brunswick)

|1925

|Governor (Vancouver Island, British Columbia)

|1944

|Premier, founding leader of the NDP, father of single payer healthcare

|2016

| Philanthropist, colonizer

|1943

| Military leader, role in War of 1812

|1928

| Naval leader

|1938

|Chief Justice, constitutional expert

|1971

|Governor General, diplomat, traveller, writer

|1975

|Acadian survivor of multiple displacements, symbol of resilience

|2016

| Novelist (Newfoundland)

|1976

|Métis leader, role in North-West Rebellion

|1981

| Journalist, author

|2016

|Premier (Saskatchewan); cabinet minister (Finance)

|1985

| Coal miner, industrialist, politician

|1971

|Premier (Quebec), founded Union Nationale

|1974

|Scientist and teacher known for study of parasites

|2010

|Printer-publisher in Lower Canada, revived Saint-Jean-Baptiste celebrations

|2019

| Nurse, businesswoman, supported Jewish immigrants

|2009

| Businessman

|1971

| Businessman (forestry products, matches)

|1976

| Artist (Haïda)

|1971

| Women's rights activist, reformer

|1962

| Explorer, author

|2018

| Lawyer, role in Manitoba schools dispute

|1966

| University president

|1944

| Librarian, historian

|1955

| Clergyman, bishop, academic

|2003

| Inventor (radio, sonic depth finder)

|1943

| Explorer, trader, surveyor (Hudson's Bay Company)

|1953

|Premier (Nova Scotia), cabinet minister (Finance)

|1938

|Father of Confederation, Premier (New Brunswick)

|1939

|Chief Justice, Lieutenant-Governor (Quebec), role in North-West Rebellion, lawyer for Louis Riel

|1973

| Bishop

|2003

| Engineer and inventor (Standard Time)

|1950

| Entomologist

|2016

| Painter

|2011

| Politician, physician

|1953

| Businesswoman, first female police officer in Canada

|2018

| Politician, academic (League of Nations)

|1938

| Humanitarian, athlete (Marathon of Hope)

|2008

|Arctic explorer

|1972

| Trade unionist, publisher (Le Monde ouvrier/The Labor World)

|2008

|Arctic explorer

|1945

| Industrialist (lumber)

|1975

| Explorer, fur trader

|2016

| Poet, author

|1937

| Organizer, philanthropist

|2008

| Fur trader (North West Company)

|1973

| Fur trader, businessman (North West Company)

|1973

|Arctic explorer

|1957

| Fur trader, established Île-à-la-Crosse post

|1973

| Educator, author, literary critic & theorist

|2018

| Architect

|2016

| Settler, grandmother of Louis Riel

|1982

| Publisher (W. J. Gage, textbooks)

|1938

| Artist

|1944

| Heavyweight boxing champion

|2020

|Father of Confederation, politician, businessman

|1944

| Botanist, cartographer, historian

|1945

|Premier (Saskatchewan), cabinet minister (Agriculture)

|1975

| Historian

|1937

| Explorer, fur trader

|1920

| Supported Ukrainian immigration in western Canada

|1995

| Journalist, lawyer

|1939

| Women's rights activist

|1997

| Physician, geologist, inventor of kerosene

|1954

| Writer, cultural promoter (Canadian Authors' Association)

|1954

| Politician, businessman, human rights activist

|2009

| Industrialist

|2007

| Nobleman, colonizer, physician, surgeon

|1955

| Unsuccessful colonizer (Newfoundland)

|1981

| Military engineer, developed African railways

|1938

| Poet

|1944

| Classical musician

|2012

| Physiotherapist

|2014

| Children's author & broadcaster

|2018

|Métis leader

|1972

| Educator, writer, university principal (Queen's)

|1937

| Promoted settlement and agriculture

|1956

|Father of Confederation, Speaker (New Brunswick)

|1939

|Father of Confederation, Premier (Prince Edward Island)

|1939

| Medical missionary (Newfoundland and Labrador)

|1959

| Conservationist, author, speaker

|1993

| Clergyman, historian, Quebec nationalist

|1972

|Suffragette and politician

|2010

|Lieutenant-Governor (Ontario), engineer, constructed railroads, Niagara Parks Commission chair

|1956

| Writer, conservationist

|2016

|Governor (Quebec), settler

|1974

| Military officer, civil servant

|1938

| Author, satirist

|1936

| First Victoria Cross recipient of African heritage

|2008

| Established Victorian Order of Nurses, National Council of Women

|1979

| Athlete (rowing champion)

|1938

|Premier, Attorney General (Ontario)

|1948

| First national parks commissioner, established Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada

|1955

| Artist (Group of Seven)

|1970

| Artist (painted Fathers of Confederation)

|1945

| Entrepreneur, politician, first Jew to be elected a legislator in the British Empire

|1995

| Author (St. Ursula's Convent)

|1951

|Lieutenant-Governor (Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick), Governor (Newfoundland)

|1974

|Premier (Northwest Territories), Chief Justice (Saskatchewan)

|1946

|Father of Confederation

|1939

|Lieutenant-Governor (New Brunswick), Governor General (British North America, pre-Confederation)

|1974

|Politician and labour leader

|2010

| Explorer, Governor (Prince of Wales Fort)

|1936

| Artist (Quebec sculptor)

|1937

| Manufacturer (pianos)

|1974

| Explorer, fur trader

|1953

| Industrialist (lumber)

|1988

| Clergyman, explorer, cartographer

|2008

| Fur trader

|1973

| Fur trader (North West Company)

|1973

|Father of Confederation

|1939

| Author, abolitionist, minister, role in Underground Railroad

|1995

| Businessman, immigration agent, politician

|2000

| Businessman (Red River Transportation Company, Great Northern Railway)

|1938

| Politician

|1969

| Women's rights activist

|1997

| Scientist, explorer, surveyor, author

|2018

| Administrator, Intendant (New France), established Les Forges du Saint-Maurice

|1974

| Engineer, Surveyor General (Quebec)

|1989

| Businessman, banker, cabinet minister (Finance)

|1938

| Educational reformer

|1960

| Historian, lawyer, judge

|1944

| Cabinet minister, established Atomic Energy of Canada

|1984

|Premier (Nova Scotia), role in responsible government

|1983

|Father of Confederation

|1959

| Naturalist, geologist

|2016

|Arctic explorer (Hudson and James Bays)

|1973

| Cabinet minister (Militia and Defence), journalist, soldier

|1969

| Businessman, philanthropist, developer

|1988

| Human rights advocate, jurist, scholar

|2022

| Linguist, ethnologist (West Coast cultures)

|1989

| Economist, historian (communications theory)

|1972

|Inuit couple, assisted Arctic exploration

|1981

|Métis leader

|1997

| Artist (Group of Seven)

|1974

| Artist

|1954

| Anthropologist (First Nations culture)

|1973

|Lieutenant-Governor and Chief Justice (Quebec)

|1945

| Aboriginal guide

|2002

| Nurse, educator, administrator

|2009

| Poet, speaker (First Nations)

|1945

| Singer, manager (Metropolitan Opera Company)

|1974

|Father of Confederation

|1939

| Explorer (Mississippi River, with Marquette)

|1944

|Manitoba politician and Icelandic-Canadian leader

|2010

| Missionary (Yukon)

|1987

|First Nations leader, clergyman

|1996

|Manitoba rabbi and leader

|2010

| Artist (Canadian West paintings)

|1937

| Engineer, railroader (Hamilton Waterworks)

|1938

| Explorer, fur trader

|1931

| Civil engineer (Montreal harbour)

|2001

| Surveyor, astronomer, civil servant (established Geodetic Survey of Canada, Dominion Observatory)

|1959

| Clergyman, abolitionist

|2005

|Prime Minister

|1967

|Founder of the Navy

|2010

| Writer, historian (Annals of Niagara)

|1946

| Adventurer, colonizer, Governor (Newfoundland)

|1968

| Writer, lawyer (Jewish literature)

|2007

| Astronomer, geographer (Dominion Observatory)

|1938

| Industrialist (forestry)

|2009

| Negotiator (Treaty of 1701)

|2001

| Artist

|1972

|Leader of Dakelh people, British Columbia

|2011

| Businessman (brewery)

|1971

| Colonizer of the Laurentians, priest, politician

|2019

| Missionary

|1932

| Businessman, politician

|2006

| Jurist, statesman, co-Premier (Province of Canada, pre-Confederation)

|1937

| Trapper, grandfather of Louis Riel

|1981

|Lieutenant-Governor (Northwest Territories), cabinet minister (Interior)

|1950

|Governor General, High Commissioner (British North America)

|1974

| Defender of Métis culture

|2011

| Poet

|1920

| Lawyer, judge, politician, first Acadian to be knighted

|1955

|American politician, born in Prince Edward Island

|1938

|Father of Confederation, cabinet minister (Public Works)

|1938

| Boxer

|1987

| Cabinet minister

|1954

| Novelist, academic

|2016

|Prime Minister

|1938

| Bishop

|1972

| Musician ("O Canada")

|1966

| Artist

|2008

| Farmer, businessman, judge

|1954

| First Black resident, first Black slave

|2022

| Author, historian, ornithologist (Royal Society of Canada)

|1938

| Soldier, explorer, administrator

|1937

|Governor (Louisiana), founded Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans

|1953

| Family of soldiers and colonizers

|1957

| Writer, economist, particularly as humorist

|1946

| Painter

|2018

| Clergyman, established Acadian Renaissance Movement

|1997

| Settler, trader

|1969

|Speaker and cabinet minister (House of Commons), professor

|1973

|Governor General

|1923

| Physician (pediatrics)

|2008

| Artist (Group of Seven)

|1974

|Premier (pre-confederation Newfoundland), role in responsible government

|2007

|Feminist-activist for blacks

|2011

| Bishop, helped found Lloydminster

|1953

| Librarian (Toronto Public Libraries), author, historian

|1939

| First woman in British Empire to receive university bachelor's degree

|1991

| Geologist (director, Geological Survey of Canada)

|1967

| Interpreter, guide, trader, peacemaker

|2012

| Athlete, Boston Marathon winner

|1976

| Sculptor

|2011

| Geologist, explorer, athlete, surveyor

|1972

| Architect (Beaux-Arts style)

|2008

| Biochemist, founded National Research Council

|1938

| Businessman (insurance)

|1997

|Father of Confederation

|1939

| Artist (Group of Seven)

|1974

| Nurse (World War I)

|1982

| Organized settlement of PEI

|2012

|Father of Confederation, Prime Minister

|1939

| Manufacturer, philanthropist (Macdonald Tobacco)

|1974

| Bishop

|1924

| Bishop

|1968

| Aeronautical engineer

|2007

| Judge, campaigned for women's suffrage

|1998

| Patriotic writer, social commentator

|2015

| Explorer

|2016

|Prime Minister

|1957

| Railway entrepreneur (Canadian Northern Railway)

|1976

| Politician, journalist, led Upper Canada Rebellion

|1949

| Modernist painter

|2011

| Professor, writer

|1946

| Forester, industrialist

|1987

| Musician, composer, conductor

|1984

| Doctor, author, health care reformer

|1997

|Premier (Province of Canada), politician, judge

|1937

| Botanist, advocate of the West

|2011

| First female Member of Parliament

|1985

| Physician, author, professor

|1945

| Surveyor, engineer, first mayor of Lethbridge, Alberta

|1950

| Poet, nationalist, promoted western development

|1937

| Settler, nurse, established hospital (Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal)

|1998

| Railroader (Canadian Northern Railway)

|1976

| Artist

|2009

| Botanist, monastic, author, educator

|1987

| Priest, explorer (Mississippi River, with Louis Jolliet)

|1937

|Lieutenant-Governor (Nova Scotia), defended Annapolis Royal

|1929

| Explorer, discovered gold (Yukon)

|1994

|Governor General

|1974

| Businessman, philanthropist (Massey-Harris, Massey Hall)

|1971

|First Nations leader, role in Samuel Hearne expedition

|1981

| Aviator (World War I ace, established bush piloting)

|1974

| Writer, farmer

|1946

|Premier and Agent General (British Columbia)

|1938

|Arctic explorer

|1972

| Politician, feminist, social activist (first female board member of CBC)

|1954

|Arctic explorer

|1972

| Businessman, aviator (development of northwestern Canadian service)

|2007

| Lawyer, philanthropist, founded McCord Museum in Montreal

|2000

| Physician, soldier, poet ("In Flanders Fields")

|1946

| Educator (Pictou Academy, Dalhousie College)

|1959

|Father of Confederation

|1939

| Aviator (first to pilot an aircraft in British Empire), Lieutenant-Governor (Nova Scotia)

|1974

| Missionary, role in Treaty 6

|1969

|Father of Confederation, politician

|1943

| Veterinarian

|2016

|Father of Confederation, writer, Irish nationalist

|1943

| Ship designer and builder

|1938

| Surgeon, artist, physical educator

|1958

| First female legislator in the British Empire (Alberta)

|1939

| Businessman, philanthropist (automotive industry)

|1989

|Hudson's Bay Company chief factor, "Father of Oregon"

|1951

| Professor, author (media analysis)

|2007

| Businessman, Senator, banker

|1990

| Social reformer (Women Grain Growers)

|1997

| Social reformer (agriculture), Canadian Wheat Pool president

|1971

|Prime Minister

|1961

| Doctor, educator

|2002

|First Nations leader, role in establishing Mi'kmaq-French Alliance

|1981

| Writers (Acadia)

|1955

|Governor (Acadia), colonizer

|1972

|Premier (Quebec), journalist, lawyer

|1938

| Businessman, role in building the Welland Canal

|1974

| Female symbol of Inuit self-determination

|2011

| Cabinet minister (Interior and Justice)

|1954

| Artist

|2016

|Mi’kmaq guide, prospector, explorer and hunter (Newfoundland)

|2001

|Father of Confederation, Prime Minister (New Brunswick, pre-Confederation)

|1938

|First Nations leader (Moachat Confederacy)

|1987

|Brewer, entrepreneur

|2021

| Businessman

|1971

| First Governor General of Confederation

|1974

| Author (Anne of Green Gables)

|1943

| Physician, civil servant (quarantining)

|1998

| Author, settler

|1975

| Businessman (sawmills)

|1988

| Hockey player

|1976

|Montreal museum curator

|2012

| Author, historian, archivist

|2016

| Missionary, author

|1948

| Lawyer, Superior Court Justice, role in Reform Coalition

|1938

| Artist

|1954

|Chief Justice (Manitoba), politician, role in 1864 Great Coalition

|1971

| Teacher, historian, archivist (Saskatchewan)

|1952

| Cabinet minister (Agriculture); established Territorial Grain Growers' Association

|1966

|Father of Confederation, Premier (Ontario)

|1934

|Newfoundland outport merchant, civic leader

|2016

| Lawyer, politician, writer

|1937

| First female judge in British Empire, author, women's rights activist

|1958

|Governor (Quebec), Military Governor (Quebec District)

|1955

| Admiral (North Atlantic Convoy, World War II)

|1977

|Governor (Newfoundland, British Columbia), role in British Columbia joining Confederation

|1975

| Ojibwa spokeswoman and Christian missionary

| 2021

| Inventor of basketball, physician, promoter of physical education

|1976

| Cleric, chaplain, war memorial planner, politician

|2016

|First Nations leader (Plains Cree)

|1981

| Politician, editor, journalist, reformer

|1976

| Poet (L'École littéraire de Montréal)

|1974

|First Nations leader

|2005

| Astronomer, mathematician (United States Naval Observatory, Nautical Almanac)

|1935

| Artist (Royal Academy)

|1944

| Scientist (agriculture, grains)

|1996

| Artist, decorator

|2007

| Architect

|2008

| Inventor (agricultural machinery)

|2002

|Premier (Manitoba), Métis statesman

|1943

| Native political and military leader

|2011

| Photographer, businessman

|1975

| Bush pilot (Patricia Airways)

|1974

| Poet, clergyman, surgeon, Secretary (New Brunswick)

|1959

|Commissioner (Yukon), surveyor, explorer, author

|1970

| Professor, promoted Ukrainian immigration

|1996

| Cabinet minister (Interior), journalist

|1947

|Opposed residential schools, founded League of Indians

|2019

|Mayor (Vancouver), businessman, Jewish community leader

|2008

| First Canadian First Nations physician

|2001

| Physician, medical researcher and educator

|1950

| Filmmaker, producer, distributor, theatre operator

|2018

| Founded chiropractic medicine

|1993

|Father of Confederation, Premier (Prince Edward Island)

|1939

| Defender of Abenaki traditions

|2011

| Politician, lawyer, seigneur (Montebello, la Petite-Nation), Patriot Movement leader

|1937

| Civil servant, journalist, editor Le Canadien

|1974

| Politician, author (romance novels)

|1938

| Co-founded Alpine Club of Canada

|2011

| Author, educator, Imperial Federation Movement leader

|1938

| Politician, rural leader, campaigned to allow women in the Senate

|1966

|Arctic explorer

|1971

| Agrarian activist, farmer, author

|2018

|Governor (Prince Edward Island)

|1974

|Squamish leader, rights advocate

|2012

| Brokered peace between First Nations groups

|1932

| Surveyor, planner (western Canada)

|1973

|Prime Minister

|1974

| Artist (of the French Academic School)

|1937

|War hero and activist for Native rights

|2019

|First Nations leader

|2008

| Orchestra conductor, founded Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec

|1988

| Neurosurgeon (Montreal Neurological Institute)

|1988

| Businessman, diarist, politician

|1946

| Explorer, diplomat, fur trader

|1952

| Advocate for African-Americans in Nova Scotia after the Revolution; founder of Sierra Leone

| 2022

| First Nations leader

|1981

| Senegalese slave fought for Britain in the American Revolution and War of 1812; formed the Colored Corps

|2020

|First Nations leader

|1967

| Photographer, artist, historian, hunter

|1981

| Astronomer (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory)

|1949

| Fur trader, cartographer, explorer (role in establishing North West Company)

|1951

| Nurse (first matron of Army Medical Corps)

|1983

|Premier (Prince Edward Island), cabinet minister (Marine and Fisheries)

|1938

| Civil servant, author

|1938

|Father of Confederation

|1939

|Defense Minister, expanded Air Force

|2013

| Bridge designer (Dominion Bridge Company)

|2005

| Poet

|1975

| Escaped slaved, black community leader

|2005

| President

|2016

| Businessman, politician (forest products)

|2003

| Decorated war veteran (WWII, Korea), Native activist

|2019

| Priest, naturalist, author

|1994

| Explorer, cartographer, fur trader, role in Hudson's Bay Company

|1971

| Explorer, physician, fur trader

|1973

| Cabinet minister (National Defence)

|1973

| Educator, author, social and educational reformer

|2008

| Limnologist and conservationist

|2019

|First Nations leader (Blood tribe), signatory to Treaty 7

|1977

| Judge, historian

|1995

| Artist, president (Ontario Society of Artists, Royal Canadian Academy of Art)

|1948

| Role in Acadia – developed flag, anthem and patron day

|2004

|Supreme Court of Canada judge

|1938

|Promoted reconstruction of Port Royal Habitation

|1949

| Soldier (War of 1812), poet, novelist, established New Era journal

|1938

|Métis leader, role in North-West Rebellion

|1956

|Father of Confederation, Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice

|1959

| Clergyman

|1990

| Poet

|1945

| Soldier, author

|1938

| Mayor (Toronto), Lieutenant-Governor (Ontario), leader of Family Compact

|1937

|Premier (British Columbia), established first British Columbia newspaper

|1938

| Abolitionist, freed slave

|2008

| Politician, banker, diplomat

|1973

| Athlete (Olympic gold medalist)

|1976

| Fur trader, author, role in Pacific Fur Company and North West Company

|1951

|Member of North-West Council and Assembly, Commissioner (Yukon)

|1948

|Premier (Ontario), Senate Liberal leader

|1937

|Arctic explorer

|1972

|Arctic explorer

|1972

| Fur trader, Chief factor (Hudson's Bay Company)

|1954

| Author

|2008

| Champion figure skater, sports administrator/promoter

|2016

| Physicist (nuclear pioneer)

|1939

| Clergyman, educator, politician, school advocate

|1934

| Author (religious subjects)

|2008

| Women's rights activist

|1997

| Editor, writer, role in Saturday Night

|1955

| Anthropologist, linguist, expert on First Nations

|1983

| Author

|1947

| Agronomist (Marquis wheat)

|1938

| Pharmacist, scientist, civil servant, author, role with Experimental farms

|1952

| Established Acadian "sedentary" fisheries

|1944

| Veterinarian

|2009

| Educator, philosopher, academic president (Cornell University)

|1943

| Poet (Confederation poets)

|1948

| Politician, supported Ontario Separate School Act

|1938

| Alcohol distiller, politician

|1971

| Heroine, War of 1812

|2002

| Medical researcher (stress)

|1989

| Writer, conservationist, artist, social reformer

|1995

|Chief Justice (Lower Canada), supported Confederation

|1956

| Editor, leader (Black Refugee Movement)

|1994

| Last surviving Beothuk

|2000

|Father of Confederation, Speaker (Newfoundland House)

|1959

| Poet, banker

|1945

| Historian, author, role in Canadian Civil Service Commission

|1938

| Cabinet minister (Interior), promoted immigration

|1955

|Lieutenant-Governor (Upper Canada), military leader (Queen's Rangers)

|1974

|Governor-in-Chief (Rupert's Land), General Superintendent (Hudson's Bay Company)

|1927

|Arctic explorer

|1937

| Historian, economist, established Department of External Affairs

|1947

| Horticulturalist

|1997

| Mariner, explorer, author, first solo sailor to travel throughout the world

|1957

|Métis figure, role in fur trade

|2008

|Father of Confederation, Premier (Newfoundland)

|1996

|First World War nursing Sister

|2011

|Premier (New Brunswick), cabinet minister (Marine and Fisheries)

|1949

| Fur trader, railroader (Canadian Pacific), politician, role with Hudson's Bay Company

|1971

| Historian, journalist

|1975

| Symbol of female Métis resilience

|2023

| Politician

|2016Government of Canada Recognizes Mary Ellen Spear Smith as Person of National Historic Significance, November 29, 2016: http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=1161389 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201133923/http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=1161389 |date=December 1, 2016 }}

| Nursing advocate

|2011

| Nurse, superintendent

|1998

|Prime Minister

|1973

| Soldier, Superintendent (North-West Mounted Police)

|1938

|Father of Confederation, industrialist, senator

|1939

|Arctic explorer

|1964

| Poet

|1946

| Banker, railroader (Canada Pacific Railway), philanthropist

|1971

| PEI historian, politician

|2022

| First woman to practise as a Canadian doctor, women's rights activist

|1995

| Bishop, founded King's College

|1925

| Army officer, role in constructing Fort Howe

|1927

| Historian (French Canada)

|1928

| Bishop, missionary, writer

|1943

|Father of Confederation, headed Coalition Government

|1937

| Archivist

|2008

|Intendant (New France)

|1974

| Journalist, politician, cabinet minister (Public Works)

|1973

|First Nations leader, role in War of 1812

|1931

| Ethnographer (First Nations)

|1994

|First Nation leader

|1983

|First Nations figure, role in northern fur trade

|2000

| Educator, historian, archivist (South Africa)

|1937

| Defended Maliseet rights and interests

|2002

| Architect

|1974

| Fur trader, cartographer, surveyor

|1927

|Prime Minister

|1937

| Architect (golf courses)

|2005

|Governor General, established Union of the Canadas

|1926

| Writer (editorials for Globe, Toronto)

|1938

| Artist (influenced the Group of Seven)

|1958

|Father of confederation, cabinet minister

|1937

| Role in Hudson's Bay Company

|1974

| University president, first National Research Council president

|1949

| Author

|1974

| First Canadian woman licensed as physician

|1995

|Prime Minister

|2001

|Lieutenant-Governor (British Columbia)

|1975

|First Nations leader

|2001

| Abolitionist, humanitarian (Underground Railroad)

|2005

|Prime Minister, Father of Confederation

|1957

|Attorney General (Saskatchewan), diplomat, judge

|1981

| Inventor, aeronautical engineer (wind tunnel)

|1960

| Surveyor, cartographer (Hudson's Bay Company surveyor)

|1973

| Geologist, historian, cartographer (Geological Survey of Canada)

|1970

|Premier (Nova Scotia)

|1938

| Railroader (Canadian Pacific)

|1954

| Explorer

|1933

|Governor General, soldier, Ambassador (to France)

|1983

| Artist (Group of Seven)

|1974

| Defended family fort

|1923

|Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood, Doukhobor emigration

|2008

| Founded law school

|1952

| Soldier, Governor (Nova Scotia)

|1928

| Industrialist, developed distillery, ferry and railway in Windsor, Ontario

|1971

| Artist, Royal Academy of Art

|1939

| Businessman, arts patron

|1938

|Royal Navy officer, capture USS Chesapeake, War of 1812

|1945

|North-West Mounted Police, Commissioner of Yukon

|1967

| Fishing captain

|2005

| Pioneer cowboy, steer-wrestler

| 2022

| Artist

|1939

| Champion curler

|2016

|Associated Country Women of the World

|2007

|Vice-admiral, War of 1812

|1945

|Surgeon, historian, author, professor, chair Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada

|1950

|Lieutenant-Governor Nova Scotia

|1974

|Navy Admiral

|1945

|Navy Admiral

|1945

| Surveyor, National Park Movement, Alpine Club

|1995

| Agriculturist

|1976

|Father of Confederation, journalist, speaker

|1939

|Newfoundland businessman, promoted settlement

|1984

| Musician

|1995

| Musician, professor

|1984

| Editor

|1938

| Inventor (noted for acetylene)

|1972

|Lieutenant-Governor New Brunswick, politician and judge

|1938

|Father of Confederation, Senator

|1959

| Scientist, teacher

|2011

| First woman Senator

|2005

| Modernist fiction writer

|2011

|Prince Edward Island Public Health Nursing Division

|2008

| Loyalist; founded Fredericton, settlements in Saint John River Valley

|1951

|Montreal Jewish community leader; founded Eagle Publishing Company

|2007

|Royal Navy Admiral (East Indies, Mediterranean)

|1945

|Chinese-Canadian activist

|2008

| Founded Canada Wheat Pools

|1962

|CCF leader

|1972

| Lumber merchant, Ottawa Valley settler

|1976

| Professor

|1950

| Sculptor

|2011

|War of 1812 Commander

|1937

| Community advocate; Euro-Canadian/Chinese Canadian intermediary

|2008

| Farmer, businessman, agricultural reformer

|1951

| Premier (Nova Scotia), judge

|1951

| Saint, founded Order of the Sisters of Charity

|1973