Category: Persons of National Historic Significance
Persons of National Historic Significance are people designated by the Canadian government as being nationally significant in the history of the country.
There is a searchable directory of designated people on the Parks Canada web site. Wikipedia also maintains a list of Persons of National Historic Significance.
Person Profiles (379)
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Agathe (Saint-Père) de Saint-Père
27 Feb 1657 Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France - abt 1748
Bernard Sandwell
06 Dec 1876 Ipswich, Suffolk, England - 07 Dec 1954
Margaret Saunders
13 May 1861 Milton, Nova Scotia - 15 Feb 1947
Richard Scott
24 Feb 1825 Prescott, Upper Canada - 23 Apr 1913
Joseph Seagram
15 Apr 1841 Fisher's Mills, Cambridge, Canada West - 18 Aug 1919
Caleb Seely
31 Aug 1787 Saint John, New Brunswick - 14 Feb 1869
Otetiani Seneca
1756 Canoga, New York - 20 Jan 1830
Mary (Shadd) Cary
09 Oct 1823 Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States - 05 Jun 1893
Ambrose Shea
17 Sep 1815 Saint John, Newfoundland - 30 Jul 1905
Clifford Sifton
10 Mar 1861 Arva, Middlesex County, Canada West - 17 Apr 1929
George Simpson
abt 1787 Loch Broom, Highland, Scotland - 07 Sep 1860
Charlotte (Small) Thompson
01 Sep 1785 Île-à-la-Crosse - abt 07 May 1857
Joseph Smallwood
24 Dec 1900 Gambo, Newfoundland - 17 Dec 1991
Albert Smith
12 Mar 1822 Shediac, Westmorland, New Brunswick - 30 Jun 1883
Donald Smith
06 Aug 1820 Forres, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom - 21 Jan 1914
Goldwin Smith
13 Aug 1823 Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom - 07 Jun 1910
William (Smith) De Cosmos
20 Aug 1825 Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia - 04 Jul 1897
Louis Étienne St-Laurent
01 Feb 1882 Compton, Québec, Canada - 25 Jul 1973
Samuel Steele
05 Jan 1849 Purbrook, Medonte, Canada West - 30 Jan 1919
William Steeves
20 May 1814 Hillsborough, Albert, New Brunswick - 09 Dec 1873
John Strachan
abt 12 Apr 1778 Aberdeen, Scotland - abt 01 Nov 1867
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Catharine (Strickland) Traill
09 Jan 1802 London, Middlesex, England - 29 Aug 1899
Susanna (Strickland) Moodie
06 Dec 1803 Bungay, River Waveney, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom - 08 Apr 1885
Marie Esther (Sureau) Blondin dite Marie-Anne
18 Apr 1809 Terrebonne, Bas-Canada - 02 Jan 1890
Anna (Swan) Bates
06 Aug 1846 Mill Brook, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada - 05 Aug 1888
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Alexandre Antonin Taché
23 Jul 1823 Rivière-du-Loup, Bas-Canada - 22 Jun 1894
Étienne-Paschal Taché
05 Sep 1795 Montmagny, Bas-Canada - 30 Jul 1865
David Thompson
30 Apr 1770 Parish of St. John-the-Evangelist, Westminster, London, England. - 10 Feb 1857
Ernest Thompson
14 Aug 1860 South Shields, County Durham, England - 23 Oct 1946
John Thompson
10 Nov 1845 Halifax, Colony of Nova Scotia - 12 Dec 1894
Edward Thomson
15 Jan 1794 Kingston, Frontenac, Upper Canada - 20 Apr 1865
Samuel Tilley
08 May 1818 Gagetown, Queens, New Brunswick - 25 Jun 1896
Henry Tory
11 Jan 1864 Guysborough County, Nova Scotia - 06 Feb 1947
Mary Travers
04 Jun 1894 Newport, Quebec, Canada - 20 Feb 1941
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliot Trudeau
18 Oct 1919 Outremont, Québec, Canada - 28 Sep 2000
Joseph Trutch
18 Jan 1826 Ashcott, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 04 Mar 1904
Charles Tupper
02 Jul 1821 Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia - 30 Oct 1915
Philip Turnor
abt 1751 Laleham, Middlesex, England - abt Jan 1800
Joseph Tyrrell
01 Nov 1858 Weston, Toronto, York, Canada West - 26 Aug 1957
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James Uniacke
abt 1799 Halifax, Nova Scotia - 26 Mar 1858
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William Van Horne
03 Feb 1843 Chelsea, Illinois, United States - 11 Sep 1915
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Frederick Varley
02 Jan 1881 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England - 08 Sep 1969
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Horatio Walker
12 May 1858 Listowel, Perth, Canada West - 27 Sep 1938
Provo Wallis
12 Apr 1791 Halifax, Nova Scotia - 13 Feb 1892
Homer Watson
14 Jan 1855 Doon, Waterloo, Canada West - 30 May 1936
Jean (Wemyss) Laurence
18 Jul 1926 Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada - 05 Jan 1987
John Wentworth
09 Aug 1737 Portsmouth, New Hampshire - abt 08 Apr 1820
Arthur Wheeler
01 May 1860 County Kilkenny, Ireland - 20 Mar 1945
Edward Whelan
1824 Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland - 10 Dec 1867
Portia White
24 Jun 1911 Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada - 13 Feb 1968
John Willison
09 Nov 1856 near Hills Green, Huron, Canada West - 27 May 1927
Lemuel Wilmot
31 Jan 1809 Sunbury County, New Brunswick - 20 May 1878
Robert Wilmot
16 Oct 1809 Fredericton, New Brunswick - 13 Feb 1891
Alice Wilson
26 Aug 1881 Cobourg, Ontario, Canada - 15 Apr 1964
Edward Winslow
20 Feb 1746 Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay - 13 May 1815
Henry Wood
31 May 1860 near Monroe City, Missouri, USA - 10 Jun 1941
James Woodsworth
29 Jul 1874 Etobicoke, York, Ontario, Canada - 21 Mar 1942
Philemon Wright
03 Sep 1760 Woburn, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 03 Jun 1839
George Wrong
25 Jun 1860 Grovesend, Elgin, Canada West - 29 Jun 1948
Florence Wyle
24 Nov 1881 Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States - 14 Jan 1968
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William Young
08 Sep 1799 Falkirk, Scotland - 08 May 1887
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