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Harold Innis (1894–1952) – political economist; author of seminal works on Canadian economic history, media and communications Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) – communications theorist, coined phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village"
Sinclair was vaccinated against COVID-19 in March 2021, one of the oldest people to do so. [45] Following the death of 109-year-old Tom Lumby on 19 June 2021, [46] Sinclair was believed to have become Canada's oldest veteran. [41] He became the oldest Canadian-born man upon the death of 110-year-old Arnold Hawkins on 18 September 2021.
Persons of National Historic Significance (National Historic People) (French: Personnes d'importance historique nationale (personnages historiques nationaux)) are people designated by the Canadian government as being nationally significant in the history of the country. [1]
1,172,790 million people reported having at least some Indigenous ancestry in 2006, representing 3.8% of the total Canadian population. [7] From 1981 to 2001, the percentage of Indigenous people who obtained college diplomas increased from 15.0 per cent to 22.0 per cent, while the percentage that obtained university degrees increased from 4.0 ...
Francis Marion Beynon (1884–1951) – Canadian journalist, feminist and pacifist; Laura Borden (1861–1940) – wife of Sir Robert Laird Borden, the eighth Prime Minister of Canada; Henrietta Muir Edwards (1849–1931) – women's rights activist and reformer; Helena Gutteridge (1879–1960) – first woman elected to city council in Vancouver
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This is a list of notable people who are from Quebec, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.