The Greatest Canadian

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The Greatest Canadian was a television show broadcast by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on April 5, 2004. The viewers from Canada should choose their most important compatriots. A similar concept pursued in 2002 the program 100 Greatest Britons of the BBC . Similar programs followed, such as in Germany with Our Best , in the USA the program The Greatest American , in the Netherlands De Grootste Nederlander , in South Africa Great South Africans and in Finland Suuret Suomalaiset .

Results: The Greatest Canadian

Here is the list of the TOP 50 Greatest Canadians in the order chosen by the viewers of the TV show:

  1. Tommy Douglas (Prime Minister of Saskatchewan , former chairman of the New Democratic Party )
  2. Terry Fox (athlete, activist)
  3. Pierre Trudeau (Prime Minister)
  4. Sir Frederick Banting (medical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin )
  5. David Suzuki (geneticist, environmental scientist, television star, activist)
  6. Lester Bowles Pearson (Prime Minister, Chairman of the UN General Assembly, Nobel Prize Winner)
  7. Don Cherry (ice hockey coach, commentator)
  8. Sir John Macdonald (first Prime Minister)
  9. Alexander Graham Bell (scientist, founder of the Bell company)
  10. Wayne Gretzky (ice hockey player)
  11. Louis Riel (politician, leader of the Métis )
  12. Jean Vanier (development worker , founder of L'Arche, author)
  13. Stompin 'Tom Connors (singer, songwriter)
  14. Neil Young (singer, guitarist, organist)
  15. Peter Gzowski (TV star , writer, reporter)
  16. Roméo Dallaire (UN commanding officer in Rwanda, development worker, author)
  17. Stephen Lewis (politician, diplomat, development worker)
  18. Shania Twain (singer, songwriter)
  19. Bobby Orr (ice hockey player)
  20. Mike Myers (actor, comedian, writer, producer)
  21. Unknown soldiers
  22. Harold A. Rogers (Founder, Kin Canada Service Club)
  23. Maurice Richard (ice hockey player)
  24. Sir Arthur Currie (Commander, General, Director of McGill University)
  25. Nellie McClung (feminist, social activist)
  26. Norman Bethune (doctor, medical researcher, development worker)
  27. Celine Dion (singer)
  28. Sir Isaac Brock (Major General)
  29. Jim Carrey (actor, comedian, writer, producer)
  30. Rick Hansen (athlete, development worker)
  31. Pierre Berton (author, historian, television star)
  32. Michael J. Fox (actor)
  33. Gordon Lightfoot (folk singer, composer, poet)
  34. Hal Anderson (TV star)
  35. Laura Secord (heroin)
  36. Ernie Coombs (child entertainer)
  37. Tecumseh (leader of the American indigenous peoples)
  38. Mario Lemieux (ice hockey player)
  39. Bret Hart (wrestler)
  40. Avril Lavigne (singer, songwriter)
  41. John Candy (comedian, actor)
  42. Sir Sandford Fleming (engineer, introducer of Universal Standard Time)
  43. Sir Wilfrid Laurier (Prime Minister)
  44. Mary Maxwell ( Baha'i Follower)
  45. Jean Chrétien (Prime Minister)
  46. Leonard Cohen (poet, novelist, folk music singer and composer)
  47. John Diefenbaker (Prime Minister)
  48. Billy Bishop (flying ace)
  49. William Lyon Mackenzie King (Prime Minister)
  50. Rick Mercer (Comedian)

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