Rank Image Name Notability Birthplace Advocate
10 Wgretz edit2.jpg Wayne Gretzky Hockey player, holder of numerous NHL records Brantford, Ontario Deborah Grey
9 Alexander Graham Bell.jpg Alexander Graham Bell Scientist, inventor,
founder of the Bell Telephone Company
Edinburgh, Scotland Evan Solomon
8 Brady-Handy John A Macdonald - cropped.jpg Sir John A. Macdonald First Prime Minister of Canada Glasgow, Scotland Charlotte Gray
7 Cherry Maclean2.jpg Don Cherry Hockey coach and commentator Kingston, Ontario Bret Hart
6 Lester B. Pearson with a pencil.jpg Lester B. Pearson Fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada,
United Nations General Assembly President,
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Toronto, Ontario Paul Gross
5 Image-David Suzuki speech head shot.jpg David Suzuki Environmentalist Vancouver, British Columbia Melissa Auf der Maur
4 Fredrick banting.jpg Sir Frederick Banting Medical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin,
winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Alliston, Ontario Mary Walsh
3 Pierre Trudeau.jpg Pierre Trudeau Fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada Montreal, Quebec Rex Murphy
2 TerryFoxToronto19800712.JPG Terry Fox Athlete, activist, humanitarian Winnipeg, Manitoba Sook-Yin Lee
1 Tommycropped.jpg Tommy Douglas Father of Medicare, Premier of Saskatchewan Falkirk, Scotland George Stroumboulopoulos