Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson

male, 84 years old
Bebop pianist, Swing pianist, Mainstream jazz pianist, From Mississauga, Knight of the National Order of Quebec, Freemason…Order of Canada, National Order of Quebec, OrderofOntario, Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee, Companion of the Order of Canada
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, O.Ont. (b. August 15, 1925, Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Oscar Peterson is...
Al Purdy

Al Purdy

male, deceased (2000)
Governor General's Award winning poet, bukowski, from vancouver, Order of Canada, Canada Reads, poet…OrderofOntario, from Hastings County, Ontario, Officer of the Order of Canada, Member of the Order of Ontario
Alfred Wellington Purdy, O.C. (December 30, 1918 – April 21, 2000) is one of the most popular and important Canadian poets of the 20th century. Bo...
Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot

male, 71 years old
country singer, Canada's Walk of Fame, Lyricist, Member of the United Church of Canada, From Orillia, Ontario, LL.D…Order of Canada, Doctor of Laws, Inductee of Canada's Walk of Fame, OrderofOntario, Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr., CC, O.Ont, LL.D (hon.) (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian folk singer, composer, lyricist and poet.
June Callwood

June Callwood

female, deceased (1924) (Chatham, Canada)
Canadian, Feminist, CBC Television, Maclean's Magazine, Vision TV, Order of Canada…Doctor of Laws, from Chatham-Kent, Ontario, OrderofOntario, Companion of the Order of Canada, Member of the Order of Ontario
Carrying with her the memories of an adverse and impoverished childhood, combined with her fierce intelligence and immense compassion, Callwood...
James Bartleman

James Bartleman

male, 69 years old
Mnjikaning First Nation, ambassador to the European Union, KStJ, Venerable Order of Saint John, Non-fiction writer, Lieutenant-Governor…University of Western Ontario alumni, OrderofOntario, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Knight of Justice of St John, University of Western Ontario
James Karl Bartleman KStJ, O.Ont, BA (born 24 December, 1939, in Orillia, Ontario) is a Canadian diplomat, author, and the 27th Lieutenant-Governor...
Roberta Bondar

Roberta Bondar

female, 63 years old
astronaut, Canadian of German descent, Canadian of Ukrainian descent, ph.d, D.Sc, Doctor of Philosophy…From Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, University of Western Ontario, Doctor of Medicine, University of Guelph alumni
Roberta Bondar , a medical doctor and Ph.D. in neurobiology, became the first Canadian woman astronaut and the world's first neurologist in space...
Julian Fantino

Julian Fantino

male, 67 years old
immigrant to Canada, Italian, Gwen M. Boniface, Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police, OrderofOntario, O.Ont…Freedom of the City, Order of Merit of the Police Forces, From London, Ontario, Member of the Order of Ontario, ontario provincial police
Julian Fantino was appointed Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on October 30, 2006 and leads more than 7,000 OPP uniform and...
Deborah Ellis

Deborah Ellis

female, 49 years old
Member of the Order of Ontario, Mud City, I am a Taxi, Looking for X, Parvana's Journey, Women of the Afghan War…OrderofOntario, not a very friendly kind of a person, thinking of that question
Deborah Ellis was born in Cochrane, Ontario, Canada in 1960. She won the Governor General's Award for her first novel, "Looking for X". Ellis is an...