The 30 Greatest Canadians

In 2004, Canadian CBC published a list (source in French) with the 100 greatest Canadians of all time. Can you name the 30 greatest?

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#	What they did / were	Canadian
1	Father of Medicare	Tommy Douglas
2	Athlete who run through Canada to raise money for cancer research	Terry Fox
3	15th Prime Minister, PET, his son is the current PM	Pierre Trudeau
4	Co-discoverer of insulin	Frederick Banting
5	Environmental activist (The Nature of Things)	David Suzuki
6	Prime Minister who gave Canada a new flag and namesake of Toronto's Intl. Airport	Lester B. Pearson
7	Hockey commentator nicknamed Grapes, Coach's Corner	Don Cherry
8	First Prime Minister of Canada	John A. Macdonald
9	He patented the first telephone	Alexander Graham Bell
10	"The Great One", number 99	Wayne Gretzky
11	Political leader of the Métis, "Father of Manitoba"	Louis Riel
12	Founder of L'Arche	Jean Vanier
13	The Hockey Song	Stompin' Tom Connors
14	Singer and the "Godfather of Grunge", hit Heart of Gold	Neil Young
15	Mr. Canada	Peter Gzowski
16	Force Commander in Rwanda to stop the genocide	Roméo Dallaire
17	Politician, later broadcaster, later diplomat	Stephen Lewis
18	Singer and "Queen of Country Pop", Come on Over	Shania Twain
19	Former hockey player with the most points in one season by a defenceman	Bobby Orr
20	Austin Powers	Mike Myers
21	The Unknown Soldiers
22	Founder of Kin Canada	Harold A. Rogers
23	Hockey player nicknamed "Rocket", first to score 50 goals in one season	Maurice Richard
24	Senior officer of the Canadian Army during World War I	Arthur Currie
25	Feminist (The Famous Five), hosted a mock parliament	Nellie McClung
26	Communist who developed a blood-transfusion service in the Spanish Civil War	Norman Bethune
27	My Heart Will Go On	Céline Dion
28	Major general who prevented American invasion in the War of 1812	Isaac Brock
29	The Truman Show	Jim Carrey
30	Paralympian and activist, Man in Motion World Tour	Rick Hansen

Level 68

Mar 2, 2018

I am a Canadian, and I have never heard Peter Gzowski called Mr. Canada. Used to listen to his radio program when I was a kid, and he was great.

Also - why tease us with just 30 - how about the whole 100?

Level 70

Mar 3, 2018

So, where does Wikipedia get its information? The 100 Greatest Canadians - Nice idea, I will try it soon

Level 68

Mar 4, 2018

Ah, where does Wikipedia get its information? A timeless question, that.

Level 71

Aug 13, 2018

Definitely dont agree with number 3.

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