20 Greatest Canadians

Name the 20 greatest Canadians of all time.

Based on this 2004 poll by CBC

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Last updated: October 13, 2018

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NDP leader, "founder" of Canadian healthcare system	Tommy Douglas
Cancer activist who died during an attempted cross-country marathon	Terry Fox
Liberal Prime Minister of the 70's and 80's	Pierre Trudeau
Inventor of Insulin	Dr. Frederick Banting
CBC nature show host, environmentalist	David Suzuki
Prime Minister, "founder" of modern peacekeeping	Lester Pearson
CBC hockey commentator	Don Cherry
Canada's first Prime Minister	Sir John A. MacDonald
Purported inventor of the telephone	Alexander Graham Bell
Often called the greatest hockey player of all time	Wayne Gretzky
Executed Metis rebel leader and politician	Louis Riel

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Founder of international charity for mentally handicapped children	Jean Vanier
"Stompin' Tom"	Charles Connors
Musician also known as Bernard Shakey	Neil Young
Radio talk show host	Peter Gzowski
UN Commander of failed peacekeeping mission in Rwanda	Gen. Roméo Dallaire
Former Ontario NDP leader, poverty activist	Stephen Lewis
Singer known as the "Queen of Country Pop"	Shania Twain
Hockey player who revolutionized the position of defenceman	Bobby Orr
Comedic actor who did the voice of Shrek	Mike Myers
Symbolic dead World War I soldier	"The Unknown Soldier"