Featured biographies
Every Canadian has a story.
Not all stories begin in Canada.
From coast to coast to coast, we acknowledge the ancestral and unceded territory of all Indigenous peoples that call this land home. We are all Treaty People.
Advocating for the Black community
Shadd moved north into Canada West in 1851, having already established herself as an advocate for the Black community in America.
A football player turned well-known coach
Buono came to Canada with his family in 1953, played football in college and in the Canadian Football League and retired as a player in 1...
One of the youngest Stanley Cup winners
Mikita came to Canada at eight and was soon turning heads as a young hockey talent.
A gold medal in wrestling
Igali claimed asylum in Canada while visiting as a competitor for the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
Meet Mr Dressup
Coombs came to theatre through painting scenery, eventually meeting Fred Rogers (of the children's show, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood).
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