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.
The man who created universal health care in Canada
Douglas moved with his family to Canada in 1911, settling in Winnipeg.
One of the youngest Stanley Cup winners
Mikita came to Canada at eight and was soon turning heads as a young hockey talent.
Survivor, scientist, activist, pacifist
After surviving 18 months in a Nazi labour camp, Franklin earned a PhD in physics in 1948.
Advances in the field of immunology
Mak was born in China, raised in Hong Kong, and moved with his family to the USA in the 1960s.