Officially launched on April 5, 2004, The Greatest Canadian was a television program series by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to determine who is considered to be the greatest Canadian of all time, at least among those who watched and participated in the program. The project was inspired by the BBC series Great Britons. Download high resolution version (3000x2220, 340 KB)Logo for CBCs The Greatest Canadian This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... In 2002, the BBC conducted a vote to discover the 100 Greatest Britons of all time. ...

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The "Greatest Canadian" was not decided by a simple popular poll, but was instead chosen through a two-step voting process.

On October 17, 2004 the CBC aired the first part of The Greatest Canadian television series. In it, the bottom 40 of the top 50 "greatest" choices were revealed, in order of popularity, determined by polls conducted by E-mail, Web site, telephone, and letter. To prevent bias during the second round of voting, the top ten nominees were presented alphabetically rather than by order of first round popularity. is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

This second vote was accompanied by a series of documentaries, where 10 Canadian celebrities acting as advocates each presented their case for The Greatest Canadian. Voting concluded on November 28 at midnight and the following evening, November 29, the winner was revealed to be Tommy Douglas. November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... November 29 is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Thomas Clement Douglas, PC, CC, SOM, MA, LL.D (hc) (October 20, 1904 – February 24, 1986) was a Scottish-born Baptist minister who became a prominent Canadian social democratic politician. ...

The series has a spiritual sequel, The Greatest Canadian Invention. A spiritual sequel or spiritual successor is a sequel or successor to a computer or video game, movie, comic or even a stage play. ... The Greatest Canadian Invention is a television mini-series originally aired on CBC Television. ...

The Greatest Canadian

Tommy Douglas, #1

On November 29, Tommy Douglas won the title as CBC's Greatest Canadian. He had been at first place for almost the entire contest. Douglas is famous as a father of Medicare. Prior to his political career, he received his Arts degree at Brandon College, where he met his best friend Stanley Knowles as well as his wife. He became a Baptist minister in small prairie towns such as Carberry, Manitoba, before he became a minister in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. During his time as a minister in Weyburn, Douglas began and completed his Masters thesis entitled "The Problems of the Subnormal Family".^[1] At the height of the Great Depression, local farmers would come to him for help, since many of them were losing their farms to holding corporations as they were unable to pay their bills on time. Douglas helped start up the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation as a lobby group of farmers, and it became a political party. 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Top 10

Terry Fox, #2

Sir Fredrick Banting, #4

Dr. David Suzuki, #5

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1. Tommy Douglas (father of Canadian Medicare, Premier of Saskatchewan)
2. Terry Fox (athlete, activist, humanitarian)
3. Pierre Trudeau (Prime Minister)
4. Sir Frederick Banting (medical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin)
5. David Suzuki (geneticist, environmentalist, broadcaster, activist)
6. Lester Bowles Pearson (Prime Minister, former United Nations General Assembly President, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate)
7. Don Cherry (hockey coach, commentator)
8. Sir John A. Macdonald (First post-Confederation Prime Minister)
9. Alexander Graham Bell (Scottish-born scientist, inventor, founder of the Bell Telephone Company, which later became the American Telephone and Telegraph Company)
10. Wayne Gretzky (professional hockey player)

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Advocates

In broadcast order:

• George Stroumboulopoulos, pop culture commentator, host of CBC's The Hour, and former MuchMusic VJ; for Tommy Douglas
• Deborah Grey, former Reform Party of Canada MP from Alberta, motorcycle enthusiast; for Wayne Gretzky
• Bret Hart, former professional wrestler; for Don Cherry
• Charlotte Gray, author, professor and historian; for John A. Macdonald
• Sook-Yin Lee, actor, musician, writer, director, broadcaster, former MuchMusic VJ, and host of CBC Radio's Definitely Not the Opera; for Terry Fox
• Mary Walsh, comedian; for Frederick Banting
• Paul Gross, actor; for Lester B. Pearson
• Evan Solomon, journalist, editor, author, anchor; for Alexander Graham Bell
• Melissa Auf der Maur, rock musician; for David Suzuki
• Rex Murphy, broadcaster; for Pierre Elliott Trudeau

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Numbers 11 through 100

11. Louis Riel (politician, Métis leader)
12. Jean Vanier (humanitarian, founder of L'Arche, author)
13. Stompin' Tom Connors (singer, songwriter)
14. Neil Young (musician)
15. Peter Gzowski (broadcaster, writer, reporter)
16. Roméo Dallaire (Commanding UN Officer Rwanda, humanitarian, author)
17. Stephen Lewis (politician, diplomat, humanitarian)
18. Shania Twain (singer, songwriter)
19. Bobby Orr (hockey player)
20. Mike Myers (actor, comedian, writer, producer)
21. Unknown Soldier (soldiers)
22. Harold A. Rogers (founder of Kin Canada service club)
23. Maurice Richard (professional ice hockey player)
24. Sir Arthur Currie (commander, general in World War I, principal of McGill University)
25. Nellie McClung (feminist, social activist)
26. Dr. Norman Bethune (physician, medical innovator, humanitarian)
27. Céline Dion (vocalist)
28. Sir Isaac Brock (major-general)
29. Jim Carrey (film actor, comedian, writer, producer)
30. Rick Hansen (athlete, humanitarian)
31. Pierre Berton (author, historian, broadcaster)
32. Michael J. Fox (actor, activist)
33. Gordon Lightfoot (folk singer, composer, lyricist)
34. Hal Anderson (a broadcaster who invited his listeners to vote for him as a joke)
35. Laura Secord (heroine)
36. Ernie Coombs (children's entertainer)
37. Tecumseh (First Nations leader)
38. Mario Lemieux (professional ice hockey player)
39. Bret Hart (professional wrestler)
40. Avril Lavigne (singer, songwriter)
41. John Candy (comedian, actor)
42. Sir Sandford Fleming (engineer, inventor universal standard time)
43. Sir Wilfrid Laurier (prime minister)
44. Mary Maxwell (Bahá'í adherent)
45. Jean Chrétien (prime minister)
46. Leonard Cohen (poet, novelist, folk singer/songwriter)
47. John George Diefenbaker (prime minister)
48. Billy Bishop (flying ace)
49. William Lyon Mackenzie King (prime minister)
50. Rick Mercer (comedian)
51. Pamela Anderson (actress, model, animal rights activist)
52. Craig Kielburger (children's rights activist)
53. Gordie Howe (hockey player)
54. William Stephenson (soldier, airman, businessman, inventor, spymaster)
55. Glenn Gould (pianist)
56. William Shatner (actor, writer)
57. Lucy Maud Montgomery (author)
58. Paul Henderson (ice hockey player)
59. Tim Horton (ice hockey player, founder of the Tim Hortons doughnut chain)
60. Stan Rogers (folk musician, composer)
61. Sir William Edmond Logan (geologist)
62. Marshall McLuhan (educator, academic, philosopher)
63. Roberta Bondar (astronaut)
64. Brian Mulroney (prime minister)
65. Burton Cummings (musician)
66. Sheila Fraser (auditor general)
67. Patrick Roy (ice hockey goaltender)
68. Jean Béliveau (professional ice hockey player)
69. René Lévesque (reporter, founder of the Parti Quebecois, premier of Quebec)
70. James Naismith (inventor of basketball)
71. Margaret Atwood (novelist, poet, literary critic, author)
72. Senator Anne C. Cools (senator)
73. David Thompson (surveyor, explorer)
74. Emily Murphy (women's rights activist)
75. Sarah McLachlan (musician, singer)
76. John McCrae (poet, doctor)
77. Dr. Charles Best (medical scientist)
78. Robert Munsch (children's author)
79. Ed Belfour (NHL goalie)
80. Chief Dan George (actor)
81. Sandra Schmirler (curler)
82. Dan Aykroyd (comedian, actor, screenwriter)
83. Elijah Harper (politician, band chief)
84. Kurt Browning (figure skater)
85. Emily Carr (artist, writer)
86. Mike Weir (professional golfer)
87. Dr. Henry Morgentaler (physician)
88. Farley Mowat (novelist, non-fiction author)
89. Donovan Bailey (athlete)
90. Bryan Adams (singer, songwriter)
91. Preston Manning (politician, leader of the Reform Party)
92. John Molson (brewer, entrepreneur)
93. Joni Mitchell (musician, painter)
94. Anne Murray (singer)
95. Lord Stanley (governor general)
96. Geddy Lee (musician)
97. Raine Maida (musician)
98. Mordecai Richler (author, scriptwriter, essayist)
99. Sam Steele (member of the Northwest Mounted Police)
100. J. S. Woodsworth (pioneer of the social democratic movement)

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Henry Morgentaler, M.D., LL.D. honourary (born March 19, 1923, in Lodz, Poland) is a Canadian medical doctor and long time abortion activist from Montreal. ... Farley McGill Mowat OC, BA, D.Litt (born May 12, 1921 in Belleville, Ontario) is a conservationist and one of Canadas most widely-read authors. ... Donovan Bailey (born December 16, 1967) is a Canadian former athlete. ... Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and photographer. ... Ernest Preston Manning (born June 10, 1942, in Edmonton, Alberta), is a right-wing populist Canadian politician. ... John Molson (December 28, 1763 – January 11, 1836) was an Anglo-Quebecer who was a major brewer and entrepreneur in Canada, starting the Molson Brewing Company. ... Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter. ... Anne Murray, CC, ONS (born Morna Anne Murray June 20, 1945), is a Canadian singer born in Springhill, Nova Scotia, known for her rich alto voice and her taste in choosing songs that appeal to Pop, Country and Adult Contemporary listeners alike. ... Frederick Arthur Ritchie, 16th Earl of Derby, KG, GCB, GCVO, PC (15 January 1841–14 June 1908), known as Frederick Stanley until 1886 and as The Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a janitor for the Colonies|Colonial Secretary]] from 1885 to 1886 and Governor General of... Geddy Lee OC (born Gary Lee Weinrib on July 29, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian musician best known as the vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush. ... Raine Maida, full name Michael Anthony Maida (b. ... Mordecai Richler, CC (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) was a Canadian author, screenwriter and essayist. ... 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Comments and criticisms

Some critics^{[Who says this?]} have said the format used to select the "top 10" was not completely honest since CBC knew the ranking order of the nominees as determined by popular vote, but did not reveal this information. This format is identical to that of the Great Britons series and was designed to encourage a more informed vote as the feature documentaries were run.

At least three members of the top 50 got into the list by an active mass-voting campaign among that individual's loyal, well-organized followers. Kin founder Harold A. Rogers, DJ Hal Anderson, and Bahá'í activist Mary Maxwell all benefited from an active grassroots campaign to get their names included in the list. CBC openly admitted this^{[citation needed]}, and recognized that these three esoteric individuals are probably quite unknown to the general public. Others complained that all the top 10 were men and all but Suzuki are white. The producers admitted they were surprised and disappointed to see the demographic mix work out as it was, but decided that interfering with it to create a diverse list would be pointless as they would be criticized for that act as well. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... A grassroots political movement is one driven by the constituents of a community. ...

Some critics^{[Who says this?]} have complained that the large number of entertainers on the list, like Jim Carrey and Avril Lavigne, reflects Canadians confusing popularity with greatness. In particular, Don Cherry's inclusion in the top 10 upset many Canadians, especially considering it forced out figures they believe are more worthy like Louis Riel and Jean Vanier. (Don Cherry supported Sir John A. Macdonald as the Greatest Canadian.)

A few members of the list were not "Canadians" in the sense we think of the term today, but rather figures who were associated with some period of early Canadian history, before Canada was a nation. These include the American Indian leader Tecumseh, who never resided in Canada, and Laura Secord and Sir Isaac Brock, who were both British figures associated with the 1812 War (before Canadian Confederation). (Redirected from 1812 War) The North American War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom is one of several wars associated with that year. ...

Nine of the top 50 could be considered French Canadians, ignoring the percentage of Francophones included as the Unknown Soldier. Tecumseh, Suzuki, Donovan Bailey, Chief Dan George, and Louis Riel were the only non-Caucasians on the list.

Many of the top 50 Greatest Canadians' careers have actually been spent with the CBC. David Suzuki and Don Cherry are current on-air personalities, Rick Mercer currently hosts a comedy series, Ernie Coombs was Mr. Dressup for decades on the network, while comedians like John Candy (guest on King of Kensington, lead on Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins and a regular on SCTV) Michael J. Fox (guest on The Magic Lie, star of Leo and Me), and Mike Myers (guest on King of Kensington) all made their first credited TV appearances on the CBC. Ernie Coombs as Mr. ... King of Kensington was a Canadian television sitcom which aired on the CBC from 1975 to 1980. ... Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins was a CBC childrens television series which ran three afternoons a week from September 1974 to April 1975. ... Second City Television, or SCTV, was a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from the Toronto troupe of The Second City. ... Leo and Me was a Canadian television sitcom that was originally produced in 1976 but did not air until 1981. ...

Alexander Graham Bell was also on the 100 Great Britons and would be on the subsequent 100 Greatest American lists, and is one of the few nominees to appear on more than one Greatest shortlist. The Greatest American was a four part television series hosted by Matt Lauer in which millions of Americans nominated and elected whom they thought was the greatest person in U.S. history. ...

External links

• CBC The Greatest Canadian website
• CBC Grands canadiens website (in French)