List of Canadian supercentenarians
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This is a list of verified Canadian supercentenarian
s (people from Canada
who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been 32 verified supercentenarian
s from Canada
. The oldest person ever from Canada was Marie-Louise Meilleur
, who died in 1998 aged 117 years 230 days. As of , there are no verified living supercentenarians, but 6 unverified in Canada.
research, such as the Gerontology Research Group
. Those listed as 'pending' have provided at least one document supporting the claimed age but not the three necessary for validation. Those that are 'unverified' have provided no documents to support the age claimed.
Supercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
s (people from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been 32 verified supercentenarian
Supercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
s from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The oldest person ever from Canada was Marie-Louise Meilleur
Marie-Louise Meilleur
Marie-Louise Fébronie Meilleur was a French Canadian supercentenarian who, upon the death of Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, became the oldest recognized living person. Meilleur is still the oldest validated Canadian ever.-Biography:...
, who died in 1998 aged 117 years 230 days. As of , there are no verified living supercentenarians, but 6 unverified in Canada.
Living Canadian supercentenarians
Below is a list of the oldest living people from Canada. Those listed as 'verified' have been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevityLongevity
The word "longevity" is sometimes used as a synonym for "life expectancy" in demography or known as "long life", especially when it concerns someone or something lasting longer than expected ....
research, such as the Gerontology Research Group
Gerontology Research Group
The Gerontology Research Group was started in 1990, and is a global eGroup of researchers in gerontology, some of who also meet monthly at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. The primary function of the group is to further gerontology research, with the objective of reversing or retarding aging...
. Those listed as 'pending' have provided at least one document supporting the claimed age but not the three necessary for validation. Those that are 'unverified' have provided no documents to support the age claimed.
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Age as of | Province or Country of birth | Province of residence |
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Sum Ying Fung | F | 27 January 1899 | China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... |
British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
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Cora Hansen | F | 25 March 1899 | United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
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Mary Dubyna | F | 22 September 1900 | Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... |
Alberta | ||
Flora Thibodeau | F | 20 March 1901 | New Brunswick New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area... |
New Brunswick | ||
Gloriam Bellerive-Hébert | F | 28 June 1901 | Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Quebec | ||
Adéa Pellerin-Cormier | F | 11 September 1901 | New Brunswick | New Brunswick |
Canadian emigrant supercentenarians
Rank | Name | Sex | Race | Birth date | Reported age as of | State of birth | Country of residence |
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Catherine Dion | F | W | 26 July 1901 | Prince Edward Island | United States |
Canadian supercentenarians
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Province or Country of birth | Province of death |
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1 | Marie-Louise Meilleur Marie-Louise Meilleur Marie-Louise Fébronie Meilleur was a French Canadian supercentenarian who, upon the death of Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, became the oldest recognized living person. Meilleur is still the oldest validated Canadian ever.-Biography:... |
F | 29 August 1880 | 16 April 1998 | 117 years, 230 days | Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Ontario |
2 | Julie Winnefred Bertrand Julie Winnefred Bertrand Julie Winnefred Bertrand was a Canadian supercentenarian who was the oldest living Canadian and the oldest verified living recognized woman at the time of her death at age 115 years 124 days.... |
F | 16 September 1891 | 18 January 2007 | 115 years, 124 days | Quebec | Quebec |
3 | Anne Samson | F | 27 February 1891 | 29 November 2004 | 113 years, 276 days | Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... |
New Brunswick New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area... |
4 | Lillian Ross | F | 24 August 1879 | 20 March 1993 | 113 years, 208 days | Ontario | Ontario |
5 | Zelda McCague Zelda McCague Zelda McCague was recognized as the oldest living Canadian and one of the oldest people in the world whose age has been verified.... |
F | 28 March 1888 | 6 August 2001 | 113 years, 131 days | Ontario | Ontario |
6 | Margaret Fitzgerald | F | 16 September 1896 | 20 October 2009 | 113 years, 34 days | New Brunswick | New Brunswick |
7 | Alice Sjöquist | F | 25 October 1878 | 7 November 1991 | 113 years, 13 days | United Kingdom | British Columbia |
8 | Marie-Laure Nadon | F | 12 April 1889 | 18 August 2001 | 112 years, 128 days | Quebec | Quebec |
9 | Mary MacIsaac | F | 27 December 1893 | 10 March 2006 | 112 years, 73 days | New Brunswick | Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.... |
10 | Julia Houde | F | 18 September 1894 | 18 November 2006 | 112 years, 61 days | Quebec | Quebec |
11 | Mamie Smith | F | 1 March 1889 | 25 April 2001 | 112 years, 55 days | Ontario | Ontario |
Jennie Fitzgerald | F | 5 December 1894 | 22 January 2007 | 112 years, 48 days | New Brunswick | New Brunswick | |
12 | Mary Ellen Swan | F | 24 June 1892 | 10 August 2004 | 112 years, 47 days | United Kingdom | Ontario |
13 | Maria Mallozzi | F | 25 September 1887 | 26 October 1999 | 112 years, 31 days | Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
Ontario |
14 | Agnes Munce | F | 17 January 1877 | 17 December 1988 | 111 years, 335 days | Ontario | Ontario |
15 | Marie-Louise Meunier | F | 15 March 1887 | 24 October 1998 | 111 years, 223 days | Quebec | Quebec |
16 | Evangeline Saulnier | F | 11 September 1890 | 19 March 2002 | 111 years, 189 days | New Brunswick | New Brunswick |
17 | Ethel Lyman | F | 8 June 1880 | 9 December 1991 | 111 years, 184 days | Ontario | Quebec |
18 | Marie Bibeault | F | 31 January 1882 | 29 July 1993 | 111 years, 179 days | Quebec | Quebec |
19 | George Frederick Ives George Frederick Ives -External links:*... |
M | 17 November 1881 | 12 April 1993 | 111 years, 146 days | United Kingdom | British Columbia |
20 | Bessie Roffey | F | 2 March 1897 | 17 June 2008 | 111 years, 107 days | United Kingdom | Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
21 | Nellie Thompson | F | 21 October 1878 | 27 November 1989 | 111 years, 37 days | Ontario | Ontario |
22 | Emilie Lavoie | F | 10 April 1898 | 2 April 2009 | 110 years, 357 days | New Brunswick | New Brunswick |
23 | Judith Pinard | F | 3 July 1898 | 13 June 2009 | 110 years, 345 days | Quebec | Quebec |
24 | Pasqualina Franco | F | 2 December 1898 | 16 August 2009 | 110 years, 257 days | Italy | Ontario |
25 | Mary Ann Scoles | F | 25 December 1896 | 23 July 2007 | 110 years, 210 days | Manitoba Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other... |
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26 | Blanche Marinier | F | 20 March 1892 | 30 September 2002 | 110 years, 194 days | Quebec | Quebec |
27 | Marie-Rose Theriault | F | 8 September 1889 | 29 February 2000 | 110 years, 174 days | New Brunswick | Quebec |
28 | Flore Belland | F | 6 September 1872 | 18 February 1983 | 110 years, 165 days | Quebec | Quebec |
29 | Alina Morton | F | 10 November 1878 | 20 April 1989 | 110 years, 161 days | Nova Scotia | Nova Scotia |
30 | Dorothy Hodgson | F | 23 July 1897 | 7 December 2007 | 110 years, 137 days | United Kingdom | British Columbia |
31 | Margaret Cousins | F | 27 February 1899 | 31 May 2009 | 110 years, 93 days | Ontario | Ontario |
32 | Marie-Ange Bernard | F | 2 November 1894 | 29 January 2005 | 110 years, 88 days | Quebec | Quebec |
Madeleine Savoie | F | 1 November 1899 | 24 January 2010 | 110 years, 84 days | New Brunswick | New Brunswick | |
33 | Angeline Barrette | F | 10 December 1896 | 28 February 2007 | 110 years, 80 days | Quebec | Quebec |
34 | Anna Poirier | F | 11 November 1885 | 28 January 1996 | 110 years, 78 days | Quebec | Quebec |
35 | Mary Sloan | F | 11 June 1898 | 12 August 2008 | 110 years, 60 days | Ontario | Ontario |
36 | Laura Rollock | F | 16 November 1878 | 29 December 1988 | 110 years, 43 days | Nova Scotia | Nova Scotia |
37 | Joseph Saint-Amour | M | 26 February 1852 | 16 March 1962 | 110 years, 18 days | Quebec | Quebec |
38 | Rose McDonald | F | 5 September 1890 | 16 September 2000 | 110 years, 11 days | Nova Scotia | Nova Scotia |
Canadian emigrant supercentenarians
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Province of birth | Country of death |
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1 | Mary Josephine Ray Mary Josephine Ray Mary Josephine Ray was the world's second-oldest verified living person at the time of her death... |
F | 17 May 1895 | 7 March 2010 | 114 years, 294 days | Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population... |
United States |
2 | Fanny Adler Greenberg | F | 24 May 1895 | 5 October 2007 | 112 years, 134 days | Ontario | United States |
3 | Louise Gibson | F | 7 August 1883 | 2 January 1995 | 111 years, 148 days | Nova Scotia | United States |
4 | Virginia Muise | F | 28 July 1893 | 2 November 2004 | 111 years, 97 days | Nova Scotia | United States |
5 | Grace-Lillian Schaeffner | F | 28 November 1878 | 26 December 1989 | 111 years, 28 days | Ontario | United States |
6 | Clarida Roy | F | 19 October 1863 | 18 May 1974 | 110 years, 211 days | Quebec | United States |
7 | Christine Jodoin | F | 17 November 1894 | 11 March 2005 | 110 years, 114 days | Quebec | United States |
8 | Irene Nadeau | F | 25 April 1897 | 9 June 2007 | 110 years, 45 days | Quebec | United States |
Oldest Canadian person by province and territory
This is a list of the oldest people by birth from each province and territoryProvinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...
Province or Territory | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age |
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Manitoba | Mary Ann Scoles | F | 25 December 1896 | 23 July 2007 | 110 years, 210 days |
New Brunswick | Margaret Fitzgerald | F | 16 September 1896 | 20 October 2009 | 113 years, 34 days |
Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400... |
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Northwest Territories Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south... |
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Nova Scotia | Anne Samson | F | 27 February 1891 | 29 November 2004 | 113 years, 276 days |
Nunavut Nunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993... |
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Ontario | Lillian Ross | F | 24 August 1879 | 20 March 1993 | 113 years, 208 days |
Prince Edward Island | Mary Josephine Ray Mary Josephine Ray Mary Josephine Ray was the world's second-oldest verified living person at the time of her death... |
F | 17 May 1895 | 7 March 2010 | 114 years, 294 days |
Quebec | Marie-Louise Meilleur Marie-Louise Meilleur Marie-Louise Fébronie Meilleur was a French Canadian supercentenarian who, upon the death of Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, became the oldest recognized living person. Meilleur is still the oldest validated Canadian ever.-Biography:... |
F | 29 August 1880 | 16 April 1998 | 117 years, 230 days |
Saskatchewan | |||||
Yukon Yukon Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in.... |
Limbo cases
Limbo cases refer to supercentenarians who were verified to have reached the age of 110 (supercentenarian status) but their death date is unknownName | Sex | Birth date | Last confirmed to have been alive | Province of birth | Province of death |
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Isabel Dryden | F | 16 October 1888 | September 2001 | Ontario | British Columbia |
Chronological list of the oldest living person in Canada since 1988
From | To | Name | Sex | Age(s) when oldest | Lifespan | Province of death |
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? | 17 December 1988 | Agnes Munce | F | ? – 111 | 17 January 1877 – 17 December 1988 111 years, 335 days |
Ontario |
17 December 1988 | 27 November 1989 ( days) |
Nellie Thompson | F | 110 – 111 | 21 October 1878 – 27 November 1989 111 years, 37 days |
Ontario |
27 November 1989 | 7 November 1991 ( days) |
Alice Sjöquist | F | 111 – 113 | 25 October 1878 – 7 November 1991 |
British Columbia |
7 November 1991 | 20 March 1993 |
Lillian Ross | F | 110 – 113 | 24 August 1879 – 20 March 1993 113 years, 208 days |
Ontario |
20 March 1993 | 16 April 1998 |
Marie-Louise Meilleur Marie-Louise Meilleur Marie-Louise Fébronie Meilleur was a French Canadian supercentenarian who, upon the death of Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, became the oldest recognized living person. Meilleur is still the oldest validated Canadian ever.-Biography:... |
F | 112 – 117 | 29 August 1880 – 16 April 1998 117 years, 230 days |
Ontario |
16 April 1998 | 24 October 1998 ( days) |
Marie-Louise Meunier | F | 111 | 15 March 1887 – 24 October 1998 111 years, 223 days |
Quebec |
24 October 1998 | 26 October 1999 |
Maria Mallozzi | F | 111 – 112 | 25 September 1887 – 26 October 1999 |
Ontario |
26 October 1999 | 6 August 2001 |
Zelda McCague Zelda McCague Zelda McCague was recognized as the oldest living Canadian and one of the oldest people in the world whose age has been verified.... |
F | 110 – 113 | 28 March 1888 – 6 August 2001 113 years, 131 days |
Ontario |
6 August 2001 | 19 March 2002 ( days) |
Evangeline Saulnier | F | 110 – 111 | 11 September 1890 – 19 March 2002 111 years, 189 days |
Nova Scotia |
19 March 2002 | 29 November 2004 |
Anne Samson | F | 111 – 113 | 27 February 1891 – 29 November 2004 113 years, 276 days |
Nova Scotia |
29 November 2004 | 18 January 2007 |
Julie Winnefred Bertrand Julie Winnefred Bertrand Julie Winnefred Bertrand was a Canadian supercentenarian who was the oldest living Canadian and the oldest verified living recognized woman at the time of her death at age 115 years 124 days.... |
F | 113 – 115 | 16 September 1891 – 18 January 2007 115 years, 124 days |
Quebec |
18 January 2007 | 22 January 2007 ( days) |
Jennie Fitzgerald | F | 112 | 5 December 1894 – 22 January 2007 112 years, 48 days |
New Brunswick |
22 January 2007 | 20 October 2009 |
Margaret Fitzgerald | F | 110 – 113 | 16 September 1896 – 20 October 2009 113 years, 34 days |
New Brunswick |
20 October 2009 | Present |
Sum Ying Fung | F | 110 – 112* | born 27 January 1899 age |
Living in British Columbia |