Hmm I'll add Frederik Banting and Charles Best for inventing insulin to the great Canadians list.
And here's a list of stuff you probably never knew was invented by a Canadian.
Canadians Top Ten Inventions
And since those aren't my top ten here's a bunch more
www.cbc.ca inventions
Although they don't mention the
Avro Jetliner or
Avro Arrow which when cancelled led a lot of Canadian engineers to the US to help with stuff like the manned space programs and lunar landings.
And celebrities aside these were the top ten Canadians when voted on by Canadians from 50 nominations for a CBC show. Click on them to learn more.
1
Tommy Douglas
2
Terry Fox
3
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
4
Sir Frederick Banting
5
David Suzuki
6
Lester B. Pearson
7
Don Cherry
8
Sir John A. Macdonald
9
Alexander Graham Bell
10
Wayne Gretzky
Now aren't you guys glad Canada's around to help?