List of Canadian supercentenarians
This is a list of verified Canadian supercentenarians (people from Canada who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been 45 verified supercentenarians from Canada.[1] The oldest person ever from Canada was Marie-Louise Meilleur, who died in 1998 aged 117 years, 230 days. As of 13 September 2024, there are 2 verified living supercentenarians, 2 pending, and 4 unverified in Canada. The oldest who is currently Merle Barwis, although she was born in the United States, therefore the oldest native Canadian is Adéa Pellerin-Cormier.
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 longevity 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.
Verified Pending Unverified
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Age as of 13 September 2024 | Province or Country of birth | Province of residence |
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1 | Merle Barwis[1] | F | 23 December 1900 | 123 years, 265 days | United States | British Columbia |
2 | Adéa Pellerin-Cormier[1] | F | 11 September 1901 | 123 years, 2 days | New Brunswick | New Brunswick |
Colombe Benoît-Leclerc[2] | F | 5 February 1903 | 121 years, 221 days | Quebec | Quebec | |
Orma Slack[2] | F | 19 February 1903 | 121 years, 207 days | Ontario | Ontario | |
Lorna Best[3] | F | 4 July 1903 | 121 years, 71 days | Manitoba | British Columbia | |
Hazel Urie[4] | F | 28 September 1903 | 120 years, 351 days | Ontario | Ontario | |
Leroisine Charles-Drouinaud[5] | F | 21 November 1903 | 120 years, 297 days | Haiti | Quebec | |
Marguerite Wabano | F | 28 January 1904 | 120 years, 229 days | Ontario | Ontario |
Canadian emigrant supercentenarians
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Reported age as of 13 September 2024 | Province or Country of birth | Country of residence |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Selma Gaetz[2] | F | 12 May 1903 | 121 years, 124 days | Alberta | United States | |
Lois Leyda[6][7] | F | 19 July 1903 | 121 years, 56 days | Manitoba | United States |
Canadian supercentenarians
Deceased (Verified) Living (Verified) Pending
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Province or Country of birth | Province of death |
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1 | Marie-Louise Meilleur[8] | F | 29 August 1880 | 16 April 1998 | 117 years, 230 days | Quebec | Ontario |
2 | Mary Ann Rhodes[9] | F | 12 August 1882 | 3 March 1998 | 115 years, 203 days | Ontario | Ontario |
3 | Julie Winnefred Bertrand[8] | F | 16 September 1891 | 18 January 2007 | 115 years, 124 days | Quebec | Quebec |
4 | Anne Samson[8] | F | 27 February 1891 | 29 November 2004 | 113 years, 276 days | Nova Scotia | New Brunswick |
5 | Lillian Ross[8] | F | 24 August 1879 | 20 March 1993 | 113 years, 208 days | Ontario | Ontario |
6 | Zelda McCague[8] | F | 28 March 1888 | 6 August 2001 | 113 years, 131 days | Ontario | Ontario |
7 | Merle Barwis[1] | F | 23 December 1900 | Living | 123 years, 265 days | United States | Living in British Columbia |
8 | Margaret Fitzgerald[10] | F | 16 September 1896 | 20 October 2009 | 113 years, 34 days | New Brunswick | New Brunswick |
9 | Cora Hansen[11] | F | 25 March 1899 | 18 April 2012 | 113 years, 24 days | United States | Alberta |
10 | Alice Sjöquist[12] | F | 25 October 1878 | 7 November 1991 | 113 years, 13 days | United Kingdom | British Columbia |
11 | Flora Thibodeau[1] | F | 20 March 1901 | 22 January 2014 | 112 years, 308 days | New Brunswick | New Brunswick |
12 | Adéa Pellerin-Cormier[1] | F | 11 September 1901 | Living | 123 years, 2 days | New Brunswick | Living in New Brunswick |
13 | Marie-Laure Nadon[8] | F | 12 April 1889 | 18 August 2001 | 112 years, 128 days | Quebec | Quebec |
14 | Mary MacIsaac[8] | F | 27 December 1893 | 10 March 2006 | 112 years, 73 days | New Brunswick | Saskatchewan |
15 | Julia Houde[8] | F | 18 September 1894 | 18 November 2006 | 112 years, 61 days | Quebec | Quebec |
16 | Mamie Smith[8] | F | 1 March 1889 | 25 April 2001 | 112 years, 55 days | Ontario | Ontario |
Jennie Fitzgerald[2] | F | 5 December 1894 | 22 January 2007 | 112 years, 48 days | New Brunswick | New Brunswick | |
17 | Mary Ellen Swan[8] | F | 24 June 1892 | 10 August 2004 | 112 years, 47 days | United Kingdom | Ontario |
18 | Maria Mallozzi[8] | F | 25 September 1887 | 26 October 1999 | 112 years, 31 days | Italy | Ontario |
19 | Agnes Munce[8] | F | 17 January 1877 | 17 December 1988 | 111 years, 335 days | Ontario | Ontario |
Isabel Dryden[2] | F | 16 October 1888 | 20 July 2000 | 111 years, 278 days | Ontario | British Columbia | |
20 | Marie-Louise Meunier[8] | F | 15 March 1887 | 24 October 1998 | 111 years, 223 days | Quebec | Quebec |
21 | Evangeline Saulnier[8] | F | 11 September 1890 | 19 March 2002 | 111 years, 189 days | New Brunswick | New Brunswick |
22 | Ethel Lyman[8] | F | 8 June 1880 | 9 December 1991 | 111 years, 184 days | Ontario | Quebec |
23 | Marie Bibeault[8] | F | 31 January 1882 | 29 July 1993 | 111 years, 179 days | Quebec | Quebec |
24 | George Frederick Ives[8] | M | 17 November 1881 | 12 April 1993 | 111 years, 146 days | United Kingdom | British Columbia |
Isabella Hayes[2] | F | 17 June 1900 | 5 November 2011 | 111 years, 141 days | United Kingdom | Ontario | |
25 | Bessie Roffey[13] | F | 2 March 1897 | 17 June 2008 | 111 years, 107 days | United Kingdom | Alberta |
26 | Nellie Thompson[8] | F | 21 October 1878 | 27 November 1989 | 111 years, 37 days | Ontario | Ontario |
Colombe Benoît-Leclerc[2] | F | 5 February 1903 | Living | 121 years, 221 days | Quebec | Living in Quebec | |
Gertrude Marshall[2] | F | 16 October 1902 | 25 October 2013 | 111 years, 9 days | Nova Scotia | British Columbia | |
Orma Slack[2] | F | 19 February 1903 | Living | 121 years, 207 days | Ontario | Living in Ontario | |
27 | Emilie Lavoie[10] | F | 10 April 1898 | 2 April 2009 | 110 years, 357 days | New Brunswick | New Brunswick |
28 | Judith Pinard[10] | F | 3 July 1898 | 13 June 2009 | 110 years, 345 days | Quebec | Quebec |
29 | Pasqualina Franco[10] | F | 2 December 1898 | 16 August 2009 | 110 years, 257 days | Italy | Ontario |
30 | Mary Ann Scoles[14] | F | 25 December 1896 | 23 July 2007 | 110 years, 210 days | Manitoba | Manitoba |
31 | Blanche Marinier[8] | F | 20 March 1892 | 30 September 2002 | 110 years, 194 days | Quebec | Quebec |
32 | Marie-Rose Theriault[8] | F | 8 September 1889 | 29 February 2000 | 110 years, 174 days | New Brunswick | Quebec |
33 | Flore Belland[8] | F | 6 September 1872 | 18 February 1983 | 110 years, 165 days | Quebec | Quebec |
34 | Alina Morton[8] | F | 10 November 1878 | 20 April 1989 | 110 years, 161 days | Nova Scotia | Nova Scotia |
Ellen Green[2] | F | 19 July 1878 | 4 December 1988 | 110 years, 138 days | United Kingdom | British Columbia | |
35 | Dorothy Hodgson[14] | F | 23 July 1897 | 7 December 2007 | 110 years, 137 days | United Kingdom | British Columbia |
Mary D'All Parsons[2] | F | 18 November 1895 | 15 March 2006 | 110 years, 127 days | United Kingdom | Quebec | |
36 | Margaret Cousins[10] | F | 27 February 1899 | 31 May 2009 | 110 years, 93 days | Ontario | Ontario |
37 | Marie-Ange Bernard[8] | F | 2 November 1894 | 29 January 2005 | 110 years, 88 days | Quebec | Quebec |
38 | Madeleine Savoie[15] | F | 1 November 1899 | 24 January 2010 | 110 years, 84 days | New Brunswick | New Brunswick |
39 | Angeline Barrette[8] | F | 10 December 1896 | 28 February 2007 | 110 years, 80 days | Quebec | Quebec |
40 | Anna Poirier[8] | F | 10 November 1885 | 28 January 1996 | 110 years, 79 days | Quebec | Quebec |
41 | Mary Sloan[13] | F | 11 June 1898 | 12 August 2008 | 110 years, 62 days | Ontario | Ontario |
42 | Laura Rollock[8] | F | 16 November 1878 | 29 December 1988 | 110 years, 43 days | Nova Scotia | Nova Scotia |
43 | Emma Welz[16] | F | 16 June 1884 | 21 July 1994 | 110 years, 35 days | Ontario | Ontario |
Chester Pushie[2] | M | 24 June 1884 | 22 July 1994 | 110 years, 28 days | Nova Scotia | Nova Scotia | |
44 | Joseph Saint-Amour[8] | M | 26 February 1852 | 16 March 1962 | 110 years, 18 days | Quebec | Quebec |
45 | Rose McDonald[8] | 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[15] | F | 17 May 1895 | 7 March 2010 | 114 years, 294 days | Prince Edward Island | United States |
Clara Mackenzie[2] | F | 7 October 1885 | 5 March 1998 | 112 years, 149 days | Newfoundland and Labrador[a] | United States | |
2 | Fanny Adler Greenberg[14] | F | 24 May 1895 | 5 October 2007 | 112 years, 134 days | Ontario | United States |
3 | James McCoubrey[1] | M | 13 September 1901 | 5 July 2013 | 111 years, 295 days | Newfoundland and Labrador[b] | United States |
4 | Louise Gibson[8] | F | 7 August 1883 | 2 January 1995 | 111 years, 148 days | Nova Scotia | United States |
5 | Virginia Muise[8] | F | 28 July 1893 | 2 November 2004 | 111 years, 97 days | Nova Scotia | United States |
6 | Grace-Lillian Schaeffner[8] | F | 28 November 1878 | 26 December 1989 | 111 years, 28 days | Ontario | United States |
Selma Gaetz[2] | F | 12 May 1903 | Living | 121 years, 124 days | Alberta | Living in the United States | |
7 | Clarida Roy[17] | F | 19 October 1863 | 18 May 1974 | 110 years, 211 days | Quebec | United States |
8 | Christine Jodoin[8] | F | 17 November 1894 | 11 March 2005 | 110 years, 114 days | Quebec | United States |
Irene Huddle[2] | F | 12 October 1900 | 12 January 2011 | 110 years, 92 days | Manitoba | United States | |
Helene Pratte-Blake[2] | F | 23 June 1902 | 4 September 2012 | 110 years, 73 days | Quebec | United States | |
Adella Freo[2] | F | 5 November 1900 | 28 December 2010 | 110 years, 53 days | Quebec | United States | |
9 | Irene Nadeau[14] | F | 25 April 1897 | 9 June 2007 | 110 years, 45 days | Quebec | United States |
a^ Mackenzie was a native of Newfoundland, which was a separate colony in 1885. It is now part of Canada.
b^ McCoubrey was a native of Newfoundland, which was a separate colony in 1901. It is now part of Canada.
Oldest Canadian person by province and territory
This is a list of the oldest people by birth from each province and territory.
Deceased (Verified) Living (Verified) Pending
Province or Territory | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age |
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Alberta | Selma Gaetz | F | 12 May 1903 | Living | 121 years, 124 days |
British Columbia | |||||
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 | James McCoubrey | M | 13 September 1901 | 5 July 2013 | 111 years, 295 days |
Northwest Territories | |||||
Nova Scotia | Anne Samson | F | 27 February 1891 | 29 November 2004 | 113 years, 276 days |
Nunavut | |||||
Ontario | Mary Ann Rhodes | F | 12 August 1882 | 3 March 1998 | 115 years, 203 days |
Prince Edward Island | Mary Josephine Ray | F | 17 May 1895 | 7 March 2010 | 114 years, 294 days |
Quebec | Marie-Louise Meilleur | F | 29 August 1880 | 16 April 1998 | 117 years, 230 days |
Saskatchewan | |||||
Yukon |
Chronological list of the oldest living person in Canada since 1988
This section possibly contains original research. (December 2013) |
Deceased (Verified) Living (Verified) Pending
From | To | Name | Sex | Age(s) when oldest | Lifespan | Province of death |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unidentified | 17 December 1988 | Agnes Munce | F | ? – 111 | 17 January 1877 – 17 December 1988 111 years, 335 days |
Ontario |
17 December 1988 | 27 November 1989 (345 days) |
Nellie Thompson | F | 110 – 111 | 21 October 1878 – 27 November 1989 111 years, 37 days |
Ontario |
27 November 1989 | 7 November 1991 (1 year, 345 days) |
Alice Sjöquist | F | 111 – 113 | 25 October 1878 – 7 November 1991 113 years, 13 days |
British Columbia |
7 November 1991 | 20 March 1993 (1 year, 133 days) |
Lillian Ross | F | 110 – 113 | 24 August 1879 – 20 March 1993 113 years, 208 days |
Ontario |
20 March 1993 | 16 April 1998 (5 years, 27 days) |
Marie-Louise Meilleur | F | 112 – 117 | 29 August 1880 – 16 April 1998 117 years, 230 days |
Ontario |
16 April 1998 | 24 October 1998 (191 days) |
Marie-Louise Meunier | F | 111 | 15 March 1887 – 24 October 1998 111 years, 223 days |
Quebec |
24 October 1998 | 26 October 1999 (1 year, 2 days) |
Maria Mallozzi | F | 111 – 112 | 25 September 1887 – 26 October 1999 112 years, 31 days |
Ontario |
26 October 1999 | 6 August 2001 (1 year, 284 days) |
Zelda McCague | F | 110 – 113 | 28 March 1888 – 6 August 2001 113 years, 131 days |
Ontario |
6 August 2001 | 19 March 2002 (225 days) |
Evangeline Saulnier | F | 110 – 111 | 11 September 1890 – 19 March 2002 111 years, 189 days |
New Brunswick |
19 March 2002 | 29 November 2004 (2 years, 255 days) |
Anne Samson | F | 111 – 113 | 27 February 1891 – 29 November 2004 113 years, 276 days |
Nova Scotia |
29 November 2004 | 18 January 2007 (2 years, 50 days) |
Julie Winnefred Bertrand | F | 113 – 115 | 16 September 1891 – 18 January 2007 115 years, 124 days |
Quebec |
18 January 2007 | 22 January 2007 (4 days) |
Jennie Fitzgerald | F | 112 | 5 December 1894 – 22 January 2007 112 years, 48 days |
New Brunswick |
22 January 2007 | 20 October 2009 (2 years, 271 days) |
Margaret Fitzgerald | F | 110 – 113 | 16 September 1896 – 20 October 2009 113 years, 34 days |
New Brunswick |
20 October 2009 | 18 April 2012 (2 years, 181 days) |
Cora Hansen | F | 110 – 113 | 25 March 1899 – 18 April 2012 113 years, 24 days |
Alberta |
18 April 2012 | Present (12 years, 148 days) |
Merle Barwis | F | 111 – 113* | born 23 December 1900 age 123 years, 265 days |
Living in British Columbia |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Validated living supercentenarians The Gerontology Research Group lists persons as living whose age has been validated and confirmed to be alive within the past year.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q List of Pending cases
- ^ "Congratulations to the oldest member of the Diocese" (PDF). The Diocesan Post.
- ^ "Hazel is 110 years young". Inside Halton.
- ^ "À 110 ans, elle a encore des «rêves à réaliser»". L'Écho de Laval.
- ^ "Resident at Sunrise on Connecticut Avenue in D.C. Turns 110: Ms. Leyda's Story". Sunrise Senior Living Blog.
- ^ "Stories of the Century". The Beacon.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Supercentenarians who lived in Canada
- ^ World's Oldest People in 1999
- ^ a b c d e GRG Deaths in 2009
- ^ GRG Deaths in 2012
- ^ List of the 200 oldest verified people
- ^ a b GRG Deaths in 2008
- ^ a b c d GRG Deaths in 2007
- ^ a b GRG Deaths in 2010
- ^ GRG Table B2
- ^ Supercentenarians who lived in the United States