Cultural Production in

Present Day

Canada

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Canada ranks 14th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind India, Poland, and Netherlands. Memorable people born in present day Canada include Jim Carrey, Leonard Cohen, and Leslie Nielsen. Memorable people who died in Canada include Alexander Graham Bell, Edward Smith, and Lucy Maud Montgomery. Canada has been the birth place of many actors, and athletes and the death place of many athletes, and politicians.

Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's second-largest country by total area, with the world's longest coastline. Its border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both meteorologic and geological regions. It is a sparsely inhabited country of just over 41 million people, the vast majority residing south of the 55th parallel in urban areas. Canada's capital is Ottawa and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2006, present day Canada was the birth place of 1,964 globally memorable people, including Jim Carrey, Leonard Cohen, and Leslie Nielsen. Additionaly, 346 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Canada including Alexander Graham Bell, Edward Smith, and Lucy Maud Montgomery.

People Born in Present Day Canada

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People Deceased in Present Day Canada

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Canada were actors (475), athletes (410), hockey players (137), politicians (94), and singers (77),  while most who died were athletes (54), politicians (46), actors (32), writers (28), and hockey players (17).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Canada, including Jim Carrey, Leslie Nielsen, and Donald Sutherland. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Canada, including Jim Carrey, Leslie Nielsen, and Donald Sutherland.

Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Canada since 1700.