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Canadian 105+ population by province (list at top of thread)

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People are highlighted in red if last birthday was not confirmed, unless they were confirmed alive shortly before. If two birthdays go without confirmation they will be moved to limbo section at the bottom

I have also colour-coded the ages as (104), 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, (114)

If you find any other cases or any obituaries post it here unless they are in the top ten OLPs or OLMs then post them in that thread

Things to note:

There are likely at least twice as many centenarians as listed here; many are not featured in the news and a search for recent obituaries shows many that weren’t on the list 

Some of these people may be already deceased, I will not constantly check for obituaries 

 

Alberta:

Evangeline St. Jean, born 27 February 1918, 105

Martha Hayworth, born 11 May 1918, 105

Anna Douglas, born 26 November 1918, 105

 

British Columbia:

1. Mabel Mah, born 4 July 1910, 113

2. Linda Yale, born 28 December 1912, 110

3. Flora Wallin, born 1 October 1913, 110 

Margaret Cameron, born 9 February 1914, 109

Albert Middleton (M), born 11 March 1915, 108

Joan Martin, born 12 September 1915, 108

Alfred Freeman (M), born 6 August 1916, 107

Mrs. Chang, born 28 August 1917, 106 (can’t find first name)

Laurie Lefeaux (M), born 24 August 1917, 106

Kory Shillam, born 20 October 1917, 106 (published author)

Lil Smith, born 6 February 1918, 105

Kathleen Hamilton, born 7 December 1918, 105

 

Manitoba:

1. Hazel Skuce, born 7 February 1912, 111

Simone Carriere, born 22 April 1916, 107

Eileen Harris, born 23 September 1918, 105

 

New Brunswick: 

Emery Leger (M), born 29 April 1918, 105

 

Newfoundland and Labrador:

Hersilia Moore, born 22 November 1915, 108

 

Nova Scotia:

Margaret MacPhee, born 9 February 1915, 108

Lillian Sigut, born 18 May 1915, 108 (older sister Julia Sigut lived to 108)

Eileen Rudderham, born 10 June 1916, 107

Marg Harris, born 15 July 1916, 107

James McRae (M), born 28 November 1917, 106

Joy Saunders, born 31 October 1918, 105

Eileen McKinley, born 9 November 1918, 105

 

Ontario:

1. Helen Doan, born 18 September 1911, 112

2. Gertruda Gorecka, born 12 November 1911, 112 (born in Poland)

James Floyd (M), born 20 October 1914, 109 (doyen of Canada)

Dorothy Thomas, born 18 February 1915, 108

Burdett Sisler (M), born 14 April 1915, 108

Ann Konkel, born 14 July 1915, 108

Bernadette Chaput, born 5 January 1916, 107

Juanita Snellgrove, born 20 May 1916, 107

Edith Ginsburg, born 10 June 1916, 107

Ted Price (M), born 14 August 1916, 107

Jeanne Courchesne, born 5 January 1917, 106

Gerald McCulloch (M), born 12 January 1917, 106

Jean Royston, born 15 August 1917, 106

Harriet Everett, born 14 September 1917, 106

Vivian Moss, born December 1917, 105

Margaret MacIntosh, born 27 January 1918, 105

Grace Merchand, born 2 March 1918, 105

Frank Smith (M), born 12 March 1918, 105 (confirmed alive in January 2023)

Cathleen Harding, born 23 March 1918, 105

Kay Shimada, born 10 April 1918, 105

Laura Belanger, born 11 April 1918, 105

Lottie Ciccolini, born 1917/1918, 105/106 (105 as of July 2023)

Bernice Adkins, born 10 July 1918, 105

Doris Watson, born 27 July 1918, 105 (born in Wales)

Merritta Parks, born 1 August 1918, 105

Jack Leadbeater (M), born 26 November 1918, 105

Evelyn Davidson, born 2 December 1918, 105

Anonymous, born c. 8 December 1918, 105

 

Quebec:

1. Margaret Romans, born 16 March 1912, 111 (born in Latvia)

2. Maria Lacasse, born 4 December 1913, 110

Mariangiola Varrone Orsini, born 3 October 1914, 109 (born in Italy)

Mary Katz, born 27 February 1915, 108

Jeannette Germain, born 18 March 1915, 108

Vincenzo Carnevale (M), born 10 January 1916, 107 (only records are on Italian SCs website)

Jeannette Ballard, born 13 March 1916, 107

Annette Lamarche, born 30 April 1916, 107

Francoise Chamberland, born 29 June 1916, 107

Maurice Breton (M), born 3 March 1917, 106

Laura Paradis, born 29 April 1917, 106

Therese Tremblay, born 13 April 1918, 105 

Brenda Milner, born 15 July 1918, 105 (famous neuroscientist)

 

Saskatchewan:

Blanche Keating, born 25 December 1917, 105

Arthur Ramshaw (M), born 18 February 1918, 105

Muriel Blair, born 11 April 1918, 105

Peggy Reilly, born 16 April 1918, 105

 

Oldest person I can find for provinces with no known people at 105 or older: 

Northwest Territories - ?

Nunavut - Qapik Attagutsiak, born 11 June 1920, 103

Prince Edward Island - ?

Yukon Territory - ?

 

Limbo cases (no alive confirmation for 2+ years):

Catherine MacPhee (Nova Scotia), 21 March 1915, 108? (alive in March 2021)

Shirley Tucker (British Columbia), born 9 May 1917, 106? (alive in May 2021)

Mary Merchant (Yukon Territory)  18 June 1917, 106? (alive in February 2021)

Isabella Dryden (Manitoba), 14 October 1917, 106? (has wiki page, no reports for a few years)

Ethel Markstrom (Saskatchewan), 22 May 1918, 105? (alive in May 2021)

 

Deaths in December 2023 in order of age:

Irene Cormier,  Quebec (1914-2023)

Sada Kiltau, Saskatchewan (1914-2023)

Gaetane Casgrain, Quebec (1915-2023)

Stella Bullen, Ontario (1916-2023)

Recent deaths will be reset at the beginning of each month 

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I have gone through every person in Canada listed in the semi-SCs lists and they are all added here, and I have found that a few are deceased (I think this means a lot of the people on these lists worldwide are deceased). I have also found a few more who weren’t on any of the lists that I will add soon. Interestingly, Gerald McCulloch (1917-) worked for the Avro aircraft company which James Floyd had a prominent position in. I also found a 108-year-old not listed on the wiki who had a 108-year-old older sister 


   
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https://windsorchapel.com/tribute/details/12266/Elmira-Frenette/obituary.html
RIP Elmira St. Onge-Frenette of Windsor, Ontario (8 August 1916 - 1 October 2023), winner of “Miss Windsor” contest in 1935


   
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RIP Sophie Foster, so close to her birthday (see death thread)

Oldest in Saskatchewan is potentially Harold Chapman (born 1916)


   
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https://gerontology.fandom.com/wiki/Isabella_Dryden
An article was just made on the wiki on a 106 year old educator, Isabella Dryden (who has a Wikipedia page too), however there has been no new articles on her as far as I know for a few years 


   
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Joy Saunders of Nova Scotia turned 105 on 31 October. There have been a few different articles written on her in the past

Eileen McKinley also of Nova Scotia turned 105 on 9 November. Likely the youngest living person in the country born during WWI

Sadly, she passed away on 29 November 2023

 


   
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https://surge105.ca/2023/11/11/thousands-attend-remembrance-day-ceremonies-in-n-s/#
Article featuring former WWII pilot James “Jim” McRae who turns 106 on the 28th

 

In Yarmouth, residents filled Mariner’s Centre to honour veterans past and present including Jim McRae, who will be turning 106 later this month.

Jim McRae, (red blanket) will be 106 on November 28th. Royal Canadian Air Force veteran from WWII. May be the last in Canada with the Distinguished Flying Cross.

McRae served as a pilot in the Second World War and placed a wreath on behalf of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 61 in Yarmouth.


   
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https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/sask-cooperative-pioneer-dies-at-106-years-old-1.6646230
RIP Harold Chapman, likely doyen of Saskatchewan


   
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I have made some major updates to this list including links for each person, and a section for limbo cases, and colour-coded the ages (just for fun)


   
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Emmett Savard, the oldest person (that I know of) in New Brunswick, passed away yesterday at 105
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Edit: I have found another person born a couple months before him, also male, in that province 

There is also a 105-year-old man in Saskatchewan, Arthur Ramshaw, who has not had any articles written on home since 102 but there is confirmation of him turning 105 in this photo (the article is not available for whatever reason). He is the potential successor to Harold Chapman


   
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https://necrocanada.com/obituaries-2023/canada-nova-scotia-kentville-hormidas-joseph-fredette-19172023/
Hormidas Fredette, oldest man in Nova Scotia, died on 29 November at 106. Coincidently, the new oldest man in the province James McRae turned 106 the day before 

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