This is a list of all people that I could find that are 105 years of age and older in Canada. Some 104-year-olds are also included
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. People whose name or date of birth is unknown are in the "incomplete cases" section
Ages are colour-coded 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 many centenarians out there than the ones listed here
Alberta:
1. Irene Lantz, born 2 March 1914, 110
Lena Zavisha, born 14 January 1918, 106
Evangeline St. Jean, born 27 February 1918, 106
Martha Hayworth, born 11 May 1918, 105
Ethel Markstrom, born 22 May 1918, 105
Germaine Champagne, born 16 September 1918, 105
Claudia Belanger, born 10 November 1918, 105 (lives in same care home as St. Jean and Champagne)
Anna Douglas, born 26 November 1918, 105
Mabel Scramstad, born 30 March 1919, 105
Agnes Murphy, born c. 21 August 1919, 104
Harry Shierman (M), born 12 December 1919, 104
Reginald Schulz (M), born 11 February 1920, 104
Olga Luchka 🇺🇦, born 22 March 1920, 104
British Columbia:
1. Flora Wallin, born 1 October 1913, 110
2. Margaret Cameron, born 9 February 1914, 110
Albert Middleton (M) 🇬🇧, born 11 March 1915, 109
Joan Martin, born 12 September 1915, 108
Bill Youde (M), born 6 February 1917, 107
Lois Cairns, born 10 March 1917, 107
Laurie Lefeaux (M), born 24 August 1917, 106
Mrs. Chang, born 28 August 1917, 106
Margaret Spires, born 31 December 1917, 106
Emma Carrier, born 23 January 1918, 106
Elsie Holst, born 18 April 1918, 105
Victor Osborne (M), born 11 November 1918, 105
Kathleen Hamilton, born 7 December 1918, 105
Jeanie Hughan, born 12 December 1918, 105
Winifred Workman, born 2 January 1919, 105
Tommy Ray (M), born 19 January 1919, 105
Marianne Elder, born 8 March 1919, 105
John Hillman (M), born 18 March 1919, 105
Jim Ashworth (M), born 13 April 1919, 105
Margaret Rivers, born 29 May 1919, 104
Pauline Nodwell, born 2 September 1919, 104
Elma Oster, born 8 November 1919, 104
Dorothy Nicholson, born 13 November 1919, 104 (lives in same care home as Elma Oster)
Jae Buchanon, born 16 November 1919, 104
Lina Dubray, born 21 November 1919, 104
Blanche Schley, born 29 November 1919, 104
Eddie Murphy (M), born 29 February 1920, 104 (lives in same care home as Joan Martin)
Manitoba:
1. Hazel Skuce, born 7 February 1912, 112
Simone Carriere, born 22 April 1916, 108
Bette Spence, born 11 February 1918, 106
Eileen Harris, born 23 September 1918, 105
New Brunswick:
Arthur-William Landry (M), born 2 December 1917, 106
Emery Leger (M), born 29 April 1918, 105
Newfoundland and Labrador:
Hersilia Moore, born 22 November 1915, 108
Louise Pelley, born 1 February 1920, 104
Nova Scotia:
Catherine MacPhee, born 21 March 1915, 109
Lillian Sigut, born 18 May 1915, 108 (sister lived to 108)
Marg Harris, born 15 July 1916, 107
Ernie Buist (M), born 17 May 1918, 105
Ontario:
1. Gertruda Gorecka 🇵🇱, born 12 November 1911, 112 (oldest person in Canada)
James Floyd (M) 🇬🇧, born 20 October 1914, 109 (oldest man in Canada)
Dorothy Thomas, born 18 February 1915, 109
Rose Steer, born 23 March 1915, 109
Burdett Sisler (M) 🇺🇸, born 14 April 1915, 109
Ann Konkel 🇳🇱, born 14 July 1915, 108
Marie Rosa, born 26 Jul/19 Sep 1915, 108 (has 101-year-old sister)
Bernadette Chaput, born 5 January 1916, 108
Juanita Snelgrove, born 20 May 1916, 107
Edith Ginsburg 🇷🇺, born 10 June 1916, 107
Ted Price (M), born 14 August 1916, 107
Gerald McCulloch (M), born 12 January 1917, 107
Rose Weinstock, born January 1917, 107
Annie Malcolm, born 7 February 1917, 107
Jean Royston, born 15 August 1917, 106
Harriet Everett, born 14 September 1917, 106
Margaret MacIntosh, born 27 January 1918, 106
Grace Merchand, born 2 March 1918, 106
Kay Shimada, born 10 April 1918, 106
Laura Belanger, born 11 April 1918, 106
Jean Woods, born c. 4 June 1918, 105
Grace Long, born 28 June 1918, 105
Bernice Adkins, born 10 July 1918, 105
Doris Watson 🇬🇧, born 27 July 1918, 105
Merritta Parks, born 1 August 1918, 105
Angeline Charlebois, born 18 December 1918, 105
Henriette Muller, born 31 December 1918, 105
Violet Kirton, born 17 February 1919, 105
Frances Grasley, born 26 April 1919, 105
Lillian Vaughan, born 6 May 1919, 104
Bolek Ostrowski (M) 🇵🇱, born 4 July 1919, 104
Jack Finan (M), born 10 December 1919, 104
Ann Slobodian, born 12 December 1919, 104
Les Foulds (M), born 24 January 1920, 104
Fred Kondal, born 29 February 1920, 104
Annie Jackson, born 20 March 1920, 104
Joe Reid (M), born 19 April 1920, 104
Quebec:
1. Margaret Romans 🇱🇻, born 16 March 1912, 112 (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, 109
Jeannette Germain, born 18 March 1915, 109
Annette Lamarche, born 30 April 1916, 107
Francoise Chamberland, born 29 June 1916, 107
Doris Manson, born 9 January 1917, 107
Antonio Porco (M) 🇮🇹, born 11 March 1918, 106
Brenda Milner 🇬🇧, born 15 July 1918, 105 (neuroscientist)
Roger LeBlanc (M), born 30 November 1918, 105
Yvette Renaud, born 5 December 1918, 105
Gilberte Gilbert, born 24 December 1918, 105
Rose-Alma Vallée, born 1 March 1919, 105
Lucille Leblanc Raymond, born 1 July 1919, 104
Bella Bernstein, born 10 September 1919, 104
Saskatchewan:
Blanche Keating, born 25 December 1917, 106
Arthur Ramshaw (M), born 18 February 1918, 106
Muriel Blair, born 11 April 1918, 106
Peggy Reilly, born 16 April 1918, 106
Edna Dobie, born 9 July 1918, 105
Edith Bernard, born 10 January 1919, 105
Mickey Gower, born 13 July 1919, 104
Nick Kazuska (M), born 27 November 1919, 104
Yukon Territory:
Mary Merchant, born 18 June 1917, 106
Northwest Territories - ?
Nunavut - ?
Prince Edward Island - ?
Incomplete cases (if full name is not known or there are not many sources):
Marie Rosa (Ontario), born 1915, 108 (born between 26 July and 19 September)
Robert (M) (Ontario), born December 1916, 107? (alive in December 2022)
Margaret (Ontario), born Autumn 1917, 106
Rose Moneit, born 1917/1918, 105/106 (105 in April 2023)
Lottie Ciccolini (Ontario), born 1917/1918, 105/106 (105 in July 2023)
Corrine (Ontario), born 21 June 1918, 105? (alive in June 2022)
Marney (Ontario), born July 1918, 105? (alive in July 2022)
Gladys, born 16 March 1919, 105? (alive in March 2023)
Mildred (Quebec), born 26 November 1919, 104
Dorothy R. (Manitoba), born January 1920, 104
Sister Malgorzatza (Ontario), born 16 April 1920, 104
Ruth (British Columbia), born 27 April 1920, 104
Limbo cases (no alive confirmation for 2+ years):
Verna Brekke (British Columbia), born 2 October 1914, 109? (alive in October 2020)
Gwen Gray, born 23 March 1915, 109? (alive in March 2022)
Jean MacKay (British Columbia), born 19 April 1915, 109? (alive in April 2019)
Justin Lam (M) (Alberta), born 14 May 1915, 108? (alive in February 2021)
Ella Stein (British Columbia), born 2 January 1916, 108? (alive in January 2021)
Margareta Tukleris (Ontario), born 26 January 1916, 108? (alive in January 2021)
Bhagwanti Pabla (British Columbia), born 6 March 1916, 108? (alive in March 2021)
Grace Thom (Ontario), born May 1916, 107? (alive in June 2021)
Jeanne Courchesne (Ontario), born 5 January 1917, 107 (?alive in January 2022)
Lillian Crigger (Ontario), born 5 February 1917, 107? (alive in February 2022)
Shirley Tucker (British Columbia), born 9 May 1917, 106? (alive in May 2021)
Isabella Dryden (Manitoba), born 14 October 1917, 106? (alive in July 2019)
Vivian Moss, born December 1917, 106? (alive in December 2021)
Lil Smith (British Columbia), born 6 February 1918, 106? (alive in February 2022)
Mary Barrows (British Columbia), born 20 August 1918, 105? (alive in August 2021)
Betty Emblem (British Columbia), born 16 January 1919, 105? (alive in January 2022)
April 2024 deaths (Women 108+, Men 106+, notable people):
Helen Doan (Ontario), 18 September 1911 - 18 April 2024 (Oldest person in Canada since January 2024)
Annette Sabourin Brunet (Quebec), 4 January 1912 - 8 April 2024 (Oldest person in Quebec, third-oldest in Canada)
Shi Gong (British Columbia), 5 March 1913 - 24 April 2024 (Oldest person in British Columbia)
James McRae (M) (Nova Scotia), 28 November 1917 - 9 April 2024 (Oldest man in N.S. and WWII fighter pilot)
Joy Saunders (Nova Scotia), 31 October 1918 - 12 April 2024 (known for doing charity walks)
Joan Hollobon (Ontario), 29 January 1920 - 3 April 2024 (progressive journalist)
Recent deaths will be reset at the beginning of each month
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
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
RIP Sophie Foster, so close to her birthday (see death thread)
Oldest in Saskatchewan is potentially Harold Chapman (born 1916)
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
Joy Saunders of Nova Scotia turned 105 on 31 October. She is known for having down a charity walk a few years ago
(Saunders died on 12 April 2024)
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.
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.
(McRae died on 9 April 2024)
https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/sask-cooperative-pioneer-dies-at-106-years-old-1.6646230
RIP Harold Chapman, likely doyen of Saskatchewan
Emmett Savard, the oldest person (that I know of) in New Brunswick, passed away yesterday at 105
Obituary
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
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
Inuit elder Qapik Attagutsiak sadly passed away last week at the age of 103. She and other Inuit people helped the war effort in WW2 by collecting animal bones which were processed into weapons and ammunition and she was believed to have been the last living person to have participated in this. She was also visited by PM Trudeau in 2019
RIP
Lena Zavisha of Hines Creek, Alberta, was born on 14 January 1918.
https://www.fairviewpost.com/news/local-news/homesteader-lodge-resident-turns-105
Elsie Holst of Burnaby, British Columbia, was born c.20 April 1918.
December 2023 Report:
- Linda Yale (6th OLP) celebrated her 111th birthday. She remains in good health and can still walk
- Maria Lacasse of Quebec (8th OLP) turned 110
- Oldest known person in Saskatchewan, Blanche Keating, turned 106 on Christmas Day
- One 110-year-old death; Simone Palardy Bessette of Quebec, a previously unknown case
- Roberta Brown of Ottawa (10th OLP) died at 109
- Two other women in Quebec aged 109 and 108 passed away
- Oldest man and woman in Saskatchewan both passed away, at ages 107 and 109 respectively
- Vincenzo Carnevale, OLM in Quebec, died at 107
Lena Zavisha of Hines Creek, Alberta, was born on 14 January 1918.
https://www.fairviewpost.com/news/local-news/homesteader-lodge-resident-turns-105
Lena Zavisha turned 106 on Sunday
https://www.journaldequebec.com/2024/01 ... e-tremblay
On January 10, 2024, died at the Jonquière hospital, at the age of 105 years and 6 months, a "legend", Mrs. Thérèse Duchesne Tremblay, wife of the late Mr. Joseph-Arthur Tremblay, residing on the street Châteauguay in Jonquière. She was the daughter of the late Mr. Vézina Duchesne and the late Mrs. Eva Lapointe.
https://www.domainefuneraire.com/avis-d ... tremblay-2
On December 18, 2023, passed away at the Ste-Marie Accommodation Center, Jonquière, at the venerable age of 105 years and 8 months, Mrs. Thérèse Tremblay, wife in the first marriage of the late Mr. Paul-Henri Lessard and in the second marriage of the late Mr. Alexandre Emond, residing at the Ste-Marie Accommodation Center, formerly of the Ste-Marie parish, Jonquière.
Three women born in 1918 all live in the same nursing home in St. Paul, Alberta (two of which I had not had on the list before)
January 2024 Report:
- Oldest known death was Eileen "Tuney" Rudderham of Nova Scotia at 107 (born 10 June 1916, exactly a decade after Tekla Juniewicz); much better compared to last month which had 5 108+ deaths
- Oldest male death was Jack Leadbeater of Ontario who had celebrated his 105th birthday in November
- Mabel Mah reached 113.5 and entered the Top 10 oldest validated Canadian residents after surpassing Lillian Ross
- Gerald McCulloch of Ontario, the sixth-oldest man in Canada who worked for the same company as James Floyd, turned 107
- Lena Zavisha, second-oldest known person in Alberta turned 106
- Rose Weinstock of Ontario, one of Canada's oldest Jewish residents, turned 107
- Bernadette Chaput of Ontario likely turned 108 (birthday not confirmed)
- Discovered the case of Irene Lantz who turns 110 a month from now (confirmed alive in January 2024)
- A few other 105th birthdays and a couple unconfirmed 106th and 107th birthdays
Welsh-born reporter Joan Hollobon, now living in Toronto, turned 104
Winifred Workman of BC turned 105
Tommy Ray of BC turned 104
Dorothy R. of Manitoba turned 104
Edith Bernard of Saskatchewan turned 105
Unconfirmed (but confirmed alive on their last birthdays):
Doris Manson of Quebec turned 107
Margaret MacIntosh of Ontario turned 106
Les Foulds of Ontario turned 104
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Eileen Rudderham (Nova Scotia), born 10 Jun 1916 - 20 Jan 2024, 107
Gladys Baynton (Ontario), 22 Dec 1916 - 8 Jan 2024, 107
Quy Thi Luong (British Columbia), 11 April 1917 - 22 Jan 2024, 106
Marie Corbett (Manitoba), 1917 - 2024, 106
Cecile Caron (Quebec), 1917 - 4 Jan 2024, 106
Evelyn Salsman (Nova Scotia), 1917 - 8 Jan 2024, 106
Jeanne D'Arc Gendron (Quebec), 1917 - 8 Jan 2024, 106
Therese Tremblay (Quebec), Jun/Jul 1918 - 10 Jan 2024, 105
Rose Dittmar (Ontario), 13 Sep 1918 - 22 January 2024, 105
Jack Leadbeater (M) (Ontario), 26 Nov 1918 – 4 Jan 2024, 105
Evelyn Davidson (Ontario), 2 Dec 1918 - 23 Jan 2024, 105
Sofija Augaitis (Ontario), 17 Jan 1919 - 10 Jan 2024, 104
Helen Medwid (Ontario), 24 Jan 1919 - 12 Jan 2024, 104
Eleanor Mitton (Ontario), 6 Feb 1919 - 29 Jan 2024, 104
Enid Graham (Ontario), 14 Aug 1919 - 18 Jan 2024, 104
Amelia Coyle (Ontario), 25 Aug 1919 - 6 Jan 2024, 104
Paul Reny (M) (Quebec), 21 Sep 1919 - 1 Jan 2024, 104
Rose Giroux (Quebec), 1919 - 24 Jan 2024, 104
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For some reason I can't edit my January report, I think because of the spoiler. When I click on edit, my post disappears entirely from the screen.
So I had just hoped that no new death reports would come out, so I wouldn't have to edit it
Or so I hoped...
Two sisters in Toronto aged 108 and 101 who both live in the same nursing home together
Between them, a century has transpired with all its beginnings and endings but for now the sisters are still living, under the same roof.
Maria Rosa (aged 108) holding a picture of herself at 18
Maria with her sister, Virginia del Brocco (101)
Sometimes Maria calls out Virginia’s name from her doorway but doesn’t hear when Virginia responds, which annoys the younger sister who still has a button-down sensibility from her career as the executive assistant to various presidents of Simpsons-Sears.
Dorothy Thomas, the fourth-oldest known person in Ontario, who also lives in the same home (she turns 109 in two weeks)
Dorothy wears sensible shoes, like the nurse she once was. She starts her mornings with a large magnifying glass and a copy of her favourite Toronto newspaper. Usually, she putters around her apartment watering the plants, but some days Dorothy just wants to lie on the couch and eat chocolate. Don’t we all.
February 2024 Report:
- Hazel Skuce became first Manitoba resident to turn 112
- Margaret Cameron of Kelowna, BC, turned 110 and is pending by the GRG
- Maria Lacasse was validated by the GRG
- Three 109th birthdays:
- Arthur Ramshaw, Saskatchewan's oldest known man, turned 106
- Marciana Layda Lasconia, a previously known woman in Toronto, died at 110
- Bounkong Sophasath of Quebec died at 109
- Julia Estey, the oldest known person in New Brunswick, died at 106
March 2024 Report:
- Margaret Romans turned 112; oldest person in Quebec
- Irene Lantz turned 110; oldest person in Alberta
- Linda Yale died at 111; was OLP in British Columbia
- Albert Middleton of Saanich, BC, the second-oldest man in Canada, turned 109
- Margaret Cameron validated by GRG
- Margaret MacPhee, oldest person in Nova Scotia, died at 109
- New OLP in Nova Scotia turned 109
- Oldest known man in Manitoba died at 105
- Oldest known person in Saskatchewan died at 108; was previously unknown
- Jazz legend Eleanor Collins died at 104 in Surrey, BC