Sad news to hear.

Rest in peace Ms Doan

She was the oldest person in Canada since Jan 30, 2024 (79 days), the shortest time since Doris Lilian Cornell (59 days between Nov 13, 2015 and Jan 11, 2016), she died at 112 years and 213 days, the youngest to die as Canada's oldest since Doris Lilian Cornell (111 years, 143 days) since 1979 is the 11th person living in Ontario to be the oldest in the country, the first since Phyllis Ridgway (who died on June 4, 2021), She is the 24th oldest person in the history of Canada, her successor is the 30th (Gertruda Gorecka born 12 Nov 1911 in Poland) and the oldest Canadian person living in Canada is Hazel Skuce (35th oldest person in the history of Canada, born in 7 Feb 1912).She is the 584 oldest person in history (validated or pending by the grg), tied with Edna Taylor and Clara Lopes dos Santos).She was the 36 oldest person alive validated

RIP

RIP Mrs. Doan. She sadly didn't even last three months as Canada's oldest person, I had hoped she could last the whole year

1915 has now entered the known Canadian top ten

Posted by: @ale76

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Ms. Helen Doan, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, sadly passed away on 18 April 2024, aged 112 y. 213 d.

She was born on 18 September 1911.

She was the oldest known living person in Canada from the death of 113-year-old Mabel Mah on 30 January 2024, until her own death.

https://www.echovita.com/ca/obituaries/ ... n-17956799

Rest in peace.

Here is a better obituary (you have to scroll down)

https://www.canadianobituaries.com/toronto/165391-helen-doan-sr-april-18-2024.html

It says she passed away after a lengthy stay in the hospital

Her funeral is being held as Kane-Jerrett Funeral Home. If she passed away after 11 AM, she died on 19 April in Japanese time