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List of Canadian supercentenarians
People from Canada who have attained or surpassed the age of 110 years From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article lists Canadian supercentenarians (people from Canada who have attained the age of at least 110 years). The oldest verified Canadian person ever was Marie-Louise Meilleur, who died in 1998 aged 117 years, 230 days. As of 25 October 2025, the oldest living person in Canada is Burdett Sisler, born on 14 April 1915, aged 110 years, 223 days.[1]
100 oldest known Canadians
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- Romans was born in Latvia, then part of the Russian Empire, now an independent country.
- Lutzko, Oslender, Buhler and Wowchuk were born in Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire, now an independent country.
- Gorecka was born in Kębłowo, Province of West Prussia, German Empire, which is now part of Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland.
- Mackenzie, Galode and McCoubrey were born in Newfoundland, then Newfoundland Colony, a colony of Britain. It is now a province of Canada.
- Buttiri was born in Rovigno, then in the Austrian Empire, now Rovinj, Croatia.
- Skeen and O'Hara were born in Jamaica, then part of the British West Indies. Jamaica became independent in 1962.
- Smith-Johannsen died in Norway while on visit.
- Luscombe was born in Newfoundland, then the Dominion of Newfoundland, a Dominion of the British Empire. It is now a province of Canada.
- Chandler was born in Georgetown, which was the capital of British Guiana and today is the capital of Guyana.
- Ontario, at the time of Bateman's birth, was part of the British Province of Canada in British North America before the Canadian Confederation in 1867.
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Julie Winnefred Bertrand
Julie Winnefred Bertrand (16 September 1891 - 18 January 2007) was the oldest woman and the second-oldest living person in the world behind Emiliano Mercado del Toro of Puerto Rico at the time of her death.[34]
Bertrand was born in the Quebec mill town of Coaticook to her parents Napoleon Bertrand and Julia Mullins, and was the eldest out of six siblings.[34] She spent her working career as a clothes buyer and saleswoman in her hometown. And although Bertrand never married, it was speculated that she was fairly close with Louis St. Laurent, who would eventually become the 12th prime minister of Canada.[35]
She resided at a longterm care facility in Montreal throughout the last 35 years of her life. And upon being announced as the world’s oldest woman after the death of Elizabeth Bolden of the United States on 11 December 2006, she wasn’t hesitant with declining interviews about her new record.[34]
Bertrand died in her sleep on 18 January 2007, after her death, Emma Tillman of the United States succeeded her as the world’s oldest woman.[35]
Reuben Sinclair
Reuben "Rube"[36] Sinclair (5 December 1911 – 27 August 2023)[21] was the oldest known living man in Canada, and oldest known living veteran of World War II.[37][38]
Sinclair was born on the outskirts of Lipton, Saskatchewan to Yitzok (né Sandler) and Fraida (née Dubrovinsky) Sinclair – Ukrainian Jews that immigrated to Canada in 1905. His two older brothers, Samuel and Sol, were born in Ukraine, while his older sister Clara and younger brother Joe were born in Canada.[36] His family's land was provided by the Jewish Colonisation Association. He worked on their farm.[36]
Sinclair joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942[39] and was stationed at North Battleford. According to his daughter, he "couldn't stand by and do nothing while people were dying in Europe".[40] He taught pilots how to take off and land during blackouts, before radar was commonplace. Once it became standard, he worked in equipping aircraft with transmitters and receivers.[39] His younger brother Joe served in the army, and after the war they moved to Richmond, British Columbia and started Sinclair Bros. Garage and Auto Wrecking.[36][38][40]
He married a woman named Ida and they had three children: Nadine Lipetz, Karen and Len. In 1964, they moved to California; Sinclair suffered from migraines due to the war and his wife suggested they move to California to escape the cold weather and live closer to her siblings.[36] His brother-in-law offered him a job in a furniture store in Anaheim. Ida suffered a stroke in 1994 and the Sinclairs moved back to British Columbia the same year. She died in 1996.[36] Reuben resided in Richmond.
Sinclair was vaccinated against COVID-19 in March 2021, one of the oldest people to do so.[41] Following the death of 109-year-old Tom Lumby on 19 June 2021,[42] Sinclair was believed to have become Canada's oldest veteran.[37] He became the oldest Canadian-born man upon the death of 110-year-old Arnold Hawkins on 18 September 2021.[37][43] In November 2021, he had six grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.[40] His family spanned five generations at the time of his death.[38]
Following the death of 111-year-old American Ezra Hill on 4 October 2022,[44] Sinclair was believed to have been the oldest World War II veteran in the world.[37]
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