List of Canadian supercentenarians

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 17 July 2025, the oldest living person in Canada is Margaret Romans, born on 16 March 1912 in Latvia, aged 113 years, 123 days.^[1]

100 oldest known Canadians

  Deceased   Living

Rank	Name	Gender	Birth date	Death date	Age	Birthplace	Place of death or residence
01	Marie-Louise Meilleur[2]	F	29 August 1880	16 April 1998	117 years, 230 days	Quebec	Ontario
02	Mary Ann Rhodes[2]	F	12 August 1882	3 March 1998	115 years, 203 days	Ontario	Ontario
03	Julie Winnefred Bertrand[2]	F	16 September 1891	18 January 2007	115 years, 124 days	Quebec	Quebec
04	Mary Josephine Ray[3]	F	17 May 1895	7 March 2010	114 years, 294 days	Prince Edward Island	United States
05	Cecile Klein[2]	F	15 June 1907	13 January 2022[4]	114 years, 212 days	Quebec	Quebec
06	Phyllis Ridgway[2]	F	10 March 1907	4 June 2021[5]	114 years, 86 days	United Kingdom	Ontario
07	Ellen Gibb[2]	F	26 April 1905	5 June 2019[6]	114 years, 40 days	Manitoba	Ontario
08	Merle Barwis[2]	F	23 December 1900	22 November 2014	113 years, 334 days	United States	British Columbia
09	Anne Samson[2]	F	27 February 1891	29 November 2004	113 years, 276 days	Nova Scotia	New Brunswick
10	Shige Mineshiba[2]	F	18 May 1909	6 January 2023[7]	113 years, 233 days	Japan	British Columbia
11	Mabel Mah[2]	F	4 July 1910	30 January 2024[8]	113 years, 210 days	British Columbia	British Columbia
12	Lillian Ross[2]	F	24 August 1879	20 March 1993	113 years, 208 days	Ontario	Ontario
13	Reita Fennell[2]	F	20 November 1907	17 April 2021[9]	113 years, 148 days	Saskatchewan	Saskatchewan
14	Zelda McCague[2]	F	28 March 1888	6 August 2001	113 years, 131 days	Ontario	Ontario
15	Margaret Romans[1]	F	16 March 1912	Living	113 years, 123 days	Latvia[a]	Quebec
16	Margaret Fitzgerald[2]	F	16 September 1896	20 October 2009	113 years, 34 days	New Brunswick	New Brunswick
17	Cora Hansen[2]	F	25 March 1899	18 April 2012	113 years, 24 days	United States	Alberta
18	Alice Sjöquist[2]	F	25 October 1878	7 November 1991	113 years, 13 days	United Kingdom	British Columbia
19	Fanny Martland[2]	F	19 November 1888	1 December 2001	113 years, 12 days	United Kingdom	British Columbia
20	Sarah Patenaude-Bruyère[2]	F	20 February 1907	17 February 2020[10]	112 years, 362 days	Ontario	Quebec
21	Hazel Campbell[3]	F	7 December 1903	7 November 2016	112 years, 336 days	Quebec	United States
22	Hazel Skuce[1]	F	7 February 1912	3 January 2025[11]	112 years, 331 days	Manitoba	Manitoba
23	Flora Thibodeau[2]	F	24 March 1901	22 January 2014	112 years, 304 days	New Brunswick	New Brunswick
24	Pearl Lutzko[2]	F	15 February 1899	2 November 2011[12]	112 years, 260 days	Ukraine[b]	Saskatchewan
25	Adéa Pellerin-Cormier[2]	F	11 September 1901	24 May 2014	112 years, 255 days	New Brunswick	New Brunswick
26	Henrietta Irwin[2]	F	27 May 1906	15 January 2019	112 years, 233 days	United Kingdom	Ontario
27	Gertruda Gorecka[2]	F	12 November 1911	25 June 2024[13]	112 years, 226 days	German Empire[c]	Ontario
28	Helen Doan[2]	F	18 September 1911	18 April 2024[14]	112 years, 213 days	Ontario	Ontario
29	Alexina St. Pierre-Loyer[2]	F	21 November 1907	22 May 2020	112 years, 183 days	Quebec	Quebec
30	Yvonne Delorme-Martel[2]	F	22 October 1909	7 April 2022[15]	112 years, 167 days	Quebec	Quebec
31	Annie Burtt[2]	F	5 July 1880	11 December 1992	112 years, 159 days	New Brunswick	New Brunswick
32	Mary Roberts[2]	F	5 October 1906	11 March 2019	112 years, 157 days	United Kingdom	British Columbia
33	Clara Mackenzie[3]	F	7 October 1885	5 March 1998	112 years, 149 days	Newfoundland[d]	United States
34	Hazel Schultz[3]	F	12 January 1913	27 May 2025	112 years, 135 days	Saskatchewan	United States
35	Fannie Greenberg[3]	F	24 May 1895	5 October 2007	112 years, 134 days	Ontario	United States
36	Marie-Laure Nadon[2]	F	12 April 1889	18 August 2001	112 years, 128 days	Quebec	Quebec
37	Annette Sabourin Brunet[2]	F	4 January 1912	8 April 2024	112 years, 95 days	Quebec	Quebec
38	Mary MacIsaac[2]	F	27 December 1893	10 March 2006	112 years, 73 days	New Brunswick	Saskatchewan
39	Tilly Oslender[2]	F	24 March 1907	1 June 2019[16]	112 years, 69 days	Ukraine[b]	Ontario
40	Julia Houde[2]	F	18 September 1894	18 November 2006	112 years, 61 days	Quebec	Quebec
41	Mamie Smith[2]	F	1 March 1889	25 April 2001	112 years, 55 days	Ontario	Ontario
42	Orma Slack[2]	F	19 February 1903	13 April 2015[17]	112 years, 53 days	Ontario	Ontario
43	Mary Ellen Swan[2]	F	24 June 1892	10 August 2004	112 years, 47 days	United Kingdom	Ontario
44	Margherita Buttiri[2]	F	8 May 1908	23 June 2020[18]	112 years, 46 days	Croatia[e]	Alberta
45	Maria Mallozzi[2]	F	25 September 1887	26 October 1999	112 years, 31 days	Italy	Ontario
46	Emma Galode[2]	F	22 August 1882	9 September 1994	112 years, 18 days	Newfoundland[d]	Ontario
47	Simonne Leduc[2]	F	31 October 1911	26 October 2023	111 years, 360 days	Quebec	Quebec
48	Elizabeth Buhler[2]	F	8 February 1899	23 January 2011	111 years, 349 days	Ukraine[b]	Manitoba
	Marie-Blanche Portelance[2]	F	21 March 1909	5 March 2021		Quebec	Quebec
50	Colombe Benoît-Leclerc[2]	F	5 February 1903	14 January 2015[19]	111 years, 343 days	Quebec	Quebec
51	Agnes Munce[2]	F	17 January 1877	16 December 1988	111 years, 334 days	Ontario	Alberta
52	Yvonne Lamoureux[2]	F	5 December 1900	2 November 2012	111 years, 333 days	Quebec	Quebec
53	Arthur Nash[2]	M	7 January 1885	4 November 1996	111 years, 302 days	United Kingdom	Manitoba
54	James McCoubrey[3]	M	13 September 1901	5 July 2013	111 years, 295 days	Newfoundland[d]	United States
55	Molly Schmidt[3]	F	22 July 1905	8 May 2017	111 years, 290 days	Alberta	United States
56	Marguerite Wabano[2]	F	28 January 1904	13 November 2015	111 years, 289 days	Ontario	Ontario
57	Delima Plouffe[2]	F	9 June 1881	22 March 1993	111 years, 286 days	Ontario	Ontario
58	Isabel Dryden[2]	F	16 October 1888	20 July 2000	111 years, 278 days	Ontario	British Columbia
59	Alice McLellan[2]	F	6 August 1883	29 April 1995	111 years, 266 days	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia
	Florence Webber[2]	F	22 July 1908	13 April 2020[20]		Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia
61	Reuben Sinclair[2]	M	5 December 1911	27 August 2023[21]	111 years, 265 days	Saskatchewan	British Columbia
62	Dora Skeen[2]	F	29 December 1910	19 September 2022[22]	111 years, 264 days	Jamaica[f]	Ontario
63	Merle O'Hara[2]	F	20 February 1912	4 November 2023	111 years, 257 days	Jamaica[f]	British Columbia
64	Minnie Mudie[2]	F	18 November 1885	27 July 1997	111 years, 251 days	Saskatchewan	British Columbia
65	Jemima Westcott[2]	F	10 January 1911	24 August 2022[23]	111 years, 226 days	Manitoba	Manitoba
66	Marie-Louise Meunier[2]	F	15 March 1887	24 October 1998	111 years, 223 days	Quebec	Quebec
67	Eva Carrier-Delisle[2]	F	29 April 1908	22 November 2019[24]	111 years, 207 days	Quebec	Quebec
68	Herman Smith-Johannsen[25]	M	15 June 1875	5 January 1987	111 years, 204 days	Norway	Quebec[g]
	Emilienne Marcil-Pigeon[2]	F	29 March 1911	19 October 2022		Quebec	Quebec
70	Gloriam Bellerive-Hebert[2]	F	28 June 1901	14 January 2013	111 years, 200 days	Quebec	Quebec
71	Evangeline Saulnier[2]	F	11 September 1890	19 March 2002	111 years, 189 days	New Brunswick	New Brunswick
72	Ethel Lyman[2]	F	8 June 1880	9 December 1991	111 years, 184 days	Ontario	Quebec
73	Anonymous of UK/CAN[26]	F	17 January 1914	Living	111 years, 181 days	United Kingdom	Canada
74	Marie Bibeault[2]	F	31 January 1882	29 July 1993	111 years, 179 days	Quebec	Quebec
75	Janet Luscombe[2]	F	12 August 1910	25 January 2022[27]	111 years, 166 days	Newfoundland[h]	Ontario
76	Edith Morey[2]	F	28 July 1900	8 January 2012	111 years, 164 days	Ontario	Ontario
77	Jennie Sutherland[2]	F	4 October 1906	15 March 2018[28]	111 years, 162 days	United States	Alberta
78	Rose Lavender[2]	F	29 August 1886	1 February 1998	111 years, 156 days	United Kingdom	Ontario
79	Louise Gibson[3]	F	7 August 1883	2 January 1995	111 years, 148 days	Nova Scotia	United States
80	George Ives[2]	M	17 November 1881	12 April 1993	111 years, 146 days	United Kingdom	British Columbia
81	Katherine Wowchuk[2]	F	18 August 1901	8 January 2013	111 years, 143 days	Ukraine	Manitoba
	Lilian Cornell[2]	F	21 August 1904	11 January 2016		United Kingdom	Saskatchewan
83	Isabella Hayes[2]	F	17 June 1900	5 November 2011	111 years, 141 days	United Kingdom	Ontario
84	Irene Lantz[1]	F	2 March 1914	Living	111 years, 137 days	Saskatchewan	Alberta
85	Hannah Bradford[2]	F	28 December 1870	2 May 1982	111 years, 125 days	United Kingdom	Ontario
86	Clara Horvath[2]	F	5 January 1911	7 May 2022	111 years, 122 days	British Columbia	British Columbia
87	Eloise Chandler[2]	F	21 January 1910	12 May 2021[29]	111 years, 111 days	British Guiana[i]	Ontario
88	Marguerite Robertson[2]	F	13 May 1907	31 August 2018[30]	111 years, 110 days	Nova Scotia	British Columbia
89	Bessie Roffey[2]	F	2 March 1897	17 June 2008	111 years, 107 days	United Kingdom	Alberta
90	Virginia Muise[3]	F	28 July 1893	2 November 2004	111 years, 97 days	Nova Scotia	United States
91	Emily McCool[2]	F	13 December 1909	11 March 2021[31]	111 years, 88 days	Ontario	Ontario
92	Mariette Barszczewicz[2]	F	8 January 1909	4 April 2020[32]	111 years, 87 days	Belgium	Ontario
93	Gisele Chalifour[2]	F	20 June 1907	13 September 2018[33]	111 years, 85 days	Quebec	Quebec
94	Anna Nielsen[2]	F	2 April 1904	19 June 2015	111 years, 78 days	Denmark	British Columbia
95	Maria Lacasse[1]	F	6 December 1913	21 February 2025	111 years, 77 days	Quebec	Quebec
96	Linda Yale[2]	F	28 December 1912	11 March 2024[34]	111 years, 74 days	Quebec	British Columbia
97	Louise-Anna Turcotte-Brouillette[2]	F	5 September 1905	12 November 2016	111 years, 68 days	Quebec	Quebec
98	Rachel Bateman[2]	F	16 January 1865	18 March 1976	111 years, 62 days	Ontario[j]	Manitoba
99	Margaret Ives[2]	F	28 January 1889	27 March 2000	111 years, 59 days	United Kingdom	Manitoba
100	Selma Gaetz[3]	F	12 May 1903	5 July 2014	111 years, 54 days	Alberta	United States

1. Romans was born in Latvia, then part of the Russian Empire, now an independent country.
2. Lutzko, Oslender, and Buhler were born in Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire, now an independent country.
3. Gorecka was born in Kębłowo, Province of West Prussia, German Empire, which is now part of Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland.
4. Mackenzie, Galode and McCoubrey were born in Newfoundland, then Newfoundland Colony, a colony of Britain. It is now a province of Canada.
5. Buttiri was born in Rovigno, then in the Austrian Empire, now Rovinj, Croatia.
6. Skeen and O'Hara were born in Jamaica, then part of the British West Indies. Jamaica became independent in 1962.
7. Smith-Johannsen died in Norway while on visit.
8. Luscombe was born in Newfoundland, then the Dominion of Newfoundland, a Dominion of the British Empire. It is now a province of Canada.
9. Chandler was born in Georgetown, which was the capital of British Guiana and today is the capital of Guyana.
10. 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.

Biographies

Sum Ying Fung

Sum Ying Fung (née Eng, Chinese: 吴如英, 27 January 1899 – 6 December 2011), was a Chinese Canadian supercentenarian who was the oldest person in Canada in 2011.

Sum Ying Eng was born in Wing On Village, Yanping, China in 1899.^[35] In 1926, she married Chong Lim Fung, who had been working in Canada since 1911. Chong Lim would travel to visit Sum Ying regularly in the ensuing years and they had three children.^[36] However, the Chinese Exclusion Act prevented her from joining her husband in Canada. In 1954, she emigrated to Canada under the sponsorship of her husband.^[37] The couple settled in Chinatown, Vancouver that year. The Fung family moved to East Vancouver upon Chong Lim's death in 1967.^[36]

In 1989, she developed a brain tumour, underwent surgery, and survived. She visited China later that year and was in Beijing during the military crackdown of Tiananmen Square protests. She and her family fled Beijing among a group of German tourists.^[38]

In January 2011, Sum Ying Fung became the oldest person in Canada, after the death of Elizabeth Buhler.^[39] The Queen congratulated Fung in a letter on her 112th birthday on 27 January 2011 and the Mayor of Vancouver declared that day "Fung Eng Sum Ying Day".^[36][37]

Fung died of natural causes at the claimed age of 112, at Burnaby General Hospital in British Columbia on 6 December 2011. At the time of her death she was survived by two of her three children, 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren.^[38][36]

Reuben Sinclair

Reuben "Rube"^[40] 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.^[41][42]

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.^[40] His family's land was provided by the Jewish Colonisation Association. He worked on their farm.^[40]

Sinclair joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942^[43] and was stationed at North Battleford. According to his daughter, he "couldn't stand by and do nothing while people were dying in Europe".^[44] 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.^[43] 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.^[40][42][44]

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.^[40] 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.^[40] Reuben resided in Richmond.

Sinclair was vaccinated against COVID-19 in March 2021, one of the oldest people to do so.^[45] Following the death of 109-year-old Tom Lumby on 19 June 2021,^[46] Sinclair was believed to have become Canada's oldest veteran.^[41] He became the oldest Canadian-born man upon the death of 110-year-old Arnold Hawkins on 18 September 2021.^[41][47] As of November 2021, he had six grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.^[44] His family spanned five generations at the time of his death.^[42]

Following the death of 111-year-old American Ezra Hill on 4 October 2022,^[48] Sinclair was believed to have been the oldest World War II veteran in the world.^[41]