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James McGill
Showing an unusually strong affection for his adopted city, he was also active in its public life, holding several important appointments in municipal and provincial affairs. -
Sir James Douglas
Sir James Douglas, fur trader, governor of Vancouver Island, 1851-63, and of British Columbia, 1858-64 (b at Demerara, British Guiana 15? Aug 1803; d at Victoria 2 Aug 1877). -
Sir William Pearce Howland
Sir William Pearce Howland, businessman, politician, lieutenant-governor of Ontario 1868–73 (born 29 May 1811 in Pawling, New York; died 1 January 1907 in Toronto, ON). -
William Neilson Hall
William Hall was the son of Jacob and Lucy Hall, former slaves from the US who fled to Halifax at the end of the WAR OF 1812. The Halls eventually moved to Horton Bluff, where William and 6 other children were born. -
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, politician, journalist, poet, historian (born 13 April 1825 in Carlingford, Ireland; died 7 April 1868 in Ottawa, ON). -
Anderson Abbott
Anderson Ruffin Abbott, doctor, surgeon (born 7 April 1837 in Toronto, Upper Canada; died 29 December 1913 in Toronto, ON). Abbott was the first Canadian-born person of colour to graduate from medical school. He served the Union army as a civilian surgeon during the American Civil War. -
Gabriel Dumont
Gabriel Dumont, Métis leader (born December 1837 at Red River Settlement; died 19 May 1906 at Bellevue, SK). Dumont rose to political prominence in an age of declining buffalo herds and was concerned about the ongoing economic prosperity and political independence of his people. -
Louis Rial
Louis Riel, Métis leader, founder of Manitoba, central figure in the Red River and North-West resistances (born 22 October 1844 in Saint-Boniface, Red River Settlement; died 16 November 1885 in Regina, SK). -
Samuel Benfield Steele
Sir Samuel Benfield Steele, mounted policeman, soldier (b at Purbrook, Canada W 5 Jan 1849; d at London, Eng 30 Jan 1919). Steele joined the militia in 1866 during the FENIAN troubles, was a private in the Red River Expedition -
Agnes Campbell Macphail
Agnes Campbell Macphail, politician, reformer (born 24 March 1890 in Proton Township, Grey County, ON; died 13 February 1954 in Toronto, ON). Agnes Macphail was the first woman elected to the House of Commons (1921–40) and was one of the first two women elected to the Ontario legislature (1943–45, 1948–51).
