List of Canadian supercentenarians


This article lists Canadian supercentenarians. The oldest verified Canadian person ever was Marie-Louise Meilleur, who died in 1998 aged 117 years, 230 days. As of, the oldest living person in Canada is British emigrant Phyllis Ridgway, born 10 March 1907, aged.

Oldest Canadian people ever

RankNameSexBirth dateDeath dateAgeBirthplacePlace of death
or residence
1Marie-Louise MeilleurF29 August 188016 April 1998QuebecOntario
2Mary Ann RhodesF12 August 18823 March 1998115 years, 203 daysOntarioOntario
3Julie Winnefred BertrandF16 September 189118 January 2007115 years, 124 daysQuebecQuebec
4Mary Josephine RayF17 May 18957 March 2010114 years, 294 daysPrince Edward IslandUnited States
5Ellen GibbF26 April 19055 June 2019114 years, 40 daysManitobaOntario
6Merle BarwisF23 December 190022 November 2014113 years, 334 daysUnited StatesBritish Columbia
7Anne SamsonF27 February 189129 November 2004113 years, 276 daysNova ScotiaNew Brunswick
8Lillian RossF24 August 187920 March 1993113 years, 208 daysOntarioOntario
9Phyllis RidgwayF10 March 1907LivingUnited KingdomOntario
10Zelda McCagueF28 March 18886 August 2001113 years, 131 daysOntarioOntario
11Cecile KleinF15 June 1907LivingQuebecQuebec
12Margaret FitzgeraldF16 September 189620 October 2009113 years, 34 daysNew BrunswickNew Brunswick
13Cora HansenF25 March 189918 April 2012113 years, 24 daysUnited StatesAlberta
14Alice SjöquistF25 October 18787 November 1991113 years, 13 daysUnited KingdomBritish Columbia
15Sarah Patenaude BruyèreF20 February 190717 February 2020112 years, 362 daysOntarioQuebec
16Hazel CampbellF7 December 19037 November 2016112 years, 336 daysQuebecUnited States
17Sum Ying FungF27 January 18996 December 2011112 years, 313 daysChinaBritish Columbia
18Flora ThibodeauF20 March 190122 January 2014112 years, 308 daysNew BrunswickNew Brunswick
19Pearl LutzkoF15 February 18992 November 2011UkraineSaskatchewan
20Reita FennellF20 November 1907LivingSaskatchewanSaskatchewan
21Adéa Pellerin-CormierF11 September 190124 May 2014112 years, 255 daysNew BrunswickNew Brunswick
22Henrietta IrwinF27 May 190615 January 2019112 years, 233 daysUnited KingdomOntario
23Fanny Adler GreenbergF24 May 18955 October 2007112 years, 134 daysOntarioUnited States
24Marie-Laure NadonF12 April 188918 August 2001112 years, 128 daysQuebecQuebec
25Mary MacIsaacF27 December 189310 March 2006112 years, 73 daysNew BrunswickSaskatchewan
26Tilly OslenderF24 March 19071 June 2019UkraineOntario
27Julia HoudeF18 September 189418 November 2006112 years, 61 daysQuebecQuebec
28Mamie SmithF1 March 188925 April 2001112 years, 55 daysOntarioOntario
29Orma SlackF19 February 190313 April 2015112 years, 53 daysOntarioOntario
30Mary Ellen SwanF24 June 189210 August 2004112 years, 47 daysUnited KingdomOntario
31Maria MallozziF25 September 188726 October 1999112 years, 31 daysItalyOntario
32Elizabeth BuhlerF8 February 189923 January 2011UkraineManitoba
33Colombe Benoît-LeclercF5 February 190314 January 2015111 years, 343 daysQuebecQuebec
34Agnes MunceF17 January 187717 December 1988111 years, 335 daysOntarioOntario
35:simple:James_McCoubrey|James McCoubreyM13 September 19015 July 2013111 years, 295 daysNewfoundlandUnited States
36Foon Hay LumF30 July 190824 April 2020111 years, 271 daysChinaOntario
37Florence WebberF22 July 190813 April 2020111 years, 266 daysNova ScotiaNova Scotia
38Eva CarrierF29 April 190822 November 2019111 years, 234 daysQuebecQuebec
39Marie-Louise MeunierF15 March 188724 October 1998111 years, 223 daysQuebecQuebec
40Evangeline SaulnierF11 September 189019 March 2002111 years, 189 daysNew BrunswickNew Brunswick
41Ethel LymanF8 June 18809 December 1991111 years, 184 daysOntarioQuebec
42Marie BibeaultF31 January 188229 July 1993111 years, 179 daysQuebecQuebec
43Louise GibsonF7 August 18832 January 1995111 years, 148 daysNova ScotiaUnited States
44George Frederick IvesM17 November 188112 April 1993111 years, 146 daysUnited KingdomBritish Columbia
45Lillian CornellF21 August 190411 January 2016111 years, 143 daysUnited KingdomSaskatchewan
46Sarah HarperF24 August 190616 December 2017111 years, 114 daysManitobaManitoba
47Marguerite RobertsonF13 May 190731 August 2018111 years, 111 daysNova ScotiaBritish Columbia
48Bessie RoffeyF2 March 189717 June 2008111 years, 107 daysUnited KingdomAlberta
49Virginia MuiseF28 July 18932 November 2004111 years, 97 daysNova ScotiaUnited States
50Mariette BarszczewiczF8 January 19094 April 2020111 years, 87 daysBelgiumOntario
51Gisele ChalifourF20 June 190713 September 2018111 years, 85 daysQuebecQuebec
52Louise-Anna Turcotte-BrouilletteF5 September 190512 November 2016QuebecQuebec
53Nellie ThompsonF21 October 187827 November 1989111 years, 37 daysOntarioOntario
54Grace-Lillian SchaeffnerF28 November 187826 December 1989111 years, 28 daysOntarioUnited States
55Emilie LavoieF10 April 18982 April 2009110 years, 357 daysNew BrunswickNew Brunswick
56Judith PinardF3 July 189813 June 2009110 years, 345 daysQuebecQuebec
57Zoltan SarosyM23 August 190619 June 2017110 years, 300 daysAustria-HungaryOntario
57Isabelle DescoteauxF18 November 190615 September 2017110 years, 300 daysQuebecQuebec
59Margaret CruickshankF19 January 190914 October 2019110 years, 268 daysUnited KingdomOntario
60Pasqualina FrancoF2 December 189816 August 2009110 years, 257 daysItalyOntario
61Mary Ellen MolesF15 July 19077 March 2018110 years, 235 daysOntarioOntario
62Clarida RoyF19 October 186318 May 1974110 years, 211 daysQuebecUnited States
63Mary Ann ScolesF25 December 189623 July 2007110 years, 210 daysManitobaManitoba
64Blanche MarinierF20 March 189230 September 2002110 years, 194 daysQuebecQuebec
65Alice May BicknellF12 May 190721 November 2017110 years, 193 daysUnited KingdomOntario
66Elizabeth MiddlerF12 October 188919 April 2000110 years, 190 daysUnited KingdomManitoba
67Rena BagneF2 March 190826 August 2018110 years, 177 daysSaskatchewanUnited States
68Marie-Rose TheriaultF8 September 188929 February 2000110 years, 174 daysNew BrunswickQuebec
69Flore BellandF6 September 187218 February 1983110 years, 165 daysQuebecQuebec
70Alina MortonF10 November 187820 April 1989110 years, 161 daysNova ScotiaNova Scotia
71Ellen GreenF19 July 18784 December 1988110 years, 138 daysUnited KingdomBritish Columbia
72Dorothy HodgsonF23 July 18977 December 2007110 years, 137 daysUnited KingdomBritish Columbia
73Mary D'All ParsonsF18 November 189515 March 2006110 years, 127 daysUnited KingdomQuebec
73Anne Maude KeamF10 December 190716 April 2018110 years, 127 daysOntarioOntario
75Christine JodoinF17 November 189411 March 2005110 years, 114 daysQuebecUnited States
75Robert WienerM27 October 190817 February 2019110 years, 114 daysQuebecQuebec
77Margaret CousinsF27 February 189931 May 2009110 years, 93 daysOntarioOntario
78Irene HuddleF12 October 190012 January 2011110 years, 92 daysManitobaUnited States
79Marie-Ange BernardF2 November 189429 January 2005110 years, 88 daysQuebecQuebec
80Madeleine SavoieF1 November 189924 January 2010110 years, 84 daysNew BrunswickNew Brunswick
81Angeline BarretteF10 December 189628 February 2007110 years, 80 daysQuebecQuebec
82Anna PoirierF10 November 188528 January 1996110 years, 79 daysQuebecQuebec
83Irene EastonF15 October 190831 December 2018110 years, 77 daysUnited KingdomAlberta
84Hilda Caroline Annie WoodF17 November 190724 January 2018110 years, 68 daysManitobaManitoba
85Mary SloanF11 June 189812 August 2008110 years, 62 daysOntarioOntario
86Irene NadeauF25 April 18979 June 2007110 years, 45 daysQuebecUnited States
87Laura RollockF16 November 187829 December 1988110 years, 43 daysNova ScotiaNova Scotia
88Emma WelzF16 June 188421 July 1994110 years, 35 daysOntarioOntario
89Chester PushieM24 June 188422 July 1994110 years, 28 daysNova ScotiaNova Scotia
90Joseph Saint-AmourM26 February 185216 March 1962110 years, 18 daysQuebecQuebec
91Rose McDonaldF5 September 189016 September 2000110 years, 11 daysNova ScotiaNova Scotia

Biographies

Sum Ying Fung

Sum Ying Fung, was an Asian Canadian supercentenarian who was the oldest person in Canada in 2011.
Sum Ying Eng was born in Wing On Village, Yanping, China in 1899. 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. 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. The couple settled in Chinatown, Vancouver that year. The Fung family moved to East Vancouver upon Chong Lim's death in 1967.
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.
In January 2011, Sum Ying Fung became the oldest person in Canada, after the death of Elizabeth Buhler. 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".
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-grand children, and 2 great-great-grand children.