Our Most Popular Biographies
BESSETTE, ALFRED, named Brother André
BROCK, Sir ISAAC
JACQUELIN, FRANÇOISE-MARIE
MONTGOMERY, LUCY MAUD (Macdonald)
SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES
TUPPER, Sir CHARLES
WILSON, EDWARD ARTHUR (Brother XII; The Brother, XII; Brother Twelve; Amiel de Valdes)
MACDONALD, ANDREW ARCHIBALD
MARTIN, ABRAHAM (dit “l’Écossais” or “Maître Abraham”)
CARTER, Sir FREDERIC BOWKER TERRINGTON
GRAY, JOHN HAMILTON, (1811-1887)
TALON (Talon Du Quesnoy), JEAN
HÉBERT, LOUIS
STARKMAN, BESHA (Tobin)
HENDAY, ANTHONY
GUYART, MARIE, named de l’Incarnation (Martin)
KING, WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE
MURRAY, JAMES
LAURIER, Sir WILFRID (baptized Henry-Charles-Wilfrid)
BRÛLÉ, ÉTIENNE
LAVAL, FRANÇOIS DE
English
French
To view the 100 biographies most frequently read in English or in French, click on the language of your choice
Welcome
Welcome to the online version of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography/Dictionnaire biographique du Canada (DCB/DBC)! Show More
New Biographies and Minor Corrections
New Biography BYERS, GEORGE FREDERICK
Minor Correction RAE, JOHN (1813-93)
New Biography GARNEAU, NÉMÈSE (baptized Dieudonné-Némes)
Minor Correction JOHNSTON, WILLIAM (1782-1870)
New Biography McKAY, COLIN CAMPBELL
Minor Correction DOUGLAS, Sir HOWARD
New Biography LAVOIE, NAPOLÉON (baptized Joseph-Eugène-Napoléon)
Minor Correction ROGERS, ALBERT BOWMAN
New Biography McDONALD (MacDonald, Macdonald), MARY, named Sister Mary Francesca