Our Most Popular Biographies
HOWE, JOSEPH
BRÛLÉ, ÉTIENNE
PĪTIKWAHANAPIWĪYIN (Poundmaker)
BOURGEOYS, MARGUERITE, dite du Saint-Sacrement
CURRIE, Sir ARTHUR WILLIAM
GUYART, MARIE, named de l’Incarnation (Martin)
BROCK, Sir ISAAC
MARTIN, ABRAHAM (dit “l’Écossais” or “Maître Abraham”)
MOONEY, HELEN LETITIA (McCLUNG)
MURRAY, JAMES
GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY
HEARNE, SAMUEL
SMITH, DONALD ALEXANDER, 1st Baron STRATHCONA and MOUNT ROYAL
KING, WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE
CARTIER, JACQUES (1491-1557)
GALT, Sir ALEXANDER TILLOCH
MOLSON, JOHN (1763-1836)
BORDEN, Sir ROBERT LAIRD
BENNETT, RICHARD BEDFORD, 1st Viscount BENNETT
CHOMEDEY DE MAISONNEUVE, PAUL DE
THAYENDANEGEA
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 and Updated Biographies
New Biography JACOBS, SAMUEL WILLIAM
Updated Biography MOREL, THOMAS
New Biography HASTINGS, CHARLES JOHN COLWELL ORR (Charles John Oliver)
Updated Biography MOREAU DE BRÉSOLES, JUDITH
New Biography MARTIGNY, FRANÇOIS DE (baptized François-Xavier de Martigny)
Updated Biography GUITET (Guité), CLAUDE
New Biography SHARP, MINNIE BELL (Adney)
Updated Biography RICHARDSON, JAMES (1819-92)
New Biography PLAMONDON, RODOLPHE (baptized Joseph-Marcel-Rodolphe)