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Arden, Elizabeth
Florence Nightingale Graham, who went by the business name Elizabeth Arden, was a Canadian businesswoman who built a cosmetics empire.
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Cunard, Samuel
Sir Samuel Cunard was a shipping magnate who founded the Cunard Line of steam ships.
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Gooderham, William
William Gooderham Sr. was adistiller. He and his brother-in-law built a small distillery in 1837 to handle surplus grain, expanded in 1859, and by 1875 Gooderham Worts were Canada's largest dist...
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Horton, Miles Gilbert "Tim"
Tim Horton played hockey in the NHL from 1949 until his tragic death in 1974. He opened his first doughnut shop in Hamilton in 1964.
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Keith, Alexander
Alexander Keith was mayor of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, a Conservative member of the provincial legislature, and the founder of the Alexander Keith's Nova Scotia Brewery.
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McLaughlin, Robert
Colonel Robert Samuel McLaughlin was an influential Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He started the McLaughlin Motor Car Co. in 1907, one of the first major automobile manufacturers in Canada,...
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Prince Rupert
Prince Rupert had a varied career but his impact on Canada was as the first Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company (1670), which included title to all lands draining into Hudson Bay.
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Seagram, Joseph
Joseph Emm Seagram was an entrepreneur, racing administrator, community leader and politician.
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Thomson, Ken
Ken Thomson, was a Canadian businessman and art collector who, at the time of his death, was the richest person in Canada, and the ninth richest person in the world, according to Forbes.com, with asse...
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Walker, Byron Edmund
Sir Byron Edmund Walker was a wealthy banker who is best remember for his philanthropic support of the arts. He was a patron of many Canadian educational and cultural institutions such as the Universi...
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