Supers

Super/ Canadians.

Now reading Terry Fox Jeremy Hansen Tommy Douglas Viola Desmond Frederick Banting Roberta Bondar Hayley Wickenheiser

Profiles

Browse the current collection by story, field, and lasting public impact.

01

Terry Fox

Hope / Cancer Research

Ran 5,373 kilometres and turned personal pain into a billion-dollar research legacy.

143 days
02

Jeremy Hansen

Space / Artemis II

The first Canadian to leave Earth orbit and fly around the Moon.

252,756 miles
03

Viola Desmond

Civil Rights

Refused segregated seating and forced Canada to confront its own injustice.

$10 note
04

Frederick Banting

Medicine / Insulin

Helped turn diabetes from a fatal diagnosis into a treatable condition.

1923 Nobel
05

Roberta Bondar

Science / Orbit

Canada's first woman astronaut, linking space medicine with care for Earth.

STS-42
06

Tommy Douglas

Public Health

Converted compassion into policy and helped build Canadian medicare.

Medicare
07

Hayley Wickenheiser

Sport / Medicine

A four-time Olympic champion, physician, and NHL executive.

5 medals