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2026

Project Canada 2026

Strategic Initiative / FIFA World Cup

The technical and tactical evolution of Canada's National Team as they prepare to host the world's greatest stage.

Co-Hosting Nation
01
Terry Fox

Terry Fox

Hope / Cancer Research

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

143 days
02
Jeremy Hansen

Jeremy Hansen

Space / Artemis II

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

252,756 miles
03
Viola Desmond

Viola Desmond

Civil Rights

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

$10 note
04
Frederick Banting

Frederick Banting

Medicine / Insulin

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

1923 Nobel
05
Roberta Bondar

Roberta Bondar

Science / Orbit

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

STS-42
06
Tommy Douglas

Tommy Douglas

Public Health

Converted compassion into policy and helped build Canadian medicare.

Medicare
07
Hayley Wickenheiser

Hayley Wickenheiser

Sport / Medicine

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

5 medals
08
Mary Simon

Mary Simon

Leadership / Arctic Diplomacy

Canada's first Indigenous Governor General and a leading voice in circumpolar diplomacy.

Governor General
09
Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson

Music / Jazz

A virtuoso pianist whose sound carried Canadian jazz to the world's biggest stages.

8 Grammys
10
Penny Oleksiak

Penny Oleksiak

Swimming / Olympics

Canada's most decorated Summer Olympian and a defining figure in modern Canadian swimming.

7 medals
11
Kenojuak Ashevak

Kenojuak Ashevak

Arts / Inuit Culture

Pioneered modern Inuit printmaking and created the most iconic graphic style in Canadian history.

Enchanted Owl
12
Elsie MacGill

Elsie MacGill

Innovation / Engineering

The world's first female aeronautical engineer and the orchestrator behind WWII's Hurricane production.

Queen of Hurricanes
13
Buffy Sainte-Marie

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Arts / Activism

Revolutionized music and digital art while tirelessly advocating for Indigenous rights and education.

Oscar Winner
14
Chris Hadfield

Chris Hadfield

Space / Science

Commander of the ISS who brought orbital wonders to Earth through curiosity and a guitar.

ISS Commander
15
Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Gretzky

Sport / Ice Hockey

Redefined the game of hockey with unparalleled vision, setting records that may never be broken.

#99
16
Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

Arts / Literature

Titan of Canadian literature exploring power, gender, and dystopia with razor-sharp wit.

Author
17
David Suzuki

David Suzuki

Science / Ecology

Pioneering geneticist and broadcaster advocating for environmental conservation.

Broadcaster
18
Lester B. Pearson

Lester B. Pearson

Public Life / Politics

Canada's 14th PM and Nobel laureate who introduced universal health care and the maple leaf flag.

14th PM
19
Cindy Blackstock

Cindy Blackstock

Indigenous / Human Rights

Gitxsan activist fighting for the rights and welfare of Indigenous children in Canada.

Advocate
20
Clara Hughes

Clara Hughes

Sport / Cycling & Skating

Olympic champion in speed skating and cycling, and a powerful advocate for mental health.

6 Medals
21
Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

Arts / Music

The legendary poet and songwriter whose work defined a generation's understanding of love and spirituality.

Poet
22
Roméo Dallaire

Roméo Dallaire

Public Life / Military

Commander during the Rwandan genocide, now a global advocate for human rights and veterans' mental health.

General
23
Michael Smith

Michael Smith

Science / Biochemistry

Nobel laureate who invented site-directed mutagenesis, fundamentally altering genetic research.

Nobel Prize
24
Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Business / Engineering

The visionary Quebec inventor and entrepreneur who created the modern snowmobile.

Inventor
25
Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot

Arts / Music

Canada's folk laureate who sang the nation's history, geography, and heartbreak to the world.

Folk Icon
26
Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell

Science / Invention

The visionary whose work in Canada led to the telephone and pioneering aviation.

Inventor
27
Nellie McClung

Nellie McClung

Public Life / Politics

The brilliant orator and author who secured the vote for Canadian women and changed the definition of a person.

Suffragist
28
Tommy Prince

Tommy Prince

Public Life / Military

The elite Special Forces tracker and Canada's most decorated Indigenous war hero.

War Hero
29
Elijah Harper

Elijah Harper

Public Life / Politics

The politician holding an eagle feather who stopped the Canadian constitution to demand Indigenous recognition.

Politician
30
Rick Hansen

Rick Hansen

Sport / Advocacy

The Canadian who wheeled 40,000 kilometers around the globe to change how the world views disability.

Man In Motion
31
Geoffrey Hinton

Geoffrey Hinton

Science / Artificial Intelligence

The scientist who kept neural networks alive long enough for the rest of the world to catch up.

2024 Nobel
32
Donna Strickland

Donna Strickland

Science / Physics

The Canadian physicist whose doctoral work made ultra-intense laser pulses practical.

2018 Nobel
33
Maud Menten

Maud Menten

Medicine / Biochemistry

The Canadian physician who helped give biochemistry one of its essential equations.

Michaelis-Menten
34
Wilder Penfield

Wilder Penfield

Medicine / Neurosurgery

The surgeon who made Montreal one of the world capitals of brain science.

The Neuro
35
Lap-Chee Tsui

Lap-Chee Tsui

Medicine / Genetics

The scientist whose Toronto work helped locate one of medicine's most important disease genes.

CFTR Gene
36
James Naismith

James Naismith

Sport / Invention

The Canadian teacher whose winter gym problem became a global game.

13 Rules
37
Christine Sinclair

Christine Sinclair

Sport / Soccer

The captain who made Canadian soccer believe in the podium.

190 Goals
38
Sidney Crosby

Sidney Crosby

Sport / Ice Hockey

The captain whose biggest goal became a national timestamp.

Golden Goal
39
Steve Nash

Steve Nash

Sport / Basketball

The point guard who made Canadian basketball feel globally possible.

2x NBA MVP
40
Angela James

Angela James

Sport / Ice Hockey

The player who forced hockey history to make room for women at the highest level.

HHOF Pioneer
41
Brenda Milner

Brenda Milner

Medicine / Neuropsychology

The scientist who helped reveal that memory is not one thing.

70+ Years
42
Marc Garneau

Marc Garneau

Space / Public Service

The engineer who turned Canada into a spacefaring nation in the public imagination.

First Canadian
43
Alphonso Davies

Alphonso Davies

Sport / Soccer

The fullback whose speed made Canadian soccer feel dangerous anywhere on the field.

UNHCR Ambassador
44
Donovan Bailey

Donovan Bailey

Sport / Sprinting

The sprinter who made the 100 metres a Canadian event for one incandescent Olympic night.

9.84 Seconds
45
Andre De Grasse

Andre De Grasse

Sport / Sprinting

The sprinter who kept finding another gear when the lights were brightest.

Olympic Champion
46
Bianca Andreescu

Bianca Andreescu

Sport / Tennis

The tennis player who turned Canadian possibility into a Grand Slam trophy.

2019 US Open
47
Emily Carr

Emily Carr

Arts / Painting

The artist who made the forest feel alive, unsettled, and unmistakably Canadian.

Modern Icon
48
Glenn Gould

Glenn Gould

Arts / Classical Music

The pianist who made the recording studio feel like an instrument of thought.

Goldberg Variations
49
Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell

Arts / Music

The songwriter who mapped private feeling with the scale of a landscape.

Blue
50
Lincoln Alexander

Lincoln Alexander

Public Life / Civil Rights

The public servant who turned firsts into open doors for others.

First Black MP
51
Jean Augustine

Jean Augustine

Public Life / Education

The educator who helped Canada make Black history part of public memory.

Black History Month
52
Murray Sinclair

Murray Sinclair

Indigenous Leadership / Justice

The jurist who made Canada listen to testimony it could no longer avoid.

TRC Chair
53
Ursula Franklin

Ursula Franklin

Science / Peace Activism

The scientist who insisted that technology is a social choice, not just a tool.

Massey Lectures
54
John Polanyi

John Polanyi

Science / Chemistry

The chemist who read the light from reactions and helped explain molecular change.

1986 Nobel

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