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984

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Provinces & Territories

8,300+

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2016

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PEOPLE of small towns

The people who put small towns on the map

Olympic champions, literary legends, artists, and trailblazers — all from towns you can visit today

Featured Megan Oldham | Olympic Freestyle Skiing Champion
📍 Parry Sound, Ontario
Megan Oldham | Olympic Freestyle Skiing Champion
Parry Sound's newest Olympic champion — gold in big air, bronze in slopestyle, and the whole town showed up to welcome her home.
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Ace Bailey | Hockey Player
📍 Bracebridge, Ontario
Ace Bailey | Hockey Player
From Bracebridge, Ontario Irvine Wallace “Ace” Bailey was a professional hockey player. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1926-1933. Born in 1903 in Bracebridge, Ontario. Died…
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Alan Doyle | Great Big Sea Frontman
📍 Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
Alan Doyle | Great Big Sea Frontman
Great Big Sea frontman, born in Petty Harbour. Grew up in a fishing village without sidewalks and wrote about it in his book.
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W. A. Hewitt | Hockey Innovator
📍 Cobourg, Ontario
W. A. Hewitt | Hockey Innovator
From Cobourg, Ontario William Abraham Hewitt was a leading sports journalist, administrator and innovator. Born in 1875 in Cobourg, Ontario Died in 1966 Born in…
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James Naismith | Basketball Inventor
📍 Almonte, Ontario
James Naismith | Basketball Inventor
From Almonte, Ontario James Naismith was a physical educator, physician, chaplain, sports coach and innovator. He invented the game of basketball at age 30 in…
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Mike Babcock | Hockey Coach
📍 Manitouwadge, Ontario
Mike Babcock | Hockey Coach
From Manitouwadge, Ontario Michael “Mike” Babcock Jr. is a Stanley Cup and Olympic Gold Medal Winning Hockey Coach. Born in 1963 in Manitouwadge, Ontario Mike…
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