Most Famous Canadian Scientists

Canada has produced 112 notable scientists throughout history, led by Frederick Banting. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Frederick Banting — Canadian Physician (1891–1941) , ranked #1930
  2. Erving Goffman — Canadian Sociologist (1922–1982) , ranked #3083
  3. John Kenneth Galbraith — Canadian Economist (1908–2006) , ranked #3196
  4. Albert Bandura — Canadian Psychologist (Born 1925) , ranked #4567
  5. William Osler — Canadian Physician (1849–1919) , ranked #9012
  6. Norman Bethune — Canadian Physician (1890–1939) , ranked #11770
  7. Donald O. Hebb — Canadian Psychologist (1904–1985) , ranked #18156
  8. Mary Ainsworth — Canadian Psychologist (1913–1999) , ranked #20175
  9. Harold Innis — Canadian Economist (1894–1952) , ranked #20731
  10. Frances Oldham Kelsey — Canadian Physician (1914–2015) , ranked #28803
  11. Richard E. Taylor — Canadian Physicist (1929–2018) , ranked #31947
  12. Kenneth E. Iverson — Canadian Mathematician (1920–2004) , ranked #33786
  13. Joseph Tyrrell — Canadian Geologist (1858–1957) , ranked #45858
  14. Ernest Burgess — Canadian Sociologist (1886–1966) , ranked #46092
  15. Marie-Victorin Kirouac — Canadian Botanist (1885–1944) , ranked #59725
  16. Maude Abbott — Canadian Physician (1869–1940) , ranked #60540
  17. Abraham Pineo Gesner — Canadian Geologist (1797–1864) , ranked #67143
  18. John William Dawson — Canadian Botanist (1820–1899) , ranked #71145
  19. James Craig Watson — Canadian Astronomer (1838–1880) , ranked #75616
  20. Bruce Trigger — Canadian Anthropologist (1937–2006) , ranked #78289