List of people on the postage stamps of Canada
A
- John Abbott (1952)[1]
- Bryan Adams (2009)[2]
- Pierrette Alarie (2006)[3]
- Emma Albani (1980)[4]
- Lincoln Alexander (2018)[5][6]
- Alexandra of Denmark (1908)
- Paul Anka (2007)[7]
- Syl Apps (2001)
- Louise Arbour (2012)
- Pitseolak Ashoona (1993)
- Margaret Atwood (2021)
- Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé (1986)
B
- Robert Baldwin (1927)
- Frederick Banting (1991)
- Robert Bartlett (2009)
- Jean Béliveau (2001)
- Alexander Graham Bell (1947)
- Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith (1928)
- Richard Bedford Bennett (1955, 1972)
- William Andrew Cecil Bennett (1998)
- Joseph Bernier (1977)
- Trefflé Berthiaume (1984)
- Carrie Best (2011)[8]
- Norman Bethune (1990)
- Billy Bishop (1994)
- Martha Black (1997)
- Joseph Armand Bombardier (2000)
- W. Hanson Boorne (1989)
- Robert Laird Borden (1951, 1972)
- Mike Bossy (2003)
- Henri Bourassa (1968)
- Marguerite Bourgeoys (1975)
- Ray Bourque (2003)
- Mackenzie Bowell (1954)
- Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1937)
- John Bracken (1998)
- Molly Brant (1986)
- Isaac Brock (1969, 2012)
- George Brown (1968)
- Rosemary Brown (2009)
- Étienne Brûlé (1987)
- Raymond Burr (2008)
- Edith Butler (2009)
- John By (1979)
C
- John Cabot (1986)
- Morley Callaghan (2003)
- John Candy (2006)
- Réal Caouette (1997)
- Emily Carr (1971)
- George-Étienne Cartier (1931)
- Jacques Cartier (1984)
- Ethel Catherwood (1996)
- Therese Casgrain (1985)
- René-Robert Cavelier (1966)
- Samuel de Champlain (1908)
- Robert Charlebois (2009)
- Lionel Chevrier (1997)
- Samuel Dwight Chown (1975)
- Winston Churchill (1965)
- Sheila Watt-Cloutier (2012)
- Bruce Cockburn (2011)
- Leonard Cohen (2019)[9]
- Napoléon-Alexandre Comeau (1998)
- Stompin’ Tom Connors (2009)
- James Cook, explorer (1978)
- John Cook (1975)
- Donald G. Creighton (1996)
- Crowfoot (1986)
D
- Mathieu da Costa (2017)[10][11]
- Charles Daudelin (2002)
- Georges-Édouard Desbarats (1987)
- Alphonse Desjardins (1975)
- Etienne Desmarteau (1996)
- Viola Desmond (2012)
- John Diefenbaker (1980)
- Adam Dollard des Ormeaux (1960)
- Tommy Douglas (1998, 2012)
- Marie Dressler (2008)
- Gabriel Dumont (1985)
- Bill Durnan (2003)
E
- Timothy Eaton (1994)
- Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1903)
- Henrietta Edwards (1981)
- Louise Edwards (2002)
- Princess Elizabeth of York (1935)
- As Elizabeth II of Canada (2002 – 2009)
- Phil Esposito (2002)
F
- Charles Fenerty (1987)
- Reginald Aubrey Fessenden (1987)
- Sanford Fleming (1977, 2002)
- Maureen Forrester
- Harry Foster (1998)
- Michael J. Fox (2012)
- Terry Fox (1982, 2000)
- Benjamin Franklin (1976)
- John Franklin (1989)
- Louis Fréchette (1989)
- George Arthur French (1973)
- Martin Frobisher (1963)
- Louis de Buade de Frontenac (1972)
- Northrop Frye (2000)
G
- Charles-Émile Gadbois (1997)
- Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (2003)
- Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (text is only "La Vérendrye" on the stamp) (1958)
- George V of the United Kingdom (1908)
- George VI of Canada (1935)
- Chief Dan George (2008)
- Marie-Joséphine Gérin-Lajoie (1993)[12][13]
- Abraham Gesner (2000)
- Humphrey Gilbert (1983)
- Frederick Newton Gisborne (1987)
- Lorne Greene (2006)
- Wilfred Grenfell (1965)
- Wayne Gretzky (2000)
- Harold Griffith (1991)
- Medard Chouart des Groselliers (1987)
- Frederick Philip Grove (1979)
- Germaine Guèvremont (1976)
- Casimir Gzowski (1963)
H
- Thomas C. Haliburton (1996)
- Glenn Hall (2002)
- William Hall (2010)
- Ned Hanlan, oarsman (1980)
- Rick Hansen (2012)
- Doug Harvey (2000)
- Anne Hébert (2003)
- Louis Hébert (1985)
- Louis Hémon (1975)
- Alexander Henderson (1989)
- Josiah Henson (1983)
- Adelaide Sophia Hoodless (1993)
- Frances Anne Hopkins (1988)
- Tim Horton (2002)
- Gordie Howe (2000)
- Joseph Howe (1973)
- Henry Hudson (1986)
- Bobby Hull (2001)
- John Peters Humphrey (1998)
I
- Marie de l'Incarnation (1981)
- Charles Inglis (1988)
J
- William Jackman (1992)
- Albert Jackson (2019)[14]
- Fergie Jenkins (2011)
- Raoul Jobin (2006)
- E. Pauline Johnson (1961)
- Edward Johnson (2006)
- Louis Jolliet (1987)
- J. Walter Jones (1998)
K
- Paul Kane (1971)
- Red Kelly (2002)
- Henry Kelsey (1970)
- William Lyon Mackenzie King (1951, 1972)
- Helen Kinnear (1993)
- Cornelius Krieghoff, painter (1972)
- Jose Kusugak, indigenous leader (2022)
L
- Antoine Labelle (1983)
- Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle (1980)
- Guy Lafleur (2002)
- Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine (1927)
- Judy LaMarsh (1997)
- Archibald Lampman (1989)
- Margaret Laurence (1996)
- Wilfrid Laurier (1927, 1972)
- Pierre Laporte (1971)
- François de Montmorency-Laval (1973)
- Calixa Lavallée (1980)
- Stephen Leacock (1969)
- Roméo LeBlanc (2010) Governor General
- Félix Leclerc (2000)
- Jules Léger (1977, 1982)
- William Leggo (1987)
- Jean Lesage (1998)
- Gordon Lightfoot (2007)[7]
- Arthur Lismer (1970)
- Jules-Ernest Livernois (1989)[15]
- Kay Livingstone (2018)[5][6]
- Tom Longboat (2000)
M
- Angus L. MacDonald (1998)
- James MacDonald (1973)
- John A. Macdonald (1927, 1972)
- Alexander Mackenzie (1952)
- Sir Alexander Mackenzie (1970)
- James F. MacLeod (1986)
- John Macoun (1981)
- Agnes Macphail (1990)
- Frank Mahovlich (2003)
- Jeanne Mance (1973)
- Ernest C. Manning (1998)
- Guglielmo Marconi (1974, 2002)
- Frère Marie-Victorin (1981)
- Princess Margaret (1939)
- Jacques Marquette (1987)
- Bill Mason (1998)
- Matonabbee (1989)
- Mary of Teck (1908)
- Vincent Massey (1969, 1977)
- Nellie McClung (1973)
- John McCrae (1968)
- Anna McGarrigle (2011)
- Kate McGarrigle (2011)
- Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1927)
- Louise McKinney (1981)
- Marshall McLuhan (2000)
- John B. McNair (1998)
- Arthur Meighen (1961)
- William Merritt (1974)
- Mike Myers (2014)
- Daniel Roland Michener (1977, 1992)
- Stan Mikita (2003)
- Joni Mitchell (2007) [7]
- W.O. Mitchell (2000)
- Leo Mol (2002)
- John Molson (1986)
- Joseph Montferrand (1992)
- Louis Joseph de Montcalm (1908)
- Lucy Maud Montgomery (1975)
- Édouard Montpetit (1996)
- Susanna Moodie (2003)
- Howie Morenz (2002)
- Aaron R. Mosher (1981)
- Oliver Mowat (1970)
- Phyllis Munday (1998)
- Anne Murray (2007) [7]
- Emily Murphy (1985)
N
- Émile Nelligan (1979)
- William Notman (1989)
O
- Bobby Orr (2000)
- William Osler (1969)
- Gerald Ouellette (1996)
P
- Louis-Joseph Papineau (1971)
- Lester Pearson (1972)
- Wilder Penfield (1991)
- Oscar Peterson (2005)[16][17]
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1951)
- Mary Pickford (2006)
- Jacques Plante (2000)
- Christopher Plummer (2021)
- Jerry Potts (1992)
- Denis Potvin (2001)
R
- Pierre Esprit Radisson (1987)
- Maurice Richard (2000)
- Louis Riel (1970)
- Ginette Reno (2011)
- John Robarts (1998)
- Robbie Robertson (2011)
- Fanny Rosenfeld (1996)
- Adolphe-Basile Routhier (1980)
- Gabrielle Roy (1996)
- Ernest Rutherford (1971)
S
- Idola Saint-Jean (1981)
- Louis St. Laurent (1972)
- Charles-Michel d'Irumberry de Salaberry (1979)
- Jeanne Sauvé (1994)
- Félix-Antoine Savard (1996)
- Serge Savard (2003)
- Terry Sawchuk (2001)
- Laura Secord (1992)
- Lord Selkirk (1962)
- Robert W. Service (1976)
- Abraham Doras Shadd (2009)
- Norma Shearer (2008)
- Eddie Shore (2001)
- Joseph R. Smallwood (1998)
- Donald Alexander Smith (1970)
- Léopold Simoneau (2006)
- Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1989)
- Emily Stowe (1981)
- Marc Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté (1969)
T
- Jean Talon (1962)
- Chief Tecumseh (2012)
- Kateri Tekakwitha (1981)
- David Thompson (1957)
- Tom Thomson (1977)
- John Sparrow David Thompson (1954)
- Catherine Parr Traill (2003)
- Mary Travers (La Bolduc) (1994)
- Jennie Kidd Trout (1991)
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau (2001)
- Charles Tupper (1955)
- Joseph Burr Tyrrell (1989)
V
- Georges Vanier (1967, 1977)
- Jon Vickers (2006)
- Victoria of the United Kingdom (1867)
- Gilles Villeneuve (1997)
W
- Angus Walters (1988)
- John Ware (cowboy) (2012)
- Robert Stanley Weir (1980)
- Percy Williams (1996)
- Healey Willan (1980)
- James Wolfe (1908)
- Fay Wray (2006)
Y
- Marie-Marguerite d'Youville (1978)
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