Minister of the Interior Clifford Sifton, waged a publicity campaign to bring immigrants to the Canadian West. Cheap, fertile land and expanded railroad service attracted thousands of Europeans and Americans.
1905 Macleans
John Bayne Maclean bought The Busy Man's Magazine and soon changed its name. Maclean's has chronicled Canadian life for nearly 100 years.
1908 Anne of GG
No character from Canadian literature has had the international appeal of Lucy Maude Montgomery's red-haired orphan of Prince Edward Island.
1909 McCurdy
John McCurdy developed the "Silver Dart" as part of Alexander Graham Bell's Aerial Experiment Association. The airplane's flight in Baddeck, Nova Scotia was the first in the entire British Empire.