List of people from Caledon, Ontario

This list of people from Caledon includes people born, raised, or residing later in life in Caledon, Ontario, as well as people whose business in the area is of note. The page includes not only residents of the Town of Caledon, established in 1974, but northern Chinguacousy, Albion Township, Caledon Township, the village of Bolton, and the village of Caledon East.

A

William Algie, VC

Reema Abdo, Olympic swimmer and police officer
Josh Alexander (b. 1987, Josh Lemay), professional wrestler
Wallace Lloyd Algie, Victoria Cross winner, Alton

B

Harry James Barber, British Columbia MP, Alton
Chanel Beckenlehner (b. 1988), beauty pageant competitor, Miss Universe Canada 2014
Tony Bethell (1922-2004), Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant, prisoner of war involved in "The Great Escape", retired to Caledon
John Knox Blair, Ontario MP, Caledon
Megan Bonnell, folk musician

C

Samuel Calvert

Spence Caldwell, broadcaster, Town of Caledon
Samuel Calvert, soldier, Alberta MLA, Mayor of Chipman, Alberta
Yann Candele, Olympic equestrian, lives in Caledon
John Alexander Catherwood, British Columbia MLA
Isabel Crawford, a Baptist missionary with the Kiowa people in Oklahoma Territory
Nick Crawford, hockey player

D

Alfred Doig, copper and tin smith, merchant, Manitoba MLA
Lorne Duguid, hockey player, Bolton
Ernest Duke (1880-1954), MLA for Rocky Mountain, Alberta

E

Andrew Evans

James East, Edmonton alderman, Bolton
Signy Stefansson Eaton (1913-1992), socialite, art collector and philanthropist
Todd Elik, hockey player, Bolton
Andrew Evans, pairs figure skater

F

Ray Farquharson

Ray Fletcher Farquharson, MBE, doctor and medical researcher, Claude
Allison Flaxey, curling, Caledon East
Caleb Flaxey, curling, Town of Caledon
William Kingston Flesher, settler, MP, Bolton

G

Jordan Gavaris

George R. Gardiner OC, businessperson and philanthropist
Helen Gardiner, philanthropist
Jordan Gavaris, actor, Orphan Black
Laurie Graham, downhill skiing, Inglewood
Aldo Guidolin (1932-2015), hockey player and coach, Forks of the Credit

H

John Houston (left)

Steven Halko, hockey player, Bolton
Mary Riter Hamilton, artist, war artist
Noel Harding (1945-2016), contemporary artist
Chris Haughton, archer
Linda Haynes OC, co-founder of ACE Bakery, television producer
Louis Hodgson (1936-2012), Ontario MPP for Scarborough East (1963-1967), Victoria
William Hodgson, MPP, Bolton
Jake Holden, Olympic snowboarder
Peter Holland, hockey player, Bolton
John Houston, British Columbia newspaper publisher, Alton
Duncan Selby Hutcheon, Saskatchewan MLA

I

Elmer Iseler, OC, OOnt, choir director, Town of Caledon Walk of Fame inductee

J

Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison, filmmaker, Town of Caledon Walk of Fame inductee
F. Ross Johnson OC, businessperson, former CEO of RJR Nabisco
Robert Johnston (1856-1913), farmer and politician, MP for Cardwell

K

Robert Kennedy, publisher
Rosemary Kilbourn, printmaker, Albion Hills

L

Ashley Lawrence, Olympic soccer, Caledon
Cameron Lawson (b. 1998), CFL football defensive tackle

M

Hiram E. McCallum

Farley Mowat

Zoe MacKinnon, field hockey, Caledon East^[1]^[2]^[3]
John Joseph Malone, flying ace, Inglewood
Andrew Mangiapane (b. 1996), NHL ice hockey player
Bert McCaffrey, ice hockey, born in the Township of Albion to a father from Caledon East, interred in Caledon East^[4]
Hiram E. McCallum, Mayor of Toronto
Keith McCreary (1940-2003), NHL hockey player, Regional councillor for Caledon
Jim McGuigan, writer, Palgrave
Beverly McKnight, duet synchronized swimmer
Robert and Signe McMichael, gallery founders, Town of Caledon Walk of Fame inductee
Jenna McParland (b. 1992), NWHL and IIHF ice hockey forward
Tom Michalopoulos, entrepreneur, Bolton
Ramona Milano, actor, Due South
David Milne, artist, Palgrave
Adam Mitchell (b. 1944), singer and songwriter, The Paupers, lived in Bolton^[5]
John Wendell Mitchell (1880–1951), fiction author of The Yellow Briar
Paul Morin (b. 1959), artist and children's book illustrator
Farley Mowat (1921-2014), writer, Palgrave, Town of Caledon Walk of Fame inductee
Brett Murray (b. 1998), AHL ice hockey player

O

Organik

Organik, Travis Fleetwood, rap battle league owner, Bolton

P

Andrew Pattulo, MPP
Shailyn Pierre-Dixon (b. 2003), actress
Jane Pitfield, past Toronto city councillor, president of the Caledon Heritage Foundation
Tyler Pizarro, horse jockey
Chris Pratt, show jumping rider

Q

Kyle Quincey

Kyle Quincey, hockey player

R

Darren Raddysh (b. 1996), AHL ice hockey player
Taylor Raddysh (b. 1998), AHL ice hockey player
Allan Read, priest at Mono Mills, later the Anglican Bishop of Ontario
David Reale, voice actor best known for voicing Kai Hiwatari from the Beyblade anime series and Tsubasa Otori from its spin-off series Beyblade: Metal Fusion
Charles Robinson, MPP and physician, Claude
Erin Routliffe (b. 1995), professional tennis player
Kelly Russell, Olympic rugby union player, Bolton
Laura Russell, rugby union player, Bolton

S

Jason Saggo, UFC mixed martial artist
Dave Seglins, journalist, Town of Caledon
Conn Smythe, sports businessperson, Town of Caledon Walk of Fame inductee
Alexey Stakhov, mathematician, inventor, engineer, Bolton
John Stevens, hockey player and coach, Town of Caledon
Alfred Stork, British Columbia MP, Bolton
William Stubbs, veterinarian and MP, Caledon Township
Skye Sweetnam (b. 1988), singer, Cedar Mills
Thomas Swinarton (1821-1893), MPP for Cardwell, businessman
Bill Symons, football player, Caledon farm owner
Gordon Symons (1921-2012), Lord of Whitehouses, author, poet, painter, and pioneer in the Canadian insurance industry

T

Cory Trépanier, artist and filmmaker

V

Rebecca Vint, professional hockey player with the Buffalo Beauts (NWHL)

W

Wanless

William James Wanless, surgeon and humanitarian, founder of a medical mission in Miraj, India who led it for nearly forty years
Brittany Webster, cross-country skiing, Caledon^[6]
Michael Wekerle, investor
Harry Albert Willis, Senator, Belfountain
Erin Woodley, synchronized swimmer
Thomas Wylie (1841-1915), MPP for Simcoe West

Y

Andrew Yorke, Olympic triathlon, Caledon (Caledon East)

References

^ "Team training for Olympics". The Toronto Star. Toronto ON. 7 February 1984. p. 19 West.
^ Sokol, Al (28 March 1984). "Some have quit jobs in their quest for an Olympic gold". The Toronto Star. Toronto ON. p. B2.
^ "Field hockey win sends to World Cup semis". Montreal Gazette. April 18, 1983. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
^ Bull, William Perkins (1934). From rattlesnake hunt to hockey : the history of sports in Canada and the sportsmen of Peel, 1798 to 1934. Toronto: The Perkins Bull Foundation. pp. 46–47.
^ Whitbread, Steve (2 December 2016). "Rick Hansen's Man in Motion tour comes to Caledon". Caledon Enterprise. Retrieved 5 December 2016. Adam Mitchell of Bolton, along with three other musicians called 'The Paupers' have produced a new record which is gaining popularity over several Toronto radio stations. Their hit song is called 'If I Call You By Some Name.'
^ "Brampton goes to the Games". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. 11 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

[19-west-team-training-1] "Team training for Olympics". The Toronto Star. Toronto ON. 7 February 1984. p. 19 West.

[somehavequitjobs-2] Sokol, Al (28 March 1984). "Some have quit jobs in their quest for an Olympic gold". The Toronto Star. Toronto ON. p. B2.

[3] "Field hockey win sends to World Cup semis". Montreal Gazette. April 18, 1983. Retrieved January 11, 2018.

[4] Bull, William Perkins (1934). From rattlesnake hunt to hockey : the history of sports in Canada and the sportsmen of Peel, 1798 to 1934. Toronto: The Perkins Bull Foundation. pp. 46–47.

[5] Whitbread, Steve (2 December 2016). "Rick Hansen's Man in Motion tour comes to Caledon". Caledon Enterprise. Retrieved 5 December 2016. Adam Mitchell of Bolton, along with three other musicians called 'The Paupers' have produced a new record which is gaining popularity over several Toronto radio stations. Their hit song is called 'If I Call You By Some Name.'

[2010-bgoestothegames-6] "Brampton goes to the Games". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. 11 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

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