Canadians Are Sharing Who They Think The Most Iconic Canadian Is And I Am Here For This Conversation

I think we all know who it is.

Recently, Reddit user u/mattmagoo23 posed the simple question, "Who is the most iconic Canadian?" to r/AskReddit and the people got a little ~chaotic~. Here are some of the most popular responses:

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Also to be fair, everyone (and thing) in this list is an icon!!!

1. Terry Fox

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"We’ve voted on this as a country, it’s Terry Fox every time."

— u/estimatefound

"His attempting to run across Canada was remarkable and a major athletic feat. Also, school kids all learn about him from kindergarten and participate in a race. It's just a great unifying experience, especially for such a large country with a dispersed population."

— u/psymunn

"I’ve stated this before, but he should be on our money."

— u/Flying_Dustbin

2. Dr. Frederick Banting

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"Sir Frederick Banting, discoverer of insulin."

— u/imsosadtoday-

"We diabetic people will always be thankful to him."

— u/SummerJinkx

3. House Hippos

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"The North American House Hippo."

— u/Miserable_Flower5333

4. Wayne Gretzky

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"Gretzky is the GOAT."

— u/awgonzales

"There is no debate in ice hockey. Gretzky is universally considered the best of all time. His all-time points record alone is considered an unbreakable record unanimously. It’s actually common in hockey circles to talk about how obscene his records are."

— u/Noggin-a-Floggin

5. Michael J. Fox

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"Michael J. Fox has to be up here, I would think."

— u/TheRealJamesWax

"I consider him iconic. He's all at once, humble, grateful, funny, charming, sincere, compelling, and passionate."

— u/HighRisk

6. The Levys

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"Eugene and Dan Levy are pretty iconic."

— u/Serious_Courage_9740

"They are amazing people from our country."

— u/Dora_Rock

7. Gordon Lightfoot

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"Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is one of the greatest songs ever recorded. It kicks me in the gut every single time, and mention it to anyone who lived or worked near the Great Lakes and it haunts them to this day."

— u/TheNewNewOriginal

"Amazing songwriter."

— u/Axeman517

"The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down."

— u/PolarPlesiosaur

8. Mike Myers

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"Dude wrote a movie just to see the Leafs win the cup, if that’s not iconically Canadian I don’t know what is."

— u/fakephd87

9. Robin Sparkles/ Daggers/ Scherbatsky from How I Met Your Mother

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"Are y’all really not going to mention the iconic Robin Sparkles?"

— u/uniquewhale

"I yelled Robin Sparkles when I read this question."

— Reddit User

"No, her name is Robin Daggers now."

— u/boogboi89

10. Bret Hart

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"The best there is. The best there was. The best there ever will be."

— u/Arch-Deluxe

"I agree, just look at him."

— u/esumike

"Even for people who grew up as wrestling fans in '90s UK, this is the best answer."

— u/imaginebeingalemon

11. Wolverine

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"No one more iconic than the old Canuckle head himself."

— u/DentistOfDetroit

"He’s Canada’s superhero!"

— u/Lazy-Contribution-69

12. Celine Dion

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"This question is about ICONIC people. The answer is so clearly Celine!"

— u/MagnorRaaaah

"She is almost the only singer identified with Canada outside of Canada and the US. Not only because of Titanic. She even won the Eurovision music contest."

— u/Shevek99

13. Ryan Reynolds

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"RYAN REYNOLDS IS ICONIC"

— u/breads-good

"Deadpool and Pikachu are Canadian!"

— u/Amish_Warl0rd

14. Tim Horton

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"Tim Horton. Obviously."

— u/KnudsonRegime

"Surprised this is not a given."

— u/Intelligent-Truck223

"Hall of Fame professional hockey player turned coffee and donut magnate. Hard to excel at being Canadian more than that."

— u/Triple7Alpha

15. Alanis Morissette

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"ALANIS EFFING MORISSETTE"

— u/naralichina184

"She's a little too iconic, don'tcha think?"

— u/SkeletalBellToller

16. Shania Twain

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"Shania Twain is a legend."

— u/imsosadtoday-

"She literally wrote the national anthem."

— u/broimgay

"Let’s go girls!"

— u/muteprint89

17. Stan Rogers

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"He definitely should be considered the most iconic. When you write a song so impactful that they consider making it the new national anthem, I think your name deserves to be iconic. It's a shame we lost him so soon."

— u/TheHappyScot

18. Nathan Fielder

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"He graduated with really good grades."

— u/ElGrandePeacock

19. Jim Carrey

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"Icon born in Canada."

— u/Arsenic_Cadmium

20. Red Green (Steve Smith)

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"This is the winner. My twin brother and I would sit and watch this together. Now we send each other clips all the time. I made my kids and husband watch it with me a few months ago."

— StormBetter9266

"Definitely most "iconic" Canadian. He once signed a piece of duct tape for me, 'keep your stick on the ice'."

— u/bigbassdaddy

21. Alex Trebek

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"What is, an icon? There's a beautiful mural of him on his alma mater high school, I make a point of going past when I'm at that end of the city."

— u/Frankly_Ridiculous

"One of the few celebrity deaths that actually made me cry, I miss watching him every day!"

— u/meganshea

22. Chris Hadfield

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"Such a great Canadian, and a great man!"

— u/laughguy220

"This is the one. Such a good person."

— u/itseensasekaantuja

23. Keanu Reeves

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"America's got Brad Pitt, we got Keanu Reeves."

— u/DaBoob13

"I know he grew up here but he just seems ‘above’ countries."

— u/frodosbitch

"As someone who's not from North America, this is the first name I would recognise from Canada."

— u/SpamOJavelin

Which Canadian do you believe to be the most iconic? Let us know in the comments!