Being a young country not every one was born in Canada. Most on this list are born in Canada. I'm sure everyone has there own opinions, and I'm sure when you point them out I'll say "oh ya, I forgot." Having said that here is my top 50 people who have most influenced and shaped the history of Canada.
MacKenzie King
John A McDonald
Sir Wilfred Laurier
Tommy Douglas
R. B. Bennett
Louis Riel
Clifford Sifton
Pierre Trudeau
Frederick Banting
Sir Sanford Fleming
Lester Pearson
John Diefenbaker
Walter Dieter
Reginald Fessenden
John McCrae
Newton Rowell
Andrew Paull
Robert Borden
Rene Levesque
Jean Chretien
Peter Lougheed
Agnes McPhail
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne
Tecumseh
George-Etienne Cartier
James Creighton - first indoor ice hockey game
William Aberhart
Louis St Laurent
Vincent Massey
Terry Fox
David Suzuki
Elijah Harper
Preston Manning
James Naismith
Paul Watson
James Gosling - Java programming language
Stephen Harper
Lucien Bouchard
George Vanier
Phil Fontaine
Farley Mowat
Andrew McNaughton
Arthur Currie
Arthur Meighen
Billy Bishop
Pierre Burton
Brian Mulroney
Chris Hadfield
Paul Martin
Rick Hanson
MacKenzie King
John A McDonald
Sir Wilfred Laurier
Tommy Douglas
R. B. Bennett
Louis Riel
Clifford Sifton
Pierre Trudeau
Frederick Banting
Sir Sanford Fleming
Lester Pearson
John Diefenbaker
Walter Dieter
Reginald Fessenden
John McCrae
Newton Rowell
Andrew Paull
Robert Borden
Rene Levesque
Jean Chretien
Peter Lougheed
Agnes McPhail
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne
Tecumseh
George-Etienne Cartier
James Creighton - first indoor ice hockey game
William Aberhart
Louis St Laurent
Vincent Massey
Terry Fox
David Suzuki
Elijah Harper
Preston Manning
James Naismith
Paul Watson
James Gosling - Java programming language
Stephen Harper
Lucien Bouchard
George Vanier
Phil Fontaine
Farley Mowat
Andrew McNaughton
Arthur Currie
Arthur Meighen
Billy Bishop
Pierre Burton
Brian Mulroney
Chris Hadfield
Paul Martin
Rick Hanson