#1Sports
Justin Fontaine
born 1987Canadian ice hockey player
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Bonnyville, Alberta
11 famous people were born in Bonnyville, more of them leaders than in most towns
The best known is the Canadian ice hockey player Justin Fontaine, with articles in 8 languages. The largest group, 6, was born since 1970. From Paul Yewchuk to Brinson Pasichnuk, the births on the list run from 1937 to 1997. For every 10,000 residents the town has 14.9, while at least half the towns in Alberta list nobody born there.
Born here
11
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Justin Fontaine
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1937
Paul Yewchuk
Youngest
1997
Brinson Pasichnuk
Most common field
Sports
5 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Bonnyville’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawNotableMusic
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bonnyville is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 1.7 times as common.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Bonnyville
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Notable
Tanner Boser
born 1991Canadian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JH#3
Sports
Jim Harrison
born 1947Canadian ice hockey player
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bonnyville
8 more names, born between 1937 and 1997.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Bonnyville
Who is the most famous person from Bonnyville?
Justin Fontaine (Canadian ice hockey player) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Tanner Boser and Jim Harrison.
How many famous people were born in Bonnyville?
Wikidata has 12 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Bonnyville known for?
45% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bonnyville?
Paul Yewchuk, from 1937; the most recent birth on the list is from 1997.
Who counts as from Bonnyville?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Bonnyville’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here at the next refresh.
Birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations and the count of Wikipedia and sister-site articles come from Wikidata (CC0). Each birthplace is checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article, or the French one where English says nothing or has no article; the articles are linked, never quoted. Wikidata’s Statistics Canada code, the place’s name or its point inside the 2021 census outline puts a birth in a town, and a birth given only as a split city stays on that city’s page. Fields are read from the description and occupations, and the list runs by number of articles. “The usual town” is everyone listed across Canadian towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Justin Fontaine: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Kalinski: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brinson Pasichnuk: United States Air Force Academy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Kowalski: Ambassador_Jacobson_with_Alberta_Speaker_Ken_Kowalski.jpg : US Mission Canada derivative work: Athenchen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drew Shalka: BassHistorian, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stan Smyl: Province of British Columbia Flickr, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).