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Famous people · Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta

13 famous people were born in Fort Saskatchewan, more of them athletes than in most towns

Evangeline Lilly, the Canadian actress, is the most widely known, written about in 80 languages. Second and third on the list are Joffrey Lupul and Ray Whitney. Since 1970, 9 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 4.3, while at least half the towns in Alberta list nobody born there.

#1 best knownEvangeline LillyFilm, TV & Stage · born 1979
+9more
Born here
13
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Evangeline Lilly
80 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1884
Henry Norwest
Youngest
2008
Keaton Verhoeff
Most common field
Sports
10 people

What stands out about Fort Saskatchewan’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Fort Saskatchewan’s famous people were born

Count by decade and the 1970s come out on top, with 4 births.

Confederation to the Great WarThe world warsPostwar yearsSince 1970190019502000Kirby DachEvangeline LillyJoffrey Lupul
SportsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineMilitary

Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Fort Saskatchewan

Evangeline Lilly#1
Film, TV & Stage

Evangeline Lilly

born 1979

Canadian actress

80 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Joffrey Lupul#2
Sports

Joffrey Lupul

born 1983

Canadian ice hockey player

14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Ray Whitney#3
Sports

Ray Whitney

born 1972

Canadian ice hockey player

14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for

What Fort Saskatchewan is known for

Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2 times as common.

For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Fort Saskatchewan

The other 10 span the years 1884 to 2008.

Mike Commodore

Mike Commodore

born 1979

Canadian ice hockey player

Joshua Kutryk

Joshua Kutryk

born 1982

Canadian astronaut

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
AP

Allen Pedersen

born 1965

Canadian ice hockey player

DM

Daryn McBride

born 1968

Canadian ice hockey player

Keaton Verhoeff

Keaton Verhoeff

born 2008

Canadian ice hockey player

Questions about famous people from Fort Saskatchewan

Who is the most famous person from Fort Saskatchewan?

By our measure the best known is Evangeline Lilly (Canadian actress); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Joffrey Lupul and Ray Whitney.

How many famous people were born in Fort Saskatchewan?

Of the 14 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.

What is Fort Saskatchewan known for?

Here the share is 77%; across Canadian towns it is 38%.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Fort Saskatchewan?

Henry Norwest, from 1884; the most recent birth on the list is from 2008.

Who counts as from Fort Saskatchewan?

The list takes people born within Fort Saskatchewan’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.

Why is someone missing?

Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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 (8)

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).