#1Sports
Tiny Thompson
1903–1981Canadian ice hockey goaltender: first goaltender to stop the puck by catching it
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay, British Columbia
Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay counts 5 famous people, first among them Tiny Thompson
Best known of all is Tiny Thompson, written about in 17 languages. Colleen McCrory is second and Mel Wakabayashi third. The list runs from Tiny Thompson, born in 1903, to Colleen McCrory, born in 1949. For every 10,000 residents the town has 9.3, while at least half the towns in British Columbia list nobody born there.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Tiny Thompson
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1903
Tiny Thompson
Youngest
1949
Colleen McCrory
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1CM#2
Politics & Law
Colleen McCrory
1949–2007Canadian environmental activist
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
MW#3
Sports
Mel Wakabayashi
1943–2023Canadian ice hockey player
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1940s than in any other decade: 3.
SportsPolitics & Law
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.6 times the usual share.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay
2 more, from 1914 to 1947.
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay
Who is the most famous person from Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay?
Tiny Thompson (Canadian ice hockey goaltender: first goaltender to stop the puck by catching it) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Colleen McCrory and Mel Wakabayashi.
How many famous people were born in Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay?
6 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 60%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay?
Tiny Thompson, from 1903; the most recent birth on the list is from 1949.
Who counts as from Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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 (1)
- Tiny Thompson: Unknown—file photo, Public domain, 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).