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Photo: FiveXdollars · CC0Famous people · Snow Lake, Manitoba
Snow Lake has one famous person on record
The Canadian actor Brent Stait was born in 1959. That places their birth between 1946 and 1969. Their story is told in 7 languages. No town in Manitoba lists more than Winnipeg, with 1,479.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Brent Stait
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1959
Brent Stait
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known
Born in Snow Lake
Questions about famous people from Snow Lake
Who is the most famous person from Snow Lake?
Brent Stait (Canadian actor) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them.
How many famous people were born in Snow Lake?
For Snow Lake the list comes to 1, every birthplace backed by an English or French Wikipedia article. Wikidata places 2 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Snow Lake known for?
Mostly performers: 1 of the 1 people listed. Here the share is 100%; across Canadian towns it is 10%.
Who counts as from Snow Lake?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Snow Lake’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly for crimes.
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.
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).