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Politics & Law
Douglas A. Flower
1916–2009Canadian politician
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Photo: Gorob · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Canning, New Brunswick
Douglas A. Flower, born in 1916, is Canning’s famous person on record
The Canadian politician Douglas A. Flower was born in 1916. That places their birth between 1914 and 1945. Their story is told in one language so far. Go 14 km to Minto and the list grows to 2, with Reg Hartt at the top.
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Douglas A. Flower
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
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1916
Douglas A. Flower
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Politics & Law
1 person
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Born in Canning
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Towns around it with someone on record: 1.
Questions about famous people from Canning
Who is the most famous person from Canning?
Douglas A. Flower (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them.
How many famous people were born in Canning?
For Canning the list comes to 1, every birthplace backed by an English or French Wikipedia article. 3 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Canning known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. 100% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who counts as from Canning?
Born inside Canning’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
Why is someone missing?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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).