#1Politics & Law
Elmer Ernest Roper
1893–1994Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Victoria County, Subdivision A, Nova Scotia
Victoria County, Subdivision A is the birthplace of 3 famous people
At the top of the list is the Canadian politician Elmer Ernest Roper, covered in 5 languages. Behind the leader come John Malcolm Campbell and Maynard MacAskill. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 10.9, close to the 10.9 of the typical Nova Scotia town. Born in 1874, John Malcolm Campbell is the first name on record, and Maynard MacAskill, born in 1938, the most recent.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Elmer Ernest Roper
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1874
John Malcolm Campbell
Youngest
1938
Maynard MacAskill
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Victoria County, Subdivision A
Elmer Ernest Roper, John Malcolm Campbell and Maynard MacAskill are written about in 5, 1 and 1 languages.
#1JC#2
Politics & Law
John Malcolm Campbell
1874–1951Canadian politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
MM#3
Politics & Law
Maynard MacAskill
born 1938Canadian politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Questions about famous people from Victoria County, Subdivision A
Who is the most famous person from Victoria County, Subdivision A?
Elmer Ernest Roper (Canadian politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come John Malcolm Campbell and Maynard MacAskill.
How many famous people were born in Victoria County, Subdivision A?
Wikidata places 4 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Victoria County, Subdivision A known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 100%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Victoria County, Subdivision A?
John Malcolm Campbell, from 1874; the most recent birth on the list is from 1938.
Who counts as from Victoria County, Subdivision A?
The list takes people born within Victoria County, Subdivision A’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?
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 (1)
- Elmer Ernest Roper: Eric Bland, 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).