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Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Burk's Falls, Ontario
Dave Downie is the only name on the Burk's Falls list
In 1909, the Canadian ice hockey player Dave Downie was born. Their birth falls between Confederation and 1913. Readers can find them written up in 3 languages. Nearby, Sundridge, 17 km away, lists 6, led by Bill McCreary, Sr..
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Dave Downie
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1909
Dave Downie
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Burk's Falls
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Questions about famous people from Burk's Falls
Who is the most famous person from Burk's Falls?
Dave Downie (Canadian ice hockey player) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them.
How many famous people were born in Burk's Falls?
The list holds 1 born in Burk's Falls, each confirmed by an English or French Wikipedia article.
What is Burk's Falls known for?
athletes lead the list, with 1 of 1. Here the share is 100%; across Canadian towns it is 38%.
Who counts as from Burk's Falls?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Burk's Falls’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
Why is someone missing?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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).