#1Famous people · Innisfil, Ontario
From 1856 to 1993, Innisfil was the birthplace of 5 famous people
Most widely known is Edwin Holgate, the Canadian artist, with articles in 10 languages. Josh Leivo, the Canadian ice hockey player, comes second, with Charles Willoughby third. 2 of them were born before Confederation, the first James Stoddart Duff in 1856. The biggest group are leaders: 3.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Edwin Holgate
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1856
James Stoddart Duff
Youngest
1993
Josh Leivo
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Innisfil’s famous people were born
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSports
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Innisfil
Edwin Holgate, Josh Leivo and Charles Willoughby are written about in 10, 10 and 4 languages.
#1
#2CW#3
Politics & Law
Charles Willoughby
1894–1995Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Innisfil is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.7 times as common.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Innisfil
Of the other 2, 2 are leaders.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Barrie counts 99 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Innisfil
Who is the most famous person from Innisfil?
The top name is Edwin Holgate (Canadian artist), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Josh Leivo and Charles Willoughby.
How many famous people were born in Innisfil?
11 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Innisfil known for?
They make up 60% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Innisfil?
James Stoddart Duff, from 1856; the most recent birth on the list is from 1993.
Who counts as from Innisfil?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Innisfil’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list.
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 (4)
- Edwin Holgate: en:M.O. Hammond, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Leivo: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Burke: Patrick Hui from Whistler, BC, Canada., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Curtis Joseph: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, 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).