#1Politics & Law
William Robert Braden
1858–1922Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Box Grove, Markham
Box Grove has one famous person on record
The Canadian politician William Robert Braden was born in 1858. That places their birth before Confederation. Articles about them exist in 2 languages. Within 4 km, Hagerman's Corners lists Clarence Chant.
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William Robert Braden
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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1858
William Robert Braden
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Politics & Law
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Born in Box Grove
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Famous people from the towns next door
Hagerman's Corners has the longest list next door, one name.
Questions about famous people from Box Grove
Who is the most famous person from Box Grove?
William Robert Braden (Canadian politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them.
How many famous people were born in Box Grove?
The list holds 1 born in Box Grove, each confirmed by an English or French Wikipedia article.
What is Box Grove known for?
The largest group is leaders, 1 in all out of 1. Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 100%.
Who counts as from Box Grove?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Box Grove’s neighbourhood outline (the census tracts it is drawn from), 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. In a city split into neighbourhoods (Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa and the others), someone recorded as born only “in the city” stays on the city’s own page; a neighbourhood lists only births recorded in it.
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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- William Robert Braden: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Chant: Unknown author, 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).