The Greatest Canadian

Officially launched on April 5, 2004, The Greatest Canadian was a project by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, to find who is the greatest ever Canadian. The project was inspired by the BBC series Great Britons.

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April 5 - 2004 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Canadian - BBC - Great Britons

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The "Greatest Canadian" was not decided by a simple popular poll, but was instead chosen through a two-step voting process.

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On October 17, 2004 the CBC aired the first part of the Greatest Canadian television series. In it, the bottom 40 of the top 50 "greatest" choices were revealed, in order of popularity, determined by polls conducted by email, website, telephone, and letter. To prevent bias during the second round of voting, the top ten nominees were presented alphabetically rather than by order of first round popularity.

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October 17 - 2004 - Television series

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This second vote was accompanied by a series of documentaries, where 10 Canadian celebrities acting as advocates each presented their case for The Greatest Canadian. Voting concluded on Nov. 28 at midnight and the following evening, November 29, the winner was revealed to be Tommy Douglas.

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November 29 - Tommy Douglas

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