Notable People
- Tony Dekker, singer/songwriter of folk band Great Lake Swimmers
- Ted 'Teeder' Kennedy, NHL hockey player
- Helen Alice Kinnear, the first woman to be appointed judge by the federal government
- Joseph "Bronco" Horvath, NHL hockey player
- Melissa McIntyre, actor (Degrassi: The Next Generation)
- Don Simmons, NHL hockey player
- Lynton 'Red' Wilson, former CEO of BCE Inc., chancellor of McMaster University, and officer of the Order of Canada
- DeFranco Family, 70s Pop Group
- Francis William "Dinty" Moore, Goaltender for the 1936 Canadian Men's Olympic Hockey Team
- Lieutenant Colonel Russell Lambert Boyle Commanding Officer of the 10th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Died of his Wounds at the 2nd Battle of Ypres, April 1915.
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