Top 10
On 17 October 2004, the top 10 nominees were revealed in alphabetical order, and on 29 November the top 10 were announced in order of votes:
| Rank | Image | Name | Notability | Birthplace | Advocate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Wayne Gretzky | Hockey player, holder of numerous NHL records | Brantford, Ontario | Deborah Grey | |
| 9 | Alexander Graham Bell | Scientist, inventor, founder of the Bell Telephone Company |
Edinburgh, Scotland | Evan Solomon | |
| 8 | Sir John A. Macdonald | First Prime Minister of Canada | Glasgow, Scotland | Charlotte Gray | |
| 7 | Don Cherry | Hockey coach and commentator | Kingston, Ontario | Bret Hart | |
| 6 | Lester B. Pearson | Fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada, United Nations General Assembly President, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate |
Toronto, Ontario | Paul Gross | |
| 5 | David Suzuki | Environmentalist | Vancouver, British Columbia | Melissa Auf der Maur | |
| 4 | Sir Frederick Banting | Medical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
Alliston, Ontario | Mary Walsh | |
| 3 | Pierre Trudeau | Fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada | Montreal, Quebec | Rex Murphy | |
| 2 | Terry Fox | Athlete, activist, humanitarian | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Sook-Yin Lee | |
| 1 | Tommy Douglas | Father of Medicare, Premier of Saskatchewan | Falkirk, Scotland | George Stroumboulopoulos |
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