Canada's athletes of the 20th century

Canada's Athletes of the 20th century as voted on in a 1999 survey of newspaper editors and broadcasters conducted by the Canadian Press and Broadcast News:

Top 10 Female Athletes

 * 1) Nancy Greene (born 1943), skier
 * 2) Silken Laumann (born 1964), rower
 * 3) Barbara Ann Scott (1928–2012), figure skater
 * 4) Myriam Bédard (born 1969), biathlon
 * 5) Marnie McBean (born 1968), rower
 * 6) Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld (1904–1969), track-and-field (voted female athlete of the first half of the century)
 * 7) Catriona Le May Doan (born 1970), speed skater
 * 8) Sandra Post (born 1948), golfer
 * 9) Marilyn Bell (born 1937), long-distance swimmer
 * 10) Elaine Tanner (born 1951), swimmer

Top 10 Male Athletes

 * 1) Wayne Gretzky (born 1961), ice hockey player
 * 2) Gordie Howe (1928–2016), ice hockey player
 * 3) Bobby Orr (born 1948), ice hockey player
 * 4) Lionel Conacher (1901–1954), multi-sport athlete (voted male athlete of the first half of the century)
 * 5) Maurice Richard (1921–2000), ice hockey player
 * 6) Donovan Bailey (born 1967), track-and-field
 * 7) Ferguson Jenkins (born 1943), baseball player
 * 8) Mario Lemieux (born 1965), ice hockey player
 * 9) Larry Walker (born 1966), baseball player
 * 10) Gaétan Boucher (born 1958), speed skater

Team of the Century

 * 1972 Team Canada in ice hockey, defeated the Soviet Union in the first ever series involving NHL players