5 Canadians other Canadians would most want at their Canada Day BBQs

Polling firm Ipsos Reid gave people the names of 30 famous Canadians and asked them to rank the five they’d most want to invite to their backyard barbecues.

Here are the top five (with the percentage of those polled who would want each famous Canadian in attendance):

1. Terry Fox (38%)

2. Wayne Gretzky (36%)

3. Céline Dion (33%)

Related Posts

I’m raising my baby in an off-grid cabin in the Northwest Territories

It’s harder—and more wonderful—than I ever imagined

This Nova Scotia co-housing community is creating connections—and more affordable homes

“I’m proud of what we’ve built—for a group of amateurs, it’s quite an accomplishment”

4. David Suzuki (30%)

5. Mike Myers (30%)

Here are the six Canadians least likely to get an invitation:

30. Conrad Black (3%)

29. K’naan (3%)

28. Justin Bieber (4%)

27. Nellie McClung (5%)

26. Roberta Bondar (7%)

The Maclean’s Book of Lists, Vol. 2, is now available at www.macleans.ca/bookoflists, in the iBookstore, and on newsstands.