Rev. Joseph Mortimer Angus was born on January 16, 1816, in Bolam, England.

He was a central figure in several Baptist institutions in the 19th century, heavily involved in its missionary work as secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society; but like all Baptists, Angus saw education as the key to redemption, to self-improvement, and therefore to making oneself more useful in the service of God. In 1849, he became head of Stepney Baptist College and remained in that post until 1893. Under his leadership, the college thrived and in 1856 moved from the east end of London to Regent’s Park in the centre of the city. It continues today as Regent’s Park College, Oxford, and Joseph’s books still form the heart of its Angus Library, the largest collection of Baptist literature in the world.

In 1841, he married Amelia Gurney. He died on August 28, 1902, in Middlesex, England.

Richard Bladworth Angus, banker, railway executive, businessman, and philanthropist was born on May 28, 1831, in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland.

By 1857 he had secured a position with the Bank of Montreal. He emigrated to North America and represented the bank in its offices in Chicago and New York City, prior to moving to the bank's headquarters in Montreal, Quebec in 1864. In 1910, he became president of the Bank of Montreal, a position which he held until November 1913.

Angus was one of the wealthiest men in Montreal and well known for his philanthropic activities and generous donations to the causes he allied himself to. He was a founder and governor of the Alexandra Contagious Diseases Hospital of Montreal; President of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal; Vice-President to the Victorian Order of Nurses; Director of the Charity Organisation Society, which he funded; Governor of the Montreal General Hospital; Governor of the Fraser Institute Free Public Library, president of the Mount Royal Club, and an honourary member of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal. He supported McGill University with a considerable sum and served as president of the Montreal Art Association. He was the natural successor to Lord Mount Stephen as president of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1888, but he did not desire the position; he twice refused a knighthood. The CPR Angus Shops were named for him, as was one of the later CP Ships.

In 1878, Angus and his family moved into his new house at 240 Drummond Street in the Golden Square Mile which featured a large conservatory. It provided a suitable space for the art collection that he had started with purchases from Montreal and London dealers in the late 1870s. His collection contained many fine examples of the Old Masters, six of which he donated to the Montreal Art Association. Before his Montreal home was demolished in 1957, it served as McGill University's conservatory of music.

In 1901, Angus commissioned the construction of a grand country house on an estate named Pine Bluff at 218 Senneville Road in Senneville, Quebec, overlooking the Lake of Two Mountains. It was designed in the Châteauesque style by Edward Maxwell and his younger brother, William Maxwell. The house was completed in 1904 and replaced a home that had been built on the site in 1886 for Angus and then remodeled by Edward Maxwell from 1898 to 1899 before being destroyed by fire soon after. The new home, which included an ice house and a beach house, was later remodelled and eventually demolished in the 1950s.

In 1857, he married Mary Anne Daniels and they had three sons and six daughters. He died on Sept. 17, 1922, in Senneville, Quebec.

István Anhalt was born on April 12, 1919, in Budapest, Hungary.

He was a Hungarian Canadian composer and educator, one of the leading figures in avant-garde composition in Canada. He studied piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, graduating with exceptional marks in 1941. He continued his studies by attending classes from Turkish linguistics to Folklore at Pázmány University and attending a seminar by János Ferencsik for conductors. In 1942, during the Second World War, Anhalt was forced to enter a forced labour brigade for young Jewish men. He escaped from the brigade, disguised himself as a seminarian, and hid until the war ended. He then made his way to Paris, where he had access to music teachers and abundant artistic stimulation. In the late 1940s, he studied under Louis Fourestier, Nadia Boulanger and Soulima Stravinsky before emigrating to Canada in 1949 as a recipient of a Lady Davis Fellowship. Anhalt settled in Montreal, where he taught analysis and composition at McGill University at the Faculty of Music. He established the Theory and Composition Departments and served as its chairman. He also developed and directed the McGill University Electronic Music Studio (EMS). He continued composing using dodecaphony, electronic music, and extended vocal techniques. Many of his most significant compositions are for orchestra, but he contributed to all major genres, from solo instrumental works to opera. From the mid-1970s onwards, he began to use more traditional compositional techniques, from which he fashioned an original, distinctive, and evocative idiom. In 1971, he moved to Kingston, Ontario and became the head of Queen's University's Department of Music.

In 1952, he married Beate Frankenberg (1924–2019). He died on February 24, 2012, in Kingston, Ontario.

Paul Albert Anka was born on July 30, 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario, into a family of Syrian and Lebanese immigrants.

He is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and actor. He sang in the choir of St. Elijah Syrian Orthodox Church and briefly studied piano. He honed his writing skills with journalism courses, even working for a spell at the Ottawa Citizen. By 13, he had his own vocal group, the Bobbysoxers. He performed at every amateur night he could get to in his mother’s car. Soon after, he won a trip to New York by winning a Campbell’s soup contest that required him to spend three months collecting soup can labels. It was there his dream was solidified; he was going to make it as a singer-composer. In 1956, he convinced his parents to let him travel to Los Angeles, where he called every record company in the phone book looking for an audition. A meeting with Modern Records led to the release of Anka’s first single, “Blau Wile Deveest Fontaine.” It was not a hit, but Anka kept plugging away, going so far as to sneak into Fats Domino’s dressing room to meet the man and his manager in Ottawa. When Anka returned to New York in 1957, he scored a meeting with Don Costa, the A&R man for ABC-Paramount Records. He played him a batch of songs that included “Diana.” Costa was duly enthusiastic about the potential of the young singer and songwriter. The rapid and enormous success of “Diana,” his first number-one hit, made him a star. Anka's talent included the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1962. In 1963, he purchased the rights and ownership of his ABC-Paramount catalogue and re-recorded his earlier hits for RCA Victor, which he had joined in 1960. Like many American recording artists of the mid-1960s, Anka's career was derailed by the British Invasion. By the end of the decade, he focused mainly on adult contemporary and big-band standards and began appearing regularly in Las Vegas. Anka collaborated with and composed songs for numerous artists in North America and Europe. Anka's autobiography, "My Way," co-written with David Dalton, was published in 2013.

Anka was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2004. He was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2005 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008. Anka received an honorary doctorate from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, in 2013.

He was married to Anne de Zogheb ​(1963-div. 2001),​ Anna Åberg ​ (2008-div. 2010) and Lisa Pemberton ​(2016-div. 2020).

William Annand was born on April 10, 1808, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

He was a farmer, politician, publisher, and businessman. Educated in Scotland, he returned, with his brother, to Nova Scotia in the late 1820s. They intended to become gentlemen farmers on the land they inherited from their father. Annand was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1836 and supported demands for responsible government. He lost his seat in 1843. The same year, Howe offered him a loan to buy and be the editor of the Novascotian, Halifax's most widely read weekly newspaper. Within a year, Annand founded the Morning Chronicle, a penny tri-weekly (becoming a daily in 1864), while continuing the Novascotian. From 1854 to 1857, he served as the queen's printer. In 1851, he returned to the House of Assembly as member for Halifax County. He was the financial secretary in Joseph Howe's ministry from 1860 to 1863, and in 1867, he was appointed to the Legislative Council. In 1866, Annand and Howe headed up a delegation to London to lobby against Nova Scotia's inclusion in the confederation. He became the second premier of Nova Scotia in 1867 on behalf of the Anti-Confederation Party, which soon became the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, but he was a weak leader. Annand resigned on May 8, 1875. Moving to London, he was appointed agent-general representing Canada until 1878 and later agent-general on behalf of the Nova Scotia government, serving in that position until the end of his life.

In 1830, he married Emily Cuff (1811–1833), and in 1834, he remarried Martha Tupper (1815–1891). He died on October 12, 1887, in London, England.

Major Hon. Henry James Anson was born on December 29, 1858, in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.

He served in 2nd battalion, Highland Light Infantry of the British Army. In 1883, he was appointed the Aide-de-Camp to the Marquis of Lansdowne, Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada.

In 1902, he married Lady Adelaide Audrey Ryder. He died on February 26, 1904, in Jersey, The Channel Islands.