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    Sophia Margaretta Hensley

    Sophia Margaretta Hensley, née Almon, author, lecturer (b at Bridgetown, NS 31 May 1866; d at Windsor, NS 10 Feb 1946). An early protégé of Sir Charles G.D. ROBERTS, Hensley published articles, poetry and fiction that reflected her interest in women's issues and social tolerance.

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    Sophie Bissonnette

    Sophie Bissonnette, director, writer, producer, editor (b at Montréal 18 Sept 1956). Raised in Ottawa, Sophie Bissonnette studied film and sociology at Queen's University in Kingston, graduating in 1978 with a bachelor of arts.

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    Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté

    Her concert career peaked in 1929 with performances in America, where she was championed by Leopold Stokowski.

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    Sophie Clément

    Sophie Clément, actress, playwright, director, teacher (born 18 September 1943 in Montreal, QC). A key figure on the Quebec theatre scene, Clément played more than 80 characters, in addition to writing (Le Génie amoureux, written with Marcel Lebœuf, Masque du public Loto-Québec 1998) and directing, as well as sharing her love of literature through teaching, notably at CEGEP Lionel-Groulx (1972–97).

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    Sophie Rolland

    Sophie Rolland. Cellist, b Montreal 18 Jul 1961; premier prix cello (CMM) 1981, Diplôme d'études supérieures (Quebec Department of Education) 1981. She began her musical studies in piano at age five at the École Vincent-d'Indy.

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    Soraya Martinez Ferrada

    Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Mayor of Montreal since 2025, Canadian politician (born 28 August 1972 in Chile). She was elected mayor of Montreal on 2 November 2025. An immigrant of Chilean origin, a former Member of Parliament and a former federal minister, she is the first person of Latin American origin and the first racialized minority to serve as mayor in the Quebec metropolis. She is also the second woman to hold this position in the city's history.

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    Sorel Etrog

    Sorel Etrog, CM, artist, writer, philosopher (born 29 August 1933 in Laşi, Romania; died 26 February 2014 in Toronto, Ontario). For more than half a century, Sorel Etrog was one of Canada’s most renowned contemporary sculptors. 

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    South Asian Canadians

    South Asians trace their origins to South Asia or the Indian subcontinent, which can include India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Most South Asian Canadians are immigrants or descendants of immigrants from these countries, but immigrants from South Asian communities established during British colonial times also include those from East and South Africa, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Fiji and Mauritius. Others come from Britain, the US and Europe. In the 2021 census, 2.6 million Canadians (7.1 per cent) identified as being South Asian.

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    Southeast Asian Canadians

    Immigration to Canada by Southeast Asians is relatively recent; most arrived in Canada after 1974. Southeast Asia is located south of China and east of India. It consists of multiethnic nations with common histories, structures and social practices, as well as a cultural system that recognizes ethnic pluralism. Southeast Asia is comprised of 11 countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, East Timor and Vietnam. In the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS), more than one million Canadians indicated that they were of Southeast Asian origin. Filipino Canadians were the most numerous (662,600), followed by Vietnamese Canadians (220,425), Cambodians or Khmer (34,340), Laotians (22,090), Indonesians (18,125), Thais (15,080), Malaysians (14,165), Burmese (7,845) and Singaporeans (2,050). Southeast Asians of the Hmong people (an ethnic minority living in the mountains in the south of China, and the north of Vietnam and Laos) have also settled in Canada, as well as several hundred Chinese originally from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos who came to Canada following the “boat people” crisis.

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    Sovereign

    Under Canada’s constitutional monarchy, the sovereign is head of state, the legal foundation of the executive branch of government and one part of Parliament — along with the Senate and House of Commons. The current sovereign of Canada is King Charles III. The sovereign is represented in Canada by the governor general, lieutenant-governors and territorial commissioners and acts on the advice of the prime minister, the head of government.

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    Public Figures in Canadian Music

    Certain dignitaries, explorers, and political and religious leaders have contributed to Canada's musical history through their own musical talents, as patrons of the arts or passively as dedicatees of Canadian compositions.

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    Space Science and Exploration

    This collection brings together articles and resources about space science and space exploration. Access articles, biographies and timelines to learn more about space technology and Canadian astronauts.

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    Spanish Canadians

    Spanish presence on the land we now call Canada dates back several centuries to the voyages of Basque fishermen to the Atlantic coast, and to Spanish exploration of the Pacific coast (see also Spanish Exploration). Archaeologists have uncovered traces of a 16th century Basque whaling station at Red Bay, Labrador. However, significant Spanish settlement did not occur in Canada until the 20th century. The 2016 census reported 396, 460 people of Spanish origin in Canada (70,325 single and 326,130 multiple responses). 

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    Speaker

    The Speaker is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, elected by fellow members at the beginning of each new parliament. Until 1986 the Speaker had been nominated by the prime minister, usually after consultation with the leader of the Opposition.

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    Indigenous Peoples and Specific Claims

    Specific claims originate in First Nations’ grievances over outstanding treaty obligations, or the administration of Indigenous lands and assets under the Indian Act. Specific claims have been dealt with by several mechanisms since 1973. The Specific Claims Tribunal — an independent judicial body created by the federal government in 2009 — has the authority to make final and binding decisions.

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