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The Oldest Person In Canada Is A Montrealer & She Just Celebrated Her 114th Birthday

She has lived through multiple pandemics.
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The Oldest Person In Canada Just Had Her 114th Birthday
CIUSSS Centre-Ouest | Facebook

Cecile Klein is officially a living legend. The Donald Berman Maimonides senior home resident has just celebrated her 114th birthday, making her the oldest person in Canada.

According to a post from the CIUSSS Centre-Ouest, Klein was born in 1907 and has "lived through wars, pandemics, the birth of space travel and has seen the creation of countless inventions that changed the world as we know it."

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The CIUSSS marked the occasion with a photograph of Klein with her daughter and granddaughter. 

Commenters heaped well-wishes on her in the comments section of the post.

Klein is the 16th oldest person in the world, according to the CIUSSS.

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