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

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

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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  • Teddy Elliot
    Teddy Elliot was a Staff Writer for MTL Blog. He was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec and has a B.A. in Literature. Teddy has been a journalist for three years and was once an English teacher. His creative work has appeared in The Blasted Tree and Parenthetical Magazine. When he's not chasing scoops, Teddy can be found cheering on Aston Villa and listening to 80s power ballads. He was shortlisted for a Digital Publishing Award in 2021.

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