Reuben Sinclair

Reuben Sinclair was born on his family farm near Lipton, Saskatchewan, Canada. His birth certificate was registered on 5 December 1911, but according to his older brothers, he was born in the summer of 1911.

His parents and his oldest siblings Samuel and Saul were born in Ukraine and moved in the 1900s to Saskatchewan, where they were given land by de Hirsch’s Jewish Colonization Association.

Sinclair joined the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War and was stationed in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

In March 2021 at the age of 109, he received his COVID-19 vaccine, making him one of the oldest known people to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

He became the oldest known living Canadian veteran of the Second World War, following the death of 109-year-old Tom Lumby on 19 June 2021. He later became the oldest known living man born in Canada on 18 September 2021.

He became the oldest known living man in Canada, following the death of 111-year-old Ja Hyung Lee on 12 February 2022.

He became the oldest known living veteran of the Second World War, following the death of 111-year-old Ezra Hill on 4 October 2022.