| Burdett Sisler | |
 Sisler on his 110th birthday in 2025 | |
| Birth: | 14 April 1915 Akron, Ohio, USA |
| Age: | 110 years, 31 days |
| Country: |  USA CAN
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| Validated | |
Burdett "Burd" Sisler (born 14 April 1915) is an American-Canadian supercentenarian who is currently the oldest known living man in Canada, and one of the oldest living WWII veterans in the world. His age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Burdett Sisler was born in Akron, Ohio, USA, and moved to Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada when he was three. He served as a radar technician during the Second World War. After the war, he moved to Fort Erie. He had five children with his wife Mae, who passed away in 1985. As of 2022, he has nine grandchildren, eleven great-children, and nine great-great-grandchildren.
His story doesn’t critique the system that ruined the dream, but it does mourn what was lost
Brudett Brud sisler was 18 when his father died and his mother died when he was 61
He drove until the age of 99 and lived in his own home until the age of 106. When asked on his 100th birthday to share his biggest piece of advice, he said, "Don’t take life to seriously, and don’t stress yourself out. Roll with the punches is what I say." In early 2020, he was hospitalized for pneumonia, and was released in March. On his 105th birthday, there was a drive-by parade in front of his house. Shortly before his 109th birthday, he viewed the total solar eclipse that occurred on 8 April 2024.
Sisler became the oldest known living man in Canada, following the death of 109-year-old Albert Middleton on 12 February 2025.
In April 2025, Sisler celebrated his 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian.
Sisler currently lives in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 110 years, 31 days.
Gallery[]
References[]
- GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group
- Fort Erie’s Burd Sisler marks 100 years Niagara This Week, 16 April 2015
- Fort Erie veteran going strong at 103 The Standard, 6 November 2018
- This Ontario veteran couldn't celebrate his 105th birthday — so he got a parade instead CBC News, 15 April 2020
- Nathan Interviews His 107 Year Old WW2 Vet Great Grandpa The News with Nathan on YouTube, 7 November 2022
- Remembrance Day brings 107-year-old veteran and great-grandson closer together CBC News, 11 November 2022
- Fort Erie veteran turns 108 — ‘He’s like the Energizer Bunny’ Niagara Falls Review, 30 April 2023
- Here’s Burd (109) all decked out in his Solar Eclipse outfit Garrison Place by Oxford Living on Facebook, 14 April 2024
- 109th Birthday Post Garrison Place by Oxford Living on Facebook, 14 April 2024
| Canada's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Joseph Saint-Amour • Unknown • Eli Lindsay • Stuart Bott • Unknown • Adam McDonald • Arthur Critchfield • Adalbert Marchand • Herman Smith-Johannsen • William Hargest • Philo McCandless • George Ives • Chester Pushie • Arthur Nash • Tokusuke Oyakawa • Gustav Wikberg • Theodore Remfert • James Grant • Romeo Tremblay • Raphael Cree • John Gard • Montague Little • Lazare Gionet • Nicholas Salamis • Harold Dunichand • Ernest MacPherson • William Thomas • Leon Robitaille • Johannes Markusson • David Wiener • Sam Baker • Joseph Ernest Poupart • Zoltan Sarosy • Robert Wiener • Ja Hyung Lee • Reuben Sinclair • Albert Middleton • Burdett Sisler |