# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clifford-sifton
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:23:16.791Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clifford-sifton"
name: "Clifford Sifton"
slug: "clifford-sifton"
description: "Sir Clifford Sifton,, was a Canadian lawyer and a long-time Liberal politician. He was best known for being Minister of the Interior in 1896 to 1905, under Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He was responsible for encouraging the massive amount of immigration to Canada which occurred during the first decade of the 20th century. In 1905, he broke with Laurier and resigned from cabinet over the issue of publicly funded religious education in the new provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan."
tagline: "Canadian politician (1861-1929)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clifford_Sifton_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1861-03-10"
deathDate: "1929-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.73
  momentum:             1.317715959004392
  historical:           5.694494666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Clifford Sifton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كليفورد سيفتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Sifton"
    title: "Clifford Sifton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Sifton"
    title: "Clifford Sifton"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "کلیفورد سیفتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Sifton"
    title: "Clifford Sifton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2979100"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump