Helen Doan

Q: When did Helen Doan die?

Helen Doan died on April 18, 2024.

Q: How old was Helen Doan when they died?

Helen Doan was 112 years old at the time of death.

Helen McKinnon Doan (née Donaldson; 18 September 1911 – 18 April 2024) was a Canadian supercentenarian.

Biography

Helen Doan spent her childhood in New Liskeard. Doan remembered collecting money for the soldiers during the First World War at a young age. She moved with her parents to Toronto in 1923, where she lived until her death. After graduating from high school, she trained as an accountant, a profession she worked in until her retirement in 1976. In 1987, she published a book Every Woman: Adapting to Mid-Life Change.

In 1935, she married Harold Doan, with whom she had a daughter and a son. She had five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. She played softball well into old age. According to her own statement, one of her granddaughters taught her how to use an IPad at the age of 98. Following the death of Mabel Mah at the age of 113 on January 30, 2024, Doan became the oldest person living in Canada. Helen Doan died on April 18, 2024, at the age of 112 years and 213 days.