| Birth Day | August 17, 1953 |
| Birth Place | Canada |
| Age | 70 YEARS OLD |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
Set a Canadian record in 2009 for longest spaceflight when he returned from Expedition 20/21.
He has degrees in engineering and Medicine.
He wrote two columns for a newspaper while on STS-78, the first time an Astronaut has written for and been published by a newspaper while in space.
He married Brenda Biasutti and had three children.
He and Boris Borisovich Yegorov were Physicians who traveled to space.
