Jillian MacLaughlin

Jillian MacLaughlin is the winner of the first season of Big Brother Canada.

Biography
Age: 27 Hometown: New Glasgow, NS Occupation: Teacher Three adjectives that describe you? Hyper, easygoing and driven Why did you want to be on Big Brother Canada? My friends and family. I just got out of a long-term relationship a year ago and when we heard about Big Brother Canada they told me I had to do it to shake up my life. Do you have a strategy going into the house? My strategy is to have no strategy at all! With a diverse group of people the dynamic is going to be completely different depending on who they are, so I'm just going to go in and try and make friends and plan as I go. Do you think the physical or mental challenges will be more difficult for you? The mental challenges will be tough for sure. I am the most unobservant person in the world so I'm going to have to try hard to remember every little detail. Will you hide anything about yourself from the other houseguests? No – I'm not a genius or a doctor. I'm pretty average, so I don't think I will be that intimidating for the other houseguests. Describe your perfect day. Wake up, have a nice cup of coffee, do some yoga, go to work, go out for supper with some girls and then head to a friend's house for some drinks and play games all night. This would all be in the summer too, of course! What's your biggest pet peeve? When people mock me for being healthy. I hate it when they try and make me feel bad for working out or choosing the healthy option on a menu.

Trivia

 * Jillian is the first winner of Big Brother Canada. As such, she is also the first female winner.
 * Jillian holds the record for most Head of Household wins in a single season with four.
 * Because fellow finalist Gary Levy was evicted and brought back into the game, Jillian is the only HouseGuest on her season to have never been evicted.
 * Jillian lasted the longest without ever being nominated for eviction, as she was not nominated until the very last HOH competition, which was won by Gary.
 * Jillian's win has been marked by controversy after Big Brother juror Topaz Brady had originally intended to vote for finalist Gary but accidentally voted for Jillian. Despite pleading for the producers to re-cast her vote, Topaz was not allowed and thus Jillian was crowned the winner after also receiving votes from Emmett Blois, Andrew Monaghan, and Talla Rajaei. Had Topaz been allowed to re-cast her vote, Gary would have won.