List of Canadian celebrities by hometown

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1 British Columbia
2 Alberta
3 Saskatchewan
4 Manitoba
5 Ontario
- 5.1 Greater Toronto
6 Quebec
7 New Brunswick
8 Prince Edward Island
9 Nova Scotia
10 Newfoundland
11 Northwest Territories, Nunavut & Yukon
12 See also

[edit] British Columbia

Abbotsford

Hedley - punk rock band named after town in BC

Campbell River

Rod Brind'Amour (Born in Ottawa) - NHL Player 1989-present
Dawn Coe-Jones - LPGA Golfer
Iris Graham - actor

Castor

Darcy Tucker NHL Player 1995-present

Comox

Pamela Anderson (Born in Ladysmith, BC) - Actress,
Cam Neely - frm NHL All-star player
Kim Cattrall - Actress

Cranbrook

Steve Yzerman (see also Ottawa, ON) - NHL Hockey Player

Kamloops

Mark Recchi - NHL Player 1989-present

Kelowna

The Grapes of Wrath (band) - 80's band
Jeff Zimmerman - frm Major-League Baseball pitcher

Ladner

Will Sasso - Actor/Comedien, Mad TV

Maple Ridge

Molly Parker - Actress
Larry Walker - MLB Baseball Player

Nanaimo

Diana Krall - Jazz Singer

Pitt Meadows

Brendan Morrison - NHL Hockeyplayer

Salish First Nations located in Burrard Inlet

Chief Dan George - Actor

Sechelt (Gibson)

Ryan Dempster - Major-league baseball pitcher

Texada Island

Jennifer Tilly (Born in California) - Actress

Trail

Jason Bay - Major-league baseball player
Adam Deadmarsh - NHL Hockeyplayer
Dallas Drake - NHL Hockeyplayer
Barrett Jackman - NHL Defenceman

Williams Lake

Rick Hansen (Born in Port Alberni) - Man in Motion

Vancouver, Greater

Be Good Tanyas - Folk/Alt-Country Group
Gil Bellows - Actor, Ally McBeal
Michael Buble (Burnaby) - Singer
Chilliwack (band) - 1970s and 1980s rock band
Doug and the Slugs - 80's Band, best known for song Day by Day
Delerium - Industrial Band
James Doohan (see also Sarnia, ON) - Actor, Scotty from Star Trek
Arthur Erickson - Architect
Terry Fox (Port Coquitlam) (Born in Winnipeg) - Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer treatment activist
Jeff Francis - MLB Pitcher
Matthew Good Band (Burnaby) - Band
Aaron Guiel - Major-league baseball player
Joshua Jackson - Actor (Dawson's Creek)
Lynn Johnston (Born in Collingwood ; North Vancouver) - Cartoonist, For Better or For Worse
Paul Kariya - NHL Hockey Player
Kristin Kreuk - Actress/Model (Smallville)
LiveonRelease - Pop/Punk band
Adam Loewen (Surrey) - MLB Pitcher
Loverboy - Band (Best known for songs "Turn Me Loose" & "Working For The Weekend")
Scott Mathieson (North Vancouver) - MLB Pitcher
Gabrielle Miller - actress ("Lacey" on Corner Gas)
Moist (Burnaby/SFU) - alternative rock band
Justin Morneau - Major-league Baseball Player
Jim Pattison (Born in Saskatoon) - Billionaire
Carly Pope - Actress
Jason Priestly (North Vancouver) - Actor Beverly Hills 90210
Ross Rebagliati - Olympic Goldmetalist Snowboarder
Mike Reno (New Westminster) - Lead singer of Loverboy
Joe Sakic (Burnaby) - NHL Player 1988-present
Michael Shanks - Actor Stargate SG-1
Skinny Puppy - Industrial Band
SoulDecision - Pop-group
Spirit of the West - Folk/Rock band
Dorothy Stratten - Playmate of the Year 1980
Swollen Members - Rap Group
Ryan Stiles (Richmond) (Born in Seattle, USA) - Actor/Improv Comedian
Sweeney Todd (band) - glam rock band from 1970s (Best known for song "Roxy Roller")
Trooper (band) - Rock Band (Best known for song "Raise A Little Hell")
Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers - R&B Band from 60s
David Wiffen (Born in England) - Musician from 60s
Davide Xausa - retired Canadian footballer (soccer player)
Ryan Reynolds - Actor
54-40 (tsawwassen) -band

Victoria

Aviel Barclay (born Prince George BC 1968) - first certified female Torah scribe (soferet) in Jewish history
Emily Carr - Painter
Atom Egoyan (Born in Egypt) - Director
David Foster - Musician/Film Composer
Nelly Furtado - Singer/Songwriter
Rich Harden - Major-league Baseball Pitcher
Moffatts - Band
Steve Nash (Born in South Africa) - NBA All-star basketball player
armchair cynics - band
hot hot heat - band

[edit] Alberta

Calgary ;

Stephen Ames (Born & Raised in Trinidad) - PGA Golfer
Jann Arden - Singer
Elisha Cuthbert - Actress (24, The Girl Next Door)
Daniel A. Davis - The Amazing Man Of Calgary
Paul Gross - Actor (Due South)
Owen Hargreaves - English footballer (soccer player)
Bret Hart - Wrestler
Owen Hart - Wrestler
Dany Heatley (Born in Germany) - NHL Player
Oscar Lopez (Born in Chile) - Flamenco Musician
Todd McFarlane - Comic Book Artist, Creator of Spawn
Kari Matchett - Actress
Bruce McCulloch - Actor/Comedian, member of Kids in the Hall
Melissa O'Neil - Canadian Idol Season 3 winner
The Stampeders - Rock Band (Best known for song "Sweet City Woman")
Mike Vernon - frm NHL Goalie

Cardston

Fay Wray (Moved to US at age of 3) - Actress (King Kong)

Colchester

Elijah McCoy - Inventor, nicknamed "the Real McCoy"

Consort

k.d. lang - Singer

Donalda

Tricia Helfer - Actress, Model

Edmonton ;

Stu Barnes - NHL Player
Rae Dawn Chong - Actress, Daughter of Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong - Actor/Musician
Bernard Ebbers - Founder of Worldcom
Michael J. Fox - Actor (Back to the Future,
Grant Fuhr (Spruce Grove) - NHL Goalie (Edmonton Oilers ????-????, ? Time All Star)
Robert Goulet (Born in USA) - Actor
Lars Hirschfeld - Canadian footballer (goaltender)
Jarome Iginla (St. Albert's) - NHL Forward (Calgary Flames ????-????, ? Time All Star)
Marshall McLuhan (See also Winnipeg) - Media Theorist
Mark Messier - frm NHL All-star player
Maren Ord - Singer
Cam Ward - NHL
Leslie Neilson - Actor
Joffery Lupul - NHL

Fort Macleod

Joni Mitchell (See also Saskatoon, SK) - Singer/Songwriter

Fort Saskatchewan

Mike Commodore - NHL Defenseman
Evangeline Lilly - Actress (Lost)
Ray Whitney - NHL Hockeyplayer

Glendon

Stan Smyl - frm NHL Hockeyplayer

Hanna

Lanny McDonald - frm NHL Hockeyplayer
Nickelback - Rock Band

Lacombe

Arthur Kent - Journalist nicknamed the "Skud Stud"
Peter Kent (Born in England) - Journalist

Medicine Hat

Trevor Linden - NHL Player 1988-present
Kalan Porter - Canadian Idol Season 2 Winner

Raymond

Earl W. Bascom - Rodeo champion, inventor of hornless bronc saddle in 1922 and one-hand bareback rigging in 1924, artist and sculptor, author, historian
John W. Bascom - Former Utah lawman who chased the outlaw Butch Cassidy, rancher, rodeo stock contractor, instigated the making of rodeo's first side-delivery bucking chute in 1916
Raymond Knight - world's first and richest rodeo producer and stock contractor, founded the town of Raymond in 1901, produced Canada's first rodeo and coined rodeo term "Stampede" in 1902, built rodeo's first bucking chute in 1903, Canadian Calf Roping Champion in 1924 and 1926

Red Deer

Glen Wesley - NHL Defenseman

Rocky Mountain House

Kurt Browning - Figure-skater
Brad Stuart - hockey player for Boston Bruins

Vimy

Kyle Chipchura - hockey player for Montreal Canadiens

[edit] Saskatchewan

Biggar

Sandra Schmirler - Olympican, Champion Women's Curler

Dodsland

Cory Mack - comedian, Comedy Now, Madly Off in All Directions, Just for Laughs

Floral

Gordie Howe - NHL Hockey Star

Indian Head

Eric Peterson - actor (Corner Gas, Street Legal, etc)

Kelvington

Wendel Clark - frm NHL Hockey Player

Lloydminster

Wade Redden - NHL Defenceman

Moose Jaw

Boyd Banks - comedian/actor
Art Linkletter - talk show host

Oxbow

Theoren Fleury - frm NHL Player 1988-????

Prince Albert

Johnny Bower - frm All-star NHL Goalie
Harry Jerome - Olympian, Sprinter

Regina

Dick Assman - Gas Station Owner made famous by late-night talk show host David Letterman
Colin James - Blues/Rock Musician
Leslie Nielsen - Actor/Comedien

Rosthern

Robyn Regehr (born in Brazil) - NHL Hockeyplayer

Qu'Apelle Valley

Buffy Sainte-Marie (Piapot Cree reserve in the Qu'Appelle Valley) - Singer/Songwriter of 1960s

Saskatoon

Catriona LeMay Doan - Olympian, Speedskater
Farley Mowat (Born in Bellville, ON) - Author
Jim Pattison (Raised in Vancouver) - Billionaire
The Northern Pikes - 80's Rock Band

Shaunavon, Saskatchewan

Rhett Warrener - NHL Hockeyplayer
Hayley Wickenheiser - hockey player

Tisdale

Brent Butt - comedian/actor (creator and star of Corner Gas)

Weyburn

Shirley Douglas - Actress
W. O. Mitchell - Author
Dave "Tiger" Williams - NHL player

Val Marie

Bryan Trottier - frm NHL Player

Yorkton

Jarret Stoll - NHL Player

[edit] Manitoba

Anola

Corey Koskie - major-league baseball player
Albert Simmons - children's entertainer

Brandon

Bill Ranford - frm NHL Gaolie 1985-????
Amanda Stott - Singer

Carman

Ed Belfour - NHL Goalie

Dugald

Trevor Kidd - NHL Goalie

Morden

Loreena McKennitt (Lives in Stratford, Ontario) - New Age/Celtic Singer

Neepawa

Margaret Laurence - Novelist

Winnipeg ;

Lloyd Axworthy - (born in Saskatchewan) former Minister of Foreign Affairs and president of University of Winnipeg
Randy Bachman - Lead guitarist and songwriter for The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Tal Bachman - Singer, Son of Randy Bachman
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - 70's Rock Band
Ashleigh Banfield - NBC/MSNBC Field Reporter
Bif Naked (Born in India) - Rock Singer
Crash Test Dummies - Alternative/Rock Band
Crowbar - 1970s rock band (best known for song "Oh, What A Feeling")
Burton Cummings - Lead singer for The Guess Who
Tommy Douglas (Born in Scotland) - Legendary Socialist Leader, founder of Canadian Medicare
The Guess Who - Rock Band
Monty Hall - Game show host
Terry Jacks - Singer (Seasons in the Sun)
Cindy Klassen - Olympic speed skater
Chantal Kreviazuk - Singer
Todd MacCulloch - frm NBA basketball player
Earl Mindell - Nutritional Expert, author of the best-selling Earl Mindel's Vitamin Bible, Earl Mindel's Herb Bible
Roddy Piper (Born in Saskatoon) - Wrestler
Terry Sawchuk - frm All-star NHL Goalie
Remy Shand - R&B Singer
Kenny Omega - Wrestler
David Steinberg - Comic
William Stephenson (Point Douglas) - WW2 Spy, Man Called Intrepid
Sarah Stock - Mexican Wrestling Superstar "Dark Angel"
George Woodcock - Author, Anarchist Philosopher
Nia Vardalos - Actress/Comedien, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Neil Young - Singer

[edit] Ontario

Alliston

Frederick Banting - Discoverer of Insulin

Barrie

Shayne Corson - NHL Player 1989-2004
John Madden - NHL Player 1998-present

Belleville

Lee Aaron - Heavy-Metal singer, later Jazz singer
Bobby Hull (Pointe Anne, near Belleville) - NHL Hall of fame player
Farley Mowat - Novelist
Brian Orser - Figureskater

Brantford (See also Six Nations Reserve)

Wayne Gretzky - NHL Hockey Player (Edmonton Oilers 1978-1988, ? Time All Star)
Phil Hartman - actor and impressionist (Saturday Night Live, NewsRadio)

Brockville

Rachel Perry - frm MuchMusic VJ, current VH1 Host

Burlington

Jillian Barberie - Actress/Television Hostess/Weather Girl, Extreme Dating, Good Day Live, FOX NFL Sunday].
Spoons (band) - 80's New Wave Band, best known for the song Nova Heart

Byron

Rob Ramage - frm NHL Defenseman 1979-????

Callander

Bill Barber - frm NHL Player, NHL Hall of Famer

Cambridge

Peter Gzowski (Born in Toronto) (Galt) - frm Broadcaster

Chatham

Shae-Lynn Bourne - Ice Skater, from Bourne and Kraatz
Ferguson Jenkins - frm MLB Allstar pitcher, Hall of Famer
Ron Sparks - Comedian/Writer
Sylvia Tyson - from Musical Duo Ian & Sylvia
Michelle Wright - Singer

Cobourg

Marie Dressler - Actress (Winner 1931 Oscar for Best Actress)

Cochrane

Tim Horton - frm NHL Hockey Player, founder of Tim Hortons Dounut Chain

Cornwall

Ryan Gosling (Born in London, ON) - Actor

Dryden

Chris Pronger - NHL All-Star Defenseman

Elgin County (St. Thomas, Port Stanley, etc.) ;

John Kenneth Galbraith (Dutton) - World famous Economist

Feversham

William Coutts - Founder of the Canadian branch of Hallmark Cards

Gravenhurst

Norman Bethune - Doctor, Humanitarian, Communist

Guelph

Neve Campbell - Actress (Party of Five)
John McCrae - WW1 Doctor, Poet "Flander's Fields"

Halton County (Burlington, Milton, etc.)

Sarah Harmer - Singer

Hamilton, Greater ;

Dave Andreychuk - NHL Hockey player
Rick Campanelli - MuchMusic VJ
Crowbar - 70's Rock Band
Karen Kain - Ballerina
Florence Lawrence - Actress, the first ever movie-star in early 1900s
Eugene Levy - Actor/Comedien (SCTV, American Pie)
Brian Linehan - Celebrity Interviewer
Marty McSorley - frm NHL Player
Angelo Mosca - Wrestler, frm CFL Football Player
Pat Quinn - NHL Coach/frm NHL Player
Stan Rogers - Folk Musician
Martin Short - Actor/Comedian
Steve Smith - Comedian, Creator/Actor of character Red Green
Teenage Head (band) - 80's punk rock band
Ian Thomas - Singer/Songwrighter (brother of Dave Thomas

Kenora

Mike Richards - NHL Player (Philadelphia) 2005-present
Michael Smith - Former summer olympian, Current CBC Sports (Track & Field) Commentator

Keswick

Curtis Joseph - NHL Goalie 1989-present

Kincardine

Paul Henderson - frm NHL hockeyplayer

Kingston

Bryan Adams - Singer
Bedouin Soundclash - Ska Band
Don Cherry (ice hockey) - Hockey Commenator, frm NHL Coach
Doug Gilmour - NHL Player 1985-????
Mary Jane Lamond - Celtic/Folk Singer
Bruce McDonald - Director
Ryan Malcolm - Canadian Idol Season 1 winner
Kirk Muller - frm NHL Player 1989-????
The Tragically Hip - Alternative/Rock Band
David Usher (Born in England) - Singer

Kirkland Lake

Toller Cranston (Born in Hamilton) - Figure Skater (Bronze 1976 Olympics)
Daren Puppa - frm NHL Goalie
Alan Thicke (see also Elliot Lake, ON) - Actor (Growing Pains
Lennox Lewis - frm World Heavyweight Boxing Champion

Kitchener

Jill Hennessy (Born in Edmonton) - Actress (Law And Order, Crossing Jordan)
Christian - Wrestler
Master T (Born in England) - frm MuchMusic VJ

Leamington

David Suzuki (Born in Vancouver, Forced to Move by Canadian Government after WW2, Raised in Leamington & London, ON) - Environmentalist, Scientist, Broadcaster

London

Hume Cronyn - Actor in 1940s
Lolita Davidovich - Actress
Paul Haggis - Director/Screenwriter (Crash, Million Dollar Baby)
Jenny Jones - Talk show host 1946-????
Eric Lindros - NHL Hockey Player
Guy Lombardo - Bandleader from 1940s
Rachel McAdams (see also St. Thomas) - Actress
Paul Quantrill - Major-league baseball pitcher
Craig Simpson - frm NHL Player 1986-????, Hockey Central Co-host
Lara St. John - Classical Violinist
David Suzuki (Born in Vancouver, Forced to Move by Canadian Government after WW2, Raised in Leamington & London, ON) - Environmentalist, Scientist, Broadcaster
Veronica Tennant (Born in London UK) - Ballerina
Joe Thornton - NHL Hockey Player
Jack Warner - Founder of Warner Brothers studio

Markham

Hayden Christensen (born in Vancouver) - Television and Film Actor

Mississippi Mills

James Naismith (Almonte) - Inventor of Basketball

Moose Factory

Jonathan Cheechoo - Hockey Player

Napanee

Avril Lavigne - Singer

Napperton (Near Strathroy)

Arthur Currie - WW2 general

Niagara Falls

Frank Shuster (Born in Toronto) - Comedian, from the duo Wayne and Shuster, (also cousin to Joe Shuster, creator of Superman)

North Bay

Dionne quintuplets (Corbeil) - Famous set of Quints
Scott Thompson - Actor/Comedian, member of Kids in the Hall

Orangeville

Edge - Wrestler

Orilla

Gordon Lightfoot - Singer/Songwriter

Ottawa, Greater

Dan Akroyd - Actor/Comedian (Saturday Night Live, Blues Brothers)
Paul Anka - Singer
Margaret Atwood - Author
Erik Bedard (Navan) - MLB Pitcher
E. Graydon Carter - Editor-in-chief Vanity Fair
Keshia Chanté (Now lives in Toronto) - Singer
Bruce Cockburn - Singer/Songwriter
Dashan (Mark Rowswell) - Comedien/Television host in China with averge ratings of 800 million viewers
Five Man Electrical Band - 60's Rock Band, best known for song Signs
Brendan Fraser (Born in Indiana) - Actor
Mike Gartner - frm NHL Player
Tom Green - Comedian
Jessica Holmes - Comedian
Peter Jennings (Born in Toronto) - frm ABC World News Tonight anchor
Rich Little - Impersonator
Peter Mansbridge (Born in UK) - News Anchor
Massari (Sari Abboud) (Born in Beirut, Lebanon) - rapper
Mark McKinney - actor/comedian, member of Kids in the Hall
Alanis Morissette - Singer
Sandra Oh (Nepean) - Actress (Grey's Anatomy, Sideways)
Jesse Palmer (Born in Toronto) (Nepean) - NFL Quarterback
Matthew Perry (Born near Boston) - Actor, Friends
Barbara Ann Scott - Won Canada's First Olympic Gold in Figure Skating in 1948
Three's A Crowd/Six People - 60s Folk rock band]]
Steve Yzerman (Born in Cranbrook, BC) - NHL Hockey Player

Owen Sound

Billy Bishop - WW1 flying ace
Tom Thomson (Owen Sound - Leith) - Painter Group of Seven

Parry Sound

Bobby Orr - frm NHL Star

Peterborough

Jim Balsillie - Businessman, Co-founder of Research In Motion
Seán Cullen - Comedian
Cory Stillman - NHL Hockeyplayer
Estella Warren (See also Toronto) - Actress/Model

Purbrook

Sam Steele - famous Mountie

Renfrew

Ted Lindsay - frm NHL Hockeyplayer in 1950s, NHL Hall of Famer

St. Catharines

Brian Bellows - frm NHL Player 1985-????
Linda Evangelista - Supermodel
Walter Ostanek (Born in Duperquet, QB) - Polka Musician
Ron Sexsmith - Singer/Songwriter
Dave Thomas - Actor (SCTV, Grace Under Fire)
Alexisonfire - Post-Hardcore Band

St. Thomas

Rachel McAdams - Actress

Sarnia-Lambton County

Dino Ciccarelli - frm NHL Player 1986-1999
James Doohan (Born & partially raised in Vancouver) - Actor, Scotty from Star Trek
Cameron Mathison (Sarnia) - Actor ~Ryan Lavery on ALL MY CHILDREN
Kim Mitchell - Guitarist
Kendel Ross (Sarnia) - Canadian national women's basketball team
Pat Verbeek - frm NHL Player 1985-????
Mike Weir (Sarnia - Bright's Grove) - PGA Golfer

Sault Ste. Marie

Roberta Bondar - Canada's first woman astronaut
Ron Francis - NHL Player 1985-present
Ted Nolan - frm NHL Coach/Player

Simcoe

Red Kelly - frm NHL Hockeyplayer in 1950s, NHL Hall of Famer

Six Nations of the Grand River (Near Brantford)

Graham Greene - Actor
Robbie Robertson (Born in Toronto) - Lead guitarist and songwriter for The Band
Jay Silverheels - Actor

Stratford

Dayna Manning - Singer
Lloyd Robertson - News Anchor

Sudbury

Todd Bertuzzi - NHL Hockeyplayer
Mike Foligno - frm NHL Hockeyplayer 1979-1994
Tanya Kim - Host CTV's E Talk Daily
Alex Trebek - Game show host
Natasha Vincent - =D
Danyka Byrnes - Yee...

Timmins

Cowboy Junkies - Band
Shean Donovan - NHL Hockeyplayer
Steve Sullivan - NHL Hockey Player
Shania Twain - Singer

Thamesville

Robertson Davies - Author

Thunder Bay

Paul Shaffer - Musician, Band Leader on Late Show with David Letterman
Eric Staal - NHL Hockeyplayer

Wawa

Chris Simon - NHL Hockeyplayer

Windsor

Tie Domi (Belle River) - NHL Player
Ed Jovanovski - NHL Hockeyplayer
Mike Lazaridis (Born in Greece) - Businessman, Co-founder of Research In Motion

Wingham

Alice Munro - Novelist/Writer

[edit] Greater Toronto

City of Toronto

Anabolic Frolic (Born in Ottawa) - DJ
The Band - Band, (Best known for the songs The Weight, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down)
Barenaked Ladies (Scarborough) - Band
Ashley Brown {Owen Sound} - Model, Actress, Singer, Clothing line, Comedian, Belly Dancer, Stripper, Business Women
Kyle Giehler {Dirtville} - whore
Samantha Bee - Comedien on Daily Show
Bedouin Soundclash - band (best known for song, When the Night Feels My Song)
Conrad Black - Businessman (Owner of Hollinger Inc. & Hollinger International)
Rachel Blanchard - Actress (Clueless)
Blue Rodeo - Country-rock band
The Boomtang Boys - Pop/Dance music group
Liona Boyd - Classical Guitarist
Broken Social Scene - Indie Band
Denim Brown - NCAA College Basketball Star
Morley Callaghan - Author, Had Boxing Match with Ernest Hemingway
John Candy (East York) (See also Newmarket) - Actor/Comedien (SCTV, Uncle Buck, Home Alone)
Jim Carrey (Etobicoke - Lakeshore) - Actor/Comedian
Anson Carter (Scarborough) - NHL Hockey Player
Johnny & the Checkmates - 60s Band
Choclair (Scarborough) - Rapper
George Chuvalo - Boxer
Austin Clarke (Born in Barbados) - Novelist
Paul Coffey (Weston) - frm NHL All-star defenseman
Carlo Colaiacovo (Toronto) - NHL Hockey Player - Toronto Maple Leafs
Jesse Cook (Born in France) - Flamenco Guitarist
Deborah Cox - R&B Singer
Jesse Crain (Born in Toronto, Raised in Colorado) - MLB Pitcher
The Crew-Cuts - 1950s pop band
David Cronenberg - Director
Miguel de la Bastide (Born in San Fernando, Trinidad) - Flamenco Musician
Shawn Desman - Singer
Melissa DiMarco - Actress, Degrassi: The Next Generation
Robbie Lane & the Disciples - 60s Band
Fefe Dobson (Scarborough) - Singer
Garth Drabinsky - Theatrical Producer
Kris Draper (Don Mills) - NHL Player
Rob Ducey (East York) - frm MLB Baseball Player
Rik Emmett - Rock Singer
Timothy Findley (Rosedale) - Novelist
Dave Foley (Etobicoke) - Comedian/Actor/Game Show Host, Kids In The Hall, NewsRadio, Celebrity Poker Showdown
Frantics (comedy) - Comedy Troupe
Brendan Fraser (Born in Indianapolis, USA) - Actor
Bonnie Fuller - Editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine
David Furnish (Scarborough - Agincourt) - Elton John's Life Partner
Biruté Galdikas (Born in Germany) - Primatologist
Frank Gehry (Kensington Market) - Architect
Natalie Glebova (Downtown) (Born in Russia) - Miss Universe 2005
Glenn Gould - Pianist
Gowan - Musician (1980s) (Best known for song "Moonlight Desires")
The Great Speckled Bird - Folk-Rock group from 1970s
Corey Haim - Actor, 1980s Teen Star
the Haunted - 60s Garage Rock Band
Dale Hawerchuk - frm NHL Player 1981-1997, NHL Hall of Famer
Jeff Healey - Blues Guitarist
Dan Hill - singer
Sandrine Holt (Born in England) - Actress
Honest Ed Mirvish (Born in Virginia, USA) - Entrepreneur
Walter Huston - Actor (Winner 1948 Oscar for best Supporting Actor), grandfather of Anjelica Huston
William Hutt - Shakespearian Actor
Michael Ignatieff - Scholar, Novelist, Canadian MP
Incantation (Musical Group) - Andean Music Duo, Music Featured in the 1987 film the Mission
Lou Jacobi - Actor in 1970s
Norman Jewison - Director
Sue Johanson - Sex expert
Paul Kane (York) - Painter
Kardinal Offishall (?) - Rapper
Christine Magee - Spokesperson and President of Sleep Country Canada
Kensington Market - 60s Band
Gail Kim - WWE Wrestler
Klaatu - Band, (Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft)
Lighthouse - Rock Band
Len - Band (best known for song "Steal My Sunshine")
Stephen Lewis - Humanitarian, frm Canadian Embassador the UN, UN Special Envoy on Aids in Africa
Love Inc. (band) - Dance Music Group
Luke & the Apostles - 60s Band
Ann-Marie MacDonald (Born in W. German Airbase) - Novelist, Playwright
Maestro Fresh Wes - Rapper
Jamaal Magloire - NBA Basketball Player
Mandala - 60s Band
Howie Mandel - Comedien
Amanda Marshall - Singer
Russell Martin (Born in East York, Raised in Montreal) - MLB Player
Martha and the Muffins - 80's Band, best known for song Echo Beach
Eric McCormack - Actor (Will & Grace)
Don McKellar - Actor/Filmmaker
Kirk McLean (Willowdale) - frm NHL Goalie
Scott Mellanby (Don Mills) - NHL Hockeyplayer
Eugene Melnyk - Businessman, Owner of Biovail Corporation & Ottawa Senators NHL Hockey Team
Lorne Michaels - Creator of Saturday Night Live
Robert Michaels - Flamenco Musician
Colin Mochrie (Born in Scotland) - Improv Comedien/Actor
Rick Moranis - Actor/Comedian (SCTV, Little Shop of Horrors, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Ghostbusters)
Mouth Music - World Music/Celtic Band
Moxy Früvous - folk/rock band
Mike Myers (Scarborough - Agincourt) - Actor/Comedian
Alannah Myles - Singer
Myna Birds - 60s Band
Knowlton Nash - frm News Anchor
National Velvet - 80's band
Daniel Nestor (Born in Serbia) - Tennis Player
Kevin Newman - News Anchor
The Nylons - A cappella group
Adam Oates (Weston) - NHL Player 1985-????
Catherine O'Hara - Actor/Comedian (SCTV, Home Alone)
Our Lady Peace - Alternative/Rock Band
Parachute Club - Band
Paupers (see Lighthouse) - 60s Band
Lester B. Pearson (Willowdale - Newtonbrook) - frm Canadian Prime Minister
Mary Pickford - Silent-era Film Star, Co-founder of United Artists
Platinum Blonde - 80's New Wave Band, Best known for the hits "It Doesn't Really Matter" and "Situation Critical"
Sarah Polley - Actress
Keith Primeau - NHL Hockeyplayer
Prozzäk - Musical group
Tomasz Radzinski (born in Poznan, Poland) - Canadian footballer (soccer player)
Tommy Dawkins (born in Acton) - Canadian Football player, who then invented new forms of the light bulb
Raffi Cavoukian (Born in Egypt) - Children's Entertainer
Amazing Randi James Randi (North York - Don Mills) - Magician/Debunker
Lisa Ray - Actress
Paul Reichmann (Born in Austria, Raised in Tangiers) - Developer, founder of Olympia and York
Rheostatics (Etobicoke) - Indie Rock Band (1990s)
Gary Roberts (North York) - NHL Player 1986-present
John Roberts (television reporter) - CNN, CBS Anchor/Reporter, frm MuchMusic VJ
Rogues (see Mandala) - 60s Band
Rush (band) - Rock band (see also lead-singer Geddy Lee)
Ivana Santilli - Singer
Joe Shuster - co-creator of Superman, (Cousin of Frank Shuster, the comedian)
Camilla Scott - Actress, frm Talk Show Host
Brendan Shanahan (Etobicoke - Mimico) - NHL Player 1987-present
Howard Shore - Film Composer
Jane Siberry - Singer (1980s)
Jaggi Singh - Anti-Globalization Activist/Anarchist
Amy Sky - Singer
Snow (musician) - Reggar/Hip Hop Singer
the Sparrow (band) (see Steppenwolf)
Steppenwolf - Rock Band
Anthony Stewart - (Scarborough) NHL player, Florida since 2003 (?)
Chris Stewart - (Scarborough) NHL player, Colorado 06-07 team
Stormy Clovers - 60s folk rock band
George Stroumboulopoulos - frm MuchMusic VJ, Television Host
Kiefer Sutherland (Born in England) (Etobicoke - Martin Grove) - Actor
David Clayton Thomas & the Shades - 60s Band
Rick Tocchet (Scarborough) - frm NHL Player 1989-????
Paul Tracy (Scarborough - West Hill) - Race Car Driver
Triumph (band) - 70's/80's Rock Band
Ron Tugnutt (Scarborough) - frm NHL Goalie 1987-????
Ugly Ducklings - 60s Garage Rock Band
Estella Warren (Born in Peterborough) (Etobicoke)- Actress/Model
Al Waxman (Kensington Market) - Actor King of Kensington, Cagney & Lacey
Johnny Wayne - Comedian from the duo Wayne and Shuster
Galen Weston - Businessman, Owner of George Weston Limited (Loblaws, etc.)
James Shaver Woodsworth - (Etobicoke) - Socialist, CCF Leader, Labour MP

Greater Toronto - Durham Region (Eastern Suburbs)

Shalom Harlow (Oshawa) - Supermodel
Glenn Healy (Pickering) - frm NHL Goalie 1987-????
K-os (Whitby) (Born in T&T) - Hip Hop Singer
Samuel McLaughlin (Enniskillen) - Creator of the Buick automobile
Joe Nieuwendyk (Oshawa) - NHL Player 1986-present
Sarah Slean (Pickering) - Singer
Sum 41 (Ajax) - Band
Tonya Lee Williams (Oshawa) - Actress (Young and the Restless)
John Part (Oshawa) - World Champion Dart player
Terry O'Reilly (Oshawa) - NHL Hockey player and coach
Henry Waschuk (Oshawa) - CFL Football player and TV personality
Donald Jackson (Oshawa) - World Champion Figure Skater, 1962
Ed Broadbent (Oshawa) - National leader, NDP

Greater Toronto - Peel Region (Western Suburbs)

Donovan Bailey (Born in Jamaica) (Oakville) - World champion sprinter
Mike Bullard (Missisauga) - frm Canadian Late Night Talk Show Host
Pat Bullard (Missisauga) - Game show host (Love Connection)
Andrew Cassels (Bramlea) - NHL Hockeyplayer
Shawn Hill (Born in Missisauga, Grew up in Milton) - MLB Pitcher
Rick Nash (Brampton) - NHL Hockey Player - Columbus Blue Jackets
Russell Peters (Brampton) - Comedian
Sandra Post (Oakville) - Golfer, 1968 Women's PGA Championship winner
Jason Spezza (Brampton) - NHL Hockey player - Ottawa Senators
Matt Stajan (Mississauga) - NHL Hockey Player - Toronto Maple Leafs
Steve Chen (Brampton) - Model

Greater Toronto - York Region (Northern Suburbs)

Emmanuelle Chriqui (Unionville) (Born in Montreal) - Actress
Hayden Christensen (Unionville) (Born in Vancouver) - Actor (Star Wars)
Dit Clapper (Newmarket) - frm NHL Player in 1930s, NHL Hall Of Famer
Glass Tiger (Newmarket) - Band
Craig Kielburger (Thornhill) - Humanitarian, Anti-Child Labour Activist, Founder of Free The Children
Pete Orr (Richmond Hill) - MLB Player
Philosopher Kings (Thornhill) - Band
Elvis Stojko (Richmond Hill) - Figure-skater
Trish Stratus (Richmond Hill) - WWE Wrestler
Skye Sweetnam (Bolton) - Pop Singer

[edit] Quebec

Bonaventure

Patrick Lalime - NHL Goalie

Charlemagne

Celine Dion - Singer

Deschambault

Denys Arcand - Director

Hull

Daniel Lanois - Music Producer

Lachutte

Kevin Lowe - Edmonton Oilers GM, frm Coach & NHL Defenseman for Edmonton Oilers

Mont-Laurier, Quebec

Dan Cloutier - NHL Goalie

Montreal, Greater

Arcade Fire - Band
Raymond Bourque (Saint-Laurent) - frm NHL allstar defenseman
Scotty Bowman - frm NHL Coach
Bran Van 3000 - Band
Dino Bravo (Adolfo Bresciano) - Wrestler
Martin Brodeur - NHL Goalie
Robert Charlebois - 60s Singer (French)
Leonard Cohen - Singer/Songwriter
Steven Cojocaru - Entertainment Tonight Fashion Critic
Vincent Damphousse - frm NHL Hockey Player 1986-????
Erica Ehm - frm MuchMusic VJ
Don Ferguson - member of Royal Canadian Air Farce
Éric Gagné - MLB All-star relief pitcher
Corey Hart - Singer 1980s
Chris Benoit - Professional wrestler
Andy Kim - Singer
Naomi Klein - Author/Documentary Filmmaker
Elias Koteas - Actor
Irving Layton (Born in Romania) - Poet
Vincent Lecavalier (Ile Bizard) - NHL Player
Mario Lemieux - NHL Hockey Player
Mashmakhan - Band (best known for the hit single "As Years Go By")
Mary Maxwell - Bahá'í adherent
Kevin McDonald - Actor/Comedian, member of Kids in the Hall
Men Without Hats - Band, Best known for song The Safety Dance
Ben Mulroney (Also raised in Ottawa) - Canadian Idol Host/Entertainment Reporter, Son of frm Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
Oscar Peterson - Jazz Pianist
Rational Youth - 80's New Wave Band
Caroline Rhea - Comedian
Maurice Richard - frm NHL star
Mordecai Richler - Author
Sam Roberts (Pointe-Claire) - Rock Signer
The Fabulous Rougeaus - Wrestlers
William Shatner - Actor (Star Trek, Boston Legal, etc.)
Norma Shearer - Actress (Winner 1930 Oscar for Best Actress)
Jeff Skoll (See also Toronto, ON) - Founder of E-Bay
Sky (canadian band) - Pop Band
Martin St. Louis (Laval) - NHL Hockey Player
Sultans (band) - 60s Band
Charles Taylor (philosopher) - Philosopher
José Théodore (Laval) - NHL Goalie
Pierre Trudeau - frm Canadian Prime Minister
Gino Vanelli - Singer
Rufus Wainwright - Singer
Moses Znaimer (Born in Tajikistan) - Founder of City TV and co-founder of MuchMusic

Quebec City

Kevin Dineen - frm NHL Hockeyplayer
André-Philippe Gagnon - Impersonator/Comedian
Marc Garneau - Astronaut
Norm MacDonald - Comedian
Mitsou (Loretteville) - Musician/TV Personality
Patrick Roy - frm NHL Goalie 1989-????

Richmond

Mack Sennett - Actor/Comedien in early film

Rigaud (near Hudson)

Amanda Walsh - Actress, frm MuchMusic VJ

Rouyn

Pierre Turgeon - NHL Player 1987-present

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

Jacques Villeneuve - Racecar driver

Senneville

Christopher Plummer (Born in Toronto) - Actor

Shawinigan

Martin Gelinas - NHL Player 1988-present

Thurso

Guy Lafleur - frm NHL star

Trois-Rivières

Jean Béliveau - frm NHL star

Val-court (Near Sherbrooke)

Joseph-Armand Bombardier - Inventor of the Snowmobile, founder of Bombardier company.

Victoriaville

Gil Perreault - frm NHL Player, NHL Hall of Famer

[edit] New Brunswick

Florenceville

McCain Brothers - Founders of McCain Foods

Moncton

Robb Wells - actor (plays "Ricky" on Trailer Park Boys)

Saint John

Louis B. Mayer (Born in Russia) - Film Producer, Co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer
Matt Stairs (Born in Fredricton) - MLB Baseball Player

Shediac

Rheal Cormier - longtime MLB Pitcher

St-Basile

Roch Voisine - Popular french singer

Val-Lambert

Natasha Saint-Pier - French singer (popular in France)

[edit] Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown

Lorie Kane - LPGA Golfer
Tara MacLean - Singer
Jonathan Torrens - Comedian/TV Host, Jonovision, Street Cents

Clifton

Lucy Maud Montgomery - Author of Anne of Green Gables

Skinner's Pond

Stompin' Tom Connors (Born in Saint John, NB) - Singer

[edit] Nova Scotia

Bridgewater

John Dunsworth - actor (plays "Jim Lahey" on Trailer Park Boys)
Donald Sutherland (Born in Saint John, NB) - Actor

Creignish (Cape Breton Island)

Ashley MacIsaac - Fidler/musician (Best known for song "Sleppy Maggie")

Dartmouth-Cole Harbour

Sidney Crosby (Cole Harbour) - NHL Hockey Player

Glace Bay (Cape Breton Island)

Aselin Debison - Singer

Halifax

April Wine - 70's Rock Band
Ellen Page - Actress (Best known for playing Kitty Pride in X-Men: The Last Stand.)
Holly Cole - Jazz Singer
Tremain Downey-Devilous Artist
Feist - singer
Ron James - Comedian/Actor, Blackfly
Sarah McLachlan - Singer
Sloan (band) - Alternative/Rock Band
John Paul Tremblay - actor (plays "Julian" on Trailer Park Boys)
Classified - M.C. (Rapper)