List of Canadians
This is a list of Canadians, people who are identified with the Canadian nation through residential, legal, historical, or cultural means, grouped by their area of notability.
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Architects
- Douglas Cardinal OC RAIC (born 1934) – architect of Canadian Museum of Civilization
- Ernest Cormier OC RAIC (1885–1980) – architect of Supreme Court of Canada building
- A.J. Diamond OC RAIC (born 1934) – architect of Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
- Arthur Erickson CC RAIC (1924–2008) – architect of Simon Fraser University, Robson Square, and the Embassy of Canada in Washington
- David Ewart ISO (1841–1921) – Chief Dominion Architect (1896 to 1914), architect of Dominion Archives Building, Royal Canadian Mint, Victoria Memorial Museum, Connaught Building in Ottawa[1]
- Étienne Gaboury RAIC OAA (born 1930) – architect of the Embassy of Canada in Mexico and the Royal Canadian Mint building in Winnipeg
- Frank Gehry CC LLD (hc) PhD (hc) DEng (hc) DArch (hc) DA (hc) AIA (born 1929) – architect of Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Experience Music Project, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and the Art Gallery of Ontario
- Dan Hanganu OQ DArch (hc) RAIC OAQ (born 1946) – architect of Pointe-à-Callière Museum and Montreal Archival Centre
- Stephen Irwin RAIC RIBA OAA (born c. 1944) – architect of Purdy's Wharf
- Bruce Kuwabara FRAIC OAA AIA (born 1949) RAIC – architect of the Gardiner Museum, and Kitchener City Hall
- E.J. Lennox RAIC OAA (1854–1933) – architect of Old City Hall in Toronto, and Casa Loma
- John M. Lyle FRIBA OAA (1872–1945) RAIC – architect of the New York Public Library, the Royal Alexandra Theatre, and Toronto's Union Station
- Raymond Moriyama CC OOnt (born 1929) – architect of the Ontario Science Centre, Ottawa City Hall, and Canadian War Museum
- John Ostell (1813–1892) – architect of the McGill University Arts Building, and the Montreal Custom House
- Francis Rattenbury RAIC AIBC (1867–1935) – architect of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings, and the Empress Hotel
- Moshe Safdie CC LLD (hc) FRAIC FAIA (born 1938) – architect of Habitat 67, the National Gallery of Canada, and Vancouver Library Square
- Fariborz Sahba (born 1948) Master's degree from Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran – architect of Lotus Temple, and Terraces (Bahá'í)
- Bing Thom CM FRAIC AIBC (born 1940) – architect of Central City Centre
- Ronald Thom FRAIC AIBC (1923–1986) – architect of Massey College, the Shaw Theatre, and Trent University
- Bob Topping RAIC OAA (born 1954) - Accessibility and Universal Design specialist
Artists
Actors
Main articles: List of Canadian actors and Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood
Broadcasters
Main articles: List of Canadian television personalities and List of Canadian radio personalities
Musicians
Main articles: List of Canadian musicians and List of bands from Canada
Visual arts
Main articles: List of Canadian artists and List of Canadian painters
Cartoonists
- Danny Antonucci (born 1957) – creator of Ed Edd n Eddy, Lupo the Butcher
- Kate Beaton – creator of Hark! A Vagrant
- Chester Brown (born 1960) – creator of Yummy Fur, Underwater and Louis Riel
- John Byrne (born 1950) – influenced superhero characters like The Fantastic Four and Superman
- Andy Donato (born 1937) – editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Sun
- Hal Foster (1892–1982) – artist for Tarzan comic strip, creator of Prince Valiant
- J.D. Frazer (born 1965) (moniker: Illiad) – creator of the webcomic User Friendly
- Gregory Gallant (born 1962) (moniker: Seth) – creator of Palookaville
- Lynn Johnston CM OM (born 1947) – creator of For Better or For Worse
- John Kricfalusi (born 1955) (moniker: John K.) –creator of Ren and Stimpy
- Graeme MacKay (born 1968) – editorial cartoonist
- Todd McFarlane (born 1961) – creator of Spawn
- Win Mortimer (1919–1998) – illustrator for DC Comics' Superman and Batman
- Terry Mosher OC DLitt (hc) (born 1942) (moniker: Aislin) –Montreal Gazette newspaper
- Len Norris (1919–1997) – long-time editorial columnist for the Vancouver Sun
- Ryan North (born 1980) – creator of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics
- Scott Ramsoomair (born 1981) – creator of the webcomic VG Cats
- Joe Shuster (1914–1992) – co-creator of Superman
- Dave Sim (born 1956) – creator of Cerebus the Aardvark
- Fiona Staples (born 1984) – co-creator of the comic Saga
- Paul Szep (born 1941) – editorial cartoonist for the Boston Globe from 1967 to 2001
- Ben Wicks CM (1926–2000) – illustrator, comic strip cartoonist, and humanitarian
Astronauts
- Roberta Bondar OC OOnt ScD (hc) FRCP(C) FRSC (born 1945) – first Canadian woman in space
- Marc Garneau CC CD ScD (hc) (born 1949) – first Canadian man in space
- Chris Hadfield OOnt MSC LLD (hc) DEng (hc) (born 1959) – first Canadian to walk in space, first Canadian to command the International Space Station
- Steven MacLean ScD (hc) (born 1954)
- Julie Payette CQ FMC (born 1963)
- Robert Thirsk (born 1953) - holds Canadian record for longest time spent in space
- Bjarni Tryggvason ScD (hc) (born 1945)
Athletes
Main articles: List of Canadian sports personalities and Canada's athletes of the 20th century
Businesspeople and entrepreneurs
- Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Baron Beaverbrook PC (1879–1964) – publishing baron, entrepreneur
- Francesco Aquilini – Chairman of the Aquilini Investment Group and owner of the Vancouver Canucks
- David Asper (born 1958) – chairman, Canwest Global Communications
- Izzy Asper OC QC OM PhD (hc) LLD (hc) (1932–2003) – chairman, Canwest Global Communications
- Conrad Black – Lord Black of Crossharbour OC PC KCSG LLD (hc) (born 1944) – entrepreneur, publisher
- Willard Boyle (born 1924) – invented charge-coupled device
- Edgar Bronfman, Sr. (1929–2013) – head of Seagram's and long-time president of the World Jewish Congress
- Samuel Bronfman CC (1889–1971) – founder of Seagram's
- Robert Campeau (born 1923) – real-estate mogul
- Jack Kent Cooke (1912–1997) – owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Kings, Washington Redskins and the Chrysler Building
- James Alexander Cowan (1901–1978) – public relations consultant and founder of Stratford Shakespeare Festival
- Samuel Cunard Bt (1787–1865) – founder of Cunard Line
- William Davidson (1740–1790) – lumberman, shipbuilder, merchant
- Christine M. Day – former CEO of the Canadian clothing company Lululemon Athletica
- Michael DeGroote OC (born 1932) – businessman and philanthropist
- Paul Desmarais PC CC LLD (hc) (1927-2013) – Chairman, Power Corporation of Canada
- Craig Dobbin OC ScD (hc) LLD (hc) (1935–2006) – founder, chairman and CEO of CHC Helicopter Corporation
- James Hamet Dunn Bt (1874–1956) – financier, steel magnate
- Timothy Eaton (1834–1907) – founder of Eaton's department stores
- Bernie Ebbers LLD (hc) (born 1941) – former CEO of WorldCom
- Alfred Fuller (1885–1973) – Fuller Brush Company
- Arcadi Gaydamak (born 1952) – owner of Beitar Jerusalem
- Percy Girouard KSMG (1867–1932) – railway builder, governor
- Zabeen Hirji (born 1960) – Chief Human Resources Officer, Royal Bank of Canada
- Janet Holder – business executive, head of Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines
- Robin Ingle – CEO and Chairman of the Ingle Group of Companies
- K. C. Irving OC ONB (1899–1992) – industrialist
- F. Ross Johnson (born 1931) – former CEO of RJR Nabisco
- Ron Joyce CM DComm (hc) (born 1930) – original partner with Horton in Tim Hortons, primary builder of the chain
- Moez Kassam – hedge fund manager, founder of Anson Group
- Izaak Walton Killam (1885–1955) – major financier
- Guy Laliberté OC CQ (born 1959) – founder and owner of the Cirque du Soleil
- Cindy Lee – founder of T&T Supermarket[2]
- Michael Lee-Chin LLD (hc) (born 1951) – CEO of AIC Diversified Canada Split Corp. and the National Commercial Bank of Jamaica
- Li Ka-shing (born 1928) – Chairman of the Board of Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa
- Victor Li (born 1964) – deputy chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited
- Pete Luckett – owner of Pete's Frootique and host of The Food Hunter
- William Christopher Macdonald (1831–1917) – tobacco manufacturer, education philanthropist
- Terry Matthews KBE FIEE FREng (hc) (born 1943) – entrepreneur, chairman of Mitel and Wesley Clover
- Louis B. Mayer (1885–1957) – co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios
- Harrison McCain CC ONB (1927–2004) – New Brunswick potato magnate
- Colonel Samuel McLaughlin CC CD ED LLD (hc) (1871–1972) – Buick automobile manufacturer
- Simon McTavish (1750–1804) – fur trader
- Hartland Molson OC GOQ OBE DCL (hc) (1907–2002) – Senator, President of Molson Breweries
- John Molson (1763–1836) – founder of Molson Breweries
- Peter Munk OC LLD (hc) (born 1927) – founder of Barrick Gold
- Jim Pattison CM OBC (born 1928) – chairman, president, CEO, and owner of the Jim Pattison Group
- Pierre Péladeau CM OQ (1925–1997) – founder of Quebecor Inc.
- Pierre Karl Péladeau (born 1961) – President, CEO of Quebecor Inc., Québecor Média Inc. and Sun Media Corporation
- John Draper Perrin (1890-1967) – entrepreneur, financier, mining executive
- Richard Porritt OC LLD (hc) (1901–1985) – mining industry executive
- Jean Pouliot (1923–2004) – founder of CFCF et Télévision Quatre Saisons
- John Redpath (1796–1869) – canal builder, sugar refinery founder
- Paul Reichmann (born 1930) – developer of Canary Wharf
- Edward Samuel Rogers OC ScD (hc) (1933–2008) – president and CEO of Rogers Communications
- John Roth (born 1942) – former CEO of Nortel Networks
- Lino Saputo (born 1937) – founder of Saputo
- Isadore Sharp OC LLD (hc) DComm (hc) (born 1931) – founder of the Four Seasons Hotel chain
- E.D. Smith (1858–1943) – founder of E.D. Smith & Sons Ltd
- Levy Solomons (1730–1792) – merchant and fur trader
- John F. Stairs (1848–1904) – entrepreneur, statesman
- Frank Stronach CM (born 1932) – entrepreneur, founder of Magna International
- E. P. Taylor (1901–1989) – entrepreneur, thoroughbred horse breeder
- Nat Taylor – originator of Cineplex Entertainment
- Kenneth Thomson, Baron Thomson of Fleet (1923–2006)
- Roy Thomson, Baron Thomson of Fleet GBE DLitt (hc) DCL (hc) LLD (hc) DHL (hc) (1894–1976) – entrepreneur, publisher
- William Cornelius Van Horne KCMG (1843–1915) – constructed the Canadian Pacific Railway
- Jack L. Warner (1892–1978) – founder of Warner Bros. Studios
- Galen Weston OC OOnt (born 1940) – owner of Loblaws, Holt Renfrew, and Selfridges
- Chip Wilson (born 1956) – founder of Lululemon Athletica
- Bob Young – self-publishing website, owner of CFL Hamilton Tiger Cats
Criminals and suspects
- Marie-Joseph Angélique (1710–1734) – executed for setting the city of Montreal on fire
- Johnson Aziga (born 1956) – first person to be charged with first-degree murder in Canada for spreading HIV
- Paul Bernardo (born 1964) – murderer, rapist
- Richard Blass (1945–1975) – multiple murderer
- Edwin Alonzo Boyd (1914–2002) – bank robber
- Jacques Cossette-Trudel (born 1947) – FLQ terrorist
- Louise Cossette-Trudel (born 1947) – FLQ terrorist
- Evelyn Dick (born 1920) – convicted of infanticide; convicted and acquitted of having murdered her husband
- Larry Fisher (born 1949) – convicted of the murder for which David Milgaard (see "Wrongfully convicted", below) was originally convicted and subsequently exonerated
- Charles Guité (born c. 1943) – fraud
- Karla Homolka (born 1970) – murderer
- Bindy Johal (1971-1998) – Vancouver gangster
- Jacques Lanctôt (born 1945) – FLQ terrorist
- Yves Langlois (born 1947) FLQ terrorist
- Robert Latimer (born 1953) – convicted of second-degree murder
- Allan Legere (born 1948) – serial killer
- Marc Lépine (1964–1989) – mass murderer
- Bernard Lortie (born 1951) – FLQ terrorist
- Denis Lortie – murderer
- Grace Marks (born 1828) — convicted of murder in 1843
- Allan McLean (1855–1881) – son of Fort Kamloops Chief Trader and leader and eldest of the group known as the Wild McLean Boys, who went on a killing spree with his brothers and accomplice Alex Hare in the British Columbia Interior in 1876
- Paddy Mitchell – bank robber, leader of The Stopwatch Gang
- Clifford Olson (1940–2011) – serial child murderer
- Rocco Perri (1887 – c. 1944) – gangster, bootlegger
- Robert Pickton (born 1949) – serial murderer
- Inderjit Singh Reyat – terrorist
- Louis Riel (1844–1885) – executed for treason
- Lucien Rivard (c. 1915–2002) – narcotics smuggler
- Paul Rose (born 1943) – FLQ terrorist
- Frank "Dunie" Ryan (born 1942) – gangster
- Francis Simard (born 1946) – FLQ terrorist
- Slumach (died 1891) – Katzie man convicted and hung for the murder of Louis Bee, a Kanaka (Hawaiian) half-breed
- Cathy Smith (born 1948) – convicted of manslaughter in death of John Belushi
- Colin Thatcher (born 1938) – murderer
- Mark Twitchell (born 1979) – murderer
- Russell Williams (born 1963) – former RCAF military pilot and wing commander; convicted murderer, rank and decorations revoked upon conviction
Wrongfully convicted or lynched
- Robert Baltovich (born 1965) – wrongfully convicted of murder
- Donald Marshall, Jr. (1953–2009) – wrongfully convicted of murder
- David Milgaard (born 1952) – wrongfully convicted of murder
- Guy Paul Morin – wrongfully convicted of murder
- Louie Sam – wrongfully accused of murder and hanged by lynch mob in Whatcom County, Washington
- Steven Truscott (born 1945) – wrongfully convicted of murder
Educators
- J. Willis Ambrose (born c. 1911) – Queen's University professor
- Richard Lee Armstrong FRSC (1937–1991) – University of British Columbia professor, geochemist
- Stephen E. Calvert FRSC (born 1962) – University of British Columbia emeritus professor, geologist, oceanographer
- Petr Cerny ScD (hc) FRSC – University of Manitoba professor, mineralogist and crystallographer
- Henry C. Gunning ScD (hc) FRSC (1901–1991) – University of British Columbia professor, geologist
- Aleksis Dreimanis (born 1914) – University of Western Ontario emeritus professor, quaternary geologist
- James E. Gill (1901–1980) – McGill University professor, geologist
- James Edwin Hawley (1897–1965) – Queen's professor, geologist (Hawleyite)
- Frank Hawthorne OC FRSC (born 1946) – University of Manitoba professor, mineralogist and crystallographer
- Adelaide Hoodless (1858–1910) – education and women's activist
- Michael Ignatieff (born 1947) – University of Toronto, Harvard University, University of Oxford and University of Cambridge professor, political science
- Sue Johanson CM (born 1930) – sex educator
- Michael John Keen (1935–1991) – Dalhousie University professor, marine geoscientist
- Sean Kelly (born 1940) – Pratt Institute, NYC, Humanities & Media Studies, writer
- J. Ross Mackay OC FRSC (born 1915) – University of British Columbia professor, geologist
- Michael D. Mehta (born 1965) – Thompson Rivers University Dean and Professor, environmental sociologist
- Eric W. Mountjoy FRSC (born c. 1930) – McGill University professor, geologist
- Gerard V. Middleton FRSC (born 1931) – McMaster University professor, geologist
- Anthony J. Naldrett FRSC (born c. 1930) – University of Toronto emeritus professor, geologist
- William Richard Peltier ScD (hc) FRSC (born c. 1942) – University of Toronto professor, physicist
- Egerton Ryerson (1803–1882) – public education advocate
- Dora Sakayan – full professor, Department of German Studies, McGill University; Armenology, Contrastive Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Translation, Genocide Studies
- Colin Simpson (born c. 1965) – George Brown College, best-selling author
- Charles R. Stelck OC ScD (hc) FRSC (born 1917) – University of Alberta professor, petroleum geologist, paleontologist, stratigrapher
- David Strangway OC ScD (hc) FRSC (born c. 1935) – geophysicist and university administrator
- Thomas Symons CC OOnt (born c. 1929) – Founding President of Trent University, Professor of Canadian Studies
- Roger G. Walker FRSC – McMaster University emeritus professor
- William Winegard PC OC (born 1924) – educator, engineer, scientist and former Member of Parliament
Environmentalists
See Canadian environmentalists.
Fashion
- Jeanne Beker (born 1952) – reporter
- Dean and Dan Caten (born 1965) – renowned designers known as Dsquared, honoured on the Canadian Walk of Fame
- Keshia Chante (born 1988) – model and singer
- Steven Cojocaru (born 1962) (known as Cojo) – critic and correspondent on Entertainment Tonight
- Meghan Collison (born 1988) – model
- Taryn Davidson (born 1991) – model
- Linda Evangelista (born 1965) – model
- Shalom Harlow (born 1973) – model and actress
- Irina Lazareanu (born 1982) – model
- Jay Manuel (born 1972) – expert on America's Next Top Model and Canada's Next Top Model
- Heather Marks (born 1988) – model
- Kenneth G. Mills (1923–2004) – designer
- Andi Muise (born 1987) – model
- Peter Nygard (born 1943) – designer
- Lana Ogilvie – model
- Coco Rocha (born 1988) – model
- Monika Schnarre (born 1971) – model
- Jessica Stam (born 1986) – model
- Daria Werbowy (born 1983) – Polish-born Canadian model
- Alana Zimmer (born 1987) – model
Humanitarians
- Louise Arbour (born 1947) – former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda
- J. Esmonde Barry (1923–2007) – healthcare activist and political commentator in New Brunswick
- Norman Bethune – physician and medical innovator
- Richard Maurice Bucke FRSC (1837–1902) – psychiatrist, philosopher, early author on human development and human potentials
- Steve Fonyo OC Rescinded 2010 (born 1966) – retraced and completed Terry Fox's cross country cancer research fundraising marathon
- Terry Fox CC OD (1958–1981) – attempted one-legged cross country run for cancer research
- Grey Owl (1888–1938) (real name Archibald Stanfield Belaney) – conservationist who falsely presented himself as an Aboriginal person and worked to save the beavers of Saskatchewan and Manitoba
- Rick Hansen CC OBC LLD (hc) DLitt (hc) (born 1957) – paraplegic athlete who completed an around-the-world marathon for spinal cord injury research
- Stephen Lewis CC (born 1937) – AIDS activist, United Nations special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
- Harold A. Rogers OC OBE (1899–1994) – founder of Kin Canada
- Jean Vanier CC GOQ (born 1928) – activist for the mentally disabled, founder of L'Arche
Inventors
- Scott Abbott – co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
- Thomas Ahearn PC(1855–1938) – invented the electric cooking range and the electric car heater
- Anthony R. Barringer (born 1925) – holds 70 patents for mineral exploration technology
- Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995) – co-invented rodeo's side-delivery chute, invented reverse-opening side-delivery chute, hornless bronc saddle, one-hand bareback rigging and high-cut chaps
- Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922) – born in Scotland, invented the telephone in Canada and developed it in the United States
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907–1964) – invented the snowmobile
- Gerald Bull (1928–1990) – invented the G5 howitzer and the Iraqi supergun
- Thomas Carroll (1888–1868) – developed first self-propelled combine harvester[3]
- Herbert Henry Dow (1866–1930) – invented a method of bromine extraction known as the Dow process
- Mathew Evans – co-inventor of the first electric light bulb
- Charles Fenerty (c. 1821–1892) – inventor of the wood pulp process for making paper
- Reginald Fessenden (1866–1932) – radio inventor who made the first radio-transmitted audio transmission and the first two-way transatlantic radio transmission; also invented sonar and patented the first television system
- Sir Sandford Fleming KCMG DSc (hc) FRSC (1827–1915) – inventor of the system of Standard Time zones
- Wilbur R. Franks OBE (1901–1986) – invented the anti-black-out-suit (the G-suit)
- Abraham Pineo Gesner (1797–1864) – inventor of kerosene; known as the "father of the petroleum industry"
- James Gosling OC (born 1955) – invented Java computer language
- Chris Haney (1950–2010) – co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
- Sam Jacks (1915–1975) – inventor of ringette
- George Klein OC MBE LLD (hc) (1904–1992) – developed: electric wheelchairs, microsurgical staple gun, the ZEEP nuclear reactor, and the Canadarm
- Thomas Edvard Krogh ScD (hc) FRSC (born 1936) – developed technique of radiometric uranium-lead dating to further the precision of geochronology
- Hugh Le Caine (1914–1977) – invented the music synthesizer in 1945
- Cluny MacPherson (1879–1966) – invented the first general-issue gas mask used by the British Army in World War I
- Wilson Markle (born 1938) – invented film colorization process in 1983
- Elijah McCoy (1844–1929) – developed automatic machinery lubricator, lawn sprinkler, the "Real McCoy"
- James Naismith (1861–1939) – invented basketball
- P. L. Robertson (1879–1951) – invented the Robertson screw
- Henry Ruttan (1792-1871) – invented air-conditioned railway coach
- Thomas F. Ryan (1872–1971) – invented five-pin bowling
- Arthur Sicard (1876–1946) – invented the snowblower in 1925
- Simon Sunatori (born 1959) – engineer, inventor and entrepreneur; created the MagneScribe and the Magic Spicer
- Lewis Urry (1927–2004) – invented the long-lasting alkaline battery
- Harry Wasylyk (born 1925) – invented the disposable green polyethylene garbage bag in 1950
- Thomas Willson (1860–1915) – invented arc lamps and process for creating calcium carbide
- Henry Woodward – co-inventor of the first electric light bulb
Law
- Sandra Chapnik – Justice, Ontario Superior Court of Justice for the Toronto
Media
- Samantha Bee (born 1969) – senior correspondent for The Daily Show
- Stephen Brunt (born 1959) – lead sports columnist for The Globe and Mail since 1989
- Stevie Cameron (born 1943) – journalist, author
- Gordon Donaldson (1926–2001) – amateur historian
- Barbara Frum OC LLD (hc) (1937–1992) – CBC radio and television journalist
- Jian Ghomeshi (born 1967) – radio broadcaster
- Ken Hechtman – maverick journalist jailed by Afghanistan's Taliban government as a suspected United States spy in 2001
- Kenny Hotz (born 1973) – the only registered Canadian journalist to cover the Gulf War
- Mark Irwin CSC/ASC (born 1950) – Hollywood Director of Photography
- Peter Jennings CM (1938–2005) – ABC news anchor
- Jason Jones – senior correspondent for The Daily Show
- Firdaus Kharas (born 1955) – human rights activist, founder of Chocolate Moose Media
- Pat Kiernan (1968) – morning anchor of NY1 since 1997
- Michael Kesterton (born 1945) – The Globe and Mail columnist
- Neil Macdonald (born 1957) – CBC reporter
- Robert MacNeil (born 1931) – journalist, author, longtime co-anchor of The MacNeil/Lehrer Report on PBS
- Peter Mansbridge OC LLD (hc) (born 1948) – news anchor of CBC's The National
- Mosha Michael – Canada's first Inuk filmmaker
- Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray – editor and co-publisher of the Bridge River-Lillooet News
- Peter C. Newman CC CD LLD (hc) (born 1929) – eminent journalist and writer
- Sydney Newman OC (1917–1997) – supervisor of drama at the CBC, head of drama at the BBC, creator of the Doctor Who television series, chairman of the NFB
- Steve Paikin (born 1960) – journalist, film producer and author, best known for hosting TVOntario's Studio 2
- Pete Parker (1895–1991) – made the first ever broadcast of a professional hockey game
- John Roberts (born 1956) – Fox News Channel reporter, previously a CNN reporter and host of The New Music on MuchMusic
- Lloyd Robertson OC LLD (hc) (born 1934) – chief anchor and senior editor for CTV National News
- Morley Safer (born 1931) – investigative journalist for CBS News and 60 Minutes
- George Stroumboulopoulos (born 1972) – television journalist
- Peter Trueman OC (born 1934) – original newsman on Global TV
- Jan Wong (born 1952) – journalist
Medical
- Maria Louisa Angwin (1849–1898) – first woman licensed to practice medicine in Nova Scotia
- Elizabeth Bagshaw CM (1881–1982) – physician and birth control activist
- Frederick Banting KBE MC LLD (hc) ScD (hc) FRSC (1891–1941) – Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of insulin
- John Cameron Bell (born 1953) – pioneer of oncolytic virus therapies for cancer
- Norman Bethune (1890–1939) – surgeon, inventor, socialist, battlefield doctor in Spain and China
- Wilfred Bigelow OC LLD (hc) FRSC (1913–2005) – inventor of the first artificial pacemaker
- Basil Boulton (1938-2008) – pediatrician and child health advocate
- John Callaghan OC AOE (1923–2004) – pioneer of open-heart surgery
- John Dick FRSC (born 1957) – credited with discovery of cancer stem cell
- Tommy Douglas PC CC SOM LLD (hc) (1904–1986) – introduced publicly funded health care in Canada; commonly known as the "father of Medicare"
- Carl Goresky OC (1932–1996) – physician and scientist
- David H. Hubel (1926-2013) – Nobel Prize winner in medicine for mapping the visual cortex
- Harold E. Johns OC (1915–1998) – medical physicist, noted for his extensive contributions to the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancer
- Doreen Kimura (1933-2013) – behavioural psychologist, world expert on sex differences in the brain
- Jeanne Mance (1606–1673) – established the first hospital in North America – the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal – in 1644
- Ernest McCulloch CM OOnt FRSC FRS (1926-2011) – cellular biologist credited with the discovery of stem cell with James Till
- Henry Morgentaler CM LLD (hc) (1923-2013) – abortionist who helped legalize abortion in Canada and strengthen the power of jury nullification
- William Osler Bt (1849–1919) – physician, called the "father of modern medicine"; wrote Principles and Practice of Medicine
- Daniel David Palmer (1845–1913) – founded the chiropractic profession
- Edgar Randolph Parker (1871–1951) (known as "Painless" Parker) – flamboyant dentist
- Wilder Penfield OM CC CMG FRS (1891–1976) – neurosurgeon, discovered electrical stimulation of the brain
- David Sackett CC FRSC (born 1934) – founded the first department of clinical epidemiology in Canada at McMaster University
- James Till OC OOnt FRSC FRS (born 1931) – biophysicist, credited for the discovery of stem cell with Ernest McCulloch
- A. Ross Tilley (1904–1988) MD FRCS(C) OBE OC – plastic surgeon
- Irene Ayako Uchida OC (1917-2013) – cytogenticist, Down Syndrome researcher
Military figures
Further information: List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients
- General Maurice Baril OMM CD (born 1943) – Military Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General, head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations, and Chief of the Defence Staff
- Gustave Biéler DSO MBE (1904–1944) – Special Operations Executive agent, executed by the Nazis
- Air Commodore Leonard Birchall CM OBE DFC OOnt CD DMSc (hc) LLD (hc) (1915–2004) – war hero
- Air Marshall Billy Bishop VC CB DSO* MC DFC ED (1894–1956) (commonly known as Billy Bishop) –World War I flying ace
- Brigadier-General Jean Boyle CMM CD (born 1947) – fighter pilot, and businessman
- Major General Sir Isaac Brock KB (1769–1812) – War of 1812 general
- Captain Roy Brown DSC* RNAS (1893–1944) – World War I fighter pilot officially credited with shooting down the Red Baron
- Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave DSO* (1890–1971) – Canadian signatory to the Japanese Instrument of Surrender
- General Harry Crerar CH CB DSO CD PC (1888–1965) – "leading field commander" in World War II
- Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie KCB GCMG (1875–1933) – first Canadian commander of the Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire OC CMM GOQ MSC CD LLD (hc) ScDHum (hc) DHL (hc) (born 1946) – UN peacekeeping General, attempted to prevent the Rwandan Genocide
- Guy D'Artois DSO GM (1917–1999) – SOE agent, recipient of the Croix de Guerre
- General John de Chastelain CH OC CMM CD LLD (hc) ScDMil (hc) FLMH (born 1937) – head of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning
- Peter Dmytruk (1920–1943) – WWII Flight Sergeant and member of the French Resistance
- Brigadier-General Dury, Charles PC OC QC CBE DSO (1912–1991) – soldier, businessman, and politician
- John Weir Foote VC CD (1904–1988) – military chaplain, Ontario cabinet minister, and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Captain Nichola Goddard MSM (1980–2006) – first female Canadian soldier killed in combat
- William Hall VC (1827–1904) – first Nova Scotian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Kenneth Macalister (1914–1944) – SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
- Vice-Admiral Bruce MacLean CMM, CD – Chief of the Maritime Staff from 2004 to 2006
- Captain Simon Mailloux (born 1983) – first Canadian soldier with an amputation to deploy on a combat mission; recipient of the Sacrifice Medal
- Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae (1872–1918) – soldier, poet, author of In Flanders' Fields
- Alan Arnett McLeod VC (1899–1918) – fighter pilot, youngest Canadian-born winner of the Victoria Cross
- General Andrew McNaughton CH CB CMG DSO CD PC (1887–1966) – Co-Minister of Defence during World War II
- Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Meighen (1905–1979) – lawyer and philanthropist
- Lieutenant Colonel Charles Merritt VC (1908–2000) – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Major General Sydney Chilton Mewburn PC (1863–1956) – lawyer and politician, Minister of Militia and Defence
- Rear Admiral Leonard W. Murray (1896–1971) – Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Northwest Atlantic during World War II
- Henry Norwest MM & Bar (1884–1918) – sniper in World War I
- Lieutenant-Colonel George Pearkes VC PC CC CB DSO MC CD (1888–1984) – recipient of the Victoria Cross, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
- Francis Pegahmagabow MM** (1891–1952) – the most highly decorated aboriginal Canadian soldier of World War I
- Frank Pickersgill (1915–1944) – SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
- Rear Admiral Desmond Piers CM DSC CD ScDMil (hc) (1913–2005) – war hero
- George Lawrence Price (1898–1918) – last soldier killed in World War I
- Tommy Prince MM (1915–1977) – one of Canada's most decorated soldiers, member of the Devil's Brigade
- James Ralston PC (1881–1948) – Co-Minister of Defence during World War II
- Thomas Ricketts VC (1901–1967) – recipient of the Victoria Cross (Newfoundlander at the time of his award)
- Harold A. Rogers OC OBE (1889–1994) – founder of Kin Canada
- Roméo Sabourin (1923–1944) – SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
- General Guy Simonds CC CB CBE DSO CD (1903–1974) – commandee of the II Canadian Corps
- Ernest Smith (1914–2005) – VC, CM, OBC, CD, Seaforth Highlander Private/ Sergeant, the last living Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, awarded for gallantry in actions at the River Savio, Northern Italy 1944
- Sam Steele CB KCMG MVO (1851–1919) – member of the North-West Mounted Police, commander of Yukon detachment
- William Stephenson CC MC DFC (1897–1989) (codename: Intrepid) – senior representative of British intelligence for the Western Hemisphere in World War II
- Lieutenant-General Kenneth Stuart CB DSO MC (1891–1945) – Chief of the General Staff 1941–1943, educator
- Rear Admiral Robert Timbrell CMM DSC CD (1920–2006) – first Canadian to be decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross
- General Christopher Vokes CB CBE DSO CD (1904–1985) – General Officer commanding the Canadian Army Occupation Force in Europe
- Brigadier Sir Edward Oliver Wheeler (1890–1962) – Corps of Royal Engineers surveyor
- General Ramsey Muir Withers CMM CD LLD (hc) (born 1930) – Chief of the Defense Staff
- Sir James Lucas Yeo (1782–1818) – commander of Royal Navy forces in Canada during the War of 1812
Monarchs and Canadian Royal Family
Main articles:
Magicians
- Doug Henning (1947–2000) – credited with reviving the magic show in North America
- Leon Mandrake (1911–1993) – Mandrake the Great; and his sons Lon and Ron, born in 1948 and 1949, respectively
- James Randi (born 1928) – magician, writer, skeptical investigator of paranormal and pseudo-scientific claims, founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation
- Dai Vernon (1894–1992) – magician, known as "the man who fooled Houdini"
Politicians
Further information: List of Prime Ministers of Canada, Members of the Canadian House of Commons and List of Canadian senators
- Lloyd Axworthy PC OC OM (born 1939) – former Cabinet minister
- Thomas Bain (1834–1915) – former Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
- Robert Baldwin (1804–1858)
- Maude Barlow LLD (hc) DHL (hc) (born 1947) – activist, Chairperson of the Council of Canadians
- Perrin Beatty PC (born 1950) – former cabinet minister, president of CBC
- Monique Bégin PC OC ScD (hc) FRSC (born 1936) – former cabinet minister
- Thomas R. Berger OC OBC (born 1933) – Jurist
- Ethel Blondin-Andrew PC (born 1951) – former Cabinet minister
- Henri Bourassa (1868–1952) – Quebec politician
- Pierre Bourgault (1934–2003) – President of Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale
- Ed Broadbent PC CC (born 1936) – former New Democratic Party leader
- George Brown (1818–1880)
- Rosemary Brown PC CC OBC LLD (hc) (1930–2003)
- Tim Buck (1891–1973) – leader of the Canadian Communist Party
- George-Étienne Cartier Bt KSMG PC (1814–1873) – Cabinet minister
- Brock Chisholm CC MC* LLD (hc) (1896–1971) – first Director-General of the World Health Organization
- Joe Clark – 16th Prime Minister of Canada, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1976 to 1983, and again from 1998 to 2003
- Sheila Copps PC (born 1952)
- Victor Copps (1919–1988) – Mayor of Hamilton
- Ted Cruz (1970-) – US Senator from Texas and Candidate for Republican Nominee for President in 2016 election
- John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, Earl of Durham GCB PC (1792–1840)
- Ellen Fairclough PC CC OOnt (1905–2004) – first female member of the Canadian Cabinet
- The Famous Five – 1920s women's rights activists
- Jennifer Granholm (born 1959) – first female Governor of Michigan
- Gurmant Grewal (born 1957) – the "Ironman of Canadian Parliament"
- Nina Grewal (born 1958) – first South Asian and Sikh woman elected to Parliament; with her husband Gurmant, the Grewals are the first married couple to concurrently serve in Canadian Parliament
- C. D. Howe PC (1886–1960) – Cabinet minister
- Joseph Howe PC (1804–1873) – "father of Confederation"
- Stan Keyes PC (born 1953)
- Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bt (1807–1864) – co-premier of the United Province of Canada
- Franklin K. Lane – 1910s United States Secretary of the Interior (1913–1920)
- Jack Layton PC (1950–2011) – leader of the New Democratic Party
- William Lyon Mackenzie (1795–1861) – Mayor of Toronto
- Allan MacNab Bt (1798–1862) – Prime Minister of Upper Canada
- Thomas D'Arcy McGee PC (1825–1868)
- Agnes Macphail (1890–1954) – first female Member of Parliament
- Beverley McLachlin PC LLD (hc) (born 1943) – Chief Justice of Canada
- James McMillan (1838–1902) – US Senator for Michigan
- John Munro PC (1931–2003)
- Papineau (1786–1871) – reformer and 1837 rebellion leader
- Allan Studholme (1846–1919)
- Nathan Eldon Tanner (1898–1982)
Provincial premiers
- Main articles:
- List of premiers of Alberta
- List of premiers of British Columbia
- List of premiers of Manitoba
- List of premiers of New Brunswick
- List of premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador
- List of premiers of Nova Scotia
- List of premiers of Ontario
- List of premiers of Prince Edward Island
- List of premiers of Quebec
- List of premiers of Saskatchewan
Territorial premiers
- Main articles:
First Nations leaders
See also: Aboriginal Canadian personalities
Aatsista-Mahkan, taken by Edward Curtis
- Shawn Atleo
- William Beynon
- Big Bear (1825–1888) – Cree leader
- Joseph Brant (1742–1807) – Mohawk leader
- Mary Brant (1736–1796) – leader of Six Nations women's federation
- Frank Calder – Nisga'a
- Joe Capilano – Squamish
- Arthur Wellington Clah
- Heber Clifton
- Cumshewa – 18th-century Haida chief at the inlet now bearing his name
- Harley Desjarlais
- Alfred Dudoward
- Dan George – Tsleil-Waututh (Burrard)
- Joseph Gosnell – Nisga'a
- Simon Gunanoot – Gitxsan
- Guujaaw – modern-day Haida leader
- Elijah Harper – Cree
- Chief Hunter Jack (died 1905) – St'at'imc
- Mary John, Sr.
- August Jack Khatsahlano – Squamish
- Klattasine – Tsilhqot'in war chief, surrendered on terms of amnesty in times of war, hanged for murder
- Koyah – 18th-century chief of the Haida
- George Manuel
- Maquinna – 18th-century Nuu-chah-nulth chief (Yuquot/Mowachaht)
- Harriet Nahanee – Squamish and Nuu-chah-nulth (Pacheedaht)
- Nicola (1780/1785 — c. 1865) – Grand chief of the Okanagan people, and jointly chief of the Nlaka'pamux-Okanagan-Nicola Athapaskan alliance in the Nicola Valley and of the Kamloops group of the Secwepemc
- Andy Paull – Squamish
- Stewart Phillip
- Piapot (c. 1816–1908) – Cree chief
- Steven Point – modern Sto:lo leader, current Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
- Louis Riel (1844–1885) – leader of two Métis rebellions before being hung for treason
- James Sewid – Kwakwaka'wakw
- Tecumseh (1768–1813) – Shawnee leader
- Alec Thomas
- Wickanninish – 19th-century Nuu-chah-nulth chief (Opitsaht/Tla-o-qui-aht)
- Walter Wright
Religious figures
Martyrs
- St. Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620–1700) – first Canadian saint
- St. Noël Chabanel (1613–1649) – Jesuit missionary
- St. Anthony Daniel (1601–1648) – Jesuit missionary
- St. Jean de Brébeuf (1539–1649) – Jesuit missionary
- St. Jean de Lalande – Jesuit missionary
- St. Saint Charles Garnier (1606–1649) – Jesuit missionary
- St. René Goupil (1608–1642) – first North American martyr of the Roman Catholic Church
- St. Isaacs Jogues (1607–1646) – Jesuit missionary
- St. Gabriel Lallemant (1610–1649) – Jesuit missionary
Religious community leaders
- Alexis André (1832–1893) – Catholic missionary priest, spiritual advisor to Louis Riel
- Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic (1930-2011) – Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto
- André Besette (1845–1937) – Holy Cross Brother known as the "Miracle Man of Montreal"
- Linda Bond (born 1946) – General of The Salvation Army, 2011–present
- Arnold Brown (1913–2002) – General of The Salvation Army, 1977–81
- Hugh B. Brown (1883–1975) – Latter-day Saint apostle
- Ranj Dhaliwal (born 1976) – Sikh, writer, activist and co-founder of the Sikh Youth orthodox political party in Surrey, British Columbia
- Lionel Groulx (1878–1967) – Roman Catholic priest, historian, nationalist, and traditionalist
- Albert Lacombe (1827–1916) – Roman Catholic missionary
- Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger (1904–1991) – Catholic clergyman and humanitarian
- Merlin Lybbert (1926–2001) – general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- David Mainse (born 1936) – broadcaster, founder of 100 Huntley Street and CITS-TV
- Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944) – founder of the Foursquare Church
- William D. Morrow – General Superintendent of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
- Bishop Michael Power (1804–1847) – Roman Catholic Bishop of Toronto
- Alexandre-Antonin Taché (1823–1894) – Roman Catholic priest, missionary of the Oblate order
- Nathan Eldon Tanner (1898–1982) – Latter-day Saint apostle
- John Taylor (1808–1887) – president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Kateri Tekakwitha (1656–1680) – "The Lily of the Mohawks", first Native American canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church
- Rúhíyyih Khanum (1910-2000) – wife of Shoghi Effendi, the head of the Bahá'í Faith until 1957; she was appointed as a Hand of the Cause; in 2004, CBC viewers voted her number 44 on the list of "greatest Canadians" on the television show The Greatest Canadian[4]
- Bramwell Tillsley (born 1931) – General of The Salvation Army, 1993–94
- Clarence Wiseman (1907–1985) – General of The Salvation Army, 1974–77
Religious cult figures
- Roch Thériault (1947–2011) – cult leader
- Brother XII (1878–1934) – cult leader
Scholars
- Louise Arbour (born 1947) – jurist
- Timothy Brook – professor, historian and writer
- Jack Chambers (born 1938) – linguist
- Thomas H. Clark (1893–1996) – McGill geology professor, namesake of Thomasclarkite
- Gerald Cohen (1941–2009) – Oxford Philosopher
- Northrop Frye (1912–1991) – influential critic, Shakespeare and Blake scholar
- John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006) – economist
- George Grant (1918–1988) – philosopher
- John Peters Humphrey (1905–1995) – legal scholar, principal drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Harold Innis (1894–1952) – political economist; author of seminal works on Canadian economic history, media and communications
- Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) – communications theorist, coined phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village"
- Steven Pinker (born 1954) – psychologist, cognitive scientist, writer of popular science
- John Ralston Saul (born 1947) – businessman, essayist, diplomat
- F. R. Scott (1899–1985) – law professor, philosopher, poet
- Guy Sylvestre (born 1918) – literary critic
- David Sztybel (born 1967) – philosopher
- Charles Taylor (born 1931) – philosopher
Scientists
- Sidney Altman (born 1939) – molecular biologist, winner of Nobel Prize in chemistry
- Albert Bandura (born 1921) – psychologist
- Robert Bell FRSC (1841–1917) – geologist
- Walter A. Bell (1889–1969) – geologist, paleontologist
- Selwyn G. Blaylock ScD (hc) (1879–1945) – chemist and mining executive
- Stewart Blusson OC (born 1939) – geologist, diamond prospector, multimillionaire and philanthropist
- Willard Boyle (born 1924) – inventor of the charge coupled device, winner of nobel prize in physics
- Bertram Brockhouse CC FRSC (1918–2003) – designer of the Triple-Axis Neutron Spectrometer, winner of Nobel Prize for Physics
- Georges Brossard CM CQ ScD (hc) (born 1940) – entomologist, television personality and founder of the Montreal Insectarium
- Moira Brown – North Atlantic Right Whale researcher and conservationist
- John J. Clague FRSC (born 1946) – authority in quaternary and environmental earth sciences
- Philip J. Currie – palaeontologist
- John William Dawson CMG FRS FRSC (1820–1899) – first Canadian-born scientist of worldwide reputation
- Duncan R. Derry LLD (hc) (1906–1987) – economic geologist
- Robert John Wilson Douglas FRSC (1920–1979) – petroleum geologist
- John Charles Fields FRS FRSC (1863–1932) – mathematician and founder of the Fields Medal
- J. Keith Fraser (born 1922) – geographer
- Hu Gabrielse – geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada
- William Giauque (born 1949) – Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
- Gerhard Herzberg PC CC ScD (hc) LLD (hc) FRSC FRS (1904–1999) – Nobel Prize winner in chemistry for molecular spectroscopy
- James Hillier OC (1915–2007) – inventor of the electron microscope
- Paul F. Hoffman OC FRSC (born 1941) – geologist noted for research into Snowball Earth events
- Edward Irving CM ScD (hc) FRSC FRS (born 1927) – provided the first physical evidence of continental drift
- Victor Ling CC (1944–) – medicine, drug resistance in cancer
- Sir William Edmond Logan FRS (1798–1875) – founded the Geological Survey of Canada
- John Macoun (1831–1920) – botanist
- Tak Wah Mak (born 1946) – immunologist who discovered the T-cell receptor
- Claude Hillaire-Marcel FRSC (born 1944) – world leader in quaternary research
- Rudolph A. Marcus (born 1923) – Nobel Prize in chemistry recipient for electron transfer reactions
- Jerrold E. Marsden (1942-2010) – applied mathematician, founder of the Fields Institute
- Ernest McCulloch CC FRSC FRS (born 1926) – cellular biologist who, with James Till, demonstrated the existence of stem cells
- Maud Menten (1879–1960) – medical scientist, made groundbreaking work in enzyme kinetics
- John Charles Polanyi PC CC FRSC FRS (born 1929) – Nobel Prize in chemistry recipient for infrared chemiluminescence
- Raymond A. Price OC ScD (hc) FRSC (born 1933) – geologist
- Hubert Reeves CC OQ (born 1932) – astrophysicist and science popularizer
- Henry de Puyjalon (born 1841) – biologist and ecologist
- Donald F. Sangster LLD (hc) ScD (hc) FRSC – geologist
- Charles E. Saunders (1867–1937) – agronomist
- Arthur Schawlow (1921–1999) – Nobel Prize winner in physics (for lasers)
- David Schindler OC (born 1940) – limnologist
- Myron Scholes (born 1941) – Nobel Prize winner in economics
- Hans Selye CC (1907–1982) – pioneering stress researcher
- Michael Smith CC OBE (1932–2000) – Nobel Prize winner in chemistry for site-based mutagenesis
- Ralph M. Steinman (1943-2011) – Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity
- Peter A Stewart (1921–1993) – physiologist, quantitative acid-base physiology
- Richard Summerbell (born 1956) – mycologist
- David Suzuki CC OBC LLD (hc) ScD (hc) ScDEnv (hc) ScDComm (hc) DHL (hc) (born 1936) – geneticist and science popularizer
- Henry Taube FRSC (1915–2005) – Nobel Prize in chemistry for electron transfer reactions
- Richard Taylor CC FRSC FRS (born 1929) – Nobel Prize in physics recipient for verifying the quark theory
- James Till CC FRS (born 1931) – biophysicist who, with Ernest McCulloch, demonstrated the existence of stem cells
- Joseph Tyrrell (1858–1957) – geologist, cartographer, discoverer of dinosaur bones in Alberta
- William Vickrey (1914–1996) – Nobel Prize winner in economics
- Harold Williams FRSC (born 1934) – geologist, expert on the Appalachian Mountains
- John Tuzo Wilson CC OBE ScD (hc) FRSC FRS FRSE (1908–1993) – geophysicist, expert in plate tectonics
Viceroys
- Main articles:
- List of Governors General of Canada
- List of Lieutenant Governors of Alberta
- List of Lieutenant Governors of British Columbia
- List of Lieutenant Governors of Manitoba
- List of Lieutenant-Governors of New Brunswick
- List of Lieutenant Governors of Newfoundland and Labrador
- List of Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia
- List of Lieutenant Governors of Ontario
- List of Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island
- List of Lieutenant-Governors of Quebec
- List of Lieutenant Governors of Saskatchewan
Writers
Main article: List of Canadian writers
Other personalities
- Janis Babson (1950–1961) – organ donor, subject of two books
- Antonio Barichievich (1925–2003) (known as The Great Antonio) –strongman, showman, and eccentric
- Grant Bristow (born 1958) – CSIS undercover agent who started the Heritage Front, planted as political operative within Reform Party
- René Lepage de Sainte-Claire (1656–1718) – lord-founder of Rimouski, Quebec
- Donnelly family (known as the Black Donnellys) –the participants and/or victims of a vicious community feud
- Josiah Henson (1789–1883) – former slave, believed to be the inspiration for Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Marc Karam (born 1980) – professional poker player
- Anna Ruth Lang CV – recipient of the Cross of Valour
- Sunny Leone (born 1981) – Canadian and Indian pornographic actress; Bollywood actress
- Bat Masterson (1853–1921) – gunfighter, fight promoter, sports journalist
- Charles Vance Millar (1853–1926) – lawyer, financier, and posthumous practical joker
- Sorel Mizzi (born 1986) – professional poker player
- John Wilson Murray (1840–1906) – Canada's first major detective
- Daniel Negreanu (born 1974) – professional poker player
- Ariel Rebel (born 1985) – French softcore pornographic model, currently living in Quebec
- Sue Rodriguez (1950–1994) – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) sufferer and right to die advocate
- Alexander Milton Ross (1832–1897) (known as The Birdman) – pre-American Civil War abolitionist and participant in the Underground Railroad
- Craig Russell (1948-1990) – female impersonator and actor
- Laura Secord (1775–1868) – heroine of the War of 1812, warned the British of a surprise American attack at Battle of Beaver Dams
- Joshua Slocum (1844–1909) – first man to sail around the world solo
- Margaret Trudeau (1948) – former wife of Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Fictional
- Amuro Ray – main character in the mecha anime Mobile Suit Gundam and varying roles in subsequent sequels
- Ike Broflovski – character on South Park
- Tom Evans (known as Captain Canuck) – cartoon character
- Benton Fraser – Mountie on the 90s television show Due South
- James Howlett (aka "Logan", aka "Wolverine") – member of the X-Men
- Justin Jones from Justin Time
- Rodney McKay – character on Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis
- Darren Oak (known as Captain Canuck) – cartoon character
- Trevor Philips – one of the three protagonists of Grand Theft Auto V
- Scott Pilgrim – from the graphic novel series of the same name
- Sergeant William Preston – heroic Mountie of radio and TV series from the 1950s
- Peter Puck – Hockey Night in Canada symbol from the 1970s
- Robin Scherbatsky – supporting character on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother
- Terrance and Phillip – characters on South Park
- Dave Semple (known as Captain Canuck) – cartoon character
- Anne Shirley – known as Anne of Green Gables
- Wade Wilson (aka "Deadpool") – comic book anti-hero
Other
- National
- Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada)
- List of Companions of the Order of Canada
- List of inductees of Canada's Walk of Fame
- The Greatest Canadian
- Groupings and articles of relevance
Main article: Ethnic origins of people in Canada
- Asian Canadians
- Black Canadians
- European Canadians
- List of Canadian Jews
- List of Canadians by net worth
- Lists by city
List of people from Canada by city
- Lists by province/territory
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References
- ↑ Fulton, Gordon W. (2005). "David Ewart". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XV (1921–1930) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ↑ Werb, Jessica (November 4, 2009). "Cindy Lee". BC Business. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ↑ "Carroll, Thomas (Tom) (1888–1968)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ↑ "The Greatest Canadian - Top 100 - 11 to 100". CBC. 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
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