Lists of Canadians

Canadians are people who are identified with Canada through residential, legal, historical, or cultural means. This list groups people by their area of notability.

==Architects== * Hans Blumenfeld OC (1892–1988) – architect and city planner * Joan Burt (1930–2021) – architect * Douglas Cardinal OC RAIC (born 1934) – architect of Canadian Museum of Civilization * Mary Clark (born 1936) – architect and transportation planner * Ernest Cormier OC RAIC (1885–1980) – architect of Supreme Court of Canada building * A. J. Diamond OC RAIC (1934–2022) – architect of Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts * Margaret Synge Dryer (1921–1963) – architect * 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<ref>{{cite DCB |first=Gordon W. |last=Fulton |title=David Ewart |volume=15 |url=https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/ewart_david_15E.html}}</ref> * Étienne Gaboury RAIC OAA (1930–2022) – 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 (1929–2025) – 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 (1939–2017) – architect of Pointe-à-Callière Museum and Montreal Archival Centre * Gregory Henriquez FRAIC OAA AIA (born 1963) RAIC – architect of the Woodward's Building, TELUS Garden, and redevelopment of Honest Ed's location * Stephen Irwin RAIC RIBA OAA (1939–2019) – 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 (1929–2023) – architect of the Ontario Science Centre, Ottawa City Hall, and Canadian War Museum * Samuel Oghale Oboh FAIA, FRAIC, Architect, AAA (born 1971) – 2015 president of the RAIC – architect of the International Law Enforcement Academy Botswana and the Botswana Police College; Lead Architect of the Alberta Legislature Centre Redevelopment Master Plan * John Ostell (1813–1892) – architect of the McGill University Arts Building, and the Montreal Custom House * Joseph Perrault (1866–1923) – architect of Centre d'histoire de Montréal * 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 (Baháʼí) * Henry Sears {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|FRAIC}} (1929–2003) – Massey medal-winning architect, urban and gallery planner * Brigitte Shim (born 1958) – Order of Canada for architecture, and Integral House * Bing Thom CM FRAIC AIBC (1940–2016) – architect of Central City Centre * Ronald Thom FRAIC AIBC (1923–1986) – architect of Massey College, the Shaw Theatre, and Trent University * Douglas A. Webber (1901–1971) – architect of several buildings in Nova Scotia

==Artists== {{see also|List of Canadian women artists}}

===Actors=== {{main|List of Canadian actors|Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood}}

===Animators=== * Ryan Larkin (1943–2007) – nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film, ''Walking'', 1969

===Broadcasters=== {{main|List of Canadian television personalities|List of Canadian radio personalities}}

===Comedians=== {{main|List of Canadian comedians|List of Canadian stand-up comedians}}

===Musicians=== {{Main|List of Canadian musicians|List of bands from Canada}}

===Photographers=== * Ivaan Kotulsky (1944–2008)

===Visual arts=== {{Main|List of Canadian artists|List of Canadian painters|List of Canadian women photographers}}

====Cartoonists==== * Michael de Adder (born 1967) – editorial cartoonist and caricaturist * Danny Antonucci (born 1957) – creator of ''Ed Edd n Eddy'' * Kate Beaton (born 1983) – 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 * Sean Martin (1950–2020) – creator of the print and webcomic "Doc and Raider" * 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 ''Saga'' * Paul Szep (born 1941) – editorial cartoonist for the ''Boston Globe'' 1967–2001 * Ben Wicks CM (1926–2000) – illustrator, comic strip cartoonist, and humanitarian

==Astronauts== [[File:Roberta Bondar NASA.jpg|thumb|Roberta Bondar]] * Roberta Bondar OC OOnt ScD (''hc'') FRCP(C) FRSC (born 1945) – first Canadian woman in space * Marc Garneau CC CD ScD (''hc'') (1949–2025) – 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 * Jeremy Hansen (born 1976), flew around the Moon on the 2026 Artemis II mission, first non-American to fly above low Earth orbit and to the Moon's vicinity * Steven MacLean ScD (''hc'') (born 1954) * Julie Payette CQ FMC (born 1963) * David Saint-Jacques (born 1970), B.Eng., Ph.D., M.D. * Robert Thirsk (born 1953) – holds Canadian record for longest time spent in space (204 days) * Bjarni Tryggvason ScD (''hc'') (1945–2022)

==Athletes== {{Main|List of Canadian sports personalities|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 (born 1969) – 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 (1932–2003) – chairman, Canwest Global Communications * Meghan Athavale – entrepreneur and visual artist * Jeannine Bailliu – economist, policy advisor at the Bank of Canada * Keenan Beavis (born 1995) – entrepreneur and investor, founder of Longhouse * Conrad Black (born 1944) – Lord Black of Crossharbour KCSG LLD (''hc'') (born 1944) – entrepreneur, publisher * Willard Boyle (1924–2011) – invented charge-coupled device * Sophie Brochu (born 1963) – economist and businesswoman, president and CEO of Gaz Métro/Énergir and Hydro-Québec * 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 (1923–2017) – 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 (born 1962) – former CEO of the Canadian clothing company Lululemon Athletica * Michael DeGroote OC (1932–2022) – businessman and philanthropist * Paul Desmarais PC CC (1927–2013) – chairman, Power Corporation of Canada [[File:TimothyeatonstatueCommons.jpg|thumb|Timothy Eaton]] * Craig Dobbin OC (1935–2006) – founder, chairman and CEO of CHC Helicopter Corporation * Denzil Doyle (born 1932/1933) – founding president of Digital Equipment Corporation's Canadian subsidiary * James Hamet Dunn Bt (1874–1956) – financier, steel magnate * Timothy Eaton (1834–1907) – founder of Eaton's department stores * Bernie Ebbers (1941–2020) – former CEO of WorldCom * Sam Feldman {{post-nominals|post-noms=OBC}} (born 1949) – music executive * Alfred Fuller (1885–1973) – Fuller Brush Company * Arcadi Gaydamak (born 1952) – owner of Beitar Jerusalem * Percy Girouard KSMG (1867–1932) – railway builder, governor * Angèle Grenier – maple syrup producer known for her legal battles with the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers * Elliot Grove, founder of Raindance Film Festival, British Independent Film Awards and the Independent Film Trust * Charles Guillimin (1676–1739) – shipbuilder, merchant and moneylender * Zabeen Hirji (born 1960) – speaker, writer, former Chief Human Resources Officer, Royal Bank of Canada * Janet Holder – business executive, head of Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines * K. C. Irving OC ONB (1899–1992) – industrialist * Suresh Joachim (born 1968) – co-founder of WBBAS, No Poverty No Disease No War, World Peace Marathon, and Suresh Joachim International Group of Companies * F. Ross Johnson (1931–2016) – former CEO of RJR Nabisco * Ron Joyce CM (1930–2019) – original partner with Horton in Tim Hortons, primary builder of the chain * Moez Kassam (born 1980) – hedge fund manager, founder of Anson Group * Izaak Walton Killam (1885–1955) – major financier * James L. Kraft (1874–1953) – entrepreneur and inventor, founder of L. Kraft & Bros. Company, which later became Kraft Foods Inc * Richard L'Abbé OC (born 1956 or 1957) – co-founder and former CEO of Med-Eng Systems Inc, a company specializing in bomb disposal suits and helmets * Guy Laliberté OC CQ (born 1959) – founder and owner of the Cirque du Soleil * Bernard Lamarre (1931–2016) – chairman & C.E.O., Lavalin Group, 1972–1991; senior advisor, SNC-Lavalin Inc., 1991–2016 * Cindy Lee – founder of T & T Supermarket<ref>{{cite news|last=Werb|first=Jessica|title=Cindy Lee|url=http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/bcb/top-stories/2009/11/04/cindy-lee|access-date=25 May 2012|newspaper=BC Business|date=November 4, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321203337/http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/bcb/top-stories/2009/11/04/cindy-lee|archive-date=21 March 2012}}</ref> * 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 * William Secondo Lombardo (1930–2009) – owner of Lombardo Construction and CEO of Peerless-Cascade Plastics * Pete Luckett (born 1953) – owner of Pete's Frootique and host of ''The Food Hunter'' * William Christopher Macdonald (1831–1917) – tobacco manufacturer, education philanthropist * Terry Matthews OC FREng (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 (1871–1972) – Buick automobile manufacturer * Simon McTavish (1750–1804) – fur trader * Hartland Molson OC GOQ OBE (1907–2002) – senator, president of Molson Breweries * John Molson (1763–1836) – founder of Molson Breweries * Peter Munk OC (1927–2018) – founder of Barrick Gold * Saadia Muzaffar – entrepreneur, author and founder of TechGirls Canada * Stephan Ouaknine – businessman in telecommunications and renewable energy * 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 * Marie Penny (died 1970) – owner and operator of one of the largest 20th-century frozen fish companies in Newfoundland * John Draper Perrin (1890–1967) – entrepreneur, financier, mining executive * Richard Porritt OC (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 (1930–2013) – developer of Canary Wharf * Edward Samuel Rogers OC (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 (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 * Paul Soubry (born 1963) {{ndash}} ceo of New Flyers * 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 (1906–2004) – originator of Cineplex Entertainment * Kenneth Thomson, Baron Thomson of Fleet (1923–2006) * Roy Thomson, Baron Thomson of Fleet GBE (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 (1940–2021) – owner of Loblaws, Holt Renfrew, and Selfridges * Chip Wilson (born 1956) – founder of Lululemon Athletica * Walter Wolf (born 1939) – oil drilling equipment supplier and Formula 1 team owner * Bob Young (born 1953/1954) – 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) – serial killer, serial rapist * Richard Blass (1945–1975) – multiple murderer * Edwin Alonzo Boyd (1914–2002) – bank robber * Alfonso Caruana (born 1946) – mobster * Paul Joseph Cini (born 1944) – Canada's first skyjacker, sentenced to life imprisonment * John Etter Clark (1915–1956) – provincial politician, teacher, farmer, mass murderer * Robert Cook (1937–1960) – mass murderer * Jacques Cossette-Trudel (1947–2023) – FLQ terrorist * Louise Cossette-Trudel (born 1947) – FLQ terrorist * Vincenzo Cotroni (1911–1984) – mobster * Frank Cotroni (1931–2004) – mobster * John Martin Crawford (1962–2020) – serial killer * Matthew de Grood (born 1993) – mass murderer * Raynald Desjardins (born 1953) – mobster * Evelyn Dick (1920–?) – convicted of infanticide; convicted and acquitted of having murdered her husband * Terry Driver (1965–2021) – murderer * Valery Fabrikant (born 1940) – former university professor and mass murderer * Larry Fisher (1949–2015) – convicted of the murder for which David Milgaard (see "Wrongfully convicted", below) was originally convicted and subsequently exonerated * Charles Guité (born c. 1943) – fraud * John Hamilton (1899–1934) – bank robber, killer * Victor Hoffman (1946–2004) – mass murderer * Karla Homolka (born 1970) – serial killer * Bindy Johal (1971–1998) – Vancouver gangster * David Michael Krueger (1939–2010) – serial killer and child rapist * Jacques Lanctôt (born 1945) – FLQ terrorist * Yves Langlois (born 1947) – FLQ terrorist * Robert Latimer (born 1953) – convicted of second-degree murder * Allan Legere (1948–2026) – serial killer * Blake Leibel (born 1981) – murderer * Marc Lépine (1964–1989) – mass murderer * Denis Lortie (born 1959) – murderer * Luka Rocco Magnotta (born 1982) – murderer * Grace Marks (c. 1828–after c. 1873) – convicted of murder in 1843 * Bruce McArthur (born 1951) – serial killer * 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 (1942–2007) – bank robber, leader of The Stopwatch Gang * Kenneth Murdock (born 1963) – hitman * Dale Nelson (1939–1999) – cannibal and mass murderer * Clifford Olson (1940–2011) – serial child murderer * Johnny Papalia (1924–1997) – mobster * Rocco Perri (1887–c. 1944) – gangster, bootlegger * Robert Pickton (1949–2024) – serial murderer * Monica Proietti (1940–1967) – bank robber * Kenneth Ratte (born 1963) – career criminal * Louis Riel (1844–1885) – executed for treason * Lucien Rivard (c. 1915–2002) – narcotics smuggler * Nicolo Rizzuto (1924–2010) – mobster * Vito Rizzuto (1946–2013) – mobster * Paul Rose (1943–2013) – FLQ terrorist * Frank "Dunie" Ryan (1942–1984) – gangster * Pietro Scarcella (born 1950) – mobster * Jeffrey Shuman (born 1962) – bank robber * Francis Simard (1946–2015) – FLQ terrorist * Slumach (died 1891) – Katzie man convicted and hung for the murder of Louis Bee, a Kanaka (Hawaiian) half-breed * Cathy Smith (1947–2020) – convicted of manslaughter in death of John Belushi * Stanley James Tippett – kidnapper and rapist * Colin Thatcher (born 1938) – murderer * Mark Twitchell (born 1979) – murderer * Paolo Violi (1931–1978) – mobster * Paul Volpe (1927–1983) – mobster * Elizabeth Wettlaufer (born 1967) – serial killer * Russell Williams (born 1963) – former RCAF military pilot and wing commander; convicted murderer, rank and decorations revoked upon conviction * Gabriel Wortman (1968–2020) – spree killer * Thomas Young (1931–1959) – rapist and mass murderer * Rocco Zito (1928–2016) – mobster

===Wrongfully convicted or lynched=== * Robert Baltovich (born 1965) – wrongfully convicted of murder * Donald Marshall, Jr. (1953–2009) – wrongfully convicted of murder * David Milgaard (1952–2022) – wrongfully convicted of murder * Guy Paul Morin (born 1961) – wrongfully convicted of murder * Louie Sam (c. 1870–1884) – wrongfully accused of murder and hanged by lynch mob in Whatcom County, Washington * Steven Truscott (born 1945) – wrongfully convicted of murder

==Directors== {{Main|List of Canadian directors}}

==Educators== * J. Willis Ambrose (1911–1974) – professor at the Queen's University at Kingston * Sonia Aïssa – professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique * Richard Lee Armstrong FRSC (1937–1991) – University of British Columbia professor, geochemist * Annie Mottram Craig Batten (1883–1964) – professor in the Vocal Faculty of the College of Music, University of Southern California * Martha Black (1945–2024) – art historian, curator and author * Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620–1700) – founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal * Stephen E. Calvert FRSC (born 1935) – University of British Columbia emeritus professor, geologist, oceanographer * Petr Cerny (1934–2018) ScD (''hc'') FRSC – University of Manitoba professor, mineralogist and crystallographer * Aleksis Dreimanis (1914–2011) – University of Western Ontario emeritus professor, quaternary geologist * George Georgiou (living) – university professor * James E. Gill (1901–1980) – McGill University professor, geologist * Henry C. Gunning ScD (''hc'') FRSC (1901–1991) – University of British Columbia professor, geologist * James Edwin Hawley (1897–1965) – professor at Queen's, 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 (1930–2023) – sex educator * Michael John Keen (1935–1991) – Dalhousie University professor, marine geoscientist * Sean Kelly (1940–2022) – Pratt Institute, NYC, Humanities & Media Studies, writer * J. Ross Mackay OC FRSC (1915–2014) – University of British Columbia professor, geologist * Eric W. Mountjoy FRSC (1931–2010) – McGill University professor, geologist * Gerard V. Middleton FRSC (1931–2021) – McMaster University professor, geologist * Anthony J. Naldrett FRSC (1933–2020) – University of Toronto emeritus professor, geologist * Santa J. Ono FCAHS (born c. 1962) – University of British Columbia 15th president & vice-chancellor, professor, medical scientist * William Richard Peltier ScD (''hc'') FRSC (born c. 1942) – University of Toronto professor, physicist * Jordan Peterson (born 1962) – Canadian clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto * Paula Rochon – chair in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Toronto in 2022 * Egerton Ryerson (1803–1882) – public education advocate * Dora Sakayan (born 1931) – 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 (1917–2016) – University of Alberta professor, petroleum geologist, paleontologist, stratigrapher * David Strangway OC ScD (''hc'') FRSC (1934–2016) – geophysicist and university administrator * Thomas Symons CC OOnt (1929–2021) – founding president of Trent University, professor of Canadian Studies * Claude Vivier (1948–1983) – organ pedagogue and professor at Collège Montmorency * Roger G. Walker FRSC – McMaster University emeritus professor * William Winegard PC OC (1924–2019) – educator, engineer, scientist and former member of Parliament

==Environmentalists== ''See Canadian environmentalists''.

==Fashion== * Jeanne Beker (born 1952) – reporter * Sahar Biniaz (born November 17, 1985) – model * Dean and Dan Caten (born 1965) – designers known as Dsquared * Keshia Chanté (born 1988) – model and singer * Steven Cojocaru (born 1970) (known as Cojo) – critic and correspondent on ''Entertainment Tonight'' * Taryn Davidson (born 1991) – model * Linda Evangelista (born 1965) – model * Shalom Harlow (born 1973) – model and actress * Winnie Harlow (born 1994) – model * 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 * Peter Nygard (born 1941) – designer * Lana Ogilvie (born 1968) – model * Coco Rocha (born 1988) – model * Monika Schnarre (born 1971) – model * Jessica Stam (born 1986) – model * Daria Werbowy (born 1983) – Polish-born Canadian model * Jason Wu (born 1982) – fashion designer, dolls artist

==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 (1890–1939) – 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 *Marc Kielburger (born 1977) – author, social entrepreneur, columnist, humanitarian and activist for children's rights; co-founder, with his brother Craig, of the We Movement * 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 (1937–2026) – 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 (1928–2019) – 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 (1925–2009) – 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 * 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 *James L Kraft (1874–1953) – entrepreneur and inventor, founder of L. Kraft & Bros. Company, which later became Kraft Foods Inc; patented processed cheese (AKA American cheese) * Thomas Edvard Krogh ScD (''hc'') FRSC (1936–2008) – 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 (1938–2020) – 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 * Lewis Urry (1927–2004) – invented the long-lasting alkaline battery * Harry Wasylyk (1925–2013) – 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== * J. S. Ewart (1849–1933) – lawyer, advocate for Canadian independence * Frances Fish (1888–1975) – first woman to be called to the bar of Nova Scotia * Mabel French (1881– 1955) – the first woman to practice law in two separate Canadian provinces: New Brunswick and British Columbia * Catherine Latimer – lawyer and criminologist * Alfred Scow (1927–2013) – First Nations judge

==Media== * Samantha Bee (born 1969) – host of ''Full Frontal with Samantha Bee'' * Stephen Brunt (born 1959) – lead sports columnist for ''The Globe and Mail'' since 1989 * Stevie Cameron (1943–2024) – journalist, author * Richard Gizbert (born 1960) {{ndash}} cable network journalist of ''Al Jazeera English'' * Gordon Donaldson (1926–2001) – amateur historian, journalist * Barbara Frum OC LLD (''hc'') (1937–1992) – CBC radio and television journalist * Jian Ghomeshi (born 1967) – former musician and radio broadcaster * Ken Hechtman (born 1967) – maverick journalist jailed by Afghanistan's Taliban government as a suspected United States spy in 2001 * Kenny Hotz (born 1967) – 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 (born 1967) – senior correspondent for ''The Daily Show'' * Pat Kiernan (born 1968) – morning anchor of NY1 since 1997 * Michael Kesterton (1946–2018) – ''The Globe and Mail'' columnist * Lisa LaFlamme (born 1964) – journalist, occasional chief anchor, and senior editor for CTV National News * L. Ian MacDonald (born 1947) – author, columnist, broadcaster, and diplomat * Neil Macdonald (born 1957) – CBC reporter * Robert MacNeil (1931–2024) – 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'' * Rick Mercer OC (born 1969) – comedian, TV personality, political satirist and author * Mosha Michael (c. 1948–2009) – Canada's first Inuk filmmaker *Cory Morgan (born 1971) – blogger, Alberta independence politician and activist, and columnist * Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray (1888–1982) – editor and co-publisher of the ''Bridge River-Lillooet News'' * Peter C. Newman CC CD LLD (''hc'') (1929–2023) – 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 * David Oancia (1929–1995) – journalist<ref>{{cite journal |date=November 9, 1966 |title=The New China |url=https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-mcgill-daily-v56-n038-november-09-1966-11211 |journal=The McGill Daily |volume= 56 |issue=38 |access-date=6 June 2016}}</ref> * 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 * Sandie Rinaldo (born 1950) – journalist and occasional news anchor for CTV National News * 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) – senior editor and former longtime anchor for CTV National News * Morley Safer (1931–2016) – investigative journalist for CBS News and ''60 Minutes'' * Linus Sebastian (born 1986) – owner and founder of Linus Media Group * Shane Smith (born 1969) – founder of ''Vice'' * George Stroumboulopoulos (born 1972) – television journalist * Scott Taylor (born 1960) – publisher, ''Esprit de Corps'' magazine * Peter Trueman OC (1934–2021) – original newsman on Global TV * Robyn Urback (born 1988) – journalist and political commentator * Jan Wong (born 1952) – journalist

==Medical== * Evan Adams (born 1966) – First Nations medical doctor, medical advisor, Deputy Provincial Health Advisor (BC), and actor * 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 *Yvette Bonny (born 1938) – pediatrician * Basil Boulton (1938–2008) – pediatrician and child health advocate * Anna L. Brown (died 1924) – leading authority on health for girls * John Callaghan OC AOE (1923–2004) – pioneer of open-heart surgery * John Dick FRSC (born 1954) – 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 * William Harding le Riche (1916–2010) – epidemiologist * 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 * Frances Gertrude McGill (1882–1959) – pioneering forensic pathologist and criminologist * Henry Morgentaler CM LLD (''hc'') (1923–2013) – abortion care provider 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 * Jack Pickup (1919–1996) – general practitioner and surgeon, also known as the "Flying Doctor of British Columbia" * Octavia Ritchie (1868–1948) – physician, suffragist and the first woman to receive a medical degree in Québec * David Sackett CC FRSC (1934–2015) – founded the first department of clinical epidemiology in Canada at McMaster University * Mary Elizabeth MacCallum Scott (1865–1941) – physician and missionary in Ceylon * Sydney Segal {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|OBC}} (1920–1997) – pediatrician and neonatologist particularly known for his work with sudden infant death syndrome * James Till OC OOnt FRSC FRS (1931–2025) – 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 * Amelia Yeomans (1842–1913) – physician and suffragist, first female physician in Manitoba

==Military figures== {{Further|List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients}} [[File:BillyBishop.jpg|thumb|Billy Bishop]] [[File:JohnMcCraeportrait.jpg|thumb|John McCrae]] * 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 * Louis-Nicolas-Emmanuel de Bigault d'Aubreville – head of the nightwatch in Montreal * 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 2004–2006 * 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 * Minnie "Jerri" Mumford (1909–2002) – serving member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) during World War II * 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) – commander 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 * Tecumseh (1768–1813) – Leader of First Nations British Allies, War of 1812, died defeating American invasion * 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'') (1930–2014) – 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:'' * List of Canadian monarchs * Canadian Royal Family

==Magicians== * Shawn Farquhar (born 1962) – magician, winner of the Grand Prix Close Up at the 2009 FISM World Championship of Magic * 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 (1928–2020) – 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"

==Musicians== {{main|List of Canadian musicians}}

==Politicians== {{Further|List of Prime Ministers of Canada|Members of the Canadian House of Commons|List of Canadian senators}} [[File:Chrétien crop Sept 9 2002.jpg|thumb|Jean Chrétien]] * 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 (1936–2023) – former cabinet minister * Thomas R. Berger OC OBC (1933–2021) – 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 (1936–2024) – 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 (born 1939) – 16th prime minister of Canada, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 1976–1983, and again 1998–2003 * Sheila Copps PC (born 1952) * Victor Copps (1919–1988) – mayor of Hamilton * 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 * Janice Filmon (born 1943) – lieutenant governor of Manitoba since 2015 * Iqwinder Singh Gaheer (born 1993) – member of Parliament for the riding of Mississauga—Malton * 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 * Elijah Harper (1949–2013) – Cree chief (Red Sucker Lake Nation), MLA Manitoba, successfully blocked the Meech Lake Accord (proposed Constitutional amendment) * C. D. Howe PC (1886–1960) – Cabinet minister * Joseph Howe PC (1804–1873) – "father of Confederation" *Michael Kerzner – Solicitor General of Ontario * Stan Keyes PC (born 1953) * Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bt (1807–1864) – co-premier of the United Province of Canada * Franklin K. Lane (1864–1921) – 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 * Agnes Macphail (1890–1954) – first female member of Parliament (MP) * Thomas D'Arcy McGee PC (1825–1868) * Beverley McLachlin PC LLD (''hc'') (born 1943) – chief justice of Canada * James McMillan (1838–1902) – US senator from Michigan *Cory Morgan (born 1971) – Alberta independence politician * John Munro PC (1931–2003) * Papineau (1786–1871) – reformer and 1837 rebellion leader * Pierre Poilievre (born 1979) – member of Parliament, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the leader of the Official Opposition * 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'': * ''List of premiers of the Northwest Territories'' * ''List of premiers of Nunavut'' * ''List of premiers of Yukon''

===Indigenous leaders=== {{See also|Aboriginal Canadian personalities}} [[File:Aatsista-Mahkan-LOC.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A sepia photograph of Aatsista-Mahkan (Running Rabbit). He is wearing what is usually described as a buckskin outfit. It is elaborate and he is holding a pole.|Aatsista-Mahkan, taken by Edward Curtis]] [[File:Louis Riel.jpg|thumb|right|alt="A bust portrait of Métis leader Louis Riel c1870 after a carte de visite in 1884."|Louis Riel, leader of the Red River Rebellion and North-West Rebellion]] * Shawn Atleo (born 1967) * William Beynon (1888–1958) * 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 (1877–1943) – Nisga'a * Joe Capilano (c. 1854–1910) – Squamish * Rose Charlie (1930–2018) * Arthur Wellington Clah (1831–1916) * Heber Clifton (1871–1964) * Cumshewa – 18th-century Haida chief at the inlet now bearing his name * Harley Desjarlais * Alfred Dudoward (ca. 1850–1914) * Dan George (1899–1981) – Tsleil-Waututh (Burrard) * Joseph Gosnell (1936–2020) – Nisga'a * Simon Gunanoot (1874–1933) – Gitxsan * Guujaaw (born 1953) – modern-day Haida leader * Elijah Harper (1949–2013) – Cree * Chief Hunter Jack (died 1905) – St'at'imc * Mary John, Sr. (1913–2004) * August Jack Khatsahlano (1877–1971) – Squamish * Klattasine (died 1864) – Tsilhqot'in war chief, surrendered on terms of amnesty in times of war, hanged for murder * Koyah (fl. 1787–1795) – 18th-century chief of the Haida  * George Manuel (1921–1989) * Maquinna – 18th-century Nuu-chah-nulth chief (Yuquot/Mowachaht) * Harriet Nahanee (1935–2007) – 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 (1892–1959) – Squamish * Stewart Phillip – Okanagan leader * Chief Poundmaker (c. 1842–1886) – Cree chief * Piapot (c. 1816–1908) – Cree chief * Steven Point (born 1951) – 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 (1913–1988) – Kwakwaka'wakw * Tecumseh (1768–1813) – Shawnee leader * Alec Thomas (1894–?) – Tseshaht politician * Wickanninish – 19th-century Nuu-chah-nulth chief (Opitsaht/Tla-o-qui-aht) * Walter Wright (died 1949) * Muriel Stanley Venne (1937–2024) – Métis community leader and Indigenous rights activist

==Producers== {{Main|List of Canadian producers}}

==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 (1593–1649) – Jesuit missionary * St. Jean de Lalande (died 1646) – 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, 2011–2013 * 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 * John G. Lake (1870–1935) – leader of the Pentecostal Movement, born in St. Marys, Ontario * 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 (1936–2017) – 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 Baháʼí 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''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/greatcanadians/index.html#41 |title=The Greatest Canadian – Top 100 – 11 to 100 |publisher=CBC |access-date=2008-07-05 |year=2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420130011/http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/greatcanadians/index.html |archive-date=2008-04-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Bramwell Tillsley (1931–2019) – general of The Salvation Army, 1993–1994 * Clarence Wiseman (1907–1985) – general of The Salvation Army, 1974–1977

===Religious cult figures=== * Roch Thériault (1947–2011) – cult leader * Brother XII (1878–1934) – cult leader

==Scholars== * Louise Arbour (born 1947) – jurist * Marc van Audenrode (born 1961) – economist * Pratima Bansal – economist * Timothy Brook (born 1951) – professor, historian and writer * Joseph-Alphonse-Paul Cadotte (1897–1979) – professor, author * Jack Chambers (1938–2026) – 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 (1918–2010) – literary critic * David Sztybel (born 1967) – philosopher * Charles Taylor (born 1931) – philosopher * William R. White (born 1943) – economist * Marc Zender – Mayanist

==Scientists== *Robert Campbell Aitken (born 1963) – electrical engineer *Judie Alimonti (1960–2017) – immunologist * Sidney Altman (1939–2022) – molecular biologist, winner of Nobel Prize in chemistry *Brenda Andrews (born 1957) – academic, researcher and biologist specializing in systems biology and molecular genetics. * Albert Bandura (1925–2021) – psychologist * Neil Banerjee – earth scientist * Karen Bailey – plant pathologist * Karen Beauchemin (born 1956) – livestock ruminant nutrition * Robert Bell FRSC (1841–1917) – geologist * Walter A. Bell (1889–1969) – geologist, paleontologist * Manjul Bhargava (born 1974) – mathematician and Fields medallist * Selwyn G. Blaylock ScD (''hc'') (1879–1945) – chemist and mining executive * Stewart Blusson OC (born 1939) – geologist, diamond prospector, multimillionaire and philanthropist * Adolfo J. de Bold (1942–2021) – biomedical scientist, discoverer of hormone secreted by heart muscle cells * Willard Boyle (1924–2011) – 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'') (1940–2019) – entomologist, television personality and founder of the Montreal Insectarium * Moira Brown – North Atlantic right whale researcher and conservationist * Vernon Burrows (1930–2020) – oat breeder * John J. Clague FRSC (born 1946) – authority in quaternary and environmental earth sciences * Kate Crooks (1833–1871) – botanist * Claire Cupples – microbiologist * Philip J. Currie (born 1949) – 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 * Raymond Desjardins – agrometeorologist * Donald B. Dingwell – earth scientist * Martine Dorais – plant physiologist, organic horticulture * Robert John Wilson Douglas FRSC (1920–1979) – petroleum geologist * Eugenia Duodu – chemist * Lorne Elias – chemist, inventor of the explosives vapour detector EVD-1 * John Charles Fields FRS FRSC (1863–1932) – mathematician and founder of the Fields Medal * J. Keith Fraser (born 1922) – geographer * Hu Gabrielse (1926–2024) – geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada * William Giauque (1895–1982) – Nobel Prize winner in chemistry * Anne-Claude Gingras – molecular geneticist * Cynthia Grant – soil fertility and crop nutrition specialist * Donald O. Hebb FRS (1904–1985) – neuroscientist, published his theory of Hebbian learning * 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 * Vanessa M. Hirsch – veterinary pathologist and virologist * Paul F. Hoffman OC FRSC (born 1941) – geologist noted for research into Snowball Earth events * Edward A. Irving CM ScD (''hc'') FRSC FRS (1927–2014) – provided the first physical evidence of continental drift * Charles Legge (1829–1881) – civil engineer * Victor Ling CC (born 1944) – medicine, drug resistance in cancer * Sir William Edmond Logan FRS (1798–1875) – founded the Geological Survey of Canada * Mary MacArthur – botanist, cytologist, horticulturalist * John Macoun (1831–1920) – botanist * Tak Wah Mak (born 1946) – immunologist who discovered the T-cell receptor * Claude Hillaire-Marcel FRSC (born 1943) – 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 (1926–2011) – cellular biologist who, with James Till, demonstrated the existence of stem cells * Maud Menten (1879–1960) – medical scientist, made groundbreaking work in enzyme kinetics * Robert Mundell (1932–2021) – economist and Nobel laureate * John Charles Polanyi PC CC FRSC FRS (born 1929) – Nobel Prize in chemistry recipient for infrared chemiluminescence * Isabella Preston (1881–1965) – ornamental horticulturalist * Raymond A. Price OC ScD (''hc'') FRSC (1933–2024) – geologist * Hubert Reeves CC OQ (1932–2023) – astrophysicist and science popularizer *Soon Jai Park (1937–2018) – dry bean breeder * Elizabeth Pattey – agricultural micrometeorologist * Henry de Puyjalon (1841–1905) – biologist and ecologist * Carmelle Robert (born 1962) – astrophysicist *Laurie Rousseau-Nepton – astrophysicist, first indigenous woman in Quebec to obtain a PhD in astrophysics * 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 (1940–2021) – limnologist * Myron Scholes (born 1941) – Nobel Prize winner in economics * Yoshua Bengio (born 1964) – computer scientist and winner of the Turing Award * Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein – animal ethologist * 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 *Donna Strickland (born 1959) – Nobel Prize winner in Physics, optical physicist and pioneer in the field of pulsed lasers * 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 * Felicitas Svejda (1920–2016) – horticulturalist * Henry Taube FRSC (1915–2005) – Nobel Prize in chemistry for electron transfer reactions * Richard Taylor CC FRSC FRS (1929–2018) – Nobel Prize in physics recipient for verifying the quark theory * James Till CC FRS (1931–2025) – 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 (1934–2010) – geologist, expert on the Appalachian Mountains * John Tuzo Wilson CC OBE ScD (''hc'') FRSC FRS FRSE (1908–1993) – geophysicist, expert in plate tectonics

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==Other personalities== [[File:Daniel Negreanu 2007.jpg|125px|thumb|right|Daniel Negreanu]] [[File:Sunny Leone 2012.jpg|125px|thumb|right|Sunny Leone]] * 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 * William J. Bruce III – author, producer and celebrity publicist * Donnelly family (known as the Black Donnellys) – participants and/or victims of a vicious community feud * Dylan Ehler (born 2017) – child who mysteriously disappeared in 2020 * Josiah Henson (1789–1883) – former slave, believed to be the inspiration for ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' * Marshal Iwaasa (born 1993) – man who mysteriously disappeared in 2019 * Trevor James (born 1988) – YouTuber * Harold Kandel (1906–1995) – legendary theatregoer from Toronto, Ontario known for speaking out during theatre events, now commemorated through the Harold Awards * Marc Karam (born 1980) – professional poker player * Cindy Kenny-Gilday (born 1954) – Indigenous rights activist * Anna Ruth Lang CV – recipient of the Cross of Valour * Devon Larratt (born 1975) – professional armwrestler * Sunny Leone (born 1981) – Canadian and Indian pornographic actress; Bollywood actress * René Lepage de Sainte-Claire (1656–1718) – lord-founder of Rimouski, Quebec * Bat Masterson (1853–1921) – gunfighter, fight promoter, sports journalist * Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880–1998) – oldest Canadian person in history and the 6th oldest known person in history (as of January 2026) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Homepage |url=https://longeviquest.com/atlas |access-date=2026-01-02 |website=LongeviQuest-Atlas |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Marie-Louise Meilleur |url=https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarian/marie-louise-meilleur/ |access-date=2026-01-02 |website=LongeviQuest |language=en-US}}</ref> * 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 * Karen O'Shannacery (born 1950) – homeless advocate * Minnie Patterson (died 1911) – heroine noted for her daring rescue of everyone on board the barkentine (barque) ''Coloma'' during a severe storm in 1906 * 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 * Chris Sky (born 1983) – conspiracy theorist * Joshua Slocum (1844–1909) – first man to sail around the world solo * Byron Sonne, activist * Alexandre Trudeau (born 1973) – author, filmmaker and journalist * Margaret Trudeau (born 1948) – widow; former wife of Pierre Elliott Trudeau * Sarah Rowell Wright (1862–1930), reformer, newspaper editor, and suffragist

==Fictional characters== * 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'' * Bob and Doug McKenzie – characters on ''SCTV'' * 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'' * Dave Semple (known as Captain Canuck) – cartoon character * Anne Shirley – known as ''Anne of Green Gables'' * Terrance and Phillip – characters on ''South Park'' * 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

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==External links== {{Commons category|People of Canada|Canadians}} {{Wikiquote|Canada|Canadians}} * [http://www.biographi.ca/index-e.html The Dictionary of Canadian Biography]  – biographies of Canadians from 1000 to 1930 CE * [http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada]  – biographies of Canadian architects and lists of their buildings from 1800 to 1950 * [https://www.canadafaq.ca "Canada Questions and Answers: Everything You Need to Know About Canada"] by canadafaq.ca * [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/ The Canadian Encyclopedia] – click on "people" for links to articles about Canadians; English/French availability

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