List of Canadians

This is a list of Canadians, people born in Canada, or who became citizens of Canada, 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
• David Ewart ISO (1841–1921) – Chief Dominion Architect (1896 to 1914), architech of Dominion Archives Building, Royal Canadian Mint, Victoria Memorial Museum, Connaught Building in Ottawa
• Arthur Erickson CC RAIC (1924–2008) – architect of Simon Fraser University, Robson Square, and the Embassy of Canada in Washington
• 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) Masters 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

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, and The Brothers Grunt
• 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
• Dave Sim (born 1956) – creator of Cerebus the Aardvark
• Joe Shuster (1914–1992) – co-creator of Superman
• 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.

• 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.
• Steven MacLean ScD (hc) (born 1954)
• Julie Payette CQ FMC (born 1963)
• Robert Thirsk (born 1953) Holds record for longest time spent for a Canadian astronaut in space
• Bjarni Tryggvason ScD (hc) (born 1945)

Athletes

Main articles: List of famous Canadian sports personalities and Canada's Athletes of the 20th Century

Business personalities

• Sir Aitken, Max, Baron Beaverbrook PC (1879–1964) – publishing baron, entrepreneur
• Asper, David (born 1958) – chairman, Canwest Global Communications
• Asper, Izzy OC QC OM PhD (hc) LLD (hc) (1932–2003) – chairman, Canwest Global Communications
• Black, Conrad, Lord Black of Crossharbour OC PC KCSG LLD (hc) (born 1944) – entrepreneur, publisher
• Boyle, Willard (born 1924) – invented Charge-coupled device
• Bronfman, Samuel CC (1889–1971) – founder of Seagram's
• Campeau, Robert (born 1923) – real-estate mogul
• Cooke, Jack Kent (1912–1997) – owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Kings, Washington Redskins and the Chrysler Building
• Sir Cunard, Samuel Bt (1787–1865) – founder of Cunard Line
• Desmarais, Paul PC CC LLD (hc) (born 1927) – Chairman, Power Corporation of Canada
• Davidson, William (1740–1790) – lumberman, shipbuilder, merchant
• DeGroote, Michael OC (born 1932) – businessman and philanthropist

Timothy Eaton.

• Dobbin, Craig OC ScD (hc) LLD (hc) (1935–2006) – founder, chairman and CEO of CHC Helicopter Corporation
• Sir Dunn, James Ham et Bt (1874–1956) – financier, steel magnate
• Eaton, Timothy (1834–1907) – founder of Eaton's department stores
• Ebbers, Bernie LLD (hc) (born 1941) – former CEO of WorldCom
• Fuller, Alfred (1885–1973) – Fuller Brush Company
• Sir Girouard, Édouard KSMG (1867–1932) – railway builder, governor
• Irving, K. C. OC ONB (1899–1992) – industrialist
• Johnson, F. Ross (born 1931) – former CEO of RJR Nabisco
• Joyce, Ron CM DComm (hc) (born 1930) – original partner with Horton in Tim Hortons, primary builder of the chain
• Killam, Izaak Walton (1885–1955) – major financier
• Laliberté, Guy OC CQ (born 1959) – founder and owner of the Cirque du Soleil
• Lee-Chin, Michael LLD (hc) (born 1951) – CEO of AIC Diversified Canada Split Corp. and The National Commercial Bank of Jamaica
• Li, Victor (born 1964) – deputy chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited
• Luckett, Pete (unknown) – owner of Pete's Frootique and host of The Food Hunter
• Sir Macdonald, William C. (1831–1917) – tobacco manufacturer, education philanthropist
• Sir Matthews, Terence Hedley KBE FIEE FREng (hc) (born 1943) – entrepreneur, chairman of Mitel
• Mayer, Louis B. (1885–1957) – co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios
• McCain, Harrison CC ONB (1927–2004) – New Brunswick potato magnate
• Colonel McLaughlin, Samuel CC CD ED LLD (hc) (1871–1972) – Buick automobile manufacturer
• McTavish, Simon (1750–1804) – fur trader
• Molson, John (1763–1836) – founder of Molson Breweries
• Molson, Hartland OC GOQ OBE DCL (hc) (1907–2002) – Senator, President of Molson Breweries
• Munk, Peter OC LLD (hc) (born 1927) – founder of Barrick Gold
• Pattison, Jim CM OBC (born 1928) – chairman, president, CEO, and owner of the Jim Pattison Group
• Porritt, Richard OC LLD (hc) (1901–1985) – mining industry executive
• Pouliot, Jean (1923–2004) – founder of CFCF et Télévision Quatre Saisons
• Redpath, John (1796–1869) – canal builder, sugar refinery founder
• Reichmann, Paul (born 1930) – developer of Canary Wharf
• Rogers, Edward Samuel OC ScD (hc) (1933–2008) – Was president and CEO of Rogers Communications
• Roth, John (born 1942) – former CEO Nortel Networks
• Saputo, Lino (born 1937) – founder of Saputo
• Sharp, Isadore OC LLD (hc) DComm (hc) (born 1931) – founder of the Four Seasons Hotel chain
• Smith, E.D. (1858–1943) – founder of E.D. Smith & Sons Ltd
• Stairs, John F. (1848–1904) – entrepreneur, statesman
• Stronach, Frank CM (born 1932) – entrepreneur, founder of Magna International
• Taylor, E. P. (1901–1989) – entrepreneur, thoroughbred horse breeder
• Taylor, Nat (unknown) – originator of Cineplex Entertainment
• Thomson, Kenneth, Baron Thomson of Fleet (1923–2006)
• Thomson, Roy, Baron Thomson of Fleet GBE DLitt (hc) DCL (hc) LLD (hc) DHL (hc) (1894–1976) – entrepreneur, publisher
• Sir Van Horne, William Cornelius KCMG (1843–1915) – constructed the Canadian Pacific Railway
• Warner, Jack (1892–1978) – founder of Warner Bros. Studios
• Weston, Galen OC OOnt (born 1940) – owner of Loblaws, Holt Renfrew, and Selfridges
• Young, Bob (unknown) – self-publishing web-site, owner of CFL Hamilton Tiger Cats

Criminals

• Angélique, Marie-Joseph (1710–1734) – executed for setting the city of Montreal on fire
• Aziga, Johnson (born 1956) – first person to be charged with first-degree murder in Canada for spreading HIV
• Bernardo, Paul (born 1964) – murderer, rapist
• Blass, Richard (1945–1975) – multiple murderer
• Boyd, Edwin Alonzo (1914–2002) – bank robber
• Cossette-Trudel, Jacques (born 1947) – FLQ Terrorist
• Cossette-Trudel, Louise (born 1947) – FLQ Terrorist
• Dick, Evelyn (born 1920) – convicted of infanticide; convicted and acquitted of having murdered her husband
• Fisher, Larry (born 1949) – convicted of the murder for which David Milgaard (see "Wrongfully convicted", below) was originally convicted and subsequently exonerated

• Guité, Charles (born c. 1943) – fraud
• Homolka, Karla (born 1970) – murderer
• Bindy Johal (b.? – 1998), Vancouver gangster
• Lanctôt, Jacques (born 1945) – FLQ Terrorist
• Langlois, Yves (born 1947) FLQ Terrorist
• Latimer, Robert (born 1953) – convicted of second-degree murder
• Legere, Allan (born 1948) – serial killer
• Lépine, Marc (1964–1989) – mass murderer
• Lortie, Bernard (born 1951) – FLQ Terrorist
• Lortie, Denis (unknown) – murderer
• Marks, Grace (1828-unknown) — convicted of murder in 1843
• Mitchell, Patrick (Paddy) – bank robber, leader of The Stopwatch Gang
• 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
• Olson, Clifford (1940–2011) – serial child murderer
• Perri, Rocco (1887 – c. 1944) – gangster, bootlegger
• Pickton, Robert (born 1949) – serial murderer
• Reyat, Inderjit Singh (unknown) – terrorist
• Riel, Louis (1844–1885) – Executed for treason
• Rivard, Lucien (c. 1915–2002) – narcotics smuggler
• Rose, Paul (born 1943) – FLQ Terrorist
• Ryan, Frank (born 1942) – gangster
• Simard, Francis (born 1946) – FLQ Terrorist
• Slumach (b? – 1891), Katzie man convicted and hung for the murder of Louis Bee, a Kanaka (Hawaiian) half-breed
• Smith, Cathy (born 1948) – convicted of manslaughter in death of John Belushi
• Thatcher, Colin (born 1938) – murderer
• Twitchell, Mark (born 1979) – murderer
• Williams, Russell (born 1963) – former RCAF military pilot and wing commander; convicted murderer, rank and decorations revoked upon conviction.

Wrongfully convicted

• Baltovich, Robert (born 1965) – wrongfully convicted of murder
• Marshall, Donald (1953–2009) – wrongfully convicted of murder
• Milgaard, David (born 1952) – wrongfully convicted of murder
• Morin, Guy Paul (unknown) – wrongfully convicted of murder
• Sam, Louie – wrongfully accused of murder and hanged by lynch mob in Whatcom County, Washington
• Truscott, Steven (born 1945) – wrongfully convicted of murder

Educators

• Ambrose, J. Willis (c. 1911-unknown) – Queen's University professor
• Armstrong, Richard Lee FRSC (1937–1991) – University of British Columbia professor, geochemist
• Calvert, Stephen E. FRSC (born 1962) – University of British Columbia emeritus professor, geologist, oceanographer
• Cerny, Petr ScD (hc) FRSC (unknown) – University of Manitoba professor, mineralogist and crystallographer
• Cunning, Henry C. ScD (hc) FRSC (1901–1991) – University of British Columbia professor, geologist
• Dreimanis, Aleksis (born 1914) – University of Western Ontario emeritus professor, quaternary geologist
• Gill, James E. (1901–1980) – McGill University professor, geologist
• Hawley, James Edwin (1897–1965) – Queen's professor, geologist (Hawleyite)
• Hawthorne, Frank OC FRSC (born 1946) – University of Manitoba professor, mineralogist and crystallographer
• Hoodless, Adelaide (1858–1910) – education and women's activist
• Ignatieff, Michael (born 1947) – University of Toronto, Harvard University, University of Oxford and University of Cambridge professor, political science
• Johanson, Sue CM (born 1930) – sex educator
• Keen, Michael John (1935–1991) – Dalhousie University professor, marine geoscientist
• Kelly, Sean, (born 1940) – Pratt Institute, NYC, Humanities & Media Studies, writer
• Mackay, J. Ross OC FRSC (born 1915) – University of British Columbia professor, geologist
• Mehta, Michael D.(born 1965) – Thompson Rivers University Dean and Professor, environmental sociologist
• Mountjoy, Eric W. FRSC (born c. 1930) – McGill University professor, geologist
• Middleton, Gerald V. FRSC (born 1931) – McMaster University professor, geologist
• Naldrett, Anthony J. FRSC (born c. 1930) – University of Toronto emeritus professor, geologist
• Peltier, William Richard ScD (hc) FRSC (born c. 1942) – University of Toronto professor, physicist
• Ryerson, Egertron (1803–1882) – public education advocate
• Simpson, Colin (born c. 1965) – George Brown College, best-selling author
• Stelck, Charles R. OC ScD (hc) FRSC (born 1917) – University of Alberta professor, petroleum geologist, paleontologist, stratigrapher
• Strangway, David OC ScD (hc) FRSC (born c. 1935) – geophysicist and university administrator
• Symons, Thomas CC OOnt (born c. 1929) – Founding President of Trent University, Professor of Canadian Studies
• Walker, Roger G. FRSC (unknown) – McMaster University emeritus professor
• Winegard, William PC OC (born 1924) – educator, engineer, scientist and former Member of Parliament

Fashion

• Barry, Ben (born 1983) – founder and CEO of the Ben Barry Agency
• Beker, Jeanne (born 1952) – reporter
• Caten, Dean and Dan (born 1965) – renowned designers known as Dsquared, honoured on the Canadian Walk of Fame
• Collison, Meghan (born 1988) - model
• Chante, Keshia (born 1988) – model and singer
• Cojocaru, Steven (born 1962) – (known as Cojo) critic and correspondent on Entertainment Tonight
• Evangelista, Linda (born 1965) – model
• Harlow, Shalom (born 1973) – model and actress
• Lazareanu, Irina (born 1982) – model
• Manuel, Jay (born 1972) – expert on America's Next Top Model and "Canada's Next Top Model"
• Marks, Heather (born 1988) – model
• Mills, Kenneth G. (1923–2004) – designer
• Muise, Alana (born 1987) – model
• Ogilvie, Lana – model
• Rocha, Coco (born 1988) – model
• Schnarre, Monika (born 1971) – model
• Stam, Jessica (born 1986) – model
• Werbowy, Daria (born 1983) – Polish-born Canadian model.
• Zimmer, Alana (born 1987)- model
• Taryn Davidson (born 1991) – model

Humanitarians

• Barry, J. Esmonde (1923–2007) – healthcare activist and political commentator in New Brunswick
• Belaney, Archibald Stanfield (1888–1938) – (known as Grey Owl) conservationist who falsely presented himself as an Aboriginal person and worked to save the beavers of Saskatchewan and Manitoba
• Bethune, Norman
• Bucke, Richard Maurice FRSC (1837–1902) – psychiatrist, philosopher, early author on human development and human potentials
• Fonyo, Steve OC Rescinded 2010 (born 1966) – retraced and completed Terry Fox's cross country cancer research fundraising marathon
• Fox, Terry CC OD (1958–1981) – attempted one-legged cross country run for cancer research
• Hansen, Rick CC OBC LLD (hc) DLitt (hc) (born 1957) – paraplegic athlete who completed an around the world marathon for spinal cord injury research
• Lewis, Stephen CC (born 1937) – AIDS activist, United Nations special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
• Rogers, Harold OC OBE (1899–1994) – founder of Kin Canada
• Vanier, Jean CC GOQ (born 1928) – activist for mentally disabled, founder of L'Arche
• Arbour, Louise (born 1947) – former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and a former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

Inventors

• Abbott, Scott (unknown) – co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
• Ahearn, Thomas PC(1855–1938) – invented the electric cooking range and the electric car heater
• Barringer, Anthony R. (born 1925) – 70 patents for mineral exploration technology
• Bascom, Earl W. (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
• Bell, Alexander Graham (1847–1922) – born in Scotland, invented the telephone in Canada and developed it in the United States
• Bombardier, Joseph-Armand (1907–1964) – invented the snowmobile
• Bull, Gerald (1928–1990) – invented the G5 howitzer and the Iraqi supergun
• Carroll, Thomas (1888–1868) – developed first self-propelled combine harvester
• Dow, Herbert Henry (1866–1930) – invented a method of bromine extraction known as the Dow process
• Evans, Mathew (unknown) – co-inventor of the first electric light bulb
• Fenerty, Charles (c. 1821–1892) – Canadian inventor of the wood pulp process for making paper.
• Fessenden, Reginald (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 Fleming, Sandford KCMG DSc (hc) FRSC (1827–1915) – inventor of the system of Standard Time zones
• Franks, Wilbur R. OBE (1901–1986) – invented the anti-black-out-suit (the G-suit)
• Gesner, Abraham Pineo (1797–1864) – inventor of kerosene; known as the "Father of the Petroleum Industry"
• Gosling, James OC (born 1955) – invented Java computer language
• Haney, Chris (1950–2010) – co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
• Jacks, Sam (1915–1975) – inventor of ringette
• Klein, George OC MBE LLD (hc) (1904–1992) – developed: electric wheelchairs, microsurgical staple gun, the ZEEP nuclear reactor, and the Canadarm
• Krogh, Thomas Edward ScD (hc) FRSC (born 1936) – developed technique of radiometric uranium-lead dating to further the precision of geochronology
• Le Caine, Hugh (1914–1977) – invented the music synthesizer in 1945
• McCoy, Elijah (1844–1929) – developed automatic machinery lubricator, lawn sprinkler, the "Real McCoy"
• MacPherson, Cluny (1879–1966) – invented the first general-issue gas mask used by the British Army in World War I
• Markle, Wilson – (born 1938) – invented film colorization process in 1983
• Naismith, James (1861–1939) – invented basketball
• Robertson, Peter Lymburner (1879–1951) – invented the Robertson Screw
• Ruttan, Henry (June 12, 1792 – July 31, 1871) – invented air-conditioned railway coach
• Ryan, Thomas F. (1872–1971) – invented five-pin bowling
• Sicard, Arthur (unknown) invented the snowblower in 1925
• Sunatori, Simon (born 1959) – engineer, inventor and entrepreneur; created the MagneScribe and the Magic Spicer
• Urry, Lewis (1927–2004) – invented the long-lasting alkaline battery
• Wasylyk, Harry – (born 1925) – invented the disposable green polyethylene garbage bag in 1950
• Willson, Thomas (1860–1915) – invented arc lamps and process for creating calcium carbide
• Woodward, Henry (unknown) – co-inventor of the first electric light bulb

Media

• Bee, Samantha (born 1969) – senior correspondent for The Daily Show
• Brunt, Stephen (born 1959) – lead sports columnist for The Globe and Mail since 1989
• Cameron, Stevie (born 1943) – journalist, author
• Donaldson, Gordon (1926–2001) – amateur historian
• Frum, Barbara OC LLD (hc) (1937–1992) – CBC radio and television journalist
• Hechtman, Ken (unknown) – maverick journalist jailed by Afghanistan's Taliban government as a suspected United States spy in 2001
• Hotz, Kenny (born 1973) – the only registered Canadian journalist to cover the Gulf War
• Irwin, Mark CSC/ASC (born 1950)- Hollywood Director of Photography
• Jennings, Peter CM (1938–2005) – ABC news anchor
• Jones, Jason (unknown) – senior correspondent for The Daily Show
• Kiernan, Pat (1968) - Morning anchor of NY1 since 1997
• Kesterton, Michael (born 1945) – The Globe and Mail columnist
• Macdonald, Neil (born 1957) – CBC reporter
• McNeil, Robert (born 1931) – journalist, author, longtime co-anchor of The MacNeil/Lehrer Report on PBS
• Mansbridge, Peter OC LLD (hc) (born 1948) – news anchor of CBC's The National
• Michael, Mosha – Canada's first Inuk film maker
• Murray, Margaret (unknown) – editor and co-publisher of the Bridge River-Lillooet News
• Newman, Peter C. CC CD LLD (hc) (born 1929) – eminent journalist and writer
• Newman, Sydney 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
• Paikin, Steve (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
• Roberts, John (born 1956) – Fox News Channel reporter, previously a CNN reporter and host of The New Music on MuchMusic
• Robertson, Lloyd OC LLD (hc) (born 1934) – chief anchor and senior editor for CTV National News
• Safer, Morley (born 1931) – investigative journalist for CBS News and 60 Minutes
• Stroumboulopoulos, George (born 1972) - television journalist
• Trueman, Peter OC (born 1934) – original newsman on Global TV
• Wong, Jan (born 1952) - journalist

Medical

• Bagshaw, Elizabeth CM (1881–1982) – physician and birth control activist
• Sir, Major Banting, Frederick KBE MC LLD (hc) ScD (hc) FRSC (1891–1941) – Nobel laureate noted as one of the co-discoverers of insulin
• Bell, John (born 1953) – pioneer of oncolytic virus therapies for cancer
• Bethune, Norman (1890–1939) – surgeon, inventor, socialist, battlefield doctor in Spain and China
• Bigelow, Wilfred OC LLD (hc) FRSC (1913–2005) – inventor of the first artificial pacemaker
• Callaghan, John OC AOE (1923–2004) – pioneer of open-heart surgery
• Dick, John FRSC (born 1957) – credited with discovery of cancer stem cell
• Douglas, Tommy PC CC SOM LLD (hc) (1904–1986) – introduced publicly funded health care in Canada; commonly known as the Father of Medicare
• Goresky, Carl A. OC (1932–1996) – physician and scientist
• Hubel, David (born 1926) – Nobel Prize winner in medicine for mapping the visual cortex
• Johns, Harold E. OC (1915–1998) – medical physicist, noted for his extensive contributions to the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancer
• Kimura, Doreen (unknown) – behavioural psychologist, world expert on sex differences in the brain
• Mance, Jeanne (1606–1673) – established the first hospital in North America – the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal – in 1644
• McCulloch, Ernest CM OOnt FRSC FRS (born c. 1925) – cellular biologist credited with the discovery of stem cell with James Till
• Morgentaler, Henry CM LLD (hc) (born 1923) – abortionist who helped legalize abortion in Canada and strengthen the power of jury nullification
• Osler, Sir William Bt (1849–1919) – physician, called "father of modern medicine"; wrote Principles and Practice of Medicine
• Palmer, Daniel David (1845–1913) – founded the chiropractic profession
• Parker, Edgar Randolph (1871–1951) – (known as "Painless" Parker) flamboyant dentist
• Penfield, Wilder OM CC CMG FRS (1891–1976) – neurosurgeon, discovered electrical stimulation of the brain
• Sackett, David CC FRSC (born 1934) – founded the first department of clinical epidemiology in Canada at McMaster University
• Till, James OC OOnt FRSC FRS (born 1931) – biophysicist, credited for the discovery of stem cell with Ernest McCulloch
• Tilley, A. Ross (1904–1988) MD FRCS(C) OBE OC plastic surgeon
• Uchida, Irene Ayako OC (born 1917) – cytogenticist, Down Syndrome researcher

Military figures

Further information: List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients

Billy Bishop.

John McCrae.

• General Baril, Maurice 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
• Biéler, Gustave DSO MBE (1904–1944) – Special Operations Executive agent, executed by the Nazis
• Air Commodore Birchall, Leonard CM OBE DFC OOnt CD DMSc (hc) LLD (hc) (1915–2004) – war hero
• Air Marshall Bishop, William Avery VC CB DSO* MC DFC ED (1894–1956) – (commonly known as Billy Bishop) World War I flying ace
• Brigadier-General Boyle, Jean CMM CD (born 1947) – fighter pilot, and businessman
• Major General Sir Brock, Isaac KB (1769–1812) – War of 1812 general
• Captain Brown, Roy DSC* RNAS (1893–1944) – World War I fighter pilot officially credited with shooting down the Red Baron
• Colonel Cosgrave, Lawrence Moore DSO* (1890–1971) – Canadian signatory to the Japanese Instrument of Surrender
• General Crear, Harry CH CB DSO CD PC (1888–1965) – "leading field commander" in World War II
• Lieutenant-General Sir Currie, Arthur KCB GCMG (1875–1933) – first Canadian commander of the Canadian Expeditionary Force
• Lieutenant-General Dallaire, Roméo OC CMM GOQ MSC CD LLD (hc) ScDHum (hc) DHL (hc) (born 1946) – UN peacekeeping General, attempted to prevent the Rwandan Genocide
• D'Artosis, Guy DSO GM (1917–1999) – SOE agent, recipient of the Croix de Guerre
• General de Chastelain, John CH OC CMM CD LLD (hc) ScDMil (hc) FLMH (born 1937) – head of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning
• Dmytruk, Peter (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
• Foote, John Weir VC CD (1904–1988) – military chaplain, Ontario cabinet minister, and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Captain Goddard, Nichola MSM (1980–2006) – first female Canadian soldier killed in combat
• Hall, William VC (1827–1904) – first Nova Scotian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Macalister, John Kenneth (1914–1944) – SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
• Captain Mailloux, Simon (born 1983) First Canadian Soldier with an amputation to deploy on a combat mission and recipient of the Sacrifice Medal.
• Lieutenant Colonel McCrae, John (1872–1918) – soldier, poet, author of In Flanders' Fields
• McLeod, Alan Arnett VC (1899–1918) – fighter pilot, youngest Canadian-born winner of the Victoria Cross
• General McNaughton, Andrew CH CB CMG DSO CD PC (1887–1966) – Co-Minister of Defence during World War II
• Lieutenant Colonel Meighen, Theodore (1905–1979) – lawyer and philanthropist
• Lieutenant Colonel Merritt, Charles Cecil VC (1908–2000) – recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Major General Mewburn, Sydney Chilton 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
• Norwest, Henry MM & Bar (1884–1918) – sniper in World War I
• Lieutenant-Colonel Pearkes, George VC PC CC CB DSO MC CD (1888–1984) – recipient of the Victoria Cross, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
• Pegahmagabow, Francis MM** (1891–1952) – the most highly decorated aboriginal Canadian soldier of World War I
• Pickersgill, Frank (1915–1944) – SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
• Rear Admiral Piers, Desmond CM DSC CD ScDMil (hc) (1913–2005) – war hero
• Price, George Lawrence (1898–1918) – last soldier killed in World War I
• Prince, Tommy MM (1915–1977) – one of Canada's most decorated soldiers, member of the Devil's Brigade
• Ralston, James PC (1881–1948) – Co-Minister of Defence during World War II
• Ricketts, Thomas VC (1901–1967) – recipient of the Victoria Cross (Newfoundlander at the time of his award)
• Rogers, Harold A. OC OBE (1889–1994) – founder of Kin Canada
• Sabourin, Roméo (1923–1944) – SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
• General Simonds, Guy CC CB CBE DSO CD (1903–1974) – commandee of the II Canadian Corps
• Smith, Ernest (1914–2005) – VC, CM, OBC, CD, Seaforth Highlander Private/ Sargent, the last living Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, awarded for gallantry in actions at the River Savio, Northern Italy 1944
• Steele, Sam CB KCMG MVO (1851–1919) – member of the North-West Mounted Police, commander of Yukon detachment
• Stephenson, William CC MC DFC (1897–1989) – (codename: Intrepid) senior representative of British intelligence for the Western Hemisphere in World War II
• Lieutenant-General Stuart, Kenneth CB DSO MC (1891–1945) – Chief of the General Staff 1941–1943, educator
• Rear Admiral Timberell, Robert CMM DSC CD (1920–2006) – first Canadian to be decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross
• General Vokes, Christopher CB CBE DSO CD (1904–1985) – General Officer commanding the Canadian Army Occupation Force in Europe
• Brigadier Sir Wheeler, Edward Oliver (1890–1962) – Corps of Royal Engineers surveyor
• General Withers, Ramsey Muir CMM CD LLD (hc) (born 1930) – Chief of the Defense Staff
• Sir Yeo, James Lucas (1782–1818) – commander of Royal Navy forces in Canada during the War of 1812

Monarchs

Main article: List of Canadian monarchs

Magicians

• Henning, Doug (1947–2000) – credited with reviving the magic show in North America
• Mandrake, Leon (1911–1993) Mandrake the Great – and his sons Lon and Ron, born in 1948 and 1949, respectively
• Randi, James (born 1928) – magician, writer, skeptical investigator of paranormal and pseudo-scientific claims, and founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation.
• Vernon, Dai (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

Jean Chrétien.

• Axworthy, Lloyd PC OC OM (born 1939) – former Cabinet minister
• Bain, Thomas (1834–1915)- former Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
• Baldwin, Robert (1804–1858)
• Barlow, Maude LLD (hc) DHL (hc) (born 1947) – activist, Chairperson of the Council of Canadians
• Beatty, Perrin PC (born 1950) – former cabinet minister, president of CBC
• Bégin, Monique PC OC ScD (hc) FRSC (born 1936) – former cabinet minister
• Berger, Thomas OC OBC (born 1933) – Jurist
• Blondin-Andrew, Ethel PC (born 1951) – former Cabinet minister
• Bourassa, Henri (1868–1952) – Quebec politician
• Bourgault, Pierre (1934–2003) – President of Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale
• Broadbent, Ed PC CC (born 1936) – former New Democratic Party leader
• Brown, George (1818–1880)
• Brown, Rosemary PC CC OBC LLD (hc) (1930–2003)
• Buck, Tim (1891–1973) – leader of the Canadian Communist Party
• Campbell, Kim (born 1947) the 19th Prime Minister of Canada
• Sir Cartier, George-Étienne Bt KSMG PC (1814–1873) – Cabinet minister
• Chrisholm, Brock CC MC* LLD (hc) (1896–1971) – first Director-General of the World Health Organization
• Clark, Joe, 16th Prime Minister of Canada, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1976 to 1983, and again from 1998 to 2003.
• Copps, Sheila PC (born 1952)
• Copps, Victor K. (1919–1988) – Mayor of Hamilton
• Lambton, John George, Earl of Durham GCB PC (1792–1840)
• Fairclough, Ellen PC CC OOnt (1905–2004) – first female member of the Canadian Cabinet
• Granholm, Jennifer (born 1959) – first female Governor of Michigan
• Grewal, Gurmant (born 1957) - The 'Ironman of Canadian Parliament'.
• Grewal, Nina (born 1958) - First South Asian and Sikh woman elected to Parliament. With her husband Gurmant, Grewals are the first married couple to concurrently serve in Canadian Parliament.
• Howe, Clarence PC (1886–1960) – Cabinet minister
• Howe, Joseph PC (1804–1873) – Father of Confederation
• Keyes, Stan PC (born 1953)
• Sir Lafontaine, Louis-Hippolyte Bt (1807–1864) – co-premier of the United Province of Canada
• Layton, Jack PC (1950–2011) – leader of the New Democratic Party
• William Lyon Mackenzie (1795–1861) – Mayor of Toronto
• Sir McNab, Allan Bt (1798–1862) – Prime Minister of Upper Canada
• McGee, Thomas D'Arcy PC (1825–1868)
• Macphail, Agnes (1890–1954) – first female Member of Parliament
• McLachlin, Beverly PC LLD (hc) (born 1943) – Chief Justice of Canada
• McMillan, James (1838–1902) – US Senator for Michigan
• Munro, John PC (1931–2003)
• Papineau, Louis-Joseph (1786–1871) – reformer and 1837 rebellion leader
• Studholme, Allan (1846–1919)
• Tanner, Nathan Eldon (1898–1982)
• Trudeau, Pierre Elliott, 15th Prime Minister of Canada, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1968 to 1984.
• The Famous Five, 1920s women's rights activists
• Franklin K. Lane, 1910s United States Secretary of the Interior(1913–1920)

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

First Nations leaders

See also: Aboriginal Canadian personalities

Aatsista-Mahkan taken by Edward Curtis

• Big Bear (1825–1888) – Cree leader
• Brant, Joseph (1742–1807) – Mohawk leader
• Brant, Mary (1736–1796) – leader of Six Nations women's federation
• Riel, Louis (1844–1885) – leader of two Métis rebellions before being hung for treason
• Piapot (c. 1816–1908) – Cree Chief
• Tecumseh (1768–1813) – Shawnee leader
• 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
• Cumshewa – 18th Century Haida chief at the inlet now bearing his name
• Maquinna – 18th Century Nuu-chah-nulth chief (Yuquot/Mowachaht).
• Wickanninish 19th Century Nuu-chah-nulth chief (Opitsaht/Tla-o-qui-aht)
• August Jack Khatsahlano – Skwxwu7mesh
• Joe Capilano – Skwxwu7mesh
• Harriet Nahanee – Skwxwu7mesh and Nuu-chah-nulth (Pacheedaht)
• Andy Paull – Skwxwu7mesh
• Frank Calder – Nisga'a

Louis Riel. leader of the Red River Rebellion and North-West Rebellion.

• Elijah Harper – Cree
• Guujaaw – modern-day Haida leader
• Shawn Atleo
• William Beynon
• Arthur Wellington Clah
• Heber Clifton
• Harley Desjarlais
• Alfred Dudoward
• Dan George – Tsleil-Waututh (Burrard)
• Joseph Gosnell – Nisga'a
• Simon Gunanoot – Gitxsan
• Chief Hunter Jack ( -d.1905) – St'at'imc
• Mary John, Sr.
• 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
• Stewart Phillip
• Steven Point – modern Sto:lo leader, current Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
• James Sewid – Kwakwaka'wakw
• Alec Thomas
• Walter Wright

Religious figures

Martyrs

• St. Bourgeoys, Marguerite (1620–1700) – first Canadian saint
• St. Chabanel, Noël (1613–1649) – Jesuit missionary
• St. Daniel, Anthony (1601–1648) – Jesuit missionary
• St. de Brébeuf, Jean (1539–1649) – Jesuit missionary
• St. de Lalande, Jean (unknown) – Jesuit missionary
• St. Garnier, Charles (1606–1649) – Jesuit missionary
• St. Goupil, René (1608–1642) – first North American martyr of the Roman Catholic Church
• St. Jogues, Isaacs (1607–1646) – Jesuit missionary
• St. Lallemant, Gabriel (1610–1649) – Jesuit missionary

Religious Community Leaders

• Alexis, André (1832–1893) – Catholic missionary priest, spiritual advisor to Louis Riel
• Ambrozic, Aloysius Matthew (1930-2011) – Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto
• Besette, André (1845–1937) – Holy Cross Brother known as the "Miracle Man of Montreal"
• Bond, Linda (born 1946) – General of The Salvation Army 2011–present
• Brown, Arnold (1913–2002) – General of The Salvation Army 1977–81
• Brown, Hugh B. (1883–1975) – Latter-day Saint apostle
• Ranj Dhaliwal (born 1976) – Sikh preacher and spiritual advisor, writer, activist and founder of the Sikh Youth orthodox political party in Surrey, British Columbia
• Groulx, Lionel (1878–1967) – Roman Catholic priest, historian, nationalist, and traditionalist
• Lacombe, Albert (1827–1916) – Roman Catholic missionary
• Cardinal Léger, Paul-Émile (1904–1991) – Catholic clergyman and humanitarian
• Lybbert, Merlin (1926–2001) – general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Mainse, David (born 1936) – broadcaster, founder of 100 Huntley Street and CITS-TV
• McPherson, Aimee Semple (1890–1944) – founder of the Foursquare Church
• Morrow, William D. (unknown) – General Superintendent of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
• Bishop Power, Michael (1804–1847) – Roman Catholic Bishop of Toronto
• Taché, Alexandre (1823–1894) – Roman Catholic priest, missionary of the Oblate order
• Tanner, Nathan Eldon (1898–1982) – Latter-day Saint apostle
• Taylor, John (1808–1887) – President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Tekakwitha, Kateri (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.
• Tillsley, Bramwell (born 1931) – General of The Salvation Army 1993–94
• Wiseman, Clarence (1907–1985) – General of The Salvation Army 1974–77

Religious cult figures

• Thériault, Roch (1947–2011) – cult leader
• Brother XII (1878–1934) – cult leader

Scholars

• Arbour, Louise (born 1947) – jurist
• Brook, Timothy (?-) – professor, historian and writer
• Chambers, Jack (born 1938) – linguist
• Clark, Thomas H. (1893–1996) – McGill Geology professor, Thomasclarkite
• Cohen, Gerald (1941–2009) – Oxford Philosopher
• Frye, Northrop (1912–1991) – influential critic, Shakespeare and Blake scholar
• Galbraith, John Kenneth (1908–2006) – economist
• Grant, George (1918–1988) – philosopher
• Humphrey, John Peters (1905–1995) – legal scholar, principal drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Innis, Harold (1894–1952) – political economist; author of seminal works on Canadian economic history, media and communications
• McLuhan, Marshall (1911–1980) – communications theorist, coined phrase "the medium is the message" and "global village"
• Pinker, Stephen (born 1954) – psychologist, cognitive scientist, writer of popular science
• Saul, John Ralston (born 1947) – businessman, essayist, diplomat
• Scott, F. R. (1899–1985) – law professor, philosopher, poet
• Sylvestre, Guy (born 1918) – literary critic
• Sztybel, David (born 1967) – philosopher
• Taylor, Charles (born 1931) – philosopher

Scientists

• Altman, Sidney (born 1939) – molecular biologist, winner of Nobel Prize in chemistry
• Bandura, Albert (born 1921) – psychologist
• Bell, Robert FRSC (1841–1917) – geologist
• Bell, Walter A. (1889–1969) – geologist, paleontologist
• Blaylock, Selwyn G. ScD (hc) (1879–1945) – chemist and mining executive
• Blusson, Stewart OC (born 1939) – geologist, diamond prospector, multimillionaire and philanthropist
• Boyle, Willard (born 1924) – inventor of the charge coupled device, winner of nobel prize in physics
• Brockhouse, Bertram CC FRSC (1918–2003) – designer of the Triple-Axis Neutron Spectroscope
• Brossard, Georges CM CQ ScD (hc) (born 1940) – entomologist, television personality and founder of the Montreal Insectarium
• Brown, Moira (unknown) – North Atlantic Right Whale researcher and conservationist
• Clague, John J. FRSC (born 1946) – authority in quaternary and environmental earth sciences
• Currie, Philip J. – world renowned palaeontologist
• Dawson, Sir John William CMG FRS FRSC (1820–1899) – first Canadian-born scientist of worldwide reputation
• Derry, Duncan R. LLD (hc) (1906–1987) – economic geologist
• Douglas, Robert John Wilson FRSC (1920–1979) – petroleum geologist
• Fields, John Charles FRS FRSC (1863–1932) – mathematician and founder of the Fields Medal
• Fraser, J. Keith (born 1922), geographer
• Gabrielse, Hu (unknown) – geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada
• Giauque, William Frances (born 1949) – Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
• Herzberg, Gerhard PC CC ScD (hc) LLD (hc) FRSC FRS (1904–1999) – Nobel Prize winner in chemistry for molecular spectroscopy
• Hillier, James OC (1915–2007) – inventor of the electron microscope
• Irving, Edward CM ScD (hc) FRSC FRS (born 1927) – provided the first physical evidence of continental drift
• Ling, Victor CC (1944–) – medicine, drug resistance in cancer
• Logan, Sir William Edmond FRS (1798–1875) – founded the Geological Survey of Canada
• Macoun, John (1831–1920) – noted botanist
• Mak, Tak Wah (born 1946) – immunologist who discovered the T-cell receptor
• Marcel-Hillaire, Claude FRSC (born 1944) – world leader in quaternary research
• Marcus, Rudolph (born 1923) – Nobel Prize in chemistry recipient for electron transfer reactions
• McCulloch, Ernest CC FRSC FRS (born 1926) – cellular biologist who – with James Till – demonstrated the existence of stem cells
• Menten, Maud (1879–1960) – medical scientist, made groundbreaking work in enzyme kinetics
• Polanyi, John Charles PC CC FRSC FRS (born 1929) – Nobel Prize in chemistry recipient for infrared chemiluminescence
• Price, Raymond A. OC ScD (hc) FRSC (born 1933) – geologist
• Reeves, Hubert CC OQ (born 1932) – astrophysicist and science popularizer
• Sangster, Donald F. LLD (hc) ScD (hc) FRSC (unknown) – geologist
• Saunders, Charles E. (1867–1937) – agronomist
• Schawlow, Arthur (1921–1999) – Nobel Prize winner in physics (for lasers)
• Schindler, David W. OC (born 1940) – limnologist
• Scholes, Myron (born 1941) – Nobel Prize winner in economics
• Selye, Hans CC (1907–1982) – pioneering stress researcher
• Smith, Michael CC OBE (1932–2000) – Nobel Prize winner in chemistry for site-based mutagenesis
• Stewart, Peter A. (1921–1993) – physiologist, quantitative acid-base physiology
• Summerbell, Richard (born 1956) – mycologist
• Suzuki, David CC OBC LLD (hc) ScD (hc) ScDEnv (hc) ScDComm (hc) DHL (hc) (born 1936) – geneticist and science popularizer
• Taube, Henry FRSC (1915–2005) – Nobel Prize in chemistry for electron transfer reactions
• Taylor, Richard CC FRSC FRS (born 1929) – Nobel Prize in physics recipient for verifying the Quark Theory
• Till, James CC FRS (born 1931) – biophysicist who – with Ernest McCulloch – demonstrated the existence of stem cells
• Tyrrell, Joseph (1858–1957) – geologist, cartographer, discoverer of dinosaur bones in Alberta
• Vickrey, William (1914–1996) – Nobel Prize winner in economics
• Williams, Harold FRSC (born 1934) – geologist, expert on the Appalachian Mountains
• Wilson, John Tuzo 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

Daniel Negreanu.

• Ariel Rebel (born 1985) French softcore pornographic model, currently living in Quebec.
• Babson, Janis (1950–1961) Organ Donation, subject of two books.
• Barichievich, Antonio (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
• de Ste-Claire, René Lepage (1656–1718) – lord-founder of Rimouski, Quebec
• Donnelly family – (known as the Black Donnellys) the participants and/or victims of a vicious community feud
• Henson, Josiah (1789–1883) – former slave, believed to be the inspiration for Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Karam, Marc (born 1980) – professional poker player
• Lang, Anna Ruth CV (unknown) – recipient of the Cross of Valour
• Masterson, Bat (1853–1921) – gunfighter, fight promoter, sports journalist
• Millar, Charles Vance (1853–1926) – lawyer, financier, and posthumous practical joker
• Mizzi, Sorel (born 1986) – professional poker player
• Murray, John Wilson (1840–1906) – Canada's first major detective.
• Negreanu, Daniel (born 1974) – professional poker player
• Rodriguez, Sue (1950–1994) – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) sufferer and right to die advocate
• Ross, Alexander Milton (1832–1897) – (known as The Birdman) pre-American Civil War abolitionist and participant in the Underground Railroad
• Craig Russell (actor) female impersonator and actor (January 10, 1948 – October 30, 1990)
• Secord, Laura (1775–1868) – heroine of the War of 1812, warned the British of a surprise American attack at Battle of Beaver Dams
• Slocum, Joshua (1844–1909) – first man to sail around the world solo
• Trudeau, Margaret (1948) – former wife of Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Fictional

• Amuro Ray – Main character in the Mecha Anime Mobile Suit Gundam and varrying roles in subsequent sequels
• Evans, Tom – (known as Captain Canuck) cartoon character
• Fraser, Benton – Mountie on the 90s television show Due South
• Howlett, James – (AKA "Logan", AKA "Wolverine") member of the X-Men
• McKay, Rodney – character on Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis
• Oak, Darren – (known as Captain Canuck) cartoon character
• Scott Pilgrim- From the titular graphic novel series.
• Sergeant William Preston – heroic Mountie of radio and TV series from the 1950s
• Puck, Peter – Hockey Night in Canada symbol from the 1970s
• Scherbatsky, Robin – a supporting character on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother
• Terrance and Phillip – characters on South Park
• Semple, Dave – (known as Captain Canuck) cartoon character
• Shirley, Anne – known as Anne of Green Gables

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

Lists by city

• List of people from Calgary
• List of people from Edmonton
• List of people from Fredericton
• List of people from Greater Sudbury
• List of people from Hamilton, Ontario
• List of people from Lethbridge
• List of people from London, Ontario
• List of people from Longueuil
• List of people from Moncton
• List of people from Montreal
• List of people from Oakville, Ontario
• List of people from Ottawa
• List of people from Peterborough, Ontario
• List of people from Quebec City
• List of people from Regina, Saskatchewan
• List of people from Sarnia
• List of people from Toronto
• List of people from Vancouver
• List of people from Windsor, Ontario
• List of people from Winnipeg

Lists by province

• List of British Columbians
• List of Manitobans
• List of Quebecers
• List of people from New Brunswick
• List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador
• List of Nova Scotians
• List of Yukoners

Groupings and articles of relevance

Main article: Ethnic origins of people in Canada

• Asian-Canadian
• Black Canadian
• List of Canadian Jews
• List of Canadians by net worth

External links

• The Dictionary of Canadian Biography,  – biographies of Canadians from 1000 to 1930 CE.
• Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada,  – biographies of Canadian architects and lists of their buildings from 1800 to 1950.
• CanadaFAQ,  – Everything you need to know about Canada.