Actors

• Aykroyd, Dan: Comedian, Actor. "Saturday Night Live", "The Blues Brothers"
• Bain, Conrad: Actor. "Diff'rent Strokes" .
• Bochner, Lloyd: Actor. "Dynasty", "Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear"
• Burr, Raymond: Actor. "Perry Mason", "Ironside"
• Candy, John: Comedian, Actor. "SCTV"
• Carrey, Jim: Comedian, Actor. "In Living Color", "The Mask", "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective"
• Chong, Thomas: Comedian, Actor. Half of Cheech and Chong
• Colicos, John: Actor. "Anne of a Thousand Days", "The Postman Always Rings Twice", played the first Klingon on "Star Trek", "Battlestar Galactica"
• Doohan, James: Actor. Scotty on "Star Trek"
• Elliott, David James: Actor. "Melrose Place", "JAG"
• Foley, David: Comedian, Actor. "Kids in the Hall", "News Radio"
• Fox, Michael J.: Actor. "Back to the Future", "Family Ties"
• Frewer, Matt: Actor. played "Max Headroom", "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids", "Star Trek:TNG"
• Goulet, Robert: Singer, Actor. "Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear"
• Greene, Lorne: Actor. Played Ben Cartwright on "Bonanza", "Battlestar Galactica"
• Hartman, Phil: Actor, Comedian. "Saturday Night Live", "News Radio"
• Ironside, Michael: Actor. "Scanners", "Top Gun", "Total Recall"
• McCulloch, Bruce: Comedian. "Kids in the Hall"
• McDonald, Kevin: Comedian. "Kids in the Hall"
• MacDonald, Norm: Comedian, Actor: "Saturday Night Live"
• McKinney, Mark: Comedian. "Kids in the Hall", "Saturday Night Live"
• Mandel, Howie: Comedian, Actor. "St. Elsewhere"
• Moranis, Rick: Comedian, Actor. "SCTV", "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"
• Myers, Mike: Comedian, Actor. a.k.a.: Wayne Campbell on "Saturday Night Live"
• Nielsen, Leslie: Actor. "The Naked Gun", "Forbidden Planet". Brother was Deputy Prime Minister
• Perry, Matthew: Actor. "Friends"
• Priestley, Jason: Actor. "Beverly Hills 90210"
• Reeves, Keanu: Actor. "Johnny Mnemonic", "Speed", "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"
• Shatner, William: Actor. Captain James T. Kirk on "Star Trek"
• Short, Martin: Comedian, Actor. "SCTV", "Saturday Night Live", "Clifford"
• Silverheels, Jay: Actor. Tonto on "The Lone Ranger", "Key Largo"
• Sutherland, Donald: Actor. "M*A*S*H", "Klute", "Ordinary People", "Eye of the Needle", "Bethune"
• Sutherland, Kiefer: Actor, Director. "The Bay Boy", "Stand By Me", "A Few Good Men"
• Thicke, Alan: Actor. "Hope and Gloria", "Growing Pains"
• Thomas, Dave: Comedian. "SCTV", "Strange Brew", "Grace Under Fire"
• Thompson, Scott: Comedian, Actor. "Kids in the Hall"
• Wiseman, Joseph: Actor. "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz", played "Dr. No"

Actresses

• Anderson, Pamela: Actress. "Baywatch", "Home Improvement", photo
• Dewhurst, Colleen: Actress. "Anne of Green Gables", "Murphy Brown", "Annie Hall"
• Follows, Megan: Actress. "Anne of Green Gables"
• Kidder, Margot: Actress. Lois Lane in "Superman"
• Kirshner, Mia: Actress. "Exotica", "Love and Human Remains"
• Polley, Sarah: Actress. "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen", "Exotica"
• Reid, Kate: Actress. "Dallas", "Bye Bye Blues", "The Andromeda Strain", "A Delicate Balance"
• Tilly, Jennifer: Actress. "Bullets Over Broadway"
• Tilly, Meg: Actress. "The Big Chill", "Agnes of God"
• Tweed, Shannon: Actress. "Falcon Crest"
• Wray, Fay: Actress. "King Kong"

Artists

• Bateman, Robert: Painter.
• Carmichael, Frank: Painter.
• Carr, Emily: Painter, Writer.
• Colville, Alex: Painter.
• Harris, Lawren: Painter.
• Johnston, Frank H.: Painter.
• Karsh, Yousuf : Photographer.
• Jackson, A.Y.: Painter.
• Lismer, Arthur: Painter.
• MacDonald, James: Painter.
• Snow, Michael: Painter, Sculptor, Film Maker.
• Thomson, Tom: Painter.
• Varley, Frederick: Painter.

Astronauts

• Bondar, Roberta: Astronaut
• Garneau, Marc: Astronaut. NASA bio
• Hadfield, Chris: Astronaut. NASA bio
• McKay, Michael: Astronaut.
• MacLean, Steven: Astronaut.
• Payette, Julie: Astronaut.
• Thirsk, Robert: Astronaut.
• Tryggvason, Bjarni: Astronaut.
• Williams, Daffyd: Astronaut.

Athletes

• Browning, Kurt: Champion Figure Skater.
• Gretzky, Wayne: Hockey player. highest scorer in history
• Goodyear, Scott: IndyCar driver
• Johnson, Ben: Runner. Fastest man on drugs at the Seoul Olympics, 1988
• Lemieux, Mario: Hockey player. scoring champion for four years
• Nagurski, Bronko: Football player. charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Naismith,James : physical education teacher. inventor of basketball
• Orr, Bobby: Hockey player. named best defenseman eight consecutive years
• Richard, Maurice: Hockey player.
• Tracy, Paul: IndyCar driver
• Villeneuve, Jacques: IndyCar driver. 1995 Indy 500 winner, 1997 Formula One World Champion

Authors

• Atwood, Margaret: Author. "The Handmaid's Tale", "Bodily Harm", "The Robber Bride"
• Bellow, Saul: Author, Nobel laureate. "The Adventures of Augie March", "Humbolt's Gift"
• Berton, Pierre: Author. "Klondike", "The National Dream", "The Last Spike"
• Carrier, Roch: Author. "La Guerre, Yes Sir!"
• Cohen, Leonard: Author, Musician. "Suzanne", "Beautiful Losers",
• Coupland, Douglas: Author. "Generation X", "Microserfs"
• Davies, Robertson: Author. "Fifth Business", "Rebel Angels", "The Cunning Man"
• Galbraith, John Kenneth: Economist, Author.
• Gibson, William: Author. "Neuromancer", "Johnny Mnemonic",
• Hébert, Anne: Author. "Kamouraska", "Héloise"
• Kinsella, W.P.: Author. "Shoeless Joe", filmed as "Field of Dreams"
• Laurence, Margaret: Author. "The Diviners", "The Stone Angel"
• Leacock, Stephen: Author, Humourist. "Literary Lapses"
• Lowry, Malcolm: Author. "Under the Volcano"
• McCrae, John: Poet, Physician. "In Flanders Fields"
• McLuhan, Marshall: Media Theorist, Author. "the medium is the message", appeared in "Annie Hall"
• Mitchell, W. O.: Author. "Who Has Seen the Wind", "Jake and the Kid"
• Montgomery, Lucy Maude: Author. "Anne of Green Gables", LMM Institute, photo
• Mowat, Farley: Author. "Never Cry Wolf"
• Munro, Alice: Author. Short-stories often featured in The New Yorker
• Ondaatje, Michael: Author. "Coming Through Slaughter", "The English Patient"
• Richler, Mordecai: Author. "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz", "Joshua Then and Now"
• Roy, Gabrielle: Author. "Bonheur d'Occasion" (translation published as "The Tin Flute")
• Service, Robert W.: Author. "The Shooting of Dan McGrew", "Songs of a Sourdough"
• Shields, Carol: Pulitzer Prize winning Author. "The Stone Diaries"
• Smart, Elizabeth: Author. "By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept"

Business

• Aitken, William Maxwell: Publisher, Politician. newspaper magnate, 1st Baron of Beaverbrook
• Black, Conrad: Publisher. owns papers world wide, including London's Daily Telegraph
• Bombardier, Joseph-Armand: Engineer, Businessman. Inventor of the Ski-doo
• Bronfman Family: Business Dynasty. owners of the Seagram Co. and MCA
• Campeau, Robert: Financier. former owner of Bloomingdales
• Cooke, Jack Kent: flamboyant owner of the Washington Redskins and the Los Angeles Daily News
• Cunard, Sir Samuel: Businessman. founder of the Cunard shipping line
• Eaton, Cyrus: Industrialist. co-founder of the Pugwash Conferences
• Hill, James J.: Businessman. builder of the Great Northern Railroad
• Mayer, Louis B.: Studio executive, producer. co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Reichman Brothers: Developers. started the disastrous Canary Wharf project in London
• Warner, Jack: Studio executive, producer. co-founder of Warner Bros.

Directors/Producers

• Cameron, James: Director. "True Lies", "The Terminator", "Aliens", "Titanic"
• Cronenberg, David: Director, Writer. "The Fly", "Dead Ringers", "Naked Lunch", "M. Butterfly"
• Dunning, George: Animator, Director. "Yellow Submarine"
• Egoyan, Atom: Director. "Exotica", "The Adjuster", "The Sweet Hereafter"
• Jewison, Norman: Director. "Fiddler on the Roof", "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Agnes of God", "The Cincinnati Kid".
• Kotcheff, Ted: Director. "Weekend at Bernie's", "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz", "Joshua Then and Now", "Fun with Dick and Jane"
• Mayer, Louis B. : Studio executive, producer. co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Michaels, Lorne: Producer, Writer. "Saturday Night Live"
• Reitman, Ivan: Director, Producer. "Meatballs", "Stripes", "Ghostbusters"
• Warner, Jack: Studio executive, producer. co-founder of Warner Bros.

Entertainers

• Hall, Monty: Host of "Let's Make A Deal" and other game shows.
• Henning, Doug: Magician.
• Le Cirque du Soleil: avant garde circus
• Linkletter, Art:
• Little, Rich: Impressionist.
• Trebek, Alex: Host of "Jeopardy".

Journalists

• Jennings, Peter: Journalist. "ABC World News Tonight"
• Kent, Arthur: Journalist. the "SCUD stud" of the Gulf War
• Safer, Morley: Journalist. "60 Minutes"

Miscellaneous

• Bethune, Norman : Doctor. hero of the Chinese revolution. biographical film: "Bethune"
• Bishop, Billy: Aviator. World War I fighter pilot, shot down 72 enemy planes
• Brown, Roy: Aviator. World War I fighter pilot, shot down the Red Baron
• Dionne Quintuplets: first quintuplets known to have survived infancy, appeared in three films
• Evangelista, Linda: Super Model.
• Fleming, Sanford: Engineer. inventor of standard time zones
• Johnston, Lynn: Cartoonist. "For Better of For Worse"
• Pearson, Lester B.: Politician. Nobel Peace Prize winner.
• Shuster, Joe: creator of Superman
• Shearer, Douglas: Sound recording pioneer. winner of 13 Oscars

Musicians

• Adams, Bryan: Musician. "Cuts Like a Knife", "Everything I Do, I Do It For You"
• Anka, Paul: Musician. "Diana", "My Way", "The Tonight Show Theme"
• Arden, Jann: Musician. "Living Under June"
• Bachman-Turner-Overdrive: Band. "Let It Ride", "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"
• Barenaked Ladies: Band. "If I Had $1,000,000", "Be My Yoko Ono"
• Cockburn, Bruce: Musician. "Wondering Where the Lions Are", "If I Had a Rocket Launcher"
• Cohen, Leonard: Author, Musician. "Suzanne", "Beautiful Losers",
• Cole, Holly: Singer. The Holly Cole Trio
• The Cowboy Junkies: Band. "The Trinity Session", "Black-Eyed Man"
• The Crash Test Dummies: Band. "God Shuffled His Feet", "Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm"
• Dion, Celine: Singer. "Beauty and the Beast", "Titanic theme song"
• Gould, Glenn: Classical Pianist. "Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould"
• The Guess Who: Band. "American Woman"
• Hart, Corey: Musician. "Sunglasses at Night"
• Healey, Jeff: Musician. "Angel Eyes", "Confidence Man"
• lang, k.d.: Musician. "Absolute Torch and Twang", "Ingenue"
• Lanois, Daniel: Producer, Musician. "Acadie", also produced U2 and Bob Dylan
• Lightfoot, Gordon: Musician. "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", "If You Could Read My Mind"
• MacIsaac, Ashley: Musician. "Hi, How Are You Today?"
• McKennitt, Loreena: Musician. "The Mask and Mirror"
• McLachlan, Sarah: Musician. "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy"
• Mitchell, Joni: Musician. "Raised on Robbery", "Help Me", "Free Man in Paris"
• Morissette, Alanis: Musician. "You Oughta Know", "Jagged Little Pill"
• Murray, Anne: Musician. "Snowbird", "You Needed Me"
• Peterson, Oscar: Jazz Pianist.
• The Pursuit of Happiness: Band. "I'm an Adult Now", "Two Girls In One"
• Robertson, Robbie: Musician. Formerly of The Band, "Somewhere Down the Crazy River", "Storyville"
• Rush: Band. "The Spirit of Radio", "Tom Sawyer" (newsgroup)
• Sainte-Marie, Buffy: Musician, Actress. "Universal Soldier", "Summer Boy"
• Shaffer, Paul: Musician. music and tirades on the "Late Show with David Letterman"
• Siberry, Jane: Musician. "Mimi on the Beach", "Love is Everything"
• Skinny Puppy: Band. "Addiction", "Stairs and Flowers"
• Twain, Shania: Musician , "The Woman In Me"
• The Tragically Hip: Band. "New Orleans is Sinking"
• Neil Young: Musician. bio "Heart of Gold", "Southern Man", "Powderfinger"

Scientists

• Allen, John F.: Physicist. co-discoverer of superfluidity
• Altman, Sidney: 1989 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry.
• Avery, Oswald: Physician, Bacteriologist. discovered that DNA carries genetic information
• Banting, Frederick: 1923 Nobel Prize winner in medicine. co-discoverer of insulin
• Brockhouse, Bertram: 1994 Nobel Prize winner in physics.
• Best, Charles: co-discoverer of insulin with Banting
• Giauque, William Francis: 1949 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
• Gosling, James: Programmer. inventor of Java
• Herzberg, Gerhard: 1971 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
• Hubel, David: 1981 Nobel Prize winner in medicine
• Kernighan, Brian: Author, Programmer. "The C Programming Language", coinventor of AWK
• Osler, Sir William: Physician. "most influential physician in history"
• Penfield, Wilder: Neurosurgeon. discovered electrical stimulation of the brain
• Polanyi, John: 1986 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
• Scholes, Myron: 1997 Nobel Prize winner in Economics
• Smith, Michael: 1993 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
• Taube, Henry: 1983 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
• Taylor, Richard: 1990 Nobel Prize winner in physics
• Wilson, Tuzo: Geophysicist. plate tectonics

We stole this from these two cool people... Our Canadian operatives planted an edited version of this list on a US Goverment site, http://alvin.lbl.gov/terning/Canadians.html.

originally compiled by: Vernon R.J. Schmid
"Htmlized" and maintained by: John Terning 

Way to go, Vernon & John