- Stephen Harper
Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada, and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Harper became Prime Minister after his party won a minority government in the January 2006 federal election. He is the first ever Prime Minister from his current political party, and the first since 1993 from any "Conservative" party, following twelve years of government by the Liberal Party. - Neil Young
Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and film director from Omemee, Ontario. His work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and an instantly recognizable nasal tenor (and frequently alto) singing voice. - Lester B. Pearson
Lester Bowles Pearson, often referred to as "Mike", PC, OM, CC, OBE, MA, LL.D. (April 23, 1897 - December 27, 1972) was a Canadian statesman, diplomat and politician who was made a Nobel Laureate in 1957. He was the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 22, 1963, until April 20, 1968, as the head of two back-to-back minority governments following elections in 1963 and 1965. - David Miller
David Raymond Miller (born December 26, 1958) is a Canadian politician. He is the current Mayor of Toronto, having been elected to the position in 2003 and re-elected in 2006 for a four-year term. Miller is the 63<sup>rd</sup> mayor of Toronto, and the second of the merged megacity. He entered politics as a member of the New Democratic Party, but was elected mayor and has governed without any formal party affiliation. - Conrad Black
Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, PC, OC, KCSG (born 25 August, 1944, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a former financier and newspaper magnate who was convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice on 13 July 2007. He has written several biographies, including one about Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Black is Canadian-born but publicly renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2001 in order to become a life peer in the British House of Lords. - Mike Harris
Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945, in Toronto, Ontario) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. He is most noted for the "Common Sense Revolution", his government's program of deficit reduction in combination with lower taxes and significant cuts to some government programs. - Bob Rae
Robert Keith (Bob) Rae, PC, OC, O.Ont, QC, B.A., LL.B, B.Phi., LL.D (h.c.) (born August 2, 1948) is a Canadian politician. A former member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), he was the leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party from February 7 1982 to June 22 1996, and the 21st Premier of Ontario from October 1 1990 to June 26 1995. He is the only NDP member to serve as premier of a province east of Manitoba. - Mike Myers
Michael John Myers (born May 25, 1963, in Scarborough, Ontario) is an Emmy Award-winning Canadian-British comedian, actor, screenwriter, and film producer, best known for his comedy work in "Saturday Night Live" and film roles including the title characters of "Wayne's World", the "Austin Powers" series, and "Shrek". - George Brown
George Brown (November 29, 1818 - May 10, 1880) was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation. A noted Reform politician, he was also the founder and editor of the "Toronto Globe", which is today (having merged with other newspapers) known as the Globe and Mail. Brown was born in Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland, on November 29, 1818 and immigrated to Canada in 1843, … - Margaret Wente
Margaret Wente (born 1950) is a columnist for Canada's largest national daily newspaper, "The Globe and Mail". She is the only journalist to have received the National Newspaper Award for column-writing twice. Wente was briefly managing editor at the same paper but was forced to relinquish the post after a staff revolt. Ms. Wente was born in Chicago. She moved to Toronto in 1964 and has since become a naturalized Canadian citizen. - Gary Roberts
Gary Roberts (born May 23, 1966, in North York, Ontario, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL) currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins. - Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu (born July 26, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional poker player. - Margaret Atwood
Many commend Margaret Atwood for her ability of depicting individual and worldly troubles of universal concern (Study Guide). Over thirty years, Atwood has written more than twenty volumes of verse, novels, and nonfiction. Although she is noted for all of these volumes, she is better known for her novels. In these work of fiction, themes such as feminism, mythology and power of language pervade. - Ann Cavoukian
Ann Cavoukian is the current Information and Privacy Commissioner for the Canadian province of Ontario.<br /> Ann Cavoukian received an M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Toronto, specializing in criminology and law. <br /> Prior to joining the IPC/Ontario, Cavoukian headed the Research Services Branch for the provincial Attorney General.<br /> Joining the Ontario provincial Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner in 1987, … - Mystery
Erik Von Markovik, better known by the stage name Mystery, is a pioneer of the seduction community, and a main character in the non-fiction book "The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists", by Neil Strauss. Von Markovik's contributions to the Seduction Community are collected and taught as the Venusian Arts by the company of the same name, also called the Mystery Method. - Promise
Promise Jj Shepherd (born on September 16) is a Canadian Hip Hop/Soul artist known for his conceptual songwriting and potent lyrical content that focuses primarily on life, love and the consciousness of mankind. Managed by artist management firm S4 Entertainment Promise's world premiere boasts guest appearances by Rhymefest, Tonex, Montell Jordan, Elzhi of Slum Village, Really Doe, GLC, Award-winning poets J. Ivy, Malik Yusef and many more. - Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (born in Ottawa, Ontario) is the professional name of a Canadian radio and television personality. Her real name is Amanda Dunn. The daughter of a retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, Holiday first became involved in radio at the age of 15. She later attended Humber College's TV and Film Production and Radio Broadcasting programs. She began her professional radio career at CKDX, then a marginal dance music station in Newmarket, Ontario, … - David Frum
David J. Frum (born 1960) is a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, and the author of the first "insider" book about the Bush presidency. He remains involved in political activities in both the United States and Canada, and his editorial columns have appeared in a variety of Canadian and American magazines and newspapers. - Glenn Gould
Glenn Herbert Gould (birth name "Glenn Herbert Gold") (September 25, 1932 - October 4, 1982) was a Canadian pianist, noted especially for his recordings of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. He gave up concert performances in 1964, dedicating himself to the recording studio for the rest of his career, and performances for television and radio. - Ron Sexsmith
Ronald Eldon Sexsmith (born 8 January 1964) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario, currently based in Toronto. - Keanu Reeves
Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian actor, born September 2 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is well known for playing Neo in the action film trilogy "The Matrix". He is also well known for playing Ted in the teen comedy films "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" and "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey". Other notable roles include Scott Favor in the drama "My Own Private Idaho" alongside River Phoenix, … - Jack White
Jack White was a Canadian labour union activist. He was the first elected black representative of the Ironworkers, and one of the first CUPE national staff representatives from a minority background. White was one of the first black Canadians to run for election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, standing as an Ontario New Democratic Party candidate in Davenport in the 1963 election. He was the son of Baptist minister William A. White, … - Brendan Shanahan
Brendan Frederick Shanahan (born 23 January 1969, in Mimico, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian ice hockey right wing and alternate captain for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. With his physical play and goal scoring ability, Shanahan has scored 600 goals in his career, and is the leader among active players for goals scored. He helped the Detroit Red Wings win three Stanley Cups. The son of Irish parents, Rosaleen and Donal, … - Gordon Sinclair
Gordon Allan Sinclair, OC, FRGS (June 3, 1900 − May 17, 1984) was a Canadian radio journalist and commentator. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Sinclair joined the "Toronto Star" as a reporter in 1922. At this time, he befriended Ernest Hemingway, who was a reporter at the paper. Sinclair was one of the paper's top reporters and was assigned to major stories all over the world. He wrote four books about his travels as a journalist: "Foot-loose in India", … - Steven Page
Steven Jay Page (born June 22, 1970 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian musician. Along with Ed Robertson he is a lead singer, guitarist, and a primary songwriter of the music group Barenaked Ladies (BNL). - Henry Morgentaler
Henry Morgentaler, M.D., LL.D.(hc), (born March 19, 1923, in Łódź, Poland) is a Canadian gynecologist and longtime abortion activist from Montreal. Morgentaler is a Holocaust survivor. After living through Auschwitz, he accepted a United Nations scholarship that was being offered to Jewish survivors. He went to medical school in Germany while living with a German family that was forced to house him under the programme. - Ron Wilson
Ronald Lee Wilson (born 13 May, 1956 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former professional ice hockey centreman. Wilson was drafted 133rd overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft. He played 832 career NHL games, scoring 110 goals and 216 assists for 326 points. He is currently assistant coach of the Hamilton Bulldogs. - Steve Smith
Steve Smith, CM (born December 24, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian comedy writer and actor. Before turning to comedy, Smith studied engineering at the University of Waterloo and then worked a variety of jobs. In 1979, he began to produce, write, and star in "Smith & Smith", a sketch comedy series with a cast of two: Smith and his wife, Morag Smith. The show was produced for Hamilton, Ontario's CHCH and syndicated to other television stations in Canada. - Tarek Fatah
Tarek Fatah (born November 20, 1949) is a secular Muslim Canadian political activist, writer and TV host. Founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress, Fatah's advocacy for a separation of religion and state, opposition to Sharia law, and what he calls a "progressive" form of Islam has met with considerable controversy from other Canadian Muslim groups, such as the Canadian Islamic Congress. Fatah is the author of "Chasing a Mirage: The Islamic State or a State of Islam", … - John Moore
John Sanford Moore (born June 5, 1966), better known as John Moore, is a Canadian radio and television broadcaster, film critic, actor, voice actor and comedian. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, he works for CFRB 1010 in Toronto, Ontario. - Snow
Darrin O'Brien - born October 30 1969, in Toronto, Ontario is an award-winning Canadian reggae musician, best known by his stage name Snow. - Jeff Healey
Norman Jeffrey Healey (born 25 March 1966), known professionally as Jeff Healey, is a Canadian blues-rock guitarist. - Kardinal Offishall
Kardinal Offishall (born Jason Harrow on May 21, 1976 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian hip-hop MC and producer of Jamaican descent. Kardinal is often viewed as "Canada's hip-hop ambassador", and along with MC's such as Saukrates and Maestro Fresh Wes, he's arguably the most popular. Kardinal blends soul, dancehall, reggae and hip-hop to create a truly unique sound. - Frank Gehry
Born in 1930, he studied architecture at the University of Southern California and studied City Planning at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard. He developed projects of private and public city planning in America, Japan. In Europe, he has recently been awarded the Pritsker Architecture Prize in 1989 and the Wolf Prize in Art in 1992. His projects have been published all over the world. - Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan, OC (born July 19, 1960) is a critically acclaimed Canadian-Armenian film maker. His work often explores themes of alienation and isolation, featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy or other power structures. Stylistically, Egoyan's films often follow non-linear plot-structures, in which events are placed out of sequence in order to elicit specific emotional reactions from the audience by withholding key information. - Geddy Lee
Geddy Lee OC (born Gary Lee Weinrib on July 29, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian musician best known as the vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush. Lee joined Rush in 1968 at the request of his childhood friend, Alex Lifeson. An award-winning musician, Lee's style, technique, and skill on the bass guitar have proven very influential in the rock and heavy metal genres, inspiring such players as Steve Harris of Iron Maiden, … - Sarah Polley
Born in Toronto , Ontario , Sarah Polley is the youngest of five children born to Michael Polley , a British -born actor (he attended acting classes with Albert Finney in England before moving to Canada), and actress and casting director Diane Polley , who died of cancer just before Polley's 11th birthday. She attended Earl Haig Secondary School , but dropped out before graduating. - John Roberts
John D. Roberts (born November 15, 1956 in Toronto, Ontario) is a television journalist for CNN, where he is a co-anchor of CNN's flagship morning program American Morning. He anchors from Washington and New York. He also served as the second anchor of This Week at War and served as the Senior National Correspondent based in Washington, DC. He has also substituted for Anderson Cooper on "Anderson Cooper 360". - George Hall
George Hall (November 19, 1916 - October 21, 2002) was a theater, TV, and film actor best remembered by his role as the 93 year old Indiana Jones in the TV series "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (1992). He debuted on Broadway in 1946. He was born in Toronto, Canada, and died in Hawthorne, New York. - Jane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs, OC, O.Ont (May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006) was an American-born Canadian urbanist, writer and activist. She is best known for "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" (1961), a powerful critique of the urban renewal policies of the 1950s in the United States. The book has been credited with reaching beyond planning issues to influence the spirit of the times. "Jacobs came down firmly on the side of spontaneous inventiveness of individuals, …
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