- Darshan Singh Canadian
Darshan Singh Canadian (aka Darshan A. Sangha) (born 1917, Langeri, Punjab, India; died September 25, 1986) was a trade union activist and Communist organizer in Canada and India. He immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1937. Upon his arrival his uncle attempted to get him a job at Dominion Sawmills resulting in the uncle being fired and Sangha being hired at five cents less pay an hour. - Omar Khadr
Omar Ahmed Khadr born September 19, 1986 in Ottawa, is a Canadian who was captured by American forces in Afghanistan when he was 15 years of age. His case has drawn considerable attention as a child soldier, and he is among the youngest prisoners held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantánamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. - Neil MacDonald
Neil Macdonald (born 1957) is an award winning Canadian journalist who currently works for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Macdonald worked as a print journalist for many years. He joined the CBC in 1988 and covered Parliament for approximately a decade. He then served for five years as the network's chief Middle East correspondent. He is currently "The National"'s Washington correspondent. - User
USER is an international recording artist who earned his chops in the techno-industrial period of the 1990s playing guitar with such notable bands as Atlantic recording artists MOEV (Crucify me, Yeah whatever) and the singer Dean Russell created music project Bacteria. In 1996 USER records Semi-mental Journey in Vancouver Canada. Produced by Brad Macgivern with notable guest musicians drummer Rob Chursinoff (Tegan&Sarah, Ben Lee) and bassist Rich Phiske (Matt Good Band, … - 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. - Classified
Classified (aka Luke Boyd) is an undergroundand a very highly respected rapper and producer Canadian rapper and producer from Enfield, Nova Scotia. Many compare classified to Eminem (slim shady) becuase of his powerful lyrics and flow His 2005 album "Boy-Cott-In the Industry" reached #46 on SoundScan's Canadian R&B charts. His singles The Maritimes, "5th Element" and "No Mistakes" were all Top 20 hits on MuchMusic and MTV Canada that year. - Paul Martin
Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC, MP, BA, LLB, LLD (h.c.) (born August 28, 1938) was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada and a former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. On November 14, 2003, Martin succeeded Jean Chrétien as leader of the Liberal Party and became Prime Minister on December 12, 2003. The 2004 election yielded a minority government in which the Liberals under Martin remained in power. - Lloyd Robertson
Lloyd Robertson, LL.D O.C. (born January 19, 1934 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada) is the Chief Anchor and Senior Editor of "The CTV National News with Lloyd Robertson." - Michael Jackson
Michael (Mike) Jackson (born November 8, 1970 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian actor. Jackson grew up in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia where he currently lives. In addition to his acting role on "Trailer Park Boys", Jackson has contributed to the local music scene with many group and solo projects,including Moral Support, Aimless, Thruster, The Thursday Toads, Pink Kitten, Defense Andrew, The Sycamores, Rick of The Skins, El Groupo De Rock, Vavoom, T-Bag, … - Al Purdy
Alfred Wellington Purdy, O.C. (December 30, 1918 – April 21, 2000) is one of the most popular and important Canadian poets of the 20th century. Born in Wooler, Ontario Purdy went to Albert College in Belleville, Ontario, and Trenton Collegiate Institute in Trenton, Ontario. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. Honours and awards Purdy has received include the Order of Canada (O.C.) in 1982, the Order of Ontario in 1987, … - Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion Angélil, OC, OQ, (born March 30 1968) is a Canadian pop vocalist and occasional songwriter. Born to a large, impoverished family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion became a young star in francophone Canada after her manager and would-be husband, René Angélil, mortgaged his home to finance her first record. - Terry Fox
Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox, CC (July 28, 1958 - June 28, 1981) was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer treatment activist. He became famous for the Marathon of Hope, a cross-Canada run to raise money for cancer research, running with one prosthetic leg. He is considered one of Canada's greatest heroes of the 20th century and is celebrated internationally every September as people participate in the Terry Fox Run, … - Simon Fraser
Simon Fraser (1776-18 August 1862) was a fur trader and an explorer who charted much of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia. Fraser was employed by the Montreal-based North West Company and by 1805 had been put in charge of all the company's operations west of the Rocky Mountains. He was responsible for building that area's first trading posts, and in 1808 he explored what is now known as the Fraser River, which bears his name. - Avril Lavigne
"'Avril Ramona Lavigne Whibley (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian rock singer and musician. She has sold over twenty-six million albums worldwide. In 2006, "Canadian Business Magazine" ranked her the seventh most powerful Canadian in Hollywood. Although her parents are of Quebecois origin, she does not speak French and her birth surname is usually pronounced in an anglicized way as (in French it is commonly pronounced). - Steve Nash
Steven John Nash, OBC (born February 7, 1974), is a Canadian professional basketball player who currently plays point guard for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named NBA Most Valuable Player in 2005 and 2006. Nash had an outstanding high school basketball career, nearly averaging a triple-double per game in his senior season-more than 21 points, 11 assists, … - Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson is a Canadian-born American actress, sex symbol, glamour model, producer, TV personality, and author. For a time, she was known as Pamela Anderson Lee after marrying the drummer for Mötley Crüe, Tommy Lee. Anderson is popularly known for modeling and television acting in the 1990s and for her large breast implants. - 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). - 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. - Neil Young
Neil Young (born August 28, 1936 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a former Canadian politician. He emigrated to Canada in the 1950's and worked as a machinist in the electrical industry. He later became an organizer for the United Electrical Workers Union. He ran unsuccessfully for Toronto City Council's Ward 9 in 1976. In a closely contested nomination race, he won the New Democratic Party nomination for the Beaches federal electoral district by one vote in 1978. - Grace Park
Grace Park (born March 14 1974) is a American-Canadian actress of Korean descent. She is best known as Sharon Valerii (and the various iterations of Number Eight, a humanoid Cylon) on "Battlestar Galactica", as well as Shannon Ng in the Canadian television series teen soap "Edgemont". Born in Los Angeles, California, Park and her family moved to Canada when she was 22 months old. She was raised in a Korean community in Vancouver. - Sandie Rinaldo
Sandie Rinaldo has been weekend anchor of CTV National News since 1985. This season, she has taken on the additional duties of co-hosting W-FIVE with veteran news anchor, Lloyd Robertson . In addition to her new co-hosting duties, Rinaldo continues to be a contributing reporter for W-FIVE . Rinaldo is also the creator of a segment called A Sandie Rinaldo Success Story. - Mike Weir
Michael Richard Weir O.Ont. (born May 12, 1970) is a professional golfer on the PGA Tour. Weir was born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University (majoring in Recreation Management), and he turned pro in 1992. His first PGA Tour win came at the 1999 Air Canada Championship in Surrey, British Columbia. The victory made him the first Canadian to win a PGA Tour event in Canada in 45 years. - Mark Steyn
Mark Steyn (born 1959) is a Canadian journalist, columnist, and film and music critic. In recent years, he has written mostly about politics, from a conservative viewpoint. His 2006 book, "America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It", was a "New York Times" Bestseller. - Jim Prentice
P. E. James "Jim" Prentice, PC, MP (born July 20, 1956, in South Porcupine, Timmins, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada. He was re-elected in the 2006 federal election and appointed to the cabinet as Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians. - Dalton McGuinty
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty Jr., MPP (born July 19, 1955, in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer and politician and, since October 23, 2003, Premier of Ontario. He is the twenty-fourth premier of Ontario, and only the second Roman Catholic to hold this office. The first was John Sandfield Macdonald, who served as premier from 1867 to 1871. McGuinty is generally regarded as a moderate fiscal conservative, … - Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen, CC (born September 21, 1934 in Westmount, Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. Cohen's earliest songs (many of which appeared on the 1968 album "Songs of Leonard Cohen") were rooted in European folk music melodies and instrumentation, sung in a high baritone. - David Suzuki
David Takayoshi Suzuki, CC, OBC, Ph.D (born March 24 1936), is a Canadian science broadcaster and environmental activist. Since the mid 1970s, Suzuki has become known for his TV and radio series and books about nature and the environment. He is best known as host of the popular and long-running CBC Television science magazine, "The Nature of Things", seen in syndication in over 40 nations. - Chris Brown
Chris Brown is a Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Brown was one of the primary singers and songwriters for the alternative rock band Bourbon Tabernacle Choir in the 1980s and 1990s. When that band broke up, he continued performing as a duo with his Bourbon bandmate Kate Fenner. Brown has accompanied dozens of notable musicians on stage, … - Shania Twain
Shania Twain, OC (born Eilleen Regina Edwards, August 28, 1965, Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian singer and songwriter in the country and pop music genres. Her third album "Come on Over" is the biggest-selling album of all time by a female artist, and the best-selling album in the history of country music. She is the only female artist to have three albums certified Diamond by the RIAA, … - Alanis Morissette
Alanis Nadine Morissette (born in Ottawa, 1 June 1974) is a Canadian and naturalized American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She is recognized for creating one of the highest selling albums in the history of the music industry, and has won seven Grammy Awards. Morissette began her career in Canada, and as a child recorded two dance-pop albums, "Alanis" and "Now Is the Time", under MCA Records. - John Adams
John Adams (born 27 July, 1946 in Port Arthur, Ontario) was a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. *Position: Goaltender *Catches: Left *Height: 6 ft *Weight: 200 lb - Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, PC, GCMG, KC, BCL, DCL, LLD, DLitt, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier (November 20, 1841 - February 17, 1919) was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from July 11, 1896, to October 5, 1911. Canada's first francophone prime minister, Laurier is often considered one of the country's greatest statesmen. He is well known for his policies of conciliation, nation building, and compromise between French and English Canada. - Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky, OC (born 26 January 1961 in Brantford, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently part-owner and head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes. Nicknamed "The Great One," "Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the NHL" calls Gretzky "the greatest player of all time." He is generally regarded as the best player of his era and has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters, … - Colby Cosh
Colby Cosh (born May 2, 1971 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian commentator, writer and editor of non-fiction, and blogger. Cosh grew up in Bon Accord, Alberta, north of Edmonton, and graduated from the University of Alberta in 1993, doing further study in European intellectual history under libertarian scholar Ronald Hamowy. Cosh generally writes political, social and sports commentary for his blog, and professionally for the conservative press. - Jack Layton
Jack Layton is leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada and is theMember of Parliament for the riding of Toronto-Danforth in Ontario. In the federal election held October 14, 2008, the New Democratic Party won 37 seats, an increase in seats compared to both the 2006 and 2004 federal elections. - Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2 1978) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist of Portuguese descent. Furtado came to fame in 2000 with the release of her debut album "Whoa, Nelly!", which featured her breakthrough Grammy Award-winning single "I'm like a Bird". After becoming a mother and releasing the less commercially successful "Folklore" (2003), … - Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and photographer. Some of his best-known albums are "Reckless", "18 til I Die", and "Waking Up the Neighbours". Adams was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for his contribution to popular music and his philanthropic work. He was also inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 1998, … - Ted Kennedy
Theodore Samuel "Teeder" Kennedy (born December 12, 1925 in Humberstone, Ontario, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey player. He was a centreman. Kennedy played fourteen years in the NHL; all of them with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He won the Hart Memorial Trophy in 1955 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1966. In 1998, he was ranked number 57 on "The Hockey News"' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players. - Brian Mulroney
Martin Brian Mulroney, PC, CC, GOQ, LLD (born March 20, 1939), was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. According to Canadian protocol, as a former Prime Minister, he is styled "The Right Honourable" for life. - Jim Flaherty
James Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC, BA, LL.B, MP (born December 30, 1949) is Canada's Minister of Finance; he had formerly served as Ontario's Minister of Finance. From 1995 until 2005 he was the Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby—Ajax, representing the Progressive Conservative Party. He was previously a senior cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris, and has sought the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives on two occasions.
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