List of Famous people born in Canada
Emm Gryner
Emm Gryner is a Canadian singer-songwriter best known for her 1998 indie hits "Summerlong" and "Acid".
Jeff Batchelor
Jeffrey Batchelor is a Canadian professional snowboarder who currently competes in snowboard competitions both nationally and internationally. Batchelor is a member of the Canadian National Halfpipe Team. Jeff trains at his home club in Blue Mountain, Ontario. His major sponsor is Algario Communications, a Toronto-based communications and sales development company.
Dave Tippett
David G. Tippett is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Jodelle Ferland
Jodelle Micah Ferland is a Canadian actress. She made her debut at the age of four, with the television movie Mermaid (2000) for which she received a Daytime Emmy Nomination, making her the youngest to be nominated. She has since appeared in several films, which include Tideland (2005), Silent Hill (2006), Good Luck Chuck (2007), Case 39 (2009), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), and The Tall Man (2012). Aside from her film roles, she has starred as Mary Jensen in the television series Kingdom Hospital (2004), and as Five in the television series Dark Matter (2015–2017).
Leah Hextall
Leah Hextall is a Canadian sports journalist and ice hockey play-by-play broadcaster. In March 2020, she became the first woman to call play-by-play for a nationally televised NHL game as part of Sportsnet’s first all-female broadcast team. Hextall had previously made history as the first woman to call an NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship game, for ESPN at the 2019 tournament.
Alexis Davis
Alexis Evelyn Chris Davis is a Canadian mixed martial artist competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She holds a black belt rank in both jujutsu and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ). She is also a Canadian Open grappling champion. Davis at one point was the #9-ranked pound-for-pound female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter in the world by MMARising.com and the #5-ranked 135-pound female fighter according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings. As of December 14, 2020, she is #12 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings.
Lara Roxx
Lara Roxx is a Canadian woman who, in March 2004, became the first of three known individuals in four years to contract HIV while making a U.S. pornographic video. She is currently actively using her likeness to help break stigma and educate the public.
Jonathan Pitre
Jonathan Pitre was a Canadian from Russell, Ontario, a small town near Ottawa. Pitre was born with a rare genetic mutation called recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), which causes external and internal blistering across the body. His situation gained widespread attention in October 2012 when he was interviewed by the Ottawa Citizen, and he became an ambassador for DEBRA Canada, a charity devoted to the support and awareness of EB.
Stephen Lecce
Stephen Francis Lecce is a Canadian politician who has served as the Ontario minister of education since June 20, 2019. A member of the Progressive Conservative (PC) party, Lecce is the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for King—Vaughan, representing the riding in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since his election in 2018.
Mike Holmes
Michael James Holmes is a Canadian builder/contractor, businessman, investor, television host, and philanthropist. In his first television series, Holmes on Homes, he rescues homeowners from renovations gone wrong. He usually discovers more serious problems, such as dangerous wiring, asbestos, mold, inadequate insulation, structural damage and more, concealed behind pristine surfaces. He and his team promise to "Make It Right," even if it means stripping a house down to its bones. He has continued in several successor TV series; the most recent one is Holmes and Holmes.