List of Famous people born in Canada

Jewel Belair Staite is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Kaylee Frye in the Fox television series Firefly (2002–2003) and its spin-off theatrical film Serenity (2005), and as Jennifer Keller on Sci-Fi Channel's science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis (2007–2009). Staite also starred as Catalina in Space Cases (1996), as "Becca" Fisher in Flash Forward (1996–1997), as Raquel Westbrook in the Canadian drama The L.A. Complex (2012), and as Caroline Swift in AMC's crime drama The Killing (2013–2014).

Ingrid St-Pierre is a French Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec.

Pierre Laporte was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician. He was Deputy Premier of the province of Quebec when he was kidnapped by members of the group Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) terrorist group during the October Crisis. When the FLQ's demands were refused, they executed him. Laporte's body was found in the trunk of Paul Rose's car, one of the kidnappers.

Paul Gérin-Lajoie, was a Canadian lawyer, philanthropist, and a former member of the National Assembly of Quebec and Cabinet Minister.

France D'Amour is a French Canadian singer songwriter from Quebec.

Michelle Rossignol, was a Canadian film actress. She appeared in fifteen films between 1956 and 2010. She was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1991 and a Knight of the National Order of Quebec in 2001.

Benoit Charette is a Quebec politician elected in the 2008 provincial election for Deux-Montagnes. He was a member of the Parti Québécois, but left the party on June 21, 2011 to protest the party's focus on sovereignty. On December 19, 2011 he joined the Coalition Avenir Québec and is the current Minister of Sustainable Development and Environment. In 2021 he was assigned a new provincial role in combating racism.

Kevin Parent is a bilingual Québécois singer-songwriter.

James Paul Byron is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and alternate captain for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Byron was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the sixth round, 179th overall, of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft and made his NHL debut with Buffalo in 2011 before a trade sent him to the Calgary Flames.

Pascale Bussières is a French Canadian actress.