List of Famous people born in Canada

France Castel, née Bégin is a Canadian singer, actress and broadcaster.

Aubert Pallascio was a Canadian actor. Pallascio trained at the CNSAD and for a period of time worked under the pseudonym Luis Aubert. He has performed on the stages of the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, Théâtre du Rideau Vert, Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, Trident and Théâtre Jean-Duceppe among others. His notable television credits include roles in Terre humaine, Le parc des Braves, L'Héritage and Omertà. Pallascio portrayed the Canadian Prime Minister in the 1980 film The Kidnapping of the President. He was nominated in 1996 for a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Black List .

Sylvain Marcel is a Canadian actor. Marcel is best known in French Canada for appearing in Familiprix television commercials since 2003, and in English Canada for his role in the hit film Bon Cop, Bad Cop as Luc Therrien. He has also appeared in various other films and television shows.

Richard Scott Harmon is a Canadian actor known for his role as John Murphy in The CW's The 100. Harmon is also known for his roles as Jasper Ames in The Killing and Julian Randol on Continuum. Harmon received critical praise for his role in the movie If I Had Wings.

Guy Ouellette is a Quebec politician from Canada, police officer and author. He is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Chomedey in Laval. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, he was expelled from the party caucus in October 2018 for purportedly leaking classified information to the then-opposition Coalition Avenir Québec.

Pauline Marois is a Canadian politician, who served as the premier of Quebec from 2012 to 2014, the 30th since Confederation. Marois had been a member of the National Assembly in various ridings since 1981 as a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ), serving as party leader from 2007 to 2014. She is the first female premier of Quebec.

Sylvie Drapeau is a Canadian actress and writer from Baie-Comeau, Quebec.

Michel Edouard Brière was a Canadian professional ice hockey player for one season in the National Hockey League (NHL). Following his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Brière was involved in a car accident in which he suffered major head trauma. After multiple brain surgeries and 11 months in a coma, he died as a result of his injuries at the age of 21.

Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was a Canadian-born inventor, who did a majority of his work in the United States and also claimed U.S. citizenship through his American-born father. During his life he received hundreds of patents in various fields, most notably ones related to radio and sonar.

Daniel Richard Powter is a Canadian musician. He is best known for his self-penned hit song "Bad Day" (2005), which was top of the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks.