List of Famous people born in Canada
Cristián Gutiérrez
Cristián Daniel Gutiérrez Zúñiga is a professional soccer player who plays as a left-back for Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Born in Canada, he previously represented Chile at the U20 level, but filed his FIFA one-time switch in 2021 to switch allegiances to Canada.
Jadyn Wong
Jadyn Wong is a Canadian actress, born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, best known for playing Happy Quinn on the CBS show Scorpion. She has a black belt in karate and is also a classical pianist.
Jessica Klimkait
Jessica Klimkait is a Canadian Judoka who competes in the women's 57 kg category. In 2021 she became Canada's second judo world champion, defeating Momo Tamaoki of Japan in the women's lightfoot final at the championships in Budapest, Hungary; the win also qualified her for the Tokyo Olympic Games. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Terry Jacks
Terrence Ross Jacks is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and environmentalist, best known for his 1974 hit song "Seasons in the Sun".
Jacques Amyot
Jacques Amyot was a Canadian swimmer from Quebec.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Vilhjalmur Stefansson was an Icelandic American Arctic explorer and ethnologist. He was born in Manitoba, Canada, and died at the age of 82.
Mina Crandon
Mina "Margery" Crandon was a well known psychical medium who claimed that she channeled her dead brother, Walter Stinson. Investigators who studied Crandon concluded that she had no genuine paranormal ability, and others detected in her outright deception. She became well-known as her alleged paranormal skills were touted by Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and were disproved by legendary magician Harry Houdini. Crandon was investigated by members of the American Society for Psychical Research and employees of the Scientific American.
Katie Stuart
Katherine Anne Stuart is a Canadian actress and stunt performer. She played lead character Meg Murry in the 2003 television film A Wrinkle in Time. She is also known for her recurring role of Zoe Monroe in The 100 and in the 2017 webseries Inconceivable.
Daniel Kash
Daniel Joshua Kash is a Canadian actor and film director.
Marie-Chantal Toupin
Marie-Chantal Toupin is a Quebec singer. She has released a number of albums of pop and soft rock music. Toupin has sold over 300,000 albums in Canada and has had two albums certified platinum.