List of Famous people born in Canada

Guy Tardif was a Canadian politician. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1985 and was a cabinet minister in the governments of René Lévesque and Pierre-Marc Johnson. He is the grandfather of Kansas City Chiefs guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif.

Nina Schultz is a Chinese track athlete who competes in the heptathlon and pentathlon. She was a Canadian citizen at birth and previously competed for Canada.

Chloé Sainte-Marie is an actress, singer, activist, and official spokesperson for a network of natural caregivers in Québec.

Ryan John Currier, better known as Ryan Robbins, is a Canadian actor.

Benoît Pelletier is lawyer, academic, and politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was a Liberal member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1998 to 2008 and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of Jean Charest. He is best known for promoting the concept of "asymmetric federalism," wherein Quebec nationalism may be incorporated into a decentralized Canadian federal structure.

Michael Hughes is a Canadian rower. He won a bronze medal in the Quadruple Sculls event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

George Frederick "Buzz" Beurling, was the most successful Canadian fighter pilot of the Second World War.

John L. Vautour was a Canadian fisherman, born in Claire-Fontaine, New Brunswick, best known for his fight against the expropriation of 250 families in the early 1970s to create Kouchibouguac National Park on land formerly occupied by eight villages.

Charlotte L'Écuyer was a politician in Quebec, Canada. She was a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Pontiac in Western Quebec, and a member of the Quebec Liberal Party caucus, from 2003 to 2014.

Michael Garrett Shanks is a Canadian actor, writer and director. He is known for playing Dr. Daniel Jackson in the long-running Canadian–American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 and as Dr. Charles Harris on the Canadian medical drama Saving Hope.