List of Famous people born in Canada
Phyllis Ross
Phyllis Gregory Ross, was a Canadian economist, civil servant, the first woman Chancellor of the University of British Columbia and in the Commonwealth of Nations, and the mother of the 17th Prime Minister of Canada, John Turner.
Judy Devlin
Judy Devlin is a former badminton player who won more major international titles than any other player of her era.
Jaxon Bieber
Dale Weise
Dale Kenton Weise is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected 111th overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers.
Danielle Proulx
Danielle Proulx is a French Canadian actress. She is a two-time Genie Award winner for Best Supporting Actress, for her roles in Love Crazy in 1991 and C.R.A.Z.Y. in 2005.
Gordon Drummond
General Sir Gordon Drummond, GCB was a Canadian-born British Army officer and the first official to command the military and the civil government of Canada. As Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, Drummond distinguished himself on the Niagara front in the War of 1812 and later became Governor-General and Administrator of Canada.
Evan John Price
Evan John Price was a Canadian lumber merchant and politician. Born at Wolfesfield Estate in Sillery, the fourth son of William Price, a lumber merchant and Jane Stewart, he was educated in the UK. He was a partner in the lumbering, manufacturing and exporting company of Price Brothers and a Vice-President of the Union Bank of Canada. Price was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of The Laurentides, Quebec on the advice of John Alexander Macdonald on December 1, 1888. A Conservative, he served almost 11 years until his death in 1899.
Hugh John Macdonald
Sir Hugh John Macdonald, was the only surviving son of the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald. He too was a politician, serving as a member of the House of Commons of Canada and a federal cabinet minister, and briefly as the eighth Premier of Manitoba.
Sheila Copps
Sheila Maureen Copps is a former Canadian politician who also served as the sixth deputy prime minister of Canada from November 4, 1993, to April 30, 1996, and June 19, 1996, to June 11, 1997. Her father, Victor Copps was once mayor of Hamilton, Ontario.
Nicole Oliver
Nicole Lyn Oliver is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Princess Celestia and Cheerilee in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and Zoe Trent in Littlest Pet Shop.