User:Robkelk/sandbox/Famous Canadians by city

Let's get what I have onto the wiki in around the end-of-month 503s...

Starting with the lists linked at the start of each city's list, with the scientists, sports stars, and politicians removed.

Now what?
 * Leave the redlinks and count on Wiki Magic to fill in the gaps? C'mon, these are Canadians; almost nobody outside Canada has heard of most of them, and almost nobody in Canada cares.
 * Delete the redlinks? A lot of these people should have pages here, though.

People from Ottawa
(Yeah, we'll need a page for Ottawa to put this on.)

Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Ottawa.

Actors

 * Dan Aykroyd - Comedian, singer, actor and screenwriter
 * Jay Baruchel - Actor, screenwriter, comedian
 * Tom Butler - Actor
 * Tom Cavanagh - Actor
 * Sarah Chalke - Actress
 * Elisha Cuthbert - Actress
 * Lorne Greene - Actor and musician
 * Craig Lauzon - Actor, writer, and comedian
 * Donal Logue - Actor
 * K. C. Martel - Actor
 * Sandra Oh - Actress
 * Matthew Perry - Actor
 * Kelly Rowan - Actress and former fashion model
 * Melinda Shankar - Actress

Artists

 * Thomas Burrowes - Artist, noted for artworks he created while serving as a surveyor and overseer during the construction of the Rideau Canal

Authors

 * Margaret Atwood - Writer
 * Nathan Burgoine - Writer
 * Elisabeth Harvor - Novelist and poet
 * Blaine Marchand - Writer and poet
 * Derek McCulloch - Author of graphic novels, comics, books for children, and plays
 * Stevie Mikayne - Writer
 * Hannah Moscovitch - Playwright, author, dramatist
 * Sasha Sokolov - Writer

Comedians

 * Luba Goy - Humanitarian. Actress. Comedian; The Royal Canadian Air Farce
 * Tom Green - Actor, comedian, media personality
 * Jessica Holmes - Comedian and actress; The Royal Canadian Air Farce
 * Norm Macdonald - Stand-up comedian, writer, producer and actor

Musicians

 * Sulekha Ali - Singer
 * Paul Anka - Singer
 * Eva Avila - Singer, 4th season Canadian Idol champion
 * Belly - Rapper
 * Dave Brockie - Frontman for metal band Gwar
 * Keshia Chante - Singer-songwriter, television personality, actress
 * Bruce Cockburn - Folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
 * Kathleen Edwards - Singer-songwriter and musician
 * Jeremy Gara - Drummer for Arcade Fire
 * Wallis Giunta - Opera singer
 * Kira Isabella - Country music artist
 * Dan Kanter - Musician, songwriter, producer, musical director and lead guitarist for Justin Bieber
 * Zion Kuwonu - Singer, Producer, Boygroup (Prettymuch)
 * Bernie LaBarge - Guitarist and singer-songwriter
 * Kristina Maria - Singer-songwriter
 * Alanis Morissette - Singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress
 * Richard Reed Parry - Multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and member of Arcade Fire
 * James Rolfe - Composer
 * Andrew Scott - Drummer for Sloan
 * Jeff Waters - Guitarist and founder of Annihilator

Other Creators

 * Travis Gordon - Film producer, screenwriter, and director
 * Rich Little - Impressionist and voice actor
 * Trevor Matthews - Film producer and actor

People from Toronto
Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Toronto.

A

 * Abdominal – hip hop musician
 * Patrick J. Adams – actor (Suits)
 * Oluniké Adeliyi – actress (Flashpoint)
 * Robbie Amell – actor
 * Stephen Amell – actor (Arrow)
 * Enza Anderson – writer, transgender rights activist
 * Gordon Stewart Anderson – author
 * Steve Anthony – television host
 * Danny Antonucci – animator and creator of Ed, Edd n Eddy
 * Will Arnett – actor
 * Amy Ashmore Clark – vaudeville performer, songwriter, composer
 * Margaret Atwood – Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, literary critic and essayist
 * Ayria – musician
 * Yank Azman – actor

B

 * Andrew Bachelor – actor, comedian, and internet personality
 * Jay Bahadur – journalist and author, known for his reporting on piracy in Somalia
 * Robert Bateman – painter
 * Elise Bauman – actress
 * Isabel Bayrakdarian – opera singer
 * Samantha Bee – actress and comedian
 * Jeanne Beker – fashion television personality and reporter
 * John Wilson Bengough – cartoonist
 * Nikki Benz – pornographic film actress
 * Pierre Berton – author, historian, journalist and TV personality
 * Conrad Black – media mogul
 * Jully Black – R&B singer
 * Rachel Blanchard – actress
 * Lloyd Bochner – actor (Dynasty)
 * Hédi Bouraoui – poet, novelist and academic
 * Liona Boyd – classical guitarist, composer, songwriter and singer
 * Shary Boyle – artist
 * Diana Braithwaite – electric blues singer, songwriter and screenwriter
 * Cindy Breakspeare – Miss World 1976 and mother of Grammy-winning reggae musician Damian Marley
 * Christopher Britton – actor, stage actor, and voice actor
 * Daniel Brooks – theatre director, actor and playwright
 * Chester Brown – alternative cartoonist and Libertarian Party of Canada candidate
 * Billy Bryans – musician
 * Martha Burns – actress
 * Jackie Burroughs – actress

C

 * Sebastian Cluer – director, producer, writer
 * Barry Callaghan – historian
 * Morley Callaghan – journalist, writer
 * Christian Campbell – actor
 * Neve Campbell – actress (Party of Five, Scream series)
 * Nicholas Campbell – actor (Da Vinci's Inquest)
 * John Candy – comic actor
 * Jim Carrey – actor and comedian
 * Christopher Chapman – film director, writer, and cinematographer
 * Hayden Christensen – actor
 * Choclair – hip hop musician
 * Ping Chong — contemporary theatre director
 * Jerry Ciccoritti – film, TV, and theatre director
 * Austin Clarke – writer
 * Adrienne Clarkson – journalist, broadcaster and former Governor-General of Canada
 * Matt Cohen – writer
 * Dusty Cohl – filmmaker, co-founder of the Toronto International Film Festival and Canada's Walk of Fame
 * Enrico Colantoni – actor (Veronica Mars, Flashpoint)
 * John Colicos – actor
 * Alex Colville – painter
 * Jesse Cook – Juno Award winning guitarist
 * Adam Copeland – retired WWE professional wrestler
 * Douglas Coupland – writer, artist
 * Christina Cox – actress, stuntwoman
 * Deborah Cox – singer
 * Jonathan Crombie – actor
 * Neil Crone – actor, comedian
 * David Cronenberg – film director
 * Jim Cuddy – musician, lead singer of Blue Rodeo
 * Henry Czerny – actor
 * Catalina Yue – singer

D

 * Cynthia Dale – actress
 * Jennifer Dale – actress
 * Cathy Daley – visual artist, educator
 * Mychael Danna – Academy Award-winning film composer (Life of Pi)
 * Matthew de Lacey Davidson – pianist, composer, poet
 * Robertson Davies – writer
 * William B. Davis – actor (The X Files)
 * deadmau5 – electronic music producer and DJ
 * Michael DeForge – comics artist and illustrator
 * Sergio Di Zio – actor (Flashpoint)
 * Chris Diamantopoulos – actor and comedian
 * Diamond Rings – music artist
 * DL Incognito – hip hop musician
 * Nina Dobrev – actress
 * Fefe Dobson – singer
 * Cory Doctorow – blogger, journalist and science fiction author
 * Fateh Doe – rapper, singer, and lyricist
 * Andy Donato – editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Sun
 * Max Douglas a.k.a. Salgood Sam – comic artist, author, and weblog|blogger
 * John Drainie – actor
 * Drake – rapper
 * Dream Warriors – hip hop group
 * Kyle Bobby Dunn – composer, arranger, performer
 * George Dunning – animator, director

E

 * Jayne Eastwood – actress
 * Atom Egoyan – film director
 * David James Elliott – actor (JAG)
 * Nneka Elliott – TV news anchor/reporter for CP24
 * Emma-Lee – singer-songwriter and photographer
 * George Evans – jazz singer, producer, recording artist
 * Gil Evans – jazz musician
 * Dylan Everett – actor

F

 * Percy Faith – composer
 * George Faludy – poet
 * Hilary Farr – home designer, Love It or List It
 * Holly Farrell - self-taught outsider artist; Barbie & Ken series
 * Leslie Feist – singer/songwriter
 * Louis Ferreira – actor
 * Timothy Findley – writer
 * Melanie Fiona – R&B musician
 * Joe Flaherty – comic actor
 * Dave Foley – comedian
 * Megan Follows – actress (Anne of Green Gables)
 * Evan Fong – YouTube Personality also called VanossGaming
 * Rick Fox – NBA basketball player and actor
 * Barbara Frum – journalist, news anchor
 * Ajay Fry – television host/personality
 * Northrop Frye – literary critic, academic
 * David Furnish – filmmaker and producer, civil partner of Elton John

G

 * Sarah Gadon – actress
 * Ed Gass-Donnelly – film director, screenwriter and producer
 * General Idea – art collective
 * Eric Genuis - pianist and composer
 * Jian Ghomeshi – radio and TV broadcaster, writer, musician
 * Graeme Gibson – writer
 * Sky Gilbert – writer, actor, drag performer
 * Malcolm Gladwell – writer (Tipping Point, Blink!)
 * Kat Goldman – singer-songwriter
 * Sondra Gotlieb – writer
 * Glenn Gould – pianist
 * Katherine Govier – writer
 * Lawrence Gowan – musician, lead vocalist of the band Styx (1999–present)
 * Barbara Gowdy – writer, fiction
 * Dakota Goyo – actor
 * Barbara Greenwood – educator and children's author
 * Kathryn Greenwood – actress
 * John Greyson – filmmaker (Proteus)
 * Lynne Griffin – actress
 * Shenae Grimes – actress
 * Paul Gross – actor, producer, director
 * Group of Seven – art collective
 * Peter Gzowski – radio broadcaster (CBC Radio's Morningside) and writer

H

 * Corey Haim – actor
 * Barbara Hamilton – actress
 * Moshe Hammer – violinist
 * Lawren Harris – Group of Seven artist
 * Richard Harrison – poet
 * Don Harron – comedian, actor, director, radio/TV host, author and composer
 * Ronnie Hawkins – rocker
 * Jeff Healey – musician
 * Steven Heighton – novelist, poet
 * Alan Milliken Heisey Sr. – politician, author, publisher
 * Lawrence Heisey – publisher
 * Sheila Heti – author
 * Foster Hewitt – sports broadcaster (Hockey Night in Canada)
 * Dan Hill – singer, songwriter
 * Clive Holden – poet, film director and visual artist
 * Laurie Holden – actress (The Walking Dead)
 * Mike Hoolboom – filmmaker
 * Kenny Hotz – actor (Kenny vs Spenny)
 * Alexander Hryshko – photographer
 * Stuart Hughes – actor
 * Walter Huston – Academy Award-winning actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
 * William Hutt – actor (Stratford Festival)

I

 * Malcolm Ingram – independent film director and podcaster
 * Michael Ironside – actor

J

 * A.Y. Jackson – Group of Seven artist
 * Lisa Jakub – former child actress
 * Maureen Jennings, novelist
 * Peter Jennings – ABC News anchor
 * Connor Jessup – actor, short film director
 * Norman Jewison – film director (Moonstruck)
 * Molly Johnson – singer/songwriter
 * Jamie Johnston – actor
 * George Jonas – writer, journalist
 * Demetrius Joyette – actor

K

 * Kardinal Offishall – hip hop musician
 * Hadley Kay – actor
 * Sherry Kean – singer
 * Trenna Keating – actress
 * Ben Kerr – busker
 * The Kids in the Hall – television comedy troupe
 * Mia Kirshner – actor
 * Naomi Klein – journalist, author (No Logo, The Shock Doctrine) and social activist
 * K'naan – hip hop musician
 * K-os – hip hop musician
 * Ted Kotcheff – director
 * Anton Kuerti – pianist
 * Maya Kulenovic – painter
 * Floyd Kuptana – Inuit artist
 * Faisal Kutty – lawyer, writer, Muslim activist
 * Bruce Kuwabara – architect

L

 * Don Lake – actor and writer
 * Maurice LaMarche – voice actor (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Tiny Toon Adventures)
 * Heath Lamberts – theatre actor
 * Michele Landsberg – journalist, author, public speaker, feminist and social activist
 * Tory Lanez – rapper
 * Henry Lau – member of Korean boy band Super Junior M, the third official sub-unit of popular Korean boy band Super Junior
 * Michael Lazarovitch – actor
 * Stephen Leacock – writer, humourist
 * Dennis Lee – children's author, poet
 * Geddy Lee – musician, lead singer of Rush
 * Mark Lee - musician, member of NCT group, Canadian South Korean singer
 * Sook-Yin Lee – media personality
 * Kristin Lehman – actress
 * Dan Lett – actor
 * Dan Levy – TV host and actor
 * Avi Lewis – documentary filmmaker and radio/TV broadcaster
 * Glenn Lewis – R&B singer
 * Ivor Lewis – sculptor
 * Sharon Lewis – journalist
 * Alex Lifeson – musician, guitarist of Rush
 * Lights – musician
 * Robert K. Logan – author and academic
 * James Lumbers – painter

M

 * Ann-Marie MacDonald – playwright, novelist, actor and journalist
 * J.E.H. MacDonald – Group of Seven artist
 * Norm Macdonald – comic actor (Saturday Night Live)
 * Daniel MacIvor – playwright, actor and theatre/film director
 * Steve Mackall – voice actor
 * Maestro – hip-hop musician
 * Daniel Magder – actor
 * Arnaud Maggs – artist
 * Victor Malarek – journalist
 * Manafest – Christian rapper/singer-songwriter
 * Howie Mandel – actor, comedian, writer, producer
 * Peter Mansbridge – CBC News chief correspondent
 * Lisa Marcos – actress, former model
 * Amanda Marshall – singer-songwriter
 * Ruth Marshall – actress (Flashpoint)
 * Raymond Massey – actor
 * Walter Massey – actor
 * Pat Mastroianni – actor (Degrassi Junior High)
 * Cameron Mathison – actor
 * Rachel McAdams – actress
 * Sheila McCarthy – actress
 * Eric McCormack – actor (Will and Grace)
 * Dean McDermott – actor and reality show personality (Tori & Dean: Inn Love)
 * Bruce McDonald – film director
 * Kevin McDonald – comedian, actor, member of The Kids in the Hall
 * Michael McGowan – film director
 * Don McKellar – actor, screenwriter and film director
 * Marshall McLuhan – academic and writer (Understanding Media)
 * Shawn Mendes – musician, singer
 * Heather Menzies – actress (The Sound of Music)
 * Lindsay G Merrithew – actor, producer, fitness entrepreneur
 * Lorne Michaels – producer and creator of Saturday Night Live
 * Michie Mee – hip hop musician
 * Ramona Milano – actress (Due South)
 * David Mirvish – theatrical impresario
 * Ed Mirvish – theatrical impresario, founder of Honest Ed's
 * Rohinton Mistry – writer
 * Stacie Mistysyn – actress (Degrassi Junior High)
 * Joni Mitchell – musician
 * Kim Mitchell – musician
 * Shay Mitchell – actress
 * Colin Mochrie – actor and improvisational comedian (Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
 * Geraldine Moodie – photographer
 * Dora Mavor Moore – founder of Canada's professional theater
 * Mavor Moore – pioneer of Canadian television
 * Rick Moranis – actor, comedian, writer, producer
 * Jeffrey Morgan – writer
 * James Motluk – filmmaker
 * Farley Mowat – writer
 * Mr. Attic – hip hop musician
 * Robert Munsch – children's author
 * Anne Murray – singer
 * Mathew Murray – writer, web series creator
 * Mike Myers – comic actor (Saturday Night Live, Austin Powers)
 * Alannah Myles – singer
 * Seaton McLean - Canadian Film and TV Producer

N

 * Nash the Slash – musician
 * Nav – musician and record producer
 * Natasha Negovanlis – actress, singer and songwriter
 * John Neville – English actor
 * Kevin Newman – journalist and news anchor
 * Jayde Nicole – model and former Playboy Playmate

O

 * Catherine O'Hara – comedic actress (SCTV, Beetlejuice, Best in Show)
 * Mary Margaret O'Hara – singer/songwriter
 * Sidney Olcott – director
 * Michael Ondaatje – Booker Prize-winning writer (The English Patient)
 * Kenneth Oppel – author (Silverwing saga, Airborn trilogy)
 * Peter Outerbridge – actor
 * Seiji Ozawa – conductor

P

 * Charles Pachter – artist
 * Owen Pallett – violinist and singer
 * Alice Panikian – model and (Miss Universe Canada 2006)
 * Gerard Parkes – Irish-born actor
 * Sean Paul – reggae artist
 * Peaches – musician
 * Miklos Perlus – actor, screenwriter
 * Russell Peters – comedian
 * Lauren Phoenix – former pornographic film actress
 * Mary Pickford – actress, co-founder of United Artists
 * Cara Pifko – actress
 * Alison Pill – actress
 * Lido Pimienta – Polaris Prize winning musician and artist
 * Christopher Plummer – actor
 * Jeremy Podeswa – film director
 * Brett Polegato – Grammy Award-winning operatic baritone
 * Sarah Polley – actress, screenwriter and film director (Away from Her)
 * Carole Pope – rock singer
 * Anna Porter – publisher
 * Chris Potter – actor (Kung Fu: The Legend Continues), musician, pitchman
 * Victoria Pratt – actress
 * Robert Priest – poet, children's author and singer/songwriter
 * Jason Priestley – actor (Beverly Hills, 90210)

Q

 * Joel Quarrington – musician (Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra)
 * Paul Quarrington – author, screenwriter and musician

R

 * David Rakoff – author
 * James Randi – magician
 * Lisa Ray – actress
 * Raheel Raza – author
 * Michael Redhill – writer
 * Keanu Reeves – actor (The Matrix)
 * Ivan Reitman – director
 * Liisa Repo-Martel – actress
 * Gloria Reuben – actress
 * Jessie Reyez – singer
 * Nino Ricci – writer
 * Spencer Rice – actor/entertainer (Kenny vs Spenny)
 * Daniel Richler – broadcaster and writer
 * Anastasia Rizikov – pianist
 * Robbie Robertson – musician
 * Coco Rocha – model
 * Rino Romano – actor, voice actor
 * Bobby Roode – professional wrestler
 * Goody Rosen – former MLB player
 * Lukas Rossi – singer
 * The Royal Canadian Air Farce – comedy troupe
 * Jan Rubeš – opera singer and actor
 * Anna Russell – concert comedian
 * Ann Rutherford – actress

S

 * Rob Stewart (actor) – actor
 * Rob Stewart (filmmaker) – filmmaker
 * Morley Safer – journalist (60 Minutes)
 * Saukrates – hip hop musician
 * John Ralston Saul – writer
 * Booth Savage – actor
 * Tyrone Savage – actor (Wind at My Back)
 * Monika Schnarre – supermodel and actress
 * Kim Schraner – actress (Spynet)
 * Albert Schultz – actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company
 * Linda Schuyler – television producer (Degrassi franchise)
 * Caterina Scorsone – actress
 * Michael Seater – actor
 * Derek Sharp – lead singer for The Guess Who
 * Howard Shore – Academy Award-winning film composer (The Lord of the Rings)
 * Martin Short – actor
 * Frank Shuster – comedian (Wayne and Shuster)
 * Joe Shuster – creator of Superman
 * Jane Siberry – musician
 * Gordon Sinclair – journalist, writer and commentator
 * Lilly Singh – youtuber, actress, motivational speaker, model, rapper, vlogger, comedian and founder of Girllove
 * Rachel Skarsten – actress (Birds of Prey, Lost Girl)
 * Josef Škvorecký – writer
 * Colin Simpson – author
 * Gregory Smith – actor
 * Steve Smith – comedian, actor and writer
 * Snow – musician
 * Michael Snow – artist
 * Jessica Steen – actress
 * Mark Steyn – journalist
 * Amanda Stepto – actress (Degrassi Junior High)
 * Stephen Stohn – television producer (Degrassi franchise)
 * Teresa Stratas – opera singer
 * Trish Stratus (born Patrica Stratigias) – former WWE wrestler and fitness model
 * Tara Strong – voice/live-action actress (Rugrats, New Batman Adventures, Teen Titans, King of the Hill)
 * George Stroumboulopoulos – TV/radio personality and VJ
 * Charlotte Sullivan – actress
 * Kevin Sullivan - writer, director and producer (Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea, Wind at My Back)
 * Moez Surani – poet
 * Sonja Smits - Canadian actress

T

 * Jeremy Taggart – musician; drummer
 * Mark Taylor – actor (Student Bodies, Flashpoint)
 * R. Dean Taylor – singer/songwriter ("Indiana Wants Me")
 * Ty Templeton – cartoonist and writer
 * R. H. Thomson – actor (Road to Avonlea)
 * Tom Thomson – Group of Seven artist
 * Judith Thompson – playwright
 * Talan Torriero – actor (Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County)
 * Alex Trebek – game show host (Jeopardy!)

U

 * Richard Underhill – jazz musician
 * Jane Urquhart – author

V

 * Billy Van – comedian, actor and singer
 * Laura Vandervoort – actress (Smallville)
 * Nia Vardalos – actress and writer, stage and film (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
 * M. G. Vassanji – author
 * Nerene Virgin – actress, journalist and teacher
 * David Visentin – real estate agent, Love It or List It
 * Vonny the Ken Doll – TV host, reality TV personality
 * Prvoslav Vujcic – author

W

 * George F. Walker – playwright
 * Alberta Watson – actress
 * Al Waxman – actor
 * Johnny Wayne – comedian (of Wayne and Shuster)
 * The Weeknd – R&B singer
 * Samantha Weinstein – actress
 * Danny Wells – actor (The Jeffersons) and voice actor
 * Wendy – member of South Korean girl group Red Velvet
 * Zoe Whittall – Giller Prize-nominated author
 * Ben Wicks – cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author
 * Joyce Wieland – filmmaker
 * Healey Willan – composer
 * Angel Williams – TNA Knockout
 * Fred Williams – journalist, historian
 * Harland Williams – actor
 * Bree Williamson – actress
 * Jeff Wincott – actor (Night Heat)
 * Michael Wincott – actor
 * Katheryn Winnick – actress
 * Maurice Dean Wint – actor
 * Ralph E. Winters – film editor (Ben-Hur)
 * Ellen Wong – actress
 * Hawksley Workman – singer/songwriter

Y

 * Alissa York – writer
 * Neil Young – rock musician
 * Renee Young – host of multiple WWE programs
 * Scott Young – sportswriter, journalist and novelist; father of Neil Young
 * Andrew Younghusband – TV personality, writer and journalist
 * David Yudelman – South African-born writer
 * Catalina Yue – singer

Z

 * Zanta – performance artist
 * Zappacosta – singer/songwriter
 * Brigitte Zarie – jazz singer/songwriter
 * Paul Zaza – film score musician and songwriter

People from Montreal
Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Montreal.

People from Vancouver
Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Vancouver.

People from Halifax
(Do we want a page for Halifax? Works set there include Theodore Tugboat, and ... what else?)

Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Halifax.