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== People from Ottawa ==
(Yeah, we'll need a page for Ottawa to put this on. ''[[Under the Umbrella Tree]]'' was
{{examples|Some famous Ottawans}}
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* [[Jay Baruchel]]
* [[Elisha Cuthbert]]
* [[Lorne Greene]] - "The Voice of Doom" on CBC Radio, then typecast as a wise and understanding patriarchal figure whose family works with him under his command on a professional basis (in ''[[Bonanza]]'', the
* [[Sandra Oh]]
* [[Matthew Perry]]
* [[Ryan Reynolds]]
* [[Melinda Shankar]]
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* [[Trevor Matthews]] - Film producer and actor
== People from [[Toronto]] - Completed ==
The list of some famous Torontonians is now on the [[Toronto]] page.
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Wikipedia has a larger [[w:List of people from Montreal|list of people from Montreal]].
'''Actors'''
* [[Jay Baruchel]] -- television and movie actor
* [[Christopher Plummer]] -- actor
* [[William Shatner]] -- actor, best known for playing Captain Kirk in ''[[Star Trek]]''
'''
'''Authors'''
* [[Gilles Archambault]] -- novelist
* [[Doug Beardsley]] -- poet and educator
* [[Louise Belcourt]] -- artist
* [[Saul Bellow]] -- novelist
* [[Louise Anne Bouchard]] – writer
* [[Louis Dudek]] -- poet
* [[David Fennario]] -- playwright
* [[Mavis Gallant]] -- author
* [[Jonathan Goldstein (author)|Jonathan Goldstein]] -- author, humourist and radio producer
* [[Adam Gopnik]] -- writer, essayist
* [[A. M. Klein]] -- author
* [[Naomi Klein]] -- author and activist
* [[Dany Laferrière]] -- author
* [[Mado Lamotte]] -- drag queen and author
* [[Irving Layton]] -- poet, essayist, short story writer
* [[Yann Martel]] -- writer, [[Man Booker Prize]] 2002
* [[Ken McGoogan]] -- writer
* [[Émile Nelligan]] -- poet
* [[Frank L. Packard]] -- novelist
* [[Mordecai Richler]] -- writer
* [[Mark Shainblum]] -- comics writer and co-creator of [[Northguard]] and [[Angloman]]
* [[Jaspreet Singh]] -- author
* [[Michel Tremblay]] -- novelist, playwright
* [[Tony Tremblay]] -- poet, radio personality
* [[William Weintraub]] -- author, filmmaker
'''Comedians'''
* [[David Acer]] -- magician and comedian, star of ''[[Mystery Hunters]]''
* [[Jon Lajoie]] -- comedian
* [[Kevin McDonald]] -- actor/comedian/voice actor, member of [[The Kids in the Hall]]
'''Directors and Producers'''
* [[Paul Almond]] -- director
* [[Patricia Chica]] -- film and TV director
* [[Sidney M. Cohen]] -- television director
* [[Phil Comeau]] -- film and TV director
* [[Harold Greenberg]] -- movie producer, founder of Astral Media
* [[Sid and Marty Krofft Productions|Sid and Marty Krofft]] -- producers/creators of ''[[H.R. Pufnstuf]]'', ''[[The Bugaloos]]'', ''[[Sigmund and the Sea Monsters]]'', ''[[Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)|Land of the Lost]]'', ''[[The Lost Saucer]]''
* [[Cynthia Scott]] -- [[Academy Award]]-winning director
'''Musicians'''
* [[Leonard Cohen]] -- poet and singer
* [[Céline Dion]] -- singer
* [[Tegan and Sara|Sara Quin]] -- musician
* [[Martha Wainwright]] -- singer/songwriter
* [[Rufus Wainwright]] -- singer/songwriter
'''Professional Wrestlers'''
* [[Roger Barnes]] -- professional wrestler
* [[Chris Benoit]] -- pro wrestler, born in Montreal, raised in Edmonton, Alberta
* [[Sylvain Grenier]] -- [[WWE]] wrestler
* [[Ian Hodgkinson]] -- professional wrestler, lived in Montreal while in [[WCW]]
* [[Vanessa Kraven]] - professional wrestler.
* [[Jos LeDuc]] -- professional wrestler
* [[Maurice Vachon]] -- also known as Mad Dog Vachon; wrestling champion
* [[Sami Zayn]] -- professional wrestler, signed to the WWE
'''Voice Actors'''
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'''''UNSORTED'''''
* [[Scott Abbott]] -- co-inventor of ''[[Trivial Pursuit]]''
* [[Martha Allan]] -- founder of the Montreal Repertory Theatre
* [[Melissa Sue Anderson]]; American-Canadian actress. Known for her role as [[Mary Ingalls]] on ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]''
* [[René Angélil]] -- singer, actor, Celine Dion's husband and manager
* [[François Arnaud (actor)|Francois Arnaud]] -- actor
* [[Melissa Auf der Maur]] -- rock musician ([[Hole (band)|Hole]], [[The Smashing Pumpkins]])
* [[René Balcer]] -- television writer and producer, known for the US television show ''[[Law and Order]]''
* [[Charlie Biddle]] -- Montreal Jazz pioneer, Juno Award winner
* [[Yannick Bisson]] -- actor known for playing Det. Murdoch in ''[[Murdoch Mysteries]]'' and Jack in ''[[Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye]]''
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* [[Paul Bley]] -- jazz pianist
* [[La Bolduc]] -- real name Mary Travers, singer
* [[Pierre Bouvier]] -- frontman of [[Simple Plan]]; songwriter
* [[Justin Bradley]] -- actor, based out of Montreal and Toronto, sometimes works in Los Angeles
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* [[Robert Charlebois]] -- singer/songwriter
* [[Régine Alexandra Chassagne]] -- singer, musician
* [[Emmanuelle Chriqui]] -- actress
* [[Terri Clark]] -- country singer/songwriter
* [[Françoise de Clossey]] -- pianist and organist
* [[John Colicos]] -- actor
* [[Charles Comeau]] -- drummer of [[Simple Plan]] and songwriter
* [[Marc Costanzo]] -- singer
* [[Corneille (singer)|Corneille]] -- singer
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* [[Caroline Dhavernas]] -- actress
* [[Sara Diamond]] -- member of the American girl group [[Clique Girlz]]
* [[Xavier Dolan]] – actor, director, screenwriter, editor, costume director, producer
* [[Audrey Capel Doray]] – artist
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* [[Shawn Drover]] -- drummer for Megadeth
* [[Jean Duceppe]] -- actor
* [[Iwan Edwards]] -- [[conducting|conductor]], Member of the [[Order of Canada]]
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* [[Mylène Farmer]] -- singer
* [[Maynard Ferguson]] -- jazz trumpet player and bandleader
* [[Jennifer Finnigan]] -- Hollywood actress
* [[André Gagnon]] -- composer, pianist
* [[Patsy Gallant]] -- pop singer
* [[Kathleen Gati]] -- actress
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* [[Jessalyn Gilsig]] -- actress
* [[Hilda Goldblatt Gorenstein (Hilgos)]] -- artist and inspiration for the documentary ''[[I Remember Better When I Paint]]''
* [[Huntley Gordon]] -- actor
* [[Philip Guston]] -- painter and printmaker
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* [[Prudence Heward]] -- [[Beaver Hall Group]] artist
* [[David Julian Hirsh]] -- actor
* [[Steve Holt (Canadian musician)|Steve Holt]] -- jazz pianist, AC singer-songwriter
* [[William Hope (actor)|William Hope]] -- actor
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* [[Franklin Kiermyer]] -- drummer, composer
* [[Andy Kim]] -- singer/songwriter
* [[Benjamin Kowalewicz]] -- singer of [[Billy Talent]]
* [[David Kristian]] -- electronic musician
* [[Florence La Badie]] -- actress
* [[Corky Laing]] -- musician
* [[Guy Laliberté]] -- founder and CEO of Cirque de Soleil
* [[Ryan Larkin]] -- animator
* [[Lisa Lavie]] -- singer-songwriter
* [[Louise Lecavalier]] -- dancer
* [[Ranee Lee]] -- jazz singer
* [[Sébastien Lefebvre]] -- guitarist of [[Simple Plan]] and vocalist
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* [[Arnaud Maggs]] -- artist, photographer
* [[Massari]] -- singer
* [[Patricia McKenzie]] -- actress
* [[Norman McLaren]] -- film animation pioneer
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* [[Narcy (rapper)|Narcy]] -- hip hop artist
* [[P. Reign]] -- hip hop artist, born in Montreal, raised in [[Toronto]]
* [[Michel Pagliaro]] -- musician
* [[Jessica Paré]] -- actress
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* [[Oscar Peterson]] -- jazz pianist
* [[André Pijet]] -- artist
* [[Antoni Porowski]] -- chef, actor, and television personality
* [[Nathalie Quagliotto]] -- visual artist
* [[Jesse Rath]] -- actor
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* [[Ginette Reno]] -- singer
* [[Caroline Rhea]] -- actress
* [[Sam Roberts]] -- musician
* [[Percy Rodrigues]] -- actor
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* [[Anne Savage (artist)|Anne Savage]] -- artist
* [[Douglas Shearer]] -- Academy Award-winning motion picture sound engineer
* [[Norma Shearer]] -- [[Academy Award]]-winning actress
* [[Madeleine Sherwood]] -- actress, played Mother Superior in ''[[The Flying Nun]]''
* [[Karen Simpson]] -- actress and fashion designer
* [[David Six (artist)|David Six]] -- artist
* [[Wonny Song]] -- classical concert pianist
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* [[Tiga (musician)|Tiga]] -- electronic musician, singer, DJ
* [[Alain Trudel]] -- conductor
* [[David Usher]] -- singer/songwriter
* [[Stevie Vallance]] -- also known as Louise Vallance; singer, musician, actress, voice actress and director
* [[Gino Vannelli]] -- singer/songwriter
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* [[Roch Voisine]] -- singer
* [[Amanda Walsh]] -- actress
* [[Danny Wells]] -- actor; played bartender on ''[[The Jeffersons]]'' and Luigi in ''[[The Super Mario Brothers Super Show]]''
* [[Alissa White-Gluz]] -- singer-songwriter; former vocalist of The Agonist; current vocalist of Arch Enemy
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* [[Nikki Yanofsky]] -- jazz singer
* [[Joel Zifkin]] -- electric violinist, singer/songwriter
* [[Moses Znaimer]] -- co-founder of Toronto's [[CityTV]]
== People from [[Vancouver]] ==
'''I haven't even started this section yet...'''
''(If needed, see also [[w:Category:Vancouver in fiction]])''
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== People from Halifax ==
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