Summarized below are some facts and comments from experts regarding Canada and the Canadian economy. As you will see, Canada is enjoying an incredible period of growth and prosperity — we need more skilled workers to help Canada keep growing. Canada is the land of opportunity and is getting better every day.

Employment News

Immigrants Needed to Increase Declining Labour Force

“Immigrants have historically made a fundamental contribution to the Canadian labour market and society, and the importance of their contribution will increase in the face of declining labour force growth and an aging population. This will require improved efforts to attract and select skilled immigrants and to facilitate their full integration into the labour market and society.”

Jobs Going Unfilled

“Small business survey finds 265,000 unfilled jobs across Canada.”

All Provinces Need Workers

“Vacancy rate estimates suggest that there are considerable numbers of jobs available in every province.”

Increased Competition for Skilled Workers

“Strong economic conditions, coupled with the effects of an aging work force, are setting the stage for increased competition for talent in Canada’s labour market”

1,000,000 Worker Shortage Expected

“Canada could experience a one million worker shortage by the year 2020, but for some sectors, shortages already exist.”

Future of Canadian Business Depends on Finding More Skilled Workers

“Jobs are there and they will be there in the future, if businesses can stay in business. And that hinges on having enough skilled people.”

560,000 New jobs in 2002 – Employment Numbers Best Ever

“Fact: From January to December 2002, employment jumped 560,000 (3.7%). At the end of the year, the proportion of the working-age population employed was 62.4%, the highest on record.”

Shortage of Qualified Labour in Strong Canadian Economy

“26% of businesses in a recent survey said they have at least one vacant job open because they are unable to find people with suitable skills. Two thirds of those vacancies had been unfilled for more than four months. Small business is continuing to create jobs at a phenomenal rate, […] the shortage of qualified labour may actually worsen as the economy strengthens.”

Significant Employment Gains in First Quarter 2003

“Employment rose 2.2% in the first quarter. The entire gain was in full time work.”

Labour Market Soars in October 2003 – Beyond All Expectations

“Canada’s labour market roared back to life in October, creating almost six times more jobs than expected as the jobless rate fell to 7.6 percent, from 8 percent in September, Statistics Canada said on Friday.”   » Full Story

Canada needs Skilled Trades

“The country’s labour pool – which is expected to shrink under the weight of an unprecedented retirement bulge within the next five years – isn’t even close to producing enough skilled tradespeople, homegrown or imported to meet demands. And it’s going to be hard – and very expensive – to live in a country where only a few know how to fix a broken car engine or leaky faucet, build well-crafted homes or make sure the lights come on when it gets dark.”

Canadian Companies Can’t Find Enough Skilled Trades

“Our members are having difficulty attracting skilled trades such as tool and die, machinists, welders and other mechanical skills” – Perrin Beatty.   » Full Story

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Immigration

Toronto Attracts Most Immigrants

“Toronto attracts the largest share of new immigrants – 42 per cent (73,000) in 1998.”
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Immigrants are Investments for a Viable Nation

“[Immigrants] are an investment in human potential needed for this country to remain a viable nation”

Toronto and Canada will rely on Immigration for New Skilled Labour

“The Toronto region will face labour shortages across all occupations and skill groups by the end of the decade. To make up for shortfalls, Toronto will need to rely on immigration as a major source of new entrants into the labour force.”

Canada to Rely on More Immigrants

“Canada will depend almost solely on immigrants for growth in the workforce in the next decade”

Economy won’t Expand Without Increased Immigration

“Without significant increases in immigration of skilled workers, many sectors of the Canadian economy will not be able to expand and keep pace internationally.”

Immigration is Canada’s Trump Card and Strongest Play

“We’re relying more and more on immigration to sustain the growth of the population and therefore the growth of the market. Immigration remains Canada’s trump card”

Immigrants are the Future of the Labour Force

“By 2011, the country will be relying entirely on immigrants for all its labour force growth”

Growth Constrained Unless Labour Shortage Addressed

“Growth will be constrained unless the city [of Toronto] deals with serious labour shortages.”

Immigration Key to Fixing Labour Shortage

“Immigration is a key solution to labour shortages”

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Economic News

Canada’s Economy Outpaces Other Industrialized Countries

“Canada’s economy expected to grow 3.2% this year (2003) ahead of other G7 nations.”

Canada’s Population Shrinking

“Canada’s birthrate is only at 1.5%. A growth rate of 2.1% is needed just to maintain the same size population.”

Babyboomers Set to Retire in Record Numbers

“By 2011, about 20% of the working population will reach retirement age.”

600,000 New Jobs Created between 2001-2003

“The Canadian economy created nearly 600,000 net new jobs from the end of 2001 to May 2003.”

High Levels of Immigration Contributes to Higher Potential Growth in Canada

“Canada, because of this [immigration], has a higher potential growth than most other countries. Amongst the developed world, we can expect to become relatively more powerful as far as economic growth is concerned.”

Canada Leads G7 in Economic Growth

“Canada will lead the G7 in economic growth this year and next, even though turbulent equity markets are casting doubt over the outlook, according to one study done by Statistics Canada and another done by the International Monetary Fund.”   » Full Story

Positive Forecast for Canadian Economy and Unemployment Rate in 2003 and 2004

“In 2003, Canada’s economy will expand by 3.8 per cent, up from the 3.4 per cent growth rate estimated for 2002. The growth rate will reach four per cent in 2004 and the unemployment rate will fall to seven per cent from 7.7 per cent in 2002.”   » Full Story

$3 – $4 Billion Surplus Forecast for Canada’s Future

“Some economists have forecast surpluses of $3-billion in fiscal 2003-04, and $4-billion in 2004-05, not including the $3-bilion contingency fund Ottawa normally sets aside for emergencies.”   » Full Story

Canada only G7 Nation with $7 Billion Budget Surplus

“The federal budget surplus hit $7-billion in the most recent fiscal year, making Canada the only member of the Group of Seven nations to finish 2002-2003 in the black, Finance Minister John Manley said Wednesday.”   » Full Story

Labour Shortage Constrains Growth of Cities, Businesses and Economic Potential

“Growth will be constrained unless the city deals with serious labour shortages expected by the end of the decade”

Persistent Labour Shortages Experienced

“One of the side effects of a good economy has been a continued and persistent labour shortage among many small and medium-sized enterprises throughout Canada.”

Skilled Worker Shortage Hurts Economy

“The shortage is undermining the competitiveness of industry and hurting economic growth.”

Labour Shortages at All Levels

“Labour shortages exist from entry-level to highly experienced, and serious signs of unrealized economic potential”

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Life in Canada

Canadians Love Canada

“Some 56 percent of Canadians report satisfaction with the state of their country, 67 percent report satisfaction with the state of their own lives and 70 percent with the state of their economy – rankings higher than for any other Western nation according to a just-released global survey.”   » Full Story

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News By Industry

Tool and Die Makers: Acute shortage of Skilled Trades

“The current shortage of such trades as tool and die making is acute and getting worse”.

Crisis for Strong Housing Market without Skilled Labour for Construction

“A strong housing market, however, does create challenges for our industry, the primary one being a lack of skilled labour to build all those new homes and condominiums. Today, the average age of a construction worker is 50, and literally tens of thousands of current workers are expected to retire within the next decade. A major crisis is looming.”   » Full Story

Unprecedented Shortage of Skilled Workers in Manufacturing Sector

“Our manufacturing sector is facing an unprecedented shortage of skills of all kinds”

Tool and Die Makers Crucial to Manufacturing in Canadian Economy

“Tool and die making plays an important role in Canada because trade is crucial to our manufacturing sector, which is the linchpin of our economy. Manufacturing accounts for 21% of Canada’s economic activity and, counting spin-offs such as purchases of goods and services, it drives 55% of the economy. 70% of all goods manufactured are exported, reaping huge economic benefits.”   » Full Story

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Top 10 Reasons to Come to Canada

Canada is Open for Business

Countless opportunities exist in Canada for experienced businesspeople. Canada sees great potential in foreign entrepreneurs and investors, and has special priority visa categories to enter the country quickly and easily to invest and do business. The government assists with personal investments and financial planning and provides incentives for small business owners who are vital to Canada’s economy.

Famous Canadians

Businesspeople, Politicians & Public Figures

Aitken, William Maxwell : Publisher, Politician. Newspaper Magnate
Black, Conrad: Publisher (owns newspapers worldwide, including London’s Daily Telegraph)
Bombardier, Joseph-Armand : Engineer, Businessman (invented the Ski-doo)
Bronfman Family : Business Dynasty (own Seagram Co. and Universal Studios)
Cooke, Jack Kent : (owns the Washington Redskins and the Los Angeles Daily News)
Cunard, Sir Samuel : Businessman (founder of Cunard shipping line)
Eaton, Cyrus : Industrialist (co-founder of the Pugwash Conferences)
Hill, James J .: Businessman (built the Great Northern Railroad)
Mayer, Louis B .: Studio Executive, Producer (co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Pearson, Lester B .: Politician, Nobel Peace Prize winner
Reichman Brothers : Real Estate Developers (Canary Wharf project in London)
Trudeau, Pierre Elliott : Politician (former Prime Minister)
Warner, Jack : Studio Executive, Producer (co-founder of Warner Bros.)
Irving, K.C .: Industrialist (founder of Irving Holdings)
Znaimer, Moses : TV Mogul
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Actors, Actresses, Comedians & Other Entertainers

Anderson, Pamela : Actress (“Baywatch”, “Barb Wire”, “VIP”)
Augustyn, Frank : Ballet Dancer
Aykroyd, Dan : Comedian, Actor (“Saturday Night Live”, “The Blues Brothers”)
Bain, Conrad : Actor (“Diff’rent Strokes”, “Maude”)
Bairstow, Scott : Actor (“Lonesome Dove: The Series”)
Beach, Adam : Actor (“Windtalkers”; Smoke Signals”; “Dance Me Outside”)
Bellows, Gil – Actor (“Ally McBeal”, “The Assistant”)
Bennett, Nigel : Actor (“Forever Knight”)
Blanchard, Rachel : Actress (“Clueless”)
Bluteau, Lothaire : Actor (“Jesus of Montreal”, “Black Robe”)
Bochner, Lloyd : Actor (“Dynasty”, “Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear”)
Brown, Blair : Actress (“The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd”, “The Choirboys”)
Bujold, Genevieve : Actress (“Anne of a Thousand Days”, “Dead Ringers”, “Coma”)
Burr, Raymond : Actor (“Perry Mason”, “Ironside”)
Burroughs, Jackie : Actress (“The Grey Fox”, “John and the Missus”, “Anne of Green Gables”)
Campbell, Neve : Actress (“Party of Five”, “Scream”)
Candy, John : Comedian, Actor (“SCTV”, “Planes, Trains and Automobiles”, “Uncle Buck”)
Cardinal, Tantoo : Actress (“Black Robe”, “Dances with Wolves”, “Legends of the Fall”)
Cariou, Len : Actor (“A Little Night Music”)
Carrey, Jim : Comedian, Actor (“The Mask”, “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective”, “The Truman Show”, “Cable Guy”, “Man in the Moon”, “In Living Color”)
Carson, Jack : Actor (“Mildred Pierce”, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”)
Cattrall, Kim : Actress (“Star Trek VI, Sex and the City”, “Outer Limits”)
Chaykin, Maury : Actor (“Dances with Wolves”, “Whale Music”, “Buried on Sunday”)
Chong, Thomas : Comedian, Actor (Cheech and Chong, “McHale’s Navy”)
Clark, Susan : Actress (“Webster”, “Amelia Earhart”, “Babe”)
Colicos, John : Actor (“Anne of a Thousand Days”, “The Postman Always Rings Twice”, “Star Trek”, “Battlestar Galactica”)
Coombs, Ernie : Children’s TV Show Host (“Mr. Dressup”)
Crewson, Wendy : Actress (“Getting Married in Buffalo Jump”, “The Doctor”)
Cronyn, Hume : Actor (“Shadow of a Doubt”, “Sunrise at Campobello”, “Cocoon”)
Cruise, Tom : Actor (“Rainman”, “Far and Away”, “Interview With A Vampire”, “The Firm”, “M:I2″)
Czerny, Henry : Actor (“The Ice Storm”, “When Night is Falling, “Clear and Present Danger”, “The Boys of St. Vencent”)
Davies, Geraint Wyn : Actor (“Forever Knight”)
Davis, William B. : Actor (“X-files”)
De Carlo, Yvonne : Actress (“The Munsters”, “Salome, Where She Danced”)
Dewhurst, Colleen : Actress (“Anne of Green Gables”, “Murphy Brown”, “Annie Hall”)
Dionne Quintuplets : (first quintuplets known to have survived infancy, appeared in three films, featured for public viewing in a theme park called Quintland)
Doohan, James : Actor (“Star Trek”)
Douglas, Shirley : Actress (“Lolita”, “The Wars”, “Wind at my Back”)
Dressler, Marie : Actress, Comedienne (“Tillie’s Punctured Romance”, “Anna Christie”, “Min and Bill”, “Dinner at Eight”)
Dupuis, Roy : Actor (“Jesus of Montreal”)
Durbin, Deanna : Actress (“Three Smart Girls”, “That Certain Age”)
Elliott, David James : Actor (“Melrose Place”, “JAG”)
Evangelista, Linda : Super Model
Flatman, Barry : Actor (“Open Season,” “The Cutting Edge”)
Foley, David : Comedian, Actor (“Kids in the Hall”, “News Radio”)
Follows, Megan : Actress (“Anne of Green Gables”)
Ford, Glenn : Actor (“Gilda”, “The Big Heat”, “The Blackboard Jungle”)
Fox, Michael J. : Actor (“Back to the Future”, “Family Ties”, “Spin City”)
Francks, Don : Actor (“Dinner at Fred’s”, “Harriet the Spy”)
Fraser, Brendan : Actor (“Gods and Monsters”, “The Mummy”, “With Honours”, “George of the Jungle”)
Frewer, Matt : Actor (played “Max Headroom”, “Doctor, Doctor”, “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”, “Star Trek: The Next Generation”)Frid, Jonathan : Actor (“Dark Shadows”)
Garber, Victor : Broadway, Film and TV Actor (“Titanic”)
George, Chief Dan : Actor (“Little Big Man”, “The Outlaw Josey Wales”)
Gerussi, Bruno : Actor (“Beachcombers”, “The Hitman”)
Greene, Graham : Actor (“Dances with Wolves”)
Greene, Lorne : Actor (“Bonanza”, “Battlestar Galactica”)
Greenwood, Bruce : Actor (“Exotica”, “St. Elsewhere”, “Nowhere Man”)
Griffiths, Linda : Actress, Writer (“Maggie and Pierre”, “Reno and the Doc”)
Gross, Paul : Actor (“Due South”, “Buried on Sunday”)
Haim, Corey : Actor (“The Lost Boys”, “Snowboard Academy”)
Hall, Monty : Game Show Host (“Let’s Make A Deal”)
Harron, Don : Actor, Comedian (“Hee Haw”), Author (a.k.a.: Charlie Farquharson)
Hartman, Phil : Actor, Comedian (“Saturday Night Live”, “News Radio”, “The Simpsons” [voice])
Hennessy, Jill : Actress (“Law and Order”, Crossing Jordan”)
Henning, Doug : Magician
Henstridge, Natasha : Actress (“Species”)
Hill, Arthur : Actor (“The Andromeda Strain”, “A Bridge Too Far”)
Huston, Walter : Actor (“The Treasure of the Sierra Madre”, “Dodsworth”, “The Devil and Daniel Webster”)
Hyslop, Jeff : Actor (“The Wars”)
Ireland, John : Actor (“All the King’s Men”, “Spartacus”)
Ironside, Michael : Actor (“Scanners”, “Top Gun”, “Total Recall”)
Ito, Robert : Actor (“Quincy”)
Jackson, Joshua : Actor (“Dawson’s Creek”, “Cruel Intentions”)
Jackson, Tom : Actor, Musician (“North of 60″, “The Diviners”)
Jacobi, Lou : Actor (“Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex …”, “I.Q.”)
Johansson, Paul : Actor (“Lonesome Dove”, “Beverley Hills 90210″)
Kain, Karen : Ballet Dancer
Keeler, Ruby : Actress, Singer, Tap Dancer (“42nd Street”, “Dames”)
Kidder, Margot : Actress. (“Superman”)
Kirshner, Mia: Actress (“Exotica”, “Love and Human Remains”, “Mad City”, “Anna Karenina”)
Kuzyk, Mimi : Actress (“Hill Street Blues”, “L.A. Law”)
Laure, Carole : Actress (“Get Out Your Hankerchiefs”, “La Tête de Normande St-Onge”)
Le Cirque du Soleil : Avant Garde Circus
Levy, Eugene : Comedian, Actor (“SCTV”)
Lillie, Beatrice : Actress (“Exit Smiling”, “On Approval”, “Thoroughly Modern Millie”)
Linkletter, Art: Television Show Host, Author, Radio Broadcaster (“Kids Say the Darndest Things”)
Little, Rich : Impressionist.
Lockhart, Gene: Actor (“Abe Lincoln in Illinois”, “The Devil and Daniel Webster”, “His Girl Friday”, “Algiers”)
MacDonald, Norm : Comedian, Actor (“Saturday Night Live”, “Norm”)
MacInnes, Angus : Actor (“Judge Dredd”, “Witness”)
Mandel, Howie : Comedian, Actor (“St. Elsewhere”)
Martin, Andrea : Comedienne, Actress (“SCTV”, “Star Trek: DS9″)
Manners, David : Actor, Author (“Dracula” (1930), “The Mummy”)
Massey, Raymond : Actor (“Abe Lincoln in Illinois”, “East of Eden”, “The Naked and the Dead”)
Maxwell, Lois : Actress (played Moneypenny in the James Bond movies)
McCarthy, Sheila : Actress (“I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing”, “Die Hard 2″, “Beautiful Dreamers”)
McCormack, Eric : Actor (“Will & Grace”, “Street Justice”)
McCulloch, Bruce : Comedian (“Kids in the Hall”)
McDonald, Kevin : Actor, Comedian (“Kids in the Hall”, “That 70′s Show”)
McKellar, Don : Actor, Writer (“Roadkill”, “The Red Violin”, “Last Night”, “Twitch City”)
McKinney, Mark : Comedian (“Kids in the Hall”, “Saturday Night Live”)
McLerie, Allyn : Actress, Singer, Dancer (“The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd”)
Montgomery, Belinda J. : Actress (“The Man From Atlantis”, “Doogie Howser MD”)
Moranis, Rick : Comedian, Actor (“SCTV”, “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”)
Morgenstern , Stephanie: Actress, Filmmaker “”The Sweet Hereafter”, “P.T. Barnum”)
Morse, Barry : Actor (“The Fugitive”, “Space 1999″)
Moss, Carrie-Anne : Actress (“The Matrix”, “Memento”)
Myers, Mike : Comedian, Actor (“Saturday Night Live”, “Wayne’s World”, “Austin Powers”)
Nelligan, Kate : Actress (“The Prince of Tides”, “Fatal Instinct”)
Neville, John : Actor (“The Adventures of Baron Munchausen”)
Nielsen, Leslie : Actor (“The Naked Gun”, “Forbidden Planet”)
Oh, Sandra : Actress (“Double Happiness”, “The Red Violin”, “Last Night”)
O’Hara, Catherine : Actress (“SCTV” “Beetlejuice”, “Home Alone”)
Ontkean, Michael : Actor (“The Rookies”, “Twin Peaks”)
Paquin, Anna : Actress (“The Piano”, “Jane Eyre”, “Amistad”, “X-Men”)
Parker, Molly : Actress (“Kissed”, “Twitch City”, “Sunshine”)
Perry, Matthew : Actor (“Friends”)
Pickford, Mary : Actress (“Little Lord Fauntleroy”, “Coquette”, known as “America’s Sweetheart”)
Pidgeon, Walter : Actor (“How Green Was My Valley”, “Forbidden Planet”)
Pinsent, Gordon : Actor, Writer (“The Rowdy Man”, “Who has Seen the Wind?”, “John and the Missus”, “Due South”)
Plummer, Christopher: Actor (“The Sound of Music”, “Star Trek VI”)
Podemski, Tamara : Actress (“Rent” on Broadway; “The Rez”)
Polley, Sarah : Actress (“Anne of Green Gables, “Exotica”, “The Sweet Hereafter”, “Go”)
Potter, Chris : Actor (“Kung Fu: The Legend Continues”)
Priestley, Jason : Actor (“Beverly Hills 90210″)
Progosh, Tim : Actor (“Back in Action”, “Adventures of Sinbad”)
Qualen, John: Actor (“Casablanca”, “The Devil and Daniel Webster”, “The Searchers”, “Anatomy of a Murder”)
Reeves, Keanu : Actor (“Johnny Mnemonic”, “Speed”, “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure”)
Reid, Kate : Actress (“Dallas”, “Bye Bye Blues”, “The Andromeda Strain”, “A Delicate Balance”)
Regehr, Duncan : Actor (“Zorro”, “The Legend of Errol Flynn”)
Rennie, Callum Keith : Actor (“Double Happiness”, “Last Night”)
Reuben, Gloria : Actress (“ER”)
Rhodes, Donnelly : Actor (“Soap”, “Danger Bay”, “The Young and the Restless”)
Robertson, Kathleen : Actress (“Beverly Hills 90210″)
Rubinek, Saul : Actor (“Unforgiven”, “The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick”, “Star Trek: The Next Generation”)
Russell, Harold : Actor (“The Best Years of Our Lives”)
Ryan, Thomas Jay : Actor (“Henry Fool”)
Sarrazin, Michael : Actor (“They Shoot Horses Don’t They?”, “Joshua Then and Now”)
Sawa, Devon : Actor (“Caspar”)
Schellenberg, August : Actor (“Free Willy”, “Black Robe”)
Schnarre, Monika : Actress, Model (“The Bold and the Beautiful”)
Sennett, Mack : Director, Comedian, Actor, Producer (“Tillie’s Punctured Romance”)
Shatner, William : Actor (“Star Trek”)
Shaver, Helen : Actress (“Who has Seen the Wind?”, “Desert Hearts”)
Shearer, Douglas : Sound recording pioneer (won 13 Oscars)
Shearer, Norma : Actress (“The Divorcee”, “The Barretts of Wimpole Street”)
Short, Martin : Comedian, Actor (“SCTV”, “Saturday Night Live”, “Clifford”, “Captain Ron”, “Three Amigos”)
Shuster, Frank : Comedian (“Wayne and Shuster”, “Ed Sullivan Show”)
Silverheels, Jay : Actor (“The Lone Ranger”, “Key Largo”)
Singer, Marc : Actor (“V”, “Beastmaster”)
Smith, Alexis : Actress (“The Constant Nymph”, “Rhapsody in Blue”, “Of Human Bondage”)
Soles, Paul : original voice of Spiderman
Steen, Jessica : Actress (“Armageddon”, “Trial and Error”)
Steinberg, David : Comedian, Actor, Director (“Designing Women”)
Stratton, Dorothy : Actress (“Star 80″)
Sutherland, Donald : Actor (“M*A*S*H”, “Klute”, “Ordinary People”, “Eye of the Needle”, “Bethune”)
Sutherland, Kiefer : Actor, Director (“The Bay Boy”, “Stand By Me”, “A Few Good Men”, “Flatliners”)
Tennant, Veronica : Ballet Dancer
Thicke, Alan : Actor, Talk Show Host (“Hope and Gloria”, “The Alan Thicke Show”, “Growing Pains”)
Thomas, Dave : Actor, Comedian (“SCTV”, “Strange Brew”, “Grace Under Fire”)
Thompson, R.H. : Actor (“Road to Avonlea”, “Moonlighting”)
Thompson, Scott : Comedian (“Kids in the Hall”)
Tilly, Jennifer : Actress (“Bullets Over Broadway”)
Tilly, Meg : Actress (“The Big Chill”, “Agnes of God”)
Trebek, Alex : Game Show Host (“Jeopardy”)
Tweed, Shannon : Actress (“Falcon Crest”)
Unger, Deborah : Actress (“Crash”, The Hurricane”)
Vernon, John : Actor (“Animal House”, “Dirty Harry”)
Waxman, Al : Actor (“Cagney and Lacey”, “King of Kensington”)
Wayne, Johnny : Comedian (“Wayne and Shuster”, “Ed Sullivan Show”)
Welsh, Kenneth : Actor (“Twin Peaks”, “Whale Music”, “Legends of the Fall”)
Wincott, Jeff : Actor (“Night Heat”)
Wincott, Michael : Actor (“The Crow”, “Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves”, “1492, Conquest of Paradise”)
Wiseman, Joseph : Actor (“The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz”, “Dr. No”)
Wray, Fay: Actress (“King Kong”)
Zegers, Kevin : Actor (“Traders”, “Air Bud”)
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Musicians

Adams, Bryan : Musician (“Cuts Like a Knife”, “Everything I Do, I Do It For You”)
Great Big Sea : Newfoundland, Traditional & Contemporary (“Ordinary Day”; “Consequence Free”; “Feel It Turn”)
Anka, Paul : Musician (“Diana”, “My Way”, “The Tonight Show Theme”)
Bachman-Turner-Overdrive: Band (“Let It Ride”, “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”)
Barenaked Ladies : Band (“If I Had $1,000,000″, “Be My Yoko Ono”)
Cockburn, Bruce : Musician (“Wondering Where the Lions Are”, “If I Had a Rocket Launcher”)
Cohen, Leonard : Author, Musician (“Suzanne”, “Beautiful Losers”)
The Crash Test Dummies : Band (“God Shuffled His Feet”, “Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm”, “The Superman Song”)
Dion, Celine : Singer (“Beauty and the Beast”, “The Heart Will Go On”)
Eagle and Hawk : Contemporary Native Music (“Indian City”)
Furtado, Nelly : Pop Vocalist (“I’m Like a Bird”; “Turn Out the Lights”)
Ferguson, Maynard : Jazz Trumpeter (“Gonna Fly Now”)
Gould, Glenn : Classical Pianist (“Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould”)
Goulet, Robert : Singer, Actor
The Guess Who : Band (“American Woman”)
Healey, Jeff : Musician (“Angel Eyes”, “Confidence Man”)
Diana Krall : Jazz
lang, k.d .: Musician (“Absolute Torch and Twang”, “Ingenue”)
Lanois, Daniel : Producer, Musician (“Acadie”, produced U2 and Bob Dylan)
Leach, George : Jazz Guitarist and Vocalist
Lightfoot, Gordon : Musician (“Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”, “If You Could Read My Mind”)
Lombardo, Guy : Musician, Band Leader
MacIsaac, Ashley : Musician (“Hi, How Are You Today?”)
McKennitt, Loreena : Musician (“The Mask and Mirror”, “The Book Of Secrets”)
McLachlan, Sarah : Musician (“Fumbling Towards Ecstasy”, “Building a Mystery”, “Into the Fire”)
Morissette, Alanis : Musician (“You Oughta Know”, “Jagged Little Pill”)
Murray, Anne : Musician (“Snowbird”, “You Needed Me”)
Parker, Jon Kimura : Classical Concert Pianist
Peterson, Oscar : Jazz Pianist
Rogers, Stan : Folk Musician (“Barret’s Privateers”, “45 Years”, “The Mary Ellen Carter”)
Rush: Band (“The Spirit of Radio”, “Tom Sawyer”)
Sainte-Marie, Buffy : Musician, Actress (“Universal Soldier”, “Summer Boy”)
Shaffer, Paul : Musician (“The Late Show with David Letterman”)
Skinny Puppy : Band (“Addiction”, “Stairs and Flowers”)
Stratas, Teresa : Opera Singer
Twain, Shania : Musician (“The Woman In Me”, “Any Man of Mine”, “Man! I Fell Like a Woman”)
The Tragically Hip : Band (“New Orleans is Sinking”)
Neil Young : Musician (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Heart of Gold”, “Southern Man”, “Powderfinger”)
Blue Rodeo : Band (“Til I Am Myself Again”, “Trust Yourself”, “Five Days in May”, “Somebody Waits”)
Cochrane, Tom : Musician (“Paper Tigers”)
Connors, Stompin Tom : Musician (“Sudbury Saturday Night”)
Forrester, Maureen : Opera Singer (Contralto)
Foster, David : Keyboardist, Composer, Producer
Great Big Sea : Band (“Run, Run Away”, “Consequence Free”, “When I’m Up”)
Heppner, Ben : Opera Singer (Tenor)
Jones, Oliver : Jazz Pianist
MacNeil, Rita : Singer
Men Without Hats : Band (“Safety Dance”)
Our Lady Peace : Band (“Naveed”, “Superman’s Dead”)
Sanborn, David : Musician. R&B/Jazz (Eagles, “The Late Show With David Letterman”)
Sexsmith, Ron : Musician
Steppenwolf: Band (“Born to be Wild”)
Vickers, Jon: Opera Singer (Tenor)
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Scientists

Allen, John F .: Physicist (co-discovered superfluidity)
Altman, Sidney : (1989 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry)
Anderson, John R.: (received the 1995 American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award)
Avery, Oswald : Physician, Bacteriologist (discovered that DNA carries genetic information)
Banting, Frederick : (1923 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, co-discovered insulin)
Brockhouse, Bertram : (1994 Nobel Prize winner in Physics)
Best, Charles : (co-discovered insulin)
Coxeter, H.S.M .: Mathematician
Fields, J.C .: Mathematician (founded the Fields Medal)
Fleming, Sanford : Engineer (inventor of standard time zones)
Giauque, William Francis : (1949 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry)
Gosling, James : Computer Programmer (inventor of Java)
Herzberg, Gerhard : (1971 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry)
Hubel, David : (1981 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine)
Kernighan, Brian : Author, Programmer (“The C Programming Language”, co-invented AWK)
Logan, Sir William : Geologist (founded the Geological Survey of Canada)
Marcus, Rudolph : (1992 Nobel Prize winner in Chemisty)
Osler, Sir William : Physician
Penfield, Wilder : Neurosurgeon (discovered electrical stimulation of the brain)
Polanyi, John : (1986 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry)
Schawlow, Arthur : (1981 Nobel Prize winner in Physics for lasers)
Scholes, Myron : (1997 Nobel Prize winner in Economics)
Smith, Michael : (1993 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry)
Suzuki, David : Geneticist, Broadcaster (“The Nature of Things”)
Taube, Henry : (1983 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry)
Taylor, Richard : (1990 Nobel Prize winner in Physics)
Vickrey, William : (1996 Nobel Prize winner in Economics)
Wilson, Tuzo: Geophysicist (plate tectonics)

Astronauts

Bondar, Roberta
Garneau, Marc
Hadfield, Chris
McKay, Michael
MacLean, Steven
Payette, Julie
Thirsk, Robert
Tryggvason, Bjarni
Williams, Daffyd
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Athletes

Bailey, Donovan : Runner (Gold Medal at 1996 Summer Olympics, formerly the world’s fastest man)
Bell, Marilyn : Swimmer
Browning, Kurt : Champion Figure Skater
Chuvalo, George : Boxer
Cranston, Toller : Figure Skater
Dryden, Ken : Hockey (Goalie)
Fox, Terry : para-athlete (annual Terry Fox Run charity fund raiser)
Gretzky, Wayne : Hockey player (highest scorer in history)
Goodyear, Scott : IndyCar driver
Hanlan, Ned : Champion Rower
Hansen, Rick : Para-althete (“Man in Motion”)
Howe, Gordie : Hockey player (second highest scorer in history)
Jenkins, Ferguson : Baseball player (Hall of Fame pitcher)
Johnson, Ben : Runner
Lafleur, Guy : Hockey player
Lemieux, Mario : Hockey player
Moore, Greg : IndyCar driver
Nagurski, Bronko : Football player (Pro Football Hall of Fame)
Naismith, James : Physical Education teacher (invented basketball)
Orr, Bobby : Hockey player
Orser, Brian : Figure skater
Roy, Patrick : Hockey player
Slocum, Joshua : Sailor (first man to sail solo around the world)
Stoyko, Elvis : Figure skater
Thorburn, Cliff : Snooker Champion
Tracy, Paul : IndyCar driver
Villeneuve, Gilles : Formula One driver
Villeneuve, Jacques : IndyCar driver (1995 Indy 500 winner, 1997 Formula One World Champion)
Walker, Larry : Baseball player
Zimmerman, Jeff : Baseball player
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Artists

Bateman, Robert: Painter
Borduas, Paul-Emile: Painter, Author
Bush, Jack : Painter
Cardinal, Douglas: Architect (Canadian Museum of Civilization, Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian)
Carmichael, Frank: Painter
Carr, Emily: Painter, Writer
Colville, Alex: Painter
Davidson, Robert : Traditional Haida Sculpture
Gehry, Frank: Architect (Guggenheim museum at Bilbao)
Group of Seven: official group of associated naturist painters (founded the Canadian art movement or “school”)
Harris, Lawren: Painter
Jackson, A.Y.: Painter
Johnston, Frank H.: Painter
Johnston, Lynn: Cartoonist (“For Better of For Worse”)
Karsh, Yousuf : Photographer
Lismer, Arthur: Painter
MacDonald, James: Painter
MacKenzie, Robert Tait: Sculptor
McLaren, Norman: Animator
Shuster, Brian: Cartoonist (“Chaos”)
Shuster, Joe: created Superman
Snow, Michael: Painter, Sculptor, Filmmaker
Thomson, Tom: Painter
Varley, Frederick: Painter
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Authors

Atwood, Margaret: Author (“The Handmaid’s Tale”, “Bodily Harm”, “The Robber Bride”)
Bantock, Nick: Author, Illustrator (“Griffin & Sabine”)
Bellow, Saul: Author, Nobel laureate (“The Adventures of Augie March”, “Humbolt’s Gift”)
Berton, Pierre: Author (“Klondike”, “The National Dream”, “The Last Spike”)
Carrier, Roch: Author (“La Guerre, Yes Sir!”)
Cohen, Leonard: Author, Musician (“Suzanne”, “Beautiful Losers”)
Coupland, Douglas: Author (“Generation X”, “Microserfs”)
Davies, Robertson: Author (“Fifth Business”, “Rebel Angels”, “The Cunning Man”)
Findley, Timothy: Author (“Not Wanted on the Voyage”, “The Wars”)
Galbraith, John Kenneth: Economist, Author
Gibson, William: Author (“Neuromancer”, “Johnny Mnemonic”)
Hébert, Anne: Author (“Kamouraska”, “Héloise”)
Kinsella, W.P.: Author (“Shoeless Joe” – a.k.a. “Field of Dreams”)
Laurence, Margaret: Author (“The Diviners”, “The Stone Angel”)
Leacock, Stephen: Author, Humourist (“Literary Lapses”)
Lowry, Malcolm: Author (“Under the Volcano”)
McCrae, John: Poet, Physician (“In Flanders Fields”)
McLuhan, Marshall: Media Theorist, Author
Maillet, Antonine: Author (“Pelagie-la-Charrette”, “La Sagouine”)
Mitchell, W. O.: Author (“Who Has Seen the Wind”, “Jake and the Kid”)
Montgomery, Lucy Maude: Author (“Anne of Green Gables”)
Moore, Brian: Author (“The Luck of Ginger Coffey”, “Black Robe”)
Mowat, Farley: Author (“Never Cry Wolf”)
Munro, Alice: Author (“The Progress of Love”, “The Moons of Jupiter”, “Lives of Girls and Women”)
Ondaatje, Michael: Author (“Coming Through Slaughter”, “The English Patient”)
Richler, Mordecai: Author (“The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz”, “Joshua Then and Now”)
Roy, Gabrielle: Author (“Bonheur d’Occasion”)
Service, Robert W.: Author (“The Shooting of Dan McGrew”, “The Cremation of Sam McGee”, “Songs of a Sourdough”)
Shields, Carol: Author, Pulitzer Prize winner (“The Stone Diaries”)
Smart, Elizabeth: Author (“By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept”)
Tremblay, Michel: Playwright (“Sainte Carmen of the Main”)
Birney, Alfred: Author
Burnford, Sheila : Author (“The Incredible Journey”)
Gallant, Mavis: Author (“The Wandering Jews”, “A Fairly Good Time”, “The Other Paris”)
Gordon, Charles William: Author
Grove, Frederick: Author
Harron, Don: Actor, Comedian, Author (a.k.a.: Charlie Farquharson)
Ignatieff, Michael: Author (“Scar Tissue”, “The Russian Album”, The Rights Revolution”)
Layton, Irving Peter: Author
MacLennan, Hugh: Author
MacNeil, Robert: Journalist, Author. “The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour”, “The Story of English”, “Wordstruck”
Oke, Janette: Author
Pelton, Robert Young: Author (“The World’s Most Dangerous Places”)
Peter, Laurence J.: Author, Educator
Poulin, Jacques: Author (“Faites de beaux rêves”, “Les Grandes Marées”)
Purdy, Alfred: Author
Quarrington, Paul: Author (“Whale Music”)
Raddall, Thomas Head: Author
Sawyer, Robert J.: Author (“Golden Fleece, “The Terminal Experiment”, “Starplex”, “Frameshift”)
Vanderhaeghe, Guy Clarence: Author
Watmough, David: Author
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Screenwriters, Directors and Producers

Arcand, Denys: Director (“The Decline of the American Empire”, “Jesus of Montreal”, “Love and Human Remains”)
Cameron, James: Director (“True Lies”, “The Terminator”, “Aliens”, “Titanic”)
Cronenberg, David: Director, Writer (“The Fly”, “Dead Ringers”, “Naked Lunch”, “M. Butterfly”)
Dmytryk, Edward: Director (“Crossfire”, “The Sniper”, “The Caine Munity”, “Murder, My Sweet”)
Dunning, George: Animator, Director (“Yellow Submarine”)
Egoyan, Atom: Director (“Exotica”, “The Adjuster”, “The Sweet Hereafter”)
Hiller, Arthur: Director (“The Americanization of Emily”, “Love Story”)
Jewison, Norman: Director (“Fiddler on the Roof”, “Jesus Christ Superstar”, “Agnes of God”, “The Cincinnati Kid”)
Jutra, Claude: Director (“Mon Oncle Antoine”)
Kotcheff, Ted: Director (“Weekend at Bernie’s”, “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz”, “Joshua Then and Now”, “Fun with Dick and Jane”)
Lepage, Robert: Theatre and Film Director (“Le Confessional”)
Mayer, Louis B.: Studio Executive, Producer (co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Michaels, Lorne: Producer, Writer (“Saturday Night Live”)
McDonald, Bruce: Director, Writer (“Roadkill”, “Highway 61″, “Dance Me Outside”)
Moyle, Allan: Director, Writer (“Pump Up the Volume”)
Petrie, Daniel: Director (“A Raisin in the Sun”, “The Bay Boy”)
Reitman, Ivan: Director, Producer (“Meatballs”, “Stripes”, “Ghostbusters”)
Rozema, Patricia: Director (“I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing”, “When Night is Falling”)
Sennett, Mack: Director, Comedian, Actor, Producer (“The Keystone Kops”, “Tillie’s Punctured Romance”)
Warner, Jack: Studio Executive, Producer (co-founded Warner Bros.)
Wheeler, Anne: Director (“Bye Bye Blues”, “The Diviners”)
Carle, Gilles: Director (“La Tête de Normande St-Onge”)
King, Allan: Director (“Who Has Seen the Wind”)
Maddin, Guy: Director (“Tales from the Gimli Hospital”)
Olcott, Sidney: Director (“Ben-Hur”, “Monsieur Beaucaire”)
Saltzman, Harry: Producer (the James Bond movies, “Look Back in Anger”)
Shannon, Kathleen: Director, Producer (“If You Love this Planet”, “Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography”)
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Journalists

Jennings, Peter: (“ABC World News Tonight”)
Kent, Arthur: (CNN)
MacNeil, Robert: Journalist, Author (“The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour”, “The Story of English”, “Wordstruck”)
Morrison, Kieth: (NBC “Dateline”)
Safer, Morley: (“60 Minutes”)
Assuras, Thalia: (ABC News)
Berger, Nadine: (CBS News)
Newman, Kevin: (ABC News, “Good Morning America Sunday”)
Roberts, John: (CBS Evening News)
Soles, Linden: (CNN)
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War Heroes

Barker, William: World War I fighter pilot (took on 60 enemy planes at once)
Bethune, Norman : Doctor (hero of the Chinese revolution)
Bishop, Billy: World War I fighter pilot (shot down 72 enemy planes)
Brown, Roy: World War I fighter pilot (shot down the Red Baron)
Stephenson, Sir William: World War II Spy
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