List of people from Toronto
This is a list of notable people who are from Toronto, Ontario, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that city.
A
- Abdominal – hip hop musician
- Patrick J. Adams – actor (Suits)
- Olunike Adeliyi – actress (Flashpoint)
- Robbie Amell – actor
- Stephen Amell – actor (Arrow)
- Enza Anderson – writer, transgender rights activist
- Gordon Stewart Anderson – author
- John Andrews – architect
- Mark Andrews – swimmer
- Lou Angotti – former NHL player
- Steve Anthony – television host
- Anvil – heavy metal band
- Syl Apps – former NHL player
- Arnej – trance music producer and DJ
- Will Arnett – actor
- Margaret Atwood – Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, literary critic and essayist
- Ayria – musician
- Yank Azman – actor
B
- Jay Bahadur – journalist and author, known for his reporting on piracy in Somalia
- Frederick Banting – medical scientist and doctor, co-discoverer of insulin, 1923 Nobel Laureate
- Thomas J. Bata – businessman
- 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
- Anthony Bennett – NBA player
- Christine Bentley – CTV news anchor
- Pierre Berton – author, historian, journalist and TV personality
- Charles Best – medical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin
- Sim Bhullar – professional basketball player
- Alfred J. Billes – co-founder of Canadian Tire
- J. William Billes – co-founder of Canadian Tire
- Billy Talent – rock band
- The Birthday Massacre – rock band
- Conrad Black – media mogul
- Jully Black – R&B singer
- Rachel Blanchard – actress
- Lloyd Bochner – actor (Dynasty)
- Hédi Bouraoui – poet, novelist and academic
- John McEntee Bowman – founding president of Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corp.
- Liona Boyd – classical guitarist, composer, songwriter and singer
- Shary Boyle – artist
- Cindy Breakspeare – Miss World 1976 and mother of Grammy-winning reggae musician Damian Marley
- Christopher Britton – actor, stage actor, and voice actor
- Broken Social Scene – band, indie rock
- Daniel Brooks – theatre director, actor and playwright
- Chester Brown – alternative cartoonist and Libertarian Party of Canada candidate
- Clifton Brown – kickboxer
- Sebastian Brown – pianist
- Billy Bryans – musician
- Rob Burgess – tech CEO
- Marty Burke – former NHL player
- Theresa Burke – journalist
- Martha Burns – actress
- Jackie Burroughs – actress
- Jim Butterfield – tech whiz
C
- Barry Callaghan – historian
- Morley Callaghan – journalist, writer
- June Callwood – social activist, journalist
- Bill Cameron – journalist
- Christian Campbell – actor
- Neve Campbell – actress (Party of Five, Scream series)
- Nicholas Campbell – actor (Da Vinci's Inquest)
- Cancer Bats – punk band
- John Candy – comic actor
- Jim Carrey – actor and comedian
- Shelley Carroll – municipal politician
- Anson Carter – professional hockey player
- Gino Cavallini – former NHL player
- Paul Cavallini – former NHL player
- Christopher Chapman – film director/writer/cinematographer
- Hayden Christensen – actor
- Choclair – hip hop musician
- Olivia Chow – New Democratic Party Member of Parliament, former Toronto city councillor
- George Chuvalo – boxer
- Jerry Ciccoritti – film/TV/theatre director
- William Robinson Clark - theologian, Fellow and President of the Royal Society of Canada.
- Austin Clarke – writer
- Adrienne Clarkson – journalist, broadcaster and former Governor-General of Canada
- David Clarkson – NHL player
- Paul Clatney – Canadian football player
- Hampden Zane Churchill Cockburn – winner of the Victoria Cross
- Matt Cohen – writer
- Dusty Cohl – filmmaker, co-founder of the Toronto International Film Festival and Canada's Walk of Fame
- Carlo Colaiacovo – NHL player
- Enrico Colantoni – actor (Veronica Mars, Flashpoint)
- John Colicos – actor
- James Collip – scientist
- Alex Colville – painter
- Brian Conacher – former NHL player
- Charlie Conacher – former NHL player
- Pete Conacher – former NHL player
- Roy Conacher – former NHL player
- The Constantines – band
- Jesse Cook – Juno Award winning guitarist
- Stephen Cook – computer scientist
- Jack Kent Cooke – industrialist
- Adam Copeland – former professional wrestler
- Douglas Coupland – writer, artist
- Cowboy Junkies – musicians
- Christina Cox – actress, stuntwoman
- Deborah Cox – singer
- Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter – the world's best known geometer
- Laura Creavalle – Guyanese-born Canadian/American professional bodybuilder
- Rob Crifo – Canadian football player
- Jonathan Crombie – actor
- Neil Crone – actor, comedian
- David Cronenberg – film director
- Jim Cuddy – musician, lead singer of Blue Rodeo
- Henry Czerny – actor
D
- D-Pryde – singer/rapper
- Da Grassroots – hip hop group
- Cynthia Dale – actress
- Jennifer Dale – actress
- Leslie Dan – businessman
- Mychael Danna – Academy Award-winning film composer (Life of Pi)
- Robertson Davies – writer
- Fred Davis – radio/TV broadcaster (Front Page Challenge)
- Janet Davis – municipal politician
- William B. Davis – actor (The X Files)
- Clifton Dawson – NFL player
- deadmau5 – electronic music producer and DJ
- Death from Above 1979 – band, indie rock
- Michael DeForge – comics artist and illustrator
- Simone Denny – singer
- Sergio Di Zio – actor (Flashpoint)
- Chris Diamantopoulos – actor and comedian
- Jack Diamond – architect
- Diamond Rings – music artist
- Wayne Dillon – former NHL player
- DL Incognito – hip hop musician
- Do Make Say Think – post-rock band
- 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
- The Dope Poet Society
- Max Douglas a.k.a. Salgood Sam – comic artist, author, and weblog|blogger
- John Drainie – actor
- Drake – rapper
- Kris Draper – NHL
- Dream Warriors – hip hop group
- Rob Ducey – MLB player
- Rick Dudley – former NHL player
- Alexander Roberts Dunn – winner of the Victoria Cross
- Kyle Bobby Dunn – composer, arranger, performer
- George Dunning – animator, director
- Steve Durbano – former NHL player
E
- Jayne Eastwood – actress
- Timothy Eaton – retail proprietor
- Tim Ecclestone – former NHL player
- Tom Edur – former NHL player
- Gary Edwards – former NHL player
- Atom Egoyan – film director
- David James Elliott – actor (JAG)
- Emma-Lee – singer-songwriter and photographer
- Bob Essensa – former NHL player
- George Evans – jazz singer, producer, recording artist
- Gil Evans – jazz musician
- Dylan Everett – actor
F
- Percy Faith – composer
- George Faludy – poet
- Leslie Feist – singer/songwriter
- Shane Feldman – speaker, organization founder, "Top 20 Under 20"
- Perdita Felicien – hurdler
- Merella Fernandez – news reporter
- Louis Ferreira – actor
- Sharon Fichman – Canadian/Israeli tennis player
- Timothy Findley – writer
- Melanie Fiona – R&B musician
- John Fitzpatrick – track and fielder, football player, engineer and inventor
- Joe Flaherty – comic actor
- Patrick Flatley – former NHL player
- Dave Foley – comedian
- Megan Follows – actress (Anne of Green Gables)
- Evan Fong - YouTube Personality also called VanossGaming, known for his extensive amount of subscribers and Gaming Videos
- Adam Foote – former NHL player
- Doug Ford, Sr. – businessman and politician
- Doug Ford, Jr. – politician and businessman
- Rob Ford – 64th Mayor of Toronto
- Dwight Foster – former NHL player
- Sean Foudy – Canadian football player
- Rick Fox – NBA basketball player and actor
- Lou Franceschetti – former NHL player
- Barbara Frum – journalist, news anchor
- 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
- Frank Gehry – architect
- Natalie Glebova – Miss Universe Canada 2005, Miss Universe 2005
- Jack Gelineau – former NHL player
- General Idea – art collective
- Ghetto Concept – hip hop group
- Jian Ghomeshi – radio and TV broadcaster, writer, musician
- Graeme Gibson – writer
- Sky Gilbert – LGBT writer, actor, drag performer
- Paul Gillis – former NHL player
- George Clay Ginty – Union Army Brigadier General
- Mark Giordano – NHL player captain of Calgary Flames
- Ken Girard – former NHL player
- Malcolm Gladwell – writer (Tipping Point, Blink!)
- Brian Glennie – former NHL player
- Fred Glover – former NHL player and coach
- Warren Godfrey – former NHL player
- Brianna Goldberg – journalist (National Post)
- Emma Goldman – political activist
- Kat Goldman – singer-songwriter
- Glenn Goldup – former NHL player
- Larry Goodenough – former NHL player
- Allan Gotlieb – ex-Canadian diplomat
- Sondra Gotlieb – writer
- Glenn Gould – pianist
- Katherine Govier – writer
- Lawrence Gowan – musician
- Barbara Gowdy – writer, fiction
- Dakota Goyo – actor
- Arthur Edward Grasett – commander of VIII Corps during the Second World War
- Edward Greenspan – lawyer and politician
- Manafest – Christian rapper/singer-songwriter
- 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
- Ian Hacking – philosopher
- George Hainsworth – former NHL player
- Michael Hainsworth – business reporter
- Barbara Hamilton – actress
- Moshe Hammer – violinist
- Rick Hampton – former NHL player
- Ned Hanlan – rower
- Stephen Harper – 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
- Billy Harris (b. 1935) – former NHL player
- Billy Harris (b. 1952) – former NHL player
- Lawren Harris – Group of Seven artist
- Richard Harrison – poet
- Don Harron – comedian, actor, director, radio/TV host, author and composer
- Leon Hatziioannou – Canadian football player
- Dale Hawerchuk – former NHL player
- Brent Hawkes – clergyman, gay rights activist
- Ronnie Hawkins – rocker
- Jeff Healey – musician
- Steven Heighton – novelist, poet
- Alan Milliken Heisey Sr. – politician, author, publisher
- Karl Brooks Heisey – mining engineer and executive
- Lawrence Heisey – publisher
- Murray Henderson – former NHL player
- Sheila Heti – author
- Foster Hewitt – sports broadcaster (Hockey Night in Canada)
- Dan Hill – singer, songwriter
- George Hislop – gay activist
- Lionel Hitchman – former NHL player
- Joseph Hobson – engineer
- Clive Holden – poet, film director and visual artist
- Laurie Holden – actress (The Walking Dead)
- Mike Hoolboom – filmmaker
- Kenny Hotz – actor (Kenny vs Spenny)
- Stuart Hughes – actor
- Walter Huston – Academy Award-winning actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
- William Hutt – actor (Stratford Festival)
I
- Marci Ien – journalist
- Michael Ignatieff – federal Liberal leader, academic, journalist
- George "Punch" Imlach – former NHL coach and general manager
- Robin Ingle – CEO and chairman of the Ingle Group of Companies
- Malcolm Ingram – independent film director and podcaster
- Gary Inness – former NHL player
- Harold Innis – economist and university professor
- Irish Rovers – Irish folk group
- Michael Ironside – actor
- Kenneth E. Iverson – computer scientist
J
- A.Y. Jackson – Group of Seven artist
- Harvey "Busher" Jackson – former NHL player
- Jane Jacobs – economist, urban theorist and activist
- Lisa Jakub – former child actress
- Gary Jarrett – former NHL player
- Peter Jennings – ABC News anchor
- Connor Jessup – actor, film director
- Norman Jewison – film director (Moonstruck)
- Harold E. Johns – medical physicist
- Ben Johnson – sprinter, stripped of 100m gold medal at 1988 Summer Olympics for doping
- Molly Johnson – singer/songwriter
- Jamie Johnston – actor
- George Jonas – writer, journalist
- Cory Joseph – National Basketball Association player, currently playing for the Toronto Raptors
- Demetrius Joyette – actor
K
- William Kahan – mathematician and computer scientist
- Irving Kaplansky – mathematician
- Kardinal Offishall – hip hop musician
- Moez Kassam – hedge fund manager, founder of Anson Group
- Hadley Kay – actor
- Trenna Keating – actress
- Ben Kerr – busker
- Key Witness – indie band
- The Kids in the Hall – television comedy troupe
- Gail Kim – female professional wrestler
- William Lyon Mackenzie King – 10th Prime Minister of Canada
- Mia Kirshner – actor
- Naomi Klein – journalist, author (No Logo, The Shock Doctrine) and social activist
- K'naan – hip hop musician
- Mike Knuble – former NHL player
- Chris Kontos – former NHL player
- K-os – hip hop musician
- Ted Kotcheff – director
- George Kottaras – MLB player with the Boston Red Sox
- H. David Kotz – attorney
- Anton Kuerti – pianist
- Maya Kulenovic – painter
- Floyd Kuptana – Inuit artist
- Faisal Kutty – lawyer, writer, Muslim activist
- Bruce Kuwabara – architect
- Nick Kypreos – former NHL player
L
- Don Lake – actor and writer
- Heath Lamberts – theatre actor
- Michele Landsberg – journalist, author, public speaker, feminist and social activist
- Tory Lanez – rapper
- Mel Lastman – 62nd Mayor of Toronto; businessman
- Henry Lau – member of Korean boy band Super Junior M, the third official sub-unit of popular Korean boy band Super Junior
- Jack Layton – politician, leader of the federal New Democratic Party
- Mike Layton – municipal politician, son of Jack Layton
- Michael Lazarovitch – actor
- Stephen Leacock – writer, humour
- Dennis Lee – children's author, poet
- Geddy Lee – musician, lead singer of Rush
- Sook-Yin Lee – media personality
- Michael Lee-Chin – businessman, investor
- Manny Legace – former NHL player
- Kristin Lehman – actress
- Peter C. Lemon – winner of the Medal of Honor
- Len – pop band
- E.J. Lennox – architect
- Dan Lett – actor
- Avi Lewis – documentary filmmaker and radio/TV broadcaster
- Dana Lewis – journalist
- Glenn Lewis – R&B singer
- Ivor Lewis – sculptor
- Sharon Lewis – journalist
- Stephen Lewis – former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, former politician, humanitarian and academic
- Daniel Levy – TV host and actor
- Eugene Levy – actor, comedian and writer
- Lights – musician
- Robert K. Logan – author and academic
- Bob Lorimer – former NHL player
- Steve Ludzik – former NHL player
- James Lumbers – painter
- George Seymour Lyon - Olympic Gold Medalist Golf at St. Louis Olympics 1904 and reigning champion for 112 years.
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
- William Lyon Mackenzie – first Mayor of Toronto; first President of the Republic of Canada; a leader in the Upper Canada Rebellion
- John James Richard Macleod
- Maestro – hip-hop musician
- Daniel Magder – actor
- Christine Magee – spokesperson and co-founder of Sleep Country Canada
- Arnaud Maggs – artist
- Magic! – reggae fusion band
- Jamaal Magloire – former NBA player
- Kevin Maguire – former NHL player
- Victor Malarek – journalist
- Giorgio Mammoliti – municipal politician
- Howie Mandel – actor, comedian, writer, producer
- Peter Mansbridge – CBC News chief correspondent
- Jay Manuel – make-up artist/fashion photographer
- Lisa Marcos – actress, former model
- Simon Marcus – kickboxer
- Amanda Marshall – singer-songwriter
- Ruth Marshall – actress (Flashpoint)
- Martha and the Muffins – musicians
- Russell Martin – MLB player
- Dennis Maruk – former NHL player
- Ron Marzel – lawyer
- James Mason – banker, Senator and soldier
- Raymond Massey – actor
- Vincent Massey – 18th Governor-General of Canada
- Walter Massey – actor
- Pat Mastroianni – actor (Degrassi Junior High)
- Cameron Mathison – actor
- Bruce Mau – designer (S,M,L,XL)
- James Mavor – economist and social figure
- Brad May – former NHL player
- Rachel McAdams – actress
- Wallace McCain – McCain foods and Maple leaf foods
- Sheila McCarthy – actress
- Eric McCormack – actor (Will and Grace)
- Ernest McCulloch – cellular biologist
- 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)
- Gerry Meehan – former NHL player
- Shawn Mendes – musician, singer
- Heather Menzies – actress (The Sound of Music)
- Metric – indie rock band
- Lindsay G Merrithew – Actor, Producer, Fitness Entrepreneur
- Lorne Michaels – producer and creator of Saturday Night Live
- Michie Mee – hip hop musician
- Rick Middleton – former NHL player
- Ramona Milano – actress (Due South)
- Greg Millen – former NHL player
- 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
- Raymond Moriyama – architect
- Dylan Moscovitch – Olympic medalist pair skater
- James Motluk – filmmaker
- Farley Mowat – writer
- Mr. Attic – hip hop musician
- Craig Muni – former NHL player
- Peter Munk – founder of Barrick Gold
- Robert Munsch – children's author
- Mike Murphy – former NHL player
- Anne Murray – singer
- Mathew Murray – writer, web series creator
- Barton Myers – architect
- Mike Myers – comic actor (Saturday Night Live, Austin Powers)
- Alannah Myles – singer
N
- Mark Napier – former NHL player
- Nash the Slash – musician
- Natasha Negovanlis – actress, singer and songwriter
- David Nemirovsky – former NHL player
- Lance Nethery – former NHL player
- John Neville – English actor
- Kevin Newman – journalist and news anchor
- Andrew Nicholson – National Basketball Association, Orlando Magic
- Not By Choice – rock band
- Amaal Nuux – singer and songwriter
- Danny Nykoluk – former CFL player
- Mike Nykoluk – former NHL player
- The Nylons – pop band
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- John "Peanuts" O'Flaherty – former NHL player
- Catherine O'Hara – comedic actress (SCTV, Beetlejuice, Best in Show)
- Mary Margaret O'Hara – singer/songwriter
- Sidney Olcott – director
- Kelly Olynyk – NBA player (Boston Celtics); born in Toronto, moved to Kamloops at age 13
- Michael Ondaatje – Booker Prize-winning writer (The English Patient)
- Kenneth Oppel – author (Silverwing saga, Airborn trilogy)
- Alexandra Orlando – gymnast
- Mark Osborne – former NHL player
- Our Lady Peace – rock band
- Peter Outerbridge – actor
- Seiji Ozawa – conductor
P
- Charles Pachter – artist
- Owen Pallett – violinist and singer
- Mike Palmateer – former NHL player
- Jesse Palmer – NFL football player and reality show personality (The Bachelor)
- Alice Panikian – model (Miss Universe Canada 2006; Miss Universe 2006 – 6th place)
- Parachute Club – pop band
- Brad Park – former NHL player
- Gerard Parkes – Irish-born actor
- Larry Patey – former NHL player
- Sean Paul – reggae artist
- Steve Payne – former NHL player
- Peaches – musician
- Lester B. Pearson – 14th Prime Minister of Canada; 1957 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- Michael Peca – former NHL player
- Mike Pelyk – former NHL player
- Miklos Perlus – actor, screenwriter
- Russell Peters – comedian
- Nathan Phillips – 52nd Mayor of Toronto
- Mary Pickford – actress, co-founder of United Artists
- Alex Pierzchalski – CFL player
- Cara Pifko – actress
- Allison Pill – actress
- Alex Pirus – former NHL player
- Platinum Blonde – rock band
- Christopher Plummer – actor
- Jeremy Podeswa – film director
- John Charles Polanyi – 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 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)
- Uno Prii – architect
- Protest The Hero – metal band
Q
- Bill Quackenbush – former NHL player
- Joel Quarrington – musician (Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra)
- Paul Quarrington – author, screenwriter and musician
R
- Kyle Rae – consultant, former municipal politician
- David Rakoff – author
- James Randi – magician
- Milos Raonic – tennis player
- Leo Rautins – broadcaster and former NBA player
- Lisa Ray – actress
- Raheel Raza – author
- Michael Redhill – writer
- Keanu Reeves – actor (The Matrix)
- Albert Reichmann – businessman
- Paul Reichmann – businessman
- Ivan Reitman – director
- Liisa Repo-Martel – actress
- Gloria Reuben – actress
- Nino Ricci – writer
- Spencer Rice – actor/entertainer (Kenny vs Spenny)
- Daniel Richler – broadcaster and writer
- Sandie Rinaldo – journalist, TV anchor for CTV News
- Guillermo Rishchynski – current Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
- Anastasia Rizikov – pianist
- John D. Roberts – news anchor for Fox News Channel
- Robbie Robertson – musician
- Coco Rocha – model
- Edward Samuel Rogers – CEO of Rogers Communications
- Rino Romano – actor, voice actor
- Goody Rosen – former MLB player
- Lukas Rossi – singer
- Marty Roth – race car driver
- Rough Trade – rock band
- The Royal Canadian Air Farce – comedy troupe
- Jan Rubes – opera singer and actor
- Rush – rock band
- Anna Russell – concert comedian
- Ann Rutherford – actress
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- Moshe Safdie – architect
- Morley Safer – journalist (60 Minutes)
- F. A. Sampson – war hero (RCAF WWII)
- 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
- Sara Seager – astronomer and planetary scientist
- Michael Seater – actor
- Lance Secretan – leadership theorist, writer and consultant
- Sarika Sehgal – TV broadcast journalist
- Derek Sharp – lead singer for The Guess Who
- Isadore Sharp – businessman
- Ken Shaw – CTV news anchor
- 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
- Steve Shutt – former NHL player
- Jane Siberry – musician
- Silverstein – post-hardcore band
- John Graves Simcoe – first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada; founder of the town of York (now Toronto)
- Al Sims – former NHL player
- Gordon Sinclair – journalist, writer and commentator
- Lilly Singh – Youtuber
- Darryl Sittler – former NHL player
- Rachel Skarsten – actress (Birds of Prey, Lost Girl)
- Inga Skaya – Miss Universe Canada 2007
- Josef Škvorecký – writer
- Willis C. Silverthorn – Wisconsin politician
- Colin Simpson – author
- Glenn Smith – former NHL player
- Gregory Smith – actor
- Reginald "Hooley" Smith – former NHL player
- Sid Smith – former NHL player
- Steve Smith – comedian, actor and writer
- Snow – musician
- Michael Snow – artist
- Wendy Son - member of South Korean girl group, Red Velvet
- Jason Spezza – NHL player
- The Spoons – 1980s band
- Fred Stanfield – former NHL player
- Jessica Steen – actress
- Mark Steyn – journalist
- Amanda Stepto – actress (Degrassi Junior High)
- Stephen Stohn – television producer (Degrassi franchise)
- Elvis Stojko – former Olympic figure skater
- John Strachan – 1st Anglican Bishop of Toronto; founder of Trinity College at the University of Toronto
- David Stratas – Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal
- Diane Stratas – former Member of Parliament for Scarborough Centre (electoral district)
- 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
- Malcolm Subban – AHL player
- P.K. Subban – NHL player
- Charlotte Sullivan – actress
- Sum 41 – pop punk band
- Moez Surani – poet
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- Rick Tabaracci – former NHL player
- Jeremy Taggart – Musician (Drummer)
- Samantha Tajik – Miss Universe Canada 2008
- Tony Tanti – former NHL player
- Don Tapscott – writer and consultant, technology and business
- John Tavares – lacrosse player
- Mark Taylor – actor (Student Bodies, Flashpoint)
- R. Dean Taylor – singer/songwriter ("Indiana Wants Me")
- Teenage Head – punk rock band
- Ty Templeton – cartoonist and writer
- Colin Thatcher – politician and convicted murderer
- David Thomson – Canada's wealthiest person; media magnate; 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet
- Kenneth Thomson – media magnate and art collector; 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet
- R. H. Thomson – actor (Road to Avonlea)
- Roy Thomson – media magnate; 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet
- Tom Thomson – Group of Seven artist
- Judith Thompson – playwright
- Three Days Grace – rock band, originally from Norwood
- James E. Till – biophysicist
- Frederick Albert Tilston – winner of the Victoria Cross
- Morris Titanic – former NHL player
- Tokyo Police Club – rock band
- Frederick George Topham – winner of the Victoria Cross
- Toronto – rock band
- Raffi Torres – NHL player
- Talan Torriero – actor (Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County)
- John Tory – 65th mayor of Toronto
- Alex Trebek – game show host (Jeopardy!)
- Triumph – rock band
- Justin Trottier – commentator and atheist leader
- Endel Tulving – cognitive psychologist, world authority on human memory function
- Sheldon Turcott – journalist
- Tory Lanez – Rapper/Singer
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- Richard Underhill – jazz musician
- Jane Urquhart – author
V
- Billy Van – comedian, actor and singer
- Pieter Vanden Bos – former CFL player
- Nia Vardalos – actress and writer, stage and film (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
- Gabriel Varga – kickboxer
- George Vari – developer and philanthropist
- M. G. Vassanji – author
- Mike Veisor – former NHL player
- Steve Vickers – former NHL player
- Nerene Virgin – actress, journalist and teacher
- Vonny the Ken Doll – TV host, reality TV personality
- Joey Votto – MLB player
- Prvoslav Vujcic – author
W
Ken Westerfield helped to popularize Frisbee as an alternative disc sport in the 1960s and 70s.
- George F. Walker – playwright
- Pamela Wallin – Senator, former Canadian Consul-General to New York
- Alberta Watson – actress
- Tom Watt – former NHL coach
- Al Waxman – actor
- Johnny Wayne – comedian (of Wayne and Shuster)
- Kevin Weekes – broadcaster and former NHL player
- The Weeknd – R&B singer
- Samantha Weinstein – actress
- Stephen Weiss – NHL player
- Ken Westerfield – disc sports (Frisbee) pioneer, competitor, showman, promoter
- Galen Weston – Canada's second wealthiest man
- Galen Weston, Jr. – businessman
- Denis Whitaker – commanded 1st Battalion The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry in the Second World War
- Ben Wicks – cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author
- Joyce Wieland – filmmaker
- Andrew Wiggins – top U.S. college basketball recruit for the class of 2013; currently plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves
- Healey Willan – composer
- Angel Williams – TNA Knockout
- Fred Williams – journalist, historian
- Harland Williams – actor
- Bree Williamson – actress
- Behn Wilson – former NHL player
- Dunc Wilson – former NHL player
- Michael Wilson – former federal Minister of Finance (1984–1991), former Canadian Ambassador to the United States (2006–2009)
- Murray Wilson – former NHL player
- Ron Wilson – former NHL player
- Ross "Lefty" Wilson – former NHL player
- Jeff Wincott – actor (Night Heat)
- Michael Wincott – actor
- Katheryn Winnick – actress
- Daniel Winnik – NHL player
- Maurice Dean Wint – actor
- Ralph E. Winters – film editor (Ben-Hur)
- Ellen Wong – actress
- Kristyn Wong-Tam – municipal politician
- Hawksley Workman – singer/songwriter
- Roy "Shrimp" Worters – former NHL player
- Kathleen Wynne – 25th Premier of Ontario
Y
- Yellow Plastic Bucket – musicians
- Alissa York – writer
- Howie Young – former NHL player
- Neil Young – rock musician
- Scott Young – sportswriter, journalist and novelist; father of Neil Young
- Warren Young – former NHL player
Z
- Zanta – performance artist
- Ron Zanussi – former NHL player
- Zappacosta – singer/songwriter
- Brigitte Zarie – jazz singer/songwriter
- Paul Zaza – film score musician and songwriter
- Eberhard Zeidler – architect
- Peter Zezel – former NHL player
- Moses Znaimer – media mogul (CHUM, founder of Citytv)
- Robert J. Zydenbos – scholar in Indology and philosophy
See also
- List of mayors of Toronto
- List of people from Ontario
- List of people from Quebec
- List of people from Quebec City
- List of people from Montreal
- List of people from Calgary
- List of people from Edmonton
- List of people from British Columbia
- List of people from Vancouver
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