Michael J. Fox09 June 1961
Actor
Leonard Cohen21 September 1934
Singer-songwriter
Margaret Atwood18 November 1939
Writer, Environmental Activist
Steve-O13 June 1974
Actor
Denis Villeneuve03 October 1967
Film Director, Screenwriter, Playwright
Robert Herjavec14 September 1962
Business People
William Gibson17 March 1948
Speculative Fiction Writer
Robin Sharma16 June 1964
Writer, Public Speaker
Naomi Klein08 May 1970
Author
Alice Munro10 July 1931
Michael Ondaatje12 September 1943
Canadian poet
Jane Jacobs04 May 1916
Journalist, Author, Activist
Robertson Davies28 August 1913
Author and Journalist
A. E. van Vogt26 April 1912
Science Fiction Author
David Brooks11 August 1961
Journalist
Timothy Findley30 October 1930
Canadian novelist
Alanis Morissette01 June 1974
Singer-songwriter, Singer, Actor, Composer,
Louis Slotin01 December 1910
Physicist, Chemist, Non-fiction writer
Paul Hellyer06 August 1923
Politician, Ufologist, Writer
Gavin McInnes17 July 1970
Writer, Actor, Entrepreneur, Comedian, Columnist,
Meg Tilly14 February 1960
Actress
Meg Tilly14 February 1960
Actress
James Doohan03 March 1920
Screenwriter, Television actor, Film actor, Actor,
Stefan Molyneux24 September 1966
Philosopher, Writer, Novelist, Podcaster, YouTuber
Evan Goldberg01 January 1982
screenwriter, film producer, film director
Margaret Trudeau10 September 1948
Autobiographer, Actor
Phan Thi Kim Phuc02 April 1963
Writer
Harland Williams14 November 1962
Actor
Lisa Jakub27 December 1978
Actor, Writer
Pattie Mallette02 April 1975
Autobiographer
Jann Arden27 March 1962
Street artist, Singer, Film producer, Television
Lois Maxwell14 February 1927
Actor, Writer
Elizabeth May09 June 1954
Writer, Politician, Journalist, Lawyer
Mark Steyn08 December 1959
Pundit, Writer, Journalist, Music critic
Saul Rubinek02 July 1948
Actor
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Roméo Dallaire25 June 1946
Politician, Autobiographer, Writer, Military
Paul Haggis10 March 1953
Screenwriter, Film producer, Film director
Erving Goffman11 June 1922
Sociologist, Non-fiction writer
Alison Arngrim18 January 1962
Actress
Chrystia Freeland02 August 1968
opinion journalist, politician, journalist, writer
Mylène Farmer12 September 1961
Singer-songwriter, Writer, Singer, Actor,
Louise Penny01 July 1958
Novelist, Writer
Brent Butt03 August 1966
Actor, Writer
Cory Doctorow17 July 1971
Blogger
Tom Cochrane14 May 1953
Singer-songwriter, Musician, Singer, Writer
Steven Erikson07 October 1959
Anthropologist, Writer
Yann Martel25 June 1963
Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter
David Shore03 July 1959
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Guy Gavriel Kay07 November 1954
Lawyer, Writer
Morley Safer08 November 1931
War correspondent, Television presenter,
Dan Hill03 June 1954
Singer, Songwriter, Writer, Singer-songwriter
Farley Mowat12 May 1921
Writer
Irshad Manji1968 AD
journalist
Michael Ignatieff12 May 1947
Journalist, Historian, Politician, Novelist,
Severn Cullis-Suzuki30 November 1979
Television presenter, Writer
Janette Oke18 February 1935
Writer, Novelist, Children's writer
Northrop Frye14 July 1912
Writer, Philosopher, Educationist, Cleric, Poet,
Douglas Coupland30 December 1961
Writer, Sculptor, Novelist, Artist, Designer,
Anne Carson21 June 1950
Linguist, Poet, Translator, Writer, University
Adrienne Clarkson10 February 1939
26th Governor General of Canada
Bilal Philips07 January 1947
teacher, writer
Miriam Toews21 May 1964
writer
Jeff Lemire21 March 1976
Writer, Comics artist
Rohinton Mistry03 July 1952
Writer
Shulamith Firestone07 January 1945
Writer, Feminist
Gordon Korman23 October 1963
Writer, Science fiction writer, Children's writer
Mordecai Richler27 January 1931
Screenwriter, Writer, Novelist, Children's writer
Stanley Coren1942 AD
psychologist
Rick Mercer17 October 1969
Television presenter, Blogger, Screenwriter,
J. Philippe Rushton03 December 1943
Psychologist, Faculty, Non-fiction writer
W. P. Kinsella25 May 1935
Writer, Scrabble player
Patrick deWitt1975 AD
novelist, writer
Margaret Laurence18 July 1926
Novelist, Writer, Children's writer
Arthur Hailey05 April 1920
Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter
Keith L. Moore05 October 1925
Biologist
Albert S. Ruddy28 March 1930
Film producer, Screenwriter
Stéphane Dion28 September 1955
Politician, Sociologist, Academic, Writer,
Kelley Armstrong14 December 1968
Novelist, Writer
Charles Templeton07 October 1915
Journalist
Pierre Berton12 July 1920
Journalist, Historian, Writer
Ed Greenwood1959 AD
writer, science fiction writer
Rosie Shuster19 June 1950
Screenwriter
Marjorie Gross18 April 1956
Writer, Television producer, Screenwriter
Joseph Boyden31 October 1966
Novelist
Robert Bourassa14 July 1933
Politician, Lawyer, Non-fiction writer, Economist
Maureen Jennings1939 AD
novelist, writer
Bruce LaBruce03 January 1964
Writer, Photographer, Film director, Screenwriter
Don McKellar17 August 1963
Screenwriter, Film director, Actor
Robert Lepage12 December 1957
Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer,
David Rakoff27 November 1964
Essayist, Journalist, Actor, Writer
Linwood Barclay1955 AD
journalist, novelist, writer
Shane Koyczan22 May 1976
Joey Smallwood24 December 1900
Politician, Journalist, Writer, Trade unionist
Terri Tatchell1978 AD
screenwriter
Sheila Copps27 November 1952
Journalist, Politician, Autobiographer, Writer
Robert J. Sawyer29 April 1960
Science fiction writer, Screenwriter, Writer