The following is a list of

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

sports personalities.

Olympic athletes

Jean-Paul Banos Jean-Paul Banos (born 27 January 1961) is a Canadian former fencer, who lives in Montreal, Canada. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at four consecutive Olympic Games between 1984 and 1996. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, he def ...

(born 1961), fencer *

Alex Baumann Alexander Baumann, (born April 21, 1964) is a Canadian sports administrator and former competitive swimmer who won two gold medals and set two world records at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In 2007, he was regarded by the CBC, the ...

Sudbury Sudbury may refer to: Places Australia * Sudbury Reef, Queensland Canada * Greater Sudbury, Ontario ** Sudbury (federal electoral district) ** Sudbury (provincial electoral district) ** Sudbury Airport ** Sudbury Basin, a meteorite impact cra ...

, swimmer *

Josh Binstock Joshua "Josh" Binstock (born January 12, 1981), nicknamed Binner, is a male two-time Olympian beach volleyball player from Canada. He competed in the 2012 Olympics in London and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He also competed for Canada in vol ...

(born 1981), volleyball player *

Patrick Chan Patrick Lewis Wai–Kuan Chan (born December 31, 1990) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. He is a Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Team event, 2018 Olympic gold medallist in the team event, Figure skating at the 2014 ...

Ottawa Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...

Victor Davis Victor Nicolas Davis, CM (February 10, 1964 – November 13, 1989) was a Canadian Olympic and world champion swimmer who specialized in the breaststroke. He also enjoyed success in the individual medley and the butterfly. Biography Victor D ...

Guelph Guelph ( ; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as The Royal City, it is roughly east of Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Ontario Highway 6, ...

, swimmer *

Andre De Grasse Andre De Grasse (born 10 November 1994) is a Canadian Sprint (running), sprinter. A seven-time Olympic medallist, De Grasse is the 2020 Olympic champion in the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres, 200 m, and also won the ...

Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to: People * Scarborough (surname) * Earl of Scarbrough Places Australia * Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth * Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong * Scarborough, Queensland, sub ...

Markham Markham may refer to: Biology * Markham's storm-petrel (''Oceanodroma markhami''), a seabird species found in Chile and Colombia * Markham's grass mouse (''Abrothrix olivaceus markhami''), a rodent subspecies found on Wellington Island and the ne ...

* Sarah Douglas, Burlington sailor *

Lori Dupuis Lori Dupuis (born November 14, 1972) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. Playing career Dupuis was born and raised just outside Cornwall, Ontario. She is a former member of the Cornwall Wolverines of the OWHA. She started with the Wolverine ...

Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...

, hockey player *

Dave Edge David Edge (born November 12, 1954, in Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom) is a former long-distance runner, who represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics in the men's marathon. Biography In Blackpool, he had been a policeman. He ...

(born 1954), British-Canadian Olympic long-distance runner *

Terry Farnsworth Terry Farnsworth (born 27 August 1942) is a Canadian former Olympic judoka. Born in Portland, Maine, he represented Canada in international judo competitions. He won the Canadian under-93 kg national championship in both 1972 and 1973, and compe ...

(born 1942), Olympic judoka * Mark Fawcett,

Nelson, British Columbia Nelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the British Columbia Interior, Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. The city is known for its collection of restored heritage buildings that date ba ...

Shaul Gordon Shaul Gordon (; born July 11, 1994) is an Israeli-Canadian fencer in the sabre discipline. Gordon has represented the country on the international stage since 2013 and has competed at two Olympic Games, three Pan American Games and eight World Fe ...

(born 1994), Canadian-Israeli Olympic

sabre A sabre or saber ( ) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the Early Modern warfare, early modern and Napoleonic period, Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such a ...

fencer * Alex Harvey,

Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges () is a municipality in Quebec, Canada. History First explored in 1693 by Louis Soumande (1652-1706) during a hunting expedition, the first settlers came in 1728 when some families were invited to settle there at the in ...

, cross-country skier *

Wendy Lumby Wendy Lumby (born 13 June 1966 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian former alpine skier who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics. She grew up in Calgary, Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a ...

Calgary Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...

Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...

Rosie MacLennan Rosannagh "Rosie" MacLennan (born August 28, 1988) is a Canadian retired trampoline gymnast. She is the 2013 and 2018 World Trampoline champion, 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion, and 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games champion in the individual tramp ...

, King City *

Conlin McCabe Conlin McCabe (born August 20, 1990) is a Canadian rower. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic games and two gold medals at the 2015 Pan American Games. Born in Brockville, Ontario, McCabe rowed for the University of Washington from 2009 t ...

Brockville Brockville is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Thousand Islands region. Although it is the seat of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, it is politically Independent city, independent of the county. It is included with Leeds and ...

, rower *

Scott Moir Scott Patrick Moir ( ; born September 2, 1987) is a Canadian retired ice dancer and coach. With ice dance partner Tessa Virtue, he is the Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics, 2010 and Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018 Olym ...

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

Dylan Moscovitch Dylan David Moscovitch (born 23 September 1984) is a retired Canadian pair skater. He competed with Liubov Ilyushechkina from 2014 to 2018. They were the 2017 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 2017 Four Continents bronze medalists, ...

, medallist pairs skater * Garth Pischke, indoor beach volleyball player *

Sam Schachter Samuel Schachter (born May 8, 1990) is a Canadian Olympic beach volleyball player. In 2010 he won the FIVB World Junior (U-21) Championship with Garrett May. He and partner Josh Binstock were 2014 Canadian national champions, and represented Ca ...

, Olympic beach volleyball player *

Elvis Stojko Elvis Stojko, (born March 22, 1972) is a Canadian figure skater. He was a three-time World champion (1994, 1995, 1997), two-time Olympic silver medallist (1994, 1998), and seven-time Canadian champion (1994, 1996–2000, and 2002). Persona ...

, Richmond Hill *

Adam van Koeverden Adam Joseph van Koeverden (born January 29, 1982) is a Canadian sprint kayaker, olympic gold medallist, and politician serving since 2025 as the Secretary of State for Sport in Prime Minister Mark Carney's Cabinet. A member of the Liberal ...

, Oakville, kayaker *

Tessa Virtue Tessa Jane McCormick Virtue (born May 17, 1989) is a Canadian retired ice dancer. With ice dance partner Scott Moir, she is the 2010 and 2018 Olympic champion, the 2014 Olympic silver medallist, a three-time World champion (2010, 2012, 2017) ...

, ice dancer *

Simon Whitfield Simon St. Quentin Whitfield (born 16 May 1975) is a Canadian retired Olympic triathlon champion. Whitfield won ten consecutive Canadian Triathlon Championships titles and carried the Canadian national flag during the 2000 Summer Olympics clo ...

Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the six most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...

Curt Harnett Curtis "Curt" Melvin Harnett, (born 14 May 1965) is a Canadian racing cyclist. He began cycling as a way to stay in shape for hockey. He competed in four Olympic Games, winning three medals, one silver and two bronze. Harnett also has three me ...

Thunder Bay Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario. Its population i ...

, cyclist

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

Mike Pyke Michael Pyke (born 24 March 1984) is a Canadian retired dual-code football player, who was a professional Australian rules footballer with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Pyke is the first Canadian national and the fir ...

(born 1984), former Canada rugby union international and first Canadian to play for an

AFL AFL may refer to: Education * Angel Foundation for Learning, a Canadian Roman Catholic charity * Ankara Science High School, a high school in Ankara, Turkey, natively referred to as ''Ankara Fen Liesi'' * Assessment for learning Military * ...

premiership (championship) team

Automobile racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non ...

Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier (born August 13, 1971) is a Canadian former professional auto racing driver. In the Champ Car World Series and the IndyCar Series, he achieved five wins and 24 podiums, as well as two third place championship finishes in 2002 C ...

Ron Fellows Ronald Charles Fellows Order of Canada, CM (born September 28, 1959) is a Canadian retired auto racing driver. Personal life Fellows was born in Windsor, Ontario, on September 28, 1959. At age four, he became interested in auto racing with his ...

24 Hours of Le Mans The 24 Hours of Le Mans () is an endurance-focused Sports car racing, sports car race held annually near the city of Le Mans, France. It is widely considered to be one of the world's most prestigious races, and is one of the races—along with ...

GTS class winner *

Scott Goodyear Donald Scott Goodyear (born December 20, 1959) is a Canadian retired racing driver. He competed in CART Championship cars and the Indy Racing League. Along with Michael Andretti, Goodyear is the only driver to have won the Michigan 500 more th ...

James Hinchcliffe James Douglas Meredith Hinchcliffe (born December 5, 1986) is a Canadian race car driver currently competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship driving the No. 9 Lamborghini for Pfaff Motorsports. He is also a commentator for Fox Sports, FOX Sp ...

Nicholas Latifi Nicholas Daniel Latifi (; born 29 June 1995) is a Canadian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Born in Montreal and raised in Toronto, Latifi is the son of Iranian Canadians, Iranian-Canadian billionaire businessman ...

Raphaël Lessard Raphaël Lessard (pronounced "less-ard"; born July 5, 2001) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Pinty's Series for Ed Hakonson Racing. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping W ...

* Greg Moore (1975–1999) *

Bruno Spengler Bruno Spengler (born August 23, 1983) is an Alsatian-born Canadian racing driver. A long-term Mercedes-AMG and BMW factory driver, he currently works for Bugatti. He is the 2012 DTM champion. Career Early career Spengler was born near Strasbo ...

DTM DTM may refer to: Sport * Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, a motor-racing series staged annually in Germany since 2000 * Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, a motor-racing championship staged in Germany from 1984 to 1995 Computing * Data Transfer ...

winner *

Lance Stroll Lance Strulovitch (; born 29 October 1998), commonly known as Lance Stroll (), is a Canadian racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin. Born and raised in Montreal, Stroll is the son of billionaire businessman Lawrence Stroll ...

(born 1998),

Italian F4 Italian Formula 4 Championship is the first formula racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The inaugural season was the 2014 Italian F4 Championship, effectively replacing the Formula Abarth. The Italian F4 championship ...

champion in 2014,

Toyota Racing Series The Formula Regional Oceania Championship is New Zealand's premier formula racing category. The series includes races for every major trophy in New Zealand circuit racing including the New Zealand Motor Cup and the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy. ...

champion in 2015, and 2016 FIA European Formula 3 champion *

Alex Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani (; born October 18, 1973), nicknamed "Tag", is a Canadian professional racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Canada Series, driving the No. 80 Chevrolet Camaro for Dumoulin Compétition. Tagliani has competed in a ...

Paul Tracy Paul Anthony Tracy (born December 17, 1968) is a Canadian professional auto racing driver who participated in Champ Car World Series, the IndyCar Series, and the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART). He started kart racing at age five and quick ...

CART Champion 2003 *

Gilles Villeneuve Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve (; 18 January 1950 – 8 May 1982) was a Canadian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Villeneuve was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Ferrari, and won six Grands ...

(1950–1982) *

Jacques Villeneuve Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve (; born 9 April 1971) is a Canadian former racing driver, who competed in IndyCar from 1994 PPG Indy Car World Series, 1994 to 1995 PPG Indy Car World Series, 1995, and Formula One from to . Villeneuve won t ...

(born 1971), son of Gilles, Formula 1 World Champion 1997, Indy 500 Winner 1995, CART Champion 1995 *

Robert Wickens Robert Tyler Wickens (born March 13, 1989) is a Canadians, Canadian racing driver from Guelph, Ontario, driving in the Sprint Cup of the IMSA SportsCar Championship for DXDT Racing. In 2009 he finished in second place in the 2009 FIA Formula Two ...

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

Jason Bay Jason Raymond Bay (born September 20, 1978) is a Canadian-American former professional baseball left fielder who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Initially drafted by the Montreal Expos, he played for the San Diego Padres, Pitts ...

, 3x MLB All Star, 2004 NL Rookie of the Year *

Érik Bédard Érik Joseph Bédard (pronounced ''baydar''; born March 5, 1979) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Hous ...

Reggie Cleveland Reginald Leslie Cleveland (born May 23, 1948) is a Canadian former professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Cleveland appeared in 428 games in Major League Baseball over 13 seasons (1969–81) for four teams. Born in Swift Current, ...

Rhéal Cormier Rhéal Paul Cormier (; April 23, 1967 – March 8, 2021) was a Canadian-American professional baseball left-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB), for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox (twice), Montreal Expos, Phil ...

* Jesse Crain, All Star * Tom Daly,

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

(MLB) player and coach *

Ryan Dempster Ryan Scott Dempster (born May 3, 1977) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, and Boston Red Sox. Dempster batted and t ...

, 2x MLB All Star * Scott Diamond *

Jeff Francis Jeffrey William Francis (born January 8, 1981) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, an ...

Éric Gagné Éric Serge Gagné (; born January 7, 1976) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher who played 10 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), most notably for the Los Angeles Dodgers. After signing with the Dodgers as a free agent in 1995 ...

, 3x MLB All Star,

Cy Young Award The Cy Young Award is given annually to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB), one each for the American League (AL) and National League (baseball), National League (NL). The award was introduced in 1956 by Commissioner of Baseball ( ...

winner (

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

) * Aaron Guiel *

Rich Harden James Richard Harden (born November 30, 1981) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, and Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball. Early years Harden attended Claremont Secondary S ...

* Blake Hawksworth *

Ferguson Jenkins Ferguson Arthur "Fergie" Jenkins Order of Canada, CM (born December 13, 1942) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher and Coach (baseball), coach. He played Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1965 to 1983 for the Philadelphia Phillies, C ...

, 3x MLB All Star, first Canadian to gain election to

National Baseball Hall of Fame The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by a private foundation. It serves as the central collection and gathering space for the history of baseball in the United St ...

(

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

) *

George Kottaras George Kottaras ( ; born May 10, 1983) is a Canadian former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Car ...

* Pete Laforest *

Joseph Lannin Joseph John Lannin (April 23, 1866 – May 15, 1928) was a Canadian-born American baseball entrepreneur. He was the sole owner of the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball for most of the 1914 through 1916 seasons, during which the team won two W ...

, owner of the

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Founded in as one of the Ameri ...

who signed

Babe Ruth George Herman "Babe" Ruth (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional Baseball in the United States, baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nickna ...

Brett Lawrie Brett Russell Lawrie (born January 18, 1990) is a Canadian former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, and Chicago White Sox. Amateur career While playing hi ...

(born 1990) *

Adam Loewen Adam Alexander Loewen (born April 9, 1984) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies, and Arizona Diamondbacks. ...

* Russell Martin, 4x All Star *

Scott Mathieson Scott William Mathieson (born February 27, 1984) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants. Career ...

Kirk McCaskill Kirk Edward McCaskill (born April 9, 1961) is a Canadian-American former Major League Baseball pitcher and former professional ice hockey player. He played in Major League Baseball for the California Angels and Chicago White Sox between 1985 and ...

Justin Morneau Justin Ernest George Morneau (born May 15, 1981) is a Canadian former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Colorado Rockies, and Chicago White Sox. At and , ...

, 2006 American League MVP, 4x All Star * Mike Nickeas * Pete Orr *

Terry Puhl Terry Stephen Puhl (born July 8, 1956) is a Canadian former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a outfielder from 1977 to 1991, most prominently as a member of the Houston Astros where he helped the fra ...

, MLB All Star, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame *

Paul Quantrill Paul John Quantrill (born November 3, 1968) is a Canadian former professional baseball right-handed relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 14 seasons, from 1992 to 2005; his longest tenure was six seasons with the Toronto B ...

, All Star *

Ryan Radmanovich Ryan Ashley Radmanovich (born August 9, 1971) is a Canadian former baseball outfielder. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball (MLB), appearing in 25 games for the Seattle Mariners in 1998, primarily as a right fielder. Career Ra ...

Chris Reitsma Christopher Michael Reitsma (born December 31, 1977) is a Canadian American former right-handed professional baseball pitcher. He played seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from until , with the Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves, and Se ...

*Goody Rosen, MLB All-Star outfielder, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame *George Selkirk, succeeded Babe Ruth in right field for NY Yankees *Matt Stairs (born 1968) *Adam Stern (born 1980) *Mark Teahen *Scott Thorman *Larry Walker, first Canadian to win the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) of Major League Baseball (1997 Major League Baseball season, 1997), 5x All Star *Nigel Wilson (baseball), Nigel Wilson *Jeff Zimmerman, All Star *Joey Votto (born 1983), Canadian-American, 2010 National League MVP, 6x MLB All Star

Current players

*John Axford *Freddie Freeman, Canadian-American, 8x MLB All Star *Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Canadian-Dominican, 4x MLB All Star *Bo Naylor (born 2000) *Josh Naylor, All Star *Tyler O'Neill *James Paxton (baseball), James Paxton, pitched a no hitter in 2018 *Nick Pivetta (born 1993) *Zach Pop (born 1996) *Abraham Toro (born 1996) *Andy Yerzy (born 1998), catcher/first baseman

Basketball

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*Nickeil Alexander-Walker *Dalano Banton * RJ Barrett * Chris Boucher (basketball), Chris Boucher *Oshae Brissett *Dillon Brooks *Luguentz Dort *Shai Gilgeous-Alexander *Cory Joseph *Trey Lyles *Jamal Murray *Andrew Nembhard *Kelly Olynyk *Dwight Powell *Tristan Thompson *Andrew Wiggins Current WNBA players *Kia Nurse Playing in overseas leagues *Caleb Agada * Kyle Alexander * Khem Birch *Marcus Carr * Levon Kendall *Elijah Mitrou-Long * Andrew Nicholson (basketball), Andrew Nicholson * Kevin Pangos * Ari Rosenberg *Marial Shayok * Simisola Shittu (born 1999) * Lindell Wigginton Playing in other North American professional leagues * Sim Bhullar, notable as the first person of Indian descent to play in the NBA * Tyler Ennis (basketball), Tyler Ennis Coaches *Jay Triano, first Canadian-born coach Former NCAA Division I players awaiting professional play * Nirra Fields * Ruth Hamblin * Kyle Wiltjer Retired *Jordan Adams (basketball, born 1981), Jordan Adams *Norm Baker, inducted into Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979 *Rowan Barrett *Hank Biasatti, inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001 *Ron Crevier *Samuel Dalembert *Stacey Dales, former WNBA player; currently a host on the NFL Network *Rick Fox, won three NBA Championship rings in 2000, 2001 and 2002 as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers *Stewart Granger (basketball), Stewart Granger *Lars Hansen (basketball), Lars Hansen *Bob Houbregs, inducted into the Basketball Hall of fame in 1987 *Todd MacCulloch *Jamaal Magloire *James Naismith (1861–1939), teacher; invented the game of basketball *Steve Nash, 2005, 2006 NBA MVP, 2007 MVP runner-up *Leo Rautins *Mike Smrek *Gino Sovran *Ernie Vandeweghe *Bill Wennington, won three championships with the Chicago Bulls (1996, 1997 and 1998) *Jim Zoet

Biathlon

*Myriam Bédard (born 1969), Olympic gold medallist *Zina Kocher (born 1982)

Bobsleigh

*Lascelles Brown, Olympic silver medal, 2006 *Vic Emery, Olympic gold medal, 1964 *Kaillie Humphries, Olympic gold medal, 2010 *Pierre Lueders, Olympic gold medal, 1998 and silver medal, 2006 *David MacEachern, Olympic gold medal, 1998 *Heather Moyse, Olympic gold medal, 2010

Boxing

* Trevor Berbick, former WBC heavyweight champion * Maxie Berger, world champion junior welterweight *Tommy Burns (Canadian boxer), Tommy Burns (1881–1955), world heavyweight boxing champion *George Chuvalo (born 1937), heavyweight, five-time Canadian heavyweight champion and two-time world heavyweight title challenger, Ontario Sports Hall of Fame *Willie DeWitt, heavyweight *Yvon Durelle (1929–2007), Middleweight, Light Heavyweight, and Heavyweight *Al Foreman (1904–1954), won the Canadian lightweight title, British Boxing Board of Control List of British lightweight boxing champions, British lightweight title, and List of Commonwealth Boxing Council Champions#Lightweight, British Empire lightweight title *Freddy Stephen Fuller, Freddy Fuller, light welterweight *Arturo Gatti, former WBC world Super Lightweight champion *Otis Grant, WBC Super Middleweight international champion *Moe Herscovitch, middleweight, Olympic bronze medal winner * Kirk Johnson, heavyweight *Sam Langford, Lightweight, Welterweight, Middleweight, Light heavyweight, and Heavyweight *Mark Leduc, Light Welterweight *Lennox Lewis, grew up in Canada; competed for Canada in the Olympics in 1988, winning a gold medal *Eric Lucas (born 1971), former WBC supermiddleweight world champion (1999–2001) * Sammy Luftspring, welterweight boxing champion, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame *Steve Molitor, former IBF Super Bantamweight champion, record of 33–3 (12 KOs) as of September 2012 *Tokunbo Olajide, light middleweight boxer *Jean Pascal, former IBO, WBC, ''Ring Magazine'' Light Heavyweight Champion of the World * Donovan Ruddock, heavyweight * Bert Schneider (boxer), Bert Schneider, welterweight, Olympic gold medal winner *Shane Sutcliffe, Canadian former heavyweight champion, defeated former world champion Leon Spinks, "Neon" Leon Spinks by 8-round decision in 1994

Cricket

*Ashish Bagai *Ian Billcliff *Rizwan Cheema *John Davison (Canadian cricketer), John Davison *Navneet Dhaliwal *Nikhil Dutta *Romesh Eranga *Jeremy Gordon *Dillon Heyliger *Abraash Khan *Nicholas Kirton *Nitish Kumar (cricketer), Nitish Kumar *Junaid Siddiqui *Ravinderpal Singh *Hamza Tariq *Rodrigo Thomas *Srimantha Wijeratne *Saad Bin Zafar

Cross-country skiing (sport), Cross-country skiing

*Shirley Firth *Drew Goldsack (born 1981), cross country skier, 2x Olympian *Brian McKeever (born 1979), multiple Paralympic gold and silver medals *Robin McKeever (born 1973), multiple Paralympic gold and silver medals *Esther Miller *Beckie Scott, Olympic gold medal, 2002 *Irvin Servold

CrossFit

*Jeffrey Adler *Brent Fikowski *Emma Lawson *Patrick Vellner

Curling

*Sherry Anderson *Dawn Askin *Matt Baldwin *Cheryl Bernard *Jan Betker *Suzanne Birt *Marilyn Bodogh *Terry Braunstein, World Championship silver medalist *Kerry Burtnyk *Garnet Campbell (curler), Garnet Campbell *Chelsea Carey *Jim Cotter (curler), Jim Cotter *Andrea Crawford *Mark Dacey *Lyall Dagg *Mabel DeWare *Don Duguid *John Epping *Randy Ferbey *Rick Folk *Rob Fowler (curler), Rob Fowler *Kerry Galusha *Hec Gervais *Alison Goring *Ab Gowanlock *Brad Gushue *Al Hackner *Jenn Hanna *Mike Harris (curler), Mike Harris *Richard Hart (curler), Richard Hart *Ben Hebert *Guy Hemmings *Amber Holland *Rachel Homan *Heather Houston *Glenn Howard *Russ Howard *Gordon Hudson (curler), Gordon Hudson *Brad Jacobs (curler), Brad Jacobs *Colleen Jones *Jennifer Jones (curler), Jennifer Jones *Marc Kennedy *Cathy King *Shannon Kleibrink *Jamie Koe *Kevin Koe *Brent Laing *Connie Laliberte *Penny LaRocque *Marie-France Larouche *Kelley Law *Kaitlyn Lawes *Stefanie Lawton *Ed Lukowich *Jack MacDuff *Murray Macneill *Cliff Manahan *Kevin Martin (curler), Kevin Martin *Greg McAulay *Krista McCarville *Mike McEwen (curler), Mike McEwen *Joyce McKee *Orest Meleschuk *Jean-Michel Ménard *Sherry Middaugh *Wayne Middaugh *Marj Mitchell *Linda Moore *John Morris (curler), John Morris *Barry Naimark, world champion *Dave Nedohin *Heather Nedohin *Ron Northcott *Jill Officer *Scott Patterson (curler), Scott Patterson *Vic Peters *Vera Pezer *Ernie Richardson (curler), Ernie Richardson *Pat Ryan (curler), Pat Ryan *Pat Sanders *Craig Savill *Sandra Schmirler (1963–2000) *Kelly Scott *Julie Skinner *Heather Smith-Dacey *Lindsay Sparkes *Jeff Stoughton *Billy Walsh (curler), Billy Walsh *Ed Werenich *Pappy Wood

Cycle sport, Cycling

*Steve Bauer *Hugo Donais, Mountain bike, four-cross and BMX cyclist *Derek Gee (born 1997), racing cyclist * Leah Goldstein (born 1969), Canadian-born Israeli professional road racing cyclist winner of the Race Across America, World Bantamweight Kickboxing Champion, and Israel Duathlon national champion *Ryder Hesjedal, 7th overall at the 2010 Tour de France, winner of 2012 Giro d'Italia *Andreas Hestler *Clara Hughes, two-sport athlete, six Olympic medals total *Alison Sydor

Flying disc games, Disc sports

*Ken Westerfield, Flying disc games, disc sport (Frisbee) pioneer, athlete, showman, promoter

Fencing

* Peter Bakonyi (fencer, born 1933), Peter Bakonyi (1933–1997), Hungarian-born Canadian Olympic foil and épée fencer *Marc-Antoine Blais Bélanger (born 1995), épée *Alex Cai (born 2000), foil *Alanna Goldie (born 1994), foil, 2015 Pan American Games gold medal in Fencing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's team foil, team foil *

(born 1994), sabre, three Pan American Games medals *Eleanor Harvey (born 1995), foil; won gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in women's team foil event *Bertram Markus (1899–1900), foil and épée *Rhoda Martin (1919–1998), foil *Eli Schenkel (born 1992), foil *Shelley Steiner (born 1961), foil, Olympic fencer *Igor Tikhomirov (born 1963), épée *Maximilien Van Haaster (born 1992), foil, bronze medal at the 2013 Pan American Fencing Championships *Gerry Wiedel (born 1933), foil and épée

Figure skating

Kirsten Moore-Towers Dylan Moscovitch 2010 Skate America

*Barbara Berezowski (born 1954) *Stan Bohonek (born 1952) *Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz - Ice Dancing, World Champions, 2003 *Kurt Browning *

*Toller Cranston *Lloyd Eisler (born 1963) *Donald Jackson (figure skater), Donald Jackson (born 1940) *Victor Kraatz (born 1971) *Elizabeth Manley *Kirsten Moore-Towers *

, Olympic silver medallist pair skater *Brian Orser *Cynthia Phaneuf *Jennifer Robinson (figure skater), Jennifer Robinson *Joannie Rochette *Louis Rubenstein, (pre-Olympic) World Championship gold, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame *Jamie Salé and David Pelletier - Pairs, gold medal 2002 Winter Olympics *Emanuel Sandhu *Barbara Ann Scott, Olympic gold medal *

*Barbara Underhill and Paul Martini - Pairs, World Champions, 1984 *

and

- Ice Dancing, Gold Medal 2010 Winter Olympics, Ice Dancing Silver Medal 2014 Winter Olympics, Ice Dancing Gold Medal 2018 Winter Olympics *Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul (figure skater), Robert Paul, pairs *Tracey Wainman (born 1967) *Constance Wilson-Samuel (1908–1963)

Canadian football, Football

*Roger Aldag, retired CFL Lineman (American football)#Offensive line, offensive lineman *Oshiomogho Atogwe, Philadelphia Eagles Safety (American and Canadian football position)#Free safety, free safety *Jamie Boreham, retired CFL Placekicker, kicker *Doug Brown (Canadian football), Doug Brown, retired CFL and NFL defensive tackle *Nate Burleson, Detroit Lions wide receiver *Noah Cantor, DT, Canadian Football League *Steve Christie, NFL placekicker *Pinball Clemons, current Vice Chair for Toronto Argonauts, born in the United States *Lionel Conacher, former CFL Halfback (American football), halfback *Royal Copeland (Canadian football), Royal Copeland *Peter Dalla Riva *Vince Danielsen, retired CFL quarterback *Jason David, New Orleans Saints *Rocky Dipietro *Ray Elgaard *Don Fuell *Tony Gabriel *Russ Jackson *Teyo Johnson, free agent, NFL tight end *Danny Kepley *Joe Krol *Normie Kwong *Rueben Mayes, former NFL running back *Angelo Mosca, retired CFL defensive tackle *Eddie Murray (American football), Eddie Murray, retired NFL placekicker *Bronko Nagurski (1908–1990), Chicago Bears legend, member of US Pro Football Hall of Fame *Wayne Pyne *Dave Ridgway *Mark Rypien, former NFL quarterback *Dave Sapunjis *Annis Stukus, former CFL player and executive *Shaun Suisham, Pittsburgh Steelers placekicker *Mike Vanderjagt, retired placekicker for several CFL, NFL and Arena league teams *Troy Westwood

Golf

*Stephen Ames *Al Balding *Dave Barr (golfer), Dave Barr *Jocelyne Bourassa *Dawn Coe-Jones *Corey Conners *Graham DeLaet *Gail Graham *Dan Halldorson *Adam Hadwin *David Hearn (golfer), David Hearn *Brooke Henderson *Lorie Kane *George Knudson *Stan Leonard *Jim Nelford *Moe Norman *Sandra Post *Ben Silverman (golfer), Ben Silverman *Sandy Somerville *Nick Taylor (golfer), Nick Taylor *Mike Weir *Jennifer Wyatt *Richard Zokol, Richard "Dick" Zokol

Gymnastics

*Elfi Schlegel *Isabela Onyshko

Horse racing and Equestrianism, equestrian sports

*Ted Atkinson, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame jockey *Russell Baze (born 1958), Hall of Fame jockey; currently #2 winningest jockey in history *Big Ben (horse), Big Ben, world show-jumping champion *Billyjojimbob, distinguished aged Standardbred Horse, trotter *John Campbell (harness racing driver), John Campbell, harness racing driver *Dance Smartly, Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Canadian Triple Crown, Breeders' Cup champion *Jim Day, Olympic equestrian gold medallist, champion thoroughbred trainer *Laetitia du Couëdic, equestrian rider *Stewart Elliott, thoroughbred racing jockey *Hervé Filion, harness racing driver *Sandy Hawley, Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockey *John Hayes (harness racer), John Hayes (1917–1998), harness racing driver *Johnny Longden (1907–2003), Hall of Fame jockey *Ian Millar (born 1947), owner and rider of Big Ben (horse), Big Ben *Nijinsky II, last English Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Triple Crown winner *Northern Dancer, Canada's most successful and beloved race horse *Red Pollard (1909–1981), Seabiscuit's jockey *Strike Out, harness racing champion *Ron Turcotte (born 1941), Hall of Fame jockey of Secretariat (racehorse), Secretariat *George Woolf (1910–1946), Hall of Fame jockey

Ice hockey

*Syl Apps (1915–1998) *Jean Béliveau, Jean Beliveau (1931–2014), NHL center *Todd Bertuzzi (born 1975), NHL winger *Mike Bossy (born 1957), NHL right wing *Jennifer Botterill (born 1979), four Olympic medals *Ray Bourque (born 1960), five-time winner of the James Norris Memorial Trophy *Daryl Boyle (born 1987) *Martin Brodeur, more NHL wins than any other goaltender *Ross Brooks (born 1937), NHL goaltender * Hy Buller (1926–1968), NHL All-Star defenceman * Michael Cammalleri, left wing (Calgary Flames) *Cassie Campbell *Ed Chapleau *Don Cherry (ice hockey), Don Cherry * Samantha Cogan (born 1997), forward for PWHL Toronto *Mike Craig (ice hockey, born 1971), Mike Craig (born 1971), NHL forward *Sidney Crosby (born 1987), NHL center * Jason Demers (born 1988), NHL defenceman *Marcel Dionne (born 1951), NHL center * Steve Dubinsky (born 1970), NHL center *Matt Duchene (born 1991), NHL center *Mathew Dumba (born 1994), NHL defenceman *Bill Durnan (1916–1972) , NHL goaltender *Phil Esposito (born 1942) *Tony Esposito *Mike Fisher (ice hockey), Mike Fisher, Peterborough, Ontario, Peterborough * Kaleigh Fratkin (born 1992), professional ice hockey defenseman * Mark Friedman (born 1995), NHL defenseman *Danny Gallivan, play-by-play announcer *Bernie Geoffrion, "Boom-Boom", developed the booming slap shot, second player in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season *Doug Gilmour *Claude Giroux, Hearst, Ontario *Danielle Goyette *Wayne Gretzky (born 1961), "The Great One", holds most NHL scoring records *George Hainsworth *Glenn Hall *Gizzy Hart (1901–1964), NHL left wing *Doug Harvey (ice hockey), Doug Harvey, seven-time winner of the James Norris Memorial Trophy *Dany Heatley (born 1981), German-born Canadian NHL winger *Jayna Hefford, five Olympic medals *Paul Henderson, scored winning goal in 1972 Canada/USSR match *Foster Hewitt (1902–1985), play-by-play announcer *Corey Hirsch (born 1972), NHL goaltender *Joshua Ho-Sang (born 1996), forward *Tim Horton (1930–1974), NHL defenceman *Bronco Horvath (1930–2019), NHL center *Gordie Howe (1928–2016), held most NHL scoring records before Gretzky *Kelly Hrudey *Jack Hughes (born 2001), NHL center *Bobby Hull (born 1939), the "Golden Jet"; first player in the NHL to score more than 50 goals in a season *Brett Hull (born 1964), Canadian-American star for several teams, son of Bobby Hull * Zach Hyman (born 1992), NHL ice hockey left wing/center *Jarome Iginla (born 1977), NHL right wing *Peter Ing (born 1989), NHL goaltender *Joe Ironstone (1898–1972), NHL goaltender *Curtis Joseph, Keswick, Ontario, Keswick *Nazem Kadri, NHL centre *Max Kaminsky (ice hockey), Max Kaminsky, NHL centre *Paul Kariya (born 1974), NHL winger *Duncan Keith *Red Kelly *Ted Kennedy (ice hockey), Ted Kennedy *Dave Keon * Max Labovitch (1924–2018), NHL right wing *Reggie Leach *Guy Lafleur * Brendan Leipsic, forward *Mario Lemieux (born 1965), player/owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins *Devon Levi (born 2001), Northeastern Huskies men's ice hockey, Northeastern Huskies, Canada men's national junior ice hockey team, goaltender * Alex Levinsky, Alex "Mine Boy" Levinsky (1910–1990), NHL defenceman *Eric Lindros (born 1973), NHL center *Ed Longfellow *Roberto Luongo *Brooks Macek *Ron MacLean *Frank Mahovlich *Mark Messier (born 1961), starred alongside Gretzky during Edmonton Oilers dynasty and Captain of New York Rangers when they won the Cup in 1994 *Stan Mikita *Howie Morenz, voted top athlete of the first half of the 20th century *Bill Mosienko (1921–1994), NHL right winger *Rick Nash *David Nemirovsky (born 1976), NHL right wing *Rob Niedermayer (born 1974), NHL right wing *Scott Niedermayer *Sarah Nurse (born 1995), Olympian *Bobby Nystrom (born 1952), Swedish-Canadian NHL right wing *Bobby Orr (born 1948), considered by many to be the best ever, revolutionized the role of a defenseman becoming the first to win the scoring title (twice) *Caroline Ouellette, four Olympic medals *Bernie Parent (born 1945), NHL goaltender *Cherie Piper * Bob Plager (1943–2021), defense *Jacques Plante (1929–1986), pioneered active defensive play and use of face masks by goalies *Denis Potvin (born 1953), NHL defenceman *Manon Rhéaume (born 1972), first woman to play in a men's professional game *Maurice Richard (1921–2000), "The Rocket", first player to score 50 goals in a season *Brad Richards, Stanley Cup and Lady Byng trophy winner *Larry Robinson, Hall of Fame defenseman * Samuel Rothschild (1899–1987), NHL left wing *Patrick Roy *Jim Rutherford, Beeton, Ontario, Beeton *Kim St-Pierre, goaltender for Canada's Women's National Hockey team from 1999 to 2011 *Joe Sakic *Derek Sanderson (born 1946), NHL center *Serge Savard *Terry Sawchuk *Luke Schenn *Joe Schertzl *Patrick Sharp * Eliezer Sherbatov (born 1991), Canadian-Israeli left wing *Eddie Shore (1902–1985), NHL defenceman *Darryl Sittler (born 1950), NHL center *Sami Jo Small *Trevor Smith (ice hockey), Trevor Smith (born 1985), NHL centre *Eric Staal,

*Jordan Staal, Thunder Bay *Marc Staal, Thunder Bay *Steven Stamkos,

*Ronnie Stern (born 1967), NHL right wing *Vicky Sunohara *Frederick Cyclone Taylor *John Tavares, Toronto Maple Leafs *Joe Thornton (born 1979), NHL centre (San Jose Sharks) *Jonathan Toews, captain (Chicago Blackhawks) *Josh Tordjman (born 1985), NHL centre *Raffi Torres, Toronto *Mike Veisor (born 1952), NHL goaltender *Stephen Weiss (born 1983), NHL center (Florida Panthers) *Hayley Wickenheiser, member of Canada's Women's National Hockey team from 1995, played in Finland's men's professional league (Mestis), five Olympic medals * Ozzy Wiesblatt (born 2002), NHL right winger *Brian Wilks (born 1966), NHL centre * Bernie Wolfe (hockey), Bernie Wolfe (born 1951), NHL goaltender *Steve Yzerman (born 1965), General manager (ice hockey), GM of Tampa Bay Lightning, long-time captain of Detroit Red Wings *Chick Zamick (1926–2007) * Larry Zeidel, Larry "Rock" Zeidel (1928–2014), NHL defenceman

Judo

* Mark Berger (judoka), Mark Berger, Olympic silver and bronze medals (heavyweight) *

(born 1942), Olympic judoka

Lacrosse

*Gary Gait *Paul Gait *John Grant Jr. *Bill Isaacs *Chris Levis *Gaylord Powless *Geoff Snider *Man Afraid Soap *John Tavares (lacrosse), John Tavares *Jim Veltman

Mixed martial arts

*Patrick Côté (fighter), Patrick Côté *Nick Denis *Gary Goodridge *Jonathan Goulet *T. J. Grant *Mark Hominick *Denis Kang *David Loiseau *Rory MacDonald (fighter), Rory MacDonald *Carlos Newton, former Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC welterweight champion *Georges St-Pierre, former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion *Sam Stout

Multiple sports

*Lionel Conacher, played multiple sports and turned professional in ice hockey, Canadian football and lacrosse * Leah Goldstein (born 1969), Canadian-born Israeli professional road racing cyclist, former World Bantamweight Kickboxing Champion, and Israel's Duathlon champion *Clara Hughes (born 1972), speed skating and cycling medallist in both summer and winter Olympics *Hayley Wickenheiser, known as being one of the best female ice hockey players in the world; also participated for Canada in the Olympics in softball

Professional rodeo

* Earl W. Bascom, designer of hornless bronc saddle (1922) and bareback rigging (1924)

Professional wrestling

*Abdullah the Butcher, Abdullah the Butcher (Lawrence Shreve) (born 1941) *Chris Benoit (1967–2007) *Traci Brooks (born 1975) *Don Callis (born 1969) *Christian Cage, Christian Cage (Jason Reso) (born 1973) *Rene Goguen, Rene Dupree (Rene Goguen) (born 1983) *John Tenta, Earthquake (John Tenta) (1963–2006) *Edge (wrestler), Edge (Adam Copeland) (born 1973) *Ronnie Garvin *Sylvain Grenier * Hart wrestling family: ** Stu Hart (1915–2003), family patriarch married American Helen Hart (wrestling), Helen Smith and had twelve children *** Smith Hart (1948–2017) *** Bruce Hart (wrestler), Bruce Hart (born 1950) *** Keith Hart (wrestler), Keith Hart (born 1951) *** Wayne Hart (wrestling), Wayne Hart (born 1952) *** Dean Hart (1954–1990) *** Bret Hart, Bret 'The Hitman' Hart (born 1957) *** Ross Hart (born 1960) *** Alison Hart, daughter of Stu and Helen married Canadian wrestler Ben Bassarab (born 1960) *** Diana Hart (born 1963), involved in 1990s WWE storylines, author of several wrestling books, and one-time wife of British wrestler Davey Boy Smith (1962–2002) *** Owen Hart (1965–1999) **** Teddy Hart, Teddy Hart (Edward Annis) (born 1980), son of Stu's daughter Georgia Hart and American wrestler B. J. Annis (born c. 1947) **** Natalya (wrestler), Natalya (Natalie Neidhart) (born 1982), daughter of Stu's daughter Ellie Hart and American wrestler Jim Neidhart (1955–2018), she is married to Tyson Kidd, Tyson Kidd (TJ Wilson) (born 1980) **** David Hart Smith, David Hart Smith (Harry Smith) (born 1985), son of Diana Hart and Davey Boy Smith **** Brooke B. Hart, daughter of Alison Hart and Ben Bassarab married Pete Wilson (born 1985) **** Matt Hart (wrestler), Matt Hart (born 1994) son of Smith Hart **** Mike Hart (wrestler), Mike Hart (born 1982) stepson of Smith Hart *Chris Jericho, Chris Jericho (Chris Irvine) (born 1970) *Rocky Johnson *Gail Kim (born 1976) *Robert Maillet, Kurrgan (Robert Maillet) (born 1969) *Santino Marella, Santino Marella (Anthony Carelli) *Rick Martel * Kenny Omega, Kenny Omega (Tyson Smith) (born 1983) *Maryse Ouellet *Kevin Owens *Roddy Piper, Roddy Piper (Roderick Toombs) (1954–2015) *Bobby Roode (born 1978) *Jacques Rougeau *Raymond Rougeau *Tiger Ali Singh (born 1971) *Tiger Jeet Singh (born 1944) *Lance Storm, Lance Storm (Lance Evers) (born 1969) *Trish Stratus, Trish Stratus (Patricia Stratigias) (born 1975) *Val Venis, Val Venis (Sean Morley) (born 1971) *Vampiro, Vampiro (Ian Hodgkinson) (born 1967) *Whipper Billy Watson (1915–1990) *Petey Williams (born 1981) *Eric Young (wrestler), Eric Young (born 1980) *Sami Zayn (born 1984)

Rowing (sport), Rowing, kayaking

*Louis Ginglo *Silken Laumann *Marnie McBean *Lesley Thompson, five Olympic medals *

, Olympic gold medal winner in sprint kayaking

Rugby union

*Dan Baugh *Norm Hadley *Dave Moonlight *Gareth Rees (rugby union), Gareth Rees *Kevin Tkachuk

Skeleton (sport), Skeleton

*Jon Montgomery, Olympic gold medal, 2010 *Jeff Pain, Olympic silver medal, 2006

Alpine skiing, Skiing

*Jean-Luc Brassard, freestyle ski, moguls, Olympic gold medal, 1994 *Todd Brooker *The Crazy Canucks, a group of downhill racers who were extraordinarily successful in the late 1970s and early 1980s: **Jim Hunter (skier), Jim Hunter **Dave Irwin **Dave Murray (skier), Dave Murray **Steve Podborski, Canada's only overall World Cup winner **Ken Read, the first Canadian male to win on the World Cup circuit *Michel Daigle, 1970s freestyle skiing pioneer *Nancy Greene, alpine skiing, downhill, Olympic gold medal, 1968 *Ann Heggtveit, world and 1960 Winter Olympics ski champion *Lewis Irving *Kathy Kreiner, alpine skiing, giant slalom, Olympic gold medal, 1976 *Kerrin Lee-Gartner, alpine skiing, downhill, Olympic gold medal, 1992 *Brady Leman *Julia Murray *Manuel Osborne-Paradis, North Vancouver (district municipality), North Vancouver, British Columbia *TJ Schiller *Gerry Sorensen, alpine skiing, downhill, world champion, 1982 *Don Stevens, alpine world ski champion and in the 1988 winter Olympics *Melanie Turgeon, alpine skiing, downhill, world champion, 1993 *Lucille Wheeler, alpine world ski champion *Rhona and Rhoda Wurtele, alpine ski champions of the 1940s and 1950s

Snowboarding

*Calynn Irwin *Mark McMorris, Olympic bronze medallist *Ross Rebagliati, Olympic snowboarding champion *Maelle Ricker, Olympic gold medallist

Association football, Soccer (football)

*Alon Badat (born 1989), Israeli soccer player *Adam Braz, defender *Jim Brennan *Kadeisha Buchanan, multiple award-winning defender for national team *John Catliff, striker *Tomer Chencinski (born 1984), Israeli-Canadian goalkeeper *Alphonso Davies *Jonathan de Guzman, midfielder *Julian de Guzman, 2007 Gold Cup MVP *Dwayne De Rosario, 2007 MLS Cup MVP *David Edgar (footballer), David Edgar *Rob Friend, forward *Gottfried Fuchs (1889–1972), German (national team)-Canadian Olympic football player *Daniel Haber (soccer), Daniel Haber, forward, Team Canada *Owen Hargreaves, England international *Junior Hoilett, winger *Charmaine Hooper *Jordyn Huitema, national team forward *Atiba Hutchinson, midfielder *Simeon Jackson, forward *Will Johnson (soccer), Will Johnson, midfielder *Kaylyn Kyle, sports broadcaster and former national team midfielder *Karina LeBlanc, sports broadcaster and former national team goalkeeper *Bobby Lenarduzzi *Diana Matheson, national team midfielder *Kevin McKenna (soccer), Kevin McKenna, Team Canada captain *Erin McLeod, national team goalkeeper *Dale Mitchell (soccer), Dale Mitchell, striker *Jimmy Nicholl, played for N. Ireland *Olivier Occéan *Pedro Pacheco (soccer, born 1984), Pedro Pacheco *Paul Peschisolido *Nichelle Prince, national team forward *Quinn (soccer), Quinn, national team defender *Tomasz Radzinski *Randy Samuel *Sophie Schmidt, national team midfielder *Christine Sinclair, world's all-time leader for international goals *Jacob Shaffelburg, winger *Paul Stalteri *John van't Schip, played for the Netherlands

Speed skating

Long track

*Susan Auch *Gaétan Boucher, four-time Olympic medallist, 1980, 1984 *Lela Brooks *Sylvia Burka *Sylvie Daigle *Charles Gorman (speed skater), Charles Gorman *Clara Hughes, six Olympic medals *Catriona Le May Doan *Christine Nesbitt, Olympic gold medallist, 1000m long track, 2010 *Frank Stack (speed skater), Frank Stack *Jeremy Wotherspoon, world record holder at 500m

Short track

*Guillaume Bastille, Olympic gold medallist, 2010 *Isabelle Charest *Sylvie Daigle, Olympic gold medallist, 1992 *Marc Gagnon, Olympic gold medallist, 1998 and 2002 *Charles Hamelin, Olympic gold medallist, 2010 *François Hamelin, Olympic gold medallist, 2010 *Olivier Jean, Olympic gold medallist, 2010 *Nathalie Lambert, Olympic gold medallist, 1992 *Annie Perreault, Olympic gold medallist, 1992 and 1998 *Kalyna Roberge

Squash (sport), Squash

*Jonathon Power, the only North American squash player to attain the #1 world ranking *Graham Ryding

Swimming (sport), Swimming and Diving (sport), diving

*Jennifer Abel *

, 1984 medley Olympic champion *Marilyn Bell, first person to swim Lake Ontario *Meaghan Benfeito *Sylvie Bernier, Canada's first gold medal in Olympic diving *

(1964–1989), Olympic swimming champion *Alexandre Despatie, world diving champion *Émilie Heymans, four Olympic diving medals *Penny Oleksiak, seven Olympic medals *Dick Pound *Mark Tewksbury, Olympic gold medallist

Synchronized swimming

*Sylvie Fréchette *Carolyn Waldo

Tennis

*Françoise Abanda * Dave Abelson (born 1975) *Félix Auger-Aliassime, highest world ranking No. 6 *Bianca Andreescu, highest world ranking No. 4 *Carling Bassett-Seguso, highest world ranking No. 8 *Robert Bédard (tennis), Robert Bédard (b. 1931), the most recent Canadian to win the Canadian Open men's singles championship (1955) *Vicki Berner (1945–2017), Tennis Canada Hall of Fame *Eugenie Bouchard, highest world ranking No. 5 *Gabriela Dabrowski *Frank Dancevic *Leylah Annie Fernandez, highest world ranking No. 13 * Sharon Fichman (born 1990), Israeli-Canadian, was Canada's Under-18 Indoor & Outdoor National girls champion, also won the doubles title, won the Australian Open and French Open junior doubles championships. *I.F. Hellmuth (1854–1944), first champion of what became the Rogers Cup *Helen Kelesi, highest world ranking No. 13 *Jesse Levine (born 1987), American-Canadian, won the U.S. Clay Court 14 Nationals singles championship, the USTA boys' 16s doubles championship, and the 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles championship *Glenn Michibata *Daniel Nestor, highest world ranking in doubles #1 * Peter Polansky, Canada's top singles player from 2010 until 2011 *Vasek Pospisil, highest world ranking No. 25 *Mary Pierce, naturalized French *Milos Raonic, highest world ranking No. 3 *Greg Rusedski, naturalized British *Denis Shapovalov (born 1999), Israeli-Canadian, highest world ranking No. 10 *Andrew Sznajder, highest world ranking No. 46, Canada Tennis Hall of Fame *Aleksandra Wozniak, highest world ranking No. 21

Track and field

*Jamie Adjetey-Nelson (born 1984), decathlete and gold medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games *Dylan Armstrong (born 1981), shot putter, Pan American Games record, second at world championships *Donovan Bailey (born 1967), sprinter, former 100m world record holder *Simon Bairu (born 1983), distance runner, 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships *Bryan Barnett (born 1987), sprinter, 100m and 200m *Joël Bourgeois (born 1971), 3000 meter Steeplechase, 1996 and 2000 Olympics *Nathan Brannen (born 1982), 800m, 2009 World Championships *Pierre Browne (born 1980), sprinter, 100m in the Summer Olympics *Jared Connaughton (born 1985), sprinter, 100m and 200m *Reid Coolsaet born (1979), marathon runner, 2012 London Summer Olympics *Bruce Deacon (born 1966), marathon runner, 1996 and 2000 Olympics *

(born 1994), sprinter, Rio 2016 Medallist: 100m Bronze, 200m Silver, and 4 × 100 m relay Bronze *Étienne Desmarteau (1873–1905), weight thrower, Olympic champion *Jerome Drayton (born 1945), marathon runner; three-time winner of the Fukuoka Marathon; Canadian marathon record holder since 1969; 1968 and 1976 Olympic Games *

(born 1954), British-Canadian Olympic long-distance runner *Phil Edwards (runner), Phil Edwards, middle-distance runner, five Olympic bronze medals *Sam Effah (born 1988), sprinter, 100m *Alice Falaiye (born 1978), long jumper, gold medallist at the 2009 Pan American Games and 2010 Commonwealth Games *Perdita Felicien (born 1980), 2003 world champion in 100m hurdles *Nicole Forrester (born 1976), high jumper, gold medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games *Sultana Frizell (born 1984), hammer thrower, gold medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games *Phylicia George (born 1987), 100m hurdles *Eric Gillis born (1980), marathon runner, Summer Olympics: 2008 Beijing and London 2012 * Sasha Gollish (born 1981), competitive runner, bronze medallist in the 2015 Pan American Games 1500m and gold medallist in the 2013 Maccabiah Games half-marathon * Abby Hoffman, four-time Olympian (800-meter) *Matthew Hughes (athlete), Matthew Hughes (born 1989), 3000m steeplechase, gold medallist at the 2015 Pan American Games, Rio 2016 *Nikkita Holder (born 1987), 100m hurdles *Barbara Howard (athlete), Barbara Howard (1920–2017), sprinter, silver and bronze relay medalist at the 1938 British Empire Games *Harry Jerome (1940–1982), sprinter, bronze medallist in the 100m at the 1964 Summer Olympics *Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter), Ben Johnson (born 1961), sprinter, disqualified from Olympic gold medal for doping *Jennifer Joyce (born 1980), hammer thrower, silver medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games *Robert Kerr (athlete), Robert Kerr (1882–1963), sprinter, 1908 Summer Olympics medallist: a gold and a bronze *Michael LeBlanc (born 1987), sprinter, 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships *Cameron Levins (born 1989), distance runner, inaugural Canadian to win the Bowerman Award (NCAA male athlete of the year); London 2012 Olympics *Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (born 1982), 100m hurdles, silver medallist at the 2009 World Championships * Gordon Orlikow (born 1960), decathlon, heptathlon, and hurdles competitor, won medals in the 73rd Drake Relays, the 1981 Maccabiah Games and 1985 Maccabiah Games in Israel, and the Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's decathlon, 1987 Pan American Games, Athletics Canada Chairman, Canadian Olympic Committee member, Korn/Ferry International partner *George Orton (1873–1958), inaugural Canadian Olympics medallist *Hank Palmer (born 1985), sprinter, 2008 Summer Olympics *Bruno Pauletto (born 1954), shot putter *Sydney David Pierce, Olympic hurdler *Gary Reed (athlete), Gary Reed (born 1981), 800m, silver medallist at the 2007 World Championships *Fanny Rosenfeld (1904–1969), runner & long jumper, world record (100-yard dash); Olympic medallist (4x100-m relay) and silver (100-m) *Scott Russell (athlete), Scott Russell (born 1979), javelin thrower, 2001 World Championships, bronze medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, 2008 Summer Olympics *Bruny Surin (born 1967), sprinter, tied with Donovan Bailey for Canadian 100m record *Brianne Theisen (born 1988), heptathlete, 2009 World Championships *Justyn Warner (born 1987), sprinter, 100m *Angela Whyte (born 1980), 100m hurdles, silver medallist at the 2007 and 2011 Pan American Games *Percy Williams (sprinter), Percy Williams (1908–1982), sprinter, double gold medallist at the 1928 Olympics, former world record holder in the 100m *Dylan Wykes (born 1983), marathon runner, 2009 World Championships and 2012 London Summer Olympics *Jessica Zelinka (born 1981), heptathlete and pentathlete, gold medallist at the 2007 Pan American Games

Triathlon

Brent McMahon 2021 Ironman European Championship Frankfurt

*Paula Findlay (born 1989), bronze medallist at the 2009 ITU World Championships, 2012 London Summer Olympics *Kyle Jones (triathlete), Kyle Jones (born 1984), 2012 London Olympics *Brent McMahon (born 1980), silver at the 2007 Pan American Games, bronze at the 2011 Pan American Games, 2012 London Summer Olympics *Lionel Sanders (born 1988), winner of the 2017 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships *Kathy Tremblay (born 1982), 2012 London Summer Olympics *

(born 1975), gold at the 2000 Olympics and silver at the 2008 Olympics, competed at the 2012 London Summer Olympics

Water skiing

*Chantal Singer, internationally ranked waterskier

Olympic weightlifting, Weightlifting

*Louis Cyr, weightlifter *The Great Antonio, strongman and wrestler

Wrestling

* Andy Borodow (born 1969), Olympic wrestler, Maccabiah champion, Commonwealth champion *Garry Kallos (born 1956), Olympic light-heavyweight wrestler, Maccabiah champion, and sambo champion *Oleg Ladik (born 1971), Olympic wrestler *Fred Oberlander, world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion *Herbert Singerman (born 1946), Olympic wrestler *Howard Stupp (born 1955), Olympic wrestler *Ari Taub (wrestler), Ari Taub (born 1971), Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler *David Zilberman (wrestler), David Zilberman (born 1982), Olympic heavyweight wrestler

Bodybuilding athletes

*Dayana Cadeau, Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver - bodybuilder *Cathy LeFrançois, Amqui, Quebec - bodybuilder *Chris Bumstead, Ottawa, Ontario - bodybuilder

Nationally recognized honour lists

*Bobbie Rosenfeld Award (female only) *Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame *Canada's Athletes of the 20th Century *Lionel Conacher Award (male only) *List of members of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame *Lou Marsh Trophy *Velma Springstead Trophy (female only)