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British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...

, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province.

Premiers

''See List of premiers of British Columbia.''

Members of Parliament

* Jim Abbott * David Anderson *

Thomas Speakman Barnett Thomas Speakman Barnett (September 3, 1909 – June 5, 2003) was a politician born in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. He attended schools in Alberta and British Columbia, and earned a degree at the University of British Columbia. He married Ruth Ev ...

Dave Barrett David Barrett (October 2, 1930 – February 2, 2018) was a Canadian politician and social worker in British Columbia. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BCNDP), he was the 26th premier of British Columbia from 1972 to 1 ...

, former

Premier of British Columbia The premier of British Columbia is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian province of British Columbia. Until the early 1970s, the title ''prime minister of British Columbia'' was often used. The word ''premier'' is derived ...

* Ron Basford * Don Bell * Thomas Berger * Hewitt Bostock * Margaret Bridgman * Chuck Cadman *

Iona Campagnolo Iona Victoria Campagnolo (née Hardy; October 18, 1932 – April 4, 2024) was a Canadian politician who served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 2001 to 2007; Campagnolo was the first woman to hold that office. Prior to ...

, later Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia *

Justin Trudeau Justin Pierre James Trudeau (born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician who served as the 23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025. He led the Liberal Party from 2013 until his resignation in 2025 and was the member of Parliament ...

, also

Prime Minister of Canada The prime minister of Canada () is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the Confidence and supply, confidence of a majority of the elected House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons ...

* Pat Carney * Raymond Chan * Mary Collins * Chuck Cook * Jean Crowder *

Nathan Cullen Nathan Paul Cullen (born July 13, 1972) is a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) representing the riding of Stikine (provincial electoral district), Stikine from 2020 to 2024 as a memb ...

* John Cummins * Libby Davies * Stockwell Day * Amor De Cosmos, second

* Edgar Dewdney, later Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia *

Herb Dhaliwal Harbance Singh (Herb) Dhaliwal, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, PC (born 12 December 1952) is a Canadians, Canadian politician and businessman. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1993 Canadian federal election, 19 ...

* Ujjal Dosanjh, former

Tommy Douglas Thomas Clement Douglas (20 October 1904 – 24 February 1986) was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who served as the seventh premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 to 1971. A Bap ...

* John Duncan * David Emerson * Paul Forseth *

Hedy Fry Hedy Madeleine Fry, (born August 6, 1941) is a Canadian politician and physician, and is currently the longest-serving female Member of Parliament. A member of the Liberal Party, she has won eleven consecutive elections in the constituency of ...

* Jim Gouk * Gurmant Grewal * Nina Grewal *

Herbert Wilfred Herridge Herbert Wilfred (Bert) Herridge (February 28, 1895 – October 19, 1973) was a Canadian politician and Member of Parliament. Born in London, England, Herridge immigrated to Canada with his family in 1906; after stopping in Winnipeg, they s ...

* Russ Hiebert * Jay Hill * Betty Hinton * Frank Howard * William Irvine * Pauline Jewett *

Peter Julian Peter S. Julian (born April 16, 1962) is a Canadian politician who was a Member of Parliament for the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2004 to 2025. He represented the ridings of Burnaby—New Westminster from 2004 to 2015 and New Westminste ...

* Douglas Jung * Jim Karpoff * Sophia Leung * Gary Lunn * Grace MacInnis * Ian Alistair Mackenzie * Roy MacLaren * Len Marchand * Keith Martin * Gerry McGeer * James Moore * Henry Nathan Jr. * Stephen Owen * George Pearkes, later Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia * Art Phillips, former mayor of Vancouver * Elmore Philpott * John Reynolds * Nelson Riis * Svend Robinson * Paul St. Pierre * Tom Siddon * Bill Siksay * Bob Skelly * Darrel Stinson * Chuck Strahl *

John Turner John Napier Wyndham Turner (June 7, 1929September 19, 2020) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Canada from June to September 1984. He served as leader of the Liberal Party and leader of the Opposit ...

, also

* Ian Waddell * Mark Warawa * Randy White

Jurists

Beverley McLachlin Beverley Marian McLachlin (born September 7, 1943) is a Canadian jurist and author who served as the 17th chief justice of Canada from 2000 to 2017. She is the longest-serving chief justice in Canadian history and the first woman to hold the ...

chief justice of Canada The chief justice of Canada () is the presiding judge of the nine-member Supreme Court of Canada, the highest judicial body in Canada. As such, the chief justice is the highest-ranking judge of the Canadian court system. The '' Supreme Court Ac ...

* Alfred Scow, First Status Indian judge BC Provincial Court

Other politicians

Emery Barnes Emery Oakland Barnes (December 15, 1929 – June 1, 1998) was a Canadian professional football player and politician. Background Born in Louisiana and moved to Oregon at the age of 12, Barnes was a gifted athlete, and was an alternate high ...

* Wesley Drewett Black, Provincial Secretary 1952-1972 * Richard Blanshard, first Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island * Rosemary Brown * Frank Arthur Calder, First Nations MLA and Nisga'a politician * Sir James Douglas, colonial governor (all colonies) *

Jennifer Granholm Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (born February 5, 1959) is an American politician who was the 16th United States secretary of energy from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she previously served as the 47t ...

, Canadian/American politician and former

Governor of Michigan The governor of Michigan is the head of government of the U.S. state of Michigan. The current governor is Gretchen Whitmer, a member of the Democratic Party, who was inaugurated on January 1, 2019, as the state's 49th governor. She was re-ele ...

(2003-2011); naturalized US citizen * Ginger Goodwin, Labour organizer * Guujaaw, Haida politician, activist and cultural leader * Edward John * Arthur Kennedy, governor of the united colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia * David Lam, philanthropist and

Lieutenant-Governor A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a " second-in-com ...

* Rafe Mair * Grace McCarthy * Joy McPhail * Frederick Seymour, Governor of Vancouver Island and of British Columbia * William Fraser Tolmie * Joseph Trutch, colonial Lieutenant-Governor and first Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia

Scientists

* Ian Affleck, physicist * Robert Edward Bell, nuclear physicist *

Margaret Benston Margaret "Maggie" Lowe Benston (1937–1991) was a professor of chemistry, computing science, and women's studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was a respected feminist and labour activist, as well as ...

, chemist, computer scientist * Michael Bigg, marine biologist *

Jim Chamberlin James Arthur Chamberlin (May 23, 1915 – March 8, 1981) was a Canadian engineer who contributed to the design of the Canadian Avro Arrow, NASA's Gemini spacecraft and the Apollo program. In addition to his pioneering air and space efforts, he ...

, aerodynamicist * Wade Davis, ethnobotanist * Ryan C.N. D'Arcy, neuroscientist * James E. Gill, geologist * John R. Hendricks, mathematician * Abram Hoffer, biochemist, physician *

Frances Oldham Kelsey Dr Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey ( Oldham; July 24, 1914 – August 7, 2015) was a Canadian-American pharmacologist and physician. As a reviewer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), she refused to authorize thalidomide for market ...

, pharmacologist * Vit Klemes, hydrologist * Mel Krajden, medical scientist * Robert T. Lackey, fisheries scientist, ecologist, zoologist *

Robert Langlands Robert Phelan Langlands, (; born October 6, 1936) is a Canadian mathematician. He is best known as the founder of the Langlands program, a vast web of conjectures and results connecting representation theory and automorphic forms to the study o ...

, mathematician * Jerrold E. Marsden, applied mathematician * Bill Mathews, geologist, volcanologist, engineer * Brian McConaghy, forensic scientist *

Ian McTaggart-Cowan Ian McTaggart-Cowan (June 25, 1910 – April 18, 2010) was a Scottish-Canadian zoologist, conservationist, and television presenter. He has been called "the father of Canadian ecology". He was the brother of meteorologist Patrick McTaggart-Cow ...

, ecologist * Patrick McTaggart-Cowan, meteorologist * Faron Moller, computer scientist * Barth Netterfield, astrophysicist * Edward Faraday Odlum, geologist * Santa J. Ono, biologist * Robert Methven Petrie, astronomer * Jerilynn Prior, medical scientist, endocrinologist * Scott D. Sampson, paleontologist * Martin Schechter, epidemiologist * Robert Fletcher Shaw, engineer * John Alexander Sinton, medical scientist, doctor, malariologist * Frank Smith, psycholinguist * Michael Smith, biochemist * Wayne Smith, statistician *

David Suzuki David Takayoshi Suzuki (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster, and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a PhD in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department at the ...

, biologist, ecologist *

Robert Thirsk Robert "Bob" Brent Thirsk, (born August 17, 1953) is a Canadian retired engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut. He holds the Canadian record for the most time spent in space (204 days, 18 hours and 29&nbs ...

, engineer, physician, astronaut * John Lancelot Todd, physician, parasitologist *

Bjarni Tryggvason Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason (September 21, 1945 – April 5, 2022) was an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a NRC/ CSA astronaut. He served as a Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-85 in 1997, a nearly 12-day mission to study cha ...

, engineer, astronaut * Paul Tseng, applied mathematician *

William Vickrey William Spencer Vickrey (21 June 1914 – 11 October 1996) was a Canadian-American professor of economics and Nobel Laureate. He was a lifelong faculty member at Columbia University. A theorist who worked on public economics and mechanism design, ...

, Nobel Prize-winning economist * Andrew Weaver, climate scientist * Franklin White, public health scientist

Television/film actors and musicians

* Daniel Adair, drummer *

Bryan Adams Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a British and Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. He is estimated to have sold between 75 million and more than 100 million album, records and Single (music), si ...

, singer *

Evan Adams Evan Tlesla Adams (born November 15, 1966) is an Indigenous Canadian actor, playwright, and physician. A Coast Salish from the Sliammon First Nation near Powell River, British Columbia, he is best known internationally for his roles in the films ...

, First Nations actor ('' Smoke Signals'') *

Pamela Anderson Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-American actress, model and media personality. She rose to prominence after being selected as the February 1990 ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month. She went on to make regular appearan ...

, actress (''

Baywatch ''Baywatch'' is an American Drama (film and television), drama television series about lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, and Hawaii, starring David Hasselhoff. It was created by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz ...

'', ''V.I.P.'') *

Aaron Ashmore Aaron Richard Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian actor. He is the identical twin brother of actor Shawn Ashmore. He is known for portraying Jimmy Olsen on ''Smallville'' (2006–2011), Steve Jinks on '' Warehouse 13'' (2011–2014), ...

, actor (''Warehouse 13'') *

Shawn Ashmore Shawn Robert Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian actor whose career spans film, television, and interactive media. A former child actor, he first drew notice as Jake Berenson on Nickelodeon's ''Animorphs'' (1998–1999), Tyler Connell ...

, actor (''

X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the team first appeared in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 (September 1963). Although initial ...

'') *

Long John Baldry John William "Long John" Baldry (12 January 1941 – 21 July 2005) was an English musician and actor. In the 1960s, he was one of the first British vocalists to sing the blues in clubs and shared the stage with many British musicians including ...

, musician, songwriter * Gil Bellows, actor *

Michael Bublé Michael Steven Bublé ( ; born September 9, 1975) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Regarded as a pop icon, he is often credited for helping to renew public interest and appreciation for traditional pop standards and the Great American ...

, singer *

Raymond Burr Raymond William Stacy Burr (May 21, 1917September 12, 1993) was a Canadian actor who had a lengthy Hollywood film career and portrayed the title roles in the television dramas '' Perry Mason'' and '' Ironside''. Burr's early acting career inclu ...

, actor (''Perry Mason'') * Jim Byrnes, musician, actor (''Highlander'') *

Nicholas Campbell Nicholas Campbell (born 24 March 1952) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He is a four-time Gemini Awards, Gemini Award winner, a three-time Genie Awards, Genie Award nominee, and a Canadian Screen Awards, Canadian Screen Award nominee. He is k ...

, actor (''Da Vinci's Inquest'') * Chris Carter, screenwriter, producer, director (''X-Files'') * Anna Cathcart, actress *

Kim Cattrall Kim Victoria Cattrall (; born 21 August 1956) is a British, Canadian, and American actress. She is known for her portrayal of Samantha Jones on HBO's ''Sex and the City'' (1998–2004), for which she received five Primetime Emmy Award nominati ...

, actress (''

Sex and the City ''Sex and the City'' is an American romantic comedy, romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO, based on Sex and the City (newspaper column), the newspaper column and 1996 book by Candace Bushnell. It premiered in th ...

'') *

Sarah Chalke Sarah Louise Christine Chalke (; born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her starring roles as the second Becky Conner in the ABC sitcom ''Roseanne'' (1993–1997), Elliot Reid in the NBC/ABC medical comedy series '' Sc ...

, actress ('' Scrubs'') *

Tommy Chong Thomas B. Kin Chong (born May 24, 1938) is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, musician and activist. He is known for his role/inspiration in the marijuana industry, his Cannabis (drug), marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy albums and movie ...

, actor, comedian, cannabis rights activist (''

Cheech & Chong Cheech & Chong are a comedy duo founded in Vancouver and consisting of American Cheech Marin and Canadian Tommy Chong. The duo found commercial and cultural success in the 1970s and 1980s with their stand-up routines, studio recordings, and fea ...

'') * Hayden Christensen, actor (''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and Cultural impact of Star Wars, quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop cu ...

'') * Amanda Crew, actress (''

Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that is a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical area of the Santa Clara Valley ...

'') *

Thomas Middleditch Thomas Steven Middleditch (born March 10, 1982) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his role as Richard Hendricks in the HBO series ''Silicon Valley'' (2014–2019), earning a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in ...

, actor (''

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Mackenzie Davis Mackenzie Rio Davis (born April 1, 1987) is a Canadian actress. She made her feature film debut in the drama film '' Smashed'' (2012). In 2013, she appeared in the film '' The F Word'', for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination ...

, actress ('' Terminator: Dark Fate'') * William B. Davis, actor (''

X-Files ''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The original series aired from September 10, 1993, to May 19, 2002, on Fox, spanning nine seasons, with 202 episodes. A tenth season of six e ...

'') *

Yvonne De Carlo Margaret Yvonne Middleton (September 1, 1922January 8, 2007), known professionally as Yvonne De Carlo, was a Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer. She became a Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film star and sex symbol in the 1940s a ...

, actress (''The Munsters'') *

Mac Demarco McBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco (born Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith IV; April 21, 1990) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He has released five full-length studio albums: his debut '' 2'' (2012), '' Salad Days' ...

, musician, multi-instrumentalist *

Edward Dmytryk Edward Dmytryk (September 4, 1908 – July 1, 1999) was a Canadian-born American film director and editor. He was known for his 1940s films noir, noir films and received an Academy Award for Best Director, Oscar nomination for Best Director for ...

, film director *

James Doohan James Montgomery Doohan (; March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005) was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series ''Star Trek''. Doohan's characterization of the Scottish chief engineer of t ...

, actor (''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the Star Trek: The Original Series, series of the same name and became a worldwide Popular culture, pop-culture Cultural influence of ...

'') *

Atom Egoyan Atom Egoyan (; ; born July 19, 1960) is an Armenian Canadians, Armenian-Canadian filmmaker. One of the most preeminent directors of the Toronto New Wave, he emerged during the 1980s and made his career breakthrough with ''Exotica (film), Exotica ...

, film director * Aryana Engineer, actress (''Orphan'') *

Jodelle Ferland Jodelle Micah Ferland (born October 9, 1994) is a Canadian actress. She debuted as a child actress at the age of six in the television film ''Mermaid'' (2000) for which she won a Young Artist Award and received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination, ...

, actress * Noel Fisher, actor (''The Twilight Saga'') * Roy Forbes (Bim), musician * Judith Forst, opera singer *

David Foster David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian record producer, composer, arranger, and musician. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His career began as a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark in the early 1970s befor ...

, songwriter, record producer * Michael J Fox, actor, producer and health activist *

Nelly Furtado Nelly Kim Furtado ( , ; born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She has sold over 45 million records, including 35 million in album sales worldwide, making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. Critics have noted ...

, singer-songwriter * Chief Dan George, actor (''Little Big Man'', ''Cariboo Cowboy'') *

Evan Goldberg Evan D. Goldberg (born September 15, 1982) is a Canadian screenwriter, film producer and director. He has collaborated with his childhood friend Seth Rogen on a variety of films, including '' Superbad'', '' Pineapple Express'', '' This Is the En ...

, screenwriter ('' Superbad'', '' Pineapple Express'') *

Matthew Good Matthew Frederick Robert Good (born June 29, 1971) is a Canadian musician. He was the lead singer and songwriter for the Matthew Good Band, one of the most successful alternative rock bands in Canada during the 1990s and early 2000s. Since the ...

, musician *

Grimes (musician) Claire Elise Boucher (; born March 17, 1988), known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her lyrics often touch on science fiction and Feminism, feminist themes. The visuals in her videos a ...

, musician * June Havoc, actress * Carter Hayden, actor and voice actor ('' Bakugan: New Vestroia'', ''

Total Drama ''Total Drama'' (often shortened as ''TD'') is a Canadian animated sitcom created by Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis that premiered on Teletoon (now the Canadian version of Cartoon Network (Canadian TV channel), Cartoon Network) in Canada on ...

'') * Bill Henderson (Canadian singer), musician (''

Chilliwack Chilliwack ( ) is a city of about 100,000 people and in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located about east of the City of Vancouver in the Fraser Valley. The enumerated population is 93,203 in the city and 113,767 in the gr ...

'') * Ben Heppner, opera singer * Matt Hill, Canadian-American voice actor * Jacob Hoggard, musician (Hedley) * John Ireland, actor * Robert Ito, actor * Joshua Jackson, actor ('' Dawson’s Creek'') *

Carly Rae Jepsen Carly Rae Jepsen (born November 21, 1985) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. After studying musical theatre for most of her school life and while in university, Jepsen garnered mainstream attention after placing third on the fifth season of ...

, musician *

Alexz Johnson Alexzandra Spencer Johnson (born November 4, 1986) is a Canadian musician and actress. Known for her distinctive sound since her debut in 2010, her first album, ''Voodoo'', was independently released with her brother, Brendan Johnson. Over the ...

, singer, actress * Avan Jogia, actor * Joe Keithley, musician, songwriter (D.O.A.) *

Allan King Allan Winton King, (February 6, 1930 – June 15, 2009), was a Canadian film director. Life Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, during the Great Depression, King attended Henry Hudson Elementary School, in Kitsilano.Taylor Kitsch, actor and model ('' Friday Night Lights'') *

Elias Koteas Elias Koteas (; ; born March 11, 1961) is a Canadian actor who has performed in lead and supporting roles in numerous films and television series. He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film '' Ararat'' (20 ...

, actor (''The Thin Red Line'') *

Diana Krall Diana Jean Krall (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including over six million in the US. On December 11, 2009, ''Billboard (magazi ...

, musician *

Kristin Kreuk Kristin Laura Kreuk (; born December 30, 1982) is a Canadian actress. Debuting on teen drama '' Edgemont'', she became most known for her television roles as Lana Lang in the superhero television series ''Smallville'' (2001–2011), Catherine ...

, actress (''Smallville'') *

Nicholas Lea Nicholas Lea (born Nicholas Christopher Herbert; June 22, 1962) is a Canadian actor known for his portrayal of Alex Krycek on ''The X-Files'' and of Tom Foss on ''Kyle XY''. Partner of actress Crystal Balint. Life and career Lea was born in New ...

, actor (''X-Files'') * Darryl Lenox, comedian *

Lights (musician) Lights Valerie Anne Poxleitner-Bokan (born Valerie Anne Poxleitner; April 11, 1987), known Mononymous person, mononymously as Lights (previously stylized in all caps), is a Canadian musician, singer, comic book author and artist, and songwrite ...

, musician *

Evangeline Lilly Nicole Evangeline Lilly (born August 3, 1979) is a Canadian former actress and author. She gained popularity for her first leading role as Kate Austen in the ABC drama series '' Lost'' (2004–2010), which garnered her six nominations for the ...

, actress ('' Lost'', ''

The Hurt Locker ''The Hurt Locker'' is a 2008 American war action thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. T ...

'') * Jessica Lowndes, actress ('' 90210'') * Jessica Lucas, actress * Alexander Ludwig, actor (''

Vikings Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.Roesdahl, pp. 9� ...

'', ''

The Hunger Games ''The Hunger Games'' are a series of Young adult fiction, young adult Dystopian fiction, dystopian novels written by American author Suzanne Collins. The series consists of a trilogy that follows teenage protagonist Katniss Everdeen, and two ...

'') * Leon Mandrake, illusionist (Mandrake the Magician) *

Sarah McLachlan Sarah Ann McLachlan (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. As of 2015, she had sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is ''Surfacing (album), Surfacing'' (1997), for which she won two G ...

, musician * Brandon Jay McLaren, actor ('' Power Rangers: S.P.D.'', ''

She's The Man ''She’s the Man'' is a 2006 American romantic comedy teen sports film directed by Andy Fickman and starring Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, Vinnie Jones, and David Cross. Loosely inspired by William Shakespeare's play '' Twe ...

'') * Rosa Mendes, model, professional wrestler *

Shay Mitchell Shannon Ashley Garcia "Shay" Mitchell (born April 10, 1987) is a Canadian actress and entrepreneur. She rose to prominence for her role as Emily Fields in the mystery thriller drama series ''Pretty Little Liars'' (2010–2017), which earned h ...

, actress (''

Pretty Little Liars ''Pretty Little Liars'' is an American Mystery fiction, mystery teen drama television series created by I. Marlene King, which aired on Freeform (TV channel), Freeform from June 8, 2010 to June 27, 2017, based on the novel series Pretty Little L ...

'') *

Carrie-Anne Moss Carrie-Anne Moss (born August 21, 1967) is a Canadian actress. After early roles on television, she rose to international prominence for her role of Trinity in ''The Matrix'' series (1999–present). She has starred in '' Memento'' (2000), for ...

, actress (''

The Matrix ''The Matrix'' is a 1999 science fiction film, science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis. It is the first installment in the The Matrix (franchise), ''Matrix'' film series, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Ca ...

'') * Meghan Ory, actress * Molly Parker, actress (''House of Cards'') * Barbara Parkins, actress * Daniel Powter, musician, singer-songwriter, and pianist *

Jason Priestley Jason Bradford Priestley (born August 28, 1969) is a Canadian-American actor and television director. Priestly starred as virtuous Brandon Walsh on the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1990–1998, 2000). His other television roles in ...

, actor * Kirsten Prout, actress *

John Qualen John Qualen (born Johan Mandt Kvalen, December 8, 1899 – September 12, 1987) was a Canadian-American character actor of Norwegian heritage who specialized in Scandinavian roles. Early years Qualen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, ...

, actor * Josh Ramsay, musician (''

Marianas Trench The Mariana Trench is an oceanic trench located in the western Pacific Ocean, about east of the Mariana Islands; it is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth. It is crescent-shaped and measures about in length and in width. The maximum known ...

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Sophia Reid-Gantzert Sophia Reid-Gantzert (born January 18, 2010) is a Canadian actress and dancer. She began dancing at age two and won a competition in Austria at age six. In 2017, she made her acting debut in the television film ''The Sweetest Christmas''. Reid-G ...

, actress and dancer *

Mike Reno Mike Reno (born Joseph Michael Rynoski; born January 8, 1955) is a Canadian musician, singer and the lead singer of the rock band Loverboy. He fronted other bands, including Moxy (band), Moxy, before helping form Loverboy. Reno also sang for the ...

, musician, songwriter *

Ryan Reynolds Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian and American actor, producer and businessman. Known for starring in comedic and superhero films, he was the List of highest-paid film actors, world's second-highest-paid actor in 202 ...

, actor (''

Green Lantern Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness, ...

'', ''

Deadpool Deadpool is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld, the character first appeared in ''New Mutants'' #98 (December 1990). In his comic book appearances, Deadpool is ...

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Donnelly Rhodes Donnelly Rhodes Henry (December 4, 1937 – January 8, 2018) was a Canadian actor. He had many American television and film credits, probably best known to American audiences as the hapless escaped convict Dutch Leitner on the soap opera spoof ' ...

, actor (''Da Vinci's Inquest'') *

Emily Bett Rickards Emily Bett Rickards (born July 24, 1991) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Felicity Smoak (Arrowverse), Felicity Smoak on The CW series ''Arrow (TV series), Arrow'', her first television credit. She reprised the role in the Ar ...

, actress *

Seth Rogen Seth Aaron Rogen (; born April 15, 1982) is a Canadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Known primarily for his comedic Leading actor, leading man roles in films, the accolades he has received include nominations for three Golden Globe Awards, ...

, actor, comedian, writer, producer ('' Pineapple Express'', '' Superbad'', ''

Knocked Up ''Knocked Up'' is a 2007 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Judd Apatow, and starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Jason Segel and Martin Starr. It follows ...

'') * Will Sasso, actor (''

Mad TV ''Mad TV'' (stylized as ''MADtv'') is an American sketch comedy television series created by David Salzman, Fax Bahr, and Adam Small. Loosely based on the humor magazine '' Mad'', ''Mad TVs pre-taped satirical sketches were primarily parodie ...

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Pablo Schreiber Pablo Tell Schreiber (born April 26, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his stage work and for portraying Nick Sobotka on ''The Wire'' (2003, 2008), William Lewis on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2013–2014), Mad Swe ...

, actor (''

The Wire ''The Wire'' is an American Crime fiction, crime Drama (film and television), drama television series created and primarily written by the American author and former police reporter David Simon for the cable network HBO. The series premiered o ...

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Orange is the New Black ''Orange Is the New Black'' (sometimes abbreviated to ''OITNB'') is an American comedy-drama television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir '' Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Pr ...

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Michael Shanks Michael Garrett Shanks (born December 15, 1970) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Daniel Jackson in the long-running military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1'' and as Dr Charles Harris in the Canadian medi ...

, actor *

Nell Shipman Nell Shipman (born Helen Foster-Barham; October 25, 1892 – January 23, 1970) was a Canadian actress, writer, and director who was active in silent film in the 1910s and 1920s. She used "the girl from God's country" as her sobriquet after starr ...

, actress, film director * Alexis Smith, actress * Dallas Smith, musician *

Cobie Smulders Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders (born April 3, 1982) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her starring role as Robin Scherbatsky in the CBS series ''How I Met Your Mother'' (2005–2014) and as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill in th ...

, actress (''

How I Met Your Mother ''How I Met Your Mother'' (often abbreviated as ''HIMYM'') is an American sitcom created by Craig Thomas (screenwriter), Craig Thomas and Carter Bays for CBS. The series, which aired from September 19, 2005, to March 31, 2014, follows main char ...

'') *

Jewel Staite Jewel Belair Staite (born June 2, 1982) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Kaylee Frye in the series ''Firefly'' (2002–2003) and its follow-up movie '' Serenity'' (2005), and as Jennifer Keller on science fiction television ...

, actress * Ryan Stiles, comedian, producer (''

Whose Line Is It Anyway? ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' is a short-form improvisational comedy show created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson. The three major versions of the show are the original 1988 British radio programme (from which all subsequent versions are ada ...

'') * Dorothy Stratten, actress, model * Bobby Taylor, Motown singer (Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers) * Jon Mikl Thor, singer, performer and bodybuilder * Meg Tilly, actress * Jacob Tremblay, actor * Daniel Wesley, musician *

Finn Wolfhard Finn Michael Wolfhard (born December 23, 2002) is a Canadian actor, musician, and film director. He is known for playing Mike Wheeler on the Netflix series ''Stranger Things'' (2016–present). He also played Richie Tozier in the horror film ...

, actor, voice actor, musician (''

Stranger Things ''Stranger Things'' is an American television series created by the Duffer brothers, Duffer Brothers for Netflix. Produced by Monkey Massacre Productions and 21 Laps Entertainment, the Stranger Things season 1, first season was released on N ...

'', '' It'') * Glenn Wool, stand-up comedian

Athletes

* Glenn Anderson, ice hockey player * Peter Bakonyi (1933–1997), Hungarian-born Canadian Olympic fencer *

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 ...

(born 1978), Canadian-American baseball player * Russell Baze * Jamie Benn, ice hockey player * Jordie Benn * Mitch Berger (born 1972) * Rod Brind'Amour * Hy Buller (1926–1968), All Star NHL ice hockey player * John Davison * Ryan Dempster, baseball player * Brenden Dillon * Ryan Ellis, ice hockey player * Brandon Clarke, Canadian-American NBA player *

Craig Forrest Craig Lorne Forrest (born 20 September 1967) is a Canadian former professional soccer player and sports commentator. As a player, he was a goalkeeper from 1985 until 2002, playing his entire career in England. He made Premier League appearance ...

* Jeff Francis * Kaleigh Fratkin (born 1992), professional ice hockey player * Freddy Fuller *

Danny Gare Daniel Mirl Gare (born May 14, 1954) is a Canadians, Canadian broadcaster, ice hockey coach and former National Hockey League (NHL) player, most notably of the Buffalo Sabres. During a 13-year professional career, Gare also played for the Detroit ...

* Leah Goldstein (born 1969), Canadian-born Israeli professional road racing cyclist winner of the Race Across America, World Bantamweight

Kickboxing Kickboxing ( ) is a full-contact hybrid Martial arts, martial art and Boxing (disambiguation), boxing type based on punch (combat), punching and kicking. Kickboxing originated in the 1950s to 1970s. The fight takes place in a boxing ring, norma ...

Champion, and Israel

Duathlon Duathlon is an sports, athletic event that consists of a running leg, followed by a cycling leg and then another running leg in a format similar to triathlons. The World Triathlon governs the sport internationally. Distance and format Duathlon ...

national champion * Shaul Gordon (born 1994), Canadian-Israeli Olympic fencer * Nancy Greene * Dan Hamhuis *

Rick Hansen Richard Marvin Hansen (born August 26, 1957) is a Canadian track and field athlete (Paralympic Games and Olympic Games), activist, and philanthropist for people with disabilities. When Rick was 15, he was riding in the back of a pickup truck ...

* Rich Harden * Shawn Horcoff * Jordyn Huitema * Daniel Igali * Barret Jackman * Harry Jerome * Teyo Johnson * Harry Jones *

Paul Kariya Paul Tetsuhiko Kariya (born October 16, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Known as a skilled and fast-skating offensive player, he played in the NHL for the Mig ...

Larry Kwong Lawrence Kwong (born Eng Kai Geong; ; June 17, 1923 – March 15, 2018) was a Canadian professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), right winger who was the first player of Chinese descent in the National Hockey League (NHL), playing a short shift ...

* Andrew Ladd *

Silken Laumann Silken Suzette Laumann, (born November 14, 1964) is a Canadians, Canadian champion rowing (sport), rower. Life and career Laumann was born in Toronto Township, Ontario, Toronto Township, Ontario, now Mississauga. Starting in 1976, Laumann won ...

* Brett Lawrie * Bob Lenarduzzi * Adam Loewen *

Mark McMorris Mark Lee McMorris (born December 9, 1993) is a Canadian professional snowboarder who specializes in slopestyle and big air events. A three-time Olympic bronze medallist, he placed third in each of the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics, ...

* Willie Mitchell * Greg Moore * Justin Morneau (born 1981), baseball player *

Brendan Morrison Brendan Morrison (born August 15, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He has played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, Washington Capitals, Calgar ...

Steve Nash Stephen John Nash (born 7 February 1974) is a Canadian professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as head coach of the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 18 seasons in the NBA, ...

(born 1974), basketball player *

Cam Neely Cameron Michael Neely (born June 6, 1965) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player. He played right wing for the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1983 to 1996. Neely was inducte ...

Rob Niedermayer Robert Wade Niedermayer Jr. (born December 28, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 17 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons for the Florida Panthers, Calgary Flames, Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils, and Buffalo Sa ...

* Scott Niedermayer * Michael Nonni * Tyler O'Neill *

Pat Onstad Patrick Stewart Onstad (born January 13, 1968) is a Canadian former professional soccer goalkeeper who serves as the General Manager of the Houston Dynamo. During his career, Onstad played with a variety of clubs in Canada and the United State ...

* Simon Pond *

Carey Price Carey Price (born August 16, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently under contract with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Considered one of the best goaltenders in the world during his career, ...

Mark Recchi Mark Louis Recchi (; born February 1, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played 22 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, and he played f ...

* Gareth Rees * Morgan Rielly * Griffin Reinhart * Max Reinhart * Sam Reinhart * Kevin Reynolds, figure skater; 2013 Four Continents champion and 2014

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (), also known as the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held i ...

team silver medalist * Cliff Ronning *

Joe Sakic Joseph Steven Sakic (; () born July 7, 1969) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player. He played his entire 21-year National Hockey League (NHL) career, which lasted from 1988 to 2009, with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado ...

* Eli Schenkel (born 1992), Olympic fencer *

Christine Sinclair Christine Margaret Sinclair (born June 12, 1983) is a retired Canadian professional Association football, soccer player who most recently played as a Forward (association football), forward for the Portland Thorns FC, Portland Thorns of the ...

* Paul Spoljaric, baseball player * Troy Stecher, ice hockey player * Ari Taub (born 1971), Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler *

John Tenta John Anthony Tenta Jr. (June 22, 1963June 7, 2006) was a Canadian professional wrestler and sumo wrestler ('' rikishi'') best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Earthquake. After a promising start to his sumo career, u ...

Cliff Thorburn Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn (born 16 January 1948) is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Grinder" because of his slow, determined style of play, he won the World Snooker Championship in 1980, defeating Alex Hi ...

* Conor Trainor * John van't Schip *

Larry Walker Larry Kenneth Robert Walker (born December 1, 1966) is a Canadian former professional baseball right fielder. During his 17-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he played with the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies, and St. Louis Cardinals. I ...

, baseball player * Percy Williams, sprinter *

Steve Yzerman Stephen Gregory Yzerman ( ; born May 9, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player currently serving as executive vice president and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, with whom he spent all 22 seasons of his NHL playing ...

(born 1965), ice hockey player

Artists

* Hank Bull, painter * Emily Carr, artist * Kate Craig, artist * Olea Marion Davis, ceramist, sculptor * Iris Hauser (born 1956), painter *

Fred Herzog Fred Herzog D.F.A. (September 21, 1930 – September 9, 2019) was a German-born Canadian photographer, who devoted his artistic life to walking the streets of Vancouver as well as almost 40 countries with his Leica, and various Nikon, Kodak an ...

, photographer * Clive Holden, poet, film director and visual artist * Karen Jamieson, dancer and choreographer * Beatrice Lennie, painter, sculptor * Glenn Lewis * Attila Richard Lukacs, artist * Charles Marega, sculptor * Len Norris, editorial cartoonist * Sophie Pemberton, painter * Bill Reid, artist * David Rimmer, filmmaker * Jack Shadbolt, artist * Godfrey Stephens, artist * Shane Wilson, artist

Journalists and writers

* Doug Beardsley, poet and educator * Bill Bissett, poet * George Bowering, author *

Robert Bringhurst Robert Bringhurst Appointments to the Order of Canada (2013). (born 1946) is a CanadianWong (1999). poet, typographer and author. He has translated substantial works from Haida and Navajo and from classical Greek and Arabic. He wrote ''The El ...

, poet *

Douglas Coupland Douglas Coupland (born 30 December 1961) is a Canadian novelist, designer and visual artist. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller '' Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture'', popularized the terms Generation X and McJob. He ...

, author (genX fiction) * Janice Cowan * Ranj Dhaliwal, author (crime-fiction) *

Ralph Edwards Ralph Livingstone Edwards (June 13, 1913DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . Pp. 86-87. – November 16, 2005) was an American radio ...

, naturalist/author (''Caruso of Lonesome Lake'') *

Timothy Findley Timothy Irving Frederick Findley, (October 30, 1930 – June 20, 2002) was a Canadian novelist and playwright.

, author * Allan Fotheringham, columnist (politics, often satirical) * Austin Gary, author *

William Gibson William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, his ear ...

, author (''Neuromancer'') * Terry Glavin, columnist/author and naturalist (ecology, fisheries, politics) * John Stephen Hill, playwright Steve Hill (''When I'm 64'') * Bruce Hutchison, editor/columnist and author (''The Fraser'') * W.P. Kinsella, author/columnist (''Shoeless Joe Goes To Iowa'') * Mark Leiren-Young, author/playwright/screenwriter (''Never Shoot a Stampede Queen'') *

Malcolm Lowry Clarence Malcolm Lowry (; 28 July 1909 – 26 June 1957) was an English poet and novelist who is best known for his 1947 novel ''Under the Volcano'', which was voted No. 11 in the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list.

, novelist (''Under the Volcano, October Ferry To Gabriola'') * Eswyn Lyster, genealogist and war bride author (''Most Excellent Citizens'', Trafford Press 2010) * Keith Maillard, novelist, poet (''Gloria'', ''Motet'', ''Two Strand River'') * Emily St. John Mandel, novelist * Daphne Marlatt, poet * Alan Morley, journalist and historian (''Vancouver: From Milltown to Metropolis'') * Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray, editor, columnist *

Susan Musgrave Susan Musgrave (born March 12, 1951) is a Canadian poet and children's writer. She was born in Santa Cruz, California, to Canadian parents, and lives in British Columbia, dividing her time between Sidney and Haida Gwaii. She has been nominated ...

, poet * Kliph Nesteroff, writer, broadcaster * Rohan O'Grady, novelist (''Let's Kill Uncle'', ''Pippin's Journal'') * Stan Persky, author and journalist * Eden Robinson, novelist (Monkey Beach) * Spider Robinson, author (science fiction) * George Ryga, playwright (''The Ecstasy Of Rita Joe'') * Omar Sachedina, journalist and news anchor (''CTV National News'') * Paul St. Pierre (''Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse'') * Linus Sebastian, technology YouTuber (''Linus Tech Tips'') *

Robin Skelton Robin Skelton (12 October 1925 – 22 August 1997) was a British-Canadian academic, writer, poet, and anthologist. Biography Born in Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire, Easington, Yorkshire, Skelton was educated at the University of Leeds an ...

, poet *

Lauren Southern Lauren Cherie Southern (born 16 June 1995) is a Canadian alt-right YouTuber and political activist. In 2015, she ran as a Libertarian Party of Canada, Libertarian Party candidate in the 2015 Canadian federal election, Canadian federal election ...

, right-wing activist and YouTuber * William Fraser Tolmie, HBC Fur trade employee, medical doctor and later politician * Margaret Trudeau, author * Jack Wasserman, columnist (society, show biz, politics)

Others

* Brother Twelve * Mary John Sr. * Masajiro Miyazaki, osteopath, coroner and "bush doctor" * Jim Pattison, businessman and

Fortune 500 The ''Fortune'' 500 is an annual list compiled and published by ''Fortune (magazine), Fortune'' magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United States Joint-stock company#Closely held corporations and publicly traded corporations, corporations by ...

member * Caspar Phair,

Lillooet Lillooet () is a district municipality in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. The town is on the west shore of the Fraser River immediately north of the Seton River mouth. On BC Highway 99, the locality is by road abo ...

, pioneer and first government agent * Jack Pickup, physician, the "Flying Doctor of British Columbia" * Arran Stephens, author; founder of

Nature's Path Nature's Path Foods, commonly known as Nature's Path, is a Canadian privately held, family-owned producer of certified organic foods. Originally known for its breakfast cereals, it now has a portfolio of more than 150 products. Founded in 1985 by ...

* Amy Soranno, animal rights activist * Skip Triplett, former president of Kwantlen Polytechnic University * Rick Hansen, athlete (Paralympic Games), activist, and philanthropist * Simon Nessman, model, activist

References

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