- Roger Abbott , comedian - born in Birkenhead
- Steve Armitage , sports announcer - born in Buckinghamshire
- Mackenzie Bowell , 5th Prime Minister of Canada
- Patrick Brown , broadcast journalist
- Kim Cattrall , actress
- Michael Cowpland , business CEO
- Alfred Gardyne De Chastelain , father of Canadian general John De Chastelain
- Dick Howard , soccer commentator - raised in Birkenhead
- Lennox Lewis , former boxer
- Peter Mansbridge , broadcast journalist, television news anchor
- Dave Ridgway , former CFL placekicker
- John Turner , 17th Prime Minister of Canada
- Frank Yallop , former soccer player and current team manager - raised in Watford and Vancouver
- Bryan Adams , popular music star performer
- Margaret Atwood , fictional writer
- Oswald Avery , medical researcher - born in Halifax, N.S. to English immigrant family
- R.B. Bennett , 11th Prime Minister of Canada - of New England Planter descent; Bennett family had migrated to Connecticut in the 17th century
- Billy Bishop , Flying Ace
- Robert Borden , 8th Prime Minister of Canada - of New England Planter descent; paternal ancestor Richard Borden settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1638
- John Carling , son of English migrant to Upper Canada and brewery founder Thomas Carling , politician and along with his brother ran brewery
- David Edgar , Newcastle United soccer player - father is former pro Eddie Edgar
- Owen Hargreaves , Bayern Munich soccer player - son of immigrant English mother (and Welsh father)
- Joseph Howe , prominent Nova Scotia leader and father of Confederation - son of an United Empire Loyalist , the Howe family were descendant of Puritan migrants
- Sonija Kwok , Hong Kong actress, born there to English and Chinese parentage
- Jack Layton , New Democratic Party leader - Laytons migrated to Canada
- Mike Myers , actor - parents immigrated to Canada from the Liverpool area
- Steve Nash , star basketball player - born to English expatriates in South Africa, raised along with soccer player brother Martin in Victoria, B.C.
- Keanu Reeves
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