# List of English Canadians

The number of Canadians who are of English descent is largely unknowable given the propensity of many Canadians to use the term "English Canadians" or "English-Canadians" to mean anglophone Canadians.

## Notable English immigrants to Canada

* Roger Abbott, comedian – born in Birkenhead
* Steve Armitage, sports announcer – born in Buckinghamshire
* Michael Bonacini, celebrity chef, restaurant owner, born in Wales
* Patrick Brown, broadcast journalist
* Mackenzie Bowell, 5th Prime Minister of Canada
* Kim Cattrall, actress
* Garry Chalk, actor and voice actor
* Michael Cowpland, entrepreneur and businessman
* Alfred Gardyne de Chastelain, father of Canadian general John de Chastelain
* Chris Gauthier, actor
* Richie Hawtin, Electronic musician and disc jockey
* David Hewlett, actor famous for his role as Dr. Rodney McKay in Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe and who was born in Redhill, Surrey, England but later raised in Canada at the age of four after emigrating there with his family.
* Dick Howard, soccer commentator – raised in Birkenhead
* Lennox Lewis, former professional boxer
* Peter Mansbridge, broadcast journalist and television news anchor
* Julian Richings, character actor
* Jackie Redmond, sports broadcaster and journalist - born in London, England - raised in London, Ontario, Canada
* Dave Ridgway, former CFL placekicker
* Ron Searle, 4th mayor of Mississauga
* Nina Tangri, politician
* Amanda Tapping, actress
* Claire Trevena, politician
* John Turner, 17th Prime Minister of Canada
* Chris Wiggins, actor
* Maurice Dean Wint, actor
* Robin Wood, film critic and educator
* Frank Yallop, former soccer player and current team manager – raised in Watford and Vancouver
* Alan Young, actor, comedian, radio host and television host

## Notable Canadians of English descent

* Martin Short, stand-up comedian
* Bryan Adams, popular music star performer
* Margaret Atwood, fiction writer
* Oswald Avery, medical researcher – born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to English immigrant family.
* Earl W. Bascom, artist, sculptor, inventor, actor, Hall of Fame inductee, "Father of Modern Rodeo", grandson of English immigrant
* 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.
* Devon Bostick, actor, known for playing Rodrick Heffley in the first three Diary of a Wimpy Kid films
* John Carling, son of English migrant to Upper Canada and brewery founder Thomas Carling, politician and along with his brother ran brewery.
* Don Cherry, former ice hockey player, coach and commentator
* Hayden Christensen, actor – portrayed the teen-aged and adult Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequel trilogy
* Adam "Edge" Copeland, actor and retired professional wrestler
* Catherine Disher, actress and comedian
* Paul Dobson, voice actor
* David Edgar, soccer player – father is former pro Eddie Edgar
* Carly Foulkes, model and actress born to British parents
* Owen Hargreaves, soccer player – English mother and Welsh father
* Stephen Harper, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
* Joseph Howe, prominent Nova Scotia leader and father of Confederation – son of a United Empire Loyalist, the Howe family were descendant of Puritan migrants.
* Michael Ironside, Canadian actor of English, Scottish and Irish descent
* Carly Rae Jepsen, singer-songwriter and actress
* Sonija Kwok, Hong Kong actress, born there to English and Chinese parentage
* Jack Layton, New Democratic Party leader – Laytons immigrated to Canada
* Shawn Mendes, singer-songwriter – English mother
* Mike Myers, actor and comedian – parents immigrated to Canada from the Liverpool area
* Steve Nash, star basketball player – born to British expatriates in South Africa, raised along with soccer player brother Martin in Victoria, British Columbia.
* Christopher Plummer, Academy Award-winning actor
* Keanu Reeves, film actor
* Glenn Stetson, singer and member of vocal group The Diamonds – family origins are in Devon
* John Abbott, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada
* Cobie Smulders Canadian actress with English descent