# List of Canadian Jews

This list of Canadian Jews includes notable Canadian Jews or Canadians of Jewish descent, arranged by field of activity.

## Academic figures
### Biology and medicine

* Eric Berne (1910–1970), psychiatrist
* John Bienenstock (1936– ), immunologist
* Daniel Borsuk OQ (1978– ), plastic surgeon
* Éric Cohen (1958– ), molecular virologist
* Max Cynader CM (1947– ), ophthalmologist and neuroscientist
* Dorothy Dworkin (1889–1976), nurse and founder of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
* William Feindel OC (1918–2014), neurosurgeon
* Samuel Freedman OC (1928– ), clinical immunologist
* Phil Gold CC (1936– ), medical researcher
* Larry Goldenberg CM (1953– ), medical researcher
* Carl Goresky OC (1932–1996), physician and scientist
* Michael Hayden CM (1951– ), geneticist
* Sara Hestrin-Lerner (1918–2017), physiologist
* Abram Hoffer (1917–2009), physician and psychiatrist
* Charles Hollenberg OC (1930–2003), physician and medical researcher
* Harold Kaplan (1928–1998), psychiatrist
* George Karpati OC (1934–2009), neurologist
* Gideon Koren (1947– ), pediatrician
* Gabor Maté CM (1944– ), physician
* Harry Medovy OC (1904–1995), paediatrician
* Henry Morgentaler CM (1923–2013), doctor and abortion activist
* Richard Goldbloom CM (1924–2021), paediatrician
* Mel Rosenberg (1951– ), microbiologist
* Sydney Segal CM (1920–1997), pediatrician and neonatologist
* Louis Siminovitch CC (1920–2021), molecular biologist
* Nahum Sonenberg CM (1946– ), microbiologist and biochemist
* Ralph Steinman (1943–2011), medical researcher; Nobel Prize in Medicine (2011)
* Karl Stern (1906–1975), neurologist and psychiatrist
* Mark Wainberg OC (1945–2017), HIV/AIDS researcher
* Zena Werb (1945–2020), cell biologist

### Computing and mathematics

* Dror Bar-Natan (1966– ), topologist
* Yoshua Bengio (1964– ), computer scientist
* David Borwein (1924–2021), mathematician
* Jonathan Borwein (1951–2016), mathematician
* Peter Borwein (1953–2020), mathematician
* Nathan Divinsky (1925–2012), mathematician and chess master
* Ian Goldberg (1973– ), cryptographer
* Calvin Gotlieb CM (1921–2016), computer scientist
* Michael Gurstein (1944–2017), computer scientist
* Israel Halperin CM (1911–2007), algebraist
* Hans Heilbronn (1908–1975), mathematician
* William Kahan (1933– ), computer scientist and mathematician; Turing Award (1989)
* Irving Kaplansky (1917–2006), mathematician
* Yael Karshon (1964– ), symplectic geometer
* Cecilia Krieger (1894–1974), mathematician
* Nathan Mendelsohn CM (1917–2006), combinatorialist and group theorist
* Pierre Milman (1945– ), algebraic and differential geometer
* Louis Nirenberg (1925–2020), analyst; Abel Prize (2015)
* Anatol Rapoport (1911–2007), applied mathematician
* Robert Steinberg (1922–2014), algebraist
* George Zames (1934–1997), control theorist

### Engineering

* Norbert Berkowitz CM (1924–2001), engineering researcher
* Gregory Chamitoff (1962– ), NASA astronaut and engineer
* Valery Fabrikant (1940– ), mechanical engineer and convicted murderer
* Charles Hershfield (1910–1990), structural engineer
* Josef Kates (1921–2018), engineer
* Leon Katz (1924–2015), biomedical engineer
* Cyril Leonoff (1925–2016), geotechnical engineer

### History

* Irving Abella CM (1940– ), historian
* Norman Cantor (1929–2004), historian
* Natalie Zemon Davis CC (1928– ), historian
* David Feuerwerker (1912–1980), historian
* Jan Grabowski (1962– ), historian and writer
* Jack Granatstein OC (1939– ), political and military historian
* Ronald Hamowy (1937–2012), historian and political theorist
* Gabriel Kolko (1932–2014), historian
* Michael Marrus CM (1941– ), historian
* David Noble (1945–2010), historian of technology
* Derek Penslar (1958– ), historian
* Harold Troper (1942– ), historian
* Daniel Woolf (1958– ), historian

### Humanities

* Gregory Baum (1923–2017), priest and theologian
* Leon Edel (1907–1997), literary critic; Pulitzer Prize (1963)
* Archie Green (1917–2009), folklorist
* Marvin Herzog (1927–2013), professor of Yiddish language
* Norma Joseph (1944– ), professor of Jewish Studies
* Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (1942– ), scholar of Jewish studies
* Allan Nadler (1954– ), professor of Jewish studies
* Adele Reinhartz (1953– ), professor of Biblical literature
* David Roskies (1948– ), literary scholar
* Abraham de Sola (1825–1882), professor of Semitic languages and literature
* Ruth Wisse (1936– ), professor of Yiddish literature

### Philosophy

* Howard Adelman CM (1938– ), philosopher
* Gerald Cohen (1941–2009), political philosopher
* S. Morris Engel (1931– ), philosopher
* Emil Fackenheim (1916–2003), philosopher and theologian
* Raymond Klibansky CC (1905–2005), historian of philosophy
* Lou Marinoff (1951– ), philosopher
* Roger Nash (1946– ), philosopher
* Michael Neumann (1946– ), philosopher
* Jay Newman (1948–2007), philosopher
* Leonard Peikoff (1933– ), philosopher
* Hillel Steiner (1942– ), political philosopher

### Physics and chemistry

* Isaac Abella (1934–2016), physicist
* Sidney Altman (1939–2022), molecular biologist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1989)
* Alfred Bader CBE (1924–2018), chemist
* Myer Bloom (1928–2016), physicist
* Jacques Distler (1961– ), physicist
* Ursula Franklin CC (1921–2016) metallurgist and physicist
* Helen Freedhoff (1940–2017), theoretical physicist
* Stanton Friedman (1934–2019 ), nuclear physicist and ufologist
* Jack Halpern (1925–2018), inorganic chemist
* Shlomo Hestrin (1914–1962), biochemist
* Leopold Infeld (1898–1958), physicist
* Werner Israel OC (1931–2022), physicist
* Martin Kamen (1913–2002), chemist
* Leon Katz OC (1909–2004), physicist
* Victoria Kaspi CC (1967– ), astrophysicist
* Lawrence Krauss (1954– ), theoretical physicist
* David Levy (1948– ), astronomer
* Rudolph Marcus (1923– ), chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1997)
* Maya Paczuski (1963– ), physicist
* John Polanyi CC (1929– ), chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1986)
* Juda Hirsch Quastel CC (1899–1987), biochemist
* Sara Seager (1971– ), astronomer
* Moshe Shapiro (1944–2013), chemist and physicist
* David Shugar (1915–2015), physicist
* Louis Slotin (1910–1946), physicist and chemist
* Joe Schwarcz, science writer and chemist
* Theodore Sourkes OC (1919–2015), biochemist
* Rudolf Vrba (1924–2006), biochemist
* Leo Yaffe OC (1916–1997), nuclear chemist and university administrator

### Social sciences

* Bernard Avishai (1949– ), professor of business
* Ellen Bialystok OC (1948– ), psychologist
* Paul Bloom (1963– ), psychologist
* Reuven Brenner (1947– ), economist
* Michel Chossudovsky (1946– ), economist
* Stanley Coren (1942– ), psychologist
* Kurt Freund (1914–1996), sexologist
* Rochel Gelman (1942– ), psychologist
* Reva Gerstein CC (1917–2020), psychologist
* Erving Goffman (1922–1982), sociologist
* Myrna Gopnik, (1935–), linguist
* Ida Halpern CM (1910–1987), ethnomusicologist
* Samuel Hollander OC (1937– ), economist
* Gad Horowitz (1936– ), political scientist
* Helmut Kallmann CM (1922–2012), musicologist
* Ivan Kalmar (1948– ), anthropologist
* James Laxer (1941–2018), political economist
* Daniel Levitin (1957– ), cognitive psychologist
* Ronald Melzack OC (1929–2019), psychologist
* Henry Mintzberg OC (1939– ), business theorist
* Sylvia Ostry CC (1927–2020), economist
* Leo Panitch (1945–2020), political scientist
* Norman Penner (1921–2009), political scientist and historian
* Steven Pinker (1954– ), cognitive psychologist and linguist
* Susan Pinker (1957– ), psychologist and writer
* Frances Fox Piven (1932– ), political scientist
* Gad Saad (1964– ), evolutionary psychologist
* Myron Scholes (1941– ), financial economist; Nobel Prize in Economics (1997)
* Vera Shlakman (1909–2017), economist
* Lionel Tiger, anthropologist
* Jacob Viner (1892–1970), economist
* Kenneth Zucker (1950– ), psychologist and sexologist
* Shlomo Weber (1949– ), economist

### University administration

* Isaac Hellmuth (1819–1901), founder of the University of Western Ontario
* Myer Horowitz OC (1932–2022), president of the University of Alberta
* Sheldon Levy (1949– ), president and vice-chancellor of Ryerson University
* Jack N. Lightstone (1951– ), provost of Concordia University; president of Brock University
* Frederick Lowy OC (1933– ), president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University
* Arnold Naimark OC (1933– ), president of the University of Manitoba
* Mordechai Rozanski (1946– ), president of the University of Guelph
* Bernard Shapiro OC (1935– ), principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University
* Harold Shapiro (1935– ), president of Princeton University
* Daniel Woolf (1958– ), principal and vice-chancellor of Queen's University
* Max Wyman (1916–1991), president of the University of Alberta

## Activists

* Manuel Batshaw (1915–2016), social worker
* Marjorie Blankstein CM, community activist
* Judy Feld Carr CM (1938– ), human rights activist
* Sabina Citron (1928–2023 ), activist and author
* Martha Cohen CM (1920–2015), community activist
* Betty Dubiner (1912–2008), disabilities activist
* Bernie Farber (1951– ), Jewish community leader and social activist
* Abraham Feinberg (1899–1986), human rights activist.
* Shulamith Firestone (1945–2012), radical feminist
* Ruth Frankel CC (1903–1989), activist
* Howard Galganov (1950– ), political activist
* Saul Hayes OC (1906–1980), activist$^{:207}$
* Goldie Hershon (1941–2020), activist and Jewish community leader
* Lotta Hitschmanova CC (1909-1990), international development and humanitarian leader
* Kalmen Kaplansky CM (1912–1997), human rights activist
* Hillel Neuer (1969– ), executive director of UN Watch
* Judy Rebick (1945– ), political activist
* Dorothy Reitman CM (1932– ), activist
* Léa Roback (1903–2000), social activist and feminist
* Irv Rubin (1945–2002), Kahanist activist
* David Shentow (1925–2017), Holocaust educator

## Artists
### Architects and designers

* Hans Blumenfeld OC (1892–1988), architect and city planner
* Benjamin Brown (1890–1974), architect
* Jack Diamond OC (1932–2022), architect
* Frank Gehry CC (1929– ), architect
* Gregory Henriquez (1963– ), architect
* Phyllis Lambert CC (1927– ), architect and philanthropist
* Cornelia Oberlander CC (1921–2021), landscape architect
* Peter Oberlander OC (1922–2008), architect
* Moshe Safdie CC (1938– ), architect
* Arnold Scaasi (1930–2015), fashion designer

### Fine arts

* Omer Arbel (1976– ), sculptor and designer
* Aba Bayefsky (1923–2001), artist
* Arnold Belkin (1930–1992), painter
* Barry Blitt (1958– ), illustrator
* Sam Borenstein (1908–1969), painter
* Ghitta Caiserman-Roth (1923–2005), artist
* Lynne Cohen (1944–2014), photography
* Yehouda Chaki (1938– ), artist
* Sorel Etrog (1933–2014), sculptor
* Albert Gilbert CM (1922–2019), photographer
* Gerald Gladstone (1929–2005), sculptor
* Eric Goldberg (1890–1969), painter
* Jack Goldstein (1945–2003), multimedia artist
* Pnina Granirer (1935– ), painter
* Philip Guston (1913–1980), abstract expressionist
* Gilah Yelin Hirsch (1944– ), artist
* Eli Ilan (1928–1982), sculptor
* Gershon Iskowitz (1921–1988), artist
* Sarah Jackson (1924–2004), artist
* Mayer Kirshenblatt (1916–2009), painter
* Sylvia Lefkovitz (1924–1987), painter and sculptor
* Stanley Lewis (1930–2006), sculptor
* Harry Mayerovitch (1910–2004), artist and architect
* Louis Muhlstock (1904–2001), painter
* Henry Orenstein (1918–2008), painter
* Alfred Pinsky (1921–1999), painter
* David Rabinowitch (1943– ), sculptor
* Royden Rabinowitch OC (1943– ), sculptor
* William Raphael (1833–1914), painter
* Meyer Ryshpan (1898-1985), painter
* Miriam Schapiro (1923–2015), artist
* Regina Seiden (1897–1991), painter
* Yechiel Shainblum, (died 1987), painter and sculptor
* Joe Shuster (1914–1992), co-creator of Superman
* Erik Slutsky (1953– ), painter
* Max Stern (1904–1987), art dealer
* Avrom Yanovsky (1911–1979), cartoonist

## Business
### Finance

* Mitch Garber (1964–), investor and business executive
* Sol Kanee OC (1909–2007), banker and Jewish community leader
* Alvin Libin OC (1931– ), investor and co-owner of Calgary Sports and Entertainment
* Lazarus Phillips OBE (1895 –1986), director of the Royal Bank of Canada and senator
* Louis Rasminsky CC (1908–1998), Governor of Bank of Canada
* Jeff Rubin (1954– ), chief economist of CIBC World Markets
* Gerry Schwartz OC (1941– ), CEO of Onex Corporation
* Alex Shnaider (1968– ), co-founder of the Midland Group
* Lawrence Stroll (1959– ), investor
* Mark Wiseman (1970– ) CEO of the CPP Investment Board

### Media

* Izzy Asper OC (1932–2003), chairman of Canwest Global Communications
* Leonard Asper (1964– ), president and CEO of Canwest Global Communications
* Avie Bennett CC (1928–2017), chairman of McClelland & Stewart
* Jacques Bensimon CM (1943–2012), director of the National Film Board of Canada
* Mark Breslin CM (1952– ), co-founder of Yuk Yuk's
* Edgar Bronfman Jr. (1955– ), CEO and chairman of Warner Music Group
* Paul Godfrey CM (1939– ), president and CEO of Postmedia Network
* Michael Goldbloom CM (1953– ), president of Star Media Group
* Ian Greenberg (1942– ), co-founder and CEO of Astral Media
* Michael Hirsh (1948– ), co-founder of Nelvana
* Mel Hurtig OC (1932–2016), publisher
* Jonathan Kay (1968– ), editor-in-chief of The Walrus
* Ezra Levant (1972– ), political commentator and founder of Rebel News
* David Margolese (1957– ), founder of Sirius XM Radio
* Louis B. Mayer (1884–1957), co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
* Andy Nulman OC (1959– ), co-founder of Just for Laughs
* M. J. Nurenberger (1911–2001), founder of the Canadian Jewish News
* Bernard Ostry CC (1927–2006), chair and CEO of TVOntario
* Robert Rabinovitch (1943– ), president and CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
* A. M. Rosenthal (1922–2006), executive editor of The New York Times; Pulitzer Prize (1960)
* Brian Segal (1943– ), president and CEO of Rogers Publishing
* Jay Switzer CM (1956–2018), president and CEO of CHUM Limited
* Jack L. Warner (1892–1978), president of Warner Bros. Studios
* Moses Znaimer (1942– ), co-founder and head of Citytv
* Mortimer Zuckerman (1937– ), co-founder of Boston Properties and media proprietor

### Natural resources

* Robert Friedland (1950– ), founder of Ivanhoe Mines
* Leon Joseph Koerner (1892–1972), philanthropist and industrialist
* Peter Munk CC (1927–2018), founder of Barrick Gold
* Joseph Rotman OC (1935–2015), businessman and philanthropist
* Seymour Schulich OC (1940– ), mining businessman and philanthropist
* Irving Schwartz OC (1929–2010), entrepreneur and philanthropist
* Levy Solomons (1730–1792), merchant and fur trader

### Philanthropists

* Bluma Appel OC (1919–2007), philanthropist
* Jenny Belzberg CM (1928– ), philanthropist
* Alfred David Benjamin (1848–1900), businessman and philanthropist
* Lillian Bilsky Freiman OBE (1885–1940), philanthropist and civil leader
* Ruth Goldbloom OC (1923–2012), co-founder of Pier 21

### Real estate

* Marcel Adams (1920–2020), real estate investor
* Sylvan Adams (1958– ), real estate investor
* David Azrieli CM (1922–2014), real estate magnate
* Samuel Belzberg OC (1928–2018), businessman
* The Ghermezian family, shopping mall developers
* Mitchell Goldhar (1962– ), founder of SmartCentres and owner of Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
* Michal Hornstein CM (1920–2016), businessman and philanthropist
* The Reichmann family, real estate magnates
** Edward Reichmann (1925–2005), real estate magnate
** Paul Reichmann (1930–2013), real estate magnate
* Jack Singer (1917–2013), real estate developer
* Allan Zeman GBM (1949– ), developer

### Retail

* Aldo Bensadoun (1939– ), founder of the Aldo Group
* The Bronfman family, businesspeople and philanthropists
** Charles Bronfman CC (1931– ), co-chairman of Seagram's
** Edgar Bronfman Sr. (1929–2013), head of Seagram's and president of the World Jewish Congress
** Samuel Bronfman CC (1889–1971), founder of Seagram's
* Dov Charney (1969– ), founder of American Apparel
* Lyon Cohen (1868–1937), businessman and philanthropist
* George Cohon OC (1937– ), founder of McDonald's Canada
* Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), co-founder of Consolidated Foods
* Leslie Dan CM (1929– ), founder of Novopharm
* Sir Mortimer Davis (1866–1928), tobacco industry executive
* Archibald Jacob Freiman (1880–1944), founder of Freimans
* Hershey Friedman (1950– ), owner of Agri Star
* Daniel Friedmann (1956– ), CEO of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates
* Daryl Katz (1961– ), founder of Katz Group of Companies and owner of the Edmonton Oilers
* Murray Koffler OC (1924–2017), founder of Shoppers Drug Mart
* Ed Mirvish OC (1914–2007), founder of Honest Ed's
* Jack Rabinovitch CC (1930–2017), philanthropist
* Heather Reisman CM (1948– ), founder and CEO of Indigo Books and Music
* Dani Reiss CM (1973– ), president and CEO of Canada Goose
* Irv Robbins (1917–2008), co-founder of Baskin-Robbins
* Bruce Rockowitz (1958– ), CEO and vice-chairman of Global Brands Group
* Harry Rosen CM (1931– ), founder of Harry Rosen Inc.
* Larry Rosen (1956– ), chairman and CEO of Harry Rosen Inc.
* Calin Rovinescu CM (1955– ), president and CEO of Air Canada
* Isai Scheinberg (1946– ), co-founder of PokerStars
* Mark Scheinberg (1973– ), co-founder of PokerStars
* Isadore Sharp OC (1931– ), founder and chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
* Barry Sherman CM (1942–2017), chairman and CEO of Apotex
* Jeffrey Skoll OC (1965– ), president of eBay
* Sam Steinberg (1905–1978), president of Steinberg's
* Larry Tanenbaum OC (1945– ), chairman of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment

## Law
### Jurists

* Rosalie Abella (1946– ), Supreme Court Justice
* Harry Batshaw (1902–1984), Quebec Superior Court Justice
* Charles Dubin OC (1921–2008), Chief Justice of Ontario
* Morris Fish CC (1938– ), Supreme Court Justice
* Samuel Freedman OC (1908–1993), Chief Justice of Manitoba
* Constance Glube OC (1931–2016), Chief Justice of Nova Scotia
* Alan Gold OC (1917–2005), Chief Justice of Quebec
* Sydney Harris (1917–2009), judge
* Bora Laskin CC (1912–1984), 14th Chief Justice of Canada
* Herbert Marx (1932–2020), Quebec Superior Court Justice and Minister of Justice
* Michael Moldaver (1947– ), Supreme Court Justice
* Nathaniel Nemetz CC (1913–1997), Chief Justice of British Columbia
* Marshall Rothstein CC (1940– ), Supreme Court Justice
* Tillie Taylor (1922–2011), Saskatchewan's first female magistrate

### Lawyers

* Monroe Abbey CM (1904–1993), lawyer
* Maurice Alexander (1889–1945), barrister
* Dennis Beker (1989–present), lawyer
* Louis Bloomfield (1906–1984), lawyer and businessman
* Alan Borovoy OC (1932–2015), lawyer and human rights activist
* Harold Buchwald CM (1928–2008), lawyer
* Reuben Cohen CC (1921–2014), lawyer and businessman
* Martin Friedland CC (1932– ), lawyer
* Rocco Galati (1959– ), constitutional lawyer
* Edward Greenspan (1944–2014), lawyer
* Adolphus Hart (1814–1879), lawyer and activist
* David Matas CM (1943– ), human rights lawyer
* Ed Morgan (1955– ), international lawyer
* Harry Rankin (1920–2002), lawyer
* William Schabas OC (1950– ), professor of international law
* Morris Shumiatcher OC (1917–2004), lawyer and human rights activist
* Harvey Strosberg (1944– ), lawyer
* Harry Walsh OC (1913–2011), criminal lawyer
* Benjamin Zimmerman (1862–1923), justice of the peace

## Military

* Morris Cohen (1887–1970), Canadian Expeditionary Force officers and adventurer
* Eleazar David David (1811–1887), cavalry officer
* Ben Dunkelman (1913–1997), World War II and 1948 Arab–Israeli War soldier
* Moe Hurwitz DCM (1919–1944), World War II soldier
* Maxwell Kogon DFC (1920–1980), World War II bomber pilot
* Yank Levy (1897–1965), soldier and military instructor
* Gill Rosenberg (1983– ), member of the Women's Protection Units
* Sydney Shulemson DFC (1915–2007), World War II fighter pilot
* Peter Stevens (RAF officer) (1919–1979), German born WWII RAF officer, and RCAF post-war, best known for multiple POW escapes

## Performing arts
### Actors and performers

* Harvey Atkin (1942–2017), actor and voice actor
* Aviva Armour-Ostroff, actress and filmmaker
* Liane Balaban (1980– ), actress
* Jay Baruchel (1982– ), actor, comedian, and screenwriter
* Frances Bay (1919–2011), character actress
* Lani Billard (1979– ), television actress
* Lionel Blair (1928–2021), actor and choreographer
* Ben Blue (1901–1975), actor and comedian
* Lloyd Bochner (1924–2005), actor
* Bobby Breen (1927–2016), actor and singer
* Howard Busgang, comedian
* Neve Campbell (1973– ), film and television actress
* Maury Chaykin (1949–2010), actor
* Boris Cherniak (1964– ), hypnotist
* Emmanuelle Chriqui (1975– ), actress
* Lauren Collins (1986– ), television actress
* Pauline Donalda OC (1882–1970), operatic soprano
* Barbara Dunkelman (1989– ), actress and internet personality
* Ophira Eisenberg (1972– ), comedian
* Jamie Elman (born 1976 or 1977), actor
* Jake Epstein (1987– ), television actor
* Stacey Farber (1987– ), television actress
* Maureen Forrester CC (1930–2010), operatic contralto
* Celia Franca CC (1921–2007), founder of the National Ballet of Canada
* Victor Garber (1949– ), actor
* Jessalyn Gilsig (1971– ), television actress
* Joanna Gleason (1950– ), actress
* Jake Goldsbie (1988– ), television actor
* Anais Granofsky (1973– ), actress
* Lorne Greene (1915–1987), actor
* Nathan Fielder (1983– ), actor and comedian
* Corey Haim (1971–2010), actor
* Monty Hall (1921–2017), game show host
* Melissa Hayden (1923–2006), ballerina
* Lou Jacobi (1913–2009), actor
* Jonathan Keltz (1988– ), actor
* Shane Kippel (1986– ), television actor
* Mia Kirshner (1975– ), actress
* Jack Kruschen (1922–2002), character actor
* Paul Kligman (1923–1985), actor
* Rachelle Lefevre (1979– ), actress
* Sylvia Lennick (1915–2009), actress
* Caissie Levy (1981– ), stage actress and singer
* Eugene Levy CM (1946– ), actor and director
* Jaclyn Linetsky (1986–2003), television actress
* Mary Livingstone (1905–1983), radio comedian and actress
* Howie Mandel (1955– ), actor and comedian
* Rick Moranis (1953– ), actor and comedian
* Harley Morenstein (1985–), actor and Internet personality
* Irene Pavloska (1889–1962), mezzo-soprano
* Gloria Reuben (1964– ), television actress
* Spencer Rice (1963– ), writer, director and performer
* Seth Rogen (1982– ), film and television actor
* Sasha Roiz (1973– ), actor
* Saul Rubinek (1948– ), actor, director, producer and playwright
* Jonathan Sagall (1959– ), actor
* Mort Sahl (1927–2021), stand-up comedian
* William Shatner OC (1931– ), actor, director, and writer
* Norma Shearer (1902–1983), actress and Hollywood star
* Frank Shuster OC (1916–2002), comedian
* Anna Silk (1974– ), actress
* David Steinberg CM (1942– ), comedian and director
* Stuart Stone (1980– ), actor
* Tara Strong (1973– ), actress
* Kyle Switzer (1985– ), television actor
* Theresa Tova (1955– ), actress and playwright
* Al Waxman CM (1935–2001), actor
* Johnny Wayne (1918–1990), comedian
* Joseph Wiseman (1918–2009), theatre and film actor
* Finn Wolfhard (2002– ), actor

### Directors and producers

* Barry Avrich (1963– ), television producer and film director
* Laszlo Barna (1948– ), television producer
* Zack Bernbaum, film director
* Murray Cohl CM (1929–2008), film director
* David Cronenberg CC (1943– ), filmmaker and screenwriter
* Garth Drabinsky (1949– ), film and theatrical producer
* Bob Ezrin (1949– ), music producer
* Ken Finkleman (1946– ), television producer
* Jay Firestone (1956– ), film and television producer
* Sidney Furie (1933– ), film director
* Herman Geiger-Torel OC (1907–1976), opera director
* Jake Gold (1958– ), musician manager
* Harold Greenberg CM (1930–1996), film producer
* Al Guest (1933– ), animation producer and director
* Arthur Hiller OC (1923–2016), director
* John Hirsch OC (1930–1989), theatre director
* Michael Hirsh (1948– ), television producer
* Kenny Hotz (1967– ), producer and entertainer
* Simcha Jacobovici (1953– ), film director
* Estelle Klein (1930–2004), artistic director
* Franz Kraemer OC (1914–1999), radio producer
* Shawn Levy (1968– ), film director and producer
* Avi Lewis (1968– ), documentary filmmaker and television host
* Benjamin Lumley (1811–1875), opera director
* Francis Mankiewicz (1944–1993), director
* Lorne Michaels CC (1944– ), television producer
* David Mirvish CM (1944– ), theatre producer
* Sydney Newman OC (1917–1997), producer
* Noah Pink, screenwriter and television producer
* Jeremy Podeswa (1962– ), film and television director
* Ivan Reitman OC (1946–2022), film producer and director
* Jason Reitman (1977– ), film director
* J.R. Rotem (1975– ), record producer
* Albert Ruddy (1930– ), film director
* Harry Saltzman (1915–1994), film producer
* Paul Saltzman (1943– ), film director and producer, founder of Sunrise Films
* Arna Selznick (1948– ), film director and story artist specializing in animation
* Dora Wasserman (1919–2003), playwright and theater director

### Composers

* Murray Adaskin OC (1906–2002), composer
* Karel Ančerl (1908–1973), conductor
* István Anhalt OC (1919–2012), composer
* Louis Applebaum OC (1918–2000), film score composer
* Milton Barnes (1931–2001), composer and conductor
* Boris Berlin OC (1907–2001), musical instructor and composer
* David Botwinik (1920–2022), composer
* Alexander Brott CM (1915–2005), conductor and composer
* Boris Brott OC (1944– ), conductor
* Percy Faith (1908–1976), bandleader
* Harry Freedman OC (1922–2005), composer
* Lewis Furey (1949– ), composer
* Srul Glick CM (1934–2002), composer
* Helmut Kallmann (1918–1985), composer
* Uri Mayer (1946– ), conductor and violinist
* Oskar Morawetz CM (1917–2007), composer
* Albert Pratz (1914–1995), conductor and violinist
* Paul Shaffer CM (1949– ), bandleader
* Howard Shore OC (1946– ), composer
* Ben Steinberg (1930– ), composer and conductor
* Heinz Unger (1895–1965), conductor
* Maurice Zbriger (1896–1981), composer and violinist

### Musicians
#### Classical

* Frances Adaskin CM (1900–2001), pianist
* Harry Adaskin CM (1901–1994), violinist
* Ellen Ballon (1898–1969), pianist
* Denis Brott CM (1950– ), cellist
* Rivka Golani (1946– ), viola player
* Moshe Hammer (1946– ), violinist
* Ofra Harnoy CM (1965– ), cellist
* Jacques Israelievitch CM (1948–2015), violinist
* Minuetta Kessler (1914–2002), concert pianist
* Anton Kuerti OC (1938– ), pianist
* Zara Nelsova (1918–2002), cellist
* Isidor Philipp (1863–1958), pianist and composer
* Ari Posner (born 1970), film and television score composer
* Ezra Schabas CM (1924–2020), musician
* Harold Sumberg (1905–1994), violinist
* Ethel Stark CM (1910–2012), violinist and conductor
* John Weinzweig OC (1913–2006), composer
* George Zukerman OC (1927– ), bassoonist and impresario

#### Jazz

* Paul Bley CM (1932–2016), pianist
* Jim Gelcer (1961– ), jazz musician
* James Gelfand (1959– ), jazz pianist
* Moe Koffman OC (1928–2001), jazz musician
* Sophie Milman (1983– ), jazz musician
* Nikki Yanofsky (1994– ), jazz-pop singer

#### Popular

* Leonard Cohen
* A-Trak (1982– ), DJ
* Oscar Brand (1920–2016), folk singer
* Drake (1986– ), rapper and actor
* Corey Hart (1962– ), singer
* Paul Hoffert CM (1943– ), founding member of Lighthouse
* Geddy Lee OC (1953– ), lead singer of Rush
* Efrim Menuck (1971– ), musician
* Ben Mink (1951– ), songwriter and musician
* Steven Page (1970– ), founding member of Barenaked Ladies
* Peaches (1966– ), electronic musician
* Robbie Robertson OC (1943–2023), lead guitarist of The Band
* Eddie Schwartz CM (1949– ), songwriter and music producer
* Sharon, Lois & Bram, children's music group
* Amy Sky (1960– ), singer-songwriter
* Socalled, rapper and producer
* Chaim Tannenbaum, folk singer
* Vanity (1959–2016), singer-songwriter
* David Usher (1966– ), frontman for Moist
* Bob Wiseman (1962– ), composer and founding member of Blue Rodeo
* Zal Yanovsky (1944–2002), rock musician, the Lovin' Spoonful guitarist
* Alissa White-Gluz (1985– ), death metal vocalist

## Politics
### Diplomats

* Klaus Goldschlag OC (1922–2012), ambassador
* Allan Gotlieb CC (1928–2020), ambassador
* Saul Rae (1914–1999), diplomat
* Norman Spector (1949– ), diplomat and journalist

### Mayors

* Michael Applebaum (1963– ), mayor of Montreal
* Sidney Buckwold OC (1916–2001), mayor of Saskatoon
* Martin Dobkin (1942– ), first mayor of Mississauga
* Lumley Franklin (1808–1873), mayor of Victoria
* Philip Givens (1922–1995), mayor of Toronto and Liberal MP
* Lorry Greenberg (1933–1999), mayor of Ottawa
* Jacquelin Holzman (1935– ), mayor of Ottawa
* Sam Katz (1951– ), mayor of Winnipeg
* Leonard Arthur Kitz (1916–2006), mayor of Halifax
* Mel Lastman (1933–2021), mayor of Toronto
* Saul Laskin (1918–2008), mayor of Thunder Bay
* Stephen Mandel (1945– ), mayor of Edmonton and leader of the Alberta Party
* Danny Nathanson, mayor of New Waterford, Nova Scotia
* David Oppenheimer (1834–1897), mayor of Vancouver
* Nathan Phillips (1892–1976), mayor of Toronto
* Harvey Rosen (1949– ), mayor of Kingston
* Morley Rosenberg (1937– ), mayor of Kitchener
* Max Silverman (1906-1966), mayor of Sudbury

### Politicians

* Jack Austin CM (1932– ), senator and cabinet minister
* Dave Barrett OC (1930–2018), 26th Premier of British Columbia
* George Benjamin (1799–1864), Conservative MP
* Peter Bercovitch (1879–1942), Liberal MP and Quebec Liberal MNA
* Lawrence Bergman (1940– ), Quebec Liberal MNA and cabinet minister
* Harry Blank (1925– ), Quebec Liberal MPP
* Annie Buller (1895–1973), co-founder of the Communist Party of Canada
* Elinor Caplan (1944– ), Liberal MP and cabinet minister
* Jim Carr, Liberal MP and Minister of Natural Resources
* Leon Crestohl (1900–1963), Liberal MP
* Saul Cherniack CM (1917–2018), Manitoba NDP MP and cabinet minister
* Tony Clement (1961– ), Minister of Industry and Minister of Health
* Irwin Cotler OC (1940– ), Liberal MP and Minister of Justice
* David Croll (1900–1991), senator and Liberal MP
* Julie Dabrusin (1971– ), Liberal MP
* Barney Danson CC (1921–2011), Liberal MP and Minister of National Defence
* Samuel Factor (1892–1962), first Jewish MP elected in Ontario
* Sheila Finestone (1927–2009), Liberal MP and senator
* Myra Freeman CM (1949– ), 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
* Linda Frum (1963– ), senator
* Irving Gerstein CM (1941– ), senator and businessman
* Marc Gold (1950– ), senator and law professor
* Carl Goldenberg OC OBE (1907–1996), senator
* Victor Goldbloom CC (1923–2016), Quebec Liberal MNA and doctor
* Yoine Goldstein (1934–2020), senator
* Karina Gould (1987– ), Liberal MP and Minister of Democratic Institutions
* Herb Gray CC (1931–2014), Liberal MP and Deputy Prime Minister
* Larry Grossman (1943–1997), leader of the Ontario PC Party
* Ezekiel Hart (1770–1843), first Jew elected to a Canadian Parliament
* Solomon Hart Green (1885–1969), first Jew to sit in a provincial legislature
* Stanley Hartt OC (1937–2018), Chief of Staff
* Sharren Haskel (1984– ), Likud MK
* Chaviva Hošek OC (1946– ), academic and politician
* Anthony Housefather (1971– ), Liberal MP and mayor of Côte Saint-Luc
* Samuel William Jacobs (1871–1938), Liberal MP and Jewish community leader
* Michael Kerzner, Solicitor General of Ontario
* Monte Kwinter (1931– ), Ontario Liberal MPP and cabinet minister
* Melissa Lantsman (1984—), first Jewish woman elected as a Conservative MP
* Howard Levine, Toronto city councillor
* Michael Levitt, Liberal MP
* David Lewis CC (1909–1981), NDP leader and MP
* Stephen Lewis CC (1937– ), Ontario NDP leader, MP and ambassador
* Jack Marshall CM (1919–2004), PC MP and senator
* Tom Marshall (1946– ), 11th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
* Herbert Marx (1932-2020), Quebec Liberal MNA, Minister of Justice, Solicitor-General
* Arthur Mitchell, leader of the Yukon Liberal Party
* Marty Morantz (1962– ), Conservative MP
* Nicolas Muzin, political strategist
* Henry Nathan Jr. (1842–1914), first Jew elected to the House of Commons
* Joe Oliver (1940– ), Conservative MP and Minister of Finance
* Annamie Paul, leader of the Green Party of Canada
* Bob Rae (1948–), Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and 21st Premier of Ontario
* Simon Reisman OC (1991–2008), civil servant
* Fred Rose (1907–1983), Labour–Progressive MP and Soviet spy
* Jacques Saada (1947– ), Liberal MP and cabinet minister
* Hugh Segal OC (1950– ), senator
* Morton Shulman OC (1925–2000), Ontario PC and NDP MPP
* Peter Shurman (1947– ), Ontario PC MPP
* Mira Spivak (1934– ), senator
* Sidney Spivak (1928–2002), leader of the Manitoba PC Party
* Maitland Steinkopf OC (1912–1970), first Jewish cabinet minister in Manitoba
* Hunter Tootoo (1963– ), Liberal MP
* Gerry Weiner (1933– ), PC MP
* Dov Yosef (1899–1980), Israeli minister

## Religious leaders

* Reuven Bulka CM (1944–2021), rabbi and writer
* Jacob Raphael Cohen (1738–1811), rabbi
* Solomon Frank (1900–1982), synagogue rabbinical leader in Winnipeg and Montreal
* Simon Glazer (1876–1938), rabbi
* Elyse Goldstein (born 1955), Reform rabbi
* Joan Friedman, first female rabbi in Canada
* Yitzchak Hendel (1916–2007), Lubavitch rabbi
* Sheea Herschorn (1893–1969), Chief Rabbi of Montreal
* Pinhas Hirschprung (1912–1998), Chief Rabbi of Montreal
* Solomon Jacobs (1861–1920), rabbi
* Israel Isaac Kahanovitch (1872–1945), Chief Rabbi of Winnipeg
* Meshulim Feish Lowy (1921–2015), Tosher Rebbe
* Gunther Plaut CC (1912–2012), rabbi and author
* Avraham Aharon Price (1900–1994), Chief Rabbi of Toronto
* Nahum Rabinovitch (1928–2020), rabbi and posek
* Eli Rubenstein (1959– ), rabbi and Holocaust educator
* Erwin Schild CM (1920–2024), rabbi
* Jacob Immanuel Schochet (1935–2013), rabbi and scholar
* Shmuel Abba Twersky (1872–1947), Makarover Rebbe
* Joseph Weinreb (1869–1943), Chief Rabbi of Toronto

## Writers
### Authors

* David Albahari (1948– ), novelist
* Sue Ann Alderson (1940– ), children's novelist
* Lisa Appignanesi OBE (1946– ), writer and novelist
* Isidore Gordon Ascher (1835–1914), novelist and poet
* Saul Bellow (1915–2005), writer; Nobel Prize in Literature (1976), Pulitzer Prize (1976)
* David Berman, (1962–), graphic designer, author
* David Bezmozgis (1973– ), author
* Martha Blum (1913–2007), writer
* Matt Cohen (1942–1999), novelist and children's writer
* Cory Doctorow (1971– ), science fiction author and blogger
* Sheila Fischman CM (1937– ), translator
* Kathy Friedman, poet
* Phoebe Gilman (1940–2002), children's author
* Nora Gold, writer
* Adam Gopnik (1956– ), writer and essayist
* Phyllis Gotlieb (1926–2009), science fiction novelist
* Charles Yale Harrison (1898–1954), novelist
* Sheila Heti (1976– ), novelist
* George Jonas CM (1935–2016), writer and journalist
* Guy Gavriel Kay CM (1954– ), fantasy writer
* Naïm Kattan OC (1928–2021), novelist and essayist
* Naomi Klein (1970– ), author and filmmaker
* Eric Koch (1919–2018), author, broadcaster and academic
* Gordon Korman (1963– ), children's and young adult fiction writer
* Henry Kreisel OC (1922–1991), writer and novelist
* Allan Levine (1956– ), historian and novelist
* Norman Levine (1923–2005), writer and poet
* Shar Levine CM (1953– ), children's author
* Jack Ludwig (1922–2018), novelist and sportswriter
* Seymour Mayne (1944– ), author and poet
* Judith Merril (1923–1997), science fiction writer
* Anne Michaels (1958– ), poet and novelist
* Sarah Mlynowski (1977– ), writer
* Alison Pick (1975– ), novelist
* David Rakoff (1964–2012), author
* Edeet Ravel (1955– ), novelist
* Mordecai Richler CC (1931–2001), author and essayist
* Nancy Richler (1957–2018), novelist
* Joel Rosenberg (1954–2011), science fiction author
* Chava Rosenfarb (1923–2011), author and poet
* Devyani Saltzman (1979– ), author
* Gail Simmons (1976– ), food writer
* Mariko Tamaki (1975– ), graphic novelist
* Morley Torgov CM (1927– ), novelist
* Aren X. Tulchinsky (1958– ), author and screenwriter
* Eleanor Wachtel OC (1947– ), writer and broadcaster
* William Weintraub (1926–2017), author
* Michael Wex (1954– ), novelist
* Adele Wiseman (1928–1992), author
* Hirsch Wolofsky (1878–1949), Yiddish author
* Shulamis Yelin (1913–2002), writer and teacher

### Journalists and broadcasters

* Barbara Amiel (1940– ), journalist
* Sonia Benezra (1960– ), television and radio interviewer
* David Brooks (1961– ), political commentator
* Andrew Cohen (1955– ), journalist
* Nathan Cohen (1923–1971), theatre critic, broadcaster
* Michael Coren (1959– ), columnist and talk show host
* Red Fisher CM (1926–2018), sports journalist
* Josh Freed, columnist
* Barbara Frum OC (1937–1992), journalist
* David Frum (1960– ), political commentator
* Eli Glasner, entertainment reporter
* Ian Halperin (1964– ), investigative journalist
* Ken Hechtman (1967– ), journalist
* Ariel Helwani (1982– ), mixed martial arts journalist
* Simma Holt CM (1922–2015), journalist and politician
* Barbara Kay (1943– ), columnist
* Jonah Keri (1974– ), sports writer
* Karin Kloosterman, journalist
* Charles Krauthammer (1950–2018), columnist
* Michele Landsberg OC (1939– ), journalist and feminist activist
* Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate
* Jonathan Mann (1960– ), journalist
* Peter Newman CC (1929– ), journalist
* Hal Niedzviecki (1971– ), writer
* Steve Paikin OC (1960– ), journalist and author
* Abraham Rhinewine (1887–1932), journalist
* Carol Rosenberg, journalist
* Morley Safer (1931–2016), broadcast journalist and reporter
* Percy Saltzman CM (1915–2007), weather forecaster
* Joe Schlesinger CM (1928–2019), journalist
* Lionel Shapiro (1908–1958), journalist and novelist
* Dan Shulman (1967– ), sportscaster
* Evan Solomon (1968– ), journalist
* Larry Zolf (1934–2011), journalist

### Poets

* Elizabeth Brewster CM (1922–2012), poet
* Leonard Cohen OC (1934–2016), poet and singer-songwriter
* Adeena Karasick (1965– ), poet
* A. M. Klein (1909–1972), poet and novelist
* Rachel Korn (1898–1982), poet and author
* Aaron Kreuter
* Irving Layton OC (1912–2006), poet
* Eli Mandel (1922–1992), poet
* Ida Maze (1893–1962), Yiddish poet
* Melech Ravitch, (1893–1976), Yiddish poet
* Joe Rosenblatt (1933–2019), poet
* Gregory Scofield (1966– ), poet
* Esther Segal (1895–1974), Yiddish poet
* J. I. Segal (1896–1954), Yiddish poet
* Joseph Sherman OC (1945–2006), poet
* Sholem Shtern (1907–1990), Yiddish poet
* Mark Strand (1934–2014), poet and essayist
* Miriam Waddington (1917–2004), poet
* Tom Wayman (1945– ), poet
* Yudika (1898–1988), Yiddish poet

### Screenwriters and playwrights

* Ted Allan (1916–1995), screenwriter and playwright
* Ben Barzman (1910–1989), screenwriter
* Len Blum (1951– ), screenwriter
* Joel H. Cohen, television writer
* Robert Cohen, comedy writer
* Stan Daniels (1934–2007), screenwriter, director, and producer
* Evan Goldberg (1982– ), screenwriter
* Elan Mastai (1974– ), screenwriter
* Hannah Moscovitch (1978– ), playwright
* Sharon Pollock OC (1936–2021), playwright
* Oren Safdie (1965– ), playwright
* Rick Salutin (1942– ), playwright
* Adam Seelig (1975– ), playwright
* David Shore (1959– ), television writer
* Beverley Simons (1938– ), playwright
* Sandor Stern (1936– ), screenwriter
* Mel Tolkin (1913–2007), television comedy writer

## Sports
### Athletics

* Sasha Gollish (1981– ), competitive runner
* Abby Hoffman OC (1947– ), track and field athlete
* Gordon Orlikow (1960– ), decathlon, heptathlon, and hurdles competitor, Athletics Canada Chairman, Canadian Olympic Committee member, Korn/Ferry International partner
* Corson Robert Micheal Brown (1904—1969), runner and long Jew

### Baseball

* Goody Rosen (1912–1994), baseball player, outfielder, All-Star
* Adam Stern (1980– ), baseball player, outfielder

### Basketball

* Doodie Bloomfield (1918–1950), basketball player
* Julius Goldman (1910–2001), basketball player
* Bennie Lands (1921–2014), basketball player
* Irving Meretsky (1912–2006), basketball player$^{:227}$
* Mendy Morein (1926–2003), basketball player
* Cy Strulovitch (1925–2020), basketball player
* Sol Tolchinsky (1929–2020), basketball
* Murray Waxman (1925–2022), basketball

### Canadian football

* Sam Berger CM (1900–1992), president of the CFL
* Noah Cantor (1971– ), CFL player
* Mark Cohon (1966– ), CFL Commissioner
* Sydney Halter OC (1905–1990), CFL Commissioner
* Lew Hayman (1908–1984), Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes coach

### Chess

* Jacob Ascher (1841–1912), chess master
* Mark Bluvshtein (1988– ), chess grandmaster
* Nathan Divinsky (1925–2012), chess master
* Selim Franklin (1814–1885), chess master
* Sofia Polgar (1974– ), chess grandmaster
* Daniel Yanofsky OC (1925–2000), Canada's first chess grandmaster

### Combat sports

* Mark Berger (1954– ), judoka, Olympic silver & bronze (heavyweight)
* Maxie Berger (1917–2000), boxer
* Eddie Creatchman (1928–1994), wrestler and manager
* Al Foreman (1904–1954), boxer
* Sarah Kaufman (1985– ), mixed martial artist
* Sammy Luftspring (1916–2000), boxer, Canadian champion welterweight, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
* Fred Oberlander (1911–1996), wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion
* Lanny Poffo (1954– ), wrestler
* Irving Ungerman (1923–2015), boxing promoter and manager
* David Zilberman (1982– ), freestyle wrestler

### Figure skating

* Ellen Burka CM (1921–2016), figure skater
* Petra Burka (1946– ), figure skater
* Dylan Moscovitch (1984– ), pairs skater
* Louis Rubenstein (1861–1931), world figure skating champion

### Hockey

* Murray Bannerman (1957– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)
* Hy Buller (1926–1968), ice hockey, All-Star defenceman (NHL)
* Michael Cammalleri (1982– ), ice hockey, left wing (New Jersey Devils)
* Jason Demers (1988– ), ice hockey defenseman (Arizona Coyotes)
* Steve Dubinsky (1970– ), ice hockey, centre (NHL)
* Oren Eizenman (1985– ), ice hockey centre
* Kaleigh Fratkin (1992– ), ice hockey defenseman (Metropolitan Riveters)
* Mark Friedman (1995– ), ice hockey, NHL
* Cecil Hart (1883–1940), Montreal Canadiens coach and namesake of the Hart Memorial Trophy
* Adam Henrich (1984– ), ice hockey, left wing/centre (Serie A)
* Michael Henrich (1980– ), ice hockey, right wing, first Jewish player drafted in first round to the NHL
* Eric Himelfarb (1983– ), ice hockey centre (HC Thurgau)
* Corey Hirsch (1972– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)
* Josh Ho-Sang (1996– ), ice hockey forward (New York Islanders)
* Zach Hyman (1992– ), ice hockey left wing/centre (Edmonton Oilers)
* Joe Ironstone (1898–1972), ice hockey goaltender (NHL)
* Max Labovitch (1924–2018), ice hockey, right wing (NHL)
* Brendan Leipsic (1994– ), ice hockey left wing (Vancouver Canucks)
* Devon Levi (2001– ), ice hockey, goaltender (Northeastern Huskies, Canada men's national junior ice hockey team)
* Alex Levinsky (1910–1990), ice hockey, defenceman (NHL)
* Jacob Micflikier (1984– ), ice hockey forward (EHC Biel)
* David Nemirovsky (1976– ), ice hockey, right wing (CSKA Moscow)
* Bob Nystrom (1952– ), ice hockey, right wing (NHL)
* Eric Nystrom (1983– ), ice hockey, left wing (NHL)$^{:174}$
* Cory Pecker (1981– ), ice hockey, right wing (NHL, Nationalliga B)
* Bob Plager (1943–2021), ice hockey defense (NHL)
* Samuel Rothschild (1899–1987), ice hockey left wing (NHL)
* Eliezer Sherbatov (1991– ), ice hockey, left wing (KHL)
* Max Silverman (1900–1966), ice hockey manager
* Trevor Smith (1985– ), ice hockey, centre (Toronto Maple Leafs)
* Ronnie Stern (1967– ), ice hockey, right wing (NHL)
* Josh Tordjman (1985– ), ice hockey goaltender (EC Red Bull Salzburg)
* Mike Veisor (1952– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)
* Stephen Weiss (1983– ), ice hockey, forward (Detroit Red Wings, NHL)
* Ethan Werek (1991– ), ice hockey, forward (OHL, NHL)
* Bernie Wolfe (1951– ), ice hockey, goaltender
* Larry Zeidel (1928–2014), ice hockey defenceman (NHL)

### Racing

* Tanya Dubnicoff (1969– ), track cyclist$^{:239}$
* Leah Goldstein (1969– ), Canadian-Israeli professional road racing cyclist winner of the Race Across America, World Bantamweight Kickboxing Champion, and Israel Duathlon national champion
* Yonnie Starr (1905–1990), racehorse trainer
* Lance Stroll (1998– ), Formula One driver

### Racket sports

* Sharon Fichman (1990– ), tennis player
* Sherman Greenfeld (1962– ), racquetball player
* Jesse Levine (1987– ), Canadian-American tennis player
* Denis Shapovalov (1999– ), tennis player
* Andrew Sznajder (1967– ), tennis player$^{:258}$

### Soccer

* Adam Braz (1981– ), former professional soccer player
* Tomer Chencinski (1984– ), Israeli-Canadian soccer player
* Gottfried Fuchs (1889–1972), soccer (German national team)
* Daniel Haber (1992– ), soccer player
* Samuel Hazan (1983– ), soccer player
* Frederick Stambrook (1929–2005), president of the Canadian Soccer Association

### Other

* Josh Binstock (1981– ), beach volleyball player
* Sam Schachter (1990– ), beach volleyball player
* Ben Weider OC (1923–2008), bodybuilder and entrepreneur
* Joe Weider (1919–2013), bodybuilder and entrepreneur