List of people from Toronto

This is a list of notable people who are from Toronto, Ontario, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that city.
==A==
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* Abdominal – hip hop musician
* Patrick J. Adams – actor (Suits)
* Olunike Adeliyi – actress (Flashpoint)
* Robbie Amell – actor
* Stephen Amell – actor (Arrow)
* Enza Anderson – writer, transgender rights activist
* Gordon Stewart Anderson – author
* John Andrews – architect
* Mark Andrews – swimmer
* Lou Angotti – former NHL player
* Steve Anthony – television host
* Anvil – heavy metal band
* Syl Apps – former NHL player
* Arnej – trance music producer and DJ
* Will Arnett – actor
* Margaret Atwood – Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, literary critic and essayist
* Ayria – musician
* Yank Azman – actor
==B==
* Jay Bahadur – journalist and author, known for his reporting on piracy in Somalia
* Frederick Banting – medical scientist and doctor, co-discoverer of insulin, 1923 Nobel Laureate
* Thomas J. Bata – businessman
* Robert Bateman – painter
* Elise Bauman – actress
* Isabel Bayrakdarian – opera singer
* Samantha Bee – actress and comedian
* Jeanne Beker – fashion television personality and reporter
* John Wilson Bengough – cartoonist
* Anthony Bennett – NBA player
* Christine Bentley – CTV news anchor
* Pierre Berton – author, historian, journalist and TV personality
* Charles Best – medical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin
* Sim Bhullar – professional basketball player
* Alfred J. Billes – co-founder of Canadian Tire 
* J. William Billes – co-founder of Canadian Tire
* Billy Talent – rock band
* The Birthday Massacre – rock band
* Conrad Black – media mogul
* Jully Black – R&B singer
* Rachel Blanchard – actress
* Lloyd Bochner – actor (Dynasty)
* Hédi Bouraoui – poet, novelist and academic
* John McEntee Bowman – founding president of Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corp.
* Liona Boyd – classical guitarist, composer, songwriter and singer
* Shary Boyle – artist
* Cindy Breakspeare – Miss World 1976 and mother of Grammy-winning reggae musician Damian Marley 
* Christopher Britton – actor, stage actor, and voice actor
* Broken Social Scene – band, indie rock
* Daniel Brooks – theatre director, actor and playwright
* Chester Brown – alternative cartoonist and Libertarian Party of Canada candidate
* Clifton Brown – kickboxer
* Sebastian Brown – pianist
* Billy Bryans – musician
* Rob Burgess – tech CEO
* Marty Burke – former NHL player
* Theresa Burke – journalist
* Martha Burns – actress
* Jackie Burroughs – actress
* Jim Butterfield – tech whiz
==C==
* Barry Callaghan – historian
* Morley Callaghan – journalist, writer
* June Callwood – social activist, journalist
* Bill Cameron – journalist
* Christian Campbell – actor
* Neve Campbell – actress (Party of Five, Scream series)
* Nicholas Campbell – actor (Da Vinci's Inquest)
* Cancer Bats – punk band
* John Candy – comic actor
* Jim Carrey – actor and comedian
* Shelley Carroll – municipal politician
* Anson Carter – professional hockey player
* Gino Cavallini – former NHL player
* Paul Cavallini – former NHL player
* Christopher Chapman – film director/writer/cinematographer
* Hayden Christensen – actor
* Choclair – hip hop musician
* Olivia Chow – New Democratic Party Member of Parliament, former Toronto city councillor
* George Chuvalo – boxer
* Jerry Ciccoritti – film/TV/theatre director
* Austin Clarke – writer
* Adrienne Clarkson – journalist, broadcaster and former Governor-General of Canada
* David Clarkson – NHL player
* Paul Clatney – Canadian football player
* Hampden Zane Churchill Cockburn – winner of the Victoria Cross 
* Matt Cohen – writer
* Dusty Cohl – filmmaker, co-founder of the Toronto International Film Festival and Canada's Walk of Fame
* Carlo Colaiacovo – NHL player
* Enrico Colantoni – actor (Veronica Mars, Flashpoint)
* John Colicos – actor
* James Collip – scientist
* Alex Colville – painter
* Brian Conacher – former NHL player
* Charlie Conacher – former NHL player
* Pete Conacher – former NHL player
* Roy Conacher – former NHL player
* The Constantines – band
* Jesse Cook – Juno Award winning guitarist
* Stephen Cook – computer scientist
* Jack Kent Cooke – industrialist
* Adam Copeland – former professional wrestler
* Douglas Coupland – writer, artist
* Cowboy Junkies – musicians
* Christina Cox – actress, stuntwoman
* Deborah Cox – singer
* Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter – the world's best known geometer
* Laura Creavalle – Guyanese-born Canadian/American professional bodybuilder
* Rob Crifo – Canadian football player
* Jonathan Crombie – actor
* Neil Crone – actor, comedian 
* David Cronenberg – film director
* Jim Cuddy – musician, lead singer of Blue Rodeo
* Henry Czerny – actor
==D==
* D-Pryde – singer/rapper
* Da Grassroots – hip hop group
* Cynthia Dale – actress
* Jennifer Dale – actress
* Leslie Dan – businessman
* Mychael Danna – Academy Award-winning film composer (Life of Pi)
* Robertson Davies – writer
* Fred Davis – radio/TV broadcaster (Front Page Challenge)
* Janet Davis – municipal politician
* William B. Davis – actor (The X Files)
* Clifton Dawson – NFL player
* deadmau5 – electronic music producer and DJ
* Death from Above 1979 – band, indie rock
* Michael DeForge – comics artist and illustrator
* Simone Denny – singer
* Sergio Di Zio – actor (Flashpoint)
* Chris Diamantopoulos – actor and comedian
* Jack Diamond – architect
* Diamond Rings – music artist
* Wayne Dillon – former NHL player
* DL Incognito – hip hop musician
* Do Make Say Think – post-rock band
* Nina Dobrev – actress
* Fefe Dobson – singer
* Cory Doctorow – blogger, journalist and science fiction author
* Fateh Doe – rapper, singer, and lyricist
* Andy Donato – editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Sun
* The Dope Poet Society
* Max Douglas a.k.a. Salgood Sam – comic artist, author, and weblog|blogger
* John Drainie – actor
* Drake – rapper
* Kris Draper – NHL
* Dream Warriors – hip hop group
* Rob Ducey – MLB player
* Rick Dudley – former NHL player
* Alexander Roberts Dunn – winner of the Victoria Cross
* Kyle Bobby Dunn – composer, arranger, performer
* George Dunning – animator, director
* Steve Durbano – former NHL player
==E==
* Jayne Eastwood – actress
* Timothy Eaton – retail proprietor
* Tim Ecclestone – former NHL player
* Tom Edur – former NHL player
* Gary Edwards – former NHL player
* Atom Egoyan – film director
* David James Elliott – actor (JAG)
* Emma-Lee – singer-songwriter and photographer
* Bob Essensa – former NHL player
* George Evans – jazz singer, producer, recording artist
* Gil Evans – jazz musician
* Dylan Everett – actor
==F==
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* Percy Faith – composer
* George Faludy – poet
* Leslie Feist – singer/songwriter
* Shane Feldman – speaker, organization founder, "Top 20 Under 20"
* Perdita Felicien – hurdler
* Merella Fernandez – news reporter
* Louis Ferreira – actor
* Sharon Fichman – Canadian/Israeli tennis player
* Timothy Findley – writer
* Melanie Fiona – R&B musician
* John Fitzpatrick – track and fielder, football player, engineer and inventor
* Joe Flaherty – comic actor
* Patrick Flatley – former NHL player
* Dave Foley – comedian
* Megan Follows – actress (Anne of Green Gables)
* Evan Fong - YouTube Personality also called VanossGaming, known for his extensive amount of subscribers and Gaming Videos
* Adam Foote – former NHL player
* Doug Ford, Sr. – businessman and politician
* Doug Ford, Jr. – politician and businessman
* Rob Ford – 64th Mayor of Toronto
* Dwight Foster – former NHL player
* Sean Foudy – Canadian football player
* Rick Fox – NBA basketball player and actor
* Lou Franceschetti – former NHL player
* Barbara Frum – journalist, news anchor
* Northrop Frye – literary critic, academic
* David Furnish – filmmaker and producer, civil partner of Elton John
==G==
* Sarah Gadon – actress
* Ed Gass-Donnelly – film director, screenwriter and producer
* Frank Gehry – architect
* Natalie Glebova - Miss Universe Canada 2005, Miss Universe 2005
* Jack Gelineau – former NHL player
* General Idea – art collective
* Ghetto Concept – hip hop group
* Jian Ghomeshi – radio and TV broadcaster, writer, musician
* Graeme Gibson – writer
* Sky Gilbert – LGBT writer, actor, drag performer
* Paul Gillis – former NHL player
* George Clay Ginty – Union Army Brigadier General
* Mark Giordano – NHL player captain of Calgary Flames 
* Ken Girard – former NHL player
* Malcolm Gladwell - writer (Tipping Point, Blink!)
* Brian Glennie – former NHL player
* Fred Glover - former NHL player and coach
* Warren Godfrey – former NHL player
* Brianna Goldberg – journalist (National Post)
* Emma Goldman – political activist
* Kat Goldman – singer-songwriter
* Glenn Goldup – former NHL player
* Larry Goodenough – former NHL player
* Allan Gotlieb – ex-Canadian diplomat
* Sondra Gotlieb – writer
* Glenn Gould – pianist
* Katherine Govier – writer
* Lawrence Gowan – musician
* Barbara Gowdy – writer, fiction
* Dakota Goyo – actor
* Arthur Edward Grasett – commander of VIII Corps during the Second World War
* Edward Greenspan – lawyer and politician
* Manafest - Christian rapper/singer-songwriter
* Kathryn Greenwood – actress
* John Greyson – filmmaker (Proteus)
* Lynne Griffin – actress
* Shenae Grimes – actress
* Paul Gross – actor, producer, director
* Group of Seven – art collective
* Peter Gzowski – radio broadcaster (CBC Radio's Morningside) and writer
==H==
* Ian Hacking – philosopher
* George Hainsworth – former NHL player
* Michael Hainsworth – business reporter
* Barbara Hamilton – actress
* Moshe Hammer – violinist
* Rick Hampton – former NHL player
* Ned Hanlan – rower
*Stephen Harper - 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
* Billy Harris (b. 1935) – former NHL player
* Billy Harris (b. 1952) – former NHL player
* Lawren Harris – Group of Seven artist
* Richard Harrison – poet
* Don Harron – comedian, actor, director, radio/TV host, author and composer
* Leon Hatziioannou – Canadian football player
* Dale Hawerchuk – former NHL player
* Brent Hawkes – clergyman, gay rights activist
* Ronnie Hawkins – rocker
* Jeff Healey – musician
* Steven Heighton – novelist, poet
* Alan Milliken Heisey Sr. - politician, author, publisher 
* Karl Brooks Heisey - mining engineer and executive 
* Lawrence Heisey - publisher 
* Murray Henderson – former NHL player
* Sheila Heti – author
* Foster Hewitt – sports broadcaster (Hockey Night in Canada)
* Dan Hill – singer, songwriter
* George Hislop – gay activist
* Lionel Hitchman – former NHL player
* Joseph Hobson - engineer
* Clive Holden – poet, film director and visual artist
* Laurie Holden – actress (The Walking Dead)
* Mike Hoolboom – filmmaker
* Kenny Hotz - actor (Kenny vs Spenny)
* Stuart Hughes – actor
* Walter Huston – Academy Award-winning actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
* William Hutt – actor (Stratford Festival)
==I==
* Marci Ien – journalist
* Michael Ignatieff – federal Liberal leader, academic, journalist
* George "Punch" Imlach – former NHL coach and general manager
* Robin Ingle – CEO and chairman of the Ingle Group of Companies
* Malcolm Ingram – independent film director and podcaster
* Gary Inness – former NHL player
* Harold Innis – economist and university professor
* Irish Rovers – Irish folk group
* Michael Ironside – actor
* Kenneth E. Iverson – computer scientist
==J==
* A.Y. Jackson – Group of Seven artist
* Harvey "Busher" Jackson – former NHL player
* Jane Jacobs – economist, urban theorist and activist
* Lisa Jakub – former child actress
* Gary Jarrett – former NHL player
* Peter Jennings – ABC News anchor
* Norman Jewison – film director (Moonstruck)
* Harold E. Johns – medical physicist
* Ben Johnson – sprinter, stripped of 100m gold medal at 1988 Summer Olympics for doping
* Molly Johnson – singer/songwriter
* Jamie Johnston – actor
* George Jonas – writer, journalist
* Cory Joseph – National Basketball Association player, currently playing for the Toronto Raptors
*Demetrius Joyette – actor
==K==
* William Kahan – mathematician and computer scientist
* Irving Kaplansky – mathematician
* Kardinal Offishall – hip hop musician
*Moez Kassam – hedge fund manager, founder of Anson Group
* Hadley Kay – actor 
* Trenna Keating – actress
* Ben Kerr – busker
* Key Witness – indie band
* The Kids in the Hall – television comedy troupe
* Gail Kim – female professional wrestler
* William Lyon Mackenzie King – 10th Prime Minister of Canada
* Mia Kirshner – actor
* Naomi Klein – journalist, author (No Logo, The Shock Doctrine) and social activist
* K'naan – hip hop musician
* Mike Knuble – NHL player with the Philadelphia Flyers
* Chris Kontos – former NHL player
* K-os – hip hop musician
* Ted Kotcheff – director
* George Kottaras – MLB player with the Boston Red Sox
* H. David Kotz - attorney 
* Anton Kuerti – pianist
* Maya Kulenovic – painter
* Floyd Kuptana – Inuit artist
* Faisal Kutty – lawyer, writer, Muslim activist
* Bruce Kuwabara – architect
* Nick Kypreos – former NHL player
==L==
* Don Lake – actor and writer
* Heath Lamberts – theatre actor
* Michele Landsberg – journalist, author, public speaker, feminist and social activist
* Mel Lastman – 62nd Mayor of Toronto; businessman
* Henry Lau – member of Korean boy band Super Junior M, the third official sub-unit of popular Korean boy band Super Junior
* Jack Layton – politician, leader of the federal New Democratic Party
* Mike Layton – municipal politician, son of Jack Layton
* Michael Lazarovitch – actor
* Stephen Leacock – writer, humour
* Dennis Lee – children's author, poet
* Geddy Lee – musician, lead singer of Rush
* Sook-Yin Lee – media personality
* Michael Lee-Chin – businessman, investor
* Manny Legace – NHL player with the St. Louis Blues
* Kristin Lehman – actress
* Peter C. Lemon – winner of the Medal of Honor
* Len – pop band
* E.J. Lennox – architect
* Dan Lett – actor
* Avi Lewis – documentary filmmaker and radio/TV broadcaster
* Dana Lewis – journalist
* Glenn Lewis – R&B singer
* Ivor Lewis – sculptor
* Sharon Lewis – journalist
* Stephen Lewis – former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, former politician, humanitarian and academic
* Daniel Levy – TV host and actor
* Eugene Levy – actor, comedian and writer
* Lights – musician
* Robert K. Logan – author and academic
* Bob Lorimer – former NHL player
* Steve Ludzik – former NHL player
* James Lumbers – painter
==M==
* Ann-Marie MacDonald – playwright, novelist, actor and journalist
* J.E.H. MacDonald – Group of Seven artist
* Norm Macdonald – comic actor (Saturday Night Live)
* Daniel MacIvor – playwright, actor and theatre/film director
* Steve Mackall – voice actor
* William Lyon Mackenzie – first Mayor of Toronto; first President of the Republic of Canada; a leader in the Upper Canada Rebellion
* John James Richard Macleod
* Maestro – hip-hop musician
* Christine Magee – spokesperson and co-founder of Sleep Country Canada
* Arnaud Maggs – artist
* Magic! – reggae fusion band
* Jamaal Magloire – former NBA player
* Kevin Maguire – former NHL player
* Victor Malarek – journalist
* Giorgio Mammoliti – municipal politician
* Howie Mandel – actor, comedian, writer, producer
* Peter Mansbridge – CBC News chief correspondent
* Jay Manuel – make-up artist/fashion photographer
* Lisa Marcos – actress, former model
* Simon Marcus – kickboxer
* Amanda Marshall – singer-songwriter
* Ruth Marshall – actress (Flashpoint)
* Martha and the Muffins – musicians
* Russell Martin – MLB player
* Dennis Maruk – former NHL player
* Ron Marzel – lawyer
* James Mason – banker, Senator and soldier
* Raymond Massey – actor
* Vincent Massey – 18th Governor-General of Canada
* Walter Massey – actor
* Pat Mastroianni – actor (Degrassi Junior High)
* Cameron Mathison – actor
* Bruce Mau – designer (S,M,L,XL)
* James Mavor – economist and social figure
* Brad May – former NHL player
* Wallace McCain – McCain foods and Maple leaf foods
* Sheila McCarthy – actress
* Eric McCormack – actor (Will and Grace)
* Ernest McCulloch – cellular biologist
* Dean McDermott – actor and reality show personality (Tori & Dean: Inn Love)
* Bruce McDonald – film director
* Kevin McDonald – comedian, actor, member of The Kids in the Hall
* Michael McGowan – film director
* Don McKellar – actor, screenwriter and film director
* Marshall McLuhan – academic and writer (Understanding Media)
* Gerry Meehan – former NHL player
*Shawn Mendes-musician, singer
* Heather Menzies – actress (The Sound of Music)
* Metric – indie rock band
* Lorne Michaels – producer and creator of Saturday Night Live
* Michie Mee – hip hop musician
* Rick Middleton – former NHL player
* Ramona Milano – actress (Due South)
* Greg Millen – former NHL player
* David Mirvish – theatrical impresario
* Ed Mirvish – theatrical impresario, founder of Honest Ed's
* Rohinton Mistry – writer
* Joni Mitchell – musician
* Kim Mitchell – musician
* Shay Mitchell – actress
* Colin Mochrie – actor and improvisational comedian (Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
* Geraldine Moodie – photographer
* Dora Mavor Moore – founder of Canada's professional theater
* Mavor Moore – pioneer of Canadian television
* Rick Moranis – actor, comedian, writer, producer
* Jeffrey Morgan – writer
* Raymond Moriyama – architect
* Dylan Moscovitch – Olympic medalist pair skater
* James Motluk – filmmaker
* Farley Mowat – writer
* Mr. Attic – hip hop musician
* Craig Muni – former NHL player
* Peter Munk – founder of Barrick Gold
* Robert Munsch – children's author
* Mike Murphy – former NHL player
* Anne Murray – singer
* Barton Myers – architect
* Mike Myers – comic actor (Saturday Night Live, Austin Powers)
* Alannah Myles – singer
* Mathew Murray - writer, filmmaker, web series creator
==N==
* Mark Napier – hockey player
* Nash the Slash – musician
* Natasha Negovanlis - actress, singer and songwriter
* David Nemirovsky – NHL player
* Lance Nethery – former NHL player
* John Neville – English actor 
* Kevin Newman – journalist and news anchor
* Andrew Nicholson – National Basketball Association, Orlando Magic
* Not By Choice – rock band
* Amaal Nuux – singer and songwriter
* Danny Nykoluk – former CFL player
* Mike Nykoluk – former NHL player
* The Nylons – pop band
==O==
* John "Peanuts" O'Flaherty – former NHL player
* Catherine O'Hara – comedic actress (SCTV, Beetlejuice, Best in Show)
* Mary Margaret O'Hara – singer/songwriter
* Sidney Olcott – director
* Kelly Olynyk – NBA player (Boston Celtics); born in Toronto, moved to Kamloops at age 13
* Michael Ondaatje – Booker Prize-winning writer (The English Patient)
* Kenneth Oppel – author (Silverwing saga, Airborn trilogy
* Alexandra Orlando – gymnast
* Mark Osborne – former NHL player
* Our Lady Peace – rock band
* Peter Outerbridge – actor
* Seiji Ozawa – conductor
==P==
* Charles Pachter – artist
* Owen Pallett – violinist and singer
* Mike Palmateer – former NHL player
* Jesse Palmer – NFL football player and reality show personality (The Bachelor)
* Alice Panikian – model (Miss Universe Canada 2006; Miss Universe 2006 – 6th place)
* Parachute Club – pop band
* Brad Park – former NHL player
* Gerard Parkes – Irish-born actor
* Larry Patey – former NHL player
* Sean Paul – reggae artist
* Steve Payne – former NHL player
* Peaches – musician
* Lester B. Pearson – 14th Prime Minister of Canada; 1957 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
* Michael Peca – NHL player
* Mike Pelyk – former NHL player
* Miklos Perlus – actor, screenwriter
* Russell Peters – comedian
* Nathan Phillips – 52nd Mayor of Toronto
* Mary Pickford – actress, co-founder of United Artists
* Alex Pierzchalski – CFL player
* Cara Pifko – actress
* Allison Pill – actress
* Alex Pirus – former NHL player
* Platinum Blonde – rock band
* Christopher Plummer – actor
* Jeremy Podeswa – film director
* John Charles Polanyi – 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
* Sarah Polley – actress, screenwriter and film director (Away From Her)
* Carole Pope – rock singer
* Anna Porter – publisher
* Chris Potter – actor (Kung Fu: The Legend Continues), musician, pitchman 
* Victoria Pratt – actress
* Robert Priest – poet, children's author and singer/songwriter
* Jason Priestley – actor (Beverly Hills, 90210)
* Uno Prii – architect
* Protest The Hero – metal band
==Q==
* Bill Quackenbush – former NHL player
* Joel Quarrington – musician (Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra)
* Paul Quarrington – author, screenwriter and musician
==R==
* Kyle Rae – consultant, former municipal politician
* David Rakoff – author
* James Randi – magician
* Milos Raonic – tennis player
* Leo Rautins – broadcaster and former NBA player
* Lisa Ray – actress
* Raheel Raza – author
* Michael Redhill – writer
* Keanu Reeves – actor (The Matrix)
* Albert Reichmann – businessman
* Paul Reichmann – businessman
* Ivan Reitman – director
* Liisa Repo-Martel – actress
* Gloria Reuben – actress
* Nino Ricci – writer
* Spencer Rice - actor/entertainer (Kenny vs Spenny)
* Daniel Richler – broadcaster and writer
* Sandie Rinaldo – journalist, TV anchor for CTV News
* Guillermo Rishchynski – current Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
* Anastasia Rizikov – pianist
* John D. Roberts – news anchor for Fox News Channel
* Robbie Robertson – musician
* Coco Rocha – model
* Edward Samuel Rogers – CEO of Rogers Communications
* Rino Romano – actor, voice actor
* Goody Rosen – Major League Baseball All-Star outfielder
* Lukas Rossi – singer
* Marty Roth – race car driver
* Rough Trade – rock band
* The Royal Canadian Air Farce – comedy troupe
* Jan Rubes – opera singer and actor
* Rush – rock band
* Anna Russell – concert comedienne
* Ann Rutherford – actress
==S==
* Moshe Safdie – architect
* Morley Safer – journalist (60 Minutes)
* F. A. Sampson – war hero (RCAF WWII)
* Saukrates – hip hop musician
* John Ralston Saul – writer
* Booth Savage – actor
* Tyrone Savage – actor (Wind at My Back)
* Monika Schnarre – supermodel and actress
* Kim Schraner – actress (Spynet)
* Albert Schultz – actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company
* Linda Schuyler – television producer (Degrassi franchise)
* Caterina Scorsone – actress
* Michael Seater – actor
* Lance Secretan – leadership theorist, writer and consultant
* Sarika Sehgal – TV broadcast journalist
* Derek Sharp – lead singer for The Guess Who
* Isadore Sharp – businessman
* Ken Shaw – CTV news anchor
* Howard Shore – Academy Award-winning film composer (The Lord of the Rings)
* Martin Short – actor
* Frank Shuster – comedian (Wayne and Shuster)
* Joe Shuster – creator of Superman
* Steve Shutt – former NHL player
* Jane Siberry – musician
* Silverstein – post-hardcore band
* John Graves Simcoe – first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada; founder of the town of York (now Toronto)
* Al Sims – former NHL player
* Gordon Sinclair – journalist, writer and commentator
* Lilly Singh – Youtuber
* Darryl Sittler – former NHL player
* Rachel Skarsten – actress (Birds of Prey, Lost Girl)
* Inga Skaya – Miss Universe Canada 2007
* Josef Škvorecký – writer
* Willis C. Silverthorn – Wisconsin politician
* Colin Simpson – author
* Glenn Smith – former NHL player
* Reginald "Hooley" Smith – former NHL player
* Sid Smith – former NHL player
* Steve Smith – comedian, actor and writer
* Snow – musician
* Michael Snow – artist
* Jason Spezza – NHL player
* The Spoons – 1980s band
* Fred Stanfield – former NHL player
* Jessica Steen – actress
* Mark Steyn – journalist
* Stephen Stohn – television producer (Degrassi franchise)
* Elvis Stojko – former Olympic figure skater
* John Strachan – 1st Anglican Bishop of Toronto; founder of Trinity College at the University of Toronto
* David Stratas – Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal
* Diane Stratas – former Member of Parliament for Scarborough Centre (electoral district)
* Teresa Stratas – opera singer
* Trish Stratus (born Patrica Stratigias) – former WWE wrestler and fitness model
* Tara Strong – voice/live-action actress (Rugrats, New Batman Adventures, Teen Titans, King of the Hill)
* George Stroumboulopoulos – TV/radio personality and VJ
* Malcolm Subban – AHL player
* P.K. Subban – NHL player
* Charlotte Sullivan – actress
* Sum 41 – pop punk band
* Moez Surani – poet
==T==
* Rick Tabaracci – former NHL player
* Samantha Tajik – Miss Universe Canada 2008
* Tony Tanti – former NHL player
* Don Tapscott – writer and consultant, technology and business
* John Tavares - lacrosse player
* Mark Taylor – actor (Student Bodies, Flashpoint)
* R. Dean Taylor – singer/songwriter ("Indiana Wants Me")
* Teenage Head – punk rock band
* Ty Templeton – cartoonist and writer
* Colin Thatcher – politician and convicted murderer
* David Thomson – Canada's wealthiest person; media magnate; 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet
* Kenneth Thomson – media magnate and art collector; 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet
* R. H. Thomson – actor (Road to Avonlea)
* Roy Thomson – media magnate; 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet
* Tom Thomson – Group of Seven artist
* Judith Thompson – playwright
* Three Days Grace – rock band, originally from Norwood
* James E. Till – biophysicist
* Frederick Albert Tilston – winner of the Victoria Cross
* Morris Titanic – former NHL player
* Tokyo Police Club – rock band
* Frederick George Topham – winner of the Victoria Cross
* Toronto – rock band
* Raffi Torres – NHL player
* Talan Torriero – actor (Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County)
* John Tory – 65th mayor of Toronto
* Alex Trebek – game show host (Jeopardy!)
* Triumph – rock band
* Justin Trottier – commentator and atheist leader
* Endel Tulving – cognitive psychologist, world authority on human memory function
* Sheldon Turcott – journalist
==U==
*Jane Urquhart – author
==V==
* Billy Van – comedian, actor and singer
* Pieter Vanden Bos – Canadian football player
* Nia Vardalos – actress and writer, stage and film (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
* Gabriel Varga – kickboxer
* George Vari – developer and philanthropist
* M. G. Vassanji – author
* Mike Veisor – former NHL player
* Steve Vickers – former NHL player
* Nerene Virgin – actress, journalist and teacher
* Vonny the Ken Doll – TV host, reality TV personality
* Joey Votto – MLB player
* Prvoslav Vujcic – author
==W==
* George F. Walker – playwright
* Pamela Wallin – Senator, former Canadian Consul-General to New York
* Alberta Watson – actress
* Tom Watt – former NHL coach
* Al Waxman – actor
* Johnny Wayne – comedian (of Wayne and Shuster)
* Kevin Weekes – broadcaster and former NHL player
* The Weeknd – R&B singer
* Samantha Weinstein – actress
* Stephen Weiss – NHL player
* Ken Westerfield — disc sports (Frisbee) pioneer, competitor, showman, promoter
* Galen Weston – Canada's second wealthiest man
* Galen Weston, Jr. – businessman
* Denis Whitaker – commanded 1st Battalion The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry in the Second World War
* Ben Wicks – cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author
* Joyce Wieland – filmmaker
* Andrew Wiggins – top U.S. college basketball recruit for the class of 2013; currently plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves
* Healey Willan – composer
* Angel Williams – TNA Knockout
* Fred Williams – journalist, historian
* Harland Williams – actor
* Bree Williamson – actress
* Behn Wilson – former NHL player
* Dunc Wilson – former NHL player
* Michael Wilson – former federal Minister of Finance (1984–1991), former Canadian Ambassador to the United States (2006–2009)
* Murray Wilson – former NHL player
* Ron Wilson – former NHL player
* Ross "Lefty" Wilson – former NHL player
* Jeff Wincott – actor (Night Heat)
* Michael Wincott – actor
* Katheryn Winnick – actress
* Maurice Dean Wint – actor
* Ralph E. Winters – film editor (Ben-Hur)
* Ellen Wong – actress
* Kristyn Wong-Tam – municipal politician
* Hawksley Workman – singer/songwriter
* Roy "Shrimp" Worters – former NHL player
* Kathleen Wynne – 25th Premier of Ontario
==Y==
* Yellow Plastic Bucket – musicians
* Alissa York – writer
* Howie Young – former NHL player
* Neil Young – rock musician
* Scott Young – sportswriter, journalist and novelist; father of Neil Young
* Warren Young – former NHL player
==Z==
* Zanta – performance artist
* Ron Zanussi – former NHL player
* Zappacosta – singer/songwriter
* Brigitte Zarie - jazz singer/songwriter
* Paul Zaza – film score musician and songwriter
* Eberhard Zeidler – architect
* Peter Zezel – former NHL player
* Moses Znaimer – media mogul (CHUM, founder of Citytv)
* Robert J. Zydenbos – scholar in Indology and philosophy
==See also==
*List of mayors of Toronto
*List of people from Ontario
*List of people from Quebec
*List of people from Quebec City
*List of people from Montreal
*List of people from Calgary
*List of people from Edmonton
*List of people from British Columbia
*List of people from Vancouver
==References==
 
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