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 Canadian" or "English-Canadian" to mean anglophone Canadian^{[citation needed]}.

Notable English immigrants to Canada[]

Michael Bonacini, celebrity chef, restaurant owner, born in Wales
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
Garry Chalk, Film and Television Actor and voice actor
Michael Cowpland, business CEO
Alfred Gardyne de Chastelain, father of Canadian general John de Chastelain
Richie Hawtin, Electronic music DJ.
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 boxer
Peter Mansbridge, broadcast journalist, television news anchor
Dave Ridgway, former CFL placekicker
Ron Searle, 4th mayor of Mississauga
John Turner, 17th Prime Minister of Canada
Frank Yallop, former soccer player and current team manager - raised in Watford and Vancouver
Alan Young, Film and Television Actor and voice actor
Amanda Tapping, actress
Maurice Dean Wint, actor
Claire Trevena, politician
Nina Tangri, politician

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, N.S. 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
John Carling, son of English migrant to Upper Canada and brewery founder Thomas Carling, politician and along with his brother ran brewery
Hayden Christensen, actor - portrayed the teen-aged and adult Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequels
Adam "Edge" Copeland, actor, retired professional wrestler
Catherine Disher, actress, comedian
Paul Dobson, voice actor
David Edgar, soccer player - father is former pro Eddie Edgar
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, pop singer.
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 - 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, B.C.
Keanu Reeves, film actor
Glenn Stetson, singer and member of The Diamonds - family origins are in Devon
Trish Stratus, Canadian wrestler with English descent
John Abbott, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada
Cobie Smulders Canadian actress with English descent.