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- Claude Raymond – former baseball player and coach
- Ariel Rebel – pornographic model
- John Redpath – businessman, philanthropist
- Ginette Reno – singer
- Ahmed Ressam – al-Qaeda member
- Caroline Rhea – actress
- Mike Ribeiro – NHL Hockey player
- Henri Richard – former NHL hockey player
- Maurice Richard – former NHL hockey player
- Mordecai Richler – writer
- Vito Rizzuto – mobster
- Alphonso Theodore Roberts – political activist, cricketer
- Sam Roberts – musician
- Percy Rodrigues – actor
- Paul Rose – political figure
- Charlie J. Ross – vaudeville performer
- J.K.L. Ross – racehorse owner, philanthropist
- Greg Rusedski – tennis player
- Claude Ryan – publisher, statesman
- Frank "Dunie" Ryan – mobster
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