Notable Canadians of English Descent
- Bryan Adams, popular music star performer
- Margaret Atwood, fiction writer
- Oswald Avery, medical researcher - born in Halifax, N.S. to English immigrant family
- 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
- David Edgar, soccer player - father is former pro Eddie Edgar
- Owen Hargreaves, soccer player - son of immigrant English mother (and Welsh father)
- Joseph Howe, prominent Nova Scotia leader and father of Confederation - son of an United Empire Loyalist, the Howe family were descendant of Puritan migrants
- Michael Ironside, Canadian actor of English, Scottish, and Irish descent
- Sonija Kwok, Hong Kong actress, born there to English and Chinese parentage
- Jack Layton, New Democratic Party leader - Laytons immigrated to Canada
- Mike Myers, actor - parents immigrated to Canada from the Liverpool area
- Steve Nash, star basketball player - born to English 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
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