List of English Canadians explained
The number of Canadians who are of English descent is largely unknowable given the propensity of many Canadians to use the term "English Canadians" or "English-Canadians" to mean anglophone Canadians .
Notable English immigrants to Canada
- Roger Abbott, comedian – born in Birkenhead
- Steve Armitage, sports announcer – born in Buckinghamshire
- Michael Bonacini, celebrity chef, restaurant owner, born in Wales
- Patrick Brown, broadcast journalist
- Mackenzie Bowell, 5th Prime Minister of Canada
- Kim Cattrall, actress
- Garry Chalk, actor and voice actor
- Michael Cowpland, entrepreneur and businessman
- Alfred Gardyne de Chastelain, father of Canadian general John de Chastelain
- Richie Hawtin, Electronic musician and disc jockey
- 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 professional boxer
- Peter Mansbridge, broadcast journalist and television news anchor
- Julian Richings, character actor
- Dave Ridgway, former CFL placekicker
- Ron Searle, 4th mayor of Mississauga
- Nina Tangri, politician
- Amanda Tapping, actress
- Claire Trevena, politician
- John Turner, 17th Prime Minister of Canada
- Chris Wiggins, actor
- Maurice Dean Wint, actor
- Robin Wood, film critic and educator
- Frank Yallop, former soccer player and current team manager – raised in Watford and Vancouver
- Alan Young, actor, comedian, radio host and television host
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, Nova Scotia 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.
- Devon Bostick, actor, known for playing Rodrick Heffley in the first three Diary of a Wimpy Kid films
- 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 prequel trilogy
- Adam "Edge" Copeland, actor and retired professional wrestler
- Catherine Disher, actress and 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, singer-songwriter and actress
- 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 and comedian – 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, British Columbia.
- Christopher Plummer, Academy Award-winning actor
- Keanu Reeves, film actor
- Glenn Stetson, singer and member of vocal group The Diamonds – family origins are in Devon
- John Abbott, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada
- Cobie Smulders Canadian actress with English descent
