Famous people from Canada
The most-searched people from Canada right now, with the latest news on each.
Charlotte Cardin
Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1994)
Sam Montembeault
Samuel Montembeault is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the third round, 77th overall, by the Florida Panthers in the 2015 NHL entry draft. He played major junior for four seasons with the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada, before playing two seasons with the Florida Panthers. He was later placed on waivers by the team in October 2021, before he was claimed by the Montreal Canadiens.
Chuba Hubbard
Chuba Robert-Shamar Hubbard is a Canadian professional football running back for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys, where he was a unanimous All-American, named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and won the Jon Cornish Trophy in 2019. Hubbard was selected by the Panthers in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL draft.
Mark Stone
Mark Stone is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a right winger and captain for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the sixth round, 178th overall, of the 2010 NHL entry draft.
Matt Dumba
Mathew Dumba is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Dumba was selected with the seventh overall pick by the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the 2012 NHL entry draft, with whom he spent his first ten seasons. He has also played for the Arizona Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning, Dallas Stars, and Pittsburgh Penguins. Dumba previously played junior with the Red Deer Rebels and briefly for the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League (WHL).
Alexis Lafrenière
Alexis Lafrenière is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a winger for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Selected first overall by the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) in 2017, he was awarded the QMJHL Rookie of the Year award and was named to the First All-Star team in his rookie season. He was selected first overall by the Rangers in the 2020 NHL entry draft and made his NHL debut with the team in 2021.
Li Ka-shing
Hong Kong billionaire and entrepreneur
David Suzuki
Canadian popular scientist and environmental activist
Maripier Morin
Maripier Morin is a Canadian television presenter, businesswoman and actress.
Dave Hakstol
David Hakstol is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach who is currently an assistant coach for the Colorado Avalanche. Hakstol was the head coach for Sioux City Musketeers for four seasons, followed by four years as an assistant at his alma mater, the University of North Dakota. He was promoted to head coach in 2004 and led the program for eleven seasons. Hakstol was a head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 2015, leading the team until his firing in 20...
Paul Arcand
Paul Arcand is a Canadian radio host, journalist and film producer, best known as a longtime morning talk radio host on CHMP-FM in Montreal, Quebec, until his retirement in 2024.
Matthew Schaefer
Matthew Schaefer is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman and alternate captain for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected first overall by the Islanders in the 2025 NHL entry draft, and won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best rookie in 2025–26.
Jordan Kyrou
Jordan Kyrou is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Kyrou was selected 35th overall in the 2016 NHL entry draft by the St. Louis Blues.
Edge (wrestler)
Adam Joseph Copeland is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under his real name and is one-half of Cage & Cope with Christian Cage. He is best known for his tenures in World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE), where he performed from 1998 to 2011 and again from 2020 to 2023 under the ring name Edge.
Anthony Duclair
Anthony Duclair is a Haitian-Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Duclair was selected by the New York Rangers in the third round, 80th overall, of the 2013 NHL entry draft, the organization with which he began his NHL career. Duclair has also played in the NHL for the Arizona Coyotes, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Ottawa Senators, Florida Panthers, San Jose Sharks and Tampa Bay Lightning.
Bo Horvat
Bowie William Horvat is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre and captain for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Kirk LaPointe
Kirk LaPointe is a Canadian journalist and politician who is the mayor-elect of West Vancouver, British Columbia.
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau
Sophie Grégoire is a Canadian public speaker and retired television host. She married Justin Trudeau, the 23rd prime minister of Canada, in 2005; the couple separated in 2023. She is involved in charity work, social work, and public speaking focused mainly on the environment, women's issues, and children's issues.
Brendan Penny
Brendan James Penny is a Canadian film and television actor who first became well known to TV audiences as A.J. Varland in the first season of Whistler that aired in Canada from 2006 to 2008. He is perhaps best known as Detective Brian Lucas in Motive, a Canadian crime drama centred on a team of Vancouver homicide detectives, also starring Kristin Lehman, Louis Ferreira and Lauren Holly, which aired from 2013 to 2016. Brendan currently stars as Kevin O'Brien in the Hallmark Channel family dra...
Vincent Desharnais
Vincent Desharnais is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the seventh round, 183rd overall, in the 2016 NHL entry draft.
Tavius Robinson
Tavius Patrick Robinson is a Canadian professional football outside linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played U Sports football at Guelph and college football at Ole Miss.
Kaiden Guhle
Kaiden Guhle is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round, 16th overall, by the Canadiens in the 2020 NHL entry draft.
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge is a Canadian actor and film producer best known for major roles in Quebec films Nitro and The 3 L'il Pigs in 2007.
Andrew Wiggins
Andrew Christian Wiggins is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected with the first overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers after one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks.