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

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
Chris Gauthier, actor
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
Carly Foulkes, model and actress born to British parents
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