List of people from Toronto

This is a list of notable people who are from Toronto, Ontario, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that city.

A

 * Abdominal – hip hop musician
 * Patrick J. Adams – actor (Suits)
 * Olunike Adeliyi – actress (Flashpoint)
 * Robbie Amell – actor
 * Stephen Amell – actor (Arrow)
 * Enza Anderson – writer, transgender rights activist
 * Gordon Stewart Anderson – author
 * John Andrews – architect
 * Mark Andrews – swimmer
 * Lou Angotti – former NHL player
 * Steve Anthony – television host
 * Anvil – heavy metal band
 * Syl Apps – former NHL player
 * Arnej – trance music producer and DJ
 * Will Arnett – actor
 * Margaret Atwood – Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, literary critic and essayist
 * Ayria – musician
 * Yank Azman – actor

B

 * Jay Bahadur – journalist and author, known for his reporting on piracy in Somalia
 * Frederick Banting – medical scientist and doctor, co-discoverer of insulin, 1923 Nobel Laureate
 * Thomas J. Bata – businessman
 * Robert Bateman – painter
 * Elise Bauman – actress
 * Isabel Bayrakdarian – opera singer
 * Samantha Bee – actress and comedian
 * Jeanne Beker – fashion television personality and reporter
 * John Wilson Bengough – cartoonist
 * Anthony Bennett – NBA player
 * Christine Bentley – CTV news anchor
 * Pierre Berton – author, historian, journalist and TV personality
 * Charles Best – medical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin
 * Sim Bhullar – professional basketball player
 * Alfred J. Billes – co-founder of Canadian Tire
 * J. William Billes – co-founder of Canadian Tire
 * Billy Talent – rock band
 * The Birthday Massacre – rock band
 * Conrad Black – media mogul
 * Jully Black – R&B singer
 * Rachel Blanchard – actress
 * Lloyd Bochner – actor (Dynasty)
 * Hédi Bouraoui – poet, novelist and academic
 * John McEntee Bowman – founding president of Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corp.
 * Liona Boyd – classical guitarist, composer, songwriter and singer
 * Shary Boyle – artist
 * Cindy Breakspeare – Miss World 1976 and mother of Grammy-winning reggae musician Damian Marley
 * Christopher Britton – actor, stage actor, and voice actor
 * Broken Social Scene – band, indie rock
 * Daniel Brooks – theatre director, actor and playwright
 * Chester Brown – alternative cartoonist and Libertarian Party of Canada candidate
 * Clifton Brown – kickboxer
 * Sebastian Brown – pianist
 * Billy Bryans – musician
 * Rob Burgess – tech CEO
 * Marty Burke – former NHL player
 * Theresa Burke – journalist
 * Martha Burns – actress
 * Jackie Burroughs – actress
 * Jim Butterfield – tech whiz

C

 * Barry Callaghan – historian
 * Morley Callaghan – journalist, writer
 * June Callwood – social activist, journalist
 * Bill Cameron – journalist
 * Christian Campbell – actor
 * Neve Campbell – actress (Party of Five, Scream series)
 * Nicholas Campbell – actor (Da Vinci's Inquest)
 * Cancer Bats – punk band
 * John Candy – comic actor
 * Jim Carrey – actor and comedian
 * Shelley Carroll – municipal politician
 * Anson Carter – professional hockey player
 * Gino Cavallini – former NHL player
 * Paul Cavallini – former NHL player
 * Christopher Chapman – film director/writer/cinematographer
 * Hayden Christensen – actor
 * Choclair – hip hop musician
 * Olivia Chow – New Democratic Party Member of Parliament, former Toronto city councillor
 * George Chuvalo – boxer
 * Jerry Ciccoritti – film/TV/theatre director
 * Austin Clarke – writer
 * Adrienne Clarkson – journalist, broadcaster and former Governor-General of Canada
 * David Clarkson – NHL player
 * Paul Clatney – Canadian football player
 * Hampden Zane Churchill Cockburn – winner of the Victoria Cross
 * Matt Cohen – writer
 * Dusty Cohl – filmmaker, co-founder of the Toronto International Film Festival and Canada's Walk of Fame
 * Carlo Colaiacovo – NHL player
 * Enrico Colantoni – actor (Veronica Mars, Flashpoint)
 * John Colicos – actor
 * James Collip – scientist
 * Alex Colville – painter
 * Brian Conacher – former NHL player
 * Charlie Conacher – former NHL player
 * Pete Conacher – former NHL player
 * Roy Conacher – former NHL player
 * The Constantines – band
 * Jesse Cook – Juno Award winning guitarist
 * Stephen Cook – computer scientist
 * Jack Kent Cooke – industrialist
 * Adam Copeland – former professional wrestler
 * Douglas Coupland – writer, artist
 * Cowboy Junkies – musicians
 * Christina Cox – actress, stuntwoman
 * Deborah Cox – singer
 * Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter – the world's best known geometer
 * Laura Creavalle – Guyanese-born Canadian/American professional bodybuilder
 * Rob Crifo – Canadian football player
 * Jonathan Crombie – actor
 * Neil Crone – actor, comedian
 * David Cronenberg – film director
 * Jim Cuddy – musician, lead singer of Blue Rodeo
 * Henry Czerny – actor

D

 * D-Pryde – singer/rapper
 * Da Grassroots – hip hop group
 * Cynthia Dale – actress
 * Jennifer Dale – actress
 * Leslie Dan – businessman
 * Mychael Danna – Academy Award-winning film composer (Life of Pi)
 * Robertson Davies – writer
 * Fred Davis – radio/TV broadcaster (Front Page Challenge)
 * Janet Davis – municipal politician
 * William B. Davis – actor (The X Files)
 * Clifton Dawson – NFL player
 * deadmau5 – electronic music producer and DJ
 * Death from Above 1979 – band, indie rock
 * Michael DeForge – comics artist and illustrator
 * Simone Denny – singer
 * Sergio Di Zio – actor (Flashpoint)
 * Chris Diamantopoulos – actor and comedian
 * Jack Diamond – architect
 * Diamond Rings – music artist
 * Wayne Dillon – former NHL player
 * DL Incognito – hip hop musician
 * Do Make Say Think – post-rock band
 * Nina Dobrev – actress
 * Fefe Dobson – singer
 * Cory Doctorow – blogger, journalist and science fiction author
 * Fateh Doe – rapper, singer, and lyricist
 * Andy Donato – editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Sun
 * The Dope Poet Society
 * Max Douglas a.k.a. Salgood Sam – comic artist, author, and weblog|blogger
 * John Drainie – actor
 * Drake – rapper


 * Kris Draper – NHL
 * Dream Warriors – hip hop group
 * Rob Ducey – MLB player
 * Rick Dudley – former NHL player
 * Alexander Roberts Dunn – winner of the Victoria Cross
 * Kyle Bobby Dunn – composer, arranger, performer
 * George Dunning – animator, director
 * Steve Durbano – former NHL player

E

 * Jayne Eastwood – actress
 * Timothy Eaton – retail proprietor
 * Tim Ecclestone – former NHL player
 * Tom Edur – former NHL player
 * Gary Edwards – former NHL player
 * Atom Egoyan – film director
 * David James Elliott – actor (JAG)
 * Emma-Lee – singer-songwriter and photographer
 * Bob Essensa – former NHL player
 * George Evans – jazz singer, producer, recording artist
 * Gil Evans – jazz musician
 * Dylan Everett – actor

F

 * Percy Faith – composer
 * George Faludy – poet
 * Leslie Feist – singer/songwriter
 * Shane Feldman – speaker, organization founder, "Top 20 Under 20"
 * Perdita Felicien – hurdler
 * Merella Fernandez – news reporter
 * Louis Ferreira – actor
 * Sharon Fichman – Canadian/Israeli tennis player
 * Timothy Findley – writer
 * Melanie Fiona – R&B musician
 * John Fitzpatrick – track and fielder, football player, engineer and inventor
 * Joe Flaherty – comic actor
 * Patrick Flatley – former NHL player
 * Dave Foley – comedian
 * Megan Follows – actress (Anne of Green Gables)
 * Evan Fong - YouTube Personality also called VanossGaming, known for his extensive amount of subscribers and Gaming Videos
 * Adam Foote – former NHL player
 * Doug Ford, Sr. – businessman and politician
 * Doug Ford, Jr. – politician and businessman
 * Rob Ford – 64th Mayor of Toronto
 * Dwight Foster – former NHL player
 * Sean Foudy – Canadian football player
 * Rick Fox – NBA basketball player and actor
 * Lou Franceschetti – former NHL player
 * Barbara Frum – journalist, news anchor
 * Northrop Frye – literary critic, academic
 * David Furnish – filmmaker and producer, civil partner of Elton John

G

 * Sarah Gadon – actress
 * Ed Gass-Donnelly – film director, screenwriter and producer
 * Frank Gehry – architect
 * Natalie Glebova - Miss Universe Canada 2005, Miss Universe 2005
 * Jack Gelineau – former NHL player
 * General Idea – art collective
 * Ghetto Concept – hip hop group
 * Jian Ghomeshi – radio and TV broadcaster, writer, musician
 * Graeme Gibson – writer
 * Sky Gilbert – LGBT writer, actor, drag performer
 * Paul Gillis – former NHL player
 * George Clay Ginty – Union Army Brigadier General
 * Mark Giordano – NHL player captain of Calgary Flames
 * Ken Girard – former NHL player
 * Malcolm Gladwell - writer (Tipping Point, Blink!)
 * Brian Glennie – former NHL player
 * Fred Glover - former NHL player and coach
 * Warren Godfrey – former NHL player
 * Brianna Goldberg – journalist (National Post)
 * Emma Goldman – political activist
 * Kat Goldman – singer-songwriter
 * Glenn Goldup – former NHL player
 * Larry Goodenough – former NHL player
 * Allan Gotlieb – ex-Canadian diplomat
 * Sondra Gotlieb – writer
 * Glenn Gould – pianist
 * Katherine Govier – writer
 * Lawrence Gowan – musician
 * Barbara Gowdy – writer, fiction
 * Dakota Goyo – actor
 * Arthur Edward Grasett – commander of VIII Corps during the Second World War
 * Edward Greenspan – lawyer and politician
 * Manafest - Christian rapper/singer-songwriter
 * Kathryn Greenwood – actress
 * John Greyson – filmmaker (Proteus)
 * Lynne Griffin – actress
 * Shenae Grimes – actress
 * Paul Gross – actor, producer, director
 * Group of Seven – art collective
 * Peter Gzowski – radio broadcaster (CBC Radio's Morningside) and writer

H

 * Ian Hacking – philosopher
 * George Hainsworth – former NHL player
 * Michael Hainsworth – business reporter
 * Barbara Hamilton – actress
 * Moshe Hammer – violinist
 * Rick Hampton – former NHL player
 * Ned Hanlan – rower
 * Stephen Harper - 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
 * Billy Harris (b. 1935) – former NHL player
 * Billy Harris (b. 1952) – former NHL player
 * Lawren Harris – Group of Seven artist
 * Richard Harrison – poet
 * Don Harron – comedian, actor, director, radio/TV host, author and composer
 * Leon Hatziioannou – Canadian football player
 * Dale Hawerchuk – former NHL player
 * Brent Hawkes – clergyman, gay rights activist
 * Ronnie Hawkins – rocker
 * Jeff Healey – musician
 * Steven Heighton – novelist, poet
 * Alan Milliken Heisey Sr. - politician, author, publisher
 * Karl Brooks Heisey - mining engineer and executive
 * Lawrence Heisey - publisher
 * Murray Henderson – former NHL player
 * Sheila Heti – author
 * Foster Hewitt – sports broadcaster (Hockey Night in Canada)
 * Dan Hill – singer, songwriter
 * George Hislop – gay activist
 * Lionel Hitchman – former NHL player
 * Joseph Hobson - engineer
 * Clive Holden – poet, film director and visual artist
 * Laurie Holden – actress (The Walking Dead)
 * Mike Hoolboom – filmmaker
 * Kenny Hotz - actor (Kenny vs Spenny)
 * Stuart Hughes – actor
 * Walter Huston – Academy Award-winning actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
 * William Hutt – actor (Stratford Festival)

I

 * Marci Ien – journalist
 * Michael Ignatieff – federal Liberal leader, academic, journalist
 * George "Punch" Imlach – former NHL coach and general manager
 * Robin Ingle – CEO and chairman of the Ingle Group of Companies
 * Malcolm Ingram – independent film director and podcaster
 * Gary Inness – former NHL player
 * Harold Innis – economist and university professor
 * Irish Rovers – Irish folk group
 * Michael Ironside – actor
 * Kenneth E. Iverson – computer scientist

J

 * A.Y. Jackson – Group of Seven artist
 * Harvey "Busher" Jackson – former NHL player
 * Jane Jacobs – economist, urban theorist and activist
 * Lisa Jakub – former child actress
 * Gary Jarrett – former NHL player
 * Peter Jennings – ABC News anchor
 * Norman Jewison – film director (Moonstruck)
 * Harold E. Johns – medical physicist
 * Ben Johnson – sprinter, stripped of 100m gold medal at 1988 Summer Olympics for doping
 * Molly Johnson – singer/songwriter
 * Jamie Johnston – actor
 * George Jonas – writer, journalist
 * Cory Joseph – National Basketball Association player, currently playing for the Toronto Raptors
 * Demetrius Joyette – actor

K

 * William Kahan – mathematician and computer scientist
 * Irving Kaplansky – mathematician
 * Kardinal Offishall – hip hop musician
 * Moez Kassam – hedge fund manager, founder of Anson Group
 * Hadley Kay – actor
 * Trenna Keating – actress
 * Ben Kerr – busker
 * Key Witness – indie band
 * The Kids in the Hall – television comedy troupe
 * Gail Kim – female professional wrestler
 * William Lyon Mackenzie King – 10th Prime Minister of Canada
 * Mia Kirshner – actor
 * Naomi Klein – journalist, author (No Logo, The Shock Doctrine) and social activist
 * K'naan – hip hop musician
 * Mike Knuble – NHL player with the Philadelphia Flyers
 * Chris Kontos – former NHL player
 * K-os – hip hop musician
 * Ted Kotcheff – director
 * George Kottaras – MLB player with the Boston Red Sox
 * H. David Kotz - attorney
 * Anton Kuerti – pianist
 * Maya Kulenovic – painter
 * Floyd Kuptana – Inuit artist
 * Faisal Kutty – lawyer, writer, Muslim activist
 * Bruce Kuwabara – architect
 * Nick Kypreos – former NHL player

L

 * Don Lake – actor and writer
 * Heath Lamberts – theatre actor
 * Michele Landsberg – journalist, author, public speaker, feminist and social activist
 * Mel Lastman – 62nd Mayor of Toronto; businessman
 * Henry Lau – member of Korean boy band Super Junior M, the third official sub-unit of popular Korean boy band Super Junior
 * Jack Layton – politician, leader of the federal New Democratic Party
 * Mike Layton – municipal politician, son of Jack Layton
 * Michael Lazarovitch – actor
 * Stephen Leacock – writer, humour
 * Dennis Lee – children's author, poet
 * Geddy Lee – musician, lead singer of Rush
 * Sook-Yin Lee – media personality
 * Michael Lee-Chin – businessman, investor
 * Manny Legace – NHL player with the St. Louis Blues
 * Kristin Lehman – actress
 * Peter C. Lemon – winner of the Medal of Honor
 * Len – pop band
 * E.J. Lennox – architect
 * Dan Lett – actor
 * Avi Lewis – documentary filmmaker and radio/TV broadcaster
 * Dana Lewis – journalist
 * Glenn Lewis – R&B singer
 * Ivor Lewis – sculptor
 * Sharon Lewis – journalist
 * Stephen Lewis – former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, former politician, humanitarian and academic
 * Daniel Levy – TV host and actor
 * Eugene Levy – actor, comedian and writer
 * Lights – musician
 * Robert K. Logan – author and academic
 * Bob Lorimer – former NHL player
 * Steve Ludzik – former NHL player
 * James Lumbers – painter

M

 * Ann-Marie MacDonald – playwright, novelist, actor and journalist
 * J.E.H. MacDonald – Group of Seven artist
 * Norm Macdonald – comic actor (Saturday Night Live)
 * Daniel MacIvor – playwright, actor and theatre/film director
 * Steve Mackall – voice actor
 * William Lyon Mackenzie – first Mayor of Toronto; first President of the Republic of Canada; a leader in the Upper Canada Rebellion
 * John James Richard Macleod
 * Maestro – hip-hop musician
 * Christine Magee – spokesperson and co-founder of Sleep Country Canada
 * Arnaud Maggs – artist
 * Magic! – reggae fusion band
 * Jamaal Magloire – former NBA player
 * Kevin Maguire – former NHL player
 * Victor Malarek – journalist
 * Giorgio Mammoliti – municipal politician
 * Howie Mandel – actor, comedian, writer, producer
 * Peter Mansbridge – CBC News chief correspondent
 * Jay Manuel – make-up artist/fashion photographer
 * Lisa Marcos – actress, former model
 * Simon Marcus – kickboxer
 * Amanda Marshall – singer-songwriter
 * Ruth Marshall – actress (Flashpoint)
 * Martha and the Muffins – musicians
 * Russell Martin – MLB player
 * Dennis Maruk – former NHL player
 * Ron Marzel – lawyer
 * James Mason – banker, Senator and soldier
 * Raymond Massey – actor
 * Vincent Massey – 18th Governor-General of Canada
 * Walter Massey – actor
 * Pat Mastroianni – actor (Degrassi Junior High)
 * Cameron Mathison – actor
 * Bruce Mau – designer (S,M,L,XL)
 * James Mavor – economist and social figure
 * Brad May – former NHL player
 * Wallace McCain – McCain foods and Maple leaf foods
 * Sheila McCarthy – actress
 * Eric McCormack – actor (Will and Grace)
 * Ernest McCulloch – cellular biologist
 * Dean McDermott – actor and reality show personality (Tori & Dean: Inn Love)
 * Bruce McDonald – film director
 * Kevin McDonald – comedian, actor, member of The Kids in the Hall
 * Michael McGowan – film director
 * Don McKellar – actor, screenwriter and film director
 * Marshall McLuhan – academic and writer (Understanding Media)
 * Gerry Meehan – former NHL player
 * Shawn Mendes-musician, singer
 * Heather Menzies – actress (The Sound of Music)
 * Metric – indie rock band
 * Lorne Michaels – producer and creator of Saturday Night Live
 * Michie Mee – hip hop musician
 * Rick Middleton – former NHL player
 * Ramona Milano – actress (Due South)
 * Greg Millen – former NHL player
 * David Mirvish – theatrical impresario
 * Ed Mirvish – theatrical impresario, founder of Honest Ed's
 * Rohinton Mistry – writer
 * Joni Mitchell – musician
 * Kim Mitchell – musician
 * Shay Mitchell – actress
 * Colin Mochrie – actor and improvisational comedian (Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
 * Geraldine Moodie – photographer
 * Dora Mavor Moore – founder of Canada's professional theater
 * Mavor Moore – pioneer of Canadian television
 * Rick Moranis – actor, comedian, writer, producer
 * Jeffrey Morgan – writer
 * Raymond Moriyama – architect
 * Dylan Moscovitch – Olympic medalist pair skater
 * James Motluk – filmmaker
 * Farley Mowat – writer
 * Mr. Attic – hip hop musician
 * Craig Muni – former NHL player
 * Peter Munk – founder of Barrick Gold
 * Robert Munsch – children's author
 * Mike Murphy – former NHL player
 * Anne Murray – singer
 * Barton Myers – architect
 * Mike Myers – comic actor (Saturday Night Live, Austin Powers)
 * Alannah Myles – singer
 * Mathew Murray - writer, filmmaker, web series creator

N

 * Mark Napier – hockey player
 * Nash the Slash – musician
 * Natasha Negovanlis - actress, singer and songwriter
 * David Nemirovsky – NHL player
 * Lance Nethery – former NHL player
 * John Neville – English actor
 * Kevin Newman – journalist and news anchor
 * Andrew Nicholson – National Basketball Association, Orlando Magic
 * Not By Choice – rock band
 * Amaal Nuux – singer and songwriter
 * Danny Nykoluk – former CFL player
 * Mike Nykoluk – former NHL player
 * The Nylons – pop band

O

 * John "Peanuts" O'Flaherty – former NHL player
 * Catherine O'Hara – comedic actress (SCTV, Beetlejuice, Best in Show)
 * Mary Margaret O'Hara – singer/songwriter
 * Sidney Olcott – director
 * Kelly Olynyk – NBA player (Boston Celtics); born in Toronto, moved to Kamloops at age 13
 * Michael Ondaatje – Booker Prize-winning writer (The English Patient)
 * Kenneth Oppel – author (Silverwing saga, Airborn trilogy
 * Alexandra Orlando – gymnast
 * Mark Osborne – former NHL player
 * Our Lady Peace – rock band
 * Peter Outerbridge – actor
 * Seiji Ozawa – conductor

P

 * Charles Pachter – artist
 * Owen Pallett – violinist and singer
 * Mike Palmateer – former NHL player
 * Jesse Palmer – NFL football player and reality show personality (The Bachelor)
 * Alice Panikian – model (Miss Universe Canada 2006; Miss Universe 2006 – 6th place)
 * Parachute Club – pop band
 * Brad Park – former NHL player
 * Gerard Parkes – Irish-born actor
 * Larry Patey – former NHL player
 * Sean Paul – reggae artist
 * Steve Payne – former NHL player
 * Peaches – musician
 * Lester B. Pearson – 14th Prime Minister of Canada; 1957 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
 * Michael Peca – NHL player
 * Mike Pelyk – former NHL player
 * Miklos Perlus – actor, screenwriter
 * Russell Peters – comedian
 * Nathan Phillips – 52nd Mayor of Toronto
 * Mary Pickford – actress, co-founder of United Artists
 * Alex Pierzchalski – CFL player
 * Cara Pifko – actress
 * Allison Pill – actress
 * Alex Pirus – former NHL player
 * Platinum Blonde – rock band
 * Christopher Plummer – actor
 * Jeremy Podeswa – film director
 * John Charles Polanyi – 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 * Sarah Polley – actress, screenwriter and film director (Away From Her)
 * Carole Pope – rock singer
 * Anna Porter – publisher
 * Chris Potter – actor (Kung Fu: The Legend Continues), musician, pitchman
 * Victoria Pratt – actress
 * Robert Priest – poet, children's author and singer/songwriter
 * Jason Priestley – actor (Beverly Hills, 90210)
 * Uno Prii – architect
 * Protest The Hero – metal band

Q

 * Bill Quackenbush – former NHL player
 * Joel Quarrington – musician (Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra)
 * Paul Quarrington – author, screenwriter and musician

R

 * Kyle Rae – consultant, former municipal politician
 * David Rakoff – author
 * James Randi – magician
 * Milos Raonic – tennis player
 * Leo Rautins – broadcaster and former NBA player
 * Lisa Ray – actress
 * Raheel Raza – author
 * Michael Redhill – writer
 * Keanu Reeves – actor (The Matrix)
 * Albert Reichmann – businessman
 * Paul Reichmann – businessman
 * Ivan Reitman – director
 * Liisa Repo-Martel – actress
 * Gloria Reuben – actress
 * Nino Ricci – writer
 * Spencer Rice - actor/entertainer (Kenny vs Spenny)
 * Daniel Richler – broadcaster and writer
 * Sandie Rinaldo – journalist, TV anchor for CTV News
 * Guillermo Rishchynski – current Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
 * Anastasia Rizikov – pianist
 * John D. Roberts – news anchor for Fox News Channel
 * Robbie Robertson – musician
 * Coco Rocha – model
 * Edward Samuel Rogers – CEO of Rogers Communications
 * Rino Romano – actor, voice actor
 * Goody Rosen – Major League Baseball All-Star outfielder
 * Lukas Rossi – singer
 * Marty Roth – race car driver
 * Rough Trade – rock band
 * The Royal Canadian Air Farce – comedy troupe
 * Jan Rubes – opera singer and actor
 * Rush – rock band
 * Anna Russell – concert comedienne
 * Ann Rutherford – actress

S

 * Moshe Safdie – architect
 * Morley Safer – journalist (60 Minutes)
 * F. A. Sampson – war hero (RCAF WWII)
 * Saukrates – hip hop musician
 * John Ralston Saul – writer
 * Booth Savage – actor
 * Tyrone Savage – actor (Wind at My Back)
 * Monika Schnarre – supermodel and actress
 * Kim Schraner – actress (Spynet)
 * Albert Schultz – actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company
 * Linda Schuyler – television producer (Degrassi franchise)
 * Caterina Scorsone – actress
 * Michael Seater – actor
 * Lance Secretan – leadership theorist, writer and consultant
 * Sarika Sehgal – TV broadcast journalist
 * Derek Sharp – lead singer for The Guess Who
 * Isadore Sharp – businessman
 * Ken Shaw – CTV news anchor
 * Howard Shore – Academy Award-winning film composer (The Lord of the Rings)
 * Martin Short – actor
 * Frank Shuster – comedian (Wayne and Shuster)
 * Joe Shuster – creator of Superman
 * Steve Shutt – former NHL player
 * Jane Siberry – musician
 * Silverstein – post-hardcore band
 * John Graves Simcoe – first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada; founder of the town of York (now Toronto)
 * Al Sims – former NHL player
 * Gordon Sinclair – journalist, writer and commentator
 * Lilly Singh – Youtuber
 * Darryl Sittler – former NHL player
 * Rachel Skarsten – actress (Birds of Prey, Lost Girl)
 * Inga Skaya – Miss Universe Canada 2007
 * Josef Škvorecký – writer
 * Willis C. Silverthorn – Wisconsin politician
 * Colin Simpson – author
 * Glenn Smith – former NHL player
 * Reginald "Hooley" Smith – former NHL player
 * Sid Smith – former NHL player
 * Steve Smith – comedian, actor and writer
 * Snow – musician
 * Michael Snow – artist
 * Jason Spezza – NHL player
 * The Spoons – 1980s band
 * Fred Stanfield – former NHL player
 * Jessica Steen – actress
 * Mark Steyn – journalist
 * Stephen Stohn – television producer (Degrassi franchise)
 * Elvis Stojko – former Olympic figure skater
 * John Strachan – 1st Anglican Bishop of Toronto; founder of Trinity College at the University of Toronto
 * David Stratas – Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal
 * Diane Stratas – former Member of Parliament for Scarborough Centre (electoral district)
 * Teresa Stratas – opera singer
 * Trish Stratus (born Patrica Stratigias) – former WWE wrestler and fitness model
 * Tara Strong – voice/live-action actress (Rugrats, New Batman Adventures, Teen Titans, King of the Hill)
 * George Stroumboulopoulos – TV/radio personality and VJ
 * Malcolm Subban – AHL player
 * P.K. Subban – NHL player
 * Charlotte Sullivan – actress
 * Sum 41 – pop punk band
 * Moez Surani – poet

T

 * Rick Tabaracci – former NHL player
 * Samantha Tajik – Miss Universe Canada 2008
 * Tony Tanti – former NHL player
 * Don Tapscott – writer and consultant, technology and business
 * John Tavares - lacrosse player
 * Mark Taylor – actor (Student Bodies, Flashpoint)
 * R. Dean Taylor – singer/songwriter ("Indiana Wants Me")
 * Teenage Head – punk rock band
 * Ty Templeton – cartoonist and writer
 * Colin Thatcher – politician and convicted murderer
 * David Thomson – Canada's wealthiest person; media magnate; 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet
 * Kenneth Thomson – media magnate and art collector; 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet
 * R. H. Thomson – actor (Road to Avonlea)
 * Roy Thomson – media magnate; 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet
 * Tom Thomson – Group of Seven artist
 * Judith Thompson – playwright
 * Three Days Grace – rock band, originally from Norwood
 * James E. Till – biophysicist
 * Frederick Albert Tilston – winner of the Victoria Cross
 * Morris Titanic – former NHL player
 * Tokyo Police Club – rock band
 * Frederick George Topham – winner of the Victoria Cross
 * Toronto – rock band
 * Raffi Torres – NHL player
 * Talan Torriero – actor (Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County)
 * John Tory – 65th mayor of Toronto
 * Alex Trebek – game show host (Jeopardy!)
 * Triumph – rock band
 * Justin Trottier – commentator and atheist leader
 * Endel Tulving – cognitive psychologist, world authority on human memory function
 * Sheldon Turcott – journalist

U

 * Jane Urquhart – author

V

 * Billy Van – comedian, actor and singer
 * Pieter Vanden Bos – Canadian football player
 * Nia Vardalos – actress and writer, stage and film (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
 * Gabriel Varga – kickboxer
 * George Vari – developer and philanthropist
 * M. G. Vassanji – author
 * Mike Veisor – former NHL player
 * Steve Vickers – former NHL player
 * Nerene Virgin – actress, journalist and teacher
 * Vonny the Ken Doll – TV host, reality TV personality
 * Joey Votto – MLB player
 * Prvoslav Vujcic – author

W

 * George F. Walker – playwright
 * Pamela Wallin – Senator, former Canadian Consul-General to New York
 * Alberta Watson – actress
 * Tom Watt – former NHL coach
 * Al Waxman – actor
 * Johnny Wayne – comedian (of Wayne and Shuster)
 * Kevin Weekes – broadcaster and former NHL player
 * The Weeknd – R&B singer
 * Samantha Weinstein – actress
 * Stephen Weiss – NHL player
 * Ken Westerfield — disc sports (Frisbee) pioneer, competitor, showman, promoter
 * Galen Weston – Canada's second wealthiest man
 * Galen Weston, Jr. – businessman
 * Denis Whitaker – commanded 1st Battalion The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry in the Second World War
 * Ben Wicks – cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author
 * Joyce Wieland – filmmaker
 * Andrew Wiggins – top U.S. college basketball recruit for the class of 2013; currently plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves
 * Healey Willan – composer
 * Angel Williams – TNA Knockout
 * Fred Williams – journalist, historian
 * Harland Williams – actor
 * Bree Williamson – actress
 * Behn Wilson – former NHL player
 * Dunc Wilson – former NHL player
 * Michael Wilson – former federal Minister of Finance (1984–1991), former Canadian Ambassador to the United States (2006–2009)
 * Murray Wilson – former NHL player
 * Ron Wilson – former NHL player
 * Ross "Lefty" Wilson – former NHL player
 * Jeff Wincott – actor (Night Heat)
 * Michael Wincott – actor
 * Katheryn Winnick – actress
 * Maurice Dean Wint – actor
 * Ralph E. Winters – film editor (Ben-Hur)
 * Ellen Wong – actress
 * Kristyn Wong-Tam – municipal politician
 * Hawksley Workman – singer/songwriter
 * Roy "Shrimp" Worters – former NHL player
 * Kathleen Wynne – 25th Premier of Ontario

Y

 * Yellow Plastic Bucket – musicians
 * Alissa York – writer
 * Howie Young – former NHL player
 * Neil Young – rock musician
 * Scott Young – sportswriter, journalist and novelist; father of Neil Young
 * Warren Young – former NHL player

Z

 * Zanta – performance artist
 * Ron Zanussi – former NHL player
 * Zappacosta – singer/songwriter
 * Brigitte Zarie - jazz singer/songwriter
 * Paul Zaza – film score musician and songwriter
 * Eberhard Zeidler – architect
 * Peter Zezel – former NHL player
 * Moses Znaimer – media mogul (CHUM, founder of Citytv)
 * Robert J. Zydenbos – scholar in Indology and philosophy