Could be because it's my third glass of wine, could be because I'm just sad, but we're sitting here trying to think of as many famous Canadians as we can, and all we've come up with so far are the following:-

1. Bryan Adams
2. Avril Lavigne
3. Alanis Morissette

Sean thinks Nickleback must be Canadian as the radio station we listen to on internet radio (BOB FM, Ottawa) is always playing their stuff...

Anyone have any to add to this list...?

Canadians also known in the UK include:-

Jim Carey
Keanu Reeves
Mike Myers
Matthew Perry
Pamela Anderson
Greg Rudzeski (?)
Owen Hargreaves
Conrad Black (!!!)

Of course there are lots more Canadians who are famous in Canada

Both Sutherlands.

William Shatner.

There are LOADS - more than peeps realise. If you do a search you'll also find a load of "threads gone by" about them, too!

Definitely Nickleback - each radio station here is "Death by Nickleback"

Mike Myers
Jim Carrey
Michael J Fox - I think
Nelly Furtado
Diane Krall
Keanu Reeves
Neil Young
Owen Hargreaves
Shania Twain - I think
Celine Dion

That's me for starters ....

Don't take me out of the world of celebrity though - lots of useless info in my head - I'm sure there are famous scientists or doctors too ...

wow, still reeling from the matthew perry revelation! am trying to remember him in 'Friends' and can't picture him saying 'about' ('aboot') etc... he doesn't stand out ('oot!' - hehe) as being apparently canadian...

Conrad Black is no longer Canadian, he renounced his Canadian citizenship in order to get his peerage.

oh jeez, can't believe forgot mlle dion! (désolée!).

i thought nelly furtado was portuguese...?

oh yeah I've got another - graham bell! (the telephone guy) - or was he scottish?? (similar origins anyway)

leonard cohen
barenaked ladies (not in general - too cold for that - the band)
for those of us from the rock - great big sea
bedouin soundclash (sp?)
ellen page (from the film juno)
natalie and nicole appleton (from all saints) - born in Ontario

the appletons?? no way!! am v surprised about that - are you sure??

for some reason i want to say 'james taylor' - possibly because he's on Clear FM (Manitoban radio station) at the moment, or possibly because I sub-consciously know he's Canadian...?

PS - no cheating please - anyone can google this but I'm trying to use my brain cell!

PPS - I meant 'brain cellS' - freudian slip there!

Bob and Doug MacKenzie.

Alex Trebek.

Peter North.

Pamela Anderson.

On edit, sorry you've already had Pamela, I offer Rita McNeill as a similarly breasted substitute.

John Roberts, formerly of CBS news, now on CNN's American Morning.

I remember when he was the greasy-haired entertainment reporter for CITY-TV in Toronto.

yup - just double checked the appletons on wikipedia - couldn't remember where i'd gained that useless piece of knowledge (always thought they were born in america), so thought i better check.

Alexander Graham Bell was Scottish. He spent some time in both the US and Canada. As a result, he is often claimed as a famous Scot and Canadian and American.