List of Canadian Jews

This is a list of Canadian Jews.

Artists

 * Aba Bayefsky, painter
 * Arnold Belkin, painter
 * Joyce Borenstein, animator, filmmaker, and cartoonist
 * Sam Borenstein, painter
 * Jennifer Cherniack, visual and media artist
 * Sorel Etrog, sculptor
 * Frank Gehry, architect
 * Albert Gilbert, photographer
 * Gerald Gladstone, sculptor
 * Simon Glass, photographer
 * Eric Goldberg, painter
 * Jack Goldstein, multimedia artist
 * Philip Guston, abstract expressionist
 * Mike Hammer, painter
 * Norman Leibovitch, painter and sculptor
 * Henry Orenstein, painter
 * Oscar Orenstein, painter
 * William Raphael, painter
 * Moshe Safdie, architect
 * Dana Samuel, visual and media artist; curator
 * Yechiel (Eli) Shainblum, painter, sculptor, and Montreal Jewish day-school teacher
 * Joe Shuster, Canadian-born co-creator of Superman
 * Erik Slutsky, painter
 * Max Stern, art dealer
 * Evan Tapper, media artist
 * Avrom Yanovsky, cartoonist; father of Zal Yanovsky

Business and philanthropy

 * Izzy Asper, businessman and media magnate
 * David Azrieli, real state magnate
 * Charles Bronfman, businessman and philanthropist
 * Leslie Dan, founder of Novopharm
 * Dorothy Dworkin, founder of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
 * Ruth Goldbloom, co-founder of Pier 21, Canada's National Museum of Immigration
 * Roger Greenberg, executive chairman of Ottawa’s largest real estate developer, Minto Group; philanthropist; Officer of the Order of Canada
 * Daryl Katz, owner of Rexall and the Edmonton Oilers
 * Edward Reichmann, real estate magnate
 * Paul Reichmann, real estate magnate
 * Seymour Schulich, Director of the Newmont Mining Corporation; namesake of the Schulich School of Business
 * Gerald Schwartz, co-founder of CanWest Global Communications Inc. and Onex Corporation
 * Irving Schwartz, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Officer of the Order of Canada
 * Bernard Sherman, chairman and CEO of Apotex
 * Jeffrey Skoll, engineer and internet entrepreneur
 * Levy Solomons, merchant and fur trader
 * Larry Tanenbaum

Actors and performers

 * Liane Balaban
 * Lani Billard (1979– ), television actress (Ready or Not)
 * Neve Campbell, film and television actress (Scream)
 * Maury Chaykin, American-Canadian actor
 * Emmanuelle Chriqui, actress
 * Lauren Collins, television actress (Degrassi: The Next Generation)
 * Drake, television actor (Degrassi: The Next Generation)
 * Jake Epstein, teen idol/TV actor (Degrassi: The Next Generation)
 * Stacey Farber, television actress (Degrassi: the Next Generation)
 * Celia Franca, ballerina
 * Jake Goldsbie, television actor (Degrassi: the Next Generation)
 * Lorne Greene, actor
 * Nathan Fielder, actor, comedian
 * Kenny Hotz, filmmaker, actor, producer, director, journalist, photographer and writer
 * Lou Jacobi, actor
 * Shane Kippel, television actor (Degrassi: The Next Generation)
 * Mia Kirshner, actress
 * Rachelle Lefevre, actress
 * Sylvia Lennick, actress
 * Caissie Levy, stage actress and singer
 * Eugene Levy, actor, television director, producer and writer
 * Jaclyn Linetsky, television actress (15/Love)
 * Howie Mandel, actor and comedian
 * Rick Moranis, actor, comedian, musician
 * Harley Morenstein, actor and Internet personality
 * Spencer Rice, writer, director and performer
 * Seth Rogen, film and television actor (Freaks and Geeks)
 * Saul Rubinek, actor, director, producer and playwright
 * William Shatner, actor, director, and writer best known for his performances as Captain Kirk in Star Trek on both television and in film from 1966 to 1994
 * Frank Shuster, comedian
 * Anna Silk, actress starring in TV series Lost Girl
 * Adam Silverton, actor
 * Bradley Silverton, actor
 * Amy Silverton, actress
 * Leslie Silverton, actress and musician
 * David Steinberg, comedian, actor, writer, director, and author
 * Aden Strong, actor
 * Sammy Strong, actor
 * Tara Strong, actress
 * Kyle Switzer, television actor (15/Love)
 * Al Waxman, actor
 * Johnny Wayne, comedian

Directors and producers

 * David Cronenberg, filmmaker, screenwriter
 * Kenny Hotz, filmmaker, actor, producer, director, journalist, photographer and writer
 * Lorne Michaels, television producer, writer, comedian, and actor

Politicians

 * Mark Adler, MP
 * Michael Applebaum, Mayor of Montreal
 * Jack Austin, former senator and former cabinet minister; married to Natalie Veiner Freeman
 * Dave Barrett, former premier of British Columbia
 * Peter Bercovitch, Quebec MNA and MP
 * Lawrence Bergman, Quebec MNA and cabinet minister
 * David de Burgh Graham, Quebec MP
 * Jim Carr, MP and Minister of Natural Resources
 * Saul Cherniack, Manitoba MLA
 * Irwin Cotler, Quebec MP
 * David Croll, first Jewish senator
 * Julie Dabrusin, MP for Toronto-Danforth
 * Dr. Martin L. Dobkin, elected October 1, 1973 as first Mayor of the newly created City of Mississauga
 * Samuel Factor, first Jewish MP elected in Ontario
 * Sheila Finestone, former MP and senator
 * Raymonde Folco, MP
 * Myra Freeman, lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia
 * Linda Frum Ontario Senator
 * Victor Goldbloom, Quebec MNA and doctor
 * Yoine Goldstein, former senator
 * Karina Gould, MP and Minister of Democratic Institutions
 * Herb Gray, former deputy prime minister
 * Ezekiel Hart, the first Jew elected to a Canadian Parliament
 * Anthony Housefather, Canadian Member of Parliament and former Mayor of Côte Saint-Luc
 * Monte Kwinter, Ontario MPP
 * Mel Lastman, former Mayor of Toronto
 * Michael Levitt, MP for York Centre
 * David Lewis, former leader of the federal NDP
 * Stephen Lewis, former Leader of the Opposition in Ontario, leader of the Ontario NDP, Canadian ambassador to the United Nations
 * Stephen Mandel, mayor of Edmonton
 * Jack Marshall, former MP and Senator from Newfoundland
 * Tom Marshall, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
 * Gila Martow, PC MPP for Ontario
 * Dr. Danny Nathanson, mayor of New Waterford, Nova Scotia in the 1960s and 1970s
 * Joe Oliver, former MP and Minister of Finance
 * Nathan Phillips, mayor of Toronto
 * Jacques Saada, MP
 * Peter Shurman, Ontario MPP
 * Mira Spivak, former senator
 * Sidney Spivak, Manitoba MLA
 * Gerry Weiner, MP

Jurists and public servants

 * Rosalie Abella, Supreme Court Justice
 * Morris Fish, Supreme Court Justice
 * Bora Laskin, Supreme Court Justice
 * Michael Moldaver, Supreme Court Justice
 * Louis Rasminsky, Order of Canada, banker, economist, 3rd Governor of Bank of Canada, alternate chairman foreign Exchange Control board, member of Economic and Financial section of the League of Nations, contributed to the Bretton Woods Conference
 * Marshall Rothstein, Supreme Court Justice
 * Tillie Taylor, judge, first chair of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission

Activists

 * Bernie Farber, Labour leader, Jewish community leader, social activist
 * Henry Morgentaler, doctor and abortion activist
 * Judy Rebick, Labour activist

Popular musicians

 * Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter and poet
 * Drake, hip hop artist and actor
 * Jim Gelcer, jazz musician, singer, Kirtan music performer, composer, record producer, former member of the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band
 * Geddy Lee, lead singer, bassist and keyboardist for progressive rock band Rush
 * David Macklovitch, member of electrofunk duo Chromeo
 * Sophie Milman (1983– ), jazz musician
 * Steven Page, founding member of Barenaked Ladies
 * Robbie Robertson, composer and original lead guitarist of The Band
 * Paul Shaffer, bandleader
 * Amy Sky, singer-songwriter, record producer, theatre actress, and television host
 * Socalled, real name Josh Dolgin, rapper and producer
 * David Usher, former frontman for Moist
 * Nikki Yanofsky, jazz-pop singer
 * Zal Yanovsky, rock musician, guitarist with The Lovin' Spoonful
 * Alissa White-Gluz, melodic death metal musician (of Jewish and Lithuanian origin).

Scientists

 * Helen Freedhoff

Authors

 * David Berman, author
 * David Bezmozgis, author
 * Leonard Cohen, poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter
 * Sheila Heti, novelist
 * Naomi Klein, author, activist, and filmmaker
 * Irving Layton, poet and author
 * Jack Ludwig, novelist and sportswriter
 * Eli Mandel, poet
 * Anne Michaels, poet and novelist; Jewish father
 * David Rakoff, author
 * Mordecai Richler, author, screenwriter and essayist
 * William Shatner, bestselling science fiction author; also actor and director
 * Karen X. Tulchinsky, author and screenwriter
 * Miriam Waddington, poet
 * Tom Wayman, poet
 * William Weintraub, author
 * Adele Wiseman, writer

Journalists

 * Barbara Amiel, journalist
 * Nathan Cohen, theatre critic, broadcaster
 * Red Fisher, sports journalist
 * Barbara Frum, journalist
 * Ariel Helwani, mixed martial arts journalist
 * Peter C. Newman, journalist
 * Evan Solomon, journalist
 * Larry Zolf, journalist

Athletes

 * Murray Bannerman, ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)
 * Maxie Berger, boxer, wore a Star of David on his trunks
 * Adam Braz, soccer, defender (Montreal Impact and national team)
 * Ross Brooks, ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)
 * Hy Buller, ice hockey, Canadian-born US, All-Star defenceman (NHL)
 * Michael Cammalleri, ice hockey, left wing (New Jersey Devils)
 * Noah Cantor, CFL player
 * Steve Dubinsky, ice hockey, center (NHL)
 * Daniel Erlich, ice hockey, forward (Guelph Storm, OHL)
 * Sharon Fichman, tennis player
 * Gottfried Fuchs, soccer, Germany/Canada (German national team)
 * Cecil Hart, Montreal Canadiens coach, namesake of the Hart Memorial Trophy
 * Lew Hayman, Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes coach
 * Adam Henrich, ice hockey, left wing/center (HC Asiago of the Italian Serie A)
 * Michael Henrich, ice hockey, right wing, 1st Jewish player drafted in NHL 1st round (by Edmonton Oilers)
 * Corey Hirsch, ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)
 * Max Labovitch, ice hockey, right wing (NHL)
 * Alex Levinsky, ice hockey, defenceman (NHL)
 * Sammy Luftspring, boxer, Canadian champion welterweight, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
 * David Nemirovsky, ice hockey, right wing (CSKA Moscow)
 * Bobby Nystrom, ice hockey, Swedish-born Canadian, right wing (NHL) (converted to Judaism)
 * Fred Oberlander, Austrian, British, and Canadian wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion
 * Cory Pecker, ice hockey, right wing (Nationalliga B's Switzerland team Lausanne HC), drafted 6th round by Calgary Flames in 1999
 * Goody Rosen, baseball player, outfielder, All-Star
 * Bobbie Rosenfeld, runner and long jumper, world record (100-yard dash); Olympic champion (4x100-m relay) and silver (100-m)
 * Louis Rubenstein, world figure skating champion
 * Trevor Smith, ice hockey, centre (Toronto Maple Leafs)
 * Adam Stern, baseball player, outfielder
 * Ronnie Stern, ice hockey, right wing (NHL)
 * Andrew Sznajder, tennis player
 * Mike Veisor, ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)
 * Stephen Weiss, ice hockey, forward (Detroit Red Wings, NHL)
 * Ethan Werek, ice hockey, forward (Kingston Frontenacs, OHL); New York Rangers 2009 draft pick traded to (Phoenix Coyotes) 2011
 * Bernie Wolfe, ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)
 * Larry Zeidel, ice hockey, defenceman (NHL)