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Canadians of English descent
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The number of Canadians who are of English descent is largely unknowable given the propensity of many Canadians to use the term "English Canadian" or "English-Canadian" to mean anglophone Canadiancitation needed.
Notable English immigrants to Canada
- Roger Abbott, comedian - born in Birkenhead
- Steve Armitage, sports announcer - born in Buckinghamshire
- Mackenzie Bowell, 5th Prime Minister of Canada
- Patrick Brown, broadcast journalist
- Kim Cattrall, actress
- Michael Cowpland, business CEO
- Alfred Gardyne de Chastelain, father of Canadian general John de Chastelain
- Dick Howard, soccer commentator - raised in Birkenhead
- Lennox Lewis, former boxer
- Peter Mansbridge, broadcast journalist, television news anchor
- Dave Ridgway, former CFL placekicker
- John Turner, 17th Prime Minister of Canada
- Frank Yallop, former soccer player and current team manager - raised in Watford and Vancouver
- Richie Hawtin an Electronic music DJ.
Notable Canadians of English descent
- Bryan Adams, popular music star performer
- Margaret Atwood, fiction writer
- Oswald Avery, medical researcher - born in Halifax, N.S. to English immigrant family
- 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
- 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 prequels
- David Edgar, Newcastle United soccer player - father is former pro Eddie Edgar
- Owen Hargreaves, Manchester United soccer player - son of immigrant English mother (and Welsh father)
- Joseph Howe, prominent Nova Scotia leader and father of Confederation - son of an United Empire Loyalist, the Howe family were descendant of Puritan migrants
- Michael Ironside, Canadian actor of English, Scottish, and Irish descent
- Sonija Kwok, Hong Kong actress, born there to English and Chinese parentage
- Jack Layton, New Democratic Party leader - Laytons migrated to Canada
- Mike Myers, actor - parents immigrated to Canada from the Liverpool area
- Steve Nash, star basketball player - born to English expatriates in South Africa, raised along with soccer player brother Martin in Victoria, B.C.
- Keanu Reeves
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