List of Canadian Jews

This list of Canadian Jews includes notable Canadian Jews or Canadians of Jewish descent, arranged by field of activity.

Biology and medicine

 * Eric Berne (1910–1970), psychiatrist
 * John Bienenstock (1936– ), immunologist
 * Daniel Borsuk (1978– ), plastic surgeon
 * Éric Cohen (1958– ), molecular virologist
 * Max Cynader (1947– ), ophthalmologist and neuroscientist
 * Dorothy Dworkin (1889–1976), nurse and founder of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
 * William Feindel (1918–2014), neurosurgeon
 * Samuel Freedman (1928– ), clinical immunologist
 * Phil Gold (1936– ), medical researcher
 * Larry Goldenberg (1953– ), medical researcher
 * Carl Goresky (1932–1996), physician and scientist
 * Michael Hayden (1951– ), geneticist
 * Sara Hestrin-Lerner (1918–2017), physiologist
 * Abram Hoffer (1917–2009), physician and psychiatrist
 * Charles Hollenberg (1930–2003), physician and medical researcher
 * Harold Kaplan (1928–1998), psychiatrist
 * George Karpati (1934–2009), neurologist
 * Gideon Koren (1947– ), pediatrician
 * Gabor Maté (1944– ), physician
 * Harry Medovy (1904–1995), paediatrician
 * Henry Morgentaler CM (1923–2013), doctor and abortion activist
 * Richard Goldbloom (1924–2021), paediatrician
 * Mel Rosenberg (1951– ), microbiologist
 * Sydney Segal (1920–1997), pediatrician and neonatologist
 * Louis Siminovitch CC (1920–2021), molecular biologist
 * Nahum Sonenberg (1946– ), microbiologist and biochemist
 * Ralph Steinman (1943–2011), medical researcher; Nobel Prize in Medicine (2011)
 * Karl Stern (1906–1975), neurologist and psychiatrist
 * Mark Wainberg OC (1945–2017), HIV/AIDS researcher
 * Zena Werb (1945–2020), cell biologist

Computing and mathematics

 * Dror Bar-Natan (1966– ), topologist
 * Yoshua Bengio (1964– ), computer scientist
 * David Borwein (1924–2021), mathematician
 * Jonathan Borwein (1951–2016), mathematician
 * Peter Borwein (1953–2020), mathematician
 * Nathan Divinsky (1925–2012), mathematician and chess master
 * Ian Goldberg (1973– ), cryptographer
 * Calvin Gotlieb (1921–2016), computer scientist
 * Michael Gurstein (1944–2017), computer scientist
 * Israel Halperin (1911–2007), algebraist
 * Hans Heilbronn (1908–1975), mathematician
 * William Kahan (1933– ), computer scientist and mathematician; Turing Award (1989)
 * Irving Kaplansky (1917–2006), mathematician
 * Yael Karshon (1964– ), symplectic geometer
 * Cecilia Krieger (1894–1974), mathematician
 * Nathan Mendelsohn (1917–2006), combinatorialist and group theorist
 * Pierre Milman (1945– ), algebraic and differential geometer
 * Louis Nirenberg (1925–2020), analyst; Abel Prize (2015)
 * Anatol Rapoport (1911–2007), applied mathematician
 * Robert Steinberg (1922–2014), algebraist
 * George Zames (1934–1997), control theorist

Engineering

 * Norbert Berkowitz (1924–2001), engineering researcher
 * Gregory Chamitoff (1962– ), NASA astronaut and engineer
 * Valery Fabrikant (1940– ), mechanical engineer and convicted murderer
 * Charles Hershfield (1910–1990), structural engineer
 * Josef Kates (1921–2018), engineer
 * Leon Katz (1924–2015), biomedical engineer
 * Cyril Leonoff (1925–2016), geotechnical engineer

History

 * Irving Abella CM (1940– ), historian
 * Norman Cantor (1929–2004), historian
 * Natalie Zemon Davis (1928– ), historian
 * David Feuerwerker (1912–1980), historian
 * Jan Grabowski (1962– ), historian and writer
 * Jack Granatstein OC (1939– ), political and military historian
 * Ronald Hamowy (1937–2012), historian and political theorist
 * Gabriel Kolko (1932–2014), historian
 * Michael Marrus (1941– ), historian
 * David Noble (1945–2010), historian of technology
 * Derek Penslar (1958– ), historian
 * Harold Troper (1942– ), historian
 * Daniel Woolf (1958– ), historian

Humanities

 * Gregory Baum (1923–2017), priest and theologian
 * Leon Edel (1907–1997), literary critic; Pulitzer Prize (1963)
 * Archie Green (1917–2009), folklorist
 * Marvin Herzog (1927–2013), professor of Yiddish language
 * Norma Joseph (1944– ), professor of Jewish Studies
 * Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (1942– ), scholar of Jewish studies
 * Allan Nadler (1954– ), professor of Jewish studies
 * Adele Reinhartz (1953– ), professor of Biblical literature
 * David Roskies (1948– ), literary scholar
 * Abraham de Sola (1825–1882), professor of Semitic languages and literature
 * Ruth Wisse (1936– ), professor of Yiddish literature

Philosophy

 * Howard Adelman (1938– ), philosopher
 * Gerald Cohen (1941–2009), political philosopher
 * S. Morris Engel (1931– ), philosopher
 * Emil Fackenheim (1916–2003), philosopher and theologian
 * Raymond Klibansky (1905–2005), historian of philosophy
 * Lou Marinoff (1951– ), philosopher
 * Roger Nash (1946– ), philosopher
 * Michael Neumann (1946– ), philosopher
 * Jay Newman (1948–2007), philosopher
 * Leonard Peikoff (1933– ), philosopher
 * Hillel Steiner (1942– ), political philosopher

Physics and chemistry

 * Isaac Abella (1934–2016), physicist
 * Sidney Altman (1939–2022), molecular biologist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1989)
 * Alfred Bader (1924–2018), chemist
 * Myer Bloom (1928–2016), physicist
 * Jacques Distler (1961– ), physicist
 * Ursula Franklin (1921–2016) metallurgist and physicist
 * Helen Freedhoff (1940–2017), theoretical physicist
 * Stanton Friedman (1934–2019 ), nuclear physicist and ufologist
 * Jack Halpern (1925–2018), inorganic chemist
 * Shlomo Hestrin (1914–1962), biochemist
 * Leopold Infeld (1898–1958), physicist
 * Werner Israel (1931–2022), physicist
 * Martin Kamen (1913–2002), chemist
 * Leon Katz (1909–2004), physicist
 * Victoria Kaspi (1967– ), astrophysicist
 * Lawrence Krauss (1954– ), theoretical physicist
 * David Levy (1948– ), astronomer
 * Rudolph Marcus (1923– ), chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1997)
 * Maya Paczuski (1963– ), physicist
 * John Polanyi CC (1929– ), chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1986)
 * Juda Hirsch Quastel CC (1899–1987), biochemist
 * Sara Seager (1971– ), astronomer
 * Moshe Shapiro (1944–2013), chemist and physicist
 * David Shugar (1915–2015), physicist
 * Louis Slotin (1910–1946), physicist and chemist
 * Joe Schwarcz, science writer and chemist
 * Theodore Sourkes (1919–2015), biochemist
 * Rudolf Vrba (1924–2006), biochemist
 * Leo Yaffe (1916–1997), nuclear chemist and university administrator

Social sciences

 * Bernard Avishai (1949– ), professor of business
 * Ellen Bialystok (1948– ), psychologist
 * Paul Bloom (1963– ), psychologist
 * Reuven Brenner (1947– ), economist
 * Michel Chossudovsky (1946– ), economist
 * Stanley Coren (1942– ), psychologist
 * Kurt Freund (1914–1996), sexologist
 * Rochel Gelman (1942– ), psychologist
 * Reva Gerstein (1917–2020), psychologist
 * Erving Goffman (1922–1982), sociologist
 * Myrna Gopnik, (1935–), linguist
 * Ida Halpern (1910–1987), ethnomusicologist
 * Samuel Hollander (1937– ), economist
 * Gad Horowitz (1936– ), political scientist
 * Helmut Kallmann (1922–2012), musicologist
 * Ivan Kalmar (1948– ), anthropologist
 * James Laxer (1941–2018), political economist
 * Daniel Levitin (1957– ), cognitive psychologist
 * Ronald Melzack (1929–2019), psychologist
 * Henry Mintzberg (1939– ), business theorist
 * Sylvia Ostry (1927–2020), economist
 * Leo Panitch (1945–2020), political scientist
 * Norman Penner (1921–2009), political scientist and historian
 * Steven Pinker (1954– ), cognitive psychologist and linguist
 * Susan Pinker (1957– ), psychologist and writer
 * Frances Fox Piven (1932– ), political scientist
 * Gad Saad (1964– ), evolutionary psychologist
 * Myron Scholes (1941– ), financial economist; Nobel Prize in Economics (1997)
 * Vera Shlakman (1909–2017), economist
 * Lionel Tiger, anthropologist
 * Jacob Viner (1892–1970), economist
 * Kenneth Zucker (1950– ), psychologist and sexologist
 * Shlomo Weber (1949– ), economist

University administration

 * Isaac Hellmuth (1819–1901), founder of the University of Western Ontario
 * Myer Horowitz (1932–2022), president of the University of Alberta
 * Sheldon Levy (1949– ), president and vice-chancellor of Ryerson University
 * Jack N. Lightstone (1951– ), provost of Concordia University; president of Brock University
 * Frederick Lowy (1933– ), president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University
 * Arnold Naimark (1933– ), president of the University of Manitoba
 * Mordechai Rozanski (1946– ), president of the University of Guelph
 * Bernard Shapiro (1935– ), principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University
 * Harold Shapiro (1935– ), president of Princeton University
 * Daniel Woolf (1958– ), principal and vice-chancellor of Queen's University
 * Max Wyman (1916–1991), president of the University of Alberta

Activists

 * Manuel Batshaw (1915–2016), social worker
 * Marjorie Blankstein, community activist
 * Judy Feld Carr (1938– ), human rights activist
 * Sabina Citron (1928– ), activist and author
 * Martha Cohen CM (1920–2015), community activist
 * Betty Dubiner (1912–2008), disabilities activist
 * Bernie Farber (1951– ), Jewish community leader and social activist
 * Abraham Feinberg (1899–1986), human rights activist.
 * Shulamith Firestone (1945–2012), radical feminist
 * Ruth Frankel (1903–1989), activist
 * Howard Galganov (1950– ), political activist
 * Saul Hayes OC (1906–1980), activist
 * Goldie Hershon (1941–2020), activist and Jewish community leader
 * Lotta Hitschmanova CC (1909-1990), international development and humanitarian leader
 * Kalmen Kaplansky (1912–1997), human rights activist
 * Hillel Neuer (1969– ), executive director of UN Watch
 * Judy Rebick (1945– ), political activist
 * Dorothy Reitman CM (1932– ), activist
 * Léa Roback (1903–2000), social activist and feminist
 * Irv Rubin (1945–2002), Kahanist activist
 * David Shentow (1925–2017), Holocaust educator

Architects and designers

 * Hans Blumenfeld (1892–1988), architect and city planner
 * Benjamin Brown (1890–1974), architect
 * Jack Diamond (1932–2022), architect
 * Frank Gehry (1929– ), architect
 * Gregory Henriquez (1963– ), architect
 * Phyllis Lambert (1927– ), architect and philanthropist
 * Cornelia Oberlander (1921–2021), landscape architect
 * Peter Oberlander (1922–2008), architect
 * Moshe Safdie (1938– ), architect
 * Arnold Scaasi (1930–2015), fashion designer

Fine arts

 * Omer Arbel (1976– ), sculptor and designer
 * Aba Bayefsky (1923–2001), artist
 * Arnold Belkin (1930–1992), painter
 * Barry Blitt (1958– ), illustrator
 * Sam Borenstein (1908–1969), painter
 * Ghitta Caiserman-Roth (1923–2005), artist
 * Lynne Cohen (1944–2014), photography
 * Yehouda Chaki (1938– ), artist
 * Sorel Etrog (1933–2014), sculptor
 * Albert Gilbert (1922–2019), photographer
 * Gerald Gladstone (1929–2005), sculptor
 * Eric Goldberg (1890–1969), painter
 * Jack Goldstein (1945–2003), multimedia artist
 * Pnina Granirer (1935– ), painter
 * Philip Guston (1913–1980), abstract expressionist
 * Gilah Yelin Hirsch (1944– ), artist
 * Eli Ilan (1928–1982), sculptor
 * Gershon Iskowitz (1921–1988), artist
 * Sarah Jackson (1924–2004), artist
 * Mayer Kirshenblatt (1916–2009), painter
 * Sylvia Lefkovitz (1924–1987), painter and sculptor
 * Stanley Lewis (1930–2006), sculptor
 * Harry Mayerovitch (1910–2004), artist and architect
 * Louis Muhlstock (1904–2001), painter
 * Henry Orenstein (1918–2008), painter
 * Alfred Pinsky (1921–1999), painter
 * David Rabinowitch (1943– ), sculptor
 * Royden Rabinowitch (1943– ), sculptor
 * William Raphael (1833–1914), painter
 * Meyer Ryshpan (1898-1985), painter
 * Miriam Schapiro (1923–2015), artist
 * Regina Seiden (1897–1991), painter
 * Yechiel Shainblum, (died 1987), painter and sculptor
 * Joe Shuster (1914–1992), co-creator of Superman
 * Erik Slutsky (1953– ), painter
 * Max Stern (1904–1987), art dealer
 * Avrom Yanovsky (1911–1979), cartoonist

Finance

 * Mitch Garber (1964–), investor and business executive
 * Sol Kanee (1909–2007), banker and Jewish community leader
 * Alvin Libin (1931– ), investor and co-owner of Calgary Sports and Entertainment
 * Lazarus Phillips (1895 –1986), director of the Royal Bank of Canada and senator
 * Louis Rasminsky (1908–1998), Governor of Bank of Canada
 * Jeff Rubin (1954– ), chief economist of CIBC World Markets
 * Gerry Schwartz (1941– ), CEO of Onex Corporation
 * Alex Shnaider (1968– ), co-founder of the Midland Group
 * Lawrence Stroll (1959– ), investor
 * Mark Wiseman (1970– ) CEO of the CPP Investment Board

Media

 * Izzy Asper OC (1932–2003), chairman of Canwest Global Communications
 * Leonard Asper (1964– ), president and CEO of Canwest Global Communications
 * Avie Bennett (1928–2017), chairman of McClelland & Stewart
 * Jacques Bensimon (1943–2012), director of the National Film Board of Canada
 * Mark Breslin (1952– ), co-founder of Yuk Yuk's
 * Edgar Bronfman Jr. (1955– ), CEO and chairman of Warner Music Group
 * Paul Godfrey (1939– ), president and CEO of Postmedia Network
 * Michael Goldbloom (1953– ), president of Star Media Group
 * Ian Greenberg (1942– ), co-founder and CEO of Astral Media
 * Michael Hirsh (1948– ), co-founder of Nelvana
 * Mel Hurtig (1932–2016), publisher
 * Jonathan Kay (1968– ), editor-in-chief of The Walrus
 * Ezra Levant (1972– ), political commentator and founder of Rebel News
 * David Margolese (1957– ), founder of Sirius XM Radio
 * Louis B. Mayer (1884–1957), co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
 * Andy Nulman (1959– ), co-founder of Just for Laughs
 * M. J. Nurenberger (1911–2001), founder of the Canadian Jewish News
 * Bernard Ostry (1927–2006), chair and CEO of TVOntario
 * Robert Rabinovitch (1943– ), president and CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 * A. M. Rosenthal (1922–2006), executive editor of The New York Times; Pulitzer Prize (1960)
 * Brian Segal (1943– ), president and CEO of Rogers Publishing
 * Jay Switzer (1956–2018), president and CEO of CHUM Limited
 * Jack L. Warner (1892–1978), president of Warner Bros. Studios
 * Moses Znaimer (1942– ), co-founder and head of Citytv
 * Mortimer Zuckerman (1937– ), co-founder of Boston Properties and media proprietor

Natural resources

 * Robert Friedland (1950– ), founder of Ivanhoe Mines
 * Leon Joseph Koerner (1892–1972), philanthropist and industrialist
 * Peter Munk (1927–2018), founder of Barrick Gold
 * Joseph Rotman (1935–2015), businessman and philanthropist
 * Seymour Schulich (1940– ), mining businessman and philanthropist
 * Irving Schwartz OC (1929–2010), entrepreneur and philanthropist
 * Levy Solomons (1730–1792), merchant and fur trader

Philanthropists

 * Bluma Appel (1919–2007), philanthropist
 * Jenny Belzberg (1928– ), philanthropist
 * Alfred David Benjamin (1848–1900), businessman and philanthropist
 * Lillian Bilsky Freiman (1885–1940), philanthropist and civil leader
 * Ruth Goldbloom (1923–2012), co-founder of Pier 21

Real estate

 * Marcel Adams (1920–2020), real estate investor
 * Sylvan Adams (1958– ), real estate investor
 * David Azrieli (1922–2014), real estate magnate
 * Samuel Belzberg (1928–2018), businessman
 * The Ghermezian family, shopping mall developers
 * Mitchell Goldhar (1962– ), founder of SmartCentres and owner of Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
 * Michal Hornstein (1920–2016), businessman and philanthropist
 * The Reichmann family, real estate magnates
 * Edward Reichmann (1925–2005), real estate magnate
 * Paul Reichmann (1930–2013), real estate magnate
 * Jack Singer (1917–2013), real estate developer
 * Allan Zeman (1949– ), developer

Retail

 * Aldo Bensadoun (1939– ), founder of the Aldo Group
 * The Bronfman family, businesspeople and philanthropists
 * Charles Bronfman (1931– ), co-chairman of Seagram's
 * Edgar Bronfman Sr. (1929–2013), head of Seagram's and president of the World Jewish Congress
 * Samuel Bronfman (1889–1971), founder of Seagram's
 * Dov Charney (1969– ), founder of American Apparel
 * Lyon Cohen (1868–1937), businessman and philanthropist
 * George Cohon (1937– ), founder of McDonald's Canada
 * Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), co-founder of Consolidated Foods
 * Leslie Dan (1929– ), founder of Novopharm
 * Sir Mortimer Davis (1866–1928), tobacco industry executive
 * Archibald Jacob Freiman (1880–1944), founder of Freimans
 * Hershey Friedman (1950– ), owner of Agri Star
 * Daniel Friedmann (1956– ), CEO of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates
 * Daryl Katz (1961– ), founder of Katz Group of Companies and owner of the Edmonton Oilers
 * Murray Koffler (1924–2017), founder of Shoppers Drug Mart
 * Ed Mirvish OC (1914–2007), founder of Honest Ed's
 * Jack Rabinovitch (1930–2017), philanthropist
 * Heather Reisman (1948– ), founder and CEO of Indigo Books and Music
 * Dani Reiss (1973– ), president and CEO of Canada Goose
 * Irv Robbins (1917–2008), co-founder of Baskin-Robbins
 * Bruce Rockowitz (1958– ), CEO and vice-chairman of Global Brands Group
 * Harry Rosen (1931– ), founder of Harry Rosen Inc.
 * Larry Rosen (1956– ), chairman and CEO of Harry Rosen Inc.
 * Calin Rovinescu (1955– ), president and CEO of Air Canada
 * Isai Scheinberg (1946– ), co-founder of PokerStars
 * Mark Scheinberg (1973– ), co-founder of PokerStars
 * Isadore Sharp (1931– ), founder and chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
 * Barry Sherman (1942–2017), chairman and CEO of Apotex
 * Jeffrey Skoll (1965– ), president of eBay
 * Sam Steinberg (1905–1978), president of Steinberg's
 * Larry Tanenbaum (1945– ), chairman of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment

Jurists

 * Rosalie Abella (1946– ), Supreme Court Justice
 * Harry Batshaw (1902–1984), Quebec Superior Court Justice
 * Charles Dubin (1921–2008), Chief Justice of Ontario
 * Morris Fish (1938– ), Supreme Court Justice
 * Samuel Freedman OC (1908–1993), Chief Justice of Manitoba
 * Constance Glube (1931–2016), Chief Justice of Nova Scotia
 * Alan Gold (1917–2005), Chief Justice of Quebec
 * Sydney Harris (1917–2009), judge
 * Bora Laskin (1912–1984), 14th Chief Justice of Canada
 * Herbert Marx (1932–2020), Quebec Superior Court Justice and Minister of Justice
 * Michael Moldaver (1947– ), Supreme Court Justice
 * Nathaniel Nemetz (1913–1997), Chief Justice of British Columbia
 * Marshall Rothstein (1940– ), Supreme Court Justice
 * Tillie Taylor (1922–2011), Saskatchewan's first female magistrate

Lawyers

 * Monroe Abbey (1904–1993), lawyer
 * Maurice Alexander (1889–1945), barrister
 * Dennis Beker (1989–present), lawyer
 * Louis Bloomfield (1906–1984), lawyer and businessman
 * Alan Borovoy (1932–2015), lawyer and human rights activist
 * Harold Buchwald (1928–2008), lawyer
 * Reuben Cohen (1921–2014), lawyer and businessman
 * Martin Friedland (1932– ), lawyer
 * Rocco Galati (1959– ), constitutional lawyer
 * Edward Greenspan (1944–2014), lawyer
 * Adolphus Hart (1814–1879), lawyer and activist
 * David Matas (1943– ), human rights lawyer
 * Ed Morgan (1955– ), international lawyer
 * Harry Rankin (1920–2002), lawyer
 * William Schabas (1950– ), professor of international law
 * Morris Shumiatcher (1917–2004), lawyer and human rights activist
 * Harvey Strosberg (1944– ), lawyer
 * Harry Walsh (1913–2011), criminal lawyer
 * Benjamin Zimmerman (1862–1923), justice of the peace

Military

 * Morris Cohen (1887–1970), Canadian Expeditionary Force officers and adventurer
 * Eleazar David David (1811–1887), cavalry officer
 * Ben Dunkelman (1913–1997), World War II and 1948 Arab–Israeli War soldier
 * Moe Hurwitz DCM (1919–1944), World War II soldier
 * Maxwell Kogon (1920–1980), World War II bomber pilot
 * Yank Levy (1897–1965), soldier and military instructor
 * Gill Rosenberg (1983– ), member of the Women's Protection Units
 * Sydney Shulemson (1915–2007), World War II fighter pilot
 * Peter Stevens (RAF officer) (1919–1979), German born WWII RAF officer, and RCAF post-war, best known for multiple POW escapes

Actors and performers

 * Harvey Atkin (1942–2017), actor and voice actor
 * Aviva Armour-Ostroff, actress and filmmaker
 * Liane Balaban (1980– ), actress
 * Jay Baruchel (1982– ), actor, comedian, and screenwriter
 * Frances Bay (1919–2011), character actress
 * Lani Billard (1979– ), television actress
 * Lionel Blair (1928–2021), actor and choreographer
 * Ben Blue (1901–1975), actor and comedian
 * Lloyd Bochner (1924–2005), actor
 * Bobby Breen (1927–2016), actor and singer
 * Howard Busgang, comedian
 * Neve Campbell (1973– ), film and television actress
 * Maury Chaykin (1949–2010), actor
 * Boris Cherniak (1964– ), hypnotist
 * Emmanuelle Chriqui (1975– ), actress
 * Lauren Collins (1986– ), television actress
 * Pauline Donalda (1882–1970), operatic soprano
 * Barbara Dunkelman (1989– ), actress and internet personality
 * Ophira Eisenberg (1972– ), comedian
 * Jamie Elman (born 1976 or 1977), actor
 * Jake Epstein (1987– ), television actor
 * Stacey Farber (1987– ), television actress
 * Maureen Forrester (1930–2010), operatic contralto
 * Celia Franca (1921–2007), founder of the National Ballet of Canada
 * Victor Garber (1949– ), actor
 * Jessalyn Gilsig (1971– ), television actress
 * Joanna Gleason (1950– ), actress
 * Jake Goldsbie (1988– ), television actor
 * Anais Granofsky (1973– ), actress
 * Lorne Greene (1915–1987), actor
 * Nathan Fielder (1983– ), actor and comedian
 * Corey Haim (1971–2010), actor
 * Monty Hall (1921–2017), game show host
 * Melissa Hayden (1923–2006), ballerina
 * Lou Jacobi (1913–2009), actor
 * Jonathan Keltz (1988– ), actor
 * Shane Kippel (1986– ), television actor
 * Mia Kirshner (1975– ), actress
 * Jack Kruschen (1922–2002), character actor
 * Paul Kligman (1923–1985), actor
 * Rachelle Lefevre (1979– ), actress
 * Sylvia Lennick (1915–2009), actress
 * Caissie Levy (1981– ), stage actress and singer
 * Eugene Levy (1946– ), actor and director
 * Jaclyn Linetsky (1986–2003), television actress
 * Mary Livingstone (1905–1983), radio comedian and actress
 * Howie Mandel (1955– ), actor and comedian
 * Rick Moranis (1953– ), actor and comedian
 * Harley Morenstein (1985–), actor and Internet personality
 * Irene Pavloska (1889–1962), mezzo-soprano
 * Gloria Reuben (1964– ), television actress
 * Spencer Rice (1963– ), writer, director and performer
 * Seth Rogen (1982– ), film and television actor
 * Sasha Roiz (1973– ), actor
 * Saul Rubinek (1948– ), actor, director, producer and playwright
 * Jonathan Sagall (1959– ), actor
 * Mort Sahl (1927–2021), stand-up comedian
 * William Shatner (1931– ), actor, director, and writer
 * Norma Shearer (1902–1983), actress and Hollywood star
 * Frank Shuster OC (1916–2002), comedian
 * Anna Silk (1974– ), actress
 * David Steinberg (1942– ), comedian and director
 * Stuart Stone (1980– ), actor
 * Tara Strong (1973– ), actress
 * Kyle Switzer (1985– ), television actor
 * Theresa Tova (1955– ), actress and playwright
 * Al Waxman (1935–2001), actor
 * Johnny Wayne (1918–1990), comedian
 * Joseph Wiseman (1918–2009), theatre and film actor
 * Finn Wolfhard (2002– ), actor

Directors and producers

 * Barry Avrich (1963– ), television producer and film director
 * Laszlo Barna (1948– ), television producer
 * Zack Bernbaum, film director
 * Murray Cohl (1929–2008), film director
 * David Cronenberg CC (1943– ), filmmaker and screenwriter
 * Garth Drabinsky (1949– ), film and theatrical producer
 * Bob Ezrin (1949– ), music producer
 * Ken Finkleman (1946– ), television producer
 * Jay Firestone (1956– ), film and television producer
 * Sidney Furie (1933– ), film director
 * Herman Geiger-Torel (1907–1976), opera director
 * Jake Gold (1958– ), musician manager
 * Harold Greenberg (1930–1996), film producer
 * Al Guest (1933– ), animation producer and director
 * Arthur Hiller OC (1923–2016), director
 * John Hirsch (1930–1989), theatre director
 * Michael Hirsh (1948– ), television producer
 * Kenny Hotz (1967– ), producer and entertainer
 * Simcha Jacobovici (1953– ), film director
 * Estelle Klein (1930–2004), artistic director
 * Franz Kraemer (1914–1999), radio producer
 * Shawn Levy (1968– ), film director and producer
 * Avi Lewis (1968– ), documentary filmmaker and television host
 * Benjamin Lumley (1811–1875), opera director
 * Francis Mankiewicz (1944–1993), director
 * Lorne Michaels (1944– ), television producer
 * David Mirvish (1944– ), theatre producer
 * Sydney Newman OC (1917–1997), producer
 * Noah Pink, screenwriter and television producer
 * Jeremy Podeswa (1962– ), film and television director
 * Ivan Reitman OC (1946–2022), film producer and director
 * Jason Reitman (1977– ), film director
 * J.R. Rotem (1975– ), record producer
 * Albert Ruddy (1930– ), film director
 * Harry Saltzman (1915–1994), film producer
 * Dora Wasserman (1919–2003), playwright and theater director
 * Arna Selznick (1948– ), film director and story artist specializing in animation.

Composers

 * Murray Adaskin (1906–2002), composer
 * Karel Ančerl (1908–1973), conductor
 * István Anhalt (1919–2012), composer
 * Louis Applebaum (1918–2000), film score composer
 * Milton Barnes (1931–2001), composer and conductor
 * Boris Berlin (1907–2001), musical instructor and composer
 * David Botwinik (1920–2022), composer
 * Alexander Brott (1915–2005), conductor and composer
 * Boris Brott (1944– ), conductor
 * Percy Faith (1908–1976), bandleader
 * Harry Freedman (1922–2005), composer
 * Lewis Furey (1949– ), composer
 * Srul Glick (1934–2002), composer
 * Helmut Kallmann (1918–1985), composer
 * Uri Mayer (1946– ), conductor and violinist
 * Oskar Morawetz (1917–2007), composer
 * Albert Pratz (1914–1995), conductor and violinist
 * Paul Shaffer CM (1949– ), bandleader
 * Howard Shore OC (1946– ), composer
 * Ben Steinberg (1930– ), composer and conductor
 * Heinz Unger (1895–1965), conductor
 * Maurice Zbriger (1896–1981), composer and violinist

Classical

 * Frances Adaskin (1900–2001), pianist
 * Harry Adaskin (1901–1994), violinist
 * Ellen Ballon (1898–1969), pianist
 * Denis Brott (1950– ), cellist
 * Rivka Golani (1946– ), viola player
 * Moshe Hammer (1946– ), violinist
 * Ofra Harnoy (1965– ), cellist
 * Jacques Israelievitch (1948–2015), violinist
 * Minuetta Kessler (1914–2002), concert pianist
 * Anton Kuerti (1938– ), pianist
 * Zara Nelsova (1918–2002), cellist
 * Isidor Philipp (1863–1958), pianist and composer
 * Ari Posner (born 1970), film and television score composer
 * Ezra Schabas (1924–2020), musician
 * Harold Sumberg (1905–1994), violinist
 * Ethel Stark (1910–2012), violinist and conductor
 * John Weinzweig (1913–2006), composer
 * George Zukerman (1927– ), bassoonist and impresario

Jazz

 * Paul Bley (1932–2016), pianist
 * Jim Gelcer (1961– ), jazz musician
 * James Gelfand (1959– ), jazz pianist
 * Moe Koffman (1928–2001), jazz musician
 * Sophie Milman (1983– ), jazz musician
 * Nikki Yanofsky (1994– ), jazz-pop singer

Popular

 * Leonard Cohen
 * A-Trak (1982– ), DJ
 * Oscar Brand (1920–2016), folk singer
 * Drake (1986– ), rapper and actor
 * Corey Hart (1962– ), singer
 * Paul Hoffert (1943– ), founding member of Lighthouse
 * Geddy Lee OC (1953– ), lead singer of Rush
 * Efrim Menuck (1971– ), musician
 * Ben Mink (1951– ), songwriter and musician
 * Steven Page (1970– ), founding member of Barenaked Ladies
 * Peaches (1966– ), electronic musician
 * Robbie Robertson OC (1943–2023), lead guitarist of The Band
 * Eddie Schwartz (1949– ), songwriter and music producer
 * Sharon, Lois & Bram, children's music group
 * Amy Sky (1960– ), singer-songwriter
 * Socalled, rapper and producer
 * Chaim Tannenbaum, folk singer
 * Vanity (1959–2016), singer-songwriter
 * David Usher (1966– ), frontman for Moist
 * Bob Wiseman (1962– ), composer and founding member of Blue Rodeo
 * Zal Yanovsky (1944–2002), rock musician, the Lovin' Spoonful guitarist
 * Alissa White-Gluz (1985– ), death metal vocalist

Diplomats

 * Klaus Goldschlag (1922–2012), ambassador
 * Allan Gotlieb (1928–2020), ambassador
 * Saul Rae (1914–1999), diplomat
 * Norman Spector (1949– ), diplomat and journalist

Mayors

 * Michael Applebaum (1963– ), mayor of Montreal
 * Sidney Buckwold (1916–2001), mayor of Saskatoon
 * Martin Dobkin (1942– ), first mayor of Mississauga
 * Lumley Franklin (1808–1873), mayor of Victoria
 * Philip Givens (1922–1995), mayor of Toronto and Liberal MP
 * Lorry Greenberg (1933–1999), mayor of Ottawa
 * Jacquelin Holzman (1935– ), mayor of Ottawa
 * Sam Katz (1951– ), mayor of Winnipeg
 * Leonard Arthur Kitz (1916–2006), mayor of Halifax
 * Mel Lastman (1933–2021), mayor of Toronto
 * Saul Laskin (1918–2008), mayor of Thunder Bay
 * Stephen Mandel (1945– ), mayor of Edmonton and leader of the Alberta Party
 * Danny Nathanson, mayor of New Waterford, Nova Scotia
 * David Oppenheimer (1834–1897), mayor of Vancouver
 * Nathan Phillips (1892–1976), mayor of Toronto
 * Harvey Rosen (1949– ), mayor of Kingston
 * Morley Rosenberg (1937– ), mayor of Kitchener
 * Stephen Mandel (1945-),mayor of Edmonton

Politicians

 * Jack Austin (1932– ), senator and cabinet minister
 * Dave Barrett (1930–2018), 26th Premier of British Columbia
 * George Benjamin (1799–1864), Conservative MP
 * Peter Bercovitch (1879–1942), Liberal MP and Quebec Liberal MNA
 * Lawrence Bergman (1940– ), Quebec Liberal MNA and cabinet minister
 * Harry Blank (1925– ), Quebec Liberal MPP
 * Annie Buller (1895–1973), co-founder of the Communist Party of Canada


 * Elinor Caplan (1944– ), Liberal MP and cabinet minister
 * Jim Carr, Liberal MP and Minister of Natural Resources
 * Leon Crestohl (1900–1963), Liberal MP
 * Saul Cherniack (1917–2018), Manitoba NDP MP and cabinet minister
 * Tony Clement (1961– ), Minister of Industry and Minister of Health
 * Irwin Cotler OC (1940– ), Liberal MP and Minister of Justice
 * David Croll (1900–1991), senator and Liberal MP
 * Julie Dabrusin (1971– ), Liberal MP
 * Barney Danson (1921–2011), Liberal MP and Minister of National Defence
 * Samuel Factor (1892–1962), first Jewish MP elected in Ontario
 * Sheila Finestone (1927–2009), Liberal MP and senator


 * Myra Freeman (1949– ), 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
 * Linda Frum (1963– ), senator
 * Irving Gerstein (1941– ), senator and businessman
 * Marc Gold (1950– ), senator and law professor
 * Carl Goldenberg (1907–1996), senator
 * Victor Goldbloom (1923–2016), Quebec Liberal MNA and doctor
 * Yoine Goldstein (1934–2020), senator
 * Karina Gould (1987– ), Liberal MP and Minister of Democratic Institutions
 * Herb Gray (1931–2014), Liberal MP and Deputy Prime Minister
 * Larry Grossman (1943–1997), leader of the Ontario PC Party
 * Ezekiel Hart (1770–1843), first Jew elected to a Canadian Parliament
 * Solomon Hart Green (1885–1969), first Jew to sit in a provincial legislature
 * Stanley Hartt (1937–2018), Chief of Staff
 * Sharren Haskel (1984– ), Likud MK
 * Chaviva Hošek OC (1946– ), academic and politician
 * Anthony Housefather (1971– ), Liberal MP and mayor of Côte Saint-Luc
 * Samuel William Jacobs (1871–1938), Liberal MP and Jewish community leader
 * Michael Kerzner, Solicitor General of Ontario
 * Monte Kwinter (1931– ), Ontario Liberal MPP and cabinet minister
 * Melissa Lantsman (1984—), first Jewish woman elected as a Conservative MP
 * Michael Levitt, Liberal MP
 * David Lewis (1909–1981), NDP leader and MP
 * Stephen Lewis (1937– ), Ontario NDP leader, MP and ambassador
 * Jack Marshall (1919–2004), PC MP and senator
 * Tom Marshall (1946– ), 11th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador


 * Herbert Marx (1932-2020), Quebec Liberal MNA, Minister of Justice, Solicitor-General
 * Arthur Mitchell, leader of the Yukon Liberal Party
 * Marty Morantz (1962– ), Conservative MP
 * Nicolas Muzin, political strategist
 * Henry Nathan Jr. (1842–1914), first Jew elected to the House of Commons
 * Joe Oliver (1940– ), Conservative MP and Minister of Finance
 * Annamie Paul, leader of the Green Party of Canada
 * Bob Rae (1948–), Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and 21st Premier of Ontario
 * Simon Reisman (1991–2008), civil servant
 * Fred Rose (1907–1983), Labour–Progressive MP and Soviet spy
 * Jacques Saada (1947– ), Liberal MP and cabinet minister
 * Hugh Segal OC (1950– ), senator
 * Morton Shulman OC (1925–2000), Ontario PC and NDP MPP
 * Peter Shurman (1947– ), Ontario PC MPP
 * Mira Spivak (1934– ), senator
 * Sidney Spivak (1928–2002), leader of the Manitoba PC Party
 * Maitland Steinkopf (1912–1970), first Jewish cabinet minister in Manitoba
 * Hunter Tootoo (1963– ), Liberal MP
 * Gerry Weiner (1933– ), PC MP
 * Dov Yosef (1899–1980), Israeli minister

Religious leaders

 * Reuven Bulka (1944–2021), rabbi and writer
 * Jacob Raphael Cohen (1738–1811), rabbi
 * Solomon Frank (1900–1982), synagogue rabbinical leader in Winnipeg and Montreal
 * Simon Glazer (1876–1938), rabbi
 * Elyse Goldstein (born 1955), Reform rabbi
 * Joan Friedman, first female rabbi in Canada
 * Yitzchak Hendel (1916–2007), Lubavitch rabbi
 * Sheea Herschorn (1893–1969), Chief Rabbi of Montreal
 * Pinhas Hirschprung (1912–1998), Chief Rabbi of Montreal
 * Solomon Jacobs (1861–1920), rabbi
 * Israel Isaac Kahanovitch (1872–1945), Chief Rabbi of Winnipeg
 * Meshulim Feish Lowy (1921–2015), Tosher Rebbe
 * Gunther Plaut (1912–2012), rabbi and author
 * Avraham Aharon Price (1900–1994), Chief Rabbi of Toronto
 * Nahum Rabinovitch (1928–2020), rabbi and posek
 * Eli Rubenstein (1959– ), rabbi and Holocaust educator
 * Erwin Schild (1920–2024), rabbi
 * Jacob Immanuel Schochet (1935–2013), rabbi and scholar
 * Shmuel Abba Twersky (1872–1947), Makarover Rebbe
 * Joseph Weinreb (1869–1943), Chief Rabbi of Toronto

Authors

 * David Albahari (1948– ), novelist
 * Sue Ann Alderson (1940– ), children's novelist
 * Lisa Appignanesi (1946– ), writer and novelist
 * Isidore Gordon Ascher (1835–1914), novelist and poet
 * Saul Bellow (1915–2005), writer; Nobel Prize in Literature (1976), Pulitzer Prize (1976)
 * David Berman, (1962–), graphic designer, author
 * David Bezmozgis (1973– ), author
 * Martha Blum (1913–2007), writer
 * Matt Cohen (1942–1999), novelist and children's writer
 * Cory Doctorow (1971– ), science fiction author and blogger
 * Sheila Fischman (1937– ), translator
 * Kathy Friedman, poet
 * Phoebe Gilman (1940–2002), children's author
 * Nora Gold, writer
 * Adam Gopnik (1956– ), writer and essayist
 * Phyllis Gotlieb (1926–2009), science fiction novelist
 * Charles Yale Harrison (1898–1954), novelist
 * Sheila Heti (1976– ), novelist
 * George Jonas (1935–2016), writer and journalist
 * Guy Gavriel Kay (1954– ), fantasy writer
 * Naïm Kattan (1928–2021), novelist and essayist
 * Naomi Klein (1970– ), author and filmmaker
 * Eric Koch (1919–2018), author, broadcaster and academic
 * Gordon Korman (1963– ), children's and young adult fiction writer
 * Henry Kreisel (1922–1991), writer and novelist
 * Allan Levine (1956– ), historian and novelist
 * Norman Levine (1923–2005), writer and poet
 * Shar Levine (1953– ), children's author
 * Jack Ludwig (1922–2018), novelist and sportswriter
 * Seymour Mayne (1944– ), author and poet
 * Judith Merril (1923–1997), science fiction writer
 * Anne Michaels (1958– ), poet and novelist
 * Sarah Mlynowski (1977– ), writer
 * Alison Pick (1975– ), novelist
 * David Rakoff (1964–2012), author
 * Edeet Ravel (1955– ), novelist
 * Mordecai Richler CC (1931–2001), author and essayist
 * Nancy Richler (1957–2018), novelist
 * Joel Rosenberg (1954–2011), science fiction author
 * Chava Rosenfarb (1923–2011), author and poet
 * Gail Simmons (1976– ), food writer
 * Mariko Tamaki (1975– ), graphic novelist
 * Morley Torgov (1927– ), novelist
 * Aren X. Tulchinsky (1958– ), author and screenwriter
 * Eleanor Wachtel (1947– ), writer and broadcaster
 * William Weintraub (1926–2017), author
 * Michael Wex (1954– ), novelist
 * Adele Wiseman (1928–1992), author
 * Hirsch Wolofsky (1878–1949), Yiddish author
 * Shulamis Yelin (1913–2002), writer and teacher

Journalists and broadcasters

 * Barbara Amiel (1940– ), journalist
 * Sonia Benezra (1960– ), television and radio interviewer
 * David Brooks (1961– ), political commentator
 * Andrew Cohen (1955– ), journalist
 * Nathan Cohen (1923–1971), theatre critic, broadcaster
 * Michael Coren (1959– ), columnist and talk show host
 * Red Fisher (1926–2018), sports journalist
 * Josh Freed, columnist
 * Barbara Frum OC (1937–1992), journalist
 * David Frum (1960– ), political commentator
 * Eli Glasner, entertainment reporter
 * Ian Halperin (1964– ), investigative journalist
 * Ken Hechtman (1967– ), journalist
 * Ariel Helwani (1982– ), mixed martial arts journalist
 * Simma Holt (1922–2015), journalist and politician
 * Barbara Kay (1943– ), columnist
 * Jonah Keri (1974– ), sports writer
 * Karin Kloosterman, journalist
 * Charles Krauthammer (1950–2018), columnist
 * Michele Landsberg (1939– ), journalist and feminist activist
 * Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate
 * Jonathan Mann (1960– ), journalist
 * Peter Newman (1929– ), journalist
 * Hal Niedzviecki (1971– ), writer
 * Steve Paikin OC (1960– ), journalist and author
 * Abraham Rhinewine (1887–1932), journalist
 * Carol Rosenberg, journalist
 * Morley Safer (1931–2016), broadcast journalist and reporter
 * Percy Saltzman  (1915–2007), weather forecaster
 * Joe Schlesinger (1928–2019), journalist
 * Lionel Shapiro (1908–1958), journalist and novelist
 * Dan Shulman (1967– ), sportscaster
 * Evan Solomon (1968– ), journalist
 * Larry Zolf (1934–2011), journalist

Poets

 * Elizabeth Brewster (1922–2012), poet
 * Leonard Cohen (1934–2016), poet and singer-songwriter
 * Adeena Karasick (1965– ), poet
 * A. M. Klein (1909–1972), poet and novelist
 * Rachel Korn (1898–1982), poet and author
 * Aaron Kreuter
 * Irving Layton OC (1912–2006), poet
 * Eli Mandel (1922–1992), poet
 * Ida Maze (1893–1962), Yiddish poet
 * Melech Ravitch, (1893–1976), Yiddish poet
 * Joe Rosenblatt (1933–2019), poet
 * Gregory Scofield (1966– ), poet
 * Esther Segal (1895–1974), Yiddish poet
 * J. I. Segal (1896–1954), Yiddish poet
 * Joseph Sherman  (1945–2006), poet
 * Sholem Shtern (1907–1990), Yiddish poet
 * Mark Strand (1934–2014), poet and essayist
 * Miriam Waddington (1917–2004), poet
 * Tom Wayman (1945– ), poet
 * Yudika (1898–1988), Yiddish poet

Screenwriters and playwrights

 * Ted Allan (1916–1995), screenwriter and playwright
 * Ben Barzman (1910–1989), screenwriter
 * Len Blum (1951– ), screenwriter
 * Joel H. Cohen, television writer
 * Robert Cohen, comedy writer
 * Stan Daniels (1934–2007), screenwriter, director, and producer
 * Evan Goldberg (1982– ), screenwriter
 * Elan Mastai (1974– ), screenwriter
 * Hannah Moscovitch (1978– ), playwright
 * Sharon Pollock (1936–2021), playwright
 * Oren Safdie (1965– ), playwright
 * Rick Salutin (1942– ), playwright
 * Adam Seelig (1975– ), playwright
 * David Shore (1959– ), television writer
 * Beverley Simons (1938– ), playwright
 * Sandor Stern (1936– ), screenwriter
 * Mel Tolkin (1913–2007), television comedy writer

Athletics

 * Sasha Gollish (1981– ), competitive runner
 * Abby Hoffman (1947– ), track and field athlete
 * Gordon Orlikow (1960– ), decathlon, heptathlon, and hurdles competitor, Athletics Canada Chairman, Canadian Olympic Committee member, Korn/Ferry International partner
 * Corson Robert Micheal Brown (1904—1969), runner and long Jew

Baseball

 * Goody Rosen (1912–1994), baseball player, outfielder, All-Star
 * Adam Stern (1980– ), baseball player, outfielder

Basketball

 * Doodie Bloomfield (1918–1950), basketball player
 * Julius Goldman (1910–2001), basketball player
 * Bennie Lands (1921–2014), basketball player
 * Irving Meretsky (1912–2006), basketball player
 * Mendy Morein (1926–2003), basketball player
 * Cy Strulovitch (1925–2020), basketball player
 * Sol Tolchinsky (1929–2020), basketball
 * Murray Waxman (1925–2022), basketball

Canadian football

 * Sam Berger (1900–1992), president of the CFL
 * Noah Cantor (1971– ), CFL player
 * Mark Cohon (1966– ), CFL Commissioner
 * Sydney Halter OC (1905–1990), CFL Commissioner
 * Lew Hayman (1908–1984), Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes coach

Chess

 * Jacob Ascher (1841–1912), chess master
 * Mark Bluvshtein (1988– ), chess grandmaster
 * Nathan Divinsky (1925–2012), chess master
 * Selim Franklin (1814–1885), chess master
 * Sofia Polgar (1974– ), chess grandmaster
 * Daniel Yanofsky OC (1925–2000), Canada's first chess grandmaster

Combat sports

 * Mark Berger (1954– ), judoka, Olympic silver & bronze (heavyweight)
 * Maxie Berger (1917–2000), boxer
 * Eddie Creatchman (1928–1994), wrestler and manager
 * Al Foreman (1904–1954), boxer
 * Sarah Kaufman (1985– ), mixed martial artist
 * Sammy Luftspring (1916–2000), boxer, Canadian champion welterweight, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
 * Fred Oberlander (1911–1996), wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion
 * Lanny Poffo (1954– ), wrestler
 * Irving Ungerman (1923–2015), boxing promoter and manager
 * David Zilberman (1982– ), freestyle wrestler

Figure skating

 * Ellen Burka (1921–2016), figure skater
 * Petra Burka (1946– ), figure skater
 * Dylan Moscovitch (1984– ), pairs skater
 * Louis Rubenstein (1861–1931), world figure skating champion

Hockey

 * Murray Bannerman (1957– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)
 * Hy Buller (1926–1968), ice hockey, All-Star defenceman (NHL)
 * Michael Cammalleri (1982– ), ice hockey, left wing (New Jersey Devils)
 * Jason Demers (1988– ), ice hockey defenseman (Arizona Coyotes)
 * Steve Dubinsky (1970– ), ice hockey, centre (NHL)
 * Oren Eizenman (1985– ), ice hockey centre
 * Kaleigh Fratkin (1992– ), ice hockey defenseman (Metropolitan Riveters)
 * Mark Friedman (1995– ), ice hockey, NHL
 * Cecil Hart (1883–1940), Montreal Canadiens coach and namesake of the Hart Memorial Trophy
 * Adam Henrich (1984– ), ice hockey, left wing/centre (Serie A)
 * Michael Henrich (1980– ), ice hockey, right wing, first Jewish player drafted in first round to the NHL
 * Eric Himelfarb (1983– ), ice hockey centre (HC Thurgau)
 * Corey Hirsch (1972– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)
 * Josh Ho-Sang (1996– ), ice hockey forward (New York Islanders)
 * Zach Hyman (1992– ), ice hockey left wing/centre (Edmonton Oilers)
 * Joe Ironstone (1898–1972), ice hockey goaltender (NHL)
 * Max Labovitch (1924–2018), ice hockey, right wing (NHL)
 * Brendan Leipsic (1994– ), ice hockey left wing (Vancouver Canucks)
 * Devon Levi (2001– ), ice hockey, goaltender (Northeastern Huskies, Canada men's national junior ice hockey team)
 * Alex Levinsky (1910–1990), ice hockey, defenceman (NHL)
 * Jacob Micflikier (1984– ), ice hockey forward (EHC Biel)
 * David Nemirovsky (1976– ), ice hockey, right wing (CSKA Moscow)
 * Bob Nystrom (1952– ), ice hockey, right wing (NHL)
 * Eric Nystrom (1983– ), ice hockey, left wing (NHL)
 * Cory Pecker (1981– ), ice hockey, right wing (NHL, Nationalliga B)
 * Bob Plager (1943–2021), ice hockey defense (NHL)
 * Samuel Rothschild (1899–1987), ice hockey left wing (NHL)
 * Eliezer Sherbatov (1991– ), ice hockey, left wing (KHL)
 * Max Silverman (1900–1966), ice hockey manager
 * Trevor Smith (1985– ), ice hockey, centre (Toronto Maple Leafs)
 * Ronnie Stern (1967– ), ice hockey, right wing (NHL)
 * Josh Tordjman (1985– ), ice hockey goaltender (EC Red Bull Salzburg)
 * Mike Veisor (1952– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)
 * Stephen Weiss (1983– ), ice hockey, forward (Detroit Red Wings, NHL)
 * Ethan Werek (1991– ), ice hockey, forward (OHL, NHL)
 * Bernie Wolfe (1951– ), ice hockey, goaltender
 * Larry Zeidel (1928–2014), ice hockey defenceman (NHL)

Racing

 * Tanya Dubnicoff (1969– ), track cyclist
 * Leah Goldstein (1969– ), Canadian-Israeli professional road racing cyclist winner of the Race Across America, World Bantamweight Kickboxing Champion, and Israel Duathlon national champion
 * Yonnie Starr (1905–1990), racehorse trainer
 * Lance Stroll (1998– ), Formula One driver

Racket sports

 * Sharon Fichman (1990– ), tennis player
 * Sherman Greenfeld (1962– ), racquetball player
 * Jesse Levine (1987– ), Canadian-American tennis player
 * Denis Shapovalov (1999– ), tennis player
 * Andrew Sznajder (1967– ), tennis player

Soccer

 * Adam Braz (1981– ), former professional soccer player
 * Tomer Chencinski (1984– ), Israeli-Canadian soccer player
 * Gottfried Fuchs (1889–1972), soccer (German national team)
 * Daniel Haber (1992– ), soccer player
 * Samuel Hazan (1983– ), soccer player
 * Frederick Stambrook (1929–2005), president of the Canadian Soccer Association

Other

 * Josh Binstock (1981– ), beach volleyball player
 * Sam Schachter (1990– ), beach volleyball player
 * Ben Weider OC (1923–2008), bodybuilder and entrepreneur
 * Joe Weider (1919–2013), bodybuilder and entrepreneur