List of English Canadians

The number of Canadians who are of English descent is largely unknowable given the propensity of many Canadians to use the term "English Canadians" or "English-Canadians" to mean anglophone Canadians.

Notable English immigrants to Canada

 * Roger Abbott, comedian – born in Birkenhead
 * Steve Armitage, sports announcer – born in Buckinghamshire
 * Michael Bonacini, celebrity chef, restaurant owner, born in Wales
 * Patrick Brown, broadcast journalist
 * Mackenzie Bowell, 5th Prime Minister of Canada
 * Kim Cattrall, actress
 * Garry Chalk, actor and voice actor
 * Michael Cowpland, entrepreneur and businessman
 * Alfred Gardyne de Chastelain, father of Canadian general John de Chastelain
 * Richie Hawtin, Electronic musician and disc jockey
 * David Hewlett, actor famous for his role as Dr. Rodney McKay in Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe and who was born in Redhill, Surrey, England but later raised in Canada at the age of four after emigrating there with his family.
 * Dick Howard, soccer commentator – raised in Birkenhead
 * Lennox Lewis, former professional boxer
 * Peter Mansbridge, broadcast journalist and television news anchor
 * Julian Richings, character actor
 * Dave Ridgway, former CFL placekicker
 * Ron Searle, 4th mayor of Mississauga
 * Nina Tangri, politician
 * Amanda Tapping, actress
 * Claire Trevena, politician
 * John Turner, 17th Prime Minister of Canada
 * Chris Wiggins, actor
 * Maurice Dean Wint, actor
 * Robin Wood, film critic and educator
 * Frank Yallop, former soccer player and current team manager – raised in Watford and Vancouver
 * Alan Young, actor, comedian, radio host and television host

Notable Canadians of English descent

 * Martin Short, stand-up comedian
 * Bryan Adams, popular music star performer
 * Margaret Atwood, fiction writer
 * Oswald Avery, medical researcher – born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to English immigrant family.
 * Earl W. Bascom, artist, sculptor, inventor, actor, Hall of Fame inductee, "Father of Modern Rodeo", grandson of English immigrant
 * 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.
 * Devon Bostick, actor, known for playing Rodrick Heffley in the first three Diary of a Wimpy Kid films
 * 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 prequel trilogy
 * Adam "Edge" Copeland, actor and retired professional wrestler
 * Catherine Disher, actress and comedian
 * Paul Dobson, voice actor
 * David Edgar, soccer player – father is former pro Eddie Edgar
 * Owen Hargreaves, soccer player – English mother and Welsh father
 * Stephen Harper, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
 * Joseph Howe, prominent Nova Scotia leader and father of Confederation – son of a United Empire Loyalist, the Howe family were descendant of Puritan migrants.
 * Michael Ironside, Canadian actor of English, Scottish and Irish descent
 * Carly Rae Jepsen, singer-songwriter and actress
 * Sonija Kwok, Hong Kong actress, born there to English and Chinese parentage
 * Jack Layton, New Democratic Party leader – Laytons immigrated to Canada
 * Shawn Mendes, singer-songwriter – English mother
 * Mike Myers, actor and comedian – parents immigrated to Canada from the Liverpool area
 * Steve Nash, star basketball player – born to British expatriates in South Africa, raised along with soccer player brother Martin in Victoria, British Columbia.
 * Christopher Plummer, Academy Award-winning actor
 * Keanu Reeves, film actor
 * Glenn Stetson, singer and member of vocal group The Diamonds – family origins are in Devon
 * John Abbott, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada
 * Cobie Smulders Canadian actress with English descent