List of Scottish Canadians

The following is a list of notable Scottish Canadians.

List H. Montagu Allan (1860–1951), banker, ship owner, sportsman Hugh Allan (1810–1882), financier and shipping magnate Richard B. Angus (1831-1922), banker and philanthropist Drew Arnott, singer/songwriter and musician Frederick Grant Banting (1891-1941), medical scientist, physician and painter, co-discoverer of insulin, 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), eminent scientist, credited with inventing the first practical telephone John Bethune (1751-1815), founded the first Presbyterian Church in Montreal Norman Bethune (1890–1939), medical innovator and supporter of the Chinese Communist Revolution Bill Blaikie, former Member of Parliament (MP), deputy leader of the New Democratic Party and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada Daniel Blaikie, Member of Parliament (MP) of the New Democratic Party Rebecca Blaikie, former president of the New Democratic Party George Brown (1818–1880), founder of the Toronto Globe, Father of Confederation and first de facto leader of the Liberal Party of Canada James Cameron, film director and producer Douglas Campbell (1922-2009), stage actor Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia Kim Campbell, first female prime minister of Canada Neve Campbell, actress (Scottish father) John Candy (1950–1994), actor and comedian, father was of Scottish descent Wilf Carter (1904-1996), Nova Scotia-born country musician Jim Carrey, actor and comedian (his mother is Scottish Canadian from the Gordon Clan)Movie Juice Interview STV Production 2006 (Carrey states he's part Scottish on his mother's side) James Cockburn (1819-1883), first Speaker of the House in Canada (Conservative Party) William Davidson (1740-1790), pioneer settler in New Brunswick Stu Davis (1921–2007), singer/songwriter, radio and television performer aka Canada's Cowboy Troubadour (b. David Alexander Stewart) John William Dawson (1820–1899), scientist, educator Richard Dobie (1731–1805), fur trader, businessman Sir James Douglas (1803-1877), chief factor of the HBC's Columbia District (1843–1858) and Governor of the colonies of the Colony of Vancouver Island (1851–64) and the Colony of British Columbia (1858–62) Tommy Douglas (1904–1986), Premier of Saskatchewan and first leader of the New Democratic Party Shirley Douglas (1934-2000), actress (daughter of Tommy Douglas) William Dow (1800–1868), brewer and businessman George Alexander Drummond (1829–1910), businessman and senator Timothy Eaton (1834-1907), founded Eaton's (Scottish ancestry) David Ewart (1841-1921), Chief Dominion Architect Sandford Fleming (1827–1915), railway engineer and proponent of standard time zones Simon Fraser (1776–1862), Northwest Company trader and explorer John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006), Ontario, California and Massachusetts academic and economist, U.S. and Canadian diplomat Alexander Tilloch Galt (1817–1893), politician and a Father of Confederation (father was of Scottish ancestry) Charles Blair Gordon (1867–1939), industrialist and banker, president of the Bank of Montreal Donald Gordon (1904-1969), Chairman, Wartime Prices and Trade Board, Chairman and President, Canadian National Railways, builder of Churchill Falls Ryan Gosling, actor and musician Laurie Gough, Canadian-American travel writer Hugh Graham (1848–1938), newspaper publisher George Monro Grant (1835-1902), President of the Royal Society of Canada Iain Hume, Canadian international football (soccer) player Michael Ironside, actor and voice actor Ted Irvine, ice hockey player Chris Jericho, professional wrestler and singer Alexander Keith, (1795-1873) brewer (Alexander Keith's Brewery) William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874–1950), longest-serving prime minister of Canada Kaylyn Kyle, Canadian soccer player of Scottish descent Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter, mother of Scottish descent Grace Annie Lockhart (1855-1916), first woman in the British Empire to graduate from university (May 25, 1875) Angus MacAskill (1825-1863), tallest non-pathological person J. E. H. MacDonald (1873–1932), painter, member of the Group of Seven John MacDonald of Glenaladale (1742-1810), colonist John A. Macdonald (1815-1891), first Prime Minister of Canada John Sandfield Macdonald (1812-1872), first Premier of Ontario Norm Macdonald (1959-2021), stand-up comedian, writer and actor of Irish and Scottish descent Rodney MacDonald, former premier of Nova Scotia William Christopher Macdonald (1831-1917), tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence Robert Mackay (1840–1916), businessman and statesman Sir Alexander MacKenzie (1764–1820) Northwest Company trader and explorer Alexander Mackenzie (1822-1892), second Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie (1795-1861), journalist and politician Colin Francis MacKinnon (1851-1877), founded St. Francis Xavier College, which grew into St. Francis Xavier University Alistair MacLeod (1936-2014), writer, recipient of the Order of Canada Kevin S. MacLeod, current Canadian Secretary to the Queen David MacNaughton, ambassador and businessman Peter MacNeill, actor Agnes Macphail (1890-1954), first woman seated into the House of Commons of Canada Abraham Martin (1589-1664), St. Lawrence River pilot Eric McCormack, award-winning Canadian actor, television producer and writer, best known for his role as Will Truman in the American sitcom Will & Grace John McDermott, vocal tenor with Irish roots William McDougall (1822-1905), one of the Fathers of Confederation Todd McFarlane, comic book writer, filmmaker and entrepreneur James McGill (1744–1813), fur trader and merchant Peter McGill (1789–1860), businessman and politician William McGillivray (1764–1825), fur trader Gavin McInnes (born 1970), writer, actor, comedian, commentator, co-founder of Vice Media and Vice Magazine Duncan McIntyre (1834–1894), businessman Sarah McLachlan, singer-songwriter and musician Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada Norman McLaren (1914–1987), film animation pioneer Tara MacLean, singer-songwriter Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980), communication and media theorist Bobby McMahon, football analyst for Fox Soccer Channel Craig McMorris, snowboarding Mark McMorris, snowboarding Anna Mcnulty, YouTuber Tate McRae, singer-songwriter and dancer. Simon McTavish (1750–1804), fur trader, sawmill and flour mill operator Colin Mochrie, actor and comedian Henry Morgan (1819–1893), built the first department store in Canada Donald Morrow (1908-1995), Ontario politician, soldier and teacher Farley Mowat (1921-2014), author, Scottish ancestry Oliver Mowat (1820-1903), third Premier of Ontario Alice Munro, Nobel laureate author and short story writer George Murdoch (1850-1910), first mayor of Calgary James Murray (1721-1794), first civil governor of the Province of Quebec Anne Murray, singer and entertainer James Naismith (1861-1939), inventor of basketball Alexander Walker Ogilvie (1829–1902), miller and statesman Roddy Piper (1954–2015), WWE wrestler and actor Christopher Plummer (1929-2021), Academy Award-winning actor Francine Racette, actress John Redpath (1796–1869), contractor and industrialist Peter Redpath (1821–1894), businessman and philanthropist Callum Keith Rennie, actor John Robertson (1934-2014), sports journalist, covered Expos and Blue Jays, and coined the term "Rider Pride" (son of Scots immigrant) Robert W. Service, poet Bernie Shaw, lead singer of rock band Uriah Heep since 1986 George Simpson (1787–1860), executive and fur trader Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (1820-1914) Dayne St. Clair, professional soccer player, Scottish-Canadian mother George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen (1829-1921) Arran Stephens, founder of Nature's Path Foods David Stirling (1822–1887), architect; associate architect of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Daniel Sutherland (1756–1832), businessman and politician Donald Sutherland, actor Kiefer Sutherland, actor (grandson of NDP leader Tommy Douglas, who was born in Scotland) Rossif Sutherland, actor Nick Suzuki, ice hockey player Ryan Suzuki, ice hockey player Tamara Taylor, actress Dave Thomas (born 1949), actor and comedian, Scottish-born mother Ian Thomas (born 1950), singer-songwriter and actor, Scottish-born mother William Fraser Tolmie (1812-1886), member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Justin Trudeau, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada (his mother, Margaret, is daughter of Scots immigrant Jimmy Sinclair) Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000), 15th Prime Minister of Canada (his mother, Grace Elliott, was of Scottish ancestry) Tessa Virtue, Olympian ice dancer Johnny Reid (born 1974), songwriter and recording artist

List of Scottish Canadians

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