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Canada's Walk of Fame consists of a series of stars out front of Roy Thompson Hall (and by other theaters across King Street) in Toronto, Ontario. Created in 1998, it includes athletes, coaches and other sports figures; actors, directors, writer and producers of movies, television and stage; singers, songwriters and musicians; playwrights; authors; comedians; even cartoonists and supermodels.1 List of Inductees
This list of inductees to Canada's Walk of Fame is currently incomplete, and is gradually being built to by Wikipedians. In this list, entries are as follows: Name (Profession[s], year of induction, ceremonial introducer if known, hometown) This list is also available ordered by professionList of Inductees into Canada's Walk of Fame Ordered by Profession(s is a resource listing the people or groups honoured by the Walk's 74 stars. Some individuals are listed multiple times on this list, if they were honoured for achievements in multiple fi.
- Bryan AdamsBryan Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a successful Canadian singer and songwriter. He was born in Kingston, Ontario to British parents, and moved with his parents throughout Europe and the Middle East. Adams was given his first guitar at age ten, bought (Musician, 1998, Kingston, OntarioKingston, Ontario with a population of approximately 127,436 people, is located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands begin. Kingston is nicknamed the "Limestone City" because of the m)
- Dan AykroydDaniel Edward Aykroyd (born July 1, 1952 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a comedian, actor and screenwriter. He gained fame on the American TV show Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1979 where he was known for his impersonations of celebrities like Julia Ch (Actor, 2002, Ottawa, Ontario)
- Denys ArcandGeorges-Henri Denys Arcand born June 25, 1941 in Deschambault, Quebec, is an Academy Award winning Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. Profile Arcand grew up in a devoutly religious Roman Catholic home in a village about 25 miles southwest (Quebec filmmaker, 2004, Deschambault, QuebecDeschambault is a village in the Canadian province of Quebec, located at a Latitude 46°38' North and Longitude 71°55' West. As of 2001, the population was 1,263. The area of the village is 56. 97 square kilometres. It is located in Portneuf County. Extern)
- Kenojuak Ashevak (Painter/sculptor, 2001, Ikirlsak, Nunavut )
- Margaret AtwoodMargaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor "Peggy" Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a novelist, poet, literary critic and one of the world's best-selling authors. She was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and attended school at Victoria College in Toronto. After li (Author, 2001, Ottawa, Ontario)
- Jean Béliveau (Hockey player, 2001, Trois Rivieres, Quebec)
- Scotty Bowman (Winningest coach in NHL history, 2003, CBC sports broadcaster Harry Neale , Montréal, Quebec)
- Kurt Browning (Figure skater, 2001, Caroline, Alberta )
- Pierre Berton (Author, 1998, Whitehorse, Yukon)
- John Candy (Comedic actor, 1998, Newmarket, Ontario)
- Jim Carrey (Comedic actor, 1998, Newmarket, Ontario)
- Juliette Cavazzi (Singer, 1999, Winnipeg, Mantioba )
- Cirque du Soleil (Circus troupe, 2002, Gaspé, Quebec)
- Alex Colville (Painter, printmaker, 2002, Toronto, Ontario)
- Toller Cranston (Figure skater, 2003, Hamilton, Ontario)
- David Cronenberg (Film director, 1999, Toronto, Ontario)
- Hume Cronyn (Actor, 1999, London, Ontario)
- Céline Dion (Singer, 1999, Charlemagne, Quebec)
- Shirley Douglas (Actress, 2004, Weyburn, Saskatchewan)
- Jim Elder (Olympic equestrian, 2003, CBC sports broadcaster Brian Williams, Toronto, Ontario)
- Linda Evangelista (Legendary supermodel, 2003, Tim Blanks of Fashion File , St. Catharines, Ontario)
- Timothy Findley (Novelist/playwright, 2002, Toronto, Ontario)
- Maureen Forrester (Singer, 2000, Montréal, Quebec)
- David Foster (Music producer, 2002, Victoria, British Columbia)
- Michael J. Fox (Actor, 2000, Edmonton, Alberta)
- Glenn Gould (Musician, 1998, Toronto, Ontario)
- Nancy Greene (Skier, 1999, Ottawa, Ontario)
- Wayne Gretzky (Hockey Player, 2002, Brantford, Ontario)
- The Guess Who (Rock group, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- Monty Hall (Game show host, Humanitarian, 2002, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- Evelyn Hart (Ballet dancer, 2000, Toronto, Ontario)
- Ronnie Hawkins (Country singer, 2002, born and raised in Huntsville, Arkansas, has lived his adult life in Peterborough, Ontario)
- Arthur Hiller (Film director, 2002, Edmonton, Alberta)
- Gordie Howe (Hockey player, 2000, Floral, Saskatchewan )
- William Hutt (Actor, 2000, Toronto, Ontario)
- Lou Jacobi (Actor, 1999, Toronto, Ontario)
- Ferguson Jenkins (Baseball player, 2001, Chatham, Ontario)
- Harry Winston Jerome (Sprinter, 2001, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan)
- Norman Jewison (Feature film director, 1998, Toronto, Ontario)
- Lynn Johnston (Cartoonist of For Better or For Worse and consequentially the creator/executive-producer of the resulting television spin-off specials and show, 2003, her cartoon characters, in their animated form, Collingwood, Ontario)
- Juliette (Singer, 1999, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- Karen Kain (Ballet dancer, 1998, Hamilton, Ontario)
- Diana Krall (Jazz performer, 2004, born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, raised in Vancouver, British Columbia)
- Robert Lepage (Film Director, Playwright, 2001, Montréal, Quebec)
- Gordon Lightfoot (Musician, 1998, Orillia, Ontario)
- Mario Lemieux (Hockey player, 2004, Montréal, Quebec)
- Rich Little (Impressionist, 1998, Ottawa, Ontario)
- Guy Lombardo (Bandleader, 2002, London, Ontario)
- Louis B. Mayer (Hollywood pioneer, 2004, born in Minsk, Belarus, raised in Saint John, New Brunswick)
- Lorne Michaels (Creator of Saturday Night Live, as well as producer of other movies and television shows, 2003, Toronto, Ontario)
- Joni Mitchell (Singer, 2000, Fort McLeod, Alberta )
- Anne Murray (Singer, 1998, Springhill, Nova Scotia)
- Mike Myers (Comedian, Second City and Saturday Night Live alumni, star of Wayne's World and the Austin Powers film franchise, comic Ron James , Toronto, Ontario)
- Leslie Nielsen (Comedic actor, 2001, Regina, Saskatchewan)
- Bobby Orr (Hockey player, 1998, Parry Sound, Ontario)
- Walter Ostanek (" The Polka King ", 2001, Duparquet, Quebec )
- Mary Pickford (Actor, 1999, Toronto, Ontario)
- Luc Plamondon (Songwriter for artists like Céline Dion and Ginette Reno, playwright, 2003, Céline Dion, Saint-Raymond-de-Portneuf, Quebec )
- Christopher Plummer (Actor, 1998, Toronto, Ontario)
- Ivan Reitman (Producer/director, 2001, Komarmo , Slovakia)
- Ginette Reno (Singer, 2000, Montréal, Quebec)
- Maurice Richard (Hockey player, 1999, Montréal, Quebec)
- Jean-Paul Riopelle (Painter, 2000, Montréal, Quebec)
- Robbie Robertson (Rock star who toured with Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan, fronted The Band (1968-1976), revered solo artist and producer, 2003, actor Graham Greene, Toronto, Ontario)
- Royal Canadian Air Farce (Comedy troupe, 2000, Montréal, Quebec)
- Rush (Music group, 1999, place of inception Toronto, Ontario in 1968)
- Buffy Sainte-Marie (Singer, Songwriter, Actress on Sesame Street in the 1980s, 1999, Piapot Reserve, Saskatchewan )
- Barbara Ann Scott (Figure skater, 1998, Ottawa, Ontario)
- SCTV (Second City comedians from the acclaimed television series, 2002, Toronto, Ontario)
- William Shatner (Actor, 2000, Montréal, Quebec)
- Martin Short (Comedic actor, 2000, Hamilton, Ontario)
- David Steinberg (Comedian, actor, director, writer, appeared on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show 140 times, director of Seinfeld, Mad About You and Friends, 2003, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- Teresa Stratas (Opera Soprano, 2001, Toronto, Ontario)
- Donald Sutherland (Film actor, 2000, Saint John, New Brunswick)
- Veronica Tennant (Ballet dancer, 2001, London, United Kingdom)
- The Tragically Hip (Music Band, 2002, Kingston, Ontario)
- Shania Twain (Country singer, one of the best selling female music artists of all-time, her third album Come on Over is tied for the fifth best selling album of all-time at 34 million copies, 2003, Universal Music president Randy Lennox . Born in Windsor, Ontario, raised in Timmins, Ontario.)
- Jacques Villeneuve (Race car driver, 1998, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec)
- Jack Warner (Hollywood pioneer, 2004, London, Ontario)
- Wayne and Shuster (Comedy Duo Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster, 1999, place of inception Toronto, Ontario in 1954)
- Neil Young (Singer, 2000, Toronto, Ontario)
