This is a list of
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
television personalities. It should only include people associated with non-fiction programming, not actors.
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Steve Anthony, MuchMusic VJ and morning show host
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Thalia Assuras
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Thalia Assuras is a Canadian television journalist and media consultant.
Early years
Assuras was born in London, Ontario to parents who immigrated from Tripoli, Greece, after World War II. She attended London Central Secondary School, ...
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Nahlah Ayed
Nahlah Ayed (Arabic: نهله عَايِد) is a Canadian journalist, who is currently the host of the academic documentary program ''Ideas'' on CBC Radio One and a reporter with CBC News. She was previously a foreign correspondent with the netw ...
, journalist
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Bryan Baeumler
Bryan Baeumler (born 18 April 1974) is a Canadian television host on several HGTV/HGTV Canada shows. A former handyman and businessman, he translated those careers into a series of TV shows about home renovations in Canada and expanding to hot ...
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Isabel Bassett
Isabel Bassett (born August 23, 1939) is a Canadian broadcaster and former politician. From 1999 until 2005 she was the chair and CEO of TVOntario/ TFO, Ontario's provincial public television network. She has been a controversial figure at time ...
, journalist
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Ralph Benmergui
Raphael "Ralph" Benmergui (born 1955) is a Canadian television and radio personality, a writer, an ordained spiritual director, and a strategic advisor in political, environmental, and academic realms.
Early life and education
Born to a Sephard ...
, journalist and talk show host
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Rod Black
Rod Black (born September 28, 1962) is a Canadian sports announcer best known for his work with CTV Sports and TSN from 1990 to 2021. He is now a host and brand ambassador for NorthStar Bets, a brand of NorthStar Gaming.
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Black was bor ...
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Mike Bullard, talk show host
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Arlene Bynon, talk show host
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Elaine Callei, 1970s daytime talk show host and cohost of ''
Canada AM
''Canada AM'' was a Canadian morning television news show that aired on CTV from 1972 to 2016. Its final hosts were Beverly Thomson and Marci Ien, with Jeff Hutcheson presenting the weather forecast and sports. The program aired on weekdays, an ...
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Rick Campanelli, entertainment reporter and MuchMusic VJ
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Maggie Cassella
Maggie Cassella is an American-Canadian actress, comedian and writer, best known for hosting the Canadian television talk show '' Because I Said So'' and founding the ''We're Funny That Way!'' comedy festival.
Biography
Cassella's double degree ...
, talk show host
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Erin Cebula
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Don Cherry
Donald Stewart Cherry (born February 5, 1934) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, coach, and television commentator. Cherry played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, and later coached the team for five se ...
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Catherine Clark, journalist
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Tom Clark, newscaster
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Adrienne Clarkson
Adrienne Louise Clarkson (; ; born February 10, 1939) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian journalist who served from 1999 to 2005 as Governor General of Canada, the 26th since Canadian Confederation.
Clarkson arrived in Canada with her family in 19 ...
, arts journalist
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Steven Cojocaru, fashion critic and correspondent for ''
Entertainment Tonight''
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Ernie Coombs, children's entertainer known as "
Mr. Dressup
''Mr. Dressup'' is a Canadian children's television series, starring Ernie Coombs, a former understudy of Fred Rogers, in the title role. It originally ran on CBC from 1967 to 1996, soon becoming an iconic presence in Canadian media.
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Sarah Daniels
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Marilyn Denis, talk show host
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Bernard Derome
Bernard Derome, CM, OQ (born January 10, 1944) is a Canadian broadcaster, who was news anchor for the weeknight editions of '' Le Téléjournal'' on Radio-Canada until December 18, 2008.
Biography
Derome studied at Saint Lawrence College under ...
, newscaster
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Alexandre Despatie
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James Doohan
James Montgomery Doohan (; March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005) was a Canadian actor, author and soldier, best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series '' Star Trek''. Doohan's characterization of the Scottis ...
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Dwight Drummond, newscaster
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Francis D'Souza
Francis D'Souza is a Canadian television executive and a former broadcaster. He is the Managing Editor of News Programming at CBC, nationally, and a former television news anchor for Citytv in Toronto, Ontario.
Biography
D'Souza became interest ...
, journalist
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Mario Dumont, talk show host
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Philip DuMoulin
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Darren Dutchyshen, sportscaster
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Rosey Edeh
Rosey Edeh (born August 16, 1966) is a Canadian television personality, who was a news anchor for ''Global News at Noon'' on Global Toronto and senior reporter for ''ET Canada''. She is currently C.E.O. of Micha Muse Media and has directed her de ...
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Tyrone Edwards, MuchMusic and ''
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Erica Ehm
Erica Miechowsky (born September 30, 1961), known professionally as Erica Ehm, is a Canadian writer, actor, songwriter, entrepreneur and TV host. She is best known as a pioneering video jockey at the Canadian cable television station MuchMusic.
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Mary Jo Eustace
Mary Josephine "Mary Jo" Eustace (born May 1, 1962) is a Canadian actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, model, author, and sous-chef best known as co-host of the Canadian cooking TV series '' What's for Dinner?''.
Early life
Eustace was born and ...
, cooking show host
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Peter Fallico Peter Fallico is a Canadian designer and television personality, best known as a host of various programs on HGTV Canada.[Jebb Fink
Jebb Fink is an Americans, American-Canadians, Canadian stand-up comedian and television personality, known as a reporter and host for ''The Big Breakfast'' on CKAL-DT, A-Channel Calgary. He won a Gemini as co-creator of the CBC comedy ''An Ameri ...]
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Dave Foley
David Scott Foley (born January 4, 1963) is a Canadian actor, stand-up comedian, director, producer and writer. He is known as a co-founder of the comedy group The Kids in the Hall, who have appeared together in a number of television, stage and ...
,
Etobicoke
Etobicoke (, ) is an administrative district of, and one of six municipalities amalgamated into, the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Comprising the city's west-end, Etobicoke was first settled by Europeans in the 1790s, and the municipalit ...
comedian
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Kevin Frankish
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Dawna Friesen
Dawna Friesen is a Canadian television journalist, currently the chief anchor and executive editor of ''Global National''.L. ScrivenerDawna Friesen: From shy prairie girl to Global News anchor ''Toronto Star'', September 20, 2010. She was previ ...
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Liza Fromer
Liza Fromer (born March 18, 1970) is a former cohost of '' The Morning Show'' on the Global Television Network and ''Breakfast Television'' at Citytv in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
She graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in Radio and ...
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Vicki Gabereau
Vicki Gabereau (born May 31, 1946) is a Canadian radio and television personality, best known for her longtime association with CBC Radio and her television talk show which aired on CTV from 1997 to 2005.
Biography
Vicki Frances Filion was born ...
, talk show host
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Martine Gaillard
Martine Gaillard (; born May 21, 1971) is a Canadian sports television personality currently working for Rogers Sportsnet as a co-host of the '' Sportsnet Central'' program.
After graduating from Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, ...
, sportscaster
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Chris Gailus, newscaster
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Céline Galipeau
Céline Galipeau, OC, OQ, is a Canadian news anchor for Radio-Canada. Well known for her comprehensive and insightful coverage from Moscow, she is currently the weekday anchor of the network's flagship newscast ''Le Téléjournal''.
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Sean Gehon, entertainment reporter
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Tom Gibney
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Anne-France Goldwater, court show judge
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Bill Good
Bill Good Jr. (born 1945) is a Canadian television personality and host of talk radio shows, all in the province of British Columbia. After 21 years with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, first doing radio before moving to Television news, ...
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Richard Gizbert
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Tom Green
Michael Thomas Green (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian-American comedian, show host, actor, filmmaker, podcaster, and rapper. After pursuing stand-up comedy and music as a young adult, Green created and hosted ''The Tom Green Show'', which a ...
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Pembroke
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Peter Gzowski
Peter John Gzowski (July 13, 1934 – January 24, 2002), known colloquially as "Mr. Canada", or "Captain Canada",Mary Gazze Canadian Press via The ''Toronto Star'', August 23, 2010. Retrieved 2016-06-27. was a Canadian broadcaster, write ...
, talk show host
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Avery Haines
Avery Hayward Haines (born 28 November 1966) is an American-born, Canadian television journalist, and currently Managing Editor, Investigative Journalist, and Host of Canada's longest-running and most-watched CTV newsmagazine series '' W5''.
C ...
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Monty Hall
Monty Hall (born Monte Halparin; August 25, 1921 – September 30, 2017) was a Canadian radio and television show host who moved to the United States in 1955 to pursue a career in broadcasting. After working as a radio newsreader and sport ...
, game show host
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Adrian Harewood
Adrian Harewood is a Canadian television and radio journalist, and the anchor of CBOT's ''CBC News: Ottawa at 5/5:30/6'' and ''CBC News: Late Night'' in Ottawa.
An Ottawa native, Harewood attended Ashbury College, a private school in Rockcliffe ...
, newscaster
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Phil Hartman
Philip Edward Hartman (; September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter and graphic designer. Hartman was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, and his family moved to the United States w ...
, sketch comedian
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Jane Hawtin
Jane Hawtin is a Canadian television and radio personality. She has hosted programs on CBC Radio One, CFRB and Q107, including ''Metro Morning'', '' Here and Now'', ''As It Happens'' and the daily television talk show ''Jane Hawtin Live''. She has ...
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Jennifer Hedger, sportscaster
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Cheryl Hickey, entertainment reporter
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Heather Hiscox
Heather Hiscox (born 18 November 1965) is a Canadian news anchor who hosts '' CBC News Now'' from 6 to 10 a.m. on weekdays on CBC News Network. She was also the host of the CBC's former flagship morning television program '' CBC News: Morning' ...
, newscaster
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Johnny Hockin
''MTV News'' is a Canadian entertainment and pop culture news program on the Canadian cable specialty channel, MTV. The program debuted on August 18, 2008.
''MTV News'' is hosted by Aliya-Jasmine Sovani, along with correspondents Johnny Hockin an ...
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Mike Holmes
Michael James Holmes (born August 3, 1963) is a Canadian builder/contractor, businessman, investor, television host, and philanthropist. In his first television series, ''Holmes on Homes,'' he rescues homeowners from renovations gone wrong. He ...
, home renovation contractor
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Bob Homme
Robert Mandt Homme, C.M. ( ; March 8, 1919 – May 2, 2000) was an American-Canadian television actor. Homme was best known as the host of '' The Friendly Giant'', a popular children's television program that aired from the 1950s through the 198 ...
, children's entertainer known as "
The Friendly Giant
''The Friendly Giant'' was a children's television program that aired on CBC Television from September 30, 1958 through to March 1985. It featured three main characters: a giant (mythology), giant named Friendly (played by Bob Homme), who lived in ...
"
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Tommy Hunter
Thomas James Hunter, CM, O.Ont (born March 20, 1937) is a Canadian country music performer, known as "Canada's Country Gentleman".
Career
In 1956, he began performing as a rhythm guitarist on the CBC Television show, '' Country Hoedown''. ''T ...
, variety show host
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Helen Hutchinson
Helen Hutchinson is a Canadian television personality. She is a former co-anchor of '' W5'' (1979-1987), ''Canada AM'' (1973-1979), '' Arts '73'' and WTN's '' Point of View: Women''. She graduated from University of Toronto with a master of libra ...
, journalist
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Chris Hyndman, HGTV designer and talk show host
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Marci Ien
Marci Ien (born July 29, 1969) is a Canadian politician serving as the minister for women and gender equality and youth since October 26, 2021. A member of the Liberal Party, Ien represents Toronto Centre in the House of Commons. Previously, s ...
, newscaster and talk show host
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Orin Isaacs
Orin Isaacs is a television and film
music composer/producer, best known as the musical director, bandleader and bassist on Mike Bullard's late-night talk shows ''Open Mike with Mike Bullard'' and ''The Mike Bullard Show''. Orin is also known as ...
, talk show bandleader
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Doug James, former CNN correspondent, former CBC reporter and host
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Stu Jeffries, VJ
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Peter Jennings
Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings (July 29, 1938August 7, 2005) was a Canadian-born American television journalist who served as the sole anchor of ''ABC World News Tonight'' from 1983 until his death from lung cancer in 2005. He dropped o ...
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Jenny Jones,
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
television host
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Arthur Kent
Arthur Kent (born December 27, 1953) is a Canadian television journalist and author. He rose to international prominence during the 1991 Persian Gulf War during which he acquired the nickname "The Scud Stud". He is the brother of Canada's forme ...
, journalist
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Peter Kent
James Peter Kent (born July 27, 1943) is a former Canadian journalist and former politician who served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for the riding of Thornhill from 2008 to 2021. He served as Minister of the Environment in the 28th ...
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Tanya Kim
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Ken Kostick, cooking show host
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Elvira Kurt
Elvira Kurt (born December 9, 1961) is a Canadian comedian, and was the host of the game show '' Spin Off''. She hosted the entertainment satire/talk show '' PopCultured with Elvira Kurt'', which began on The Comedy Network in Canada in 2005. Tha ...
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Keltie Knight, entertainment journalist
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Lisa LaFlamme, newscaster
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Amanda Lang, business newscaster
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Ricardo Larrivée
Ricardo (born Ricardo Larrivée on March 12, 1967) is a television host and a food writer who lives in Quebec, Canada. He hosts the television show ''Ricardo'' on Radio-Canada and previously hosted '' Ricardo and Friends'' on Food Network Ca ...
, chef
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René Lecavalier
René Lecavalier, OC, CQ (July 5, 1918 – September 6, 1999) was a Canadian French-language radio show host and sportscaster on SRC in Quebec. During his career in radio Lecavalier won several Radiomonde Trophies. He was also the first co ...
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Philippe Létourneau, driving expert
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Art Linkletter
Arthur Gordon Linkletter (born Gordon Arthur Kelly or Arthur Gordon Kelly; sources differ; July 17, 1912 – May 26, 2010) was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of ''Art Linkletter's House Party, House Par ...
, talk show host
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Elaine "Lainey" Lui, entertainment reporter and talk show host
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Ron MacLean, sportscaster
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Rita MacNeil, variety show host
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Howie Mandel
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Peter Mansbridge
Peter Mansbridge (born July 6, 1948) is a British-born Canadian retired news anchor. From 1988 to 2017, he was chief correspondent for CBC News and anchor of '' The National,'' CBC Television's flagship nightly newscast. He was also host of CB ...
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Jay Manuel
Jay Manuel (born August 14, 1972) is a Canadian TV host, Creative Director, make-up artist, and author. He is most recognizable as the Creative Director on the popular reality television show ''America's Next Top Model'' for the first eighteen sea ...
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Pamela Martin, newscaster
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Gord Martineau, newscaster
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Shahir Massoud, chef and talk show host
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Bob McAdorey
Robert Joseph McAdorey (July 24, 1935 – February 5, 2005) was a Canadian television and radio broadcaster.
McAdorey was born and raised in Niagara Falls, Ontario. During his high school years, Bob McAdorey was the President of Alpha Kappa Ch ...
, entertainment reporter
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Mark McKinney
Mark Douglas Brown McKinney (born June 26, 1959) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known as a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, which includes starring in the 1989 to 1995 TV series ''The Kids in the Hall'' and 1 ...
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Ottawa comedian
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Ann Medina
Ann Medina is an American Canadian television journalist and documentary producer.
Biography
Born and raised in New York City, Medina studied philosophy at Wellesley College, Harvard University and the University of Edinburgh before getting ...
, journalist and documentarian
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Anne-Marie Mediwake
Anne Marie Abeyesinghe Mediwake is a Canadian television news anchor. Formerly co-anchor of Global Toronto's 6 p.m. ''News Hour'', she was hired in September 2009 by the CBC News Network. In October 2010, she became co-anchor of CBC News Toront ...
, newscaster
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Suhana Meharchand
Suhana Meharchand is a Canadian retired journalist who was most recently a CBC News Network anchor and host of '' CBC News Now''.
Early life
Meharchand was born in Durban, South Africa, and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Meharchand is a gra ...
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Rick Mercer, comedian and commentator
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Wendy Mesley
Wendy is a given name now generally given to girls in English-speaking countries.
In Britain, Wendy appeared as a masculine name in a parish record in 1615. It was also used as a surname in Britain from at least the 17th century. Its popularity ...
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Jon Montgomery, ''
The Amazing Race Canada''
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Tracy Moore, talk show host
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Anne Mroczkowski, newscaster
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Ben Mulroney
Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right.
Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he ...
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Pascale Nadeau
Pascale Nadeau (born 2 April 1960) is a Canadian news presenter for Télévision de Radio-Canada from Quebec.(31 May 2007)Pascale Nadeau délogée du Téléjournal/Midi ''Canoe'' (in French) Previously a daytime presenter for the all-news net ...
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Kevin Newman, newscaster
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Candice Olson
Candice Olson (born October 27, 1964) is a Canadian designer. She was the host of the Toronto-based home-makeover shows ''Divine Design'' and '' Candice Tells All'', which aired on the W Network in Canada and on HGTV in the United States.
Early ...
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David Onley
David Charles Onley (born June 12, 1950) is a former Canadian journalist who served as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario[Jay Onrait
Jay Michael Onrait (born August 29, 1974) is a Canadian television personality and sports anchor who hosts ''SC with Jay Onrait'' on TSN. From 2003 to 2021, he has been frequently paired with fellow Canadian broadcaster Dan O'Toole.
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Seamus O'Regan
Seamus Thomas Harris O'Regan (born January 18, 1971) is a Canadians, Canadian politician who served as the Minister of Natural Resources from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party, O'Regan has represented St. Joh ...
, journalist
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Dan O'Toole
Daniel Gerard O'Toole (born September 10, 1975) is a former Canadian television sports anchor who was last employed by TSN. From 2003 to 2013 and 2017 to February 2021, he co-hosted the 1:00 AM ( ET) weekday broadcast of TSN's '' SportsCentre'', a ...
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Dvira Ovadia
Dvira Ovadia (born 1979 in Israel) is a Canadian television personality and an award-winning/celebrity designer. She is best known as winning the 2007 show called '' From The Ground Up with Debbie Travis'' season two. The show aired on Global TV M ...
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Amanda Parris
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Tony Parsons, newscaster
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Norm Perry, newscaster
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Russell Peters
Russell Dominic Peters (born September 29, 1970) is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, and producer. He began performing in Toronto in 1989 and won a Gemini Award in 2008. In 2013, he was number three on ''Forbes'' list of the world's highe ...
, comedian
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Dini Petty
Dini Petty (born January 15, 1945) is a Canadian television and radio host.
At 22, wearing a trademark pink jumpsuit and working for Toronto radio station CKEY, she became the first female traffic reporter to pilot her own helicopter. She clock ...
, talk show host
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Benjamin Quddus Philippe, MTV presenter
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Suzanne Pinel
Suzanne Pinel, is a Canadian children's entertainer and former citizenship judge.
Using the stage name Marie-Soleil, Pinel performed for twenty years, using stories and songs to teach the French language to kids. She recorded albums, releasing h ...
, children's entertainer known as "
Marie-Soleil
''Marie-Soleil'' was a Canadian children's television show in the 1980s and early 1990s, which aired on many stations associated with the CTV Television Network.Janice Kennedy, "Suzanne Pinel wants Quebecers to catch the spirit of Marie- Soleil". ...
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Sue Prestedge
Sue Prestedge is a Canadian sports broadcaster who was one of Canada's first and most influential female sports journalists."Hamilton's Prestedge to lead Women's Sports Network". '' Hamilton Spectator'', March 2, 2001.
After working as a sports re ...
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Valerie Pringle
Valerie Pringle ( née Whittingham, born 5 September 1953) is a Canadian television host and journalist, hosting the Canadian edition of ''Antiques Roadshow'' on CBC since 2006. Pringle was born in Windsor, Ontario.
Pringle began her career in ...
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Dina Pugliese
Dina Pugliese (; born May 22, 1974) is a Canadian television personality, currently the co-host of City Toronto's ''Breakfast Television''. She joined the show in 2006, replacing Liza Fromer.Salem, Rob (October 29, 2006). "Dina fits like a sli ...
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Joel Recla, radio and television creator, producer, and host
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Graham Richardson
Graham Frederick Richardson (born 27 September 1949) is an Australian former Labor Party politician who was a Senator for New South Wales from 1983 to 1994 and served as a Cabinet Minister in both the Hawke and Keating Governments. He is c ...
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Sarah Richardson
Sarah Richardson (born October 22, 1971) is a Canadian interior designer and television personality who started out her career as a prop stylist in 1994. Since then, she has hosted several television series on design for HGTV in Canada. Sarah Ri ...
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Sandie Rinaldo
Sandra Brycks "Sandie" Rinaldo (born 16 January 1950) is a Canadian television journalist and anchor for CTV News.
Youth and education
She was born in Toronto, and was first seen on television as a dancer during the mid-1960s on CBC Television y ...
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Sandra Rinomato, HGTV host (''
Property Virgins
''Property Virgins'' is a reality television series produced by Cineflix. The show portrays the experiences of prospective first-time home buyers, or "property virgins". The host of the show coaches first-time home buyers to adjust their dream ho ...
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Buy Herself'')
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John Roberts
John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as the 17th chief justice of the United States since 2005. Roberts has authored the majority opinion in several landmark cases, including '' Nat ...
, news reporter
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Leslie Roberts
Leslie Roberts (born June 28, 1964) is a Canadian television and radio personality, currently the host of ''CTV Morning Live'' in Ottawa. He was previously the host of ''The Leslie Roberts Show'' on CJAD in Montreal, until announcing on Decemb ...
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Lloyd Robertson
Lloyd Robertson (born January 19, 1934) is a Canadian journalist and former news anchor who is special correspondent on CTV's weekly magazine series, '' W5''. Robertson served as the chief anchor and senior editor of CTV's national evening new ...
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Ken Rockburn Ken Rockburn (born 1947) is a Canadian radio and television journalist and host. He is most noted for his associations with the Canadian Cable Public Affairs Channel ( CPAC), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and CHEZ-FM radio.
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Ann Rohmer, newscaster
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Steven Sabados
Steven Sabados is a Canadian television host, designer and writer, who frequently appeared in television programs with his husband and business partner Chris Hyndman and as one of the hosts of ''The Goods'', a daytime talk show on CBC Television.
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, HGTV designer and talk show host
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Morley Safer
Morley Safer (November 8, 1931 – May 19, 2016) was a Canadian-American broadcast journalist, reporter, and correspondent for CBS News. He was best known for his long tenure on the news magazine ''60 Minutes'', whose cast he joined in 1970 af ...
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Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
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Simi Sara
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Joe Schlesinger
Josef Schlesinger, (May 11, 1928 – February 11, 2019) was a Canadian foreign correspondent, television journalist, and author.
Early life and career
Schlesinger was born to a devout Jewish family in Vienna, Austria, on May 11, 1928. He was ra ...
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Ken Shaw, newscaster
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Trish Stratus
Patricia Anne Stratigeas (; born December 18, 1975) better known by the ring name Trish Stratus is a Canadian professional wrestler, actress and yoga instructor. She is currently signed to WWE. Often regarded as one of the greatest Women's Pe ...
, WWE wrestler and star of the TV show ''Armed and Famous''
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George Stroumboulopoulos, talk show host
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David Suzuki
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Diana Swain
Diana Swain is the executive producer of CBC's investigative documentary program ''The Fifth Estate''. She has held various roles at the public broadcaster, including most recently as the senior editor of the network Investigative Unit. Before t ...
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Jane Taber
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Tamara Taggart
Tamara Taggart (born May 2, 1968) is a former Canadian television presenter. She served as the weekday anchor of ''CTV News at Six'' alongside Mike Killeen on CIVT-TV ("CTV British Columbia") in Vancouver between 2010 and 2018.
Biography
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Mutsumi Takahashi, newscaster
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Jan Tennant
Jan Tennant (born 1937) is a Canadian television journalist.
Early life
Tennant was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1937, growing up in the High Park North neighbourhood, attended Runnymede Public School and Humberside Collegiate Institute, and then ...
, newscaster
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Scott Thompson, sketch comedian
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Beverly Thomson
Beverly D. Thomson (born April 15, 1966) is a Canadian journalist and correspondent with CTV News Channel. Along with Seamus O'Regan, Thomson was co-host of ''Canada AM'', CTV's former national morning show, from 2003 to 2016. In 2006, she re ...
, journalist
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Kathy Tomlinson,
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
reporter
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Ziya Tong Ziya () is a Turkish given name for males and females, it is of Arabic origin, in Turkish ''Ziya'' means ''light''.
Given name
* Ziya Doğan, Turkish football manager
* Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist
* Nazmi Ziya Güran, Turkish impressionist p ...
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Cheryl Torrenueva
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Debbie Travis
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Alex Trebek, game show host
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Peter Trueman
William Peter Main Trueman (December 25, 1934 – July 23, 2021) was a Canadian television and radio personality, best known for his work for the Global Television Network between 1974 and 1977, and from 1978 to July 1988. In the 1960s and ear ...
, newscaster
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Jennifer Valentyne
Jennifer Elizabeth Valentyne (née Peck, born May 31, 1967) is a Canadian television personality. Her longest running role was on ''Breakfast Television'' in Toronto for 23 years where she went from being a weather specialist to hosting the "Liv ...
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Jody Vance, sportscaster
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Adnan Virk
Adnan Virk ( ur, ) (born July 29, 1978) is a Canadian sportscaster for MLB Network and DAZN who previously worked for ESPN, TSN, and WWE. He also produces and hosts the weekly podcast ''Cinephile with Adnan Virk'' show covering cinema news and ...
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Bill Walker Bill Walker may refer to:
Australian rules football
* Bill A. Walker (1886–1934), Australian rules footballer for Essendon
* Bill Walker (Australian footballer, born 1883) (1883–1971), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
* Bill J. V. Wal ...
, variety and game show host
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Pamela Wallin
Pamela Wallin (born April 10, 1953) is a Canadian senator, former television journalist, and diplomat. She was appointed to the senate on January 2, 2009, where she initially sat as a Conservative.
Early life and career
Wallin was born in W ...
, journalist and talk show host
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Patrick Watson, journalist and documentarian
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Bill Welychka
Bill Welychka (born in Welland, Ontario) is a Canadians, Canadian television personality.
Welychka joined CHUM Limited in 1988 as a video editor for MuchMusic. In 1992, he became a VJ (media personality), VJ for the channel, staying with Much for ...
, MuchMusic VJ
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Murray Westgate
Murray Westgate (April 16, 1918 – August 27, 2018) was a Canadian actor. He is best known for his longtime role as a television pitchman in Canadian commercials for Esso on ''Hockey Night in Canada'' in the 1950s and 1960s, and also for his roles ...
, advertising pitchman
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Roz Weston Roz can refer to:
People Given name
Roz, short for Rosalyn, Rosa, Rosalind, and many other forms, is a first name which can refer to:
* Roz Abrams (born 1949), American television journalist
* Roz Bell, Canadian singer-songwriter
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Brian Williams, sportscaster
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Harland Williams
Harland Michael Williams (born November 14, 1962) is a Canadian actor, comedian and writer. After several years of stand-up in Toronto and Los Angeles he made his film debut in ''Dumb and Dumber'' (1994) before playing starring roles in the short ...
, sketch comedian
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Benny Yau
Benny Yau (Traditional Chinese: 邱穟恆), born 8 May 1980 is a Canadian television presenter, singer, and actor known for hosting '' What's On'' on Fairchild TV, and as the lead singer of the band The WestCoast Players.
Career
Yau entered a ...
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Elwy Yost
Elwy McMurran Yost, (July 10, 1925 – July 21, 2011) was a Canadian television host, best known for hosting CBC Television's weekday '' Passport to Adventure'' series from 1965 to 1967, TVOntario's weekday ''Magic Shadows'', from 1974 until t ...
, TV host of classic movies on
TVO
TVO (stylized as tvo), formerly known as TVOntario, is a publicly funded English-language educational television network and media organization serving the Canadian province of Ontario. It operates flagship station CICA-DT (channel 19) in To ...
's ''Magic Shadows'' and ''
Saturday Night at the Movies''
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Andrew Younghusband
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Mary Zilba, star of ''Real Housewives of Vancouver''
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Television personalities
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