List of Canadian Jews

Academic figures

Biology and medicine

• Eric Berne, psychiatrist
• John Bienenstock, immunologist
• Daniel Borsuk , plastic surgeon
• Éric Cohen, molecular virologist
• Max Cynader , ophthalmologist and neuroscientist
• Dorothy Dworkin, nurse and founder of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
• William Feindel , neurosurgeon
• Samuel Freedman , clinical immunologist
• Phil Gold , medical researcher
• Larry Goldenberg , medical researcher
• Carl Goresky , physician and scientist
• Michael Hayden , geneticist
• Sara Hestrin-Lerner, physiologist
• Abram Hoffer, physician and psychiatrist
• Charles Hollenberg , physician and medical researcher
• Harold Kaplan, psychiatrist
• George Karpati , neurologist
• Gideon Koren, pediatrician
• Gabor Maté , physician
• Harry Medovy , paediatrician
• Henry Morgentaler , doctor and abortion activist
• Richard Goldbloom , paediatrician
• Mel Rosenberg, microbiologist
• Sydney Segal , pediatrician and neonatologist
• Louis Siminovitch , molecular biologist
• Nahum Sonenberg , microbiologist and biochemist
• Ralph Steinman, medical researcher; Nobel Prize in Medicine
• Karl Stern, neurologist and psychiatrist
• Mark Wainberg , HIV/AIDS researcher
• Zena Werb, cell biologist

  Computing and mathematics

• Dror Bar-Natan, topologist
• Yoshua Bengio, computer scientist
• David Borwein, mathematician
• Jonathan Borwein, mathematician
• Peter Borwein, mathematician
• Nathan Divinsky, mathematician and chess master
• Ian Goldberg, cryptographer
• Calvin Gotlieb , computer scientist
• Michael Gurstein, computer scientist
• Israel Halperin , algebraist
• Hans Heilbronn, mathematician
• William Kahan, computer scientist and mathematician; Turing Award
• Irving Kaplansky, mathematician
• Yael Karshon, symplectic geometer
• Cecilia Krieger, mathematician
• Nathan Mendelsohn , combinatorialist and group theorist
• Pierre Milman, algebraic and differential geometer
• Louis Nirenberg, analyst; Abel Prize
• Anatol Rapoport, applied mathematician
• Robert Steinberg, algebraist
• Jacob Tsimerman, number theorist
• George Zames, control theorist

  Engineering

• Norbert Berkowitz , engineering researcher
• Gregory Chamitoff, NASA astronaut and engineer
• Valery Fabrikant, mechanical engineer and convicted murderer
• Charles Hershfield, structural engineer
• Josef Kates, engineer
• Cyril Leonoff, geotechnical engineer

  History

• Irving Abella , historian
• Norman Cantor, historian
• Natalie Zemon Davis , historian
• David Feuerwerker, historian
• Jan Grabowski, historian and writer
• Jack Granatstein , political and military historian
• Ronald Hamowy, historian and political theorist
• Gabriel Kolko, historian
• Michael Marrus , historian
• David Noble, historian of technology
• Derek Penslar, historian
• Harold Troper, historian
• Daniel Woolf, historian

  Humanities

• Gregory Baum, priest and theologian
• Leon Edel, literary critic; Pulitzer Prize
• Archie Green, folklorist
• Marvin Herzog, professor of Yiddish language
• Norma Joseph, professor of Jewish Studies
• Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, scholar of Jewish studies
• Allan Nadler, professor of Jewish studies
• Adele Reinhartz, professor of Biblical literature
• David Roskies, literary scholar
• Abraham de Sola, professor of Semitic languages and literature
• Ruth Wisse, professor of Yiddish literature

  Philosophy

• Howard Adelman , philosopher
• Gerald Cohen, political philosopher
• S. Morris Engel, philosopher
• Emil Fackenheim, philosopher and theologian
• Raymond Klibansky , historian of philosophy
• Lou Marinoff, philosopher
• Roger Nash, philosopher
• Michael Neumann, philosopher
• Jay Newman, philosopher
• Leonard Peikoff, philosopher
• Hillel Steiner, political philosopher

  Physics and chemistry

• Isaac Abella, physicist
• Sidney Altman, molecular biologist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Alfred Bader , chemist
• Myer Bloom, physicist
• Jacques Distler, physicist
• Ursula Franklin metallurgist and physicist
• Helen Freedhoff, theoretical physicist
• Stanton Friedman, nuclear physicist and ufologist
• Jack Halpern, inorganic chemist
• Shlomo Hestrin, biochemist
• Leopold Infeld, physicist
• Werner Israel , physicist
• Martin Kamen, chemist
• Leon Katz , physicist
• Victoria Kaspi , astrophysicist
• Lawrence Krauss, theoretical physicist
• David Levy, astronomer
• Rudolph Marcus, chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Maya Paczuski, physicist
• John Polanyi , chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Juda Hirsch Quastel , biochemist
• Sara Seager, astronomer
• Moshe Shapiro, chemist and physicist
• David Shugar, physicist
• Louis Slotin, physicist and chemist
• Joe Schwarcz, science writer and chemist
• Theodore Sourkes , biochemist
• Rudolf Vrba, biochemist

  Social sciences

• Bernard Avishai, professor of business
• Ellen Bialystok , psychologist
• Paul Bloom, psychologist
• Reuven Brenner, economist
• Michel Chossudovsky, economist
• Stanley Coren, psychologist
• Kurt Freund, sexologist
• Rochel Gelman, psychologist
• Reva Gerstein , psychologist
• Erving Goffman, sociologist
• Myrna Gopnik,, linguist
• Ida Halpern , ethnomusicologist
• Samuel Hollander , economist
• Gad Horowitz, political scientist
• Helmut Kallmann , musicologist
• Ivan Kalmar, anthropologist
• James Laxer, political economist
• Daniel Levitin, cognitive psychologist
• Ronald Melzack , psychologist
• Henry Mintzberg , business theorist
• Sylvia Ostry , economist
• Leo Panitch, political scientist
• Norman Penner, political scientist and historian
• Steven Pinker, cognitive psychologist and linguist
• Susan Pinker, psychologist and writer
• Frances Fox Piven, political scientist
• Gad Saad, evolutionary psychologist
• Myron Scholes, financial economist; Nobel Prize in Economics
• Vera Shlakman, economist
• Lionel Tiger, anthropologist
• Jacob Viner, economist
• Kenneth Zucker, psychologist and sexologist
• Shlomo Weber, economist

  University administration

• Isaac Hellmuth, founder of the University of Western Ontario
• Myer Horowitz , president of the University of Alberta
• Max Wyman, president of the University of Alberta
• Sheldon Levy, president and vice-chancellor of Ryerson University
• Frederick Lowy , president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University
• Arnold Naimark , president of the University of Manitoba
• Mordechai Rozanski, president of the University of Guelph
• Bernard Shapiro , principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University
• Harold Shapiro, president of Princeton University
• Daniel Woolf, principal and vice-chancellor of Queen's University

  Activists

• Manuel Batshaw, social worker
• Marjorie Blankstein, community activist
• Judy Feld Carr , human rights activist
• Sabina Citron, activist and author
• Martha Cohen , community activist
• Betty Dubiner, disabilities activist
• Bernie Farber, Jewish community leader and social activist
• Abraham Feinberg, human rights activist.
• Shulamith Firestone, radical feminist
• Ruth Frankel , activist
• Howard Galganov, political activist
• Saul Hayes , activist
• Goldie Hershon, activist and Jewish community leader
• Kalmen Kaplansky , human rights activist
• Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch
• Judy Rebick, political activist
• Dorothy Reitman , activist
• Léa Roback, social activist and feminist
• Irv Rubin, Kahanist activist

  Artists

Architects and designers

• Hans Blumenfeld , architect and city planner
• Benjamin Brown, architect
• Jack Diamond , architect
• Frank Gehry , architect
• Phyllis Lambert , architect and philanthropist
• Cornelia Oberlander , landscape architect
• Peter Oberlander , architect
• Moshe Safdie , architect
• Arnold Scaasi, fashion designer

  Fine arts

• Omer Arbel, sculptor and designer
• Aba Bayefsky, artist
• Arnold Belkin, painter
• Barry Blitt, illustrator
• Sam Borenstein, painter
• Ghitta Caiserman-Roth, artist
• Lynne Cohen, photography
• Yehouda Chaki, artist
• Sorel Etrog, sculptor
• Albert Gilbert , photographer
• Gerald Gladstone, sculptor
• Eric Goldberg, painter
• Jack Goldstein, multimedia artist
• Pnina Granirer, painter
• Philip Guston, abstract expressionist
• Gilah Yelin Hirsch, artist
• Eli Ilan, sculptor
• Gershon Iskowitz, artist
• Sarah Jackson, artist
• Mayer Kirshenblatt, painter
• Sylvia Lefkovitz, painter and sculptor
• Stanley Lewis, sculptor
• Harry Mayerovitch, artist and architect
• Louis Muhlstock, painter
• Henry Orenstein, painter
• Alfred Pinsky, painter
• David Rabinowitch, sculptor
• Royden Rabinowitch , sculptor
• William Raphael, painter
• Miriam Schapiro, artist
• Regina Seiden, painter
• Yechiel Shainblum,, painter and sculptor
• Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman
• Erik Slutsky, painter
• Max Stern, art dealer
• Avrom Yanovsky, cartoonist
• Helen Zenith, painter

  Business

Finance

• Mitch Garber, investor and business executive
• Sol Kanee , banker and Jewish community leader
• Alvin Libin , investor and co-owner of Calgary Sports and Entertainment
• Lazarus Phillips , director of the Royal Bank of Canada and senator
• Louis Rasminsky , Governor of Bank of Canada
• Jeff Rubin, chief economist of CIBC World Markets
• Gerry Schwartz , CEO of Onex Corporation
• Alex Shnaider, co-founder of the Midland Group
• Lawrence Stroll, investor
• Mark Wiseman CEO of the CPP Investment Board

  Media

• Izzy Asper , chairman of Canwest Global Communications
• Leonard Asper, president and CEO of Canwest Global Communications
• Avie Bennett , chairman of McClelland & Stewart
• Jacques Bensimon , director of the National Film Board of Canada
• Mark Breslin , co-founder of Yuk Yuk's
• Edgar Bronfman Jr., CEO and chairman of Warner Music Group
• Paul Godfrey , president and CEO of Postmedia Network
• Michael Goldbloom , president of Star Media Group
• Ian Greenberg, co-founder and CEO of Astral Media
• Michael Hirsh, co-founder of Nelvana
• Mel Hurtig , publisher
• Jonathan Kay, editor-in-chief of The Walrus
• Ezra Levant, political commentator and founder of Rebel News
• David Margolese, founder of Sirius XM Radio
• Louis B. Mayer, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
• Andy Nulman , co-founder of Just for Laughs
• M. J. Nurenberger, founder of the Canadian Jewish News
• Bernard Ostry , chair and CEO of TVOntario
• Robert Rabinovitch, president and CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• A. M. Rosenthal, executive editor of The New York Times; Pulitzer Prize
• Brian Segal, president and CEO of Rogers Publishing
• Jay Switzer , president and CEO of CHUM Limited
• Marv Terhoch, CBWT-DT
• Jack L. Warner, president of Warner Bros. Studios
• Moses Znaimer, co-founder and head of Citytv
• Mortimer Zuckerman, co-founder of Boston Properties and media proprietor

  Natural resources

• Robert Friedland, founder of Ivanhoe Mines
• Leon Joseph Koerner, philanthropist and industrialist
• Peter Munk , founder of Barrick Gold
• Joseph Rotman , businessman and philanthropist
• Seymour Schulich , mining businessman and philanthropist
• Irving Schwartz , entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Levy Solomons, merchant and fur trader

  Philanthropists

• Bluma Appel , philanthropist
• Jenny Belzberg , philanthropist
• Alfred David Benjamin, businessman and philanthropist
• Lillian Bilsky Freiman , philanthropist and civil leader
• Ruth Goldbloom , co-founder of Pier 21

  Real estate

• Marcel Adams, real estate investor
• Sylvan Adams, real estate investor
• David Azrieli , real estate magnate
• Samuel Belzberg , businessman
• The Ghermezian family, shopping mall developers
• Mitchell Goldhar, founder of SmartCentres and owner of Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
• Michal Hornstein , businessman and philanthropist
• The Reichmann family, real estate magnates
• *Edward Reichmann, real estate magnate
• *Paul Reichmann, real estate magnate
• Jack Singer, real estate developer
• Allan Zeman , developer

  Retail

• Aldo Bensadoun, founder of the Aldo Group
• The Bronfman family, businesspeople and philanthropists
• *Charles Bronfman , co-chairman of Seagram's
• *Edgar Bronfman Sr., head of Seagram's and president of the World Jewish Congress
• *Samuel Bronfman , founder of Seagram's
• Dov Charney, founder of American Apparel
• Lyon Cohen, businessman and philanthropist
• George Cohon , founder of McDonald's Canada
• Nathan Cummings, co-founder of Consolidated Foods
• Leslie Dan , founder of Novopharm
• Sir Mortimer Davis, tobacco industry executive
• Archibald Jacob Freiman, founder of Freimans
• Hershey Friedman, owner of Agri Star
• Daniel Friedmann, CEO of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates
• Daryl Katz, founder of Katz Group of Companies and owner of the Edmonton Oilers
• Murray Koffler , founder of Shoppers Drug Mart
• Ed Mirvish , founder of Honest Ed's
• Jack Rabinovitch , philanthropist
• Heather Reisman , founder and CEO of Indigo Books and Music
• Dani Reiss , president and CEO of Canada Goose
• Irv Robbins, co-founder of Baskin-Robbins
• Bruce Rockowitz, CEO and vice-chairman of Global Brands Group
• Harry Rosen , founder of Harry Rosen Inc.
• Larry Rosen, chairman and CEO of Harry Rosen Inc.
• Calin Rovinescu , president and CEO of Air Canada
• Isai Scheinberg, co-founder of PokerStars
• Mark Scheinberg, co-founder of PokerStars
• Isadore Sharp , founder and chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
• Barry Sherman , chairman and CEO of Apotex
• Jeffrey Skoll , president of eBay
• Sam Steinberg, president of Steinberg's
• Larry Tanenbaum , chairman of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment

  Law

Jurists

• Rosalie Abella, Supreme Court Justice
• Harry Batshaw, Quebec Superior Court Justice
• Charles Dubin , Chief Justice of Ontario
• Morris Fish , Supreme Court Justice
• Samuel Freedman , Chief Justice of Manitoba
• Constance Glube , Chief Justice of Nova Scotia
• Alan Gold , Chief Justice of Quebec
• Sydney Harris, judge
• Bora Laskin , 14th Chief Justice of Canada
• Herbert Marx, Quebec Superior Court Justice and Minister of Justice
• Michael Moldaver, Supreme Court Justice
• Nathaniel Nemetz , Chief Justice of British Columbia
• Marshall Rothstein , Supreme Court Justice
• Tillie Taylor, Saskatchewan's first female magistrate
• Richard Wagner, 18th Chief Justice of Canada

  Lawyers

• Monroe Abbey , lawyer
• Maurice Alexander, barrister
• Louis Bloomfield, lawyer and businessman
• Alan Borovoy , lawyer and human rights activist
• Harold Buchwald , lawyer
• Reuben Cohen , lawyer and businessman
• Martin Friedland , lawyer
• Rocco Galati, constitutional lawyer
• Edward Greenspan, lawyer
• Adolphus Hart, lawyer and activist
• David Matas , human rights lawyer
• Ed Morgan, international lawyer
• Harry Rankin, lawyer
• William Schabas , professor of international law
• Morris Shumiatcher , lawyer and human rights activist
• Harvey Strosberg, lawyer
• Harry Walsh , criminal lawyer
• Benjamin Zimmerman, justice of the peace

  Military

• Morris Cohen , Canadian Expeditionary Force officers and adventurer
• Eleazar David David, cavalry officer
• Ben Dunkelman, World War II and Israeli War of Independence soldier
• Moe Hurwitz , World War II soldier
• Maxwell Kogon , World War II bomber pilot
• Yank Levy, soldier and military instructor
• Gill Rosenberg, member of the Women's Protection Units
• Sydney Shulemson , World War II fighter pilot
• Peter Stevens , German born WWII RAF officer, and RCAF post-war, best known for multiple POW escapes

  Performing arts

Actors and performers

• Harvey Atkin, actor and voice actor
• Liane Balaban, actress
• Jay Baruchel, actor, comedian, and screenwriter
• Frances Bay, character actress
• Lani Billard, television actress
• Lionel Blair, actor and choreographer
• Ben Blue, actor and comedian
• Lloyd Bochner, actor
• Bobby Breen, actor and singer
• Howard Busgang, comedian
• Neve Campbell, film and television actress
• Maury Chaykin, actor
• Boris Cherniak, hypnotist
• Emmanuelle Chriqui, actress
• Lauren Collins, television actress
• Pauline Donalda , operatic soprano
• Barbara Dunkelman, actress and internet personality
• Ophira Eisenberg, comedian
• Jake Epstein, television actor
• Stacey Farber, television actress
• Maureen Forrester , operatic contralto
• Celia Franca , founder of the National Ballet of Canada
• Victor Garber, actor
• Jessalyn Gilsig, television actress
• Joanna Gleason, actress
• Jake Goldsbie, television actor
• Anais Granofsky, actress
• Lorne Greene, actor
• Nathan Fielder, actor and comedian
• Corey Haim, actor
• Monty Hall, game show host
• Melissa Hayden, ballerina
• Lou Jacobi, actor
• Jonathan Keltz, actor
• Shane Kippel, television actor
• Mia Kirshner, actress
• Jack Kruschen, character actor
• Paul Kligman, actor
• Rachelle Lefevre, actress
• Sylvia Lennick, actress
• Caissie Levy, stage actress and singer
• Eugene Levy , actor and director
• Jaclyn Linetsky, television actress
• Mary Livingstone, radio comedian and actress
• Howie Mandel, actor and comedian
• Rick Moranis, actor and comedian
• Harley Morenstein, actor and Internet personality
• Gloria Reuben, television actress
• Spencer Rice, writer, director and performer
• Seth Rogen, film and television actor
• Sasha Roiz, actor
• Saul Rubinek, actor, director, producer and playwright
• Jonathan Sagall, actor
• Mort Sahl, stand-up comedian
• William Shatner , actor, director, and writer
• Norma Shearer, actress and Hollywood star
• Frank Shuster , comedian
• Anna Silk, actress
• David Steinberg , comedian and director
• Stuart Stone, actor
• Tara Strong, actress
• Kyle Switzer, television actor
• Theresa Tova, actress and playwright
• Al Waxman , actor
• Johnny Wayne, comedian
• Joseph Wiseman, theatre and film actor
• Finn Wolfhard, actor

  Directors and producers

• Laszlo Barna, television producer
• Murray Cohl , film director
• David Cronenberg , filmmaker and screenwriter
• Garth Drabinsky, film and theatrical producer
• Bob Ezrin, music producer
• Ken Finkleman, television producer
• Jay Firestone, film and television producer
• Sidney Furie, film director
• Herman Geiger-Torel , opera director
• Jake Gold, musician manager
• Harold Greenberg , film producer
• Al Guest, animation producer and director
• Arthur Hiller , director
• John Hirsch , theatre director
• Kenny Hotz, producer and entertainer
• Simcha Jacobovici, film director
• Estelle Klein, artistic director
• Franz Kraemer , radio producer
• Shawn Levy, film director and producer
• Avi Lewis, documentary filmmaker and television host
• Benjamin Lumley, opera director
• Francis Mankiewicz, director
• Lorne Michaels , television producer
• David Mirvish , theatre producer
• Sydney Newman , producer
• Jeremy Podeswa, film and television director
• Ivan Reitman , film producer and director
• Jason Reitman, film director
• J.R. Rotem, record producer
• Albert Ruddy, film director
• Harry Saltzman, film producer
• Dora Wasserman, playwright and theater director

  Composers

• Murray Adaskin , composer
• Karel Ančerl, conductor
• István Anhalt , composer
• Louis Applebaum , film score composer
• Milton Barnes, composer and conductor
• Boris Berlin , musical instructor and composer
• David Botwinik, composer
• Alexander Brott , conductor and composer
• Boris Brott , conductor
• Percy Faith, bandleader
• Harry Freedman , composer
• Lewis Furey, composer
• Srul Glick , composer
• Helmut Kallmann, composer
• Uri Mayer, conductor and violinist
• Oskar Morawetz , composer
• Albert Pratz, conductor and violinist
• Paul Shaffer , bandleader
• Howard Shore , composer
• Ben Steinberg, composer and conductor
• Heinz Unger, conductor
• Maurice Zbriger, composer and violinist

  Musicians

Classical

• Frances Adaskin , pianist
• Harry Adaskin , violinist
• Ellen Ballon, pianist
• Denis Brott , cellist
• Rivka Golani, viola player
• Moshe Hammer, violinist
• Ofra Harnoy , cellist
• Jacques Israelievitch , violinist
• Minuetta Kessler, concert pianist
• Anton Kuerti , pianist
• Zara Nelsova, cellist
• Isidor Philipp, pianist and composer
• Ezra Schabas , musician
• Harold Sumberg, violinist
• Ethel Stark , violinist and conductor
• John Weinzweig , composer
• George Zukerman , bassoonist and impresario

  Jazz

• Paul Bley , pianist
• Jim Gelcer, jazz musician
• James Gelfand, jazz pianist
• Moe Koffman , jazz musician
• Sophie Milman, jazz musician
• Nikki Yanofsky, jazz-pop singer

  Popular

• A-Trak, DJ
• Oscar Brand, folk singer
• Drake, rapper and actor
• Corey Hart, singer
• Paul Hoffert , founding member of Lighthouse
• Geddy Lee , lead singer of Rush
• Efrim Menuck, musician
• Ben Mink, songwriter and musician
• Steven Page, founding member of Barenaked Ladies
• Peaches, electronic musician
• Robbie Robertson , lead guitarist of The Band
• Eddie Schwartz , songwriter and music producer
• Sharon, Lois & Bram, children's music group
• Amy Sky, singer-songwriter
• Socalled, rapper and producer
• Chaim Tannenbaum, folk singer
• Vanity, singer and songwriter
• David Usher, frontman for Moist
• Bob Wiseman, composer and founding member of Blue Rodeo
• Zal Yanovsky, rock musician, the Lovin' Spoonful guitarist
• Alissa White-Gluz, death metal vocalist

  Politics

Diplomats

• Klaus Goldschlag , ambassador
• Allan Gotlieb , ambassador
• Saul Rae, diplomat
• Norman Spector, diplomat and journalist

  Mayors

• Michael Applebaum, mayor of Montreal
• Sidney Buckwold , mayor of Saskatoon
• Martin Dobkin, first mayor of Mississauga
• Lumley Franklin, mayor of Victoria
• Philip Givens, mayor of Toronto and Liberal MP
• Lorry Greenberg, mayor of Ottawa
• Sam Katz, mayor of Winnipeg
• Leonard Arthur Kitz, mayor of Halifax
• Mel Lastman, mayor of Toronto
• Saul Laskin, mayor of Thunder Bay
• Stephen Mandel, mayor of Edmonton and leader of the Alberta Party
• Danny Nathanson, mayor of New Waterford, Nova Scotia
• David Oppenheimer, mayor of Vancouver
• Nathan Phillips, mayor of Toronto
• Harvey Rosen, mayor of Kingston
• Morley Rosenberg, mayor of Kitchener

  Politicians

• Jack Austin , senator and cabinet minister
• Dave Barrett , 26th Premier of British Columbia
• George Benjamin, Conservative MP
• Peter Bercovitch, Liberal MP and Quebec Liberal MNA
• Lawrence Bergman, Quebec Liberal MNA and cabinet minister
• Harry Blank, Quebec Liberal MPP
• Annie Buller, co-founder of the Communist Party of Canada
• Elinor Caplan, Liberal MP and cabinet minister
• Jim Carr, Liberal MP and Minister of Natural Resources
• Leon Crestohl, Liberal MP
• Saul Cherniack , Manitoba NDP MP and cabinet minister
• Tony Clement, Minister of Industry and Minister of Health
• Irwin Cotler , Liberal MP and Minister of Justice
• David Croll, senator and Liberal MP
• Julie Dabrusin, Liberal MP
• Barney Danson , Liberal MP and Minister of National Defence
• Samuel Factor, first Jewish MP elected in Ontario
• Sheila Finestone, Liberal MP and senator
• Myra Freeman , 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
• Linda Frum, senator
• Irving Gerstein , senator and businessman
• Marc Gold, senator and law professor
• Carl Goldenberg , senator
• Victor Goldbloom , Quebec Liberal MNA and doctor
• Yoine Goldstein, senator
• Karina Gould, Liberal MP and Minister of Democratic Institutions
• Herb Gray , Liberal MP and Deputy Prime Minister
• Larry Grossman, leader of the Ontario PC Party
• Ezekiel Hart, first Jew elected to a Canadian Parliament
• Solomon Hart Green, first Jew to sit in a provincial legislature
• Stanley Hartt , Chief of Staff
• Sharren Haskel, Likud MK
• Chaviva Hošek , academic and politician
• Anthony Housefather, Liberal MP and mayor of Côte Saint-Luc
• Samuel William Jacobs, Liberal MP and Jewish community leader
• Monte Kwinter, Ontario Liberal MPP and cabinet minister
• Michael Levitt, Liberal MP
• David Lewis , NDP leader and MP
• Stephen Lewis , Ontario NDP leader, MP and ambassador
• Jack Marshall , PC MP and senator
• Tom Marshall, 11th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Arthur Mitchell, leader of the Yukon Liberal Party
• Nicolas Muzin, political strategist
• Henry Nathan Jr., first Jew elected to the House of Commons
• Joe Oliver, Conservative MP and Minister of Finance
• Bob Rae, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and 21st Premier of Ontario
• Simon Reisman , civil servant
• Fred Rose, Labour–Progressive MP and Soviet spy
• Jacques Saada, Liberal MP and cabinet minister
• Hugh Segal , senator
• Morton Shulman , Ontario PC and NDP MPP
• Peter Shurman, Ontario PC MPP
• Mira Spivak, senator
• Sidney Spivak, leader of the Manitoba PC Party
• Maitland Steinkopf , first Jewish cabinet minister in Manitoba
• Hunter Tootoo, Liberal MP
• Gerry Weiner, PC MP
• Dov Yosef, Israeli minister

  Religious leaders

• Reuven Bulka , rabbi and writer
• Jacob Raphael Cohen, rabbi
• Solomon Frank, synagogue rabbinical leader in Winnipeg and Montreal
• Simon Glazer, rabbi
• Yitzchak Hendel, Lubavitch rabbi
• Pinhas Hirschprung, Chief Rabbi of Montreal
• Solomon Jacobs, rabbi
• Israel Isaac Kahanovitch, Chief Rabbi of Winnipeg
• Meshulim Feish Lowy, Tosher Rebbe
• Gunther Plaut , rabbi and author
• Avraham Aharon Price, Chief Rabbi of Toronto
• Nahum Rabinovitch, rabbi and posek
• Eli Rubenstein, rabbi and Holocaust educator
• Erwin Schild , rabbi
• Jacob Immanuel Schochet, rabbi and scholar
• Shmuel Abba Twersky, Makarover Rebbe
• Joseph Weinreb, Chief Rabbi of Toronto

  Writers

Authors

• David Albahari, novelist
• Sue Ann Alderson, children's novelist
• Lisa Appignanesi , writer and novelist
• Isidore Gordon Ascher, novelist and poet
• Saul Bellow, writer; Nobel Prize in Literature, Pulitzer Prize
• David Berman,, graphic designer, author
• David Bezmozgis, author
• Martha Blum, writer
• Matt Cohen, novelist and children's writer
• Cory Doctorow, science fiction author and blogger
• Sheila Fischman , translator
• Phoebe Gilman, children's author
• Adam Gopnik, writer and essayist
• Phyllis Gotlieb, science fiction novelist
• Charles Yale Harrison, novelist
• Sheila Heti, novelist
• George Jonas , writer and journalist
• Guy Gavriel Kay , fantasy writer
• Naïm Kattan , novelist and essayist
• Naomi Klein, author and filmmaker
• Eric Koch, author, broadcaster and academic
• Gordon Korman, children's and young adult fiction writer
• Henry Kreisel , writer and novelist
• Allan Levine, historian and novelist
• Norman Levine, writer and poet
• Shar Levine , children's author
• Jack Ludwig, novelist and sportswriter
• Seymour Mayne, author and poet
• Judith Merril, science fiction writer
• Anne Michaels, poet and novelist
• Sarah Mlynowski, writer
• Alison Pick, novelist
• David Rakoff, author
• Edeet Ravel, novelist
• Mordecai Richler , author and essayist
• Nancy Richler, novelist
• Joel Rosenberg, science fiction author
• Chava Rosenfarb, author and poet
• Gail Simmons, food writer
• Mariko Tamaki, graphic novelist
• Morley Torgov , novelist
• Aren X. Tulchinsky, author and screenwriter
• Eleanor Wachtel , writer and broadcaster
• William Weintraub, author
• Michael Wex, novelist
• Adele Wiseman, author
• Hirsch Wolofsky, Yiddish author
• Shulamis Yelin, writer and teacher

  Journalists and broadcasters

• Barbara Amiel, journalist
• Sonia Benezra, television and radio interviewer
• David Brooks, political commentator
• Andrew Cohen, journalist
• Nathan Cohen, theatre critic, broadcaster
• Michael Coren, columnist and talk show host
• Red Fisher , sports journalist
• Josh Freed, columnist
• Barbara Frum , journalist
• David Frum, political commentator
• Ian Halperin, investigative journalist
• Ken Hechtman, journalist
• Ariel Helwani, mixed martial arts journalist
• Simma Holt , journalist and politician
• Barbara Kay, columnist
• Jonah Keri, sports writer
• Karin Kloosterman, journalist
• Charles Krauthammer, columnist
• Michele Landsberg , journalist and feminist activist
• Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate
• Jonathan Mann, journalist
• Peter Newman , journalist
• Hal Niedzviecki, writer
• Steve Paikin , journalist and author
• Abraham Rhinewine, journalist
• Carol Rosenberg, journalist
• Morley Safer, broadcast journalist and reporter
• Percy Saltzman , weather forecaster
• Joe Schlesinger , journalist
• Lionel Shapiro, journalist and novelist
• Dan Shulman, sportscaster
• Evan Solomon, journalist
• Larry Zolf, journalist

  Poets

• Elizabeth Brewster , poet
• Leonard Cohen , poet and singer-songwriter
• Adeena Karasick, poet
• A. M. Klein, poet and novelist
• Rachel Korn, poet and author
• Irving Layton , poet
• Eli Mandel, poet
• Ida Maze, Yiddish poet
• Melech Ravitch,, Yiddish poet
• Joe Rosenblatt, poet
• Gregory Scofield, poet
• Esther Segal, Yiddish poet
• J. I. Segal, Yiddish poet
• Joseph Sherman , poet
• Sholem Shtern, Yiddish poet
• Mark Strand, poet and essayist
• Miriam Waddington, poet
• Tom Wayman, poet
• Yudika, Yiddish poet

  Screenwriters and playwrights

• Ted Allan, screenwriter and playwright
• Ben Barzman, screenwriter
• Len Blum, screenwriter
• Joel H. Cohen, television writer
• Robert Cohen, comedy writer
• Stan Daniels, screenwriter, director, and producer
• Evan Goldberg, screenwriter
• Elan Mastai, screenwriter
• Hannah Moscovitch, playwright
• Sharon Pollock , playwright
• Oren Safdie, playwright
• Rick Salutin, playwright
• Adam Seelig, playwright
• David Shore, television writer
• Beverley Simons, playwright
• Sandor Stern, screenwriter
• Mel Tolkin, television comedy writer

  Sports

Athletics

• Sasha Gollish, competitive runner
• Abby Hoffman , track and field athlete
• Bobbie Rosenfeld, runner and long jumper

  Baseball

• Goody Rosen, baseball player, outfielder, All-Star
• Adam Stern, baseball player, outfielder

  Basketball

• Doodie Bloomfield, basketball player
• Julius Goldman, basketball player
• Bennie Lands, basketball player
• Irving Meretsky, basketball player
• Mendy Morein, basketball player
• Cy Strulovitch, basketball player
• Sol Tolchinsky, basketball
• Murray Waxman, basketball

  Canadian football

• Sam Berger , president of the CFL
• Noah Cantor, CFL player
• Mark Cohon, CFL Commissioner
• Sydney Halter , CFL Commissioner
• Lew Hayman, Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes coach

  Chess

• Jacob Ascher, chess master
• Mark Bluvshtein, chess grandmaster
• Nathan Divinsky, chess master
• Selim Franklin, chess master
• Sofia Polgar, chess grandmaster
• Daniel Yanofsky , Canada's first chess grandmaster

  Combat sports

• Mark Berger, judoka, Olympic silver & bronze
• Maxie Berger, boxer
• Eddie Creatchman, wrestler and manager
• Al Foreman, boxer
• Sarah Kaufman, mixed martial artist
• Sammy Luftspring, boxer, Canadian champion welterweight, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
• Fred Oberlander, wrestler; world champion ; Maccabiah champion
• Lanny Poffo, wrestler
• Irving Ungerman, boxing promoter and manager
• David Zilberman, freestyle wrestler

  Figure skating

• Ellen Burka , figure skater
• Petra Burka, figure skater
• Dylan Moscovitch, pairs skater
• Louis Rubenstein, world figure skating champion

  Hockey

• Murray Bannerman, ice hockey, goaltender
• Ross Brooks, ice hockey, goaltender
• Hy Buller, ice hockey, All-Star defenceman
• Michael Cammalleri, ice hockey, left wing
• Jason Demers, ice hockey defenseman
• Steve Dubinsky, ice hockey, centre
• Oren Eizenman, ice hockey centre
• Kaleigh Fratkin, ice hockey defenseman
• Cecil Hart, Montreal Canadiens coach and namesake of the Hart Memorial Trophy
• Adam Henrich, ice hockey, left wing/centre
• Michael Henrich, ice hockey, right wing, first Jewish player drafted in first round to the NHL
• Eric Himelfarb, ice hockey centre
• Corey Hirsch, ice hockey, goaltender
• Josh Ho-Sang, ice hockey forward
• Zach Hyman, ice hockey left wing/centre
• Joe Ironstone, ice hockey goaltender
• Max Labovitch, ice hockey, right wing
• Brendan Leipsic, ice hockey left wing
• Alex Levinsky, ice hockey, defenceman
• Jacob Micflikier, ice hockey forward
• David Nemirovsky, ice hockey, right wing
• Bob Nystrom, ice hockey, right wing
• Eric Nystrom, ice hockey, left wing
• Cory Pecker, ice hockey, right wing
• Bob Plager, ice hockey defense
• Samuel Rothschild, ice hockey left wing
• Eliezer Sherbatov, ice hockey, left wing
• Max Silverman, ice hockey manager
• Trevor Smith, ice hockey, centre
• Ronnie Stern, ice hockey, right wing
• Josh Tordjman, ice hockey goaltender
• Mike Veisor, ice hockey, goaltender
• Stephen Weiss, ice hockey, forward
• Ethan Werek, ice hockey, forward
• Bernie Wolfe, ice hockey, goaltender
• Larry Zeidel, ice hockey defenceman

  Racing

• Tanya Dubnicoff, track cyclist
• Leah Goldstein, road racing cyclist
• Yonnie Starr, racehorse trainer
• Lance Stroll, Formula One driver

  Racket sports

• Sharon Fichman, tennis player
• Sherman Greenfeld, racquetball player
• Jesse Levine, tennis player
• Denis Shapovalov, tennis player
• Andrew Sznajder, tennis player

  Soccer

• Adam Braz, soccer, defender
• Tomer Chencinski, soccer player
• Gottfried Fuchs, soccer
• Daniel Haber, soccer player
• Samuel Hazan, soccer player
• Frederick Stambrook, president of the Canadian Soccer Association

  Other

• Josh Binstock, beach volleyball player
• Sam Schachter, beach volleyball player
• Ben Weider , bodybuilder and entrepreneur
• Joe Weider, bodybuilder and entrepreneur