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, banker and philanthropist
• 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 a hero of the Chinese 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
• 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, Nova Scotia-born country musician
• Jim Carrey, actor and comedian (his mother is Scottish Canadian from the Gordon Clan)[1][2])
• James Cockburn, first Speaker of the House in Canada (Conservative Party)
• William Davidson, 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, 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, actress (daughter of Tommy Douglas)
• William Dow (1800–1868), brewer and businessman
• George Alexander Drummond (1829–1910), entrepreneur
• 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)
• Donald Gordon, 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
• Alexander Keith, brewer (Alexander Keith's)
• William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874–1950), longest-serving Prime Minister of Canada
• Kaylyn Kyle, Canadian footballer of Scottish descent
• Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter, mother of Scottish descent
• Grace Annie Lockhart, first woman in the British empire to graduate from university (May 25, 1875)
• J. E. H. MacDonald (1873–1932), painter, member of the Group of Seven
• John MacDonald of Glenaladale (1742-1810), colonist
• Sir John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada
• John Sandfield Macdonald (1812-1872), first Premier of Ontario
• Rodney MacDonald, former Premier of Nova Scotia
• Scott MacDonald, musician
• William Christopher Macdonald, tobacco producer and philanthropist
• Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence
• Robert Mackay (1840–1916), businessman, statesman
• Alexander MacKenzie (1764–1820) Northwest Company trader and explorer
• Alexander Mackenzie, second Prime Minister of Canada
• William Lyon Mackenzie, journalist and rebel
• Colin Francis MacKinnon (1851-1877), founded St. Francis Xavier College, which grew into St. Francis Xavier University
• Alistair MacLeod, writer, recipient of the Order of Canada
• Kevin S. MacLeod, current Canadian Secretary to the Queen
• David MacNaughton, ambassador and diplomat
• Peter MacNeill, film actor
• Agnes Macphail, first woman to sit in 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 comedy Will & Grace
• John McDermott, vocal tenor
• William McDougall (1822-1905), one of the Fathers of Confederation
• Todd McFarlane, entrepreneur
• James McGill (1744–1813), fur trader, merchant
• Peter McGill (1789–1860), businessman, 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, musician, singer, and songwriter
• 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
• 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, Ontario politician, soldier and teacher
• Farley Mowat (1921-2014), author, Scottish ancestry
• Alice Munro, Nobel laureate author and short story writer
• George Murdoch, first mayor of Calgary
• James Murray (1721-1794), first civil governor of the Province of Quebec
• Anne Murray, singer, entertainer
• James Naismith, inventor of basketball
• Alexander Walker Ogilvie (1829–1902), miller, statesman
• Roddy Piper (1954–2015), WWE wrestler
• Francine Racette, actress
• John Redpath (1796–1869), contractor, industrialist
• Peter Redpath (1821–1894), businessman
• Callum Keith Rennie, actor
• John Robertson, sports journalist, covered Expos and Blue Jays & coined the term "Rider Pride" (son of Scots immigrant)
• Bernie Shaw, lead singer of Uriah Heep since 1986
• George Simpson (1787–1860), executive, fur trader
• Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
• George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen
• 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
• Donald Sutherland, actor
• Kiefer Sutherland, actor (grandson of NDP leader Tommy Douglas, who was born in Scotland)
• Rossif Sutherland, actor
• Tamara Taylor, actress
• Dave Thomas (born 1949), comedian and actor, Scottish-born mother
• Ian Thomas (born 1950), singer and songwriter, Scottish-born mother
• William Fraser Tolmie (1812-1886), member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
• Justin Trudeau (born 1971), 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

See also

• Scottish diaspora
• Scottish placenames in Canada
• Scots-Quebecer
• Anglo-Métis
• English Canadians
• European Canadians
• Scottish people
• Scottish Americans
• Ulster-Scottish Canadians
• Celtic music in Canada
• Glengarry Highland Games

References

1. "Jim Carrey Online • View topic – Scottish Interview & Clip". www.jimcarreyonline.com.
2. Movie Juice Interview STV Production 2006 (Carrey states he's part Scottish on his mother's side