Garan Lorn@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 month agoWhy America Keeps Coming for Canadian Culturemacleans.caexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareCanaconda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoWell yah. … Anna Paquin – Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Alessia Cara – Born in Mississauga, Ontario. Alanis Morissette – Born in Ottawa, Ontario. Avril Lavigne – Born in Belleville, Ontario. Celine Dion – Born in Charlemagne, Quebec Cobie Smulders – Born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Donald Sutherland – Born in Saint John, New Brunswick Drake – Born in Toronto, Ontario Elliot Page – Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. James Cameron – Born in Kapuskasing, Ontario. Jim Carrey – Born in Newmarket, Ontario Justin Bieber – Born in London, Ontario Keanu Reeves – Raised in Toronto, Ontario Matthew Perry – Raised in Ottawa, Ontario. Michael Bublé – Born in Burnaby, British Columbia Michael J. Fox – Born in Edmonton, Alberta. Mike Myers – Born in Scarborough, Ontario Neil Young - Born in Ontario, raised in Manitoba Rachel McAdams – Born in London, Ontario Ryan Reynolds – Born in Vancouver, British Columbia Ryan Gosling – Born in London, Ontario The Weeknd – Born in Toronto, Ontario Seth Rogen – Born in Vancouver, British Columbia Shania Twain – Born in Windsor, Ontario. Shawn Mendes – Born in Pickering, Ontario
minus-squarealsimoneau@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·30 days agoAs a Canadian, I didn’t know half of them were Canadians! We really need to be more outwardly patriotic
minus-squareMajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·30 days ago Jim Carrey – Born in Newmarket, Ontario John Candy - Born in Newmarket, Ontario RIP What the hell is in the water of Newmarket, Ontario to make people so funny?
minus-squareCanaconda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·30 days agoDunno but those are 2 very different styles of funny so whatever it is we should probably not mess with it lol
minus-squareegerlach@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI mean, I know you’re not going for a complete list but might I add some of the classics (Canada has always punched above its weight): Dan Akyroyd - Ottawa, ON John Candy - Newmarket, ON, RIP Alex Trebek - Sudbury, ON, RIP Catherine O’Hara - Toronto, ON, RIP Rick Moranis - Toronto, ON Eugene Levy - Hamilton, ON Ivan Reitman - Raised in Toronto, ON, RIP Martin Short - Hamilton, ON Gordon Lightfoot - Orillia, ON, RIP Lorne Micheals - Toronto, ON Pamela Anderson - Ladysmith, BC Leslie Neilsen - Regina, SK, RIP Howie Mandel - Toronto, ON
minus-squarek0e3@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·30 days agoI didn’t know Pamela Anderson was Canadian. Good to know I was a horny and patriotic teen.
minus-squarebashibazouk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoHow could you forget William Shatner (Montreal, Quebec) days before the 60th anniversary of Star Trek? For shame…
Well yah.
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Anna Paquin – Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Alessia Cara – Born in Mississauga, Ontario.
Alanis Morissette – Born in Ottawa, Ontario.
Avril Lavigne – Born in Belleville, Ontario.
Celine Dion – Born in Charlemagne, Quebec
Cobie Smulders – Born in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Donald Sutherland – Born in Saint John, New Brunswick
Drake – Born in Toronto, Ontario
Elliot Page – Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
James Cameron – Born in Kapuskasing, Ontario.
Jim Carrey – Born in Newmarket, Ontario
Justin Bieber – Born in London, Ontario
Keanu Reeves – Raised in Toronto, Ontario
Matthew Perry – Raised in Ottawa, Ontario.
Michael Bublé – Born in Burnaby, British Columbia
Michael J. Fox – Born in Edmonton, Alberta.
Mike Myers – Born in Scarborough, Ontario
Neil Young - Born in Ontario, raised in Manitoba
Rachel McAdams – Born in London, Ontario
Ryan Reynolds – Born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Ryan Gosling – Born in London, Ontario
The Weeknd – Born in Toronto, Ontario
Seth Rogen – Born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Shania Twain – Born in Windsor, Ontario.
Shawn Mendes – Born in Pickering, Ontario
As a Canadian, I didn’t know half of them were Canadians! We really need to be more outwardly patriotic
What the hell is in the water of Newmarket, Ontario to make people so funny?
Dunno but those are 2 very different styles of funny so whatever it is we should probably not mess with it lol
I mean, I know you’re not going for a complete list but might I add some of the classics (Canada has always punched above its weight):
I didn’t know Pamela Anderson was Canadian. Good to know I was a horny and patriotic teen.
Fuckit now I am.
How could you forget William Shatner (Montreal, Quebec) days before the 60th anniversary of Star Trek? For shame…
Added
:)