Garan Lorn@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 6 days agoWhy America Keeps Coming for Canadian Culturemacleans.caexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down11
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minus-squareCanaconda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-26 days agoWell yah. (Thanks to u/bashibazouk & u/egerlach) … Anna Paquin – Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Alessia Cara – Born in Mississauga, Ontario. Alanis Morissette – Born in Ottawa, Ontario. Alex Trebek - Born in Sudbury, Ontario RIP Avril Lavigne – Born in Belleville, Ontario. Catherine O’Hara - Born in Toronto, Ontario RIP Celine Dion – Born in Charlemagne, Quebec Cobie Smulders – Born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Dan Akyroyd - Born in Ottawa, Ontario Donald Sutherland – Born in Saint John, New Brunswick Drake – Born in Toronto, Ontario Elliot Page – Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Eugene Levy - Born in Hamilton, Ontario Gordon Lightfoot - Born in Orillia, Ontario RIP Howie Mandel - Born in Toronto, Ontario Ivan Reitman - Raised in Toronto, Ontario RIP James Cameron – Born in Kapuskasing, Ontario. Jim Carrey – Born in Newmarket, Ontario John Candy - Born in Newmarket, Ontario RIP Justin Bieber – Born in London, Ontario Leslie Neilsen - Born in Regina, Saskatchewan RIP Keanu Reeves – Raised in Toronto, Ontario Lorne Micheals - Born in Toronto, Ontario Matthew Perry – Raised in Ottawa, Ontario Martin Short - Born in Hamilton, 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 Pamela Anderson - Born in Ladysmith, British Columbia Rachel McAdams – Born in London, Ontario Rick Moranis - Born in Toronto, 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 William Shatner - Born in Montreal, Quebec … AI estimated the people on this list generated at minimum 125 Billion USD in revenue. Looks like I balanced that trade surplus for the old Pedophile and Chief.
minus-squareegerlach@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 days 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-up3·5 days agoI didn’t know Pamela Anderson was Canadian. Good to know I was a horny and patriotic teen.
minus-squarebashibazouk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 days agoHow could you forget William Shatner (Montreal, Quebec) days before the 60th anniversary of Star Trek? For shame…
minus-squarealsimoneau@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 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-up3·6 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-up3·6 days agoDunno but those are 2 very different styles of funny so whatever it is we should probably not mess with it lol
Well yah.
(Thanks to u/bashibazouk & u/egerlach)
…
Anna Paquin – Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Alessia Cara – Born in Mississauga, Ontario.
Alanis Morissette – Born in Ottawa, Ontario.
Alex Trebek - Born in Sudbury, Ontario RIP
Avril Lavigne – Born in Belleville, Ontario.
Catherine O’Hara - Born in Toronto, Ontario RIP
Celine Dion – Born in Charlemagne, Quebec
Cobie Smulders – Born in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Dan Akyroyd - Born in Ottawa, Ontario
Donald Sutherland – Born in Saint John, New Brunswick
Drake – Born in Toronto, Ontario
Elliot Page – Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Eugene Levy - Born in Hamilton, Ontario
Gordon Lightfoot - Born in Orillia, Ontario RIP
Howie Mandel - Born in Toronto, Ontario
Ivan Reitman - Raised in Toronto, Ontario RIP
James Cameron – Born in Kapuskasing, Ontario.
Jim Carrey – Born in Newmarket, Ontario
John Candy - Born in Newmarket, Ontario RIP
Justin Bieber – Born in London, Ontario
Leslie Neilsen - Born in Regina, Saskatchewan RIP
Keanu Reeves – Raised in Toronto, Ontario
Lorne Micheals - Born in Toronto, Ontario
Matthew Perry – Raised in Ottawa, Ontario
Martin Short - Born in Hamilton, 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
Pamela Anderson - Born in Ladysmith, British Columbia
Rachel McAdams – Born in London, Ontario
Rick Moranis - Born in Toronto, 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
William Shatner - Born in Montreal, Quebec
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AI estimated the people on this list generated at minimum 125 Billion USD in revenue.
Looks like I balanced that trade surplus for the old Pedophile and Chief.
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
:)
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
Ah…so it’s money. I should have known.