• melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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    I was born in 1962. For all my life it was Canadians pursuing american culture. It was cool. It was mythic. It was something we didn’t have here at home. It’s not like that anymore though.

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    2 days ago

    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

    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.

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      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):

      • 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
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      As a Canadian, I didn’t know half of them were Canadians! We really need to be more outwardly patriotic

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      How could you forget William Shatner (Montreal, Quebec) days before the 60th anniversary of Star Trek? For shame…

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      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?

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        Dunno but those are 2 very different styles of funny so whatever it is we should probably not mess with it lol