Canada's Walk of Fame

Canada's Walk of Fame (French: Allée des célébrités canadiennes) acknowledges the achievements, accomplishments, and successes of amazing Canadians. It consists of a series of stars in front of Roy Thomson Hall, The Princess of Wales Theatre, and The Royal Alexandra Theatre on King Street and Simcoe Street in Toronto, Ontario. Created in 1998, it includes athletes, coaches and other sports figures; actors, directors, writer and producers of movies, television and stage; singers, songwriters and musicians; playwrights; authors; comedians; even cartoonists and supermodels.

List of Inductees

This list of inductees to Canada's Walk of Fame is currently incomplete, and is gradually being built to by Wikipedians.

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Actors and Radio/Television/Screen Personalities

• Dan Aykroyd (Actor, 2002, Ottawa, Ontario)
• John Candy (Comedic actor, 1998, Newmarket, Ontario)
• Jim Carrey (Comedic actor, 1998, Newmarket, Ontario)
• Hume Cronyn (Actor, 1999, London, Ontario)
• Shirley Douglas (Actress, 2004, Weyburn, Saskatchewan)
• Michael J. Fox (Actor, 2000, Edmonton, Alberta)
• Monty Hall (Game show host, Humanitarian, 2002, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
• William Hutt (Actor, 2000, Toronto, Ontario)
• Lou Jacobi (Actor, 1999, Toronto, Ontario)
• Rich Little (Impressionist, 1998, Ottawa, Ontario)
• Mike Myers (Comedian, Second City and Saturday Night Live alumni, star of Wayne's World and the Austin Powers film franchise, comic Ron James)
• Leslie Nielsen (Comedic actor, 2001, Regina, Saskatchewan)
• Mary Pickford (Actress and film executive, 1999, Toronto, Ontario)
• Christopher Plummer (Actor, 1998, Toronto, Ontario)
• Royal Canadian Air Farce (Comedy troupe, 2000, Montréal, Quebec)
• Buffy Sainte-Marie (Singer, Songwriter, Actress on Sesame Street in the 1980s, 1999, Piapot Reserve, Saskatchewan)
• SCTV (Second City comedians from the acclaimed television show, 2002, Toronto, Ontario)
• William Shatner (Actor, 2000, Montréal, Quebec)
• Helen Shaver (Actress, 2004, St. Thomas, Ontario)
• Martin Short (Comedic actor, 2000, Hamilton, Ontario)
• David Steinberg (Comedian, actor, director, writer, appear on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 140 times, director of Seinfeld, Mad About You and Friends, 2003)
• Donald Sutherland (Film actor, 2000, Saint John, New Brunswick)
• Kiefer Sutherland (Television actor who is son of fellow honourees Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas, 2005, London, England)
• Wayne and Shuster (Comedy Duo Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster, 1999, place of inception Toronto, Ontario in 1954)

Artists and Illustrators

• Kenojuak Ashevak (Painter/sculptor, 2001, Cape Dorset, Nunavut)
• Alex Colville (Painter, printmaker, 2002, Toronto, Ontario)
• Lynn Johnston (Cartoonist of For Better or For Worse and consequentially the creator/executive-producer of the resulting television spin-off specials and show, 2003, her cartoon characters, in their animated form)
• Jean-Paul Riopelle (Painter, 2000, Montréal, Quebec)

Comedians

• Dan Aykroyd (Actor, 2002, Ottawa, Ontario)
• John Candy (Comedic actor, 1998, Newmarket, Ontario)
• Jim Carrey (Comedic actor, 1998, Newmarket, Ontario)
• Michael J. Fox (Actor, 2000, Edmonton, Alberta)
• Rich Little (Impressionist, 1998, Ottawa, Ontario)
• Lorne Michaels (Creator of Saturday Night Live, as well as producer of other movies and television shows, 2003)
• Mike Myers (Comedian, Second City and Saturday Night Live alumni, star of Wayne's World and the Austin Powers film franchise, comic Ron James)
• Leslie Nielsen (Comedic actor, 2001, Regina, Saskatchewan)
• Royal Canadian Air Farce (Comedy troupe, 2000, Montréal, Quebec)
• SCTV (Second City comedians from the acclaimed television show, 2002, Toronto, Ontario)
• Martin Short (Comedic actor, 2000, Hamilton, Ontario)
• David Steinberg (Comedian, actor, director, writer, appear on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show 140 times, director of Seinfeld, Mad About You and Friends, 2003)
• Wayne and Shuster (Comedy Duo Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster, 1999, place of inception Toronto, Ontario in 1954)

Dancers and Performance Artists

• Cirque du Soleil (Circus troupe, 2002, Gaspé, Quebec)
• Rex Harrington (Ballet dancer, 2005, Peterborough, Ontario)
• Evelyn Hart (Ballet dancer, 2000, Toronto, Ontario)
• Karen Kain (Ballet dancer, 1998, Hamilton, Ontario)
• Veronica Tennant (Ballet dancer, 2001, London, Ontario)

Directors (Stage or Screen)

• Denys Arcand (Director who won an Academy Award in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions, 2004, Deschambault, Quebec)
• David Cronenberg (Film director, 1999, Toronto, Ontario)
• Arthur Hiller (Film director, 2002, Edmonton, Alberta)
• Norman Jewison (Feature film director, 1998, Toronto, Ontario)
• Robert Lepage (Film Director, Playwright, 2001, Montréal, Quebec)
• Lorne Michaels (Creator of Saturday Night Live, as well as producer of other movies and television shows, 2003)
• Ivan Reitman (Producer/director, 2001, Komárno, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), raised in Toronto)
• David Steinberg (Comedian, actor, director, writer, appear on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show 140 times, director of Seinfeld, Mad About You and Friends, 2003)

Fashion Models

• Linda Evangelista (Legendary supermodel, 2003, Tim Blanks of Fashion File)

Hollywood Pioneers

• Louis B. Mayer (Producer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios, 2004, Minsk, Belarus)
• Mack Sennett (Producer, co-founded Keystone productions, 2004, Montreal, Quebec)
• Jack Warner (Producer, one of the famous Warner Brothers, 2004, London, Ontario)
• Fay Wray (Actress, 2005, Cardston, Alberta)

Humanitarians

• Monty Hall (Game show host, Humanitarian, 2002, Winnipeg, Manitoba)

Music (Singers, musicians and producers, etc.)

• Bryan Adams (Musician, 1998, Kingston, Ontario)
• Paul Anka (Singer, songwriter), 2005, Ottawa, Ontario)
• Michael Cohl (Producer & Concert promoter), 2005, Toronto, Ontario)
• Pierre Cossette (Producer, Executive Producer of Gramy's for 35 years, 2005, Valleyfield, Quebec)
• Céline Dion (Singer, 1999, Charlemagne, Quebec)
• Maureen Forrester (Singer, 2000, Montréal, Quebec)
• David Foster (Music producer, 2002, Victoria, British Columbia)
• Glenn Gould (Musician, 1998, Toronto, Ontario)
• The Guess Who (Rock group, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
• Ronnie Hawkins (Country singer, 2002, born Huntsville, Arkansas, lived adult life in Peterborough, Ontario)
• John Kay (Frontman of Steppenwolf (band), 2004, Toronto, Ontario)
• Diana Krall (Jazz singer, 2004, Nanaimo, British Columbia)
• Juliette (Singer, 1999, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
• Daniel Lanois (Musician/Producer, 2005 Hull, Quebec)
• Gordon Lightfoot (Musician, 1998 Orillia, Ontario)
• Guy Lombardo (Bandleader, 2002, London, Ontario)
• Joni Mitchell (Singer, 2000, Fort McLeod, Alberta)
• Alanis Morissette (Singer, 2005, Ottawa, Ontario)
• Anne Murray (Singer, 1998, Springhill, Nova Scotia)
• Walter Ostanek ("The Polka King", 2001, Duparquet, Quebec)
• Luc Plamondon (Songwriter for artists like Céline Dion and Ginette Reno, playwright, 2003, Céline Dion)
• Ginette Reno (Singer, 2000, Montréal, Quebec)
• Robbie Robertson (Rock star who toured with Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan, fronted The Band (1968-1976), revered solo artist and producer, 2003, actor Graham Greene)
• Rush (Music group, 1999, place of inception Toronto, Ontario in 1968)
• Buffy Sainte-Marie (Singer, Songwriter, Actress on Sesame Street in the 1980s, 1999, Piapot Reserve, Saskatchewan)
• Teresa Stratas (Opera Soprano, 2001, Toronto, Ontario)
• The Tragically Hip (Music Band, 2002, Kingston, Ontario)
• Shania Twain (Singer, 2003, Universal Music president Randy Lennox. Born Windsor, Ontario, raised in Timmins, Ontario)
• Neil Young (Singer, 2000, Toronto, Ontario)

Sports Figures (Players, Coaches, etc.)

• Jean Béliveau (Hockey player, 2001, Trois Rivieres, Quebec)
• Scotty Bowman (Winningest coach in NHL history, 2003, CBC sports broadcaster Harry Neale)
• Kurt Browning (Figure skater, 2001, Caroline, Alberta)
• George Chuvalo (Boxer, 2005, Toronto, Ontario)
• Toller Cranston (Figure skater, 2003, NBC broadcaster Sandra Bezic)
• Jim Elder (Olympic equestrian, 2003, CBC sports broadcaster Brian Williams)
• Nancy Greene (Downhill Skier, 1999, Ottawa, Ontario)
• Wayne Gretzky (Hockey Player, 2002, Brantford, Ontario)
• Gordie Howe (Hockey player, 2000, Floral, Saskatchewan)
• Ferguson Jenkins (Baseball player, 2001, Chatham, Ontario)
• Harry Winston Jerome (Sprinter, 2001, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan)
• Mario Lemieux (Hockey player, 2004, Montreal, Quebec
• Bobby Orr (Hockey player, 1998, Parry Sound, Ontario)
• Maurice Richard (Hockey player, 1999, Montréal, Quebec)
• Barbara Ann Scott (Figure skater, 1998, Ottawa, Ontario)
• Jacques Villeneuve (Race car driver, 1998, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec)

Writers (Literature, Press, Music, Screen)

• Margaret Atwood (Author, 2001, Ottawa, Ontario)
• Pierre Berton (Author, 1998, Whitehorse, Yukon)
• Timothy Findley (Novelist/playwright, 2002, Toronto, Ontario)
• Luc Plamondon (Songwriter for artists like Céline Dion and Ginette Reno, playwright, 2003, Céline Dion)
• Buffy Sainte-Marie (Singer, Songwriter, Actress on Sesame Street in the 1980s, 1999, Piapot Reserve, Saskatchewan)
• David Steinberg (Comedian, actor, director, writer, appear on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show 140 times, director of Seinfeld, Mad About You and Friends, 2003)
• Wayne and Shuster (Comedy Duo Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster, 1999, place of inception Toronto, Ontario in 1954)