List of inductees of Canada's Walk of Fame
This is a list of inductees of Canada's Walk of Fame. First started in 1998, the Walk of Fame recognizes the achievements and accomplishments of successful Canadians, and there are currently 100 stars. The walk is located on several sidewalks 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. Every year, several new Canadians are inducted, with eight being inducted in 2006.
Each inductee is listed with their profession and their hometown as claimed by the official Walk of Fame website.[1]
See also:
- Inductees of Canada's Walk of Fame sorted by Profession
- Inductees of Canada's Walk of Fame sorted Alphabetically
1998
- Bryan Adams (Musician, Kingston, Ontario)
- Pierre Berton (Author, Whitehorse, Yukon)
- John Candy (Comedic actor, Newmarket, Ontario)
- Jim Carrey (Comedic actor, Newmarket, Ontario)
- Glenn Gould (Musician, Toronto, Ontario)
- Norman Jewison (Feature film director, Toronto, Ontario)
- Karen Kain (Ballet dancer, Hamilton, Ontario)
- Gordon Lightfoot (Musician, Orillia, Ontario)
- Rich Little (Impressionist, Ottawa, Ontario)
- Anne Murray (Singer, Springhill, Nova Scotia)
- Bobby Orr (Hockey player, Parry Sound, Ontario)
- Christopher Plummer (Actor, Toronto, Ontario)
- Barbara Ann Scott (Figure skater, Ottawa, Ontario)
- Jacques Villeneuve (Race car driver, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec)
1999
- David Cronenberg (Film director, Toronto, Ontario)
- Hume Cronyn (Actor, London, Ontario)
- Céline Dion (Singer, Charlemagne, Quebec)
- Nancy Greene (Downhill Skier, Ottawa, Ontario)
- Lou Jacobi (Actor, Toronto, Ontario)
- Juliette Cavazzi (Singer, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- Mary Pickford (Academy Award Actress and film executive, Toronto, Ontario)
- Maurice Richard (Hockey player, Montréal, Quebec)
- Rush (Music group, place of inception Toronto, Ontario in 1968)
- Buffy Sainte-Marie (Singer, Songwriter, Actress on Sesame Street in the 1980s, Piapot Reserve, Saskatchewan)
- Wayne and Shuster (Comedy Duo, place of inception Toronto, Ontario in 1954)
2000
- Maureen Forrester (Singer, Montréal, Quebec)
- Michael J. Fox (Actor, Edmonton, Alberta)
- Evelyn Hart (Ballet dancer, Toronto, Ontario)
- Gordie Howe (Hockey player, Floral, Saskatchewan)
- William Hutt (Stage Actor, Toronto, Ontario)
- Joni Mitchell (Singer, Fort Macleod, Alberta)
- Ginette Reno (Singer, Montréal, Quebec)
- Jean-Paul Riopelle (Painter, Montréal, Quebec)
- Royal Canadian Air Farce (Comedy Troupe, Montréal, Quebec)
- William Shatner (Actor, Montréal, Quebec)
- Martin Short (Comedic actor, Hamilton, Ontario)
- Donald Sutherland (Film actor, Saint John, New Brunswick)
- Neil Young (Singer, Toronto, Ontario)
2001
- Kenojuak Ashevak (Painter/sculptor, Cape Dorset, Nunavut)
- Margaret Atwood (Author, Ottawa, Ontario)
- Jean Béliveau (Hockey player, Trois Rivieres, Quebec)
- Kurt Browning (Figure skater, Caroline, Alberta)
- The Guess Who (Rock group, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- Ferguson Jenkins (Baseball player, Chatham, Ontario)
- Harry Winston Jerome (Sprinter, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan)
- Robert Lepage (Film Director, Playwright, Montréal, Quebec)
- Leslie Nielsen (Comedic actor, Regina, Saskatchewan)
- Walter Ostanek ("The Polka King", Duparquet, Quebec)
- Ivan Reitman (Producer/director, Komárno, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), raised in Toronto)
- Teresa Stratas (Opera Soprano, Toronto, Ontario)
- Veronica Tennant (Ballet dancer, London, Ontario)
2002
- Dan Aykroyd (Actor, Ottawa, Ontario)
- Cirque du Soleil (Circus troupe, Gaspé, Quebec)
- Alex Colville (Painter, printmaker, Toronto, Ontario)
- Timothy Findley (Novelist/playwright, Toronto, Ontario)
- David Foster (Music producer, Victoria, British Columbia)
- Wayne Gretzky (Hockey Player, Brantford, Ontario)
- Monty Hall (Host of Let's Make a Deal & Humanitarian, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- Ronnie Hawkins (Country singer, born Huntsville, Arkansas, lived adult life in Peterborough, Ontario)
- Arthur Hiller (Film director, Edmonton, Alberta)
- Guy Lombardo (Bandleader, London, Ontario)
- SCTV (Comedy Troupe, Toronto, Ontario)
- The Tragically Hip (Music Band, Kingston, Ontario)
2003
- Scotty Bowman (Coach with the highest winning percentage in NHL history, Montreal, Quebec)
- Toller Cranston (Figure skater, Hamilton, Ontario)
- Jim Elder (Olympic equestrian, Toronto, Ontario)
- Linda Evangelista (Supermodel, St. Catharines, Ontario)
- Lynn Johnston (Cartoonist, Creator of For Better or For Worse, Collingwood, Ontario)
- Lorne Michaels (Producer & Creator of Saturday Night Live, Toronto, Ontario)
- Mike Myers (Comedian, Scarborough, Ontario)
- Luc Plamondon (Songwriter for artists like Céline Dion and Ginette Reno, playwright, Céline Dion)
- Robbie Robertson (Fronted The Band, Toronto, Ontario)
- David Steinberg (Comedian, Actor, Writer & Director, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- Shania Twain (Singer, Born Windsor, Ontario, raised in Timmins, Ontario)
2004
- Denys Arcand (Director who won an Academy Award in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions, Deschambault, Quebec)
- Shirley Douglas (Actress, Weyburn, Saskatchewan)
- John Kay (Frontman of Steppenwolf, Toronto, Ontario)
- Diana Krall (Jazz singer, Nanaimo, British Columbia)
- Mario Lemieux (Hockey player, Montreal, Quebec
- Louis B. Mayer (Producer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios, born Minsk, Belarus, raised in Saint John, New Brunswick)
- Mack Sennett (Producer, co-founded Keystone productions, Montreal, Quebec)
- Helen Shaver (Actress, St. Thomas, Ontario)
- Jack Warner (Producer, one of the famous Warner Brothers, London, Ontario)
2005
- Paul Anka (Singer, songwriter, Ottawa, Ontario)
- George Chuvalo (Boxer, Toronto, Ontario)
- Michael Cohl (Producer & Concert promoter), Toronto, Ontario)
- Pierre Cossette (Producer, Executive Producer of Grammy's for 35 years, Valleyfield, Quebec)
- Rex Harrington (Ballet dancer, Peterborough, Ontario)
- Daniel Lanois (Musician/Producer, Hull, Quebec)
- Alanis Morissette (Singer, Ottawa, Ontario)
- Kiefer Sutherland (Television actor, London, England)
- Fay Wray (Actress, Cardston, Alberta)
2006
- Pamela Anderson (Actress & Model, Ladysmith, British Columbia)[2]
- Jann Arden (Singer, Calgary, Alberta)[2]
- Crazy Canucks (Downhill Skiers, 2006) (NOTE: All four were given the same star)[2]
- Dave Irwin (Canmore, Alberta, Downhill Skier)[3]
- Dave Murray (Downhill Skier, Vancouver, British Columbia)[3]
- Steve Podborski (Downhill Skier and later commentator, Toronto, Ontario)[3]
- Ken Read (Downhill Skier, later would be head of Alpine Canada, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, raised in Calgary, Alberta)[3]
- Brendan Fraser (Actor, Indianapolis, Indiana, raised in Ottawa, Ontario)[2]
- Robert Goulet (Singer, born Lawrence, Massachusetts, raised in Edmonton, Alberta)[2]
- Eugene Levy (Comedian, Hamilton, Ontario)[2]
- Paul Shaffer (Musical Director for The Late Show, Thunder Bay, Ontario)[2]
- Alex Trebek (Host of Jeopardy, Sudbury, Ontario)[2]
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