Governor General's Award winners

James Francis Cameron is a Canadian filmmaker and deep-sea explorer. His films combine cutting-edge film technology with classical filmmaking techniques and have grossed over $10 billion worldwide, making him the second-highest-grossing film director of all time. A major figure in the post-New Hollywood era, Cameron has received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for six British Academy Film Awards.

Canadian actor (1929–2021)

Canadian actor (1935–2024)

Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and photographer

Ryan Rodney Reynolds is a Canadian and American actor, entrepreneur and film producer. Known for starring in comedic and superhero films, he was the world's second-highest-paid actor in 2020 and 2024. Reynolds has received numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as nominations for two Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. His films as a leading actor have grossed $6.6 billion worldwide.

Michael Andrew Fox, known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian and American actor and activist. Beginning his career as a child actor in the 1970s, he rose to prominence portraying Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1982–1989) and Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990). Fox went on to star in films such as Teen Wolf (1985), The Secret of My Success (1987), Casualties of War (1989), Doc Hollywood (1991) and The Frighteners (1996). He returned to television on the ABC sitcom Spin City in the lead role of Mike Flaherty (1996–2000).

Neil Percival Young is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. Son of journalist and author Scott Young, Young embarked on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s. He then moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. His solo career, often backed by the band Crazy Horse, includes critically acclaimed albums such as Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969), After the Gold Rush (1970), Harvest (1972), On the Beach (1974), and Rust Never Sleeps (1979). Young was also a part-time member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, with whom he recorded the chart-topping 1970 album Déjà Vu.

Canadian actor (born 1931)

Canadian musician

Catherine Anne O'Hara was a Canadian and American actress and comedian, whose career spanned over 50 years. O'Hara started in sketch and improvisational comedy in film and television before taking dramatic roles to expand her career. She received various accolades including two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Her films have grossed more than US$4.3 billion worldwide. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2017.

Canadian filmmaker (born 1943)

Canadian film director and screenwriter (born 1967)

Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Regarded as a pop icon, he is often credited for helping to renew public interest and appreciation for traditional pop standards and the Great American Songbook. Bublé has sold over 75 million records worldwide, and won numerous awards, including five Grammy Awards and fifteen Juno Awards.

Martin Hayter Short is a Canadian comedian, actor, and writer. Short is known as an energetic comedian who gained prominence for his roles in sketch comedy. He has also acted in numerous films and television shows. His awards include two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Actor Awards, and a Tony Award. Short was made an officer of the Order of Canada in 2019.

Canadian jazz pianist (1925–2007)

Canadian film score composer (born 1946)

Canadian rock band

Canadian film director, producer and actor (1926–2024)

Canadian and American actress (born 1971)

Canadian actress (born 1942)

Canadian singer-songwriter (1938–2023)

Canadian filmmaker of Armenian descent (born 1960)

Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter

Graham Greene was a Canadian First Nations (Oneida) actor and recording artist, active in film, television and theatre in a career spanning over 50 years. He achieved international fame for his role as Kicking Bird in Kevin Costner's Dances With Wolves (1990), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. His other notable films include Thunderheart (1992), Maverick (1994), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), The Green Mile (1999), Skins (2002), Transamerica (2005), Casino Jack (2010), Winter's Tale (2014), The Shack (2017), and Wind River (2017).

Canadian contemporary circus company

Canadian singer-songwriter

Canadian musician, record producer, songwriter

Canadian actor and comedian

Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist (1943–2023)

Indo Canadian film director and screenwriter

American musician

Canadian actress, film director and screenwriter

American-born Canadian actor

Canadian singer

Canadian duo

Canadian film director

American actress

Canadian music producer

Canadian and American television producer, writer, and actor (born 1944)

Canadian band

Canadian record producer and musician

Canadian director, screenwriter, film editor, actor and film producer from Québec

Canadian operatic soprano

Canadian singer (1926-2015)

Québécois conductor and pianist

playwright working in Quebec (born 1942)

Canadian classical pianist (born 1958)

actor and film director from Canada (1930–2023)

Canadian actor, director, producer and writer

Canadian theater director, film director, actor, screenwriter and film producer (born 1957)

South Korean actor

Canadian musician

Canadian actress

Canadian operatic contralto (1930-2010)

Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter (born 1945)

Canadian actress (1939–2010)

Canadian musician

Greek-Canadian-American singer (born 1938)

Quebec filmmaker (1928-2013)

Canadian animator (1924–2013)