Canadian CelebSpotting: Did You Know These Celebs Were Canucks?

By Sara C

With the Winter Olympics in full swing, all of the world’s attention is focused on Canada. And in addition to figure skating and snowboarding and skeleton (?!) a new Olympic sport has arisen—one that we plebeians can play from our couches!

I like to call it “Canadian CelebSpotting.”

All of a sudden, celebrities are coming out of the woodwork to display their native Canadian pride, and they’re popping up in travel advertisements, Today Show interviews, and in the audience at Olympic events. In addition to well-known Canadians such as Nelly Furtado and Celine Dion, check out which other personalities (should) know all the words to “O Canada!”

Pamela Anderson
From: British Columbia
Famous for: Baywatch, being a babe, boobs
Canadian fun fact: Pam was famous from the day she was born! She was celebrated for being the first baby born in British Columbia on Canada’s Centennial Day back in 1967.

Justin Bieber
From: Ontario
Famous for: Being a YouTube singing sensation
Canadian fun fact: His debut album, “My World,” first went platinum in Canada before exploding in the United States.

Jay Manuel
From: Ontario
Famous for: Being the sassy, silver-coifed guide on America’s Next Top Model.
Canadian fun fact: If you can’t get enough of the fierce fashion on ANTM, catch Jay as the host of sister program Canada’s Next Top Model.

Rachel McAdams
From: Ontario
Famous for:  Mean Girls, The Notebook, Ryan Gosling
On being a famous Canadian: “When you live in a small town in the middle of Ontario, it would have been too big of a dream to say you want to go to Hollywood. But, secretly, I think I always knew. When I was young, I was a figure skater, and every year there was an ice carnival. I lived for the carnival.

Eric McCormack
From: Ontario
Famous for: Will & Grace
Canadian fun fact: Once sang both “Oh Canada” and “The Star-Spangled Banner” at a hockey game in Minnesota.

Ellen Page
From: Nova Scotia
Famous for: Juno, Whip It
On what she won’t do on film, but back home: I’m no prude and I love to skinny-dip. But you’re vulnerable when you’re in a movie, versus at a lake in Nova Scotia.

Kiefer Sutherland
From: Born in London to Canadian parents, but raised almost entirely in Ontario
Famous for: 24
Canadian fun fact: Grandfather Tommy Douglas is credited with bringing universal healthcare to Canada.