The number of Canadians who are of English descent is largely unknowable given the propensity of many Canadians to use the term "English Canadian" or "English-Canadian" to mean anglophone Canadian^{[citation needed]}. Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... English Canada is a term used to describe either: the anglophone residents of Canada or the Canadian provinces other than Quebec and, sometimes, New Brunswick, in which French is an official language of the provincial governments. ... English Canadian is a term that usually refers to the English-speaking majority population of Canada, most often contrasted with French Canadian. ... Look up Anglophone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Notable English immigrants to Canada

• Roger Abbott, comedian - born in Birkenhead
• Steve Armitage, sports announcer - born in Buckinghamshire
• Mackenzie Bowell, 5th Prime Minister of Canada
• Patrick Brown, broadcast journalist
• Kim Cattrall, actress
• Michael Cowpland, business CEO
• Alfred Gardyne de Chastelain, father of Canadian general John de Chastelain
• Dick Howard, soccer commentator - raised in Birkenhead
• Lennox Lewis, former boxer
• Peter Mansbridge, broadcast journalist, television news anchor
• Dave Ridgway, former CFL placekicker
• John Turner, 17th Prime Minister of Canada
• Frank Yallop, former soccer player and current team manager - raised in Watford and Vancouver

Roger Abbott (born July 10, 1946 in Birkenhead, England) is one of the stars of Royal Canadian Air Farce. ... Map sources for Birkenhead at grid reference SJ3088 Birkenhead is a town on The Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, on the left bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool. ... Steve Armitage (born High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English-born Canadian sports reporter for CBC Sports. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... Sir Mackenzie Bowell, PC , KCMG (December 27, 1823 – December 10, 1917) was the fifth Prime Minister of Canada from December 21, 1894 to April 27, 1896. ... Patrick Brown is a Canadian journalist based in Bangkok, Thailand. ... Kim Victoria Cattrall (born August 21, 1956 in Widnes, England) is an Anglo-Canadian actress. ... Michael Cowpland (born April 23, 1943) is a Canadian entrepreneur, businessman, and the founder and one-time president, chairman and CEO of Corel, a Canadian software company. ... Alfred George Gardyne de Chastelain was born in London, England in February 1906, of Anglo-Scots parents and of Hughenot background. ... John de Chastelain General Alfred John Gardyne Drummond de Chastelain, OC, CMM, CD, CH, LL.D., BA (born July 30, 1937) is a retired Canadian soldier and diplomat. ... Richard James Dick Howard (born 10 June 1943 in Bromborough, England) is a former Canadian international goalkeeper, NASL player, educator, long-time FIFA coaching instructor and Canadian national teams coach, author, and print and broadcast journalist on soccer in Canada and abroad. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Peter Mansbridge Peter Mansbridge (born July 6, 1948) is a Canadian journalist and anchor of The National, CBC Televisions flagship nightly newscast. ... Dave Ridgway was a field goal kicker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. ... John Turner, PC, CC, QC, MA, BCL, LLD (born June 7, 1929) was the seventeenth Prime Minister of Canada from June 30, 1984 to September 17, 1984. ... Frank Yallop (born April 4, 1964 in Watford, England) is a former English-Canadian soccer player, and the current manager of the Los Angeles Galaxy. ... Watford is a town and district in Hertfordshire, England, situated 34 km (21 miles) northwest of London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. ... Vancouver (pronounced: ) is a city in south-western British Columbia, Canada. ...

Notable Canadians of English descent

• Bryan Adams, popular music star performer
• Margaret Atwood, fictional writer
• Oswald Avery, medical researcher - born in Halifax, N.S. to English immigrant family
• R.B. Bennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada - of New England Planter descent; Bennett family had migrated to Connecticut in the 17th century
• Billy Bishop, flying ace
• Robert Borden, 8th Prime Minister of Canada - of New England Planter descent; paternal ancestor Richard Borden settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1638
• John Carling, son of English migrant to Upper Canada and brewery founder Thomas Carling, politician and along with his brother ran brewery
• David Edgar, Newcastle United soccer player - father is former pro Eddie Edgar
• Owen Hargreaves, Bayern Munich soccer player - son of immigrant English mother (and Welsh father)
• Joseph Howe, prominent Nova Scotia leader and father of Confederation - son of an United Empire Loyalist, the Howe family were descendant of Puritan migrants
• Sonija Kwok, Hong Kong actress, born there to English and Chinese parentage
• Jack Layton, New Democratic Party leader - Laytons migrated to Canada
• Mike Myers, actor - parents immigrated to Canada from the Liverpool area
• Steve Nash, star basketball player - born to English expatriates in South Africa, raised along with soccer player brother Martin in Victoria, B.C.
• Keanu Reeves

Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and photographer. ... Margaret Eleanor Atwood, OC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer. ... Oswald Theodore Avery (October 21, 1877–1955) was a Canadian-born American physician and medical researcher. ... For the British composer named Richard Bennett, see Richard Rodney Bennett. ... The New England Planters were settlers from the New England colonies who responded to requests by the lieutenant governor and, subsequently, governor of Nova Scotia, Charles Lawrence, to settle lands left vacant by the Acadian Expulsion of 1755. ... Air Marshal William Avery Billy Bishop VC CB DSO & Bar MC DFC ED (8 February 1894 – 11 September 1956) was a Canadian First World War flying ace, officially credited with 72 victories, the highest number for a British Empire pilot. ... The Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, perhaps the most famous ace of all. ... Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC, DCL, LL.D (June 26, 1854 – June 10, 1937) was the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911, to July 10, 1920, and the third Nova Scotian to hold this office. ... John Carling (January 23, 1828 – November 6, 1911) was a prominent politician and businessman from London, Ontario, Canada. ... David Edgar (b. ... For the Australian soccer club see Newcastle United (Australia). ... Eddie Edgar (born October 31, 1956) is an English former professional football goalkeeper. ... Owen Lee Hargreaves (born 20 January 1981 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a professional footballer who plays in midfield or as a right-back for Bayern Munich and England. ... FC Bayern Munich (German: FC Bayern München) is a German football club based in Munich, the capital of the state of Bavaria. ... Joseph Howe, PC (December 13, 1804 – June 1, 1873) was born the son of John Howe and Mary Edes at Halifax, Nova Scotia . ... United Empire Loyalists is the name given to individuals who are descendants of British North American loyalists who, during the American War of Independence, left the 13 rebellious American colonies for the future Canada: the two British colonies of Quebec (including the Eastern Townships and modern-day Ontario) and Nova... For the record label, see Puritan Records. ... Sonija Kwok (born 22 July 1974), or Kwok Sin-Nei (or Kwok Sin-Lei) (郭羨妮) in Cantonese (Mandarin Pinyin: Guo Xianni), is a Hong Kong-born actress. ... John Gilbert Jack Layton, PC, MP, PhD (born July 18, 1950) is a social democratic Canadian politician and current leader of Canadas New Democratic Party (since 2003). ... The New Democratic Party (NDP; Nouveau Parti démocratique in French) is a political party in Canada with a progressive social democratic philosophy that contests elections at both the federal and provincial levels. ... This article is about the actor. ... Liverpool skyline. ... Steven John Nash[1], OBC (born February 7, 1974) is a Canadian professional basketball player. ... Martin Nash (born December 27, 1975 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a professional soccer player who has earned 30 caps for Canada. ... Keanu Charles Reeves (pronounced in IPA: ) is a Canadian actor, born September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

See also

• Canadian of English descent