Canada's Walk of Fame
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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.
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List of Inductees
This list of inductees to Canada's Walk of Fame is currently incomplete, and is gradually being built to by Wikipedians. In this list, entries are as follows: Name (Profession[s], year of induction, ceremonial introducer if known, hometown) This list is also available ordered by profession.
- Bryan Adams (Musician, 1998, Kingston, Ontario)
- Paul Anka (Musician, 2005, Ottawa, Ontario)
- Denys Arcand (Quebec filmmaker, 2004, Deschambault, Quebec)
- Kenojuak Ashevak (Painter/sculptor, 2001, Ikirlsak, Nunavut)
- Margaret Atwood (Author, 2001, Ottawa, Ontario)
- Dan Aykroyd (Actor, 2002, Ottawa, Ontario)
- Jean Béliveau (Hockey player, 2001, Trois Rivieres, Quebec)
- Pierre Berton (Author, 1998, Whitehorse, Yukon)
- Scotty Bowman (Winningest coach in NHL history, 2003, CBC sports broadcaster Harry Neale, Montréal, Quebec)
- Kurt Browning (Figure skater, 2001, Caroline, Alberta)
- John Candy (Comedic actor, 1998, Newmarket, Ontario)
- Jim Carrey (Comedic actor, 1998, Newmarket, Ontario)
- Juliette Cavazzi (Singer, 1999, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- George Chuvalo (Boxer, 2005, Toronto, Ontario)
- Cirque du Soleil (Circus troupe, 2002, Gaspé, Quebec)
- Michael Cohl (President of The BCL Group, 2005, ??? )
- Alex Colville (Painter, printmaker, 2002, Toronto, Ontario)
- Pierre Cossette (Producer, 2005, ???)
- Toller Cranston (Figure skater, 2003, Hamilton, Ontario)
- David Cronenberg (Film director, 1999, Toronto, Ontario)
- Hume Cronyn (Actor, 1999, London, Ontario)
- Céline Dion (Singer, 1999, Charlemagne, Quebec)
- Shirley Douglas (Actress, 2004, Weyburn, Saskatchewan)
- Jim Elder (Olympic equestrian, 2003, CBC sports broadcaster Brian Williams, Toronto, Ontario)
- Linda Evangelista (Legendary supermodel, 2003, Tim Blanks of Fashion File, St. Catharines, Ontario)
- Timothy Findley (Novelist/playwright, 2002, Toronto, Ontario)
- Maureen Forrester (Singer, 2000, Montréal, Quebec)
- David Foster (Music producer, 2002, Victoria, British Columbia)
- Michael J. Fox (Actor, 2000, Edmonton, Alberta)
- Glenn Gould (Musician, 1998, Toronto, Ontario)
- Nancy Greene (Skier, 1999, Ottawa, Ontario)
- Wayne Gretzky (Hockey Player, 2002, Brantford, Ontario)
- The Guess Who (Rock group, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- Monty Hall (Game show host, Humanitarian, 2002, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- Evelyn Hart (Ballet dancer, 2000, Toronto, Ontario)
- Ronnie Hawkins (Country singer, 2002, born and raised in Huntsville, Arkansas, has lived his adult life in Peterborough, Ontario)
- Arthur Hiller (Film director, 2002, Edmonton, Alberta)
- Gordie Howe (Hockey player, 2000, Floral, Saskatchewan)
- William Hutt (Actor, 2000, Toronto, Ontario)
- Lou Jacobi (Actor, 1999, Toronto, Ontario)
- Ferguson Jenkins (Baseball player, 2001, Chatham, Ontario)
- Harry Winston Jerome (Sprinter, 2001, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan)
- Norman Jewison (Feature film director, 1998, Toronto, Ontario)
- Lynn Johnston (Cartoonist of For Better or For Worse, 2003, her cartoon characters, in their animated form, Collingwood, Ontario)
- Karen Kain (Ballet dancer, 1998, Hamilton, Ontario)
- John Kay (Musician, 2004, Toronto, Ontario)
- Diana Krall (Jazz performer, 2004, born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, raised in Vancouver, British Columbia)
- Daniel Lanois (Musician, producer, 2005, Hull, Quebec)
- Mario Lemieux (Hockey player, 2004, Montréal, Quebec)
- Robert Lepage (Film Director, Playwright, 2001, Montréal, Quebec)
- Gordon Lightfoot (Musician, 1998, Orillia, Ontario)
- Rich Little (Impressionist, 1998, Ottawa, Ontario)
- Guy Lombardo (Bandleader, 2002, London, Ontario)
- Louis B. Mayer (Hollywood pioneer, 2004, born in Minsk, Belarus, raised in Saint John, New Brunswick)
- Lorne Michaels (Creator of Saturday Night Live, 2003, Toronto, Ontario)
- Joni Mitchell (Singer, 2000, Fort McLeod, Alberta)
- Alanis Morissette (Singer, 2005, Ottawa, Ontario)
- Anne Murray (Singer, 1998, Springhill, Nova Scotia)
- Mike Myers (Comedian, TV and movie star, comic Ron James, Toronto, Ontario)
- Leslie Nielsen (Comedic actor, 2001, Regina, Saskatchewan)
- Bobby Orr (Hockey player, 1998, Parry Sound, Ontario)
- Walter Ostanek ("The Polka King", 2001, Duparquet, Quebec)
- Mary Pickford (Actor, 1999, Toronto, Ontario)
- Luc Plamondon (Songwriter for artists like Céline Dion and Ginette Reno, playwright, 2003, Céline Dion, Saint-Raymond-de-Portneuf, Quebec)
- Christopher Plummer (Actor, 1998, Toronto, Ontario)
- Ivan Reitman (Producer/director, 2001, Komarmo, Slovakia)
- Ginette Reno (Singer, 2000, Montréal, Quebec)
- Maurice Richard (Hockey player, 1999, Montréal, Quebec)
- Jean-Paul Riopelle (Painter, 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, Toronto, Ontario)
- Royal Canadian Air Farce (Comedy troupe, 2000, Montréal, Quebec)
- 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)
- Barbara Ann Scott (Figure skater, 1998, Ottawa, Ontario)
- SCTV (Second City comedians from the acclaimed television series, 2002, Toronto, Ontario)
- William Shatner (Actor, 2000, Montréal, Quebec)
- Helen Shaver (Actor, 2004, St. Thomas, Ontario)
- Martin Short (Comedic actor, 2000, Hamilton, Ontario)
- David Steinberg (Comedian, actor, director, writer, 2003, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- Teresa Stratas (Opera Soprano, 2001, Toronto, Ontario)
- Donald Sutherland (Film actor, 2000, Saint John, New Brunswick)
- Kiefer Sutherland (Film actor, 2005, London, United Kingdom)
- Veronica Tennant (Ballet dancer, 2001, London, United Kingdom)
- The Tragically Hip (Music Band, 2002, Kingston, Ontario)
- Shania Twain (Country singer, 2003, Universal Music president Randy Lennox. Born in Windsor, Ontario, raised in Timmins, Ontario.)
- Jacques Villeneuve (Race car driver, 1998, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec)
- Jack Warner (Hollywood pioneer, 2004, London, Ontario)
- Wayne and Shuster (Comedy Duo Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster, 1999, place of inception Toronto, Ontario in 1954)
- Fay Wray (Actress, 2005, Cardston, Alberta)
- Neil Young (Singer, 2000, Toronto, Ontario)
2003 Ceremony
Broadcast live on television for the first time, a national broadcast was shown on Global Television from 9-11 pm, Wednesday, June 25th. This gala and the television broadcast was hosted by Andrea Martin. Colin Mochrie delivered a newscast during the gala, based on both the Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live and This Hour Has 22 Minutes, a Canadian satirical show in which he no longer co-stars.
Comparison between the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canada's Walk of Fame
Although it initially seems much like its closest American counterpart, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Canada's Walk of Fame differs in many ways.
The Hollywood Walk allows only celebrities of the silver screen, television, radio and singers/musicians, Canada's Walk allows people of much diverse occupations, as listed above. While most celebrities on the Hollywood Walk of Fame are American or have achieved their fame in America, Canada's Walk of Fame is exclusive to Canadians. This is as very few Americans come to Canada and achieve fame; so an international allowance is redundant. This is not to say immigrants are not allowed, only the celebrity must have held Canadian citizenship or had a primary residence in the country at one point. As Canada's entertainment industry slowly blossoms though, more actors, singers and other creative personalities might start to do so.
Both Walks have stars signifying each celebrity's spot, but the American path requires an upkeep fee, unlike the Canadian counterpart which actually is a true hall of fame. Whereas any star that meets criteria can essentially buy their way into the American walk, Canadian are selected via a supervising committee, and thus must earn their honour. Finally, Canadians stars are inducted in an annual group ceremony; Hollywood rarely inducts more than two major stars at a time.
External link
- Official website (http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/)