55 LGBT entertainers from Canada

Evan Tlesla Adams is an Aboriginal Canadian actor, playwright, and physician. A Coast Salish from the Sliammon First Nation near Powell River, British Columbia, he is best known internationally for his roles in the films of Sherman Alexie, as Thomas Builds-the-Fire in the 1998 film Smoke Signals and Seymour Polatkin in the 2002 film The Business of Fancydancing.

Kaitlyn Alexander is a Canadian actor, writer, web series creator and YouTube personality, best known as LaFontaine in the popular LGBT web series Carmilla (2014–2016). In 2016, their Kickstarter and Indiegogo-funded web series Couple-ish (2015–2017) was nominated for a Streamy Award.

August Ames was a Canadian pornographic actress and model. She appeared in almost 290 movies, including a non-pornographic film in 2016, and was nominated for several AVN Awards. In 2017, at the age of 23, Ames committed suicide after a particular event of social media backlash following a tweet she posted.

François Landriault-Barbeau, known professionally as François Arnaud, is a Canadian film and television actor. He is best known for his work as Cesare Borgia on Showtime's period drama series The Borgias, Manfred Bernardo on NBC's Midnight, Texas, and Tommy Castelli on UnReal.

Elise Bauman is a Canadian actress, director, filmmaker and singer. She portrayed the role of Laura Hollis, the lead character of the web series Carmilla (2014–2016).

Lani Billard is a Canadian actress, drummer, and singer, she is best known for her role in the 1990s as Elizabeth "Busy" Ramone on the Canadian television series Ready or Not from 1993–1997. Before her 'Ready Or Not' fame, she was frequently cast on a show called Friends of Research and Odd Gadgets F.R.O.G. a children's science series produced by Toronto's OWL-TV. F.R.O.G.'s 30-minute episodes follow four pre-teens who examine the "whys' of science with animation and provide the latest news gathered by kids, documentary style. However since her earliest fame, Billard has appeared in Owning Mahowny, Bonds Sarah Polley's award-winning film Stories We Tell Documentary', Let's Rap & 'Saving Hope'. While she acted with fellow cast-mate Laura Bertram on the Canadian Television series 'Ready Or Not' into Season 5, in 1996 she would appear with Bertram in the made for TV Movie 'Sins Of Silence' for a brief scene.

Trevor Boris is a Canadian comedian, writer and television producer.

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman is a Canadian actor and fashion model. He is known for appearances in films and television, most notably as Jay in the Lifetime dark comedy-drama series Unreal (2015–2018) and as one of the main judges on Canada's Drag Race.

Genevieve Sterling Buechner is a Canadian actress. She is known for her television roles such as Tamara Adama on the Syfy series Caprica, Fox on The CW series The 100, and Madison on the Lifetime series UnREAL.

Raymond William Stacy Burr was a Canadian-American actor known for his lengthy Hollywood film career and his title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside.

Nathalie Claude is a self-described "actress, director, dancer, choreographer, writer, and a sometimes MC, Drag King, clown, artistic coach and musician" from Montreal. She works in French and in English and sometimes creates bilingual performances.

Gavin Crawford is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for The Gavin Crawford Show and This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

Wendy Jane Crewson is a Canadian actress and producer. She began her career appearing on Canadian television, before her breakthrough role in 1991 dramatic film The Doctor.

Jonathan Crombie was a Canadian actor and voice over artist, best known for playing Gilbert Blythe in CBC Television's 1985 telefilm Anne of Green Gables and its two sequels.

Damon D'Oliveira is a Canadian actor and film and television producer, best known as a partner with Clement Virgo in the production firm Conquering Lion Pictures.

Grace Darmond was a Canadian-American actress.

Xavier Dolan-Tadros is a Canadian film director, actor, screenwriter, editor, costume designer, and voice actor. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his feature film directorial debut, I Killed My Mother, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section.

Victor Joseph Garber is a Canadian-American actor and singer known for his work in television, film, and theatre. He started his career on the stage playing roles such as Jesus in Godspell; Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; and John Wilkes Booth in Assassins. He would later go on to earn four Tony Award nominations for his performances in Deathtrap, Little Me, Lend Me a Tenor, and Damn Yankees.

Jordan James Gavaris is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Felix Dawkins in the BBC America and Space television series Orphan Black (2013–2017).

Giselle Loren Lazzarato Getty, known professionally as Gigi Gorgeous, is a Canadian YouTuber, socialite, actress, and model.

Emily Hampshire is a Canadian actress. Her best known roles include Angelina in the 1998 romantic comedy Boy Meets Girl, Vivienne in the 2006 film Snow Cake, Jennifer Goines in the Syfy drama series 12 Monkeys (2015–2018), Misery in Ruby Gloom, and Stevie Budd in the CBC comedy series Schitt's Creek (2015–2020).

Rex Howard Harrington, is a Greek-Canadian ballet dancer. In 2000, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2005, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. In 2006, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by York University and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is currently artist-in-residence at the National Ballet of Canada, and is a board member of the Dancer Transition Resource Centre.

Jade Hassouné is a Lebanese-Canadian actor, dancer and singer. He is known for his roles as Meliorn in the US television series Shadowhunters and as Prince Ahmed Al Saeed in the Canadian series Heartland.

William Ian DeWitt Hutt, was a Canadian actor of stage, television and film. Hutt's distinguished career spanned over fifty years and won him many accolades and awards. While his base throughout his career remained at the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, he appeared on the stage in London, New York and across Canada.

Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, occasionally credited as Devery Jacobs, is a Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk) actress. She garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards for her performance in Rhymes for Young Ghouls.

Yves Jacques OC is a Canadian film, television and stage actor.

Connor William Jessup is a Canadian actor, writer, and director. He is known for his roles as Ben Mason on the TNT science fiction television series Falling Skies (2011–2015), Taylor Blaine and Coy Henson in the ABC anthology series American Crime (2016–2017), and Tyler Locke in the Netflix series Locke & Key (2020). He has also starred in feature films, most notably in the award-winning Blackbird (2012) and Closet Monster (2015).

Robert Joy is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Dr. Sid Hammerback in CSI: NY, Charlie Houx in Land of the Dead, Lizard in The Hills Have Eyes, Dave in Atlantic City, and Jim in Desperately Seeking Susan.

Elvira Kurt is a Canadian comedian, and was the host of the game show Spin Off. She hosted the entertainment satire/talk show PopCultured with Elvira Kurt, which began on The Comedy Network in Canada in 2005. That show's style was similar to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. It was cancelled due to poor ratings in early 2006. She is of Jewish Hungarian descent.

Vanessa Lengies is a Canadian actress, dancer and singer. She is known for starring in the drama American Dreams as Roxanne Bojarski. She appeared as Charge Nurse Kelly Epson on the TNT medical drama HawthoRNe, and has appeared in the recurring role of Sugar Motta in the third, fourth, and sixth seasons of the Fox series Glee.

Karenjit Kaur Vohra, known by her stage name Sunny Leone, is a model and an actress in the Indian film industry and a former pornographic actress. She has Canadian and American citizenship. She has also used the stage name Karen Malhotra. She was named Penthouse Pet of the Year in 2003, was a contract performer for Vivid Entertainment, and was named by Maxim as one of the 12 top porn stars in 2010.

Robert Lepage, is a Canadian playwright, actor, film director, and stage director.

Daniel Joseph Levy is a Canadian actor, writer, director, and producer. Born in Toronto to parents Eugene Levy and Deborah Divine, he began his career as a television host on MTV Canada. Levy received international prominence and critical acclaim for starring as David Rose in the CBC sitcom Schitt's Creek (2015–2020), which he also co-created and co-starred in with his father.

Ben Lewis is a Canadian actor and writer known for his role as William Clayton in the last two seasons of Arrow. He also played Other Scott in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Bobby Beckonridge in Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Alison Dyan Liebert is a Canadian actress, model and producer. She was a recipient of a Canadian Screen Award for work in the wartime series Bomb Girls.

Debbie Lynch-White is a Canadian film and television actress from Quebec. Most noted for her performance in the 2018 film La Bolduc in the title role as folk singer Mary Rose-Anna "La Bolduc" Travers, she was previously known for her regular supporting role as prison guard Nancy Prévost in the television series Unité 9, and will appear in the forthcoming series Le Jeu and Une autre histoire.

Thomas Luke Macfarlane is a Canadian actor and singer. He is known for playing Scotty Wandell on the ABC television drama Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011), RAC Agent D'avin Jaqobis on the Space television science fiction series Killjoys (2015–2019) and the romantic lead in a number of Hallmark Channel Christmas movies.

Daniel MacIvor is a Canadian actor, playwright, theatre director, and film director. He is probably best known for his acting roles in independent films and the sitcom Twitch City.

Mae Martin is a Canadian comedian, actor and writer. Martin wrote and starred in the Netflix comedy Feel Good and has won two Canadian Comedy Awards as part of the comedy troupe "The Young and the Useless"

Blake Mawson is a Canadian actor, film director and screenwriter. He is most noted as director of the short film Pyotr495, for which he won the Emerging Artist Award at the 2016 Inside Out Film and Video Festival and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards for Best Direction in a Web Program or Series.

Blake James McGrath is a Canadian professional dancer, pop singer and choreographer. He was known for being on the first season of So You Think You Can Dance in 2005, and on the MTV reality dance show DanceLife. He has also developed a solo singing career with a debut album Time to Move in 2010.

Richard Vincent "Rick" Mercer is a Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist and author. He is best known for his work on the CBC Television comedy shows This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Rick Mercer Report. He is the author of three books, based on content from the television shows. Mercer has received more than 25 Gemini Awards for his work on television.

Kevin Patrick Mills is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and actor, whose feature film debut Guidance was released in 2015.

Fawzia Mirza is a Pakistani-Canadian film and television actress, writer, producer and comedian. She is known for her works such as web series Kam Kardashian, Brown Girl Problems and the film Signature Move (2017).

Ellen Grace Philpotts-Page is a Canadian actress and producer. She first became known for her role in the series Pit Pony (1997–2000), for which she won a Young Artist Award, and for her recurring roles in Trailer Park Boys (2002) and ReGenesis (2004). She then received recognition for her role in the film Hard Candy (2005), for which she received praise, and won the Austin Film Critics Association's Award for Best Actress.

Candy Palmater is a Canadian comedian and broadcaster. She was the creator and writer of her own national TV show for APTN, The Candy Show, and hosted the daily interview series The Candy Palmater Show on CBC Radio One in summer 2016.

Anna Hélène Paquin is a New Zealand-Canadian actress. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and brought up in Wellington, New Zealand, before moving to Los Angeles during her youth. She completed a year at Columbia University, before leaving to focus on her acting career. As a child, she played the role of Flora McGrath in Jane Campion's romantic drama film The Piano (1993), despite having had little acting experience. For her performance, she garnered critical acclaim and received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11, making her the second-youngest winner in Oscar history, after Tatum O'Neal.

Robin Phillips OC was an English actor and film director.

Richard Pochinko (1946–1989) was a notable Canadian clown trainer who developed a new style of mask/clown performance training, known as the "Pochinko technique". Originally from Selkirk, Manitoba, he was based primarily in Toronto, Ontario and founded the city's Theater Resource Centre.

Antoni Porowski is a Polish-Canadian television personality, actor, author, chef, and model. He is the food and wine expert on the Netflix series Queer Eye.

Adamo Angelo Ruggiero is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Marco Del Rossi in Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Omar Sharif Jr. is an Egyptian-Canadian actor, model and gay activist who currently lives in the United States.

Lilly Singh is a Canadian YouTuber, comedian, talk show host, and actress who gained fame on social media under the pseudonym IISuperwomanII. Born and raised in Scarborough, Toronto, Singh began making YouTube videos in 2010. By 2017, she was ranked tenth on the Forbes list of the world's highest paid YouTube stars, earning a reported $10.5 million; as of September 2019 she has fourteen million subscribers and over three billion video views. Singh has featured in the annual YouTube Rewind every year since 2014. Forbes named her one of the 40 most powerful people in comedy in 2019. Singh has received an MTV Fandom Award, four Streamy Awards, two Teen Choice Awards, and a People's Choice Award.

Scott Thompson is a Canadian television actor and comedian, best known for being a member of the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall and for playing Brian on The Larry Sanders Show.

Gordon Thomson is a Canadian actor widely known for his role as Adam Carrington on the 1980s American prime time soap opera Dynasty.