21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers

The list 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers includes Ziya Tong, Martin Short, Margaret Trudeau, Pattie Mallette and Mike Myers. The list consists of 512 members and 7 sublists.

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1.

Lilly Singh

Canadian YouTuber, actress and comedian (born 1988)

Overview: Lilly Saini Singh (born September 26, 1988) is an Indian-Canadian YouTuber, television host, comedian, writer, and actress. Singh began making YouTube videos in 2010. She originally appeared under the ...

Date of birth: 26 September 1988

Age: 36

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Internet Celebrity

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Canadian bisexual actors 13T

Canadian bisexual writers 32T

21st-century Canadian LGBT people 841T
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Ziya Tong

Canadian television host

Overview: Ziya Tong (born 1980) is an English-born Canadian television personality and producer, formerly the co-host of Discovery Channel's long-running primetime science magazine, Daily Planet.

Date of birth: 7 January 1980

Age: 45

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Female

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Canadian women television presenters 109T

Canadian women bloggers 39T

Women television presenters 1,277T
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Martin Short

Canadian and American actor and comedian (born 1950)

Overview: Martin Hayter Short OC (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian–American actor, comedian, singer, and writer. He is known for his work on the television programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live. He has starred ...

Date of birth: 25 March 1950

Age: 74

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Meryl Streep (Dating)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Male actors of English descent 380T

Broadway actors 482T
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Mike Myers

Canadian-American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (born 1963)

Overview: Michael John Myers, OC (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian, director, producer, screenwriter and singer. He is known for his run as a performer on Saturday Night Live from 1989 to 1995 and ...

Date of birth: 25 May 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Kelly Tisdale (Married)

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Canadian Comedy Award winners 176T

Writers from Scarborough, Toronto 14T

Male actors of English descent 380T
5.

Margaret Trudeau

Ex-wife of the late Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau

Overview: Margaret Joan Trudeau (née Sinclair, formerly Kemper; born September 10, 1948) is a Canadian author, actress, photographer, former television talk show hostess, and social advocate for people with bipolar ...

Date of birth: 10 September 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: First Lady

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Spouses of prime ministers of Canada 22T

Parents of prime ministers of Canada 6T

Canadian socialites 66T
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Pattie Mallette

Mother of Justin Bieber

Overview: Patricia Mallette (born April 2, 1975) is the mother of Canadian singer Justin Bieber. She also managed her son's early career. Her autobiography, Nowhere but Up, was published in 2012 by Christian book ...

Date of birth: 2 April 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

Height: 4' 8" (142 cm)

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Canadian women non-fiction writers 820T

21st-century Canadian women writers 1,396T

Women autobiographers 552T
7.

Benny Hinn

American-Canadian evangelist

Overview: Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn (born 3 December 1952) is a televangelist, best known for his regular "Miracle Crusades"—revival meeting or faith healing summits that are usually held in stadiums in major ...

Date of birth: 3 December 1952

Age: 72

Nationality: Israeli

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

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Israeli Pentecostals 1T

Israeli people of Palestinian descent 9T

Former American Orthodox Christians 6T
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Neil Peart

Canadian and American drummer (1952–2020)

Overview: Neil Ellwood Peart, OC (September 12, 1952 – January 7, 2020) was a Canadian musician and writer best known as the drummer and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush. Peart received numerous awards for ...

Date of birth: 12 September 1952

Date of death: 7 January 2020

Age: 67 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

Partner: Carrie Nuttall (Married)

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Musicians from St. Catharines 13T

Canadian male jazz musicians 117T

2020 deaths 11,737T
9.

Samantha Bee

Canadian-American comedic talk show host, actress and writer

Overview: Samantha Anne Bee (born October 25, 1969) is a Canadian-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actress, and television host. Bee rose to fame as a correspondent on The Daily Show with ...

Date of birth: 25 October 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Jason Jones (Married)

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Canadian Comedy Award winners 176T

21st-century American memoirists 280T

Writers from Manhattan 371T
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Joanne Vannicola

Canadian actor

Overview: Joanne Vannicola is a Canadian actor. They are most noted for their roles as Dr. Naadiah in Being Erica on Netflix, Dr. Mia Stone in PSI Factor, Jerri in Love and Human Remains, Sam in Stonewall, Renee ...

Date of birth: 20 April 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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LGBT actors from Canada 40T

Canadian non-binary actors 8T

Non-binary writers 145T
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Mary Jo Eustace

Canadian television personality (b. 1962)

Overview: Mary Josephine "Mary Jo" Eustace (born May 1, 1962) is a Canadian actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, model, author, and sous-chef best known as co-host of the Canadian cooking TV series What's for Dinner? ...

Date of birth: 1 May 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Female models from Ontario 71T

Canadian women radio hosts 104T

Canadian women chefs 21T
12.

Deborah Coyne

Canadian politician

Overview: Deborah Margaret Ryland Coyne (born February 24, 1955) is a Canadian constitutional lawyer, professor, and author. She is the cousin of journalist Andrew Coyne and actress Susan Coyne, and the niece of ...

Date of birth: 24 February 1955

Age: 70

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

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Canadian scholars of constitutional law 10T

21st-century Canadian women politicians 1,077T

Women legal scholars 331T
13.

Olivia Chow

Canadian politician

Overview: Olivia Chow (Chinese: 鄒至蕙; born March 24, 1957) is a former Canadian politician who was a federal New Democratic Party (NDP) member of Parliament (MP) representing Trinity—Spadina from 2006 to 2014 ...

Date of birth: 24 March 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Female

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Canadian women memoirists 70T

21st-century Canadian women politicians 807T

21st-century memoirists 301T
14.

Mark Critch

Canadian comedian, actor, and writer (born 1974)

Overview: Mark Critch (born 1974) is a Canadian comedian, actor, and writer. He is best known for his work on the comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes, initially as a writer and then as a regular cast member ...

Date of birth: 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

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Comedians from Newfoundland and Labrador 13T

Male actors of Irish descent 682T

21st-century memoirists 301T
15.

Kelly Oxford

Canadian, Writer

Overview: Kelly Oxford is a Canadian author and screenwriter.

Date of birth: 29 November 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Canadian women memoirists 70T

Canadian women bloggers 39T

21st-century memoirists 301T
16.

Rajiv Surendra

actor

Overview: Rajiv Surendra (born 1985/1986 in Toronto) is a Canadian actor, artist, and writer, his parents are Tamils. He wrote a 2016 book The Elephants in My Backyard, a memoir of his failed attempts to win the ...

Date of birth: 1980

Age: 44

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Canadian male painters 409T

21st-century memoirists 301T

Artists from Toronto 322T
17.

Amanda Lindhout

Journalist and humanitarian

Overview: Amanda Lindhout (born June 12, 1981) is a Canadian humanitarian, public speaker and journalist. On August 23, 2008, she and members of her entourage were kidnapped by Islamist insurgents in southern S ...

Date of birth: 12 June 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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Missing person cases in Somalia 5T

Missing person cases in Africa 38T

Canadian women non-fiction writers 833T
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Chantal Hébert

Canadian journalist and political commentator

Overview: Chantal St-Cyr Hébert OC (born 1954) is a Canadian journalist and political commentator.

Date of birth: 24 April 1954

Age: 70

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Columnist

Gender: Female

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Canadian women non-fiction writers 669T

Glendon College alumni 3T

21st-century Canadian journalists 130T
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Lainey Lui

Canadian journalist

Overview: Elaine "Lainey" Lui (Chinese: 雷若芬, born September 26, 1973) is a Canadian television personality and reporter. She pens a website, LaineyGossip, is an anchor on CTV's etalk, and is also a co-host on ...

Date of birth: 26 September 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Female

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Canadian women memoirists 70T

Canadian women bloggers 39T

21st-century memoirists 301T
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Jian Ghomeshi

Canadian broadcaster, writer, musician, and producer

Overview: Jian Ghomeshi (Persian: ژیان قمیشی‎) is a Canadian musician, writer, and former CBC Radio broadcaster. From 1990 to 2000, he was a vocalist and drummer in the Thornhill-based folk-pop band Moxy ...

Date of birth: 9 June 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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Canadian men podcasters 30T

21st-century memoirists 301T

Canadian musicians of Iranian descent 2T