21st-century Canadian philanthropists

The list 21st-century Canadian philanthropists includes Justin Bieber. The list consists of 50 members.

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Justin Bieber

Canadian singer (born 1994)

Overview: Justin Drew Bieber (born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Discovered at age 13 by talent manager Scooter Braun after he had watched Bieber's YouTube cover song ...

Date of birth: 1 March 1994

Age: 30

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Hailey Bieber (Married)

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21st-century Canadian male singers 548T

Forbes 30 Under 30 recipients 194T

Shorty Award winners 216T
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Drake

Canadian rapper and singer (born 1986)

Overview: Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986) is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, actor, and businessman. Drake initially gained recognition as an actor on the teen drama television series ...

Date of birth: 24 October 1986

Age: 37

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Rapper

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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UK drill musicians 12T

21st-century Canadian rappers 152T

Universal Motown Records artists 75T
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David Foster

Canadian record producer and songwriter

Overview: David Walter Foster OC, OBC (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian musician, composer, arranger, record producer and music executive who chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. He has won 16 Grammy ...

Date of birth: 1 November 1949

Age: 74

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Katharine McPhee (Married)

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21st-century Canadian conductors (music) 80T

21st-century Canadian male musicians 285T

20th-century Canadian male musicians 310T
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Keshia Chante

Canadian actor and musician (born 1988)

Overview: Keshia Chanté Harper (born June 16, 1988) is a Canadian singer, television host, actress, songwriter, philanthropist and businesswoman. As a teenager, Chanté gained recognition with the release of her ...

Date of birth: 16 June 1988

Age: 36

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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Female models from Ontario 72T

21st-century Black Canadian women singers 60T

Black Canadian dancers 14T
5.

William Shatner

Canadian actor (born 1931)

Overview: William Shatner OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1966 debut as ...

Date of birth: 22 March 1931

Age: 93

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Film producers from Quebec 132T

Canadian male bloggers 89T

21st-century Canadian Jews 63T
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K'Naan

Somali-Canadian musician

Overview: Keinan Abdi Warsame (Somali: Keynaan Cabdi Warsame, Arabic: كَينَان عَبدِ وَرسَمَ‎ Kaynān ʿAbdi Warsama), better known by his stage name K'naan (), is a Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, son ...

Date of birth: 1 February 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: Somali

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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Rappers from Toronto 60T

21st-century Black Canadian male singers 53T

21st-century Somalian singers 1T
7.

Lennox Lewis

British-Canadian boxer (born 1965)

Overview: Lennox Claudius Lewis CM CBE (born 2 September 1965) is a former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2003. He is a three-time world heavyweight champion, a two-time lineal champion, and remains ...

Date of birth: 2 September 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: British

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 5" (196 cm)

Partner: Violet Chang (Married)

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Sportspeople from West Ham 29T

Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games 504T

Black British sportsmen 662T
8.

Eric Lindros

retired professional ice hockey player who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League

Overview: Eric Bryan Lindros (born February 28, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Lindros was born in London, Ontario, but grew up in Toronto. He played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey ...

Date of birth: 28 February 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Ice Hockey

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

Partner: Kina Lamarche (Married)

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Sportspeople from London, Ontario 252T

Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics 276T

Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics 410T
9.

Jarome Iginla

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1977)

Overview: Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla (born July 1, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. He played over 1500 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary ...

Date of birth: 1 July 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Ice Hockey

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Kara Kirkland (Married)

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Ice hockey people from St. Albert, Alberta 28T

Ice hockey people from Edmonton 318T

Ice hockey people from Calgary 254T
10.

Mario Lemieux

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1965)

Overview: Mario Lemieux OC CQ (born October 5, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played parts of 17 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons (his whole NHL career) with the Pittsburgh Penguins ...

Date of birth: 5 October 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Ice Hockey

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

Partner: Nathalie Asselin (Married)

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Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States 1,210T

Philanthropists from Quebec 19T

Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics 410T
11.

Brandt C. Louie

Canadian businessman

Overview: Brandt Channing Louie (born 5 July 1943) OBC (Chinese: 雷震瀛; pinyin: Léi Zhènyíng) is a Canadian accountant and businessman. He is the President and CEO of H.Y. Louie Co. Limited (distributor to ...

Date of birth: 5 July 1943

Age: 81

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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UBC Sauder School of Business alumni 29T

Simon Fraser University people 6T

London Drugs 2T
12.

Lorne Abony

Businessman

Overview: Lorne Abony (born August 26, 1969) is a Canadian businessman, currently the CEO of FastForward Innovations, Ltd, a venture capital firm.

Date of birth: 26 August 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Business

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University of Windsor Faculty of Law alumni 23T

21st-century Canadian businesspeople 59T

Businesspeople from Toronto 310T
13.

Jim Balsillie

Canadian businessman

Overview: James Laurence Balsillie (born February 3, 1961) is a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and former co-CEO of the Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM, 'BlackBerry').

Date of birth: 3 February 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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Institute for New Economic Thinking 38T

Directors of BlackBerry (company) 7T

Businesspeople from Ontario 342T
14.

Francesco Aquilini

Canadian businessman and sports owner

Overview: Francesco Aquilini (born 1969) is a Canadian businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is a managing director of Vancouver-based Aquilini Investment Group, the parent company of several diverse su ...

Date of birth: 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Business

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Vancouver Titans 5T

Templeton Secondary School alumni 3T

Vancouver Canucks executives 22T
15.

Aditya Jha

Indian, Business

Overview: Aditya Jha CM is an Indian Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist and social activist. A globetrotter, his business portfolio consists of several startups and company turnarounds with interests in Canada ...

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Business

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20th-century Indian businesspeople 257T

21st-century Indian businesspeople 134T

Madhesi people 21T
16.

Daryl Katz

Canadian businessman

Overview: Daryl Allan Katz (born May 31, 1961) is a Canadian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. Katz is founder and chairman of the Katz Group of Companies, one of Canada's largest privately owned ent ...

Date of birth: 31 May 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Philanthropist

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Katz Group 4T

University of Alberta Faculty of Law alumni 21T

Businesspeople from Edmonton 57T
17.

Barbra Amesbury

Canadian philanthropist, singer-songwriter, composer, and filmmaker

Overview: Barbra Amesbury (born 1948) is a Canadian philanthropist, singer-songwriter, composer and filmmaker, who had several Top 40 hits in Canada in the 1970s. Amesbury was the long-time partner of Canadian ...

Date of birth: 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Philanthropist

Gender: Female

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LGBT singers from Canada 3T

Women documentary filmmakers 402T

Canadian women philanthropists 45T
18.

Arthur Irving

Canadian, Philanthropist

Overview: Arthur Lee Irving (1930 – May 13, 2024) was a Canadian billionaire businessman, the second son of industrialist K.C. Irving of the Irving family. He is the sole owner, through the Arthur Irving Family ...

Date of birth: 14 July 1931

Date of death: 13 May 2024

Age: 92 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Philanthropist

Gender: Male

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2024 deaths 5,497T

Irving family (New Brunswick) 8T

Businesspeople from Saint John, New Brunswick 28T
19.

Charles Bronfman

Canadian businessman

Overview: Charles Bronfman, PC CC (born June 27, 1931) is a Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist and is a member of the Canadian Jewish Bronfman family. With an estimated net worth of $2 billion (as ...

Date of birth: 27 June 1931

Age: 93

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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21st-century philanthropists 248T

Jewish Canadian philanthropists 64T

Giving Pledgers 187T
20.

Jim Pattison

Canadian businessman

Overview: James Allen Pattison, OC OBC (born October 1, 1928) is a Canadian business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he holds the position of chief executive ...

Date of birth: 1 October 1928

Age: 96

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Philanthropist

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UBC Sauder School of Business alumni 29T

Calgary Cowboys 9T

Businesspeople from Vancouver 134T