Canada's Walk of Fame

Canada's Walk of Fame consists of a series of stars out front of Roy Thompson Hall[?] 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[?].

Comparison of 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.

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)

• Bryan Adams (Musician, 1998, Kingston, Ontario)
• Dan Aykroyd (Actor, 2002, Ottawa, Ontario)
• Kenojuak Ashevak[?] (Painter/sculptor, 2001, Ikirlsak, Nunavut[?])
• Margaret Atwood (Author, 2001, Ottawa, Ontario)
• Jean Béliveau[?] (Hockey player, 2001, Trois Rivieres, Quebec[?])
• Scotty Bowman[?] (Winningest coach in NHL history, 2003, CBC sports broadcaster Harry Neale[?])
• Kurt Browning[?] (Figure skater, 2001, Caroline, Alberta[?])
• Pierre Burton[?] (Author, 1998, Whitehorse, Yukon)
• John Candy (Comedic actor, 1998, Newmarket, Ontario)
• Jim Carrey (Comedic actor, 1998, Newmarket, Ontario)
• Cirque de Soleil[?] (Circus troupe, 2002, Gaspé, Quebec[?])
• Alex Colville[?] (Painter, printmaker, 2002, Toronto, Ontario)
• Toller Cranston[?] (Figure skater, 2003, NBC broadcaster Sandra Bezic[?])
• David Cronenberg (Film director, 1999, Toronto, Ontario)
• Hume Cronyn (Actor, 1999, London, Ontario)
• Céline Dion (Singer, 1999, Charlemagne, Quebec[?])
• Jim Elder[?] (Olympic equestrian, 2003, CBC sports broadcaster Brian Williams[?])
• Linda Evangelista[?] (Legendary supermodel, 2003, Tim Blanks[?] of Fashion File[?])
• 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[?] (Downhill 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, Huntsville, Arkansas)
• 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 and consequentially the creator/executive-producer of the resulting television spin-off specials and show, 2003, her cartoon characters, in their animated form)
• Juliette[?] (Singer, 1999, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
• Karen Kain (Ballet dancer, 1998, Hamilton, Ontario)
• 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)
• Lorne Michaels (Creator of Saturday Night Live, as well as producer of other movies and television shows, 2003)
• Joni Mitchell (Singer, 2000, Fort McLeod, Alberta[?])
• Anne Murray (Singer, 1998, Springhill, Nova Scotia)
• Mike Myers (Comedian, Second City and Saturday Night Live alumni, star of Wayne's World and the Austin Powers film franchise, comic Ron James[?])
• 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 Celine Dion and Ginette Reno, playwright, 2003, Celine Dion)
• Chirstopher Plummer[?] (Actor, 1998, Toronto, Ontario)
• Ivan Reitman[?] (Producer/director, 2001, Komarmo, Czecholovakia]])
• 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)
• 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 show, 2002, Toronto, Ontario)
• William Shatner (Actor, 2000, Montréal, Quebec[?])
• Martin Short[?] (Comedic actor, 2000, Hamilton, Ontario)
• David Steinberg[?] (Comedian, actor, director, writer, appear on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show 140 times, director of Seinfeld, Mad About You[?] and Friends, 2003)
• Teresa Stratas[?] (Opera Soprano, 2001, Toronto, Ontario)
• Donald Sutherland (Film actor, 2000, Saint John, New Brunswick)
• Veronica Tennant[?] (Ballet dancer, 2001, London, Ontario)
• The Tragically Hip (Music Band, 2002, Kingston, Ontario)
• Shania Twain (Country singer, one of the best selling female music artists of all-time, her third album Come On Over[?] is tied for the fifth best selling album of all-time at 34 million copies, 2003, Universal Music president Randy Lennox[?])
• Jacques Villeneuve (Race car driver, 1998, [[St-Jean=sur-Richelieu, Quebec]])
• Wayne and Shuster[?] (Comedy Duo Johnny Wayne[?] and Frank Shuster[?], 1999, place of inception Toronto, Ontario in 1954)
• 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 SNL and This Hour Has 22 Minutes, a Canadian satirical show in which he co-stars.