Canada has some great colleges and universities. In fact, Canada is ranked third best in the world for its post-secondary institutions. Booyah!
We’re a nation of smartypants.
In honour of us being wicked-smart, we put together a list of some of our favourite celebrities and the Canadian post-secondary schools they attended. In no specific order, they are:
Ryan Reynolds
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, British Columbia
Why They’re Famous: Heartthrob, great hair, forever Van Wilder in our eyes
Nina Dobrev
Ryerson University
Why They’re Famous: Degrassi: The Next Generation and The Vampire Diaries
Chris Hadfield
Royal Military College of Canada
Why They’re Famous: One badass astronaut. Plus there’s this.
Rachel McAdams
York University
Why They’re Famous: Standout actress in Mean Girls, The Notebook, and Sherlock Holmes
Arcade Fire (Win Butler and Regine Chassagne)
McGill University
Why They’re Famous: Indie rock superstars (aka. multi-Grammy and JUNO Award winners)
Rob Ford
Carleton University
Why They’re Famous: We still can’t figure it out. Somethings just are.
George Stroumboulopoulos
Humber College
Why They’re Famous: Former MuchMusic VJ, red interview chairs, future Hockey Night in Canada host
Carly Rae Jepsen
Canadian College of Performing Arts
Why They’re Famous: Three words: “Call Me Maybe”
Nathan Fillion
University of Alberta
Why They’re Famous: Actor in Castle, Firefly and voice actor in Halo 3
Alex Trebek
University of Ottawa
Why They’re Famous: Jeopardy!, and his amazing mustache (RIP mustache)
Runner-up Canadian celeb smarties include:
Lorne Michaels (University of Toronto), Shad (Wilfrid Laurier University), Sarah McLachlan (NSCAD), Paul Haggis (Fanshawe College), Eugene Levy (McMaster University), Fred Penner (University of Winnipeg), Prime Minister Stephen Harper (University of Calgary), Kevin O’Leary (University of Western Ontario), Ryan Gosling’s mom (Brock University).
ED. NOTE: Did we miss someone? Tell us about the famous Canadians that went to your post-secondary school in the comments.
*Opinions expressed are those of the author, and not necessarily those of Student Life Network or their partners.
Ryan Bolton
Ryan Bolton is the former Director of Communications (aka. Guy That Plays With Words) at Student Life Network. He has a beard that can nest a family of sparrows. And a dog—Hank—that has a slight attitude problem.
