| The Arts | |
| Alex Colville | Painter of such works as To Prince Edward Island and Horse and Train |
| Barry Avrich | Filmmaker; President of Endeavour Marketing |
| Bruce Mau | Designer; Creative director of Bruce Mau Design; Founder of Institute without Boundaries |
| Christopher Pratt | Painter; Contemporary realist |
| David Shore | Writer; Emmy-Award Winning Writer for TV show 'House' |
| Diane Dupuy | Founder of Famous People Players, theatre employing people with physical and mental disabilities |
| Edward Burtynsky | Photographer; Inspiration for Jennifer Baichwal’s 2006 film Manufacturing Landscapes |
| Deepa Mehta | Filmmaker whose works inclue Water and Earth |
| June Callwood | Former journalist for Globe and Mail and Macleans; Host of the CBC’s In Touch, 1997-1978; Founder of Casey House and PEN Canada |
| Karen Kain | Ballet Dancer; Artistic Director of National Ballet of Canada |
| Lynn Johnston | Cartoonist; 'For Better or For Worse' |
| Patricia Rozema | Filmmaker whose works include I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing and Mansfield Park |
| Patrick Morrow | Mountain Climber; First Canadian to climb Seven Summits |
| Raffi | Musician; Children's entertainer |
| Raymond Moriyama | Architect; Founder of Moriyama and Teshima Architects |
| Rob Feenie | Host New Classics with Chef Rob Feenie; Executive Chef and Owner of Lumière Restaurant; Winner Iron Chef America |
| Robert Bateman | Painter; Naturalist and wildlife artist |
| Rosemaire Landry | Opera Singer; Head of Voice Department, University of Montreal |
| Valerie Pringle | Host of Canada AM, 1993-2002; current host of the Canadian edition of Antiques Roadshow |
| Mark Roswell/Dashan | Comedian; Most Famous Westerner in China |
| Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Conductor; Artistic Director of the Orchestre Metropolitain |
| Vivienne Poy | Former Canadian senator; Chancellor of the University of Toronto |
| Mary Walsh | Comedian; 'This Hour has 22 Mintues' |
| Business | |
| Phyllis Yaffe | CEO, Alliance Atlantis |
| David Pecaut | Senior Vice-President of The Boston Consulting Group |
| Jim Pattison | Chairman, President, CEO, and sole owner of Jim Pattison Group |
| Peter Munk | Chairman and Founder of Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold mining corporation |
| Robert Schad | Founder, President and CEO of Husky Injection Molding Systems |
| Rossana Magnotta | President and Co-founder of Magnotta, the award-winning winery |
| Ron Foxcroft | Referee; Inventor of Fox 40 Whistle and Founder of Fox 40 International |
| Sherry Cooper | Global Economic Strategist; Executive Vice-President of BMO |
| Annette Verschuren | President of The Home Depot |
| Margot Franssen | Former partner and president Body Shop; President and CEO Accessorize Canada |
| Phil White and Gerard Vroomen | Founder and Owners of Cervélo Cycles |
| Bruce Poon Tip | CEO, G.A.P. Adventures |
| Wallace McCain | Co-founder of McCain Foods Limited; Chairman of Maple Leaf Foods Inc. |
| Science and Medicine | |
| James Orbinski | President Dignitas International; former President of Médicins Sans Frontieres Canada and the MSF International Council |
| Huldah Buntain | Missionary, 'Mission of Mercy', Fifty Years in Calcutta, worked with Mother Teresa |
| Indira Samarasekera | President of University of Alberta; Reasearcher and Metallurgical Engineer |
| Roberta Bondar | Canada's First Woman Astronaut; Chancellor of Trent University |
| Tirone David | Head of Cardiovascular Surgery at the University Health Network |
| Lynda Haverstock | Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan (2000-2006) |
| Zoe Brabant | Médicins du Monde Canada |
| James Gosling | Inventor of the Java Programming Language |
| Philippe Couillard | Ministre de la Santé et des Services Sociaux in the Quebec National Assembly |
| Dennis Chitty | Zoologist, author of Do Lemmings commit suicide? |
| Joseph MacInnis | Oceanic Explorer |
| Law and Politics | |
| Brian Mulroney | Prime Minister of Canada (1984-1993) |
| Beverley McLachlin | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada |
| E.D. Bayda | Cheif Justice of Saskatchewan |
| Edward Greenspan | Criminal Lawyer who has represented the likes of Conrad Black, Garth Drabinsky and Michael Rose |
| Hazel McCallion | Mayor of Mississauga (1978-present) |
| James Bartleman | Canadian Ambassador to Cuba, 1981-1983; Ambassador to NATO 1990-1994; Current Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario |
| John Godfrey | Editor of the Financial Post, 1987-1991; Liberal Minister of State for Infrastructure and Communities, 2004-2006 |
| Ralph Goodale | Minister of Finance (2003-2006) |
| Jennifer Welsh | Professor of International Relations, Oxford University; Author At Home in the World: Canada’s Global Vision for the 21st Century |
| Alan Sullivan | Diplomat |
| Ujjal Dosanjh | Federal Minister of Health (2004-2006), Premier of British Columbia (2000-2001) |
| Matthew Coon-Come | National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (2000-2003) |
| Angus Reid | Political Analyst; Former Head of Angus Reid Group (now Ipsos-Reid) |
| Daurene Lewis | First Female African-American Mayor in North America |
| Larry Campbell | Mayor of Vancouver (2002-2005), Member of Canadian Senate (2005-present) |
| Sports | |
| Bob Rumball | Founder of The Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf; CFL Football Player; Evangelical Minister |
| Daniel Igali | Olympic Champion Wrestler; President Igali Foundation |
| Red Kelly | Former Detroit Red Wing and Toronto Maple Leaf; Liberal Member of Parliament, 1962-1965 |
| Rick Hansen | Wheelchair Athlete; Founder of Man In Motion World Tour |
| Norman Kwong | Football Player, Co- Owner of Calgary Flames, name on Grey Cup and Stanley Cup; Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta |