2021. Provinces & territories Notable people Academia Parzival Copes, economist Sidney van den Bergh, astronomer Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, physicist Arts and entertainment Earl W. Bascom, actor, painter, sculptor Neve Campbell, actress Nicole de Boer, actress Sarah de Leeuw, writer (Dutch descent) Kristen Hager, actress Ernest Hillen, journalist Kristin Kreuk, actress Cornelius Krieghoff, painter J.J. McCullough, writer, cartoonist, political commentator and YouTuber. Mother is Dutch Sigmund Brouwer, author, public speaker, athlete. Both his mother and father immigrated to Alberta from Holland following World War II. He won the gold medal for racquetball (doubles) at the Canada Winter Games in 1883 at the age of 22. Robert Naylor, actor Michael Ondaatje, poet, novelist, editor and filmmaker Patricia Rozema, writer, director Hubert J. M. Schuh, sculpture, painter Sonja Smits, actress (Dutch descent) Cobie Smulders, actress Jessica Steen, actress Dorothy Stratten, model Aritha Van Herk, writer Laura Vandervoort, actress Jeon Somi, singer and songwriter Kevin Zegers, actor and model Martin Kouprie, chef, author, cheesemaker Business William Cornelius Van Horne, president of CPR Farming Wiebo Ludwig Politics and civil service Michael Chong, Conservative MP, Wellington-Halton Hills Roméo Dallaire, former Force Commander of UNAMIR peacekeeping force during the Rwandan genocide, former Liberal Senator, humanitarian Stephen de Boer, Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland Harry de Jong, Abbotsford, British Columbia Social Credit MLA from 1986 to 1994 Mike de Jong, Abbotsford, British Columbia Liberal MLA since 1994 Simon De Jong, former federal Saskatchewan NDP MP Jacob De Witt, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada, Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada Rick Dykstra, Conservative MP St. Catharines from 2006 to 2015 and Parliamentary Secretary Fred Eisenberger, former Ward Alderman and Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario John Gerretsen, former Mayor of Kingston, Ontario, former Ontario MPP and provincial cabinet minister Samuel Holland, Royal Engineer and first Surveyor General of British North America Eiling Kramer, the longest-serving member in the history of Saskatchewan's Legislative Assembly. David Mathews, American Loyalist and former Mayor of New York City during the American Revolution who settled in Nova Scotia and became a leading administrator. John Oostrom, first Dutch-born MP, Progressive Conservative for Willowdale Case Ootes, former city councillor in Toronto; served as deputy mayor under Mayor Mel Lastman and represents one of the two Toronto—Danforth wards Maximilien Polak, Quebec Liberal MNA for Saint-Anne from 1981 to 1989 Egerton Ryerson, Methodist minister, public education