Cornish Canadians are Canadians of Cornish descent, including those who were born in Cornwall. The number of Canadian citizens of Cornish descent cannot be determined through census statistics, though speculative estimates place the population as high as 20,000.
It is recorded that the first Cornish to reach what is now Canadian soil did in the 16th century, reaching the coast of Newfoundland, part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Frank Andrews (1854-after 1890), member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Elizabeth Arden (1878-1966), businesswoman
Arthur James Bater (1889-1969), MP for The Battlefords
Truman Smith Baxter (1867-1931), mayor of Vancouver
James Blight (born 1976), voice actor
Rick Blight (1955-2005), hockey player
Marie Bottrell (born 1961), country music singer
Frederick Buscombe (1862-1938), Mayor of Vancouver
Dick Cherry (born 1937), hockey player
Don Cherry (born 1934), hockey player and commentator
Dean Chynoweth (born 1968), hockey player
Ed Chynoweth (1941-2008), hockey owner
H. P. P. Crease (1823-1905), member of the British Columbia Supreme Court
William Dennis (1856-1920), member of the Senate of Canada
Claude Ernest Dolman (1906-1994), scientist
John Eyre (1824-1871), member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Thomas Greenway (1838-1908), Premier of Manitoba
Wilfred Grenfell (1865-1940), Episcopal missionary
W.O. Hamley (1818-1907), civil and naval officer
Derek Holman (born 1931), composer
Arthur Lobb (1871-1928), member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly
Samuel A. Mitchell (1874-1960), astronomer
R. J. M. Parker (1881-1948), Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
Robert Parkyn (1862-1939), member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly
James Pascoe (1863-1931), member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
J. Ernest Pascoe (1900-1972), Member of Parliament for Moose Jaw—Lake Centre
Nigel Pengelly (1925-2010), member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly
Robert Terrill Rundle (1811-1896), Methodist missionary
John Teague (1833-1902), architect and mayor of Victoria
Francis W. Thomas (1834-1900), banker and philanthropist
John Tucker Williams (1789-1854), naval officer
Victor Williams (1867-1949), general
James Yeo. Sr. (1789-1868), member of the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly
James Yeo, Jr. (1827-1903), Member of Parliament for Prince County
John Yeo (1837-1924), Member of Parliament for East Prince
