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CANADA'S WALK OF FAME

Canada's Walk of Fame acknowledges the achievements and accomplishments of successful Canadians. It consists of a series of stars in 13 designated blocks worth of sidewalks in front of Roy Thomson Hall, The Princess of Wales Theatre, and The Royal Alexandra Theatre on King Street and Simcoe Street 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.

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Comparison between 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 more diverse occupations, as listed above. While most celebrities on the Hollywood Walk of Fame are American or have achieved their fame in the USA, Canada's Walk of Fame is exclusive to Canadians. Very few Americans come to Canada and achieve fame, and 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 grows, more actors, singers and other creative personalities might start to appear on the Walk.

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 celebrity that meets criteria can finance 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. As well, celebrities can have more than one star in the Hollywood Walk. The same celebrity can be honoured as many as five times under the various categories. This does not happen in Canada's Walk, although some may have an individual star but also be inducted as part of a larger group, such as John Candy, Martin Short and Eugene Levy who have their own star but also were in Second City Television.

Those that are eligible for Canada's Walk Of Fame must be born in, or have spent much of their early life in Canada, have had national or international impact on Canada's Heritage and must have at least 10 years of experience in their own field of service.

There have really been no true controversies about who has or hasn't been inducted. Some feel that there should be fewer producers and lesser-known artists and writers on the walk of fame, because although they are very successful, they are not as famous as many of those who are not inducted and thus make the Walk of Fame seem more like a "Walk of Success".

List of Inductees

This list of inductees to Canada's Walk of Fame is currently complete. Please note that some inductees are mentioned twice. This is not because they are inducted twice, but because they fall under more than one of the categories used here.

Actors and Radio/Television/Stage/Screen Personalities

Artists and Illustrators

Comedians

Dancers and Performance Artists

Directors and Producers(Stage or Screen)

Game Show Hosts

Hollywood Pioneers

Humanitarians

Models & Supermodels

Music (Singers, musicians and producers, etc.)

NOTE: There are three bands inducted (Rush, The Guess Who and The Tragically Hip). The most famous members of these bands are listed. The official website of Canada's Walk of Fame lists the members that are listed as being the primary members, and thus, they are listed here. However, each member does not have their own star. They are all just considered part of the main band.

Sports Figures (Players, Coaches, etc.)

Writers (Literature, Press, Music, Screen)

2006 Inductees

The 2006 inductees were announced on March 8, 2006 . It was previously announced that WWE Diva Trish Stratus would host the induction ceremony Toronto's Hummingbird Centre, which took place on June 3, 2006. The 2006 inductees were Pamela Anderson (Playboy Model & Actress), Jann Arden (Singer), Brendan Fraser (Actor), Robert Goulet (Singer), Eugene Levy (Comedian), Paul Shaffer (Musician) and Alex Trebek (Game Show Host). Also inducted is a group of male skiers known as the Crazy Canucks. This group includes: Ken Read, Steve Podborski, Dave Irwin and Dave Murray . They will all be given the same star. There are three who were not born in Canada who are being inducted: Brendan Fraser, Robert Goulet and Ken Read. Last years group was considered weak because of its lack of star power, but this year the entire group are better known.

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