The history of Professional wrestling in Canada dates back to the founding of Maple Leaf Wrestling, which opened in 1930 and was the first known professional wrestling company in the country. Many Canadian wrestlers including Bret Hart, Roddy Piper, Edge, Chris Jericho, and Kenny Omega have gone on to achieve worldwide success.
Notable Promotions
Border City Wrestling
Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling
Grand Prix Wrestling
High Impact Wrestling
International Wrestling Syndicate
Maple Leaf Wrestling
Northern Championship Wrestling
NCW Femmes Fatales
Smash Wrestling
Canadian wrestlers overseas
Note: † denotes wrestler is deceased
A-1
Abdullah the Butcher
Akam
Jason Anderson
John Anson
Fred Atkins †
Ben Bassarab
Chris Benoit †
Brute Bernard †
Sinn Bodhi
Rick Bognar †
Bob Boyer
Max Boyer
Dino Bravo †
Tyler Breeze
Eric Young
Ethan Page
Josh Alexander
Gino Brito
Farmer Brooks
Traci Brooks
Bulldog Bob Brown †
Kerry Brown †
Leo Burke
Samson Burke
Don Callis
George Cannon †
Christian (Cage) Melissa Coates Carly Colón (through his mother) Steve Corino Crazzy Steve Dave McKigney Scott D'Amore Paul Diamond Shawn Spears John Quinn † René Duprée Edge Ron Garvin George Gordienko † Archie Gouldie † Johnny Powers Sylvain Grenier Hart wrestling family Stu Hart † Smith Hart † Bruce Hart Keith Hart Dean Hart † Bret Hart Owen Hart † Natalya Teddy Hart Davey Boy Smith Jr. Chris Jericho Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (through his father) Rocky Johnson † Billy Red Lyons † Tyson Kidd Gail Kim Ricky Hunter Gene Kiniski † Klondike Bill † Ivan Koloff † Killer Karl Krupp † Killer Kowalski † The Spoiler † Whipper Billy Watson † Jinder Mahal Michael Elgin Rick Martel Rosa Mendes The Missing Link † Geeto Mongol † Kenny Omega Kyle O'Reilly John Hill † Maryse Ouellet Pierre-Carl Ouellet Kevin Owens Tony Parisi † Pat Patterson † Roddy Piper † Lanny Poffo † Ava Raine (via her father and grandfather) Bobby Roode Joe E. Legend Jacques Rougeau Raymond Rougeau Ruffy Silverstein Sandy Scott † Mike Sharpe † Tiger Ali Singh Tiger Joe Tomasso † Lance Storm Trish Stratus Robert Evans John Tenta † Johnny Devine Test † Luna Vachon † Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon † Paul "Butcher" Vachon Taya Valkyrie Vampiro Val Venis Petey Williams Sami Zayn Tyson Dux Waldo Von Erich † Yvon Robert † Bobby Nelson † Skull Murphy † Hans Schmidt † Kurt Von Hess †