History Main / OnlySoManyCanadianActors

* ''{{Regenesis}}''

* ''[[MurdochMysteries Murdoch Mysteries]]''

* In Australia, soaps ''{{Neighbours}}'' and ''HomeAndAway'' tend to, together, have at some point featured pretty much every well-known actor the country produces. ''{{Neighbours}}'' is particularly notable for having starred KylieMinogue, DichenLachman, Guy Pearce and DeltaGoodrem before they got famous.

* In Australia, soaps ''{{Neighbours}}'' and ''HomeAndAway'' tend to, together, have at some point featured pretty much every well-known actor the country produces. ''{{Neighbours}}'' is particularly notable for having starred KylieMinogue, Guy Pearce and DeltaGoodrem before they got famous.

** ''BlueWaterHigh'' and ''H2OJustAddWater'' are examples for kids' TV, having collectively featured actors who've starred in everything from the ''Film/TomorrowWhenTheWarBegan'' action movie, to ''PowerRangersRPM'', ''DanceAcademy'', ''ThePacific'', and, of course, ''Neighbours''.

** ''BlueWaterHigh'' and ''H2OJustAddWater'' are examples for kids' TV, having collectively featured actors who've starred in everything from the ''Film/TomorrowWhenTheWarBegan'' action movie, to ''PowerRangersRPM'', ''DanceAcademy'', ''ThePacific'', and the list goes on. And, of course, ''Neighbours''.

* In Australia, soaps ''{{Neighbours}}'' and ''HomeAndAway'' tend to, together, have at some point featured pretty much every well-known actor the country produces. {{Neighbours}}, for example, has starred KylieMinogue, Guy Pearce and DeltaGoodrem before they got famous.
** ''BlueWaterHigh'' and ''H2OJustAddWater are the kids'' TV examples, having collectively featured actors starring in everything from the ''TomorrowWhenTheWarBegan'' action movie, to ''PackedToTheRafters'' and ''PowerRangersRPM''.

* ''Charlie Bartlett''
* ''{{Degrassi}}'': Arguably the central nexus and certainly the [[StealthPun epitome]] of the trope.

* Genelle WIlliams

* Jordan Todosey

* Blu Mankuma (so astonishingly ubiquitous throughout {{The Nineties the 90's}} that a Canadian version of the Bacon game could well have been called "one degree of Blu Mankuma". Did quite a bit of voice acting too, contrary to the norm for this trope.)

* Blu Mankuma (so impossibly ubiquitous throughout {{The Nineties|the 90's}} that a Canadian version of the Bacon game could well have been called "one degree of Blu Mankuma".)

* Blu Mankuma (so impossibly ubiquitous in {{the 90s}} that a Canadian version of the Bacon game could well have been called "one degree of Blu Mankuma".)

* Blu Mankuma (so impossibly ubiquitous in the 90's that a Canadian version of the Bacon game could well have been called "one degree of Blu Mankuma".)

* ''{{Degrassi}}''

You see, in Canada, the government has significant sway over the content in Canadian-made TV shows, often enforcing a "Canadian actors only" policy for the majority of roles in order to qualify for tax breaks. But there are only so many actors in Canada, especially young actors. The country already has a relatively small population to begin with (about 35 million, roughly ''1/9'' that of the US), and when you narrow the actors down to a specific age group (between 15 and 30, like most of the ones below), and then combine ''that'' with the fact that Canada has become a very popular shooting location for American producers on a tight budget, you're only left with a tiny handful of actors. Additionally, most of these actors often stay in Canada for the rest of their careers (though not always by choice). That said, some have managed to break out it; notably, EllenPage and [[{{Drake}} Aubrey Graham]].

* Justin Kelly

* Pat Mastrantionni

You see, in Canada, the government has significant sway over the content in Canadian-made TV shows, often enforcing a "Canadian actors only" policy for the majority of roles. But there are only so many actors in Canada, especially young actors. The country already has a relatively small population to begin with (about 35 million, roughly ''1/9'' that of the US), and when you narrow the actors down to a specific age group (between 15 and 30, like most of the ones below), and then combine ''that'' with the fact that Canada has become a very popular shooting location for American producers on a tight budget, you're only left with a tiny handful of actors. Additionally, most of these actors often stay in Canada for the rest of their careers (though not always by choice). That said, some have managed to break out it; notably, EllenPage and [[{{Drake}} Aubrey Graham]].

To the outside viewer (usually American), after you start watching a few Canadian-made shows, you start to notice something. Something ''weird''. Oh sure, [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Guy!]] is totally normal... but it starts getting odd when you're watching Canadian tv, and you start shouting "Hey! It's that Guy!"... ''every five minutes, at every actor''.

You see, in Canada, the government has significant sway over the content in Canadian-Made TV Shows, often enforcing a "Canadian actors only" policy. As a result, there are only so many actors in Canadian TV anymore, ''especially young actors'' - the country already has a relatively small population to begin with (Canada's population is roughly ''1/9'' that of the U.S.'s), and then when you narrow the actors down to a specific age group, (between 15 and 30, like most of the ones below), you're only left with a handful of actors. Additionally, most of these actors often stay in Canada for the rest of their careers (though not always by choice). That said, some have managed to break out it; notably, [[EllenPage Ellen Page]] and [[{{Drake}} Aubrey Graham]].

This isn't necessarily a ''bad'' thing - if anything, it becomes enjoyable to the viewer, and because of the frequent recurrence of these actors, there often isn't much [[RoleAssociation Role Association]].

Oddly enough, the people associated with this trope rarely, if ever, tend to come into contact with actors from [[TheOceanGroup The Ocean Group]] or {{Nelvana}}. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Except with]] ''{{Franklin}}'' and ''[[JaneAndTheDragon Jane and the Dragon]]''.