From Pouch Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador
Jonny Harris is a comedian and actor — and the person who has visited more struggling small towns in Canada than possibly anyone alive.
Born in 1975 in Pouch Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador
Jonny Harris grew up in Pouch Cove, a fishing community of about 2,000 people clinging to the coast just north of St. John’s. It’s the kind of place where everyone knows your name, the wind never stops, and you learn early that humour is how people get through hard times.
That instinct — finding the funny in tough circumstances — became the foundation of everything Harris has done since. He cut his teeth at the Rising Tide Theatre festival in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, spending five summers performing there. He went on to appear at the Halifax Comedy Festival, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, CBC Radio’s The Debaters, and Montreal’s Just for Laughs.
But it was two CBC roles that made him a household name. Since 2008, Harris has played Constable George Crabtree on the long-running crime drama Murdoch Mysteries, earning two Gemini nominations for Best Supporting Lead in a Dramatic Series.
And since 2015, he has hosted Still Standing — a show that takes him to small Canadian communities that are struggling but hanging on, where he spends a week getting to know the locals and then performs a stand-up set just for them. Not a roast — a toast.
Jonny Harris on Small Towns of Canada:
Still Standing is now in its twelfth season. Over more than a decade, Harris has visited hundreds of small towns from coast to coast to coast — towns that most Canadians have never heard of — and turned their stories into something funny, moving, and deeply human.
The Globe and Mail called him “extremely good at connecting with local people.” That’s an understatement. He’s become the unofficial chronicler of small-town Canada.
It all started in Pouch Cove.
Watch all Still Standing episodes on CBC.
Pouch Cove is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 2011, the population is 1866.
The origin of Pouch Cove dates back to 1611, when fishermen from British ships, together with carpenters and other artisans, established a settlement. It was officially incorporated in 1970.
Pouch Cove is the “first to see the sun” rise in North America.
1951. Tourist in plaid shirt takes a photo of two girls by a car near Pouch Cove, Newfoundland
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