D.J. Demers

D.J. Demers (born 1986) is a Canadian-born stand-up comedian, widely known for appearances on Season 11 of America's Got Talent, numerous late night talk shows, his online stand-up streaming specials, as well as on his 2023-2024 television series One More Time on CBC.

Background Born to Don and Joy Demers of Kitchener, Ontario, D.J. was diagnosed with hearing loss at age four; without hearing aids, he was considered deaf. He later graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University with a degree in Business

In 2009, Demers applied for and was selected by Richard Branson in a contest for an internship with Virgin Mobile.

He appeared on America's Got Talent in 2016, In 2017 he appeared on Conan, and undertook a comedy tour of university and college campuses across the United States sponsored by hearing aid manufacturer Phonak.

He received a Juno Award nomination for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018, for his comedy album Indistinct Chatter.

In 2019 his stand-up comedy special Interpreted was streamed as a Crave original, and he headlined Comedy for a Cause, a stand-up show in Montreal that consisted entirely of comedians with physical disabilities. His second comedy album Uninterpreted, a selection of segments from the Crave special, was also released the same year.

In June 2023, CBC Television greenlit One More Time, a comedy series starring Demers as the manager of a used sporting goods store. The series premiered on CBC in January 2024, After the show,which the Toronto Star called "a love letter to mid-size Canadian cities,"

In 2024 and 2025 he hosted two All Access Comedy specials for the Halifax Comedy Festival and AMI-TV.