Stripes was the first significant film role for at least one Canadian actor.
 Numerous actors, including John Larroquette, John Diehl, Conrad Dunn, Judge Reinhold, Joe Flaherty, Dave Thomas, Timothy Busfield, and Bill Paxton, appear in the film in some of the earliest roles of their careers
 Goldberg knew John Candy from Toronto and told Reitman that he should be in the film; he was not required to audition

