List of Canadian Muslims

This is a list of notable people who are Muslims and reside in, or are citizens of, Canada.

Politicians

• Omar Alghabra - former Canadian Member of Parliament for Mississauga—Erindale (2006–2008) and former president of the Canadian Arab Federation; member of the Liberal Party of Canada
• Rahim Jaffer - former Canadian MP for Edmonton–Strathcona (1997–2008); first Muslim MP, Shia Ismaili Muslim; member of the Conservative Party of Canada
• Mobina Jaffer - Canadian Senator; Shia Ismaili Muslim
• Wajid Khan - former Canadian MP for Mississauga—Streetsville (2004–2008); member of the Conservative Party of Canada
• Maryam Monsef - Canadian MP for Peterborough—Kawartha (2015-); first Muslim Cabinet Minister as the Minister of Democratic Institutions; member of the Liberal Party of Canada
• Ali Naqvi - advisor to Jack Layton, the leader of the New Democratic Party, leader of the opposition and MP for Toronto—Danforth
• Yasir Naqvi - member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario) for Ottawa Centre (2007-); President of the Ontario Liberal Party
• Naheed Nenshi - Mayor of Calgary (2010-); Shia Ismaili Muslim
• Shafiq Qaadri - Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario) for Etobicoke North (2003-); member of the Ontario Liberal Party
• Khalil Ramal - member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario) for London-Fanashawe; member of the Ontario Liberal Party
• Yasmin Ratansi - Canadian MP for Don Valley East (2004–2011, 2015-); first female Muslim MP; member of the Liberal Party of Canada; Shia Ismaili Muslim
• Larry Shaben - former Member of Legislative Assembly (1975–1989) (Alberta) for Lesser Slave Lake and former Cabinet Minister for Utilities and Telephones (1979–1982), Housing (1982–1986), and Economic Development and Trade (1986–1989)

Journalism

• Mohamed Fahmy - journalist, arrested in Egypt
• Tarek Fatah - Canadian Muslim "reformer," writer, broadcaster
• Faisal Kutty - Columnist
• Irshad Manji - feminist, author, journalist, activist
• Omar Sachedina - Shia Ismaili Muslim, anchorman and journalist, CTV
• Haroon Siddiqui - newspaper journalist, columnist, and a former editor of the Toronto Star

Religious leaders

• Shaikh Yunus Ashrafi - religious scholar
• Jamal Badawi
• Zijad Delic - imam and community leader
• Amir Hussain - editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion
• Ahmad Kutty - religious scholar
• Ingrid Mattson
• Reza Hosseini Nassab
• Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri - professor of international constitutional law at the University of the Punjab and the founding chairman of Minhaj-ul-Quran International

Leaders

• Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin - imam, pioneered North America's first de-radicalization program
• Ahmed Hussen - lawyer and National President of the Canadian Somali Congress
• Faisal Kutty - community leader, activist and law professor
• Hamid Slimi - imam and community leader
• Wahida C. Valiante - social worker and activist

Entertainment

• Sulekha Ali - singer-songwriter
• K'naan - singer-songwriter
• Ron Mustafaa - actor known for playing Abbud Siddiqui in Skins (US)
• Zarqa Nawaz - created Little Mosque on the Prairie
• Dawud Wharnsby - singer-songwriter, poet^[1]

Sports

• Nazem Kadri - ice hockey player, 2009 draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs

See also

• Islam in Canada
• List of Canadian Shia Muslims
• List of converts to Islam
• List of Islamic and Muslim related topics
• Lists of Muslims
• Lists of people by belief

References

Islam in Canada
Organizations	CAIR-CAN Islamic Supreme Council of Canada Canadian Islamic Congress Canadian Muslim Union Muslim Canadian Congress Islamic Institute of Toronto Muslim Association of Canada
Events	Reviving the Islamic Spirit Fast-a-Thon Muslim Interscholastic Tournament (MIST)
Mosques and centres	List of mosques in Canada Al-Rashid Mosque Baitul Hamd Baitul Islam Baitun Nur Jami Mosque Islamic Foundation Toronto Masjid-an-Noor, Newfoundland Salaheddin Islamic Centre Toronto and Region Islamic Congregation
Other topics	List of Canadian Muslims Little Mosque on the Prairie Me and the Mosque