List of Canadian Muslims

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Academic figures

Law

• Faisal Kutty – lawyer and law professor

Business

Retail

• Obby Khan – founder and owner of Shawarma Khan, a Winnipeg-based halal shawarma restaurant, has atleast four locations within the city of Winnipeg
• Izzo AbuFarha – founder of Jerusalem Shawarma, an Alberta-based Palestinian cuisine and halal shawarma restaurant, has multiple locations in Calgary and Edmonton

Journalism

• Mansour Shouman – Palestinian-Canadian journalist, reporting on Gaza, advocating for an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing 2023 Israel-Hamas war
• Omar Sachedina – anchorman and journalist, CTV
• Haroon Siddiqui – newspaper journalist, columnist, and a former editor of the Toronto Star
• Farah Nasser – anchor and journalist, Global News
• Ginella Massa – News Anchor, CBC News

Ginella Massa

• Hodan Nalayeh – media executive, marketing consultant, social activist and entrepreneur

Military

• Hasan Amat – Singaporean-Canadian WW1 soldier, served as a private in the Royal Canadian Regiment, the 4th Overseas Pioneer Battalion, and the 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion, fought and died at the Battle of Hill 70.
• Captain Ryan Carter – A Muslim chaplain in the Canadian Armed Forces
• Captain Suleyman Demiray – A Muslim chaplain in the Canadian Armed Forces
• Lt. Commander Wafa Dabbagh – Palestinian-Egyptian-Canadian military officer who was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces and received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 shortly before she passed away.

Physicians

• Alaa Murabit M.D. – physician, director of global health advocacy and communications at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Alaa Murabit

Politicians

Federal

• Ali Ehsassi – Liberal MP for Willowdale (2015–present)
• Omar Alghabra – Liberal MP for Mississauga—Erindale (2006–2008) and Mississauga Centre (2015–present).
• Salma Ataullahjan – Conservative Senator for Ontario (2010–present).
• Mobina Jaffer – Liberal Senator for British Columbia (2001–present).
• Rahim Jaffer – Conservative MP for Edmonton–Strathcona (1997–2008); first Muslim MP elected in Canada.
• Wajid Khan – Conservative MP for Mississauga—Streetsville (2004–2008).
• Maryam Monsef – Liberal MP for Peterborough—Kawartha (2015–2021); first Muslim Cabinet Minister.
• Taleeb Noormohamed – Liberal MP for Vancouver Granville (2021–present)
• Ahmed Hussen – Liberal MP for York South-Weston (2015–present)
• Iqra Khalid – Liberal MP for Mississauga-Erin Mills (2015–present)
• Shafqat Ali – Liberal MP for Brampton Centre (2021–present)
• Yasir Naqvi – Liberal MP for Ottawa Centre (2021–present)
• Salma Zahid – Liberal MP for Scarborough Centre (2015–present)
• Sameer Zuberi – Liberal MP for Pierrefonds-Dollard (2019–present)

Provincial

• Moe Amery – Alberta Conservative MLA for Calgary-East (1993–2015).
• Peter Baker – Northwest Territories Independent MLA for Mackenzie North (1964–1967).
• Muhammad Fiaz – Saskatchewan SP MLA for Regina Pasqua (2015–present).
• Amir Khadir – Quebec Québec solidaire MNA for Mercier (2008–2018).
• Stephen Khan – Alberta Conservative MLA for St. Albert (2008–2015).
• Yasir Naqvi – Ontario Liberal MPP for Ottawa Centre (2007–2018).
• John Nuraney – British Columbia Liberal MLA for Burnaby-Willingdon (2001–2009).
• Shafiq Qaadri – Ontario Liberal MPP for Etobicoke North (2003–present).
• Doly Begum – Ontario NDP MPP for Scarborough Southwest (2018–present).
• Sohail Quadri – Alberta Conservative MLA for Edmonton-Mill Woods (2012–2015).
• Khalil Ramal – Ontario Liberal MPP for London-Fanashawe (2003–2011).
• Irfan Sabir – Alberta NDP MLA for Calgary-McCall (2015–present).
• Larry Shaben – Alberta Conservative MLA for Lesser Slave Lake (1975–1989).
• Shiraz Shariff – Alberta Conservative MLA for Calgary McCall (1995–2008).
• Muhammad Yaseen – Alberta United Conservative MLA for Calgary North (2019–present)
• Adil Shamji – Ontario Liberal MPP for Don Valley East (2022–present)
• Obby Khan – Manitoba Conservative MLA for Fort Whyte (2022–present), Former Minister of Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Sport (Manitoba), First Muslim MLA elected into the Manitoba Legislature

Religious leaders

• Mohammed Omar Subedar – Canadian Islamic scholar, Hafiz of Quran, Teacher of Bukhari Academy and Mathabah Institute, & Imam in Toronto.
• 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

Ingrid Mattson

• Hamid Slimi – imam, founder of the Sayeda Khadija Islamic Center in Mississauga, Ontario

Imam Hamid Slimi

• T. B. Irving – (1914–2002), was a Canadian-American Muslim author, known for producing the first American English translation of the Qur'an
• Shabir Ally – Guyanese-born Canadian Islamic Scholar, President of the Islamic Information & Dawah Centre International in Toronto
• Mustafa Khattab BA, MA, PhD – Canadian-Egyptian Islamic scholar and author, known for publishing 'The Clear Qur'an,' which is the Canadian English translation of the Qur'an
• Abd Alfatah Twakkal – imam at the London Muslim Mosque in London, Ontario

Leaders

• Omar Khamissa – COO of the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM)
• Mustafa Farooq J.D. – Lawyer, Former CEO of the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM)
• Stephen Brown – CEO of the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM)
• 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
• Navaid Aziz – imam and Islamic scholar in Calgary
• Ibrahim Hindy – Religious Director of Yaqeen Canada, imam, khateeb, & Islamic scholar in Toronto
• Hilwie Hamdon – (1905–1988), was a Muslim woman in Edmonton, Alberta, who organized support and funding to build the first mosque in Canada, the Al-Rashid Mosque

Entertainment

• Sulekha Ali – singer-songwriter
• Belly – Palestinian-Canadian rapper

Belly (rapper)

• Ali Hassan – comedian

Hassan in 2022

• Tariq Hussain – singer-songwriter, broadcaster
• Ladan Hussein – musician also known as Cold Specks
• K'naan – singer-songwriter
• Nabil Rajo – actor
• Narcy – Yaseen Al Salman, Hiphop singer and journalist with ancestors from Iraq.
• Zarqa Nawaz – created Little Mosque on the Prairie

Zarqa Nawaz

• Dawud Wharnsby – singer-songwriter, poet
• Imane Anys – streamer, YouTuber
• Nemahsis – TikToker, musician
• Bilal Baig – writer and actor

Literature

• Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali – memoirist
• Samra Habib – artist, memoirist
• Hasan Namir – novelist, poet
• Kamal Al-Solaylee – journalist, memoirist'
• Lena Khan – film director, writer

Sports and athletics

• Nazem Kadri – ice hockey player, 2009 draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs, first Muslim to win the Stanley Cup.

Kadri as a member of the Calgary Flames with Justin Schultz of the Seattle Kraken in 2023.

• Sami Zayn – WWE Wrestler

Sami Zayn

• Asmir Begović – professional football player, raised in Edmonton, and played for the Canada men's national under-20 soccer team.
• Ali Ahmed (soccer) – soccer player, Whitecaps FC, Canada men's national soccer team
• Mohamed Farsi – soccer player, Columbus Crew, Major League Soccer

Mohamed Farsi

• Fardaws Aimaq – basketball player
• Aiemann Zahabi – mixed martial artist, bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship

Aiemann Zahabi

• Firas Zahabi – martial artist, owner and head coach at Tristar Gym

Firas Zahabi

• Yassine Bounou – Canadian-born Moroccan footballer, goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal and the Morocco national football team

Yassine Bounou

• Ali Mahmoud – Canadian-born Lebanese basketball player, Beirut Club, Lebanese Basketball League
• Mohamed Omar (soccer, born 1999) – soccer player, San Antonio FC, USL Championship

Mohamed Omar (soccer, born 1999)

• Mohammed Ahmed (runner) – Somali-born Canadian long-distance runner, 3-time Olympian, Canada's most successful athlete in long-distance racing, the first to medal in the 5000 metres at both the World Athletics Championships (bronze in 2019 World Athletics Championships) and the Olympic Games (silver in 2021)
• Obby Khan – former Canadian football centre, played for 9 seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Ottawa Renegades, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and Calgary Stampeders
• Farhan Zaidi – baseball executive, president of baseball operations for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball
• Rana Hamdy – Saudi-born Canadian footballer, plays for Burlington Soccer Club in League1 Ontario
• Rayyan Pathan – cricketer, born in Toronto, plays for the Canada national cricket team
• Shahid Ahmadzai – Afghan-born Canadian cricketer
• Salman Nazar – Pakistani-born Canadian cricketer
• Kaleem Sana – Pakistani-born Canadian cricketer
• Junaid Siddiqui – Pakistani-born Canadian cricketer
• Saad Bin Zafar – Pakistani-born Canadian cricketer, captain of the Canadian national cricket team
• Haneef Mohammed – Canadian sports player, community leader, & former cadet in the 538 Buffalo Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets

See also

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

References