List of Canadian Muslims

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

Academic figures

Mohamed Lachemi - President and Vice Chancellor of the Toronto Metropolitan University since 2016

Obby Khan – founder and owner of Shawarma Khan, a Winnipeg-based halal shawarma restaurant, has at least four locations within the city of Winnipeg

Omar Sachedina – anchorman and journalist, CTV
Haroon Siddiqui – Indo-Canadian newspaper journalist, columnist, and a former editor of the Toronto Star
Farah Nasser – anchor and journalist, Global News
Ginella Massa – news anchor, CBC News

Hodan Nalayeh – Somali-Canadian media executive, marketing consultant, social activist and entrepreneur

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.
Lt. Commander Wafa Dabbagh – Palestinian-Egyptian-Canadian military officer of the Canadian Armed Forces who received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

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

Ali Ehsassi – Liberal MP for Willowdale (2015–present)
Omar Alghabra – Saudi-born Syrian-Canadian 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 (2001–2024).
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 – Afghan-Canadian 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)

Moe Amery – Alberta Conservative MLA for Calgary-East (1993–2015).
Peter Baker – Lebanese-born Canadian Northwest Territories Independent MLA for Mackenzie North (1964–1967).
Muhammad Fiaz – Saskatchewan SP MLA for Regina Pasqua (2015–2024).
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 – Pakistani-Canadian 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

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

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
Mohammed Omar Subedar - Canadian Islamic Scholar, Imam, & Author, born in Toronto, teacher at Bukhari Academy and Mathabah Institute.
Ibrahim Hindy - Canadian Islamic Scholar, Imam, Religious Director of Yaqeen Canada, born in Mississauga.

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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
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

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Tariq Hussain – singer-songwriter, broadcaster
Ladan Hussein – Somali-Canadian musician also known as Cold Specks
K'naan – Somali-Canadian singer-songwriter
Nabil Rajo – Eritrean-Canadian actor
Narcy – Yaseen Al Salman, Iraqi-Canadian hiphop singer and journalist with ancestors from Iraq.
K-Maro — Lebanese-Canadian rapper
Massari — Lebanese-Canadian singer
Zarqa Nawaz – created Little Mosque on the Prairie