List of Canadian Muslims

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

Academic figures

Business

Journalism

• 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

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

Physicians

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

Politicians

Religious leaders

• Jamal Badawi - Egyptian-Canadian author, preacher and speaker on Islam
• Zijad Delic – Bosnian-Canadian imam and community leader
• Amir Hussain – editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion
• Ahmad Kutty – religious scholar
• Ingrid Mattson

• 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.

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
• 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

• Belly – Palestinian-Canadian rapper
• Ali Hassan – comedian

• 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

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

Literature

• Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali – memoirist
• Samra Habib – artist, memoirist
• Hasan Namir – novelist, poet
• Kamal Al-Solaylee – journalist, memoirist'
• Lena Khan – film director, writer
• Shireen Ahmed - Writer, public speaker, sports activist

Sports and athletics

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

• Sami Zayn – WWE Wrestler

• Asmir Begović – Bosnian 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

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

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

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

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

• 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 soccer player, 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
• Mfiondu Kabengele - Canadian professional basketball player for Dubai Basketball of the ABA League and EuroLeague

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