# List of Guyanese Canadians

Guyanese Canadians are Canadian citizens of Guyanese descent or Guyana-born persons who reside in Canada.
The following are notable Canadians of Guyanese descent:

## Notable Guyanese Canadians
### Entertainers

* Anjulie - singer
* Dave Baksh - lead guitarist for the band Sum 41 (now Brown Brigade)
* Deborah Cox - singer
* Simone Denny - singer
* Melanie Fiona - singer
* Keysha Freshh - rapper
* Nicole Holness - singer and TV host
* JDiggz - rapper
* Vaughn Lal - bassist and backing vocalist for band Brown Brigade
* Rich London - rapper
* Shakira Baksh - fashion model and actress
* Maestro Fresh Wes - rapper and actor
* More or Les - rapper and DJ
* Saukrates - rapper and hip hop producer
* Melinda Shankar - actress, television series Degrassi: The Next Generation
* Eon Sinclair - bassist for the band Bedouin Soundclash
* Maiko Watson - former member of Sugar Jones
* Roy Woods - rapper and singer
* P Reign now known as Preme - rapper
* Priyanka - drag queen, winner of the first season of Canada's Drag Race

### Arts

* Sonnet L'Abbé - author and poet
* Yolanda T. Marshall - author

### Politics

* James Douglas - Governor of Vancouver Island and Governor of British Columbia.
* James W. Douglas - British Columbia MLA
* Ovid Jackson - former Liberal Party Member of Parliament and former Mayor of Owen Sound
* Victor Quelch - Social Credit Party of Canada Member of Parliament for Acadia
* John Rodriguez - former New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt and former Mayor of Sudbury
* Mark Persaud - Liberal Party of Canada National Executive Liberal Party of Canada - twice elected

### Sports

* Charles Allen - hurdler and sprinter
* Troy Amos-Ross - boxer
* Andreas Athanasiou - ice hockey player
* Natasha Bacchus - deaf athlete
* Sheridon Baptiste - bobsledder, sprinter, Canadian football player
* Ian Beckles - American football player
* Alex Bunbury - soccer player
* Laura Creavalle - Guyanese-born Canadian/American professional bodybuilder
* Keevil Daly - weightlifter
* Ian Danney - bobsledder
* Nicholas de Groot - first-class cricketer
* Dwayne De Rosario - soccer player
* Sunil Dhaniram - first-class cricketer
* Philip Edwards - Olympic sprinter 1928, 1932, 1936; five-time Olympic medalist
* Nicolette Fernandes - squash player
* Gary Holmes - wrestler
* Lawrence Holmes - wrestler
* Charmaine Hooper - soccer player
* Lyndon Hooper - soccer player
* Priscilla Lopes-Schliep - hurdler
* Egerton Marcus - boxer
* Mark McKoy - hurdler
* Jaime Peters - soccer player
* Danny Ramnarais - first-class cricketer
* Quillan Roberts, soccer player
* Abdool Samad - first-class cricketer
* Walter Spence - swimmer
* Paul Stalteri - soccer player
* Stella Umeh - gymnast

### Business

* Shawn Allen - Founder Matrix Mortgage Global, 2022 Scarborough Walk Of Fame Inductee

### Guyanese Canadians by Canadian province or territory (2016)

| Province | Population | Percentage |
| Ontario | 73,360 | 0.6% |
| Quebec | 3,670 | 0.1% |
| Alberta | 3,095 | 0.1% |
| British Columbia | 1,930 | 0.0% |
| Manitoba | 1,480 | 0.1% |
| Nova Scotia | 355 | 0.0% |
| Saskatchewan | 185 | 0.0% |
| New Brunswick | 120 | 0.0% |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 55 | 0.0% |
| Prince Edward Island | 10 | 0.1% |
| Northwest Territories | 0 | 0.0% |
| Nunavut | 0 | 0.0% |
| Yukon | 10 | 0.0% |
| Canada | 84,275 | 0.3% |