# List of Canadian Muslims

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

## Academic figures
### Law

* Faisal Kutty – lawyer and law professor

### University Administration

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

## Business
### Retail

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

## 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
### Federal

* 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)

### Provincial

* 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–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 – 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

## 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

* Sulekha Ali – Somali-Canadian singer-songwriter
* 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.
* 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

## 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.
* 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