# List of people banned from entering Canada

This is a list of notable people who have been, or are currently, banned from entering Canada.

## Currently banned

| Name | Country of origin | Occupation | Reason banned |
| Abdul-Rahman Al-Sudais | Saudi Arabia | One of the nine imams of the Grand Mosque of Mecca | Has made many anti-semitic remarks. |
| Steven Anderson | United States | Pastor and founder of New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist | Has called for death of the LGBT community and given antisemitic rhetoric. |
| Bill Ayers | United States | Retired professor and militant organizer | 1969 conviction at an anti-war rally and having been involved “in criminal activity, in human rights violations or in organized crime." |
| Wes Bentley | United States | Actor | Past drug convictions. |
| Chris Brown | United States | Singer | Declared "criminally inadmissible". |
| Jim Cornette | United States | Professional wrestling manager | Criminal record made up of assault charges and arrests. |
| The Game | United States | Rapper | Alleged gang ties in Los Angeles. |
| David Irving | United Kingdom | Author and Holocaust denier | Criminal convictions in Germany, relating to his writing on the Holocaust. |
| Terry Jones | United States | Anti-Islamic activist and pastor | Previous legal infraction in the United States and because the German government has issued a complaint against him. |
| Dieudonné M'bala M'bala | France | Comedian and political activist | Outstanding criminal convictions |
| Dennis Mahon | United States | Right-wing terrorist and former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan | Grounds that he would likely commit an indictable offense. |
| Vitaly Malkin | Russia  Israel | Business oligarch | Alleged involvement in money laundering and an international arms deals. |
| Chelsea Manning | United States | Whistleblower and activist | Criminal record. |
| Zakir Naik | India | Islamic Televangelist | Concerns over inciting Muslim youth to violence and extremism. |
| Malik Zulu Shabazz | United States | Former chairman of the New Black Panther Party | Past rhetoric that violated Canadian hate laws |
| Gary Yourofsky | United States | Animal rights activist | Raided a fur farm in Ontario and released 1,542 minks in 1997. |

## Previously banned

| Name | Country of origin | Occupation | Reason banned | Ban lifted |
| 50 Cent | United States | Rapper | Temporarily denied entry in 2005, due to criminal record and promoting gun violence in music. | Allowed to enter Canada on a temporary resident's permit. |
| Northern Calloway | United States | Actor | Criminal record. | 1990 (deceased) |
| Coolio | United States | Rapper | Criminal record, including possession of a firearm. | 2022 (deceased) |
| DMX | United States | Rapper | Criminal record. | 2021 (deceased) |
| George Galloway | United Kingdom | Former Member of Parliament | Having expressed sympathy for the Taliban and allegedly providing financial aid to Hamas. | 2010 (ban applied in 2009) |
| Ron Killings (aka R-Truth) | United States | Professional wrestler | Criminal record. | Returned in 2011 for a WWE live event (ban applied in 2008). |
| Winnie Mandela | South Africa | Anti-apartheid activist and wife of Nelson Mandela | Criminal record, including a conviction of kidnapping and assault. | 2018 (deceased) |
| Antonio Negri | Italy | Marxist philosopher | Criminal charges and involvement in the Moro case. | 2023 (deceased) |
| Lil Wayne | United States | Rapper | String of charges related to weapons and drugs. | Returned to Toronto in 2022 for a concert (ban applied in 2011). |