List of Canadian Muslims

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Academic figures

Law

• Faisal Kutty - lawyer and law professor

Business

Retail

• Obby Khan - founder and owner of Shawarma Khan, a Winnipeg-based halal shawarma restaurant, has atleast four locations within the city of Winnipeg
• Izzo AbuFarha - founder of Jerusalem Shawarma, an Alberta-based Palestinian cuisine and halal shawarma restaurant, has multiple locations in Calgary and Edmonton

Journalism

• Mansour Shouman - Palestinian-Canadian journalist, reporting on Gaza, advocating for an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing 2023 Israel-Hamas war
• Omar Sachedina - anchorman and journalist, CTV
• Haroon Siddiqui - newspaper journalist, columnist, and a former editor of the Toronto Star
• Farah Nasser - anchor and journalist, Global News
• Ginella Massa - News Anchor, CBC News

Ginella Massa

• Hodan Nalayeh - 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.

Physicians

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

Alaa Murabit

Politicians

Federal

• Ali Ehsassi - Liberal MP for Willowdale (2015–present)
• Omar Alghabra - 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–present).
• 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 - 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 - 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 - 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

• Mohammed Omar Subedar - Canadian Islamic scholar, Hafiz of Quran, Teacher of Bukhari Academy and Mathabah Institute, & Imam in Toronto.
• Jamal Badawi
• Zijad Delic - imam and community leader
• Amir Hussain - editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion
• Ahmad Kutty - religious scholar
• Ingrid Mattson

Ingrid Mattson

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

Imam Hamid Slimi

• 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

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
• Navaid Aziz - imam and Islamic scholar in Calgary
• Ibrahim Hindy - Religious Director of Yaqeen Canada, imam, khateeb, & Islamic scholar in Toronto
• 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 - singer-songwriter
• Belly - Palestinian-Canadian rapper

Belly (rapper)

• Ali Hassan - comedian

Hassan in 2022

• Tariq Hussain - singer-songwriter, broadcaster
• Ladan Hussein - musician also known as Cold Specks
• K'naan - singer-songwriter
• Nabil Rajo - actor
• Narcy - Yaseen Al Salman, Hiphop singer and journalist with ancestors from Iraq.
• Zarqa Nawaz - created Little Mosque on the Prairie

Zarqa Nawaz

• 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.

Kadri as a member of the Calgary Flames with Justin Schultz of the Seattle Kraken in 2023.

• Sami Zayn - WWE Wrestler

Sami Zayn

• Asmir Begović - 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

Mohamed Farsi

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

Aiemann Zahabi

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

Firas Zahabi

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

Yassine Bounou

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

Mohamed Omar (soccer, born 1999)

• 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 footballer, 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
• Haneef Mohammed - Canadian sports player, community leader, & former cadet in the 538 Buffalo Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets

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