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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

Irfan Sabir

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

Ginella Massa

  • Hodan Nalayeh - media executive, marketing consultant, social activist and entrepreneur

Physicians

Alaa Murabit

Politicians

Federal

Provincial

Municipal

Religious leaders

Amir Hussain

Ingrid Mattson

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

Shabir Ally

  • 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

  • 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
  • Stephen Brown - CEO of the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM)
  • Mustafa Farooq J.D. - Lawyer, Former CEO of the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM)
  • Omar Khamissa - COO of the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM)
  • 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 (rapper)

Literature

Sports and athletics

See also

References

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