List of Canadian Muslims

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

Academic figures

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

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

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

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

Majid Jowhari - Liberal MP for Richmond Hill (2015–present)
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)

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

Naheed Nenshi - Mayor of Calgary (2010–2021)
Ausma Malik - First Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Toronto for Toronto and East York (2023-present)

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

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

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

Nazem Kadri - ice hockey player, 2009 draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs, first Muslim to win the Stanley Cup.

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

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 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