List of Canadian Muslims

Politicians

Federal

• Majid Jowhari - Liberal MP for Richmond Hill Shia Islam
• Ali Ehsassi - Liberal MP for Willowdale Shia Islam
• Omar Alghabra - Liberal MP for Mississauga—Erindale and Mississauga Centre.
• Salma Ataullahjan - Conservative Senator for Ontario.
• Sadia Groguhé - NDP MP for Saint-Lambert.
• Sana Hassainia - NDP MP for Verchères—Les Patriotes.
• Mobina Jaffer - Liberal Senator for British Columbia.
• Rahim Jaffer - Conservative MP for Edmonton–Strathcona ; first Muslim MP elected in Canada.
• Wajid Khan - Conservative MP for Mississauga—Streetsville.
• Maryam Monsef - Liberal MP for Peterborough—Kawartha ; first Muslim Cabinet Minister.
• Yasmin Ratansi - Liberal MP for Don Valley East.
• Djaouida Sellah - NDP MP for Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert.
• Arif Virani - Liberal MP for Parkdale—High Park.

  Provincial

• Moe Amery - Alberta Conservative MLA for Calgary-East.
• Peter Baker - Northwest Territories Independent MLA for Mackenzie North.
• Muhammad Fiaz - Saskatchewan SP MLA for Regina Pasqua.
• Fatima Houda-Pepin - Quebec Liberal MNA for La Pinière.
• Amir Khadir - Quebec QS MLA for Mercier.
• Stephen Khan - Alberta Conservative MLA for St. Albert.
• Yasir Naqvi - Ontario Liberal MPP for Ottawa Centre.
• John Nuraney - British Columbia Liberal MLA for Burnaby-Willingdon.
• Shafiq Qaadri - Ontario Liberal MPP for Etobicoke North.
• Sohail Quadri - Alberta Conservative MLA for Edmonton-Mill Woods.
• Khalil Ramal - Ontario Liberal MPP for London-Fanashawe.
• Irfan Sabir - Alberta NDP MLA for Calgary-McCall.
• Larry Shaben - Alberta Conservative MLA for Lesser Slave Lake.
• Shiraz Shariff - Alberta Conservative MLA for Calgary McCall.
• Muhammad Yaseen - Alberta United Conservative MLA for Calgary North

  Municipal

• Naheed Nenshi - Mayor of Calgary

  Academic figures

• Irshad Manji - educator and the author
• Mohamed Abdi Jama - physician, public health policy advisor

  Journalism

• Mohamed Fahmy - journalist, arrested in Egypt
• Faisal Kutty - Columnist
• Irshad Manji - feminist, author, journalist, activist
• Omar Sachedina - Shia Ismaili Muslim, anchorman and journalist, CTV
• Haroon Siddiqui - newspaper journalist, columnist, and a former editor of the Toronto Star
• Farah Nasser - Shia Ismaili Muslim, anchor and journalist, Global News
• Kamil Karamali - Shia Ismaili Muslim, journalist, Global News
• Ginella Massa - journalist, CityNews
• Raheel Raza - journalist, author, public speaker, media consultant, anti-racism activist, and interfaith discussion leader
• Hassan Ghedi Santur - journalist, author
• Hodan Nalayeh - media executive, marketing consultant, social activist and entrepreneur
• Tarek Fatah - journalist and author and founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress

  Religious leaders

• Jamal Badawi
• Zijad Delic - imam and community leader
• Amir Hussain - editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion
• Ahmad Kutty - religious scholar
• Faisal Kutty - professor, lawyer and scholar
• Ingrid Mattson
• Reza Hosseini Nassab
• Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri - professor of international constitutional law at the University of the Punjab and the founding chairman of Minhaj-ul-Quran International

  Leaders

• Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin - imam, pioneered North America's first de-radicalization program
• 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

  Entertainment

• Sulekha Ali - singer-songwriter
• K'naan - singer-songwriter
• Ron Mustafaa - actor known for playing Abbud Siddiqui in Skins
• Zarqa Nawaz - created Little Mosque on the Prairie
• Dawud Wharnsby - singer-songwriter, poet
• Narcy - Yaseen Al Salman, Hiphop singer and journalist with ancestors from Iraq.
• Belly - Palestinian-Canadian rapper

  Sports

• Nazem Kadri - ice hockey player, 2009 draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs
• Sami Zayn - WWE Wrestler
• Adnan Virk - ESPN Sports Anchor, born in Toronto.

  Business

• Khalil Jessa - lawyer, Tech entrepreneur, CEO and founder of Salaam Swipe