List of Canadian Muslims

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

Law

 * Faisal Kutty - lawyer and law professor
 * Irfan Sabir - Alberta Lawyer and politician

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

Physicians

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

Federal

 * 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)

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

Municipal

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

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
 * 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
 * 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

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)
 * 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
 * Ali Hassan - comedian
 * 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
 * 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
 * Arsham Parsi - activist, autobiographer
 * Ahmad Danny Ramadan - novelist
 * 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.
 * Sami Zayn - WWE Wrestler
 * 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
 * Fardaws Aimaq - basketball player
 * Aiemann Zahabi - mixed martial artist, bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship
 * Firas Zahabi - martial artist, owner and head coach at Tristar Gym
 * Yassine Bounou - Canadian-born Moroccan footballer, goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal and the Morocco national football team
 * 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