List of Guyanese Canadians

Guyanese Canadians are Canadian citizens of Guyanese descent or Guyana-born persons who reside in Canada.

The following are notable Canadians of Guyanese descent:

Entertainers

 * Anjulie - singer
 * Dave Baksh - lead guitarist for the band Sum 41 (now Brown Brigade)
 * Deborah Cox - singer
 * Simone Denny - singer
 * Melanie Fiona - singer
 * Keysha Freshh - rapper
 * Nicole Holness - singer and TV host
 * JDiggz - rapper
 * Vaughn Lal - bassist and backing vocalist for band Brown Brigade
 * Rich London - rapper
 * Shakira Baksh - fashion model and actress
 * Maestro Fresh Wes - rapper and actor
 * More or Les - rapper and DJ
 * Saukrates - rapper and hip hop producer
 * Melinda Shankar - actress, television series Degrassi: The Next Generation
 * Eon Sinclair - bassist for the band Bedouin Soundclash
 * Maiko Watson - former member of Sugar Jones
 * Roy Woods - rapper and singer
 * P Reign now known as Preme - rapper
 * Priyanka - drag queen, winner of the first season of Canada's Drag Race

Arts

 * Sonnet L'Abbé - author and poet
 * Yolanda T. Marshall - author

Politics

 * James Douglas - Governor of Vancouver Island and Governor of British Columbia.
 * James W. Douglas - British Columbia MLA
 * Ovid Jackson - former Liberal Party Member of Parliament and former Mayor of Owen Sound
 * Victor Quelch - Social Credit Party of Canada Member of Parliament for Acadia
 * John Rodriguez - former New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt and former Mayor of Sudbury
 * Mark Persaud - Liberal Party of Canada National Executive Liberal Party of Canada - twice elected

Sports

 * Charles Allen - hurdler and sprinter
 * Troy Amos-Ross - boxer
 * Andreas Athanasiou - ice hockey player
 * Natasha Bacchus - deaf athlete
 * Sheridon Baptiste - bobsledder, sprinter, Canadian football player
 * Ian Beckles - American football player
 * Alex Bunbury - soccer player
 * Laura Creavalle - Guyanese-born Canadian/American professional bodybuilder
 * Keevil Daly - weightlifter
 * Ian Danney - bobsledder
 * Nicholas de Groot - first-class cricketer
 * Dwayne De Rosario - soccer player
 * Sunil Dhaniram - first-class cricketer
 * Philip Edwards - Olympic sprinter 1928, 1932, 1936; five-time Olympic medalist
 * Nicolette Fernandes - squash player
 * Gary Holmes - wrestler
 * Lawrence Holmes - wrestler
 * Charmaine Hooper - soccer player
 * Lyndon Hooper - soccer player
 * Priscilla Lopes-Schliep - hurdler
 * Egerton Marcus - boxer
 * Mark McKoy - hurdler
 * Jaime Peters - soccer player
 * Danny Ramnarais - first-class cricketer
 * Quillan Roberts, soccer player
 * Abdool Samad - first-class cricketer
 * Walter Spence - swimmer
 * Paul Stalteri - soccer player
 * Stella Umeh - gymnast

Business

 * Shawn Allen - Founder Matrix Mortgage Global, 2022 Scarborough Walk Of Fame Inductee