List of Sri Lankan Canadians

This is a list of Sri Lankan Canadians, including both original immigrants who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian descendants, but not Sri Lankan nationals living or working in Canada. The list includes a brief description of their reason for notability.

Academics

 * Soharn Randy Boyagoda - Principal of University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, writer
 * Chandre Dharma-wardana - principal research scientist at the National Research Council of Canada
 * Elagu V. Elaguppillai - businessman, nuclear scientist, university professor, medical researcher
 * Ray Jayawardhana - astronomer at the University of Toronto
 * Lakshman Marasinghe - academic and lawyer
 * Janaka Ruwanpura - Director of the Centre for Project Management Excellence at the Schulich School of Engineering at University of Calgary
 * Indira Samarasekera - President and 12th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Alberta

Activists

 * Cheryl Perera - children's rights activist, founder of OneChild

Business

 * Christopher Ondaatje - former athlete and philanthropist
 * Chamath Palihapitiya - venture capitalist, software developer
 * Eric Rajah - humanitarian, A Better World founder, Alberta Order of Excellence

Film and entertainment

 * Rohan Fernando - visual artist, painter and filmmaker
 * Rasanga Weerasinghe - filmmaker, artist
 * Suresh Joachim - actor, producer and multiple Guinness World Record holder
 * Pardis Parker - director, writer, actor, and comedian
 * Lenin M. Sivam - filmmaker
 * Rajiv Surendra - actor
 * Maitreyi Ramakrishnan - actress

Journalists

 * D. B. S. Jeyaraj - freelance journalist
 * Anne-Marie Mediwake - news anchor

Musicians

 * Nirmala Basnayake - musician in the band controller.controller

Politics and law

 * Gary Anandasangaree - Canadian Member of Parliament for Scarborough—Rouge Park
 * Logan Kanapathi - Markham City Councillor for Ward 7
 * Rathika Sitsabaiesan - former Canadian Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Rouge River
 * Asoka Weerasinghe - former Deputy High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Canada

Rebels

 * Kumaravelu Vignarajah - LTTE cadre

Sports people

 * Trevin Bastiampillai - Canadian cricketer
 * Manoj David - Canadian cricketer
 * Ruvindu Gunasekera - Canadian cricketer
 * Rohan Jayasekera - Sri Lankan and Canadian cricketer
 * Arvind Kandappah - Canadian cricketer
 * Ravishankar Puvendran - Canadian cricketer
 * Sanjayan Thuraisingam - Canadian cricketer
 * Zameer Zahir - Canadian cricketer

Writers

 * Rienzi Crusz - Poet
 * Siri Gunasinghe - Sinhalese poet, novelist, literary critic
 * Suvendrini Lena - playwright and neurologist
 * Michael Ondaatje - poet and author of numerous novels, including The English Patient
 * Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha - poet, writer, educator and social activist
 * Shyam Selvadurai - novelist