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

The following are notable Canadians of Guyanese descent:

Notable Guyanese Canadians

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2021)

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

Guyanese Canadians by Canadian province or territory (2016)

Province	Population	Percentage	Source
Ontario	73,360	0.6%
Quebec	3,670	0.1%
Alberta	3,095	0.1%
British Columbia	1,930	0.0%
Manitoba	1,480	0.1%
Nova Scotia	355	0.0%
Saskatchewan	185	0.0%
New Brunswick	120	0.0%
Newfoundland and Labrador	55	0.0%
Prince Edward Island	10	0.1%
Northwest Territories	0	0.0%
Nunavut	0	0.0%
Yukon	10	0.0%
Canada	84,275	0.3%

See also

• Guyanese people
• Caribbean Canadians
• Indo-Canadians
• Guyanese Americans
• Guyanese in the United Kingdom
• Chinese Canadians

References

1. "Census Profile, 2021 Census".
2. Stabroek News: Melinda Shankar returns to Guyanese roots to film new movie.
3. "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Ontario, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
4. "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Quebec, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
5. "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Alberta, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
6. "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), British Columbia, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
7. "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Manitoba, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
8. "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Nova Scotia, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
9. "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Saskatchewan, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
10. "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), New Brunswick, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
11. "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Newfoundland and Labrador, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
12. "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Prince Edward Island, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
13. "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Northwest Territories, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
14. "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Nunavut, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
15. "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Yukon, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
16. "Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables". statcan.gc.ca. 25 October 2017.

External links

• History of Guyanese Canadians

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• Caribbean diaspora in Canada
• Canadian people of Guyanese descent
• Guyanese diaspora in Canada