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{{Short description|Canadian ethnic group}}
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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group            = Arab Canadians<br><small>Arabo-Canadiens</small>
| native_name      = كنديون عرب
| native_name_lang = 
| image            = Arab Canadians by census division.svg
| caption          = Arab Canadians as percent of population by census division (2021)
| population       = '''690,000'''   

1.9% of the total Canadian population (2021)
'''<small>(2021 Census)</small>'''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Government of Canada |first1=Statistics Canada |title=The Daily — The Canadian census: A rich portrait of the country's religious and ethnocultural diversity |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/221026/dq221026b-eng.htm |website=www150.statcan.gc.ca |date=26 October 2022}}</ref>
| regions          = [[Toronto]], [[Montreal]], [[Ottawa]], [[Laval, Quebec|Laval]], [[Mississauga]], [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], [[London, Ontario|London]], [[Edmonton]]
| region1          = 
| pop1             = 
| ref1             = 
| tablehdr         = 
| languages        = {{hlist|[[Arabic language|Arabic]] (including various [[Varieties of Arabic| dialects]])|[[Canadian English]] |[[Canadian French]]}}
| religions        = {{hlist|[[Islam]] (44%)| [[Catholicism]] (28%)| [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] (11%)| [[Irreligion]] (6%)| [[Mainline Protestant]]ism (5%)|other (6%) [2007]<ref>{{cite web |title=The Lebanese Community in Canada |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/89-621-x/89-621-x2007015-eng.htm#7 |website=Statistics Canada |date=28 August 2007}}</ref>|[[Druze]] (≤ 0.02%; total count: 5,455) [2021]<ref>{{citation|last1=Statistics Canada |title=Religion by visible minority and generation status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts |date=October 26, 2022 |doi=10.25318/9810034201-eng |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810034201 |access-date=10 May 2023 |id=Table: 98-10-0342-01}}</ref>}}
| related          = {{hlist| [[Iraqi diaspora]]  | [[Egyptian diaspora]]  | [[Lebanese diaspora]]  | [[Palestinian diaspora]]  | [[Moroccan diaspora]]  | [[Syrian diaspora]]  | [[Somali diaspora]] }}
}}

'''Arab Canadians''' ({{langx|fr|Arabo-Canadiens}}) come from all of the countries of the [[Arab world]]. According to the 2021 Census, there were 690,000 Canadians, or 1.9%, who claimed Arab ancestry.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-02-09 |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2016 Census of Population - Canada [Country] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> According to the [[2011 Canadian census|2011 census]] there were 380,620 Canadians who claimed full or partial ancestry from an Arabic-speaking country.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=1118296&GK=0&GRP=0&PID=105396&PRID=0&PTYPE=105277&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2013&THEME=95&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |title=2011 National Household Survey: Data tables |author=Statistics Canada |date=8 May 2013 |author-link=Statistics Canada |access-date=11 February 2014}}</ref>{{Verify quote|date=May 2021}} The large majority of the [[Canadians]] of Arab origin population live in either [[Ontario]] or [[Quebec]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mandil|first=Ghada|date=August 2019|title=Insights into the Arab Population in Canada Based on the 2016 Census Data|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e09162ecf041b5662cf6fc4/t/5e5c740baf79a531e0f29b9a/1583117323950/Insights+into+the+Arab+Population+in+Canada+Based+on+the+2016+Census+Data.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-24|website=Square Space|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524150424/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e09162ecf041b5662cf6fc4/t/5e5c740baf79a531e0f29b9a/1583117323950/Insights+into+the+Arab+Population+in+Canada+Based+on+the+2016+Census+Data.pdf |archive-date=2021-05-24 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
The distribution of the Arab population of Canada according to the [[2001 Canadian census|2001]], [[2011 Canadian census|2011]], and [[2016 Canadian census]]es was as follows:{{Verify quote|date=May 2021}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
![[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province or territory]] 
!Arabs 2001
!% 2001
!Arabs 2011
!% 2011
!Arabs 2016
!% 2016
!Arabs 2021
!% 2021
|-
|{{flag|Québec}}
|73,345
|1.0%
|166,260
|2.2%
|213,740	
|2.7%
|280,075
|3.3%
|-
|{{flag|Ontario}}
|88,545
|0.8%
|151,645
|1.2%
|210,435		
|1.6%
|284,215
|2.0%
|-
|{{flag|Alberta}}
|19,320
|0.7%
|34,920
|1.0%
|56,700			
|1.4%	
|69,505
|1.6%
|-
|{{flag|British Columbia}}
|6,605
|0.2%
|14,090
|0.3%
|19,840
|0.4%
|28,010
|0.6%
|-
|{{flag|Nova Scotia}}
|3,610
|0.4%
|6,285
|0.7%
|8,110
|0.9%
|10,610
|1.1%
|-
|{{flag|Manitoba}}
|1,230
|0.1%
|3,240
|0.3%
|5,030
|0.4%
|7,820
|0.6%
|-
|{{flag|Saskatchewan}}
|900
|0.1%
|2,095
|0.2%
|4,300
|0.4%
|5,575
|0.5%
|-
|{{flag|New Brunswick}}
|580
|0.1%
|1,380
|0.2%
|2,960
|0.4%
|5,060
|0.7%
|-
|{{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador}}
|270
|0.1%
|370
|0.1%
|1,375
|0.3%
|1,740
|0.3%
|-
|{{flag|Prince Edward Island}}
|175
|0.0%
|200
|0.1%
|585
|0.4%
|1,125
|0.7%
|-
|{{flag|Northwest Territories}}
|80
|0.2%
|110
|0.3%
|100
|0.2%
|225
|0.6%
|-
|{{flag|Nunavut}}
|10
|0.0%
|15
|0.0%
|40
|0.1%
|35
|0.1%
|-
|{{flag|Yukon}}
|10
|0.0%
|0
|0.0%
|10
|0.0%
|20
|0.1
|-
|'''{{flag|Canada}}'''
|194,685
|0.7'''%'''
|380,620<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&DGUIDList=2021A000011124&GENDERList=1,2,3&STATISTICList=1&HEADERList=0&SearchText=Canada |title=2016 Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables: Data tables |author=Statistics Canada |author-link=Statistics Canada |access-date=11 February 2014}}</ref>
|1.2'''%'''
|523,235<ref name="auto"/>
|1.5'''%'''
|694,015<ref name="auto"/>
|1.9'''%'''
|-
|}

===By Arabic-speaking country===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Country<ref>Including ethnic minorities.</ref>
!2016<ref name="auto1"/>
|-
|{{flag|Lebanon}}
|219,555’´*
|-
|{{flag|Algeria}}
|104,395´’
|-
|{{flag|Morocco}}
|103,945’´*
|-
|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|86,810’´*
|-
|{{flag|Syria}}
|77,045’’
|-
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|73,250’´*
|-
|{{flag|Palestine}}
|50,245´*
|-
|{{flag|Kuwait}}
|2,235´’
|-
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
|25,645´’
|-
|{{flag|Iraq}}
|68,490´’
|-
|{{flag|UAE}}
|25,530´’
|-
|{{flag|Sudan}}
|19,960’´
|-
|{{flag|Jordan}}
|25,250’´
|-
|{{flag|Mauritania}}
|9,325’´
|-
|{{flag|Libya}}
|7,740’´
|-
|{{flag|Yemen}}
|6,645’´
|-
|'''{{flag|Canada}}''' total
|756,455’´<ref name="canadianarabinstitute.org">{{cite web|title=Canadian Arab Institute :: 750,925 Canadians Hail from Arab Lands|url=http://www.canadianarabinstitute.org/publications/reports/750925-canadians-hail-arab-lands/|website=www.canadianarabinstitute.org|access-date=19 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319032124/http://www.canadianarabinstitute.org/publications/reports/750925-canadians-hail-arab-lands/|archive-date=19 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|}

=== Religion ===
The [[2011 Canadian census]] shows that 55% from Arab Canadians reported belonging to a [[Muslims|Muslim]] faith and 34% reported belonging to a [[Christianity|Christian]] faith. These number differ measurably from the numbers reported in the  [[2001 Canadian census]], which showed an even split in the Arab Canadian community between those who practiced the Muslim faith with 44% and those who practiced the Christian faith 44%, (where 28% as [[Catholic Church in Canada|Catholic]], 11% as [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and 5% as Other Christian). In 2011, about 3% of Arab Canadians are [[Arab Jews|Jewish]]. The largest Arab Jewish communities in Canada are [[History of the Jews in Morocco|Moroccan]] and [[History of the Jews in Iraq|Iraqi]]. Other Arabs Jews are of [[History of the Jews in Egypt|Egyptian]], [[History of the Jews in Syria|Syrian]], [[History of the Jews in Algeria|Algerian]], and [[History of the Jews in Lebanon|Lebanese]] descent.<ref name="Canadian Arab Institute">{{Cite web |last=Dajjani |first=Ghina |title=Religion and Marital Status in the Canadian Arab Community |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e09162ecf041b5662cf6fc4/t/5e5c6ff3118337590dc8681a/1583116275704/Religion+and+Marital+Status+in+the+Canadian+Arab+Community.pdf}}</ref>

The percentage of Arab Canadians were not affiliated with any religions only marginally increased from 6% in 2001 to 8% in 2011.<ref name="Canadian Arab Institute"/>

The greatest percentage of [[Arab Christians]] in Canada come from [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]], [[Egypt]] and [[Iraq]], where the highest rates of Muslims come from [[Algeria]] and [[Morocco]].<ref name="Canadian Arab Institute"/>

==History==
[[Raja G. Khouri]], who has served as President of the [[Canadian Arab Federation]], in 2003 described the interconnected perceptions of a Canadian national identity and [[Arab identity]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Raja G. Khouri|author-link=Raja G. Khouri|title=Arabs in Canada: Post 9/11|date=2003|publisher=G7 Books|isbn=978-1894611367|page=19|quote=This dimension refers to the community's cultural affiliation and belonging; what its perceptions of the Canadian identity, the Arab identity and Arab Canadian identity are.}}</ref> In 2009, [[University of Alberta]] professor Wisam Kh. Abdul-Jabbar described the  "[[double consciousness]]" of [[Arab Canadians]], variously struggling with their Arab Canadian identity versus a sense of "being Canadian".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://theconversation.com/arab-muslim-canadian-high-school-students-call-for-globalized-curriculum-to-change-stereotypes-112643 |title=Arab Muslim Canadian high school students call for globalized curriculum to change stereotypes|author=Wisam Kh. Abdul-Jabbar|quote=The students’ responses demonstrated a sense of double consciousness: they felt perceived as being Canadian, and yet not quite. Both my interviews and surveys reveal a condition of the Arab-Canadian identity as one that must constantly defend or apologize for itself.|date=8 May 2019|publisher=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]]}}</ref> Abdul-Jabbar has proposed that citizens or residents of Arab descent have come to consider a cautious dual-identity approach as essential to [[social integration]] in the country.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Wisam Kh. Abdul-Jabbar|title=Negotiating Diasporic Identity in Arab-Canadian Students: Double Consciousness, Belonging, and Radicalization|date=2019|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]]|isbn=978-3030162856|chapter=Implications and Conclusions|page=137|quote=For Ibrahim, existing contentedly with a rather balanced image or perception of an Arab-Canadian identity is key to social integration}}</ref>

Presented at the 2009 annual [[American Sociological Association]] meeting, research from Madona Mokbel detailed the "[[Dichotomous]] Perceptions of the Arab Canadian Identity in Canada", particularly since the 2001 [[9/11]] attacks.<ref>{{cite news|author=Madona Mokbel|title=Either Arab or Canadian: Dichotomous Perceptions of the Arab Canadian Identity in Canada|date=2009|publisher=[[American Sociological Association]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor1=Vic Satzewich|editor2=Lloyd Wong|title=Transnational Identities and Practices in Canada|date=2007|publisher=[[University of British Columbia Press]]|isbn=978-0774812849|chapter=Who's Transnationalism?|page=223|quote=Recent research shows that even through children of [[Arab Canadians]] born in Canada were "Americanized ... their [[Arab identity]] has been raised as a result of [the] events" of 11 September 2001. }}</ref> Shortly after the attacks, [[Canadian Museum of Civilization]] postponed an exhibit, ''The Lands within Me'', displaying the diasporic-based works of thirty Arab-Canadian artists. Moral outrage at the short notice of the postponement, suspicion of its connection to the attacks and subsequent protest at the decision, has been described as an early centralizing medium for Arab Canadian identity.<ref>{{cite news|author=Elayne Oliphant|title=Paradoxes of Displaying Arab-Canadian Lands within the Canadian Museum of Civilization Following 9.11|date=2005|publisher=[[Carleton University]]|location=Institute of Political Economy|pages=86–87|quote=However, although ''The Lands within Me'' was intended to be an exhibit about migration, movement and belonging in its broadest sense, it was through the restrictive framework of the Arab-Canadian identity that the artists were forced to demand the exhibit be displayed as planned.}}</ref>

Dr Christina Civantos of [[Miami University]], writing in ''Food for Our Grandmothers'', has detailed the broad and sometimes conflicting elements that constitute the [[Arab world]] and which, therefore, do not always simply amalgamate into a coherent Arab Canadian identity.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Joanna Kadi|author1=Christina Civantos|title=Food for Our Grandmothers: Writings by Arab-American and Arab-Canadian Feminists|date=2017|publisher=[[South End Press]]|isbn=978-0896084902 |chapter=The Middle East in North America|quote=Given the different ethnic and religious groups and colonial histories within the nineteen countries of the Arab world, the question arises, what constitutes an [[Arab-American]] or Arab-Canadian identity? What links exist between Arabs and other ethnic and national groups in the region designated the Middle or Near East and [[North Africa]]?}}</ref> The collection of writing by [[Arab-American]] and Arab-Canadian [[feminists]], in analysis by [[Amaney Jamal]], has been described as shifting the definition of Arab Canadian identity onwards from "essentializing categories" while still explicitly confronting the racial and cultural realities of Arabs in North America.<ref>{{cite book|author=Amaney Jamal|author-link=Amaney Jamal|title=Race and Arab Americans Before and After 9/11: From Invisible Citizens to Visible Subjects|date=2008|publisher=[[Syracuse University Press]]|isbn=978-0815631774|chapter=Grandmothers, Grape Leaves, and [[Kahlil Gibran]]|page=201|quote=The introduction places an emphasis on culture and specific cultural production and couples it with an explicit discussion of race positionality of Arabs in North America. This discussion moves the {{sic|?|definition}} of Arab American / Arab Canadian identity away from essentializing categories.}}</ref>

In 2013, academic Paul Eid, a researcher at [[Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse]], has remarked that Canadians of a [[Copts in Egypt|Coptic Egyptian]] background are the most likely to explicitly embrace an Arab-Canadian self-identification, due to the fact [[Copts]] were some of the earliest Arabic immigrants to Canada since the 1960s.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Paul Eid|title=Being Arab: Ethnic and Religious Identity Building among Second Generation Youth in Montreal|date=2007|publisher=[[McGill-Queen's University Press]]|isbn=978-0773532229|page=235|quote=The preference of Egyptian-origin respondents for a hyphenated (Arab-Canadian) identity is probably attributable to the fact that this group comprises a majority of [[Copts]]}}</ref><ref>{{citation|author=Kathryn Carriere|title=SYMPOSIA: The Graduate Student Journal of the Centre for the Study of Religion|date=2009|publisher=[[University of Toronto]]|isbn= |chapter=Spring, Volume 1|page=|quote=In his provision of countless sources, epistemological camps, and theories of ethnic identity, Eid deconstrcuts various debates to present his viewpoints on how Arab-Canadian identity is formed.}}</ref>

==Identity==
'''Arab Canadian identity''' is the objective or subjective state of perceiving oneself as an Arab Canadian and as relating to being Arab Canadian. The expression of the identity has been widely analyzed and observed by academics as a culturally challenging self-identification in the context of elements of [[Western culture]] in the 21st-century.

A survey conducted in [[Edmonton]], Alberta in the pre-2000, showed females 3 in 10, and 1 in 10 males, "tried to hide their Arab-Canadian identity". The research also significantly contrasted along lines of faith, with 44 percent of [[Arab Christians]] and 13 percent [[Arab Muslims]] also suppressing the identity.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Baha Abu-Laban|author2=Sharon McIrvin Abu-Laban|editor=Michael Suleiman|title=Arabs in America: Building a New Future|date=1999|publisher=[[Temple University Press]]|isbn=978-1566397278|chapter=Arab-Canadian Youth in Immigrant Family Life|pages=140–154|quote=The extent to which Arab-Canadian ethnicity is perceived to be a liability is reflected  by  responses to the  following  question: "Are there times when you try to hide your  Arab-Canadian  origin?" The results show that more females (three of ten) than males (one of ten) tried to hide their ethnicity, and within the female  group, more Christian (44 percent) than Muslim (13 percent) tried to hide their Arab-Canadian identity.}}</ref>

Research by academics Caitlin McDonald and [[Barbara Sellers-Young]] has also suggested that [[anti-Arabism]] and prejudice in North America can create a hostile environment for the expression of Arab Canadian identity.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Caitlin McDonald|author2=Barbara Sellers-Young|author-link2=Barbara Sellers-Young|title=Belly Dance Around the World: New Communities, Performance and Identity|date=2013|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|isbn=978-0786473700|chapter=Arab-Canadian Youth in Immigrant Family Life|page=49|quote=Fluctuating levels of anti—Arab prejudice in North America, linked with national and international politics, mean that claiming an Arab Canadian identity can be socially compromised and compromising}}</ref>

==Notable individuals==

===Business===
*[[Feras Antoon]] - co-founder and CEO of [[MindGeek]] (of Syrian descent)
*[[Wafic Saïd]] - billionaire businessman (Syrian)
*[[Kevin O'Leary]] - entrepreneur and reality television personality (''[[Dragons' Den (Canada)|Dragons' Den]]'', ''[[Shark Tank]]'') (of Lebanese and Irish descent)
*Ablan Leon - founder of [[Leon's]] furniture company in 1901 in [[Welland, Ontario]].
*[[Dov Charney]] - founder of [[American Apparel]] and [[Los Angeles Apparel]] (of Syrian descent from his mother’s side)
*[[Ayah Bdeir]] – founder of [[LittleBits]] (of Syrian descent)

===Politicians===

*
*[[Omar Alghabra]] - current Liberal MP in the federal riding of [[Mississauga Centre (federal electoral district)|Mississauga Centre]] in [[Ontario]], Canada (of Syrian descent, born in Saudi Arabia)
*[[Pierre de Bané]] - former [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] MP (1968&ndash;1984), Cabinet Minister and former Senator (of Palestinian descent)
*[[Sam Hamad]] - he held various cabinet posts during his 14 years in the National Assembly of Quebec (of Syrian descent)
*[[Michael Basha]] - former member of the [[Senate of Canada]] (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Tarik Brahmi]] - former NDP member of House of Commons for [[Saint-Jean (provincial electoral district)|Saint-Jean]] (of Algerian descent)
*[[Ramez Ayoub]] - former Member of Parliament for Thérèse-De Blainville, former mayor of [[Lorraine, Quebec|Lorraine]] (of [[Syrian Canadians|Syrian]] descent)
*[[Fonse Faour]] - former [[New Democratic Party of Canada|NDP]] MP and leader of Newfoundland NDP (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Eddie Francis]] - Mayor of [[Windsor, Ontario]] (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Joe Ghiz]] - former Premier of [[Prince Edward Island]] (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Tony Clement]] - served as an Ontario cabinet minister, including as Minister of Health and Industry (of Syrian descent from his mother's side)
*[[Robert Ghiz]] - Premier of Prince Edward Island (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Sadia Groguhé]] - former NDP member of House of Commons for [[Saint-Lambert (electoral district)|Saint-Lambert]] (of Algerian descent)
*[[Mac Harb]] - Senator, former Liberal MP (1988&ndash;2004) and former [[Ottawa City Council]]or (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Sana Hassainia]] - former NDP member of House of Commons for [[Verchères—Les Patriotes]] riding (of Tunisian descent)
*[[Lorraine Michael]] - former Nun, leader of [[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador]] (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Maria Mourani]] - former Bloc Québécois (2006&ndash;2013) and independent MP (2013&ndash;2015) in federal riding of [[Ahuntsic]] in [[Quebec]], Canada (of Lebanese descent)
*
*[[Khalil Ramal]] - [[Ontario]] [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|MPP]] (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Djaouida Sellah]] - former NDP member of House of Commons for [[Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert]] (of Algerian descent)
*
*[[Paul Zed]] - lawyer, professor, former Member of Parliament (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Sam Elkas]] - former representative of the electoral district of [[Robert-Baldwin]] in the [[National Assembly of Quebec]]. (of Syrian descent)
*

===Political activists===
*[[Maher Arar]] - human rights activist; deportation and tortured victim in Syrian jail (of Syrian descent)
*[[Monia Mazigh]] - human rights activist and [[New Democratic Party of Canada|New Democratic Party]] candidate (of Tunisian descent)
*[[Samah Sabawi]] - Palestinian rights activist and playwright
*[[Rahaf Mohammed]] - Refugee and activist from Saudi Arabia

===Filmmakers and writers===

*[[Rawi Hage]] (Author: De Niro's Game, Beirut Hellfire Society, Cockroach; Lebanese)
*[[Ruba Nadda]] - film director who won the Best Canadian Feature Film award in 2009 (of Syrian and Palestinian descent)
*[[Anisa Mehdi]] - Emmy Award-winning film director, journalist and director of ''[[Inside Mecca]]'' (of Iraqi descent)
*[[Wajdi Mouawad]] (Writer: Incendies, Lebanese)
*[[Trish Salah]] - Lambda Award-winning poet and writer, author of Wanting in Arabic and Lyric Sexology, Vol. 1
* [[Habeeb Salloum]] (1924-2019) - prominent author and freelance writer
*[[Donald Shebib]] - documentary filmmaker (of Lebanese descent)

===Singers===
*[[Ali Gatie]] - singer (of Iraqi descent)
*[[Paul Anka]] - singer (of Syrian-Lebanese descent)
*[[Belly (rapper)|Belly]] - rap/hip hop artist (of Palestinian descent)
*[[Andy Kim (singer)|Andy Kim]] - pop singer/songwriter (of Lebanese descent)
*[[K.Maro]] - rapper (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Kristina Maria]] - singer/songwriter (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Massari]] - pop and hip-hop singer (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Narcy (rapper)|Narcy]] - rapper (of Iraqi descent)
*[[Nasri (musician)|Nasri]] - reggae and pop singer (of Palestinian descent) 
*[[Raffi]] - children musician and composer (of Egyptian descent), famous for ''[[Baby Beluga]]'' 
*[[Vaï]] - rapper, hip hop singer (of Moroccan descent)
*[[Karl Wolf]] - singer (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Zaho]] - singer (of Algerian descent)

===Athletes===
*[[Jamal Murray]] - professional [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player (of Syrian descent from his mother's side)
*[[Sami Zayn]] - professional WWE wrestler (of Syrian descent)
*[[Ramzi Abid]] - professional hockey player (of Tunisian descent)
*[[David Azzi]] - professional player in Canadian Football League (of Lebanese descent)
*[[John Hanna (ice hockey)|John Hanna]] - professional hockey player (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Ed Hatoum]] - professional hockey player (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Fabian Joseph]] - former professional hockey player ([[Canada men's national ice hockey team]]) (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Nazem Kadri]] - professional hockey player (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Aliyah (wrestler)|Aliyah]] - professional WWE wrestler (of Syrian-Iraqi descent)
*[[John Makdessi]] - professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Alain Nasreddine]] - professional hockey player (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Jean Sayegh]] - water polo player (of Lebanese descent)
*
*
* [[Yassine Bounou]] - professional soccer player ([[Morocco national football team]]) (of Moroccan descent)

===Others===
*[[Reema Abdo]] - former backstroke swimmer  (of Yemeni descent)
*[[René Angélil]] - manager and husband of [[Céline Dion]], (of Syrian descent)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/2007/03/24/136411.html|title=À voir à la télévision le samedi 24 mars|website=Le Devoir|date=24 March 2007|access-date=29 March 2022}}</ref>
*[[Nahlah Ayed]] - journalist (of Palestinian descent)
*[[Rachid Badouri]] - comedian (of Moroccan descent)
*[[Hoda ElMaraghy]] - first woman to serve as dean of engineering at a Canadian university. Appointed as Canada Research Chair (CRC) in manufacturing systems in 2002.  (of Egyptian descent)
*[[Mohamed Fahmy]] - journalist and reporter
*[[Ghassan Halazon]] - entrepreneur (of Jordanian-Palestinian descent)
*[[Jade Hassouné]] - known for his role as Meliorn in the US television series "Shadowhunters" and for that of Prince Ahmed Al Saeed in the Canadian series '"Heartland" (of Lebanese descent)
*[[Jesse Hutch]] - actor, model, director and musician (of Syrian descent)
*[[Mena Massoud]] - an actor best known for starring as Aladdin in the 2019 live-action adaptation (of Egyptian descent)
*[[Habeeb Salloum]] - author, cookbook author, writer, travel writer (of Syrian descent)
*[[Inanna Sarkis]] - internet personality, actress and director (of Syrian descent)
*[[Mamdouh Shoukri]] - former president of [[York University]] (of Egyptian descent)
*[[Ty Wood]] - an actor and model. Grand nephew of Miss Universe 1971 [[Georgina Rizk]] (of Palestinian-Lebanese Ukrainian descent.)

==See also==
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*[[Middle Eastern Canadians]]
*[[West Asian Canadians]]
*[[Canadian Arab Federation]] (CAF)
*[[National Council on Canada-Arab Relations]] (NCCAR)
*[[Arab Christians]]
*[[Islam in Canada]]
*[[Lebanese diaspora]]
*[[Palestinian diaspora]]
*[[Syrian diaspora]]
*[[Moroccan diaspora]]
*[[Iraqi diaspora]]
*[[Egyptian diaspora]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.canadianarabinstitute.org/ Canadian Arab Institute] (CAI)
*[http://www.caf.ca Canadian Arab Federation official website]
*[http://www.nccar.ca National Council on Canada-Arab Relations official website]
*[http://www.canadaarabforum.org/ Canada Arab Forum]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180109180619/http://arabsa.ca/ The Arab Students' Association in Canada]

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{{Arab diaspora}}
{{People of Canada}}

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