Iranian Canadian
Iranian Canadians /
Persian Canadians
Leyla Milani • Amir Khadir • Farid Haerinejad
Jian Ghomeshi • Samantha Tajik • Amir Attaran
Sherko Haji-Rasouli • Nima Arkani-Hamed • Ali Khademhosseini
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| Total population |
| 121,510 (2006 Census)[1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Greater Toronto Area, Vancouver, Montreal |
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Canadian English, French, Persian, and other languages of Iran
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| Religion |
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Predominately Shi'a Islam, minority Sunni Islam (mostly Kurds), Bahá'í Faith, Christianity (particularly the Anglican Church), Judaism, and no religion
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| Related ethnic groups |
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Arab Canadian, Assyrian Canadian, Turkish Canadian, Pakistani Canadian, Indian Canadian
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Iranian Canadians or Persian Canadians[2][3] are Canadians of Iranian/Persian national background or descent. Their numbers are estimated as 121,510[1] from the 2006 Canadian census and the main communities can be found in Southern Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec; the vast majority, however, live in the northern suburbs of Toronto such as Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Markham, and Thornhill, and in the municipalities of Vancouver such as: North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Burnaby, and Coquitlam. An estimated total of 46,255 Iranians currently reside in the Greater Toronto Area, 29,265 in the Greater Vancouver Area, 9,535 in the Greater Montreal Area, and the remainder are spread out in the other major cities in Canada based on the 2006 Canadian Census. However, these numbers only represent the people who immigrated from Iran and filled out the census survey. There are an estimated 50,000 more Iranians who did not fill out the survey and were born outside Iran including Canada. Estimated numbers for Toronto are around 65,000, in Vancouver they range up to 40,000 and in Montreal there are not more than 15,000.
A list of notable Canadians of Iranian descent
Academia
- Ramin Jahanbegloo, philosopher and university professor
- Kaveh Farrokh, historian
- Manouchehr Saadat Noury, university professor, journalist, poet, and writer
- AliAsghar Abdollahzadeh Nasrabadi, university professor, Specialist of IT, Researchist of IT
- Fariborz Goodarzi, Scientist , Royal Society of Canada, Federal Government of Canada
Art and literature
- Jian Ghomeshi, member of Moxy Früvous, former host of CBC's "play" Current host of "Q" on CBC Radio 1
- Pardis Parker, award-winning director, writer, actor, and comedian
- Nima Mazhari, painter, photographer and husband of ex-Olympic biathlete Myriam Bédard, convicted and sentenced in June 2007 for stealing paintings from the late painter Ghitta Caiserman
- Fariborz Lachini, music composer
- Alan Sakhavarz, artist, painter (wildlife), sculptor, caricaturist and cartoonist
- Parviz Tanavoli, sculptor and painter
- Ramin Karimloo, West End Performer, originating the role of he Phantom in Love Never Dies
Beauty pageant
- Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Miss Canada 2003, 1st runner-up of Miss World 2003, actress, singer-songwriter, human rights activist
- Ramona Amiri, Miss World Canada 2005, semifinalist of Miss World 2005
- Samantha Tajik, Miss Universe Canada 2008
- Sahar Biniaz, 2nd runner-up of Miss Tourism Queen International 2008
- Maryam Massoumi, Canada's Next Top Model, Cycle 3 contestant
- Neda Derakhshan, Miss Universe Canada 2009 & 2010 3rd Runner-up
Business
Journalism
Politicians
References
External links
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