A Greek Canadian (Greek : Ελληνοκαναδοί ) is a Canadian citizen of either full or partial Greek origin or ancestry or a Greece -born person who resides in Canada . According to the 2011 Census , there were 252,960 Canadians who claimed Greek ancestry.[ 7]
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List of notable Canadians of Greek ancestry [ edit ] Academics [ edit ] Authors [ edit ] Professors [ edit ] Business and philanthropy [ edit ]
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Creatives [ edit ] Artists [ edit ] Athletics [ edit ] Baseball [ edit ] Field Hockey [ edit ] Ice Hockey [ edit ]
Chris Kontos – playerNick Kypreos – former NHL player, Toronto Maple Leafs and New York RangersDave Nonis – former Canadian ice hockey defenceman, former general manager and executive of the National Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks and current general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Strength Athletics [ edit ] Water Skiing [ edit ] Wrestling [ edit ]
Bret Hart – former pro wrestler, multiple World Champion in WWF & WCW. Greek Ancestry – Mother is half Greek as is published in his autobiography "Hitman: My Real Life In The Cartoon World Of Wrestling"Trish Stratus (aka Patricia Anne Stratigias) – former professional wrestler
Film, TV and stage [ edit ] Actors and performers [ edit ]
Marie Avgeropoulos – actress – "Tracers" (film), "Supernatural", "Fringe"Alex Carter – actorJohn Colicos – actorChris Diamantopoulos – actorJohn Ioannou – actorJohn Kapelos – actorArgiris Karras – actorAlex Karzis – actor, singer and musicianElias Koteas – actor (Crash Daniel Samonas – actorTracy Spiridakos – actress – "Being Human", "Revolution"Elias Toufexis Angelo Tsarouchas – comedian/actor It's all Greek to Me Comedy Show Nia Vardalos – actress, screenwriter (My Big Fat Greek Wedding Nikki Ponte – singerSofia Shinas - singer, actress "The Crow"Athena Karkanis - actress, The Border, Lost Girl, Low Winter Sun, The Lottery
Directors and producers [ edit ] Director of Sideways
Entertainers [ edit ]
Panayiotis Brakoulias – composer, musician, record producer, musical directorAriana Chris – mezzo-sopranoChristine Cushing – celebrity chefDini Dimakos – comedian/actor Video on Trial ,Love Court Hannah Georgas – singer/songwriterAlex Karzis – actor, voiceover artist, musician and singer.KO – musicianPeter Bexis – musicianSid Krofft – puppeteerBilly Mavreas – cartoonistKanaris Paraskevopoulos – Producer (My Big Fat Greek Wedding
George Sapounidis – musician / troubadour, statistician and a Sinophile. Subject of documentary Chairman George Teresa Stratas – soprano OC (born May 26, 1938, Toronto, Ontario), is a retired Canadian operatic soprano. She is especially well known for her award-winning recording of Alban Berg's Lulu.Angelo Tsarouchas – comedian/actor It's all Greek to Me Comedy Show Nia Vardalos – actress, screenwriter (My Big Fat Greek Wedding Phil X (born Phil Xenidis) – guitarist, prolific session guitarist
Journalists and broadcasters [ edit ] Georgia Balogiannis 680radio, news editor, news anchor, journalist.
Historical figures [ edit ] Immigrants [ edit ] Politicians [ edit ]
Niki Ashton – NDP Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Churchill, ManitobaSophia Aggelonitis – former Liberal MPP for Hamilton MountainEleni Bakopanos – former Liberal MP for Saint-DenisStaff Barootes – former Conservative SenatorMarie Bountrogianni – former Liberal MPP for Hamilton MountainDiane Stratas – former Progressive Conservative MP for Scarborough Centre, 1979 to 1980John Cannis – former Liberal MP for Scarborough Centre, 1993 to 2011Tony Clement – Member of Parliament for Muskoka, and President of the Treasury BoardEleni Fakotakis Kolaitis – Borough Councillor, Mile-End, Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montreal, 2005 to 2009
Mary Fragedakis – Toronto City Councillor for Ward 29, Toronto-DanforthPhilippe Gigantès – former Liberal SenatorLeo Housakos – Conservative SenatorMaurine Karagianis – New Democratic Party of British Columbia MLA , former Esquimalt – municipal councillor, British Columbia Jim Karygiannis – Liberal MP for Scarborough—Agincourt since 1988Chris Kibermanis – Liberal candidateCostas Menegakis – Conservative Party of Canada MP for Richmond HillPana Merchant – Liberal Senator from SaskatchewanConstantine George Mitges – former PC MP , first Greek elected federallyGeorge Samis – former Ontario New Democratic Party MPP , first Greek elected in Canada to a LegislatureChristos Sirros – former Quebec Liberal MNA and provincial cabinet ministerGerry Sklavounos – Liberal Member of the Québec National AssemblyDimitri Soudas – Communications director to the Prime Minister of CanadaMichael Tziretas – former City Councillor, Toronto (2001–2003)
Judiciary [ edit ] Religious figures [ edit ] Order of Canada recipients [ edit ]
Teresa Stratas – soprano OC (born May 26, 1938, Toronto, Ontario), is a retired Canadian operatic soprano. She is especially well known for her award-winning recording of Alban Berg's Lulu.
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
^ Statistics Canada . "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables" . Retrieved 14 February 2014 . ^ "Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories – Ontario" . Statistics Canada . Retrieved January 18, 2009 . ^ "Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories – Quebec" . Statistics Canada . Retrieved January 18, 2009 . ^ "Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories – British Columbia" . Statistics Canada . Retrieved January 18, 2009 . ^ "Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories – Alberta" . Statistics Canada . Retrieved January 18, 2009 . ^ "Selected Demographic and Cultural Characteristics" . Statistics Canada . Retrieved January 18, 2009 . ^ "Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories" . Statistics Canada . Retrieved January 18, 2009 .
Further reading [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
Greek-Canadians – A comprehensive list of famous Greeks and Greek Canadians.GreekGateway.com – Greek cultural entertainment site, event resource and business directory.Toronto-Danforth political riding with concentrated Hellenic population
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