Greek Canadians
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Total population | ||||||||||
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252,960 (by ancestry, 2011 Census)[1] |
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Regions with significant populations | ||||||||||
Canada | ||||||||||
Ontario | 132,440[2] | |||||||||
Quebec | 89,985[3] | |||||||||
British Columbia | 42,770[4] | |||||||||
Alberta | 11,945[5] | |||||||||
Languages | ||||||||||
Canadian English, Canadian French, Greek | ||||||||||
Religion | ||||||||||
predominantly Greek Orthodox Christianity [6] |
Greek Canadians (Greek: Ελληνοκαναδοί) are Canadian citizens either fully or partially of Greek descent 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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History[edit]
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List of notable Canadians of Greek ancestry[edit]
Academics[edit]
- Andreas Mandelis – expert on photonics, member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. Awarded the 2014 Killam Prize
Authors[edit]
- Pan Bouyoucas – finalist for The Governor General’s Literary Award, 2001
- Tess Fragoulis
- Thomas King
- Dimitrios Roussopoulos
Professors[edit]
- Athanasios Asimakopulos – Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Economics, McGill University
- Nick Bontis – DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University 3M National Teaching Fellow
- André Gerolymatos – Hellenic Studies
- Dimitri Kitsikis – Professor Emeritus of History, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Fotini Markopoulou-Kalamara – Physics
- Nikolaos Oikonomides – Byzantine history
- David N. Stamos – Philosophy
- Anastasios Venetsanopoulos – Vice President Research and Innovation at Ryerson University
Business and philanthropy[edit]
- Jack Agrios - former director and executive member of the Edmonton Eskimos
- Andreas Apostolopoulos – real estate
- Chris Giannou – war surgeon
- Mike Lazaridis – founder and co-CEO of Research In Motion (RIM), creator of BlackBerry
- Sam Kolias – founder, Chairman and CEO of Boardwalk REIT
Creatives[edit]
Artists[edit]
- Eleonora Dimakos – model, actress, journalist and makeup artist
- Billy Mavreas – cartoonist
- George Trakas - environmental sculptor
Sport[edit]
Athletics[edit]
- Nicolas Macrozonaris – 100m sprinter
Baseball[edit]
- George Kottaras – Major League player
- Vickie Panos – player, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1944
- Alex Anthopoulos – General Manager, Toronto Blue Jays
Basketball[edit]
- Kevin Pangos - Playmaker, Gonzaga University alumni who currently plays in Europe
Boxing[edit]
- Hercules Kyvelos – boxer
Chess[edit]
- Peter Biyiasas - chess grandmaster
Diving[edit]
- Alexandre Despatie -(Greek Grandmother) diver, Olympic silver medalist
Field Hockey[edit]
- Ernie Cholakis – player
Football[edit]
- Dave Sapunjis – CFL all-star receiver, Calgary Stampeders
Ice Hockey[edit]
- Chris Kontos – player
- Nick Kypreos – former NHL player, Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers
- Dave 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.
- Steven Stamkos - NHL player, Tampa Bay Lighting
- Chris Chelios - former NHL player
Soccer[edit]
- David Fronimadis – player
- Stathis Kappos – player
- John Limniatis – player
- Nick Papadakis – player
- Peter Sarantopoulos – player
- Kenny Stamatopolous – player, former Toronto FC and Kalamata
- Theo Zagar – player
Strength Athletics[edit]
- Dominic Filiou – strongman
Water Skiing[edit]
- George Athans – water-skier
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 – actor
- John Colicos – actor
- Chris Diamantopoulos – actor
- John Ioannou – actor
- John Kapelos – actor
- Argiris Karras – actor
- Alex Karzis – actor, singer and musician
- Elias Koteas – actor (Crash)
- Daniel Samonas – actor
- Tracy 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 – singer
- Sofia Shinas- singer, actress "The Crow"
- Athena Karkanis- actress, The Border, Lost Girl, Low Winter Sun, The Lottery
Directors and producers[edit]
- Stephano Barberis
- Tony Asimakopoulos, documentary film directoror
- Austin Garrick aka Watts – music producer
Entertainers[edit]
- Ariana Chris – mezzo-soprano
- Christine Cushing – celebrity chef
- Dini Dimakos – comedian/actor Video on Trial,Love Court
- Hannah Georgas – singer/songwriter
- Alex Karzis – actor, voiceover artist, musician and singer.
- KO – musician
- Peter Bexis – musician
- Sid Krofft – puppeteer
- Kanaris Paraskevopoulos – Producer (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), kickbox champion
- 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]
- Thalia Assuras – anchor/reporter
- Ernie Afaganis – retired CBC-TV Sports/Olympics anchor
- Athena King, newscaster on Naked News
- Steve Kouleas – sports anchor/reporter
- George Lagogianes – television personality, currently a reporter/anchor for CP24. Host of Auto Shop.
- Peter Loubardias – sportscaster
- Ioanna Roumeliotis – CBC Newsworld reporter
- Lou Schizas – equities analyst
- George Stroumboulopoulos – host, CBC Newsworld's The Hour, former MuchMusic VJ
- Antonia Zerbisias – Toronto Star columnist
Historical figures[edit]
Immigrants[edit]
- Ioánnis Fokás Juan de Fuca – first Greek-Canadian (1592)
Politicians[edit]
- Niki Ashton – NDP Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Churchill, Manitoba
- Sophia Aggelonitis – former Liberal MPP for Hamilton Mountain
- Eleni Bakopanos – former Liberal MP for Saint-Denis
- Staff Barootes – former Conservative Senator
- Marie Bountrogianni – former Liberal MPP for Hamilton Mountain
- Diane Stratas – former Progressive Conservative MP for Scarborough Centre, 1979 to 1980
- John Cannis – former Liberal MP for Scarborough Centre, 1993 to 2011
- Tony Clement – Member of Parliament for Muskoka, and President of the Treasury Board
- Mary Fragedakis – Toronto City Councillor for Ward 29, Toronto-Danforth
- Philippe Gigantès – former Liberal Senator
- Leo Housakos – Conservative Senator
- Maurine Karagianis – New Democratic Party of British Columbia MLA, former Esquimalt – municipal councillor, British Columbia
- Jim Karygiannis – Liberal MP for Scarborough—Agincourt since 1988
- Chris Kibermanis – Liberal candidate
- Costas Menegakis – Conservative Party of Canada MP for Richmond Hill
- Pana Merchant – Liberal Senator from Saskatchewan
- Constantine George Mitges – former PC MP, first Greek elected federally
- George Samis – former Ontario New Democratic Party MPP, first Greek elected in Canada to a Legislature
- Christos Sirros – former Quebec Liberal MNA and provincial cabinet minister
- Gerry Sklavounos – Liberal Member of the Québec National Assembly
- Dimitri Soudas – Communications director to the Prime Minister of Canada
Judiciary[edit]
- Justice Andromache Karakatsanis – Supreme Court of Canada, 2011 to present
- Justice David Stratas – Federal Court of Appeal, 2009 to present
Religious figures[edit]
- Nicholas Salamis – priest
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]
- Canadian-Greek relations
- Greek Torontonians
- Canadian people of Greek descent
- Famous Greek-Americans – A comprehensive list of famous Greeks and Greek Americans.
- Greeks of Niagara Book Published
- Philhellenism
- 1918 Toronto anti-Greek riot
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]
- Magocsi, Paul R (1997). Encyclopedia of Canada's peoples. Multicultural History Society of Ontario. pp. 616–26. ISBN 0-8020-2938-8.
- Ember, Melvin (2005). Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. p. 207. ISBN 9780306483219.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canadians of Greek descent. |
- 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
- Embassy and Consulates
- Embassy of Greece in Ottawa, Canada
- Consulate General of Greece in Toronto
- Consulate General of Greece in Montreal
- Consulate General of Greece in Vancouver
- Charitable organizations
- AHEPA home page – American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association
- Hellenic Heritage Foundation
- Hellenic Home for the Aged
- Hellenic Hope Center – supports people with disabilities
- Hellenic Scholarships
- Communities
- Ottawa Hellenic Community
- Toronto Greek Community
- Hellenic Community of York Region
- Greek Community of London
- Montreal Hellenic Community
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Calgary
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Hellenic Community of Vancouver
- Trade organizations
- Hellenic Canadian Board of Trade
- Hellenic Canadian Lawyers Association
- Hellenic Canadian Congress of British Columbia
- Affiliate trade organizations
- Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce
- Hellenic-Argentine Chamber of Industry and Commerce (C.I.C.H.A.)
- Performance art groups
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