Guyanese Canadian
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Greater Toronto Area, Southern Ontario, Montreal, Quebec | |
75,345[1] | |
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Canadian English, Canadian French | |
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A Guyanese Canadian is a Canadian citizen of Guyanese descent or a Guyana-born person who resides in Canada.
The following are notable Canadians of Guyanese descent:
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Notable Guyanese Canadians[edit]
Entertainers[edit]
- Dave Baksh - lead guitarist for the band Sum 41 (now Brown Brigade)
- Deborah Cox - singer
- Simone Denny - singer
- Melanie Fiona - singer
- Anjulie - singer
- JDiggz - rapper
- Vaughn Lal- bassist and backing vocals for band Brown Brigade
- Rich London - rapper
- Maestro - rapper and actor
- More Or Les - rapper and DJ
- Saukrates - rapper and hip hop producer
- Eon Sinclair - bassist for the band Bedouin Soundclash
- Melinda Shankar - actress, television series Degrassi: The Next Generation [2]
- Maiko Watson - former member of Sugar Jones
Politics[edit]
- 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.
- John Rodriguez - former New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt and former Mayor of Sudbury.
Sports[edit]
- Charles Allen - hurdler and sprinter
- Troy Amos-Ross - boxer
- Ian Beckles - American football player
- Alex Bunbury - soccer player
- Laura Creavalle - Guyanese-born Canadian/American professional bodybuilder
- Sunil Dhaniram - first-class cricketer
- Nicholas de Groot - first-class cricketer
- Dwayne De Rosario - soccer player
- Philip Edwards - Olympic Sprinter 1928, 1932, 1936 5 time Olympic Medalist
- Charmaine Hooper - soccer player
- Lyndon Hooper - soccer player
- Priscilla Lopes-Schliep - hurdler
- Egerton Marcus - boxer
- Mark McKoy - hurdler
- Danny Ramnarais - first-class cricketer
- Abdool Samad - first-class cricketer
- Walter Spence - swimmer
- Paul Stalteri - soccer player
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ethnic Origin (264), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey".
- ^ Stabroek News: Melinda Shankar returns to Guyanese roots to film new movie.
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