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==A==
*[[Abishur Prakash]], geopolitical futurist, author
*[[Akshay Kumar]], Bollywood actor
*[[Bharat Agnihotri]] - [[Alberta]] [[Liberal Party of Alberta|Liberal]] [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta|MLA]]
*[[Nira Arora]] - morning show radio host for [[CFBT-FM]] 94.5 in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia|BC]]

==B==
*[[Anita Rau Badami]] - novelist
*[[Ashish Bagai]] - former captain of the Canadian cricket team
*[[Manjul Bhargava]] - mathematician, Fields Medalist
*[[Ruby Bhatia]] - VJ, television show host, and actress
*[[Hardial Bains]] - founder and leader of the [[Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist)|Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada]], 1970–1997
*[[Harry Bains]] - [[British Columbia]] [[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democratic]] [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|MLA]]
*[[Navdeep Bains]] - [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]]
*[[Neeru Bajwa]] - Canadian actress, director and producer
*[[Shauna Singh Baldwin]] - novelist
*[[Rupan Bal]] - actor and youtuber
*[[Bas Balkissoon]] - MPP
*[[Nirmala Basnayake]] - rock singer ([[controller.controller]])
*[[Sheela Basrur]] - former [[Ontario]] Chief Medical Officer of Health and Assistant Deputy Minister of Public Health
*[[Nuvraj Singh Bassi]] - professional football player
*[[Robin Bawa]] - played for several [[National Hockey League|NHL]] teams and in minor leagues
*[[Nadira Begg]] - television journalist
*[[Stan Bharti]] - businessman and philanthropist
*[[Arjan Bhullar]] - wrestler
*[[Sim Bhullar]] - NBA basketball player
*[[Neil Bissoondath]] - author
*[[Glenda Braganza]] - actress
*[[Jagrup Brar]] - British Columbia NDP MLA

==C==
*[[Baljit Singh Chadha]] - businessman and member of the Security Intelligence Review Committee
*Ashok Chandwani - journalist
*[[Gulzar Singh Cheema]] - [[Manitoba]] and [[British Columbia]] MLA
*[[Jasbir Singh Cheema]] - politician
*[[Paul Chohan]] - field hockey player
*[[Raj Chouhan]] - British Columbia NDP MLA
*[[Saroja Coelho]] - radio broadcaster
*[[Nazneen Contractor]] - actress

==D==
*[[Cindy Daniel]] - singer
*[[Dipika Damerla]] - MPP Ontario
*[[Joe Daniel]] - Conservative MP and first [[Malayali]] elected to Parliament
*[[Agam Darshi]] - actress and filmmaker
*[[Karen David]] - pop singer
*[[Monika Deol]] - former [[MuchMusic]] host and [[CIVT-TV|CIVT]] news anchor
*[[Ranjeev Deol]] - field hockey player
*[[Sudi Devanesen]] - physician and member of the [[Order of Canada]]
*[[Herb Dhaliwal]] - Liberal MP and the first Indo-Canadian [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] minister
*[[Ranj Dhaliwal]] - Canadian [[author]]
*[[Sukh Dhaliwal]] - Liberal MP
*[[Naranjan Dhalla]] - cardiovascular research scientist and member of the Order of Canada
*[[Ruby Dhalla]] - Liberal MP
*[[Sunil Dhaniram]] - cricket player
*[[Bob Singh Dhillon]] - Punjabi Indo-Canadian Sikh property businessman
*[[Haninder Dhillon]] - cricket player
*[[R Paul Dhillon]] - director, producer, writer and journalist
*[[Vekeana Dhillon]] - [[Vancouver]] [[screenwriter]], [[television presenter]], [[actress]]
*[[Vic Dhillon]] - [[Ontario]] [[Liberal Party of Ontario|Liberal]] [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|MPP]]
*[[Vikram Dhillon]] - Vancouver [[Television producer|producer]], [[television director|director]], [[actor]] and television presenter
*[[Ujjal Dosanjh]] - former [[Premier of British Columbia]], first Indian-Canadian premier, former federal [[Minister of Health (Canada)|Minister of Health]], and current National Defence Critic
*[[John Dossetor]] - physician and bioethicist, member of the Order of Canada
*[[Ian D'Sa]] - guitarist of rock band Billy Talent

==E==

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==F==
*[[Nora Fatehi]] - Canadian dancer, model, actress, singer and producer

==G==
*[[Nisha Ganatra]] - film director, film producer, writer and actor
*[[Shuman Ghosemajumder]] - businessman and computer scientist
*[[Sara Ghulam]] - [[Miss World Canada]] 2007
*[[Raminder Gill]] - former Ontario [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] MPP and federal [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] candidate
*[[Dylan Mohan Gray]] - film director, producer, writer
*[[Gurmant Grewal]] - Former Conservative MP (3-terms)and Deputy Opposition House Leader, half (with Nina, listed below) of the first married couple to serve as MPs in the same session of Parliament
*[[Nina Grewal]] - Conservative MP (4-terms), half (with Gurmant) of the first married couple to serve as MPs in the same session of Parliament

==H==
*Pooja Handa - journalist
*[[Syeda Saiyidain Hameed]] - Indian Canadian social and women's rights activist, educationist, writer, former member of the Planning Commission of India; executive assistant to the Minister of Advanced Education and Manpower, Government of Alberta, 1975; Director of Colleges and Universities at the ministry, 1978
*[[Ian Hanomansing]] - [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] journalist
*[[Tara Singh Hayer]] - newspaper publisher
*[[Kash Heed]] - former chief constable of [[West Vancouver Police Department]]; former superintendent with the [[Vancouver Police Department]]
*[[Kamal Heer]] - singer
*[[Rena Heer]] - worked with [[Channel M]], then with [[Global BC]] and now on [[CIVT-TV|CTV]]
*[[Darryl Hinds]] - actor and comedian

==I==
*[[Indrani (photographer)|Indrani]] - full name Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, photographer, director, TV personality and model
*[[Chin Injeti]] - R&B musician
*[[Anosh Irani]] - novelist and playwright
*[[Ishq Bector]] - HipHop/R&B musician and composer

==J==
*[[Mobina Jaffer]] - senator
*[[Rahim Jaffer]] - former Alberta Conservative MP (Edmonton-Strathcona)
*[[Ellis Jacob]] - businessman person
*[[Neilank Jha]] - Canadian neurosurgeon
*[[Jazzy B]] - singer
*[[Bidhu Jha]] - Manitoba [[New Democratic Party of Manitoba|NDP]] MLA
*[[Avan Jogia]] - actor
*[[Bindy Johal]] - Vancouver gangster and underworld Don
*[[Prakash John]] - R&B musician
*[[Jonita Gandhi]] - Bollywood singer
*[[Jinder Mahal]] - [[WWE]] wrestler

==K==
*[[Cassius Khan]] - musician instrument
*[[Ravi Kahlon]] - field hockey player
*[[Darshan Kang]] - Alberta MP
*[[Hari Kant]] - former field hockey goalkeeper
*[[Rupi Kaur]] - poet
*[[Jujhar Khaira]] - NHL player for the [[Edmonton Oilers]]
*[[Vim Kochhar]] - businessman and senator
*[[Koushik]] - hip hop musician
*[[Kuldip Singh Kular]] - former Ontario Liberal MPP
*[[Bindi Kullar]] - field hockey player
*[[Faisal Kutty]] - attorney, writer and law professor
*[[Kader Khan]] - actor, screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Kader Khan spoke with Connie Haham in Pune in February 2007 |url=http://www.haham.net/kader_khan_interview.htm |website=www.haham.net}}</ref>
*Jai Kumar - computer programmer

==L==
*[[Harold Sonny Ladoo]] - novelist and author
*[[Vaughn Lal]] - bassist and backing vocalist for heavy metal band [[Brown Brigade]]
*[[Harry Lali]] - BC NDP MLA
*[[Nancy Lee (writer)|Nancy Lee]] - short story writer and novelist
*[[Sunny Leone]] - Actress
*[[Lilly Singh]] - Youtuber

==M==
*[[Jinder Mahal]] (real name Yuvraj Singh Dhesi) – wrestler
*[[Anita Majumdar]] - actress
*[[Shaun Majumder]] - actor/comedian
*[[Masumeh Makhija]] - actress
*[[Gurbax Singh Malhi]] - former Liberal MP
*[[Manny Malhotra]] - former [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player
*[[Samir Mallal]] - filmmaker
*[[Amrit Mangat]] - Ontario Liberal MPP
*[[Irshad Manji]] - author
*[[Harbhajan Mann]] - singer
*[[Salim Mansur]] - columnist for the ''[[London Free Press]]'' and the ''[[Toronto Sun]]''
*[[Bharat Masrani]] - Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto-Dominion Bank
*[[Suleka Mathew]] - actress
*[[Ashok Mathur]] - writer and professor
*[[Devika Mathur]] - singer, radio personality and ''[[Canadian Idol]]'' 2005 contestant
*[[Maxim Mazumdar]] - playwright and founder of the Stephenville Theatre Festival
*[[Suhana Meharchand]] - journalist, [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]
*[[Deepa Mehta]] - film director (''[[Bollywood/Hollywood]]'', ''[[Fire (1996 film)|Fire]]'', ''[[Earth (1998 film)|Earth]]'', ''[[Water (2005 film)|Water]]'')
*[[Mohit Minocha]] - YouTuber
*[[Nicky Mehta]] - singer
*[[Richie Mehta]] - director
*[[Shaun Mehta]] - writer
*[[Rohinton Mistry]] - novelist
*[[Shani Mootoo]] - writer
*[[Alok Mukherjee]] - current chair of the [[Toronto Police Services Board]]
*[[Audri Mukhopadhyay]] - Canadian Diplomat. Former Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
*[[M. Ram Murty]] - head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]]
*[[Tad Murty]]
*[[Nadir Mohamed]] - Former President & CEO of [[Rogers Communications]]

==N==
* [[Roger Nair]] - filmmaker, Human Rights activist, actor, executive on Toronto Film Board
* [[Naheed Nenshi]] - mayor of Calgary
* [[Rob Nijjar]] - former [[Liberal Party of British Columbia|BC Liberal]] MLA
* [[Nav (rapper)|Nav]] - rapper and producer from Toronto, Ontario signed to The Weeknd's XO record label

==O==
* [[Deepak Obhrai]] - former Alberta Conservative MP, Calgary
* [[Wally Oppal]] - former [[Attorney General of British Columbia]]

==P==
*[[Parichay (singer)]] - Singer, Music Producer, Composer and Live Performer
*[[Lata Pada]] - Bharatanatyam dancer
*[[Raj Pannu]] - former leader of the [[Alberta New Democrats]], the first [[Indian-Canadian]] leader of a [[political party]]
*[[Ashish Patel]] - cricket player
*[[Jitendra Patel]] - cricket player
*[[Nilesh Patel (filmmaker)|Nilesh Patel]] - film director and producer
*[[Prashant Pathak]] - entrepreneur
*[[Jason Patraj]] - cricket player
*[[Russell Peters]] - stand-up comedian
*[[Priyanka (drag queen)|Priyanka]] - drag artist, and winner of [[Canada's Drag Race]] Season 1
*[[Ishwar Puri]] - scientist, academic, Fellow of [[Canadian Academy of Engineering]], [[NSERC]] Council member

==Q==
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==R==
*[[Rup Magon]] - International Singer and Actor [[Rup Magon]]
*[[Raghav]] - R&B singer
*[[Pamela Rai]] - Canadian Olympic swimmer, 1984 bronze medallist, first Punjabi woman to win an Olympic medal
*[[Monita Rajpal]] - [[CNN International]] news anchor
*[[Rudy Ramcharan]] - curler
*[[Emile Ramsammy]] - thoroughbred horse racer
*[[Meaghan Rath]] - actress
*[[Lisa Ray]] - film actress
*[[Ajmer Rode]] - poet and playwright
*[[Renee Rosnes]] - jazz pianist and composer/arranger
*[[Rajat Bedi]] - Bollywood actor-turned film producer who settled in Canada

==S==
*[[Vik Sahay]] - actor
*[[Patty Sahota]] - former BC Liberal MLA
*[[Deep Saini]] - Vice-President of University of Toronto
*[[Shaiju Mathew]] - Author and Filmmaker
*[[Sugar Sammy]] - comedian
*[[Sathajhan Sarachandran]] - Convicted in 2009 of providing support to terrorist groups in [[Sri Lanka]]
*[[Emanuel Sandhu]] - figure skater
*[[Surendra Seeraj]] - cricket player
*[[Asha Seth]] - senator
*[[Chandrakant Shah]] - academic researcher, doctor, and social activist; recipient of Order of Ontario
*[[Melinda Shankar]] - actress
*[[Rekha Sharma]] - actress
*[[Devinder Shory]] - Member of Parliament
*[[Vivek Shraya]] - writer and musician
*[[Haroon Siddiqui]] - reporter, editor and columnist
*[[Moe Sihota]] - former British Columbia NDP MLA and television host and first Indo-Canadian elected to any legislature in Canada back in 1986
*[[Hannah Simone]] - actress, TV host, and fashion model
*[[Bobby Singh]] - played for the [[BC Lions]] in the CFL
*[[Jaggi Singh (activist)|Jaggi Singh]] - anti-globalisation and social justice activist
*[[Jagmeet Singh]] - politician, leader of the [[New Democratic Party|NDP]]
*Jasmeet Singh - YouTube personality known as [[Jus Reign]]
*[[Jaspreet Singh]] - author
*[[Lilly Singh]] - motivational speaker and YouTube personality
*[[Tiger Jeet Singh]] - wrestler currently in Japan
*[[Pamela Mala Sinha]] - actress, playwright
*[[Errol Sitahal]] - actor
*[[Ajit H. Someshwar]] - businessman and philanthropist
*[[Ashwin Sood]] - drummer for (and former husband of) [[Sarah McLachlan]]
*[[Manoj Sood]] - actor (''[[Little Mosque on the Prairie]]'')
*[[Durand Soraine]] - cricket player
*[[Shweta Subram]] - [[Bollywood]] [[playback singer]]
*[[Moez Surani]] - poet
*[[Rajiv Surendra]] - actor

==T==
* [[Proma Tagore]] - writer and novelist
* [[Harinder Takhar]] - Ontario Liberal MPP and [[Minister of Transportation (Ontario)|Minister of Transportation]]
* [[Harpal Talhan]] - lightweight boxer
*[[Nina Tangri]] - MPP, Ontario
* [[Sam Tata]] - portrait photographer, born in Shanghai and lived in Montreal
* [[Shashaa Tirupati]] - Bollywood singer
* [[Tommy Genesis]] - Indian-Canadian rapper and model

==U==
*[[Priscila Uppal]] - novelist and poet
*[[Tim Uppal]] - MP, Alberta

==V==
*[[Sugith Varughese]] - actor
*[[M.G. Vassanji]] - novelist
*[[Aliza Vellani]] - actress (''[[Little Mosque on the Prairie]]'')
*[[Ali Velshi]] - stock analyst and television journalist
*[[Murad Velshi]] - former Ontario Liberal MPP
*[[Neelam Verma]] - [[Miss Universe Canada]] 2002
*[[Richard Verma]] - [[United States Ambassador to India|U.S. Ambassador to India]] since 2015
*[[Vandana Vishwas]] - World Music Artist

==W==
*[[Ravi Walia]] - figure skater

==X==

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==Y==

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==Z==
*[[Ravi Zacharias]] - Christian apologist, speaker, author

==See also==
* [[Indian American]]
* [[British Indian]]
* [[Indo-Canadian]]
* [[Indian South Africans]]
* [[List of Indian Americans]]
* [[List of Indian Britons]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:List of Indian Canadians}}
[[Category:Canadian people of Indian descent|*]]
[[Category:Lists of people of Indian descent|Canadians]]
[[Category:Lists of people by ethnicity|Indian]]
[[Category:Lists of Indian people|Canadians]]

List of Indo-Canadians - Revision history

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