Greek Canadians
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Greek (Hellenic) Canadians (Greek: Ελληνοκαναδοί; French: Gréco-Canadiens, Canadiens grecs) are Canadian citizens of Greek origin, also known as Hellenic origin. According to the 2006 Canadian census, there were 242,685 Canadians who claimed Greek ethnicity.[1]
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[edit] List of notable Canadians of Greek ancestry
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[edit] Academics
[edit] Authors
- Pan Bouyoucas - finalist for The Governor General’s Literary Award, 2001
- Tess Fragoulis
- Thomas King
- Dimitrios Roussopoulos
[edit] Professors
- 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
[edit] Business and philanthropy
- 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
- Steve Stavro
[edit] Creatives
[edit] Artists
- Eleonora Dimakos-model, actress, journalist, and makeup artist -
- Billy Mavreas - cartoonist
[edit] Sport
[edit] Athletics
- Nicolas Macrozonaris - 100m sprinter
[edit] Baseball
- George Kottaras - Major League player
- Vickie Panos - player, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1944
- Alex Anthopoulos - General Manager, Toronto Blue Jays
[edit] Boxing
- Hercules Kyvelos - boxer
[edit] Diving
- Alexandre Despatie -(Greek Grandmother) diver, Olympic silver medalist
[edit] Field Hockey
- Ernie Cholakis - player
[edit] Football
- Dave Sapunjis - CFL all-star receiver, Calgary Stampeders
[edit] Ice Hockey
- Chris Kibermanis - player
- Chris Kontos - player
- Tom Kostopoulos - NHL player, Calgary Flames
- Chris Kotsopoulos - 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 Marlies.
- Steve Staios - player
- Raffi Torres - player
[edit] Martial Arts
- Olga Bakalopoulos - mixed martial artist
[edit] Soccer
- 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
- George Balasakis- Soccer Player
[edit] Strength Athletics
- Dominic Filiou - strongman
[edit] Water Skiing
- George Athans - water-skier
[edit] Wrestling
- 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
[edit] Film, TV and stage
[edit] Actors and performers
- Alex Carter - actor
- John Colicos - actor (Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica)
- 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
- Elias Toufexis
- Angelo Tsarouchas - comedian/actor It's all Greek to Me Comedy Show
- Nia Vardalos - actress, screenwriter (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
[edit] Producers and directors
- Stephano Barberis
- Austin Garrick aka Watts - music producer
[edit] Entertainers
- Thea Andrews - actress now in US on Entertainment Tonight
- 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
- Sid Krofft - puppeteer
- Billy Mavreas - cartoonist
- Kanaris Paraskevopoulos - Producer (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
- George Sapounidis - musician / troubadour, statistician and a Sinophile
- 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 who worked with Tommy Lee, Alice Cooper, Daughtry, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson and others.
[edit] Journalists and broadcasters
- 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
[edit] Historical figures
[edit] Immigrants
- Ioánnis Fokás Juan de Fuca - first Greek-Canadian (1592)
[edit] Politicians
- Niki Ashton - Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Churchill in Manitoba
- Sophia Aggelonitis - Liberal MPP for Hamilton Mountain since 2007
- 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 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
- Peter Kormos - MPP to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as candidate of the New Democratic Party
- 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
[edit] Judiciary
- Justice Andromache Karakatsanis - Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- David Stratas - Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal
[edit] Religious figures
- Nicholas Salamis - priest
[edit] Order of Canada
- 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.
[edit] See also
- 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
- Hellenism
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories". Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Data=Count&Table=2&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All&CSDFilter=5000. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- ^ "Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories - Ontario". Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=35&Table=2&Data=Count&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- ^ "Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories - Quebec". Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=24&Table=2&Data=Count&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- ^ "Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories - British Columbia". Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=59&Table=2&Data=Count&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- ^ "Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories - Alberta". Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=48&Table=2&Data=Count&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- ^ "Selected Demographic and Cultural Characteristics". Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/themes/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?Temporal=2001&PID=68635&GID=517770&METH=1&APATH=3&PTYPE=55496&THEME=44&AID=0&FREE=0&FOCUS=0&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&GC=0&GK=0&SC=1&SR=1&RL=0&CPP=99&RPP=9999&d1=23&d2=0&d3=0. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
[edit] Further reading
- Magocsi, Paul R (1997). Encyclopedia of Canada's peoples. Multicultural History Society of Ontario. pp. 616–26. ISBN 0802029388. http://books.google.ca/books?id=dbUuX0mnvQMC&lpg=PA622&dq=Greek%20Canadians&pg=PA616#v=onepage&q&f=true.
- Ember, Melvin (2005). Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. p. 207. ISBN 9780306483219. http://books.google.ca/books?id=7QEjPVyd9YMC&pg=PA827&dq=Greek+Canadians&hl=en&ei=fRBDTdjBPIXGlQf6h8g4&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=true.
[edit] External links
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Canadians of Greek descent |
- Greek-Canadians - A comprehensive list of famous Greeks and Greek Canadians.
- GreekGateway.com - the Greek Toronto news site, event resource and business directory.
- Anti-Greek Riots in Canada 1918
- 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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