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* [[Soo Wong]] (黃素梅), Ontario [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|MPP]] for [[Scarborough—Agincourt]], Liberal |
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* [[Tony Wong (Canadian politician)|Tony C. Wong]] (黃志華), former Ontario [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|MPP]] for [[Markham (federal electoral district)|Markham]], former [[York Region]] Councilor, Liberal |
* [[Tony Wong (Canadian politician)|Tony C. Wong]] (黃志華), former Ontario [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|MPP]] for [[Markham (federal electoral district)|Markham]], former [[York Region]] Councilor, Liberal |
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* [[Kristyn Wong-Tam]] (黃慧文), [[LGBTQ]] activist and Toronto |
* [[Kristyn Wong-Tam]] (黃慧文), [[LGBTQ]] activist and Toronto councillor for the [[Rosedale, Toronto|Rosedale]] electoral district<ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-11-24 |title=City hall rookies 2010: Kristyn Wong-Tam |language=en-CA |work=The Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2010/11/24/city_hall_rookies_2010_kristyn_wongtam.html |access-date=2022-05-21 |issn=0319-0781}}</ref> |
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* [[Teresa Woo-Paw]] (鮑胡嫈儀), former Albertan MLA for [[Calgary-Mackay]], Conservative |
* [[Teresa Woo-Paw]] (鮑胡嫈儀), former Albertan MLA for [[Calgary-Mackay]], Conservative |
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* [[David Xiao]] (蕭輝), Albertan MLA for [[Edmonton-McClung]], Conservative |
* [[David Xiao]] (蕭輝), Albertan MLA for [[Edmonton-McClung]], Conservative |
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This is a list of Chinese Canadians including both original immigrants who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian-born descendants who are notable, have made significant contributions to the Canadian or international culture or society politically, artistically or scientifically, or have prominently appeared in the news.
Politics and public service
- Arnold Chan (陳家諾), late MP for Scarborough—Agincourt, Liberal
- Michael Chan (陳國治), current Markham Regional Councillor and former Ontario Cabinet Minister, MPP for Markham—Unionville, Liberal[1]
- Raymond Chan (陳卓愉), former federal Minister of State, former MP for Richmond, Liberal[2]
- Tung Chan (陳志動), former Vancouver City Councilor (1990 - 1993)
- Katrina Chen (陳葦蓁), MLA for Burnaby-Lougheed, BC NDP[3]
- Shaun Chen (陳聖源), former Chairman of the Toronto District School Board, Canada's largest school board, elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 2015 representing Scarborough North[4]
- Kenny Chiu (趙錦榮), former MP for Steveston-Richmond East, Conservative[5]
- Gordon Chong (張金儀), late former city councilor and former vice-chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission[6]
- Ida Chong (張杏芳), BC Cabinet Minister, former MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head, BC Liberal
- Michael Chong (莊文浩), former federal Cabinet Minister, MP for Wellington—Halton Hills, Conservative
- George Chow (周烱華), two-term Vancouver City Councillor who was elected as a member of the Vision Vancouver party in 2005 and 2008[7]
- Olivia Chow (鄒至蕙), Mayor of Toronto, former MP for Trinity—Spadina from 2006 to 2014, New Democrat Professor at Ryerson University[8][9]
- Adrienne Clarkson (伍冰枝), Governor General of Canada from 1999 to 2005, former journalist, novelist, publisher, winner of the Gemini Award: Best Host in a Light Information Programme[10]
- Han Dong (董晗鵬), MP for Don Valley North, Liberal
- Lillian Dyck, Canadian senator[11]
- Ying Hope (劉光英), late former Metro Toronto Councillor
- Ted Hsu (徐正陶), MP and current MPP for Kingston and the Islands, Liberal
- Tammy Hwang, Hamilton City Councillor, Ward 4
- Nathan Ip, MLA for Edmonton-South West, Alberta NDP. Former Vice-Chair and Trustee of the Edmonton Public School Board
- Kerry Jang (鄭文宇), politician, currently serving on Vancouver, British Columbia's City Council
- Douglas Jung (鄭天華), first Canadian of Chinese origin elected to Parliament, former MP for Vancouver Centre, Conservative
- Vincent Ke (柯文彬), Ontario MPP for Don Valley North, Progressive Conservative (PC)
- Jenny Kwan (關慧貞), BC Cabinet Minister, MLA for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and MP for Vancouver East, New Democrat[12]
- Norman Kwong (林佐民), former Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, star football player in CFL
- Cynthia Lai (封賴桂霞), Toronto city councillor for the Scarborough North electoral district
- David Lam (林思齊), former BC Lieutenant Governor (1988–1995)[13]
- Art Lee, former MP for Vancouver East and Parliamentary Secretary, former leader of British Columbia Liberal Party, Liberal
- Philip S. Lee (李紹麟) Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (2009–2015)
- Richard Lee (李燦明), former British Columbia Liberal Party MLA for Burnaby North, BC Liberal[14]
- Chungsen Leung (梁中心), former MP for Willowdale and Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism, Conservative
- Sophia Leung (梁陳明任), former MP for Vancouver—Kingsway and Parliamentary Secretary, Liberal
- Laurin Liu (劉舒雲), former MP for Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, New Democrat
- Raymond Louie (雷建华), Vancouver city councillor, former school trustee
- Alan Lowe (劉志強), former Mayor of Victoria, BC
- Jason Luan (栾晋生), former AB MLA for Calgary-Hawkwood, Progressive Conservative (PC)
- Jean Lumb (林黃彩珍), community activist and first Chinese-Canadian to receive the Order of Canada
- Gary Mar (馬健威), former Albertan Cabinet Minister and MLA for Calgary-Mackay, Conservative
- Inky Mark (麥鼎鴻), MP for Dauphin—Swan River, Conservative
- Denzil Minnan-Wong (黃旻南), first Chinese Deputy Mayor, Toronto
- Mary Ng (伍鳳儀), federal Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion and MP for Markham—Thornhill, Liberal
- Victor Oh (胡子修), Canadian senator from Ontario born in Singapore but of Chinese descent, Conservative
- Billy Pang (彭錦威), Ontario MPP for Markham—Unionville, Progressive Conservative (PC)
- Vivienne Poy (利德蕙), first senator of Chinese ancestry, sister-in-law to Adrienne Clarkson, Liberal[15]
- Daniel Quan-Watson, Deputy Minister for Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Previously CEO of Parks Canada; Chief Human Resources Officer for Government of Canada; Deputy Minister for Western Economic Diversification
- Ken Sim (沈觀健), mayor of Vancouver
- Mary-Woo Sims (沈明麗), politician and social justice activist; best known as a former chief commissioner of the British Columbia Human Rights Commission
- Mark Sutcliffe, mayor of Ottawa
- Geng Tan (譚耕), former MP for Don Valley North, Liberal
- Sid Chow Tan (周明輝), candidate for Vancouver city council during the 2014 municipal election. President of the Association of Chinese Canadians for Equality and Solidarity Society (ACCESS) and Head Tax Families Society. Chinese Head Tax Redress campaign, fought for over 30 years on the fair and just redress of the Chinese Head Tax. TV program producer. Community activist in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside.[16][17][18]
- Tony Tang, engineer and former Vancouver city Councilor
- Daisy Wai, Ontario MPP for Richmond Hill
- Peter Wing (吳榮添), first mayor of Chinese descent in North America, three successive terms as mayor of Kamloops starting in 1966
- Alice Wong (黃陳小萍), MP for Richmond Centre and former Minister of State for Seniors, Conservative
- Bob Wong (黃景培), former Ontario Cabinet Minister and MPP for Fort York, Liberal
- Patrick Wong (黃耀華), former BC MLA for Vancouver-Kensington, BC Liberal[19]
- Peter Wong, former mayor of Sudbury, Ontario
- Soo Wong (黃素梅), Ontario MPP for Scarborough—Agincourt, Liberal
- Tony C. Wong (黃志華), former Ontario MPP for Markham, former York Region Councilor, Liberal
- Kristyn Wong-Tam (黃慧文), LGBTQ activist and Toronto councillor for the Rosedale electoral district[20]
- Teresa Woo-Paw (鮑胡嫈儀), former Albertan MLA for Calgary-Mackay, Conservative
- David Xiao (蕭輝), Albertan MLA for Edmonton-McClung, Conservative
- John Yap (葉志明), BC MLA for Richmond-Steveston, BC Liberal
- Jean Yip (葉嘉麗), MP for Scarborough—Agincourt, Liberal
- Wai Young (楊蕭慧儀), former MP for Vancouver South, Conservative[21]
Law and judiciary
- Jim Chu (朱小荪), first Chinese Chief Constable of the Vancouver Police Service
- Susan Eng (伍素屏), former chair of the Metro Toronto Police Services Board
- Avvy Go (吳瑤瑤), prominent social justice lawyer and member of the Order of Ontario
- Guo Guoting (郭国汀), prominent lawyer who defended dissidents and Falun Gong practitioners
- Linda Ann Loo, Judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia
- Won Alexander Cumyow (溫金有), first person of Chinese origin born in Canada; as a court interpreter, was also the first ethnic-Chinese government official in Canada
- Kew Dock Yip (葉求鐸), first Chinese-Canadian lawyer[22]
Business
- Caleb Chan, businessman; son of the late Chan Sun; donated $10 million to fund UBC's Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
- Tom Chan, Vancouver based real estate entrepreneur; brother of Caleb Chan and son of the late Chan Shun; donated $10 million to fund UBC's Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
- G. Raymond Chang, co-founder and former CEO of CI Financial, philanthropist and third Chancellor of Ryerson University, whose G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education is named after him
- Ben Chiu (邱澤堃), founder of KillerApp.com
- Danielle Fong, co-founder and Chief Scientist of LightSail Energy, Inc.
- Thomas Fung, Hong Kong-born Canadian businessman and philanthropist; eldest son of Fung King Hey; founder of the Fairchild Group
- Fung King Hey, one of the founders of Sun Hung Kai & Co; father of Thomas Fung
- David Ho, Vancouver-based entrepreneur originally from Hong Kong; founder of Harmony Airways; owner of the University Golf Club and MCL motors
- Gary Ho, businessman and ardent philanthropist
- Kwok Yuen Ho (何国源), co-founder and former CEO of ATI Technologies
- Andrea Jung (鍾彬嫻), CEO of Avon Products
- Li Ka-shing, Chairman of Hutchison Whampoa Limited and Cheung Kong Holdings; investor in Husky Oil
- Eva Kwok, businesswoman and former director of the Bank of Montreal
- Chu Lai, businessman, one of the earliest Chinese-Canadian merchants in British Columbia
- Cindy Lee, businesswoman; founder, President, and former CEO of T & T Supermarket
- Paul Lee, former President of Electronic Arts
- Robert H. Lee, Vancouver based businessman; Chairman and founder of Prospero; Robert H. Lee Graduate School is named in honor of his philanthropy
- Tina Lee, (李佩婷), CEO of T & T Supermarket
- Michael Lee-Chin, investor; CEO of AIC Canada
- Richard Li, businessman; son of Hong Kong business mogul Li Ka-shing; Chairman of PCCW and chairman of PCCW's executive committee
- Victor Li, businessman; son of Hong Kong business mogul, Li Ka-shing and major investor in Air Canada
- Brandt C. Louie, President and CEO of H.Y. Louie Co. Limited; Chairman of London Drugs Limited
- Yip Sang, businessman
- Alfred Sung, fashion designer and founder of Club Monaco
- Brian Wong, co-founder of Kiip
- Milton Wong, financier and former Chairman of HSBC Canada
- Gabriel Yiu, businessman, journalist, and social activist
- Changpeng Zhao, founder and CEO of Binance
Athletics
- Avianna Chao (趙航), sport shooter in the Olympic Games
- Chris Beckford-Tseu, ice hockey goaltender for the St. Louis Blues
- Chun Hon Chan, Olympic weight lifter
- Patrick Chan (陳偉群), figure skater; 2011 World Champion, four-time Canadian Champion and Olympic medalist
- Bryan Chiu, Chinese-Canadian football player for the Montreal Alouettes
- Adderly Fong (方駿宇), race car driver
- Lori Fung (馮黎明), gymnast and winner of the first gold medal ever in Rhythmic Gymnastics at 1984 Olympic Games
- Chan Hon Goh (吳振紅), first Chinese-Canadian principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada
- Andre Ho, table tennis player
- Joshua Ho-Sang, ice hockey player
- Jason Ho-Shue, badminton player and national champion in Men's singles
- Carol Huynh (黃嘉露), Olympic gold medalist in wrestling in the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing
- Samantha Jo (aka Sam Tjhia), martial arts, Olympian, actress
- Larry Kwong, (吳啟光), first non-white and first Chinese-Canadian to play in the National Hockey League. Broke hockey's colour barrier
- Norman Kwong (林佐民), known as "The China Clipper", fullback, won four Grey Cups and 30 individual Canadian Football League records; also served as former Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
- Mira Leung (梁美諾), figure skater
- Michelle Li (李文珊), badminton player and 2014 Commonwealth Games Champion
- Landon Ling (林家亮), soccer player
- Alexa Loo (盧仙泳), Olympic snowboarder
- Jujie Luan (栾菊杰), fencer
- Maggie Mac Neil, Olympic gold medal swimmer, 2021 Olympics in Tokyo
- Darryl O'Young (歐陽若曦), racing driver
- Jayde Riviere, Soccer player, 2020 Olympic gold medal with Canada national team.
- Wendy Saschenbrecker, fencer
- Emilio Estevez Tsai (蔡立靖), soccer player
- Eugene Wang (王臻), Olympic table tennis
- Megan Wing, figure skate
- Charlene Wong, former Olympic figure skater
- Lester Wong, Olympic fencer
- Brandon Yip (葉勁光), ice hockey player for the Phoenix Coyotes
- Zhang Mo (張墨), Olympic table tennis
- Carol Zhao (赵一羽), tennis player
Visual arts
- Raymond Chow, martial arts film producer
- Richard Fung, video artist, writer, public intellectual and theorist
- Terence Koh, diverse work sometimes involving queer, punk, and pornographic sensibilities
- Ken Lum, public art champion, award-winning educator
- Bruce Mau, design, architecture, art, museums, film, eco-environmental design, and conceptual philosophy
- Paul Wong, award-winning artist, curator, and organizer of public interventions
- Tobi Wong, artist
- Xiaojing Yan (闫晓静), sculptor, installation artist
- Matthew Wong (王俊傑), painter
- Yi Wang,( 王一), Chinese opera singer,
Entertainment
- Allison Au, Chinese-Jewish Canadian jazz saxophonist[23]
- Aarif Rahman (李治廷), Hong Kong born Chinese Canadian singer/actor
- Aimee Chan (陳茵媺), Canadian actress based in Hong Kong
- Albert M. Chan, actor and filmmaker
- Yung Chang, film director
- Peter Chao, Youtube personality
- Joyce Cheng (鄭欣宜), Hong Kong based Canadian singer/actress
- Ken Chinn, punk rock
- Ping Chong (張家平), contemporary theater director
- Mark Chao (趙又廷), Taiwanese-Canadian actor, model
- Caleb Chan, Canadian composer
- Shannon Chan-Kent, Canadian voice actress, singer and actress
- Angela Chang(張韶涵), Taiwanese singer and actress
- Brandon Chang, Taiwanese actor and entertainer
- Desiree Lim, filmmaker
- Osric Chau, Canadian actor
- Edison Chen (陳冠希), Hong Kong Canadian film actor, musician, producer, entrepreneur, and fashion designer
- Terry Chen, Canadian film and television actor
- Fred Cheng (鄭俊弘), Canadian-born Hong Kong actor and singer
- Olivia Cheng (鄭啟蕙), Canadian actress, broadcast journalist, and former correspondent for Entertainment Tonight Canada
- Kayi Cheung, Miss Hong Kong 2007
- Leslie Cheung (張國榮), Hong Kong singer, actor and film producer, Cantopop pioneer
- Charlene Choi (蔡卓妍), Hong Kong actress and singer, Cantopop group Twins
- Rae Dawn Chong, Canadian-American actress
- Robbi Chong, Canadian actress and former model
- Tommy Chong, Canadian-American comedian, actor, writer, director, activist, and musician, part of comedy duo Cheech & Chong
- Nikki Chooi, Chinese-Canadian classical violinist
- Timothy Chooi, Chinese-Canadian violinist and professor
- Lawrence Chou (周俊偉), Hong Kong-based Canadian singer and actor
- Jacky Chu, Taiwanese actor; former member of Taiwanese group 183 Club
- Christy Chung (鍾麗緹), Canadian actress and restaurateur
- Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣), Chinese-Canadian actress and singer
- Shawn Dou (窦骁), Chinese-Canadian actor
- Liu Fang, musician, plays pipa (Chinese lute)
- Evan Fong, Canadian video game commentator
- Patrick Gallagher, Canadian actor
- Godfrey Gao (高以翔), Taiwanese-Canadian actor, brand model
- Chan-hon Goh, ballet dancer, past principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada
- Anna Guo, musician, plays yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer)
- Han Mei, musician and scholar of ethnomusicology, plays guzheng (Chinese plucked zither) and liuqin (Chinese lute)
- He Qiuxia, musician, plays pipa (Chinese lute)
- Anne Heung (向海嵐), Hong Kong Canadian actress and model
- Denise Ho (何韻詩), Hong Kong-based Cantopop singer and social activist
- Sandrine Holt, English-Canadian model and actress
- Samantha Jo, Canadian actress
- Matthew Ko (高鈞賢), Hong Kong actor, 2005 Mr. Hong Kong
- Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
- Grace Lynn Kung, Canadian actress
- Jade Kwan (關心妍), Hong Kong Cantopop singer
- Julia Kwan, Vancouver-based filmmaker, resident at Canadian Film Centre
- Kelvin Kwan (關楚耀), Cantopop singer[24]
- Miranda Kwok, screenwriter, actress, and film producer
- Sonija Kwok (郭羨妮), Hong Kong actress, currently works for TVB, 1999 Miss Hong Kong
- Patrick Kwok-Choon, Canadian actor
- Karena Lam (林嘉欣), Taiwanese actress and singer based in Hong Kong
- Henry Lau, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor working in Korean pop music; member of Super Junior-M
- Byron Lawson, Canadian actor
- Cory Lee, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
- Lee Kum-Sing, pianist
- Quentin Lee (李孟熙) – Canadian / American director, known for gay Asian stories
- Sook-Yin Lee, Canadian broadcaster, musician, filmmaker, and actress; host of CBC Radio's Definitely Not the Opera
- Selena Li(李施嬅), Hong Kong-based Canadian actress
- Shin Lim (林良尋), America's Got Talent (season 13) winner 2018 (America).
- Anastasia Lin (林耶凡), actress, Miss World Canada 2015, human rights activist, denied opportunity to enter Miss World due to activism
- Bernice Liu (廖碧兒), Canadian actress, singer, and commercial model based in Hong Kong
- Simu Liu, Canadian actor, writer and stuntman
- Ellen Joyce Loo (盧凱彤), singer, Cantopop group at17
- Alexina Louie, Canadian composer
- Crystal Lowe, Canadian actress and model, best known for her scream queen roles
- Yvette Lu, Canadian independent film and stage actress, filmmaker, singer, composer, writer and producer
- Linlyn Lue, Canadian actress
- David Y.H. Lui, Vancouver arts impresario and producer
- Nicole Lyn, actress known for her role in TV series Student Bodies
- Kenneth Ma (馬國明), Canadian actor working in Hong Kong
- Lena Ma (馬艶冰), beauty pageant queen
- Melissa O'Neil, Canadian singer and musical theatre actress
- Daniel Ong,[citation needed] actor and radio-TV personality in Singapore
- Eddie Peng (彭于晏), also known as Peng Yu-yen), a Taiwanese Canadian actor
- Keanu Reeves, Canadian movie actor
- Steph Song, actress
- Domee Shi, animator/writer/director, Academy Award winner
- Lydia Shum (沈殿霞), Hong Kong and Canadian comedian and actor
- Mina Shum, Canadian independent film director
- Hayden Szeto, Canadian actor
- Meg Tilly, actress and novelist
- Angela Tong (湯盈盈), Hong Kong based Canadian actress
- Nicholas Tse (謝霆鋒), Hong Kong based Canadian actor, martial artist, TV chef, entertainer
- Yee Jee Tso, Canadian actor
- Cissy Wang (汪詩詩), fashion model, wife of Donnie Yen
- Jeremy Wang, better known as Disguised Toast, YouTube personality
- Byron Wong, music and TV producer; founder of several entertainment and new media production and design companies
- Debbie Wong, actress and model[25]
- Ellen Wong, Canadian actress of Cambodian and Chinese descent
- Jadyn Wong, Canadian actress
- Kris Wu (吴亦凡), also known as Wu Yifan, Canadian-Chinese actor and singer-songwriter, former member of band EXO
- Stephen Yan, celebrity chef
- Benny Yau, Canadian television presenter, actor, and singer
- Sally Yeh (葉蒨文), Taiwanese-Canadian Cantopop singer and actress
- Françoise Yip (葉芳華), Canadian actress
- Raugi Yu, actor
- Catalina Yue, singer, songwriter, actress
- Tony Yu (余景天), Chinese-Canadian singer, dancer, former Youth With You (season 3) and Produce X 101 contestant
- Rui Shi Zhuo (卓汭仕), Canadian composer
- Song Yiren (宋伊人), Chinese-Canadian actress.
Media
- Andrew Chang, journalist and news anchor for CBC Television
- Wei Chen, journalist for Canadian radio and TV
- Cindy Cheung, TV presenter, most recently with Fairchild Television
- Sharlene Chiu, television reporter, host, and producer most known for MTV News Canada
- Mellissa Fung, journalist for CBC news
- Jiang Weiping, journalist, emigrated to Canada after release from prison in China
- Bernard Lo, news anchor and show host for financial TV shows, based in Hong Kong
- Elaine Lui, television reporter, entertainer, "gossip maven" for CTV Television Network
- Sheng Xue (also known as Reimonna Sheng), Canadian Chinese journalist, writer, activist for civil rights in China
- Ziya Tong, Canadian television personality and producer, news and science shows
- Jan Wong (黃明珍), journalist for several Canadian newspapers, known for Lunch With... column
Literature
- Chan Koonchung (陈冠中), science fiction novelist
- Cheng Sait Chia, poet
- Denise Chong (鄭霭玲), author of books on history, former economic adviser to the government, author of widely anthologized speech "Being Canadian"
- Kevin Chong, novelist, author of non-fiction, and freelance journalist
- Wayson Choy (崔維新), novelist and memoirist, teaches writing at Humber College
- Jim Wong-Chu, poet, author, historian, activist
- Judy Fong Bates, fiction writer
- Evelyn Lau (劉綺芬), poet, novelist, essayist, novelist
- Vincent Lam, non-fiction and fiction writer and practicing physician, winner of 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize
- Larissa Lai, poet and novelist
- Sky Lee, feminist, lesbian writer of fiction and non-fiction
- Margaret Lim, author of children's books set in Malaysia
- Andy Quan, gay Canadian novelist who explores interaction sexual and cultural identity, now living in Australia
- Goh Poh Seng, Singaporean and Canadian novelist, poet, playwright
- Fred Wah, novelist, critic, writer, and former Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate
- Rita Wong, poet
- Paul Yee, historian, prolific writer of both children's and adult books about the Chinese Canadian experience
- Chia-ying Yeh, poet and scholar, UBC professor and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Ying Chen (应晨), novelist
- Xiran Jay Zhao, author of young adult and middle grade speculative fiction, Internet personality
Science and technology
- Thomas Chang, physician, medical scientist, and inventor credited with co-inventing the world's first artificial cell
- James K. M. Cheng, architect
- Kin-Yip Chun, geophysicist
- Anming Hu, mechanical engineer, target of controversial US prosecution
- Roger Hui, computer scientist and co-developer of the J programming language
- Yuet Wai Kan, medical scientist and physician; pioneer of applying molecular biology and genetics into clinical medicine
- Victor Ling, medical researcher whose research focuses on drug resistance in cancer; known for his discovery of P-glycoprotein
- Tak Wah Mak, medical researcher, geneticist, oncologist, and biochemist; known for his discovery of the T-cell receptor and pioneering work in the genetics of immunology
- Bing Thom, architect
- Paul Tseng, applied mathematician who went missing while kayaking in the Yangtze River in the Yunnan province of China and is presumed dead
- Tsui, Lap-chee (徐立之), geneticist
- Joseph Yu Kai Wong, physician and philanthropist
- William Kwong Yu Yeung, astronomer; discoverer of asteroids and the comet 172P/Yeung
Education and academia
- Jerome Chen (陳志讓), historian of China, author, former professor at York University
- Kevin Chan, physician, Chair of Pediatrics at Memorial University in St. John's Newfoundland
- Larry Grant (洪禮興), Musqueam elder and adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia
- Konrad Ng, scholar of Asian-American cinema and digital media; director of Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center; professor at University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Eleanor Ty (鄭綺寧), scholar of Asian North American literature, professor of English at Wilfrid Laurier University.
Other
- Huseyincan Celil (赛因江·贾里力), Uyghur extradited to China from Uzbekistan
- Simon Chang, fashion designer
- Bill Chong (鄭根), spy for Britain during WW-II, awarded British Empire Medal.
- Eric Chong, professional chef and winner of MasterChef Canada (season 1)
- Sunny Fong, fashion designer
- Dan Liu (廖建明), fashion designer
- Susur Lee, chef and international restaurateur based in Toronto
- Alvin Leung (梁經倫), chef and TV personality
- Vincent Li (李偉光), committed infamous murder
- Moy Lin-shin (梅連羨), Taoist monk and founder of International Taoist Tai Chi Society (國際道家太極拳社)
- Cody Sun (孙立宇), professional League of Legends player
- Christopher Siu, professional chef and winner of MasterChef Canada (season 7)
- Riza Santos, beauty queen
- Sunny Tang, founder of Wushu Canada and Sunny Tang Martial Arts Centre chain of martial arts centres
- Joseph Tsai, businessman
- Tse Chi Lop (謝志樂), alleged kingpin of the Sam Gor crime syndicate
- Adrian Wu, fashion designer
- Jason Wu, fashion designer
- Joe Zee – creative director of Elle magazine; host of fashion TV series All on the Line
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