Asian Canadian
An Asian Canadian is a Canadian of Asian ancestry . Asian Canadians can either be born in Canada or be born overseas and later come to be citizens of Canada. They compose of about 10% of all Canadian citizens.
According to Statistics Canada (2001), large Asian Canadian groups are:
The Chinese Canadians are the largest group in all provinces except Manitoba , where the Filipino Canadians are the largest.
Notable Asian Canadians include:
Ken Adachi , Toronto Star writer
Raymond Chan , Member of Parliament
Wei Chen , television news anchor (CTV Television Network , Toronto One )
Ben Chin , television news anchor (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , Toronto One )
Denise Chong , writer
Kevin Chong , novelist
Tommy Chong , actor(Cheech and Chong Up in Smoke)
Olivia Chow , Toronto city councillor, and wife of New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton
Wayson Choy , novelist
Adrienne Clarkson , Governor General of Canada of Chinese ancestry
Monika Deol , television presenter of Sikh ancestry
Herb Dhaliwal , Liberal Member of Parliament and cabinet minister of Indian ancestry
Ujjal Dosanjh , former premier of British Columbia , of Indian ancestry
Atom Egoyan , filmmaker of Armenian ancestry
Hedy Fry , Liberal Member of Parliament
Jian Ghomeshi , musician (Moxy Früvous ) and CBC television host
Gurmant Grewal and Nina Grewal , Conservative Members of Parliament, the first married couple to serve as MPs in the same session of Parliament
Emm Gryner , singer-songwriter of mixed Filipino ancestry
Ian Hanomansing , CBC journalist of Indian ancestry
Rahim Jaffer , politician of Indian ancestry
Paul Kariya , NHL star of partial Japanese ancestry
Arsinée Khanjian , actress and wife of Atom Egoyan
Gail Kim , WWE wrestler of Korean heritage
Joy Kogawa , writer of Japanese ancestry
Kristin Kreuk , actress born to a Chinese mother
Jenny Kwan , British Columbia MLA
Larissa Lai , writer
Evelyn Lau , poet and novelist
Jeannie Lee , CBC journalist
Sook-Yin Lee , musician, television (MuchMusic ) and radio (CBC Radio One ) personality
Sophia Leung , Liberal Member of Parliament
Shaun Majumder , comedian
Gurbax Malhi , Liberal Member of Parliament
Inky Mark , Conservative Member of Parliament
Deepa Mehta , film director of Indian ancestry
Roy Miki , poet of Japanese ancestry
Bharati Mukherjee , novelist
Sandra Oh , actor of Korean ancestry, who starred in the film version of The Autobiography of Evelyn Lau
Natsuko Ohama , an actor of Japanese ancestry
Ruth Ozeki , novelist
Rey Pagtakhan , former Liberal Member of Parliament
Russell Peters , comedian of Anglo-Indian ancestry
Vivienne Poy , Senator
Keanu Reeves , actor of partial Chinese and Hawaiian ancestry
Kerri Sakamoto , novelist of Japanese ancestry
Eric San, musician and turntablist who records as Kid Koala
Shyam Selvadurai , novelist
Tetsuro Shigematsu , CBC radio host
Ashwin Sood , drummer for (and husband of) Sarah McLachlan , of Indian descent
Alfred Sung , fashion designer
Hannah Sung , MuchMusic videographer
David Suzuki , scientist and television personality of Japanese ancestry
Siu Ta , actress (This is Wonderland )
Harinder Takhar , Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament , currently Minister of Transportation
Jennifer Tilly and Meg Tilly , actresses of mixed Chinese ancestry
David Usher , singer-songwriter of mixed Thai ancestry
M.G. Vassanji , novelist of Indian descent, although born in Kenya
Fred Wah , poet and novelist
Jan Wong , Globe & Mail reporter
Jean Yoon , poet and playwright
In 2002 , Asian Canadians were especially concerned for their security when several Asian women and girls were harassed, some seriously attacked or even killed. (See International student )
See also: Demographics of Canada , Asian American
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