List of Guyanese Canadians

Guyanese Canadians are Canadian citizens of Guyanese descent or Guyana-born persons who reside in Canada.

The following are notable Canadians of Guyanese descent:

Notable Guyanese Canadians

Entertainers

Anjulie - singer
Dave Baksh - lead guitarist for the band Sum 41 (now Brown Brigade)
Deborah Cox - singer
Simone Denny - singer
Melanie Fiona - singer
Keysha Freshh - rapper
Nicole Holness - singer and TV host
JDiggz - rapper
Vaughn Lal - bassist and backing vocalist for band Brown Brigade
Rich London - rapper
Shakira Baksh - fashion model and actress
Maestro Fresh Wes - rapper and actor
More or Les - rapper and DJ
Saukrates - rapper and hip hop producer
Melinda Shankar - actress, television series '

Eon Sinclair - bassist for the band Bedouin Soundclash

Maiko Watson - former member of Sugar Jones

Roy Woods - rapper and singer

P Reign now known as Preme - rapper

Priyanka - drag queen, winner of the first season of Canada's Drag Race

Arts

Sonnet L'AbbÃÂ© - author and poet

Yolanda T. Marshall - author

Politics

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

Victor Quelch - Social Credit Party of Canada Member of Parliament for Acadia

John Rodriguez - former New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt and former Mayor of Sudbury

Mark Persaud - Liberal Party of Canada National Executive Liberal Party of Canada - twice elected

Sports

Charles Allen - hurdler and sprinter

Troy Amos-Ross - boxer

Andreas Athanasiou - ice hockey player

Natasha Bacchus - deaf athlete

Sheridon Baptiste - bobsledder, sprinter, Canadian football player

Ian Beckles - American football player

Alex Bunbury - soccer player

Laura Creavalle - Guyanese-born Canadian/American professional bodybuilder

Keevil Daly - weightlifter

Ian Danney - bobsledder

Nicholas de Groot - first-class cricketer

Dwayne De Rosario - soccer player

Sunil Dhaniram - first-class cricketer

Philip Edwards - Olympic sprinter 1928, 1932, 1936; five-time Olympic medalist

Nicolette Fernandes - squash player

Gary Holmes - wrestler

Lawrence Holmes - wrestler

Charmaine Hooper - soccer player

Lyndon Hooper - soccer player

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep - hurdler

Egerton Marcus - boxer

Mark McKoy - hurdler

Jaime Peters - soccer player

Danny Ramnarais - first-class cricketer

Quillan Roberts, soccer player

Abdool Samad - first-class cricketer

Walter Spence - swimmer

Paul Stalteri - soccer player

Stella Umeh - gymnast

Business

Shawn Allen - Founder Matrix Mortgage Global, 2022 Scarborough Walk Of Fame Inductee

Guyanese Canadians by Canadian province or territory (2016)

See also

Guyanese people

Caribbean Canadians

Indo-Canadians

Chinese Canadians

Guyanese Americans

Guyanese in the United Kingdom

References

External links

History of Guyanese Canadians