List of Sri Lankan Canadians

This is a list of Sri Lankan Canadians, including both original immigrants who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian descendants, but not Sri Lankan nationals living or working in Canada. The list includes a brief description of their reason for notability.

Academics

• Soharn Randy Boyagoda - Principal of University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, writer
• Chandre Dharma-wardana - principal research scientist at the National Research Council of Canada
• Elagu V. Elaguppillai - businessman, nuclear scientist, university professor, medical researcher
• Ray Jayawardhana - astronomer at the University of Toronto
• Lakshman Marasinghe - academic and lawyer
• Janaka Ruwanpura - Director of the Centre for Project Management Excellence at the Schulich School of Engineering at University of Calgary
• Indira Samarasekera - President and 12th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Alberta
• Chelva Kanaganayakam - Professor, University of Toronto

Activists - Community Advocate

• Cheryl Perera - children's rights activist, founder of OneChild
• Visita Sirin Leelaratna - community advocate, and cultural organizer based in Ottawa, Ontario, founder of Vesak in Ottawa and Buddhist Embassy®

Business

• Christopher Ondaatje - former athlete and philanthropist
• Chamath Palihapitiya - venture capitalist, software developer
• Eric Rajah - humanitarian, A Better World founder, Alberta Order of Excellence
• Kamaj Silva - Canadian entrepreneur known for his global brands Sneakertub and MILK Toronto

Film and entertainment

• Rohan Fernando - visual artist, painter and filmmaker
• Rasanga Weerasinghe - filmmaker, artist
• Suresh Joachim - actor, producer and multiple Guinness World Record holder
• Pardis Parker - director, writer, actor, and comedian
• Lenin M. Sivam - filmmaker
• Rajiv Surendra - actor
• Maitreyi Ramakrishnan - actress

Journalists

• D. B. S. Jeyaraj - freelance journalist
• Anne-Marie Mediwake - news anchor
• Radheyan Simonpillai - journalist

Musicians

• Nirmala Basnayake - musician in the band controller.controller

Politics and law

• Gary Anandasangaree - Canadian Member of Parliament for Scarborough—Rouge Park
• Logan Kanapathi - Markham City Councillor for Ward 7
• Amila Gammana - Drayton Valley Town Councillor
• Rathika Sitsabaiesan - former Canadian Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Rouge River
• Asoka Weerasinghe - former Deputy High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Canada
• Vijay Thanigasalam - Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Scarborough—Rouge Park

Rebels

• Kumaravelu Vignarajah - LTTE cadre

Sports people

• Trevin Bastiampillai - Canadian cricketer
• Manoj David - Canadian cricketer
• Ruvindu Gunasekera - Canadian cricketer
• Rohan Jayasekera - Sri Lankan and Canadian cricketer
• Arvind Kandappah - Canadian cricketer
• Ravishankar Puvendran - Canadian cricketer
• Sanjayan Thuraisingam - Canadian cricketer
• Zameer Zahir - Canadian cricketer

Writers

• Rienzi Crusz - Poet
• Siri Gunasinghe - Sinhalese poet, novelist, literary critic
• Suvendrini Lena - playwright and neurologist
• Michael Ondaatje - poet and author of numerous novels, including The English Patient
• Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha - poet, writer, educator and social activist
• Shyam Selvadurai - novelist

See also

• List of Sri Lankans

References