Greek Canadians
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        Nia Vardalos • Pan Bouyoucas Dini Dimakos • Mike Lazaridis Kenny Stamatopoulos • Gerry Sklavounos John Limniatis • George Stroumboulopoulos |
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242,685 (2006 census)[1] |
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| Canadian English, Greek, Canadian French | ||||||||||||
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| predominantly Greek Orthodox Christianity [6] |
Greek Canadians (Greek: Ελληνοκαναδοί) are Canadian citizens of Greek 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
[edit] Activists
[edit] Authors
- Pan Bouyoucas, Montreal based author, finalist for The Governor General’s Literary Award, 2001
[edit] Journalists
- Thalia Assuras, Anchor/Reporter
- Michael Tellides, Producer/Director CFMB Multilingual Radio Montreal
- Athena King, newscaster on Naked News
- Steve Kouleas, Sports Anchor/Reporter
- Steve Makris, Technology columnist
- Costas Maragos, CBC News, Saskatchewan Anchor/Reporter
- Maria Panopalis, Host of the Halifax edition of Breakfast Television
- George Stroumboulopoulos, Host of CBC Newsworld's The Hour, former MuchMusic VJ
- Antonia Zerbisias, Toronto Star columnist
- Ernie Afaganis [retired]-CBC-TV Sports/Olympics anchor
- Ioanna Roumeliotis, CBC Newsworld reporter
[edit] Professors
- Nick Bontis, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University 3M National Teaching Fellow
[edit] Sportspeople
- Christos Timotheatos, Greek Weightlifting National Competitor Team DUNAMIS
- Dimitri Antonaras, Greek Hockey National Goaltender player for Olympiacos
- George Athans, water-skier
- Chris Chelios, NHL player for Detroit Red Wings. Is American but played in Canada.
- Cleon Daskalakis, NHL player for Boston Bruins is American.
- Tom Kostopoulos, NHL player for the Montreal Canadiens
- Marc Harrochopoulos, Player
- Anna Kourapia, badminton player
- Nick Kypreos, former NHL Toronto Maple Leafs
- Teddy Kyres, QMJHL player for McGill Redmen
- Nicolas Macrozonaris, 100 m sprinter
- Ted Papadopoulos, golfer
- Vickie Panos, played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1944
- Kenny Stamatopolous, soccer player, former Toronto FC and Kalamata goalie
- Trish Stratus (aka Patricia Anne Stratigias), Former Professional wrestler
- 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"
- Mike Zigomanis, NHL Hockey Player
- Dave Sapunjis, CFL all-star receiver for Calgary Stampeders
- Lou Cavalaris, legendary thuroughbred racehorse trainer
- Chris Christoforou, leading stanardbred driver
- Alexandre Despatie, Olympic silver medalist diver, is 1/4 Greek through one of his grandparents.
[edit] Photographers
- Panagiotis (Peter) Mitoulas, documentary, fine art photographer. Born on February 21, 1976 in Toronto, Canada. Featured in numerous publications in North America, South America and Europe.
[edit] Politicians
- Eleni Bakopanos, Former Liberal MP for Saint-Denis
- Staff Barootes, Former Conservative Senator
- Marie Bountrogianni, Liberal MPP for Hamilton Mountain since 1999
- John Cannis, Liberal MP for Scarborough Centre since 1993
- Tony Clement, politician
- Philippe Gigantès, Former Liberal Senator
- Maurine Karagianis, New Democratic Party of British Columbia MLA, former Esquimalt, British Columbia municipal councillor
- Jim Karygiannis, Liberal MP for Scarborough—Agincourt since 1988
- 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
- Pana Merchant, Current Liberal Senator from Saskatchewan
- Gerry Sklavounos, Current Liberal Member of the Québec National Assembly
[edit] Priests
- Nicholas Salamis, Performed more than 10,000 religious ceremonies until age 90 for Greek Montrealers
[edit] Entrepreneurs
- Bill Timotheatos, Founder of and co-CEO of BTM Graphics Equipment inc. (BTM)
- Mike Lazaridis, Founder of and co-CEO of Research In Motion (RIM), and creator of BlackBerry.
- Athyna Timotheatos , canadas largest greek coffee importer and garage door/lights specialist.
[edit] Entertainers
- Thea Andrews - actress now in US on Entertainment Tonight. Family originates from Macedonia, Greece
- Arkadia, Popular Greek Canadian Band[7]
- Alex Carter, Actor
- Alex Karzis, Canada Greek-Canadian Actor, voiceover artist,musician and singer. He also sins and plays bass in the band The Giant Baby.
- John Colicos, Actor (Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica)
- Elias Koteas, Actor (Crash)
- Billy Mavreas, Cartoonist
- John Kapelos, actor
- Kanaris Paraskevopoulos, Producer (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
- Teresa Stratas, soprano
- Leon Leontaridis, Tenor, Canadian Tenors & Destino
- Angelo Tsarouchas, Comedian/Actor It's all Greek to Me Comedy Show
- Nia Vardalos, Actress, screenwriter (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
- Constantine Meglis, Basso profondo, operatic bass
- Pavlo, musician
- Bz Jam, hip hop artist[8]
- Peter Kelamis, Comedian
[edit] See also
[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 on 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 on 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 on 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 on 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 on 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 on 2009-01-18.
- ^ Arkadia - Welcome to Arkadia the Band official website
- ^ MySpace.com - Bz jam the Greek Hip hop artist - Vancouver - Hip Hop / Rap / R&B - www.myspace.com/bzjam
[edit] External links
- Greek-Canadians - A comprehensive list of famous Greeks and Greek Canadians.
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