Belarusian Canadians are Canadian citizens of Belarusian descent or

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ian-born individuals who reside in

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. According to the 2016 Census there were 20,710 Canadians who claimed Belarusian ancestry.

Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič Dr. Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič ( be, Вінцэнт Жук-Грышкевіч, sometimes ''Vintsent Zhuk-Hryshkevich'', ; February 10, 1903 – February 14, 1989) was a Belarusian emigre politician. Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič studied at a Belarusi ...

estimated the number of Belarusians in Canada in late 1959 at about 40 thousands, with a majority of

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era Belarusian immigrants being listed as

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because Belarusians were not present as a separate category in Canadian documents. The oldest Belarusian diaspora organization in Canada, Belarusian Canadian Alliance, was established by Kastus Akula in 1948 in Toronto.

Notable individuals

* Kastuś Akuła *

Valery Fabrikant ) , occupation = Associate professor of mechanical engineering , birth_date = , birth_place = Minsk, Soviet Union (now Belarus) , nationality = Belarusian-Canadian , date = 24 August 1992 , time = 2:30 p.m. ( UTC-4) , targets ...

* Albert Gretzky *

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Wayne Gretzky Wayne Douglas Gretzky ( ; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "the Great One ...

* David Lewis *

Barys Rahula Barys Rahula ( be, Барыс Рагуля, Boris Ragula, 1 January 1920 – 22 April 2005) was a Belarusian political activist. He served as a military commander with the pro-German Belarusian Home Defence (BKA) during the Second World War. After ...

Ivonka Survilla Ivonka Survilla ( be, Івонка Сурвілла, born Ivonka Šymaniec, be, Івонка Шыманец, pl, Iwonka Szymaniec, April 11, 1936) is the President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic, a self-proclaimed Belarusian ...

Don Tapscott Don Tapscott (born June 1, 1947) is a Canadian business executive, author, consultant and speaker, who specializes in business strategy, organizational transformation and the role of technology in business and society. He is the CEO of the Tapsco ...

References

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