Slovene Canadians (, literally 'Canadian Slovenes') are
Canadian citizens of
Slovene descent or
Slovenian-born people who reside in
Canada.
Slovene Canadians by province and territory
Notable Slovene Canadians
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Alojzij Ambrožič
Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic (born Alojzij Matej Ambrožič; January 27, 1930 – August 26, 2011) was a Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Toronto. He was made a cardinal on 21 February 1998.
Biography
Ambrozic was born near Gabrje in ...
, Catholic priest
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Wade Belak
Wade William Belak (''né'' Aadland; July 3, 1976 – August 31, 2011) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and defenceman. He was drafted 12th overall by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. He played for the Colorado Av ...
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ice hockey player
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Steve Bozek
Steven Michael Bozek (born November 26, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left wing who spent 11 seasons in the NHL with five clubs. Noted for his hard shot, he was a reliable two-way forward and strong penalty killer.
Playing c ...
, ice hockey player
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Lolita Davidovich, actress
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Bill Hajt
William Albert Hajt (born November 18, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the NHL from 1973 until 1987. He is the father of Ontario Reign assistant coach Chris Hajt who played six games in the National Hoc ...
, ice hockey player
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Chris Hajt
Christopher William Hajt (born July 5, 1978) is a Canadian-born American former ice hockey defenceman. He played 6 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Edmonton Oilers and Washington Capitals during the 2000–01 and 2003–04 seas ...
, ice hockey player
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John Jakopin
Janez Leo "John" Jakopin (born May 16, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins and the San Jose Sharks between 1998 and 2002.
Car ...
, ice hockey player
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Ed Kastelic
Edward P. Kastelic (born January 29, 1964) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. Kastelic played for the Washington Capitals and Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue na ...
, ice hockey player
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Greg Kuznik
Gregory Kuznik ( ; sl, Greg Kužnik) (born June 12, 1978) is a Canadian-born Slovene former ice hockey player.
Career
Kuznik was drafted 171st by the Hartford Whalers in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. In the 2000–01 NHL season, he played one gam ...
, ice hockey player
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Dean Malkoc
Dean Malkoc (born January 26, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who spent four seasons in the National Hockey League between 1995 and 1999 with the Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins, and New York Islanders. The rest of his ...
, ice hockey player
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Joe Mihevc, politician
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Walter Ostanek,
accordion
Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...
musician
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Kevin Pangos, basketball player
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John Smrke, ice hockey player
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Stan Smrke
Stanley "Stan" Smrke (September 2, 1928 — April 14, 1977) was a Yugoslavian-born Canadian ice hockey forward. He played 9 games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens during the 1956–57 and 1957–58 seasons. The rest of h ...
, ice hockey player
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Tina Srebotnjak Tina Srebotnjak is a Canadian radio and television journalist.
Background
She was born in Slovenia and moved to Canada with her parents as a child, growing up in Mississauga, Ontario. She was educated at the University of Toronto, studying English ...
, television journalist
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Matt Stajan, ice hockey player
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Elvis Stojko, figure skater
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Randy Velischek
Randolph John Velischek (born February 10, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League from 1982–83 until 1991–92 for the Minnesota North Stars, New Jersey Devils, and ...
, ice hockey player
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Walter Wolf
Walter Wolf (born 5 October 1939) is a Canadian oil-drilling equipment supplier who in the early 1970s made a fortune from the North Sea oil business and decided to join the world of Formula One (F1) motor racing.
Life and career
Wolf was bo ...
, businessman
See also
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European Canadian
European Canadians, or Euro-Canadians, are Canadians who were either born in or can trace their ancestry to the continent of Europe. They form the largest panethnic group within Canada.
In the 2021 Canadian census, 19,062,115 Canadians self-i ...
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Slovene Americans
Slovene Americans or Slovenian Americans are Americans of full or partial Slovene or Slovenian ancestry. Slovenes mostly immigrated to America during the Slovene mass emigration period from the 1880s to World War I.
History
The first Slove ...
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Slovene Argentines
Argentines of Slovene descent, also Slovene Argentines or Argentine Slovenes ( sl, argentinski Slovenci) are the Slovenes residing in Argentina. According to Jernej Zupančič of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, they number around 30 ...
References
{{People of Canada
Slovenian diaspora