Russian Canadians comprise

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of Russian heritage or

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who immigrated to and reside in

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. According to the 2016 Census, there were 622,445 Canadians who claimed full or partial Russian ancestry. The areas of Canada with the highest percentage population of Russian Canadians are the Prairie Provinces.

Number of Russian Canadians

Data from this section from Statistics Canada, 2016. Data from this section from Statistics Canada, 2016. * Total: 622,445. * Single response: 120,165. * Multiple response: 502,280.

Provinces and CMAs (census metropolitan areas) with Russian Canadian populations over 10,000

Quebec

Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016. * Total: 55,230 * Single response: 15,800 * Multiple response: 39,435

=Montréal (CMA)

= Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016. * Total: 49,275 * Single response: 14,315 * Multiple response: 34,960

Ontario

Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016. * Total: 220,850 * Single response: 53,175 * Multiple response: 167,675

=Toronto (CMA)

= Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016. * Total: 139,915 * Single response: 40,570 * Multiple response: 99,340

=Ottawa-Gatineau (CMA - Ontario part)

= Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016. * Total: 15,620 ''(represents ~90% of total Ottawa-Gatineau CMA)'' * Single response: 3,205 * Multiple response: 12,415

Manitoba

Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016. * Total: 58,225 * Single response: 9,510 * Multiple response: 48,720

=Winnipeg (CMA)

= Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016. * Total: 29,575 * Single response: 3,580 * Multiple response: 26,000

Saskatchewan

Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016. * Total: 39,390 * Single response: 3,645 * Multiple response: 35,745

=Saskatoon (CMA)

= Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016. * Total: 13,280 * Single response: 1,360 * Multiple response: 11,925

Alberta

Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016. * Total: 107,800 * Single response: 14,320 * Multiple response: 93,480

=Calgary (CMA)

= Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016. * Total: 37,955 * Single response: 6,125 * Multiple response: 31,830

=Edmonton (CMA)

= Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016. * Total: 28,275 * Single response: 3,325 * Multiple response: 24,945

British Columbia

Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016. * Total: 131,060 * Single response: 22,145 * Multiple response: 108,910

=Vancouver (CMA)

= Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016. * Total: 58,535 * Single response: 11,145 * Multiple response: 47,395
''Many British Columbians of Russian descent are

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, historically concentrated in the

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and

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regions.''

List of notable Russian Canadians

Arts, entertainment and literature

Harvey Atkin Elliot Harvey Atkin (18 December 1942 – 18 July 2017) was a Canadian actor best known for his roles as Morty Melnick in ''Meatballs'', Sergeant Ronald Coleman in ''Cagney & Lacey'', and for voicing King Koopa in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Sh ...

– voice-over actor *

Alex Battler Alex Battler (born ''Rafik Shagi-Akzamovich Aliyev'' () on December 10, 1946), known in Russia under the pen name Oleg Alekseyevich Arin (), is a Soviet-born Russian-Canadian scholar and political writer. He is a member of the organization «Def ...

– writer *

Arnold Belkin Arnold Belkin (December 9, 1930 – July 3, 1992) was a Canadian- Mexican painter credited for continuing the Mexican muralism tradition at a time when many Mexican painters were shifting away from it. Born and raised in western Canada, he ...

– painter *

Sasha Clements Sasha Nicole Clements (born March 13, 1990) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Kiki Kincaid on the Teletoon sitcom ''Majority Rules!''. She was cast in the 2005 fantasy ''The Snow Queen'' (2005). and the 2010 television series '' ...

– actress, ''

Majority Rules! ''Majority Rules!'' is a Canadian teen comedy drama series which first aired on Teletoon in 2009. The series is also dubbed ''Votez Becky!'' for the French title. Airing The production company Entertainment One (at the time called E1 Entertainme ...

'' *

Ludmilla Chiriaeff Ludmilla Chiriaeff (January 10, 1924 – September 22, 1996) was a Latvian-Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, and company director. Biography Ludmilla Alexandrovna Otsup was born in Riga to a Russian-Jewish father Alexandr Otsup ...

– ballet dancer, choreographer and company director *

Victor Garber Victor Joseph Garber (born March 16, 1949) is a Canadian-American actor and singer. Known for his work in film, television, and theatre, he has been nominated for three Gemini Awards, four Tony Awards, and six Primetime Emmy Awards. He has also ...

– actor, ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' *

Natalie Glebova Natalie Glebova (born Natalya Vladimirovna Glebova; 11 November 1981) is a Russian-Canadian television host, author, dancer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2005. Glebova had previously been crowned Miss Universe Canada 2005 ...

– Miss Universe 2005, Miss Universe Canada 2005 *

Anais Granofsky Anais Granofsky (born May 14, 1973) is a Canadian actress, screenwriter, producer and director. She is best known for portraying Lucy Fernandez in the ''Degrassi Junior High'' and ''Degrassi High'' series. Early life Granofsky was born in Spring ...

– actress, ''

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'' *

Michelle Gurevich Michelle Gurevich is a Canadian singer-songwriter, also known by her former stage name Chinawoman. Her music is influenced by her Russian heritage, and has been described as slowcore rock and "lo-fi pop". Her largest fanbase is in Eastern Euro ...

– singer, formerly known as "Chinawoman" *

Boris Hambourg Boris Hambourg (russian: Борис Михайлович Гамбург; – 24 November 1954) was a Russian Canadian cellist who settled in Toronto, Ontario, and made his career in the United States, Canada, England and Europe. Early life ...

– cellist * Melissa Hayden – ballet dancer *

Jessica Parker Kennedy Jessica Parker Kennedy (born October 3, 1984) is a Canadian actress. She played Melissa Glaser on the CW series ''The Secret Circle'', Max on the Starz original series '' Black Sails'' and Nora West-Allen / XS on ''The Flash'', and has also app ...

– actress, ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Black Sails'' *

Ezra Levant Ezra Isaac Levant (born February 20, 1972) is a Canadian conservative media personality, political activist, writer, broadcaster, and former lawyer. Levant is the founder and former publisher of the conservative magazine, The'' Western Standard''. ...

– media personality *

Nadia Litz Nadia Litz (born December 26, 1976) is a Canadian actress and director. Early life Litz was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A former child actor, she has described herself as somewhat ambitious. She is of Russian, Polish and British descent. She to ...

– actress *

Elena Lobsanova Elena Lobsanova (born ) is a Russian-Canadian ballet dancer. She joined the National Ballet of Canada in 2004 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2015. In 2020, she joined the Miami City Ballet. Early life and training Lobsanova was born in ...

– ballet dancer * George London – singer *

Eli Mandel Eli Mandel (December 3, 1922 – September 3, 1992) was a Canadian poet, editor of many Canadian anthologies, and literary academic. Biography Eli Mandel died in relative obscurity. A series of strokes had left him unable to write and, as a r ...

– poet * Catherine Manoukian – violinist *

Niall Matter Niall Matter ( ; born October 20, 1980) is a Canadian-American actor. Following recovery from a serious accident sustained while working on an oil rig, Matter chose to pursue a full-time acting career. He received his first significant break in ...

– actor, ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' 90210'' *

Sophie Milman Sophie Milman (born 1983) is a Russian-born Canadian jazz vocalist. After emigrating from Russia in the early 1990s, Milman, who is Jewish, spent most of her childhood years in Israel where she listened extensively to jazz. Her family later emigr ...

– jazz musician *

Zara Nelsova Zara Nelsova (December 23, 1918October 10, 2002) was a prominent cellist. Biography Nelsova was born as Sara Katznelson in Winnipeg, Canada, to parents of Jewish-Russian descent. Nelsova first performed at the age of five in Winnipeg. She eventu ...

– cellist *

Alex Ozerov Alex Ozerov (born 1992) is a Canadian actor. He is most noted for his performance in the short film '' Pyotr495'', for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Performance in a Digital Program or Series at the 7th Canadian Screen Awar ...

- actor *

Kim Yaroshevskaya Kim Yaroshevskaya (born October 1, 1923) is a Russian-born Canadian film, television and stage actress. Best known to audiences in Quebec as a children's entertainer, starring in series such as '' Fanfreluche'' and '' Passe-Partout'' in the 1970s, ...

- actress, voice-over, story-teller and writer *

Sarah Polley Sarah Ellen Polley (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian actress,Howell, Peter (September 24, 1999)"Nobody's Starlet: Toronto's Sarah Polley is Only 20 but already a veteran actor so secure in her craft she can thumb her nose at Hollywood" ''Tor ...

– actress and film director,

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* Dez Reed Panko - comedian, actor and writer *

Duncan Regehr Duncan Peter Regehr (born October 5, 1952) is a Canadian writer, multimedia artist, and film and television actor. He was also a figure skater and a classically trained Shakespearean stage actor in his native Canada, before heading to Hollywood ...

– writer and actor, ''

'' *

Sasha Roiz Sasha Roiz ( he, סשה רויז; born October 21, 1973) is an Israeli-born Canadian actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Sam Adama in the science-fiction TV series ''Caprica'' and Captain Sean Renard in the American fantasy TV series ' ...

– actor * Aleksei Serebryakov – actor * Elena Semikina –

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2010 *

Socalled Joshua Dolgin (born December 28, 1976), better known by his stage name Socalled, is a Canadian rapper and record producer, known for his eclectic mix of hip hop, klezmer, and other styles such as drum & bass and folk music. A pianist and accordi ...

– musician *

Ksenia Solo Ksenia Solo (born 8 October 1987; pronounced ) is a Latvian-Canadian actress known for portraying Mackenzie "Kenzi" Malikov on ''Lost Girl''. She portrayed Peggy Shippen on '' Turn: Washington's Spies''. Solo also portrayed the character "Natash ...

– actress, ''

Black Swan The black swan (''Cygnus atratus'') is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. Within Australia, the black swan is nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon c ...

'' *

Madeline Sonik Madeline Sonik (born May 12, 1960) is a Canadian author. Biography Madeline Sonik was born in Detroit, Michigan, May 12, 1960. She was of mixed English people, English-Russians, Russian parentage. Sonik was educated at the University of Wester ...

– writer *

Jessica Trisko Jessica Nicole Trisko Darden (née Trisko; born August 20, 1984) is a Canadian academic, activist, former model, and beauty queen. She is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University and Director of the Security a ...

–

Miss Earth Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation and social responsibility. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, it is one of t ...

2007 *

Boris Volkoff Boris Vladimirovich Volkoff, (born Boris Vladimirovich Baskakoff; April 24, 1900 – March 11, 1974) was a Canadian-Russian ballet dancer, director, choreographer and ballet master. After studying dance in Warsaw and Moscow he defected from ...

- ballet master, choreographer, "the father of Canadian ballet" *

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– produced for

Method Man Clifford Smith, Jr. (born March 2, 1971), better known by his stage name Method Man, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is known as a member of the East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He is also half of t ...

, Redman, and

Snoop Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper. His fame dates back to 1992 when he featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, " ...

Adele Wiseman Adele Wiseman (May 21, 1928 – June 1, 1992) was a Canadian author. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she received a BA in English literature and psychology from the University of Manitoba in 1949. Her parents were Russian Jews who emigrated from ...

– author

Business and other

* Bluma Appel – philanthropist, recipient of the

and

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* John Boyarski – recipient of awards for bravery *

Charles Bronfman Charles Bronfman, (born June 27, 1931) is a Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist and is a member of the Canadian Jewish Bronfman family. With an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion (as of 2021), Bronfman was ranked by ''Forbes'' ...

– billionaire, member of the

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* Edgar Bronfman, Sr. – billionaire, member of the Bronfman family *

Saidye Rosner Bronfman Saidye Rosner Bronfman (December 9, 1896 – July 6, 1995) was a Canadian-Jewish philanthropist. Her husband, Samuel Bronfman (1891–1971), founded the Seagram Company and the family took a leading role in the Canadian-Jewish community. Early ...

– billionaire, member of the Bronfman family, founder of the

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Samuel Bronfman Samuel Bronfman, (February 27, 1889 – July 10, 1971) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He founded Distillers Corporation Limited, and is a member of the Canadian Bronfman family. Biography Samuel Bronfman was born in Otaci, ...

– billionaire, member of the Bronfman family *

Arcadi Gaydamak Arcadi Aleksandrovich Gaydamak ( he, ארקדי אלכסנדרוביץ' גאידמק; russian: Аркадий Александрович Гайдамак; born 8 April 1952 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian-born French-Israeli businessman, philanthr ...

– businessman *

Ben Hatskin Benjamin Hatskin (September 30, 1917 – October 18, 1990) was a Canadian businessman and the founder of the Winnipeg Jets. Early life and education Ben Hatskin was born in 1917 in Winnipeg to Russian-Jewish parents. As a standout football player ...

– founder of the

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* Gregory Lekhtman – inventor of exercise boots *

Sonia Scurfield Sonia Scurfield, (née Onishenko; September 19, 1928 – June 14, 2018) was a Canadian philanthropist. She was the co-owner of the Calgary Flames hockey team from 1985 to 1994. She became the second woman, and the only Canadian woman, to have her ...

– owner of the

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in the 1980s and 1990s *

Alex Shnaider Alexander Yevseyevich Shnaider (russian: Алекса́ндр Евсе́евич "А́лекс" Шнайдер; he, אלכסנדר (אלכס) שניידר; born 3 August 1968) is a Russian-born Canadian entrepreneur and former commodities tra ...

– co-founder of the

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, partner in the

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Politics

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (russian: О́льга Алекса́ндровна; – 24 November 1960) was the youngest child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and younger sister of Emperor Nicholas II. Olga was raised at the ...

– Russian Princess and youngest sister of Tsar

Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Pola ...

Alex Atamanenko Alex T. Atamanenko (born January 24, 1945) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons in 2006, winning the riding of British Columbia Southern Interior for the New Democratic Party in the 2006 federal election, and serv ...

– Member of Parliament in the

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Vasile Balabanov Vasily Vasilyevich Balabanov (russian: link=no, Василий Васильевич Балабанов; 30 January 1873 – 27 January 1947) was a former governor of Turkestan in Imperial Russia, a governor of Semirechye, an SR and a commissa ...

– Imperial Russian émigré *

Martin Dobkin Martin Lyon Dobkin (born May 8, 1942) is a physician and former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was elected on October 1, 1973 as the first Mayor of the new City of Mississauga, Ontario and served as Mayor from 1973 to 1976. He was the inaugural ...

– mayor of

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Catherine Doherty Ekaterina Fyodorovna Kolyschkine de Hueck Doherty (August 15, 1896 – December 14, 1985) was a Russian-Canadian Catholic baroness, social worker, racial justice activist, and founder of Friendship House and Madonna House Apostolate. A pione ...

– Imperial Russian émigré, social activist, recipient of the

Siegfried Enns Siegfried John Enns (26 April 192425 January 2020) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a social worker by career. He was first elected at the Portage—Neepawa riding in the 1962 general elec ...

– member of the

Lois Hole Lois Elsa Hole, CM, AOE DStJ (née Veregin; 30 January 1929 – 6 January 2005) was a Canadian politician, businesswoman, academician, professional gardener and best-selling author. She was the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta from 10 Feb ...

–

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George Ignatieff Count George Pavlovich Ignatieff, (russian: Георгий Па́влович Игнатьев; December 16, 1913 – August 10, 1989) was a Canadian diplomat. His career spanned nearly five decades in World War II and the postwar period. Ear ...

– Canadian diplomat *

Michael Ignatieff Michael Grant Ignatieff (; born May 12, 1947) is a Canadian author, academic and former politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2008 until 2011. Known for his work as a histo ...

– author, journalist, academic, politician * Ted Lipman – diplomat, ambassador to

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

, and

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

Tom Nevakshonoff Thomas George Nevakshonoff (born December 22, 1958) is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the Manitoba legislature, prior to his defeat in 2016. Nevakshonoff was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He grew up in Poplarfi ...

– Member of the

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (french: Assemblée législative du Manitoba) is the deliberative assembly of the Manitoba Legislature in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly at provincial gener ...

* Reynold Rapp – Member of the

John Tory John Howard Tory (born May 28, 1954) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 65th and current mayor of Toronto since 2014. After a career as a lawyer, political strategist and businessman, Tory ran as a mayoral candidate in the 2003 ...

– mayor of

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

Peter Vasilevich Verigin Peter Vasilevich Verigin (russian: Пётр Васильевич Веригин) often known as Peter "the Lordly" Verigin ( - October 29, 1924) was a Russian philosopher, activist, and leader of the Community Doukhobors in Canada. Biography I ...

–

Doukhobor The Doukhobours or Dukhobors (russian: духоборы / духоборцы, dukhobory / dukhobortsy; ) are a Spiritual Christian ethnoreligious group of Russian origin. They are one of many non-Orthodox ethno-confessional faiths in Russia a ...

leader *

Pyotr Verzilov Pyotr Yurievich Verzilov ( rus, Пётр Ю́рьевич Верзилов, p=ˈpʲɵtr vʲɪrˈzʲiləf; born 25 October 1987) is a Russian-Canadian artist and activist who came to prominence as the unofficial spokesperson of the band Pussy Rio ...

– activist * Roman Baber – Member of the

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Science

Gregory Chamitoff Gregory Errol Chamitoff (born 6 August 1962) is a Canadian-born American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He has been to space twice, spending 6 months aboard the ISS across Expedition 17 and 18 in 2008, and another 15 days as part of STS-13 ...

–

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...

astronaut and engineer *

Michel Chossudovsky Michel Chossudovsky (born 1946) is a Canadian economist and author. He is professor emeritus of economics at the University of Ottawa and the president and director of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), which runs the website global ...

– writer and professor of economics at the

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* Andrew Donskov – professor of modern languages at the

; world-renowned

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

expert *

Israel Halperin Israel Halperin, (January 5, 1911 – March 8, 2007) was a Canadian mathematician and social activist. Early life and education Israel Halperin was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants Solomon Halperin and Fanny Lun ...

– mathematician * Martin Kamen – physicist, member of the

Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project w ...

(first nuclear bomb); discovered the synthesis of the isotope

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Harry Medovy Harry Medovy, OC (October 22, 1904 – October 10, 1995) was a Canadian pediatrician and academic. Born in the Russian Empire, his parents moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba when Medovy was one to escape persecution against Jews. He studied at the Univ ...

– pediatrician and academic,

Pierre Milman Pierre D. Milman (russian: Пьер Д. Мильман), born 1945 in Odessa, is a mathematician and a professor at the University of Toronto. Milman graduated with a B.A. from the University of Moscow in 1967. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Uni ...

– mathematician, Fellow of the

Royal Society of Canada The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; french: Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bil ...

* Sergei Plekhanov – Professor of Political Science at

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; former deputy director of the Institute for US and Canadian Studies in Russia *

Louis Slotin Louis Alexander Slotin (1 December 1910 – 30 May 1946) was a Canadian physicist and chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project. Born and raised in the North End of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Slotin earned both his Bachelor of Science and M ...

– physicist, member of the

(first nuclear bomb) *

George Volkoff George Michael Volkoff, (February 23, 1914 – April 24, 2000) was a Russian-Canadian physicist and academic who helped, with J. Robert Oppenheimer, predict the existence of neutron stars before they were discovered. Early life He was born ...

, OC,

MBE Mbe may refer to: * Mbé, a town in the Republic of the Congo * Mbe Mountains Community Forest, in Nigeria * Mbe language, a language of Nigeria * Mbe' language, language of Cameroon * ''mbe'', ISO 639 code for the extinct Molala language Molal ...

, FRSC – physicist who helped discover the existence of

neutron stars A neutron star is the collapsed core of a massive supergiant star, which had a total mass of between 10 and 25 solar masses, possibly more if the star was especially metal-rich. Except for black holes and some hypothetical objects (e.g. white ...

*Leonid Ivanovich Strakhovsky - professor, pioneered Slavic studies at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

Sports

Nik Antropov Nikolai Alexandrovich Antropov (russian: Николай Александрович Антропов; born February 18, 1980) is a Kazakhstani-Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the ...

– hockey player with the

Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Div ...

(NHL) and the KHL *

Ivan Babikov Ivan Sergeyevich Babikov (russian: Иван Сергеевич Бабиков); born July 4, 1980 in Syktyvkar) is a Russian-born Canadian cross-country skier who competed between 2002 and 2016. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, he earned ...

– Olympic cross-country skier * Patricia Bezzoubenko – rhythmic gymnast *

Boris Blumin Boris Blumin (January 11, 1908 Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html"_;"title="ecember_29,_1907_Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O._S._Saint_Petersburg.html" ;"title="Old Style and New Style dates">O. S.">Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="ec ...

– chess grandmaster *

Mark Bluvshtein Mark Bluvshtein (born 20 April 1988) is a Soviet-born Canadian chess player. He became the youngest Canadian ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster in 2004, at the age of 16. He previously achieved the title International Master at the age ...

– chess grandmaster *

Debbie Brill Debbie Arden Brill, (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian high jump athlete who at the age of 16 became the first North American woman to clear 6 feet. Her reverse jumping style—which is now almost exclusively the technique of elite high jumpers ...

– high-jumper *

Édouard Carpentier Édouard Ignacz Weiczorkiewicz (russian: Эдуард Виецз; July 17, 1926 – October 30, 2010) was a French-born Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Édouard Carpentier. Over the course of his career, Carpentier he ...

– professional wrestler * Joshua Ho-Sang – hockey player with the

OHL OHL or Ohl may refer to: Initialisms *Latvian Hockey Higher League, known in Latvian as the ''Optibet hokeja līga'' *Oberste Heeresleitung, the Supreme Army Command of Germany in World War I *Obrascón Huarte Lain, a Spanish construction company * ...

Ron Cherkas
– football * Mike Chernoff – ice hockey * Rob Chernoff – swimmer *

Tim Cheveldae Timothy M. Cheveldae (born February 15, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. During his ten-year National Hockey League career, he played with the Detroit Red Wings, Winnipeg Jets, and Boston Bruins. Playing career Chev ...

– ice hockey * Kevin Cheveldayoff – ice hockey *

Yelena Davydova Yelena Viktorovna Davydova (russian: Еле́на Ви́кторовна Давы́дова; born 7 August 1961) is a Russian-Canadian gymnastics coach and judge who competed for the former Soviet Union. She was the women's artistic individual ...

– gymnastics *

Shawn Horcoff Shawn Paul Horcoff (born September 17, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He was selected in the fourth round of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, 99th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers, with whom he played 11 seasons and served as ...

– ice hockey *

Igor Ivanov Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov (born 23 September 1945) is a Russian politician who was Foreign Minister of Russia from 1998 to 2004 under both the Yeltsin and the Putin administrations. Early life Ivanov was born in 1945 in Moscow to a Russian fathe ...

–

chess grandmaster Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally it h ...

* Pete Knight – rodeo bronc rider *

Lioudmila Kortchaguina Lioudmila Kortchaguina (russian: Людмила Корчагина, Lyudmila Korchagina, born 26 July 1971) is a Canadian marathon runner of Russian descent. Kortchaguina was born in Yekaterinburg, Soviet Russia The Russian Soviet Federat ...

– marathon runner
Jon-Lee Kootnekoff
– basketball * Crazy Leo –

rally Rally or rallye may refer to: Gatherings * Demonstration (political), a political rally, a political demonstration of support or protest, march, or parade * Pep rally, an event held at a United States school or college sporting event Sports ...

driver * Andrei Markov – NHL hockey player *

Olga Ovtchinnikova Olya Ovtchinnikova (born February 6, 1987) is a Canadian fencer. Ovtchinnikova started fencing for recreation in Moscow, Russia, where she participated in local competitions. In 2000, her family moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she be ...

–

Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ...

fencer *

Andrei Rogozine Andrei Rogozine (russian: Андрей Рогозин; born 29 January 1993) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2011 World Junior champion, 2010 JGP Final bronze medallist, and 2013 Canadian national bronze medallist. ...

– world champion figure skater * Mikhail "Misha" Goikhberg – racing driver *

Bobbie Rosenfeld Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld (December 28, 1904 – November 14, 1969) was a Canadian athlete, who won a gold medal for the 100-metre relay and a silver medal for the 100-metre at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. She was a star at basketball, ...

–

gold medalist
Pete Savenkoff
– "Iron Man of Fastball" *

Denis Shapovalov Denis Viktorovich Shapovalov (born 15 April 1999) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 10 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) which he first achieved in September 2020. He is th ...

– tennis player * Igor Tikhomirov –

Olympic champion This article includes lists of all Olympic medalists since 1896, organized by each Olympic sport or discipline, and also by Olympiad. Medalist with most medals by sport Summer Olympic sports Winter Olympic sports A. Including military patrol e ...

in fencing * Marina Zoueva –

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

coach and choreographer

References

External links

Simon Fraser University Digitized Newspapers website
– digitized issues of ''Vestnik'' (''Herald'') newspaper, 1941–1993
Richard A. Pierce – Russians in Canada
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Number of Russian Canadians

Provinces and CMAs (census metropolitan areas) with Russian Canadian populations over 10,000

Quebec

=Montréal (CMA)

Ontario

=Toronto (CMA)

=Ottawa-Gatineau (CMA - Ontario part)

Manitoba

=Winnipeg (CMA)

Saskatchewan

=Saskatoon (CMA)

Alberta

=Calgary (CMA)

=Edmonton (CMA)

British Columbia

=Vancouver (CMA)

List of notable Russian Canadians

Arts, entertainment and literature

Business and other

Politics

Science

Sports

See also

References

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