Russian Canadians
A Russian-Canadian is a citizen or permanent resident of Canada who is from Russia or of Russian descent.
Number of Russian Canadians
Data from this section from Statistics Canada, 2006.[1]
- Total: 500,600.
- Single Response: 98,245.
- Multiple Response: 402,360.
Provinces with high Russian Canadian populations
Québec
Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2006.[2]
- Total: 40,155
- Single Response: 11,935
- Multiple Response: 28,220
Montréal (Census Metropolitan Area)
Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2006.[3]
- Total: 35,800
- Single Response: 10,685
- Multiple Response: 25,115
Ontario
Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2006.[4]
- Total: 167,360
- Single Response: 39,660
- Multiple Response: 127,700
Toronto (Census Metropolitan Area)
Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2006.[5]
- Total: 102,815
- Single Response: 29,695
- Multiple Response: 73,120
Alberta
Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2006.[6]
- Total: 92,020
- Single Response: 11,075
- Multiple Response: 80,940
British Columbia
Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2006.[7]
- Total: 114,105
- Single Response: 21,740
- Multiple Response: 92,365
List of notable Russian Canadians
Arts and literature
- Pamela Anderson - actress
- Saul Bellow - Nobel Prize in Literature-winning writer. Also awarded the Pullitzer Prize, and the National Medal of Arts
- Melyssa Ford - model and actress
- Victor Garber - actor
- Natalie Glebova - Miss Universe 2005, Miss Universe Canada 2005
- George Grie - artist
- Zara Nelsova[8] - cellist
- Michael Ondaatje[9] - Booker Prize winning novelist
- Coco Rocha - fashion model, and cover girl
- Elena Semikina - Miss Universe Canada 2010
- Inga Skaya - Miss Universe Canada 2007
- Ksenia Solo[10] - actress, Black Swan
- Jessica Trisko - Miss Earth 2007
- Watts (producer)[11] - produced for Method Man, Redman, and Snoop Dogg
Politics
- Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia - Russian Princess and youngest sister of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
- Alex Atamanenko - Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada
- Vasile Balabanov - Imperial Russian émigré
- Catherine Doherty - Imperial Russian émigré, social activist, recipient of the Order of Canada
- Lois Hole - Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
- George Ignatieff - Canadian diplomat
- Michael Ignatieff - author, journalist, academic, politician
- Ted Lipman - diplomat, ambassador to North Korea, and South Korea
- Tom Nevakshonoff - Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
- Peter Vasilevich Verigin - Doukhobor leader
Science
- Igor Mel'čuk - linguist and academic
- George Volkoff - OC, MBE, FRSC - physicist who helped discover the existence of neutron stars
Sports
- Violetta Afanasieva - figure skater
- Ivan Babikov - Cross-country skier
- Édouard Carpentier - professional wrestler
- Igor Ivanov - chess grandmaster
- Andrei Markov - NHL hockey player
- Olga Ovtchinnikova - Olympic fencer
- Bobbie Rosenfeld - Olympic Gold medalist
- Marina Zoueva - Ice dancing coach and choreographer
Other
- John Boyarski - recipient of awards for bravery
- Jamie Glazov - managing editor of the Frontpage Magazine
References
- ^ Statistics Canada.
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- ^ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0002550
- ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canadians-Russian-Descent-Anderson-Ignatieff/dp/1156416515
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm989959/
- ^ http://www.hiphopcanada.com/2007/08/interview-austin-watts-garrick/
External links
- Multicultural Canada website digitized issues of Vestnik (Herald) newspaper, 1941–1993
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