Iranian Canadians
Appearance
Iranian-Canadians are Canadians of Iranian national background or descent. Their numbers estimate to 288,225[1] and the main communities can be found in Southern British Columbia, Quebec, and Alberta; the vast majority, however, live in the Greater Toronto Area, Metro Vancouver part of Vancouver and the southern suburbs of Vancouver: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Surrey, British Columbia& Burnaby, British Columbia.
A List of Canadians of Iranian descent
Academia
- Dr Ramin Jahanbegloo, Philosopher and University Professor
Art and Literature
- Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Actress, Singer/Songwriter, Human Rights Activist, Miss World 2003 1st runner up; Miss Canada 2003.
- Reza Baraheni
- Nima Mazhari, painter, photographer and husband of ex-Olympic biathlete Myriam Bédard, convicted and sentenced in June 2007 for stealing paintings from the late painter Ghitta Caiserman
- Jian Ghomeshi, member of Moxy Früvous, former host of CBC's "play"
- Alan Sakhavarz, artist, painter (wildlife), sculptor, caricaturist and cartoonist
- Parviz Tanavoli, Famous Sculptor and Painter
- Tandees Tanavoli, Scriptwriter, producer, filmmaker, daughter of Parviz Tanavoli
- REDIRECT Hossein HajiaghaAnimator, cartoonist,computer 3D artist,http://hajiagha.tripod.com
Beauty Pageant
- Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Miss Canada 2003, Miss World 2003 1st runner up, Actress, Singer/Songwriter, Human Rights Activist
- Ramona Amiri, Miss Canada 2005
Business
- Hassan Khosrowshahi, Founder of Future Shop
- Kalim Ansari, Executive Vice President Honda Canada
- Hadi Mahabadi, Vice President Xerox Research Centre of Canada
- Hamed Shahbazi, Chairman and CEO TIO Networks Corp.
Hall of Fame
- Behshad Hastibakhsh Award Winning Political Scientist, Business Executive and Community Activist; Recognized by Goonagoon Magazine as a Success Iranian living in Vancouver, Canada [2]
Journalism
- Hossein Derakhshan, blogger
- Zahra Kazemi, photojournalist
- Nikahang Kowsar, Cartoonist
Politicians
- Reza Alamouti, Central Committee Member of Fadayian & founder of Radio Aras
- Bahar Aminvaziri - City Idol Winner, Candidate in 2006 Toronto Municipal Elections
- Ali Emadi - 2005-2006 President, Canadian Political Science Students' Association
- Reza Moridi - MPP, Richmond Hill
- Susan Salek - Candidate in 2006 Toronto Municipal Elections