Greek Canadians () are Canadian citizens who have full or partial Greek heritage or people who emigrated from Greece and reside in Canada. According to the 2021 Census, there were 262,140 Canadians who claimed Greek ancestry. Demographics Provinces and territories with the highest population of Greek Canadians, according to 2016 Census: Census Metropolitan Agglomerations (CMAs) with the highest population of Greek Canadians, according to 2016 Census: Cities with the highest population of Greek Canadians, according to 2016 Census: Ridings (Federal electoral districts) with the highest percentage of Greek Canadians, according to 2016 Census: List of notable Canadians of Greek ancestry Academics Andreas Mandelis – expert on photonics, member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering; awarded the 2014 Killam Prize Authors Pan Bouyoucas – finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award, 2001 Tess Fragoulis – writer and educator Thomas King – writer and broadcaster presenter Dimitrios Roussopoulos – politician and activist Hélène Papachristidis Holden - writer, recipient of Order of Canada Professors Athanasios Asimakopulos – Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Economics, McGill University Nick Bontis – DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University 3M National Teaching Fellow André Gerolymatos – Hellenic Studies Dimitri Kitsikis – Professor Emeritus of History, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Fotini Markopoulou-Kalamara – Physics John Mylopoulos – Computer Science Nikolaos Oikonomides – Byzantine history David N. Stamos – Philosophy Anastasios Venetsanopoulos – Vice President of Research and Innovation at Ryerson University Business and philanthropy Jack Agrios – former director and executive member of the Edmonton Eskimos Andreas Apostolopoulos – real estate Chris Giannou – war surgeon Sam Kolias – founder, Chairman and CEO of Boardwalk REIT Mike Lazaridis – founder and co-CEO of Research In Motion (RIM), creator of BlackBerry Sam Panopoulos - Chef and businessman best known for his invention of the Hawaiian Pizza Creatives Artists Pythia (drag queen) – drag queen Eleonora Dimakos – model, actress, journalist and makeup artist Billy Mavreas – cartoonist Paul Soulikias – artist painter Chrysanne Stathacos - multidisciplinary artist George Trakas – environmental sculptor Sport Athletics Nicolas Macrozonaris – 100m sprinter Baseball Alex Anthopoulos – Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers, former Blue Jays General Manager George Kottaras – Major League player Vickie Panos – player, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in Basketball Naz Mitrou-Long – NBA player, Utah Jazz and Indiana Pacers Elijah Mitrou-Long - player with PAOK of the Greek