Libyan Canadians () are
Canadians
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...
of
Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
n descent.
Most Libyan Canadians speak
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
,
English or
French. According to the 2020 "Canada national", there were 3,570 Canadians who claimed Libyan ancestry.
Notable Libyan Canadians
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Arwa Abouon - photographer
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Alaa Murabit
Alaa Murabit M.D. (; born October 1989) is a Libyan-Canadian physician, policy maker, and strategist focused on health, inclusive security, and sustainable development. She created the Voice of Libyan Women at age 21 and played a key role in ad ...
- physician
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Michael Zehaf-Bibeau - perpetrator of the
2014 Parliament Hill shootings
See also
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Arab Canadians
Arab Canadians () come from all of the countries of the Arab world. According to the 2021 Census, there were 690,000 Canadians, or 1.9%, who claimed Arab ancestry. According to the 2011 census there were 380,620 Canadians who claimed full or p ...
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Libyan Americans
References
Canadian people of Libyan descent
Middle Eastern diaspora in Canada
Canadian
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...
Libyan diaspora in Canada
African diaspora in Canada
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