Russian Canadians comprise Canadian citizens of Russian heritage or

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who immigrated to and reside in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...

. According to the

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, 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

Doukhobors 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 ...

, historically concentrated in the

West Kootenay The Kootenays or Kootenay ( ) is a region of southeastern British Columbia. It takes its name from the Kootenay River, which in turn was named for the Kutenai First Nations people. Boundaries The Kootenays are more or less defined by the Koot ...

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 ...

– voice-over actor * Alex Battler – writer * Arnold Belkin – painter * Sasha Clements – actress, '' Majority Rules!'' *

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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'', '' Argo'', ''

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'' * Natalie Glebova – Miss Universe 2005, Miss Universe Canada 2005 * Anais Granofsky – actress, '' Degrassi Junior High'' * Michelle Gurevich – 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 – actress, '' The Secret Circle'', ''

Smallville ''Smallville'' is an American superhero television series developed by writer-producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series was produced by Millar/ ...

'', '' 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 – actress * Elena Lobsanova – 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 ...

– poet *

Catherine Manoukian Catherine Manoukian (born June 2, 1981) is an Armenian-Canadian violinist. Biography Background and early life Catherine Manoukian was born in Toronto. Her parents were professional violinists and met at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where ...

– violinist * Niall Matter – actor, '' Eureka'', ''

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'', ''

Melrose Place ''Melrose Place'' is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on Fox from July 8, 1992, to May 24, 1999, for seven seasons. The show follows the lives of a group of young adults living in an apartment complex on Melrose Place, in ...

'', '' 90210'' * Sophie Milman – jazz musician * Zara Nelsova – cellist * Alex Ozerov - 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 Dez may refer to: *Dez (tribe), also spelled Diz, one of the Assyrian tribes of Hakkari People Music * Dez Cadena (born 1961), American punk rock singer and guitarist * Dez Dickerson (born 1955), American guitarist and singer, member of Prince's b ...

- comedian, actor and writer * Duncan Regehr – writer and actor, ''

'' * Sasha Roiz – actor * Aleksei Serebryakov – actor *

Elena Semikina Elena Semikina (born September 8, 1983) is a Russian-Canadian actress, executive producer, and beauty pageant titleholder. Semikina was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, on June 14, 2010. She represented Canada at the Miss Un ...

– Miss Universe Canada 2010 * Socalled – musician * Ksenia Solo – actress, '' Black Swan'' * Madeline Sonik – writer * Jessica Trisko –

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2007 * Boris Volkoff - ballet master, choreographer, "the father of Canadian ballet" * Watts – 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 ...

, 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 – author

Business and other

* Bluma Appel – philanthropist, recipient of the

and

Order of Ontario The Order of Ontario () is the most prestigious official honour in the Canadian province of Ontario. Instituted in 1986 by Lieutenant Governor Lincoln Alexander, on the advice of the Cabinet under Premier David Peterson, the civilian order is adm ...

John Boyarski John Barry Boyarski, MB is a Canadian retired bus driver and recipient of three awards acknowledging bravery. On August 8, 1985, while working for BC Transit in the Greater Vancouver region, John Boyarski stopped his bus on a Vancouver street ...

– 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'' a ...

– billionaire, member of the

Bronfman family The Bronfman family is a Canadian family, known for its extensive business holdings. It owes its initial fame to Samuel Bronfman (1889–1971), the most influential Canadian Jew of the mid-20th century, who made a fortune in the alcoholic distill ...

Edgar Bronfman, Sr. Edgar Miles Bronfman (born June 20, 1929 – December 21, 2013) was a Canadian-American businessman. He worked for his family's distilled beverage firm, Seagram, eventually becoming president, treasurer and CEO. As president of the World Jewish ...

– billionaire, member of the Bronfman family * Saidye Rosner Bronfman – billionaire, member of the Bronfman family, founder of the Seagram Company *

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 – businessman * Ben Hatskin – founder of the

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Gregory Lekhtman Gregory may refer to: People and fictional characters * Gregory (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Gregory (surname), a surname Places Australia *Gregory, Queensland, a town in the Shire of ...

– inventor of exercise boots * Sonia Scurfield – owner of the

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in the 1980s and 1990s * Alex Shnaider – 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 House of Commons of Canada *

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 – mayor of Mississauga *

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 pio ...

– Imperial Russian émigré, social activist, recipient of the

* Siegfried Enns – member of the House of Commons of Canada * Lois Hole –

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta The lieutenant governor of Alberta () is the viceregal representative in Alberta of the . The lieutenant governor is appointed in the same manner as the other provincial viceroys in Canada and is similarly tasked with carrying out most of the ...

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. ...

– 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 Ted Lipman (born 1953) is a former Canadian diplomat. He served in numerous roles including ambassador to North Korea and South Korea. Life and career He was born in Brazil and was raised in Rio de Janeiro, the United Kingdom, and Vancouver. His ...

– 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 Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and ...

, 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 Popl ...

– Member of the

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* Reynold Rapp – Member of the House of Commons of Canada *

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 Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most pop ...

* Peter Vasilevich Verigin – Doukhobor leader * Pyotr Verzilov – activist *

Roman Baber Roman Baber (born 1980) is a Russian-Canadian politician who was the Member of Provincial Parliament (Canada), member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for York Centre (provincial electoral district), York Centre from 2018 to 2022. Baber was elect ...

– Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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, succeedi ...

astronaut and engineer * Michel Chossudovsky – writer and professor of economics at the

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Andrew Donskov Andrew Donskov is a professor of modern languages at the University of Ottawa. His work has focused on Russian language and literature, Russian theatre, Russian peasant literature, the Doukhobors and the career of Leo Tolstoy. Career He graduate ...

– 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 Martin David Kamen (August 27, 1913, Toronto – August 31, 2002, Montecito, California) was an American chemist who, together with Sam Ruben, co-discovered the synthesis of the isotope carbon-14 on February 27, 1940, at the University of C ...

– 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 carbon-14 * Harry Medovy – pediatrician and academic,

* Pierre Milman – mathematician, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada * 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 – physicist, member of the

(first nuclear bomb) * George Volkoff, OC, MBE, FRSC – physicist who helped discover the existence of

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*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 institu ...

Sports

* Nik Antropov – hockey player with the

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(NHL) and the KHL * Ivan Babikov – Olympic cross-country skier *

Patricia Bezzoubenko Patricia Bezzoubenko (born 21 February 1997) is a Canadian individual Elite rhythmic gymnast. She is a 4 time Canadian Senior National champion, 5 time Commonwealth Games Champion, Pan-American games medalist. She holds dual citizenship with Cana ...

– rhythmic gymnast * Boris Blumin – 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 – high-jumper * Édouard Carpentier – professional wrestler *

Joshua Ho-Sang Joshua Ho-Sang (born January 22, 1996) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was selected by the New York Islanders in the first round, 28th overall, ...

– hockey player with the OHL
Ron Cherkas
– football * Mike Chernoff – ice hockey *

Rob Chernoff Rob Chernoff (born 13 August 1965) is a Canadian former swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre individual medley at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Ang ...

– swimmer * Tim Cheveldae – ice hockey *

Kevin Cheveldayoff Kevin A. Cheveldayoff (born February 4, 1970) is a Canadian ice hockey executive and former player who is currently the executive vice president and general manager of the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League. Playing career Cheveldayoff p ...

– 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 – ice hockey * Igor Ivanov – chess grandmaster * Pete Knight – rodeo bronc rider * Lioudmila Kortchaguina – marathon runner
Jon-Lee Kootnekoff
– basketball * Crazy Leo –

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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 s ...

–

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 t ...

– tennis player *

Igor Tikhomirov Igor Tikhomirov (russian: Игорь Тихомиров) (born 4 May 1963) is a Canadians, Canadian (formerly Soviet Union, Soviet) épée fencing, fencer. He competed for the Soviet Union, Soviets at the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze m ...

– Olympic champion in fencing *

Marina Zoueva Marina Olegovna Zoueva or Zueva (russian: Марина Олеговна Зуева; born 9 April 1956) is a Russian figure skating coach, choreographer, and former competitor in ice dancing. Representing the Soviet Union with Andrei Vitman, she ...

–

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 ...

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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