An is a Canadian of Asia n Ancestry . Asian Canadians can either be born in Canada or be born overseas and later come to be Citizen s of Canada. They compose of about 10% of all Canadian citizens.
According to Statistics Canada (2001), large Asian Canadian groups are:
- Ken Adachi , Toronto Star writer
- Mikey Bustos , singer, Canadian Idol finalist of Filipino ancestry
- Raymond Chan , Member of Parliament
- Wei Chen , television news anchor ( CTV Television Network , Toronto One )
- Ben Chin , former television news anchor ( Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , Toronto One ) and now advisor to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty
- Ben Chiu , founder of KillerApp.com
- Denise Chong , writer and economist
- Kevin Chong , novelist
- Tommy Chong , actor (''Cheech and Chong Up in Smoke'')
- Olivia Chow , Toronto city councillor, and wife of New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton
- Wayson Choy , novelist
- Adrienne Clarkson , out-going Governor General Of Canada of Chinese ancestry
- Monika Deol , television presenter of Sikh ancestry
- Herb Dhaliwal , Liberal Member of Parliament and cabinet minister of India n ancestry
- Lexa Doig Actress of Filipino ancestory
- Ujjal Dosanjh , former premier of British Columbia , of Indian ancestry, Liberal MP and federal Minister of Health
- Atom Egoyan , filmmaker of Armenia n ancestry
- Hedy Fry , Liberal Member of Parliament
- Jian Ghomeshi , musician ( Moxy Früvous ) and CBC television host
- Gurmant Grewal and Nina Grewal , Conservative Members of Parliament, the first married couple to serve as MPs in the same session of Parliament
- Emm Gryner , singer-songwriter of mixed Filipino ancestry
- Ian Hanomansing , CBC journalist of Indian ancestry
- Rahim Jaffer , politician of Indian ancestry
- Ron Josol , stand-up comedian and TV host of Filipino ancestry
- Paul Kariya , NHL star of partial Japan ese ancestry
- Arsinée Khanjian , actress and wife of Atom Egoyan
- Gail Kim , WWE wrestler of Korean heritage
- Joy Kogawa , writer of Japan ese ancestry
- Kristin Kreuk , actress born to a Chinese-Indonesian mother
- Jenny Kwan , British Columbia MLA
- Katie Lai , actress
- Larissa Lai , writer
- Evelyn Lau , poet and novelist
- Jeannie Lee , CBC journalist
- Sook-Yin Lee , musician, television ( MuchMusic ) and radio ( CBC Radio One ) personality
- Sophia Leung , Liberal Member of Parliament
- Linlyn Lue , actress
- Hazel Mae , sports broadcaster of Filipino descent
- Shaun Majumder , comedian
- Gurbax Malhi , Liberal Member of Parliament
- Inky Mark , Conservative Member of Parliament
- Deepa Mehta , film director of Indian ancestry
- Roy Miki , poet of Japan ese ancestry
- Bharati Mukherjee , novelist
- Sharon Navarro , newscaster/reporter of Filipino descent
- Sandra Oh , actor of Korea n ancestry, who starred in the Film version of ''The Autobiography of Evelyn Lau ''
- Natsuko Ohama , an actor of Japanese ancestry
- Ruth Ozeki , novelist
- Rey Pagtakhan , former Liberal Member of Parliament
- Alex Pagulayan , billiards world champion of Filipino origin
- Jon Kimura Parker , Classical pianist and recording artist of Japanese ancestry
- Russell Peters , comedian of Anglo-Indian ancestry
- Vivienne Poy , Senator
- Keanu Reeves , actor of partial Chinese and Hawaiian ancestry
- Kerri Sakamoto , novelist of Japanese ancestry
- Eric San, musician and turntablist who records as Kid Koala
- Shyam Selvadurai , novelist
- Tetsuro Shigematsu , CBC radio host
- Ashwin Sood , drummer for (and husband of) Sarah McLachlan , of Indian descent
- Alex Steele , actress
- Cassie Steele , actress
- Lillian Suh , Chemist
- Alfred Sung , fashion designer
- Hannah Sung , MuchMusic videographer
- David Suzuki , scientist and Television Personality of Japanese ancestry
- Siu Ta , actress (''This is Wonderland'')
- Harinder Takhar , Ontario Member Of Provincial Parliament , currently Minister of Transportation
- Jennifer Tilly and Meg Tilly , actresses of mixed Chinese ancestry
- David Usher , singer-songwriter of mixed Thai ancestry
- M.G. Vassanji , novelist of Indian descent, although born in Kenya
- Fred Wah , poet and novelist
- Jan Wong , Globe & Mail reporter
- Jean Yoon , poet and playwright
- Christine Yoshikawa , Classical pianist and recording artist of Japanese ancestry
In 2002 , Asian Canadians were especially concerned for their security when several Asian women and girls were harassed, some seriously attacked or even killed. (See International Student )
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