This is a list of Sri Lankan Canadians, including both original immigrants who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian descendants, but not Sri Lankan nationals living or working in Canada. The list includes a brief description of their reason for notability.
Academics Soharn Randy Boyagoda - Principal of University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, writer Chandre Dharma-wardana - principal research scientist at the National Research Council of Canada Ray Jayawardhana - astronomer at the University of Toronto Lakshman Marasinghe - academic and lawyer Janaka Ruwanpura - Director of the Centre for Project Management Excellence at the Schulich School of Engineering at University of Calgary Indira Samarasekera - President and 12th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Alberta Chelva Kanaganayakam - Professor, University of Toronto
Activists Cheryl Perera - children's rights activist, founder of OneChild
Business Christopher Ondaatje - former athlete and philanthropist Chamath Palihapitiya - venture capitalist, software developer Eric Rajah - humanitarian, A Better World founder, Alberta Order of Excellence Kamaj Silva - Canadian entrepreneur known for his global brands Sneakertub and MILK Toronto
Film and entertainment Rohan Fernando - visual artist, painter and filmmaker Suresh Joachim - actor, producer and multiple Guinness World Record holder Pardis Parker - director, writer, actor, and comedian Lenin M. Sivam - filmmaker Rajiv Surendra - actor Maitreyi Ramakrishnan - actress
Journalists Anne-Marie Mediwake - news anchor Radheyan Simonpillai - journalist
Musicians Nirmala Basnayake - musician in the band controller.controller
Politics and law Gary Anandasangaree - Canadian Member of Parliament for Scarborough—Rouge Park Logan Kanapathi - Markham City Councillor for Ward 7 Rathika Sitsabaiesan - former Canadian Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Rouge River Vijay Thanigasalam - Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Scarborough—Rouge Park Asoka Weerasinghe - former Deputy High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Canada
Rebels Kumaravelu Vignarajah - LTTE cadre
Sports people Trevin Bastiampillai - Canadian cricketer Manoj David - Canadian cricketer Ruvindu Gunasekera - Canadian cricketer Rohan Jayasekera - Sri Lankan and Canadian cricketer Arvind Kandappah - Canadian cricketer Ravishankar Puvendran - Canadian cricketer Sanjayan Thuraisingam - Canadian cricketer
Writers Sumathy Balaram - screenwriter and film director Rienzi Crusz - Poet Siri Gunasinghe - Sinhalese poet, novelist, literary critic Suvendrini Lena - playwright and neurologist Michael Ondaatje - poet and author of numerous novels, including The English Patient Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha - poet, writer, educator and social activist Shyam Selvadurai - novelist
See also List of Sri Lankans
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