{{Short description|Canadians with Russian ancestry}} {{Infobox ethnic group | group = Russian Canadians | native_name = Русские канадцы | native_name_lang = | image = Russian Canadians by census division.svg | image_caption = <div style="text-align: center>Russian Canadians by census division (2021)</div> | pop = 548,140<br />(by ancestry, <small>2021 Census</small>)<ref name="statcan21" /> | total_ref = <ref name="statcan1" /> | popplace = Saskatchewan, Alberta, Yukon Territory, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver | langs = {{hlist|Canadian English|Russian|French}} | rels = {{hlist|Christianity (<small>mainly Orthodox</small>)|Judaism<ref>{{cite web|url= https://thecjn.ca/news/why-russian-jews-are-the-way-they-are/|title= Why Russian Jews are the way they are|date= 24 March 2017}}</ref>}} | related = {{hlist|Russian people|Russian Americans|Ukrainian Canadians|Belarusian Canadians}} }} '''Russian Canadians''' comprise Canadian citizens of Russian heritage or Russians who immigrated to and reside in Canada. According to the 2021 Census, there were 548,140 Canadians who claimed full or partial Russian ancestry.<ref name="statcan21" /> The areas of Canada with the highest percentage population of Russian Canadians are the Prairie Provinces.
==Number of Russian Canadians== thumb| Russian percent in Canada by province/territory, 2021 census
Data from this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/index-eng.cfm |title=2016 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Ethnic Origin (247), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2020-01-11 |access-date=2020-01-11}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! !! Percent |- | {{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador}} ||0.2% |- | {{flag|Prince Edward Island}} ||0.4% |- | {{flag|Nova Scotia}} ||0.5% |- | {{flag|New Brunswick}} ||0.3% |- | {{flag|Quebec}} ||0.7% |- | {{flag|Ontario}} ||1.7% |- | {{flag|Manitoba}} ||4.7% |- | {{flag|Saskatchewan}} ||3.7% |- | {{flag|Alberta}} ||2.7% |- | {{flag|British Columbia}} ||2.9% |- | {{flag|Yukon}} ||2.3% |- | {{flag|Northwest Territories}} || 1.2% |- | {{flag|Nunavut}} ||0.3% |}
Data from this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.<ref name="statcan1" /> * Total: 622,445. * Single response: 120,165. * Multiple response: 502,280.
===Provinces and CMAs (census metropolitan areas) with Russian Canadian populations over 10,000=== Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/92-195-x/2011001/geo/cma-rmr/def-eng.htm |title=CMA and CA: Detailed definition |date=2018-09-17 |access-date=2022-04-26}}</ref> ====Quebec==== Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=1341684&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110528&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |title=Data tables, 2016 Census: Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, Quebec |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2019-06-17 |access-date=2022-04-26}}</ref> * Total: 55,230 * Single response: 15,800 * Multiple response: 39,435
=====Montréal (CMA)===== Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=1341736&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110528&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |title=Data tables, 2016 Census: Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, Montréal (CMA) |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2019-06-17 |access-date=2022-04-26}}</ref> * Total: 49,275 * Single response: 14,315 * Multiple response: 34,960
====Ontario==== Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=1341685&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110528&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |title=Data tables, 2016 Census: Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, Ontario |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2019-06-17 |access-date=2022-04-26}}</ref> * Total: 220,850 * Single response: 53,175 * Multiple response: 167,675
=====Toronto (CMA)===== Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=1341762&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110528&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |title=Data tables, 2016 Census: Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, Toronto (CMA) |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2019-06-17 |access-date=2022-04-26}}</ref> * Total: 139,915 * Single response: 40,570 * Multiple response: 99,340
=====Ottawa-Gatineau (CMA - Ontario part)===== Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=1341747&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110528&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |title=Data tables, 2016 Census: Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, Ottawa-Gatineau (CMA) |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2019-06-17 |access-date=2022-04-26}}</ref> * Total: 15,620 ''<small>(represents ~90% of total Ottawa-Gatineau CMA)</small>'' * Single response: 3,205 * Multiple response: 12,415
====Manitoba==== Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=1341686&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110528&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |title=Data tables, 2016 Census: Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, Manitoba |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2019-06-17 |access-date=2022-04-26}}</ref> * Total: 58,225 * Single response: 9,510 * Multiple response: 48,720
=====Winnipeg (CMA)===== Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=1341790&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110528&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |title=Data tables, 2016 Census: Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, Winnipeg (CMA) |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2019-06-17 |access-date=2022-04-26}}</ref> * Total: 29,575 * Single response: 3,580 * Multiple response: 26,000
====Saskatchewan==== Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=1341687&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110528&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |title=Data tables, 2016 Census: Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, Saskatchewan |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2019-06-17 |access-date=2022-04-26}}</ref> * Total: 39,390 * Single response: 3,645 * Multiple response: 35,745
=====Saskatoon (CMA)===== Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=1341800&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110528&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |title=Data tables, 2016 Census: Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, Saskatoon (CMA) |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2019-06-17 |access-date=2022-04-26}}</ref> * Total: 13,280 * Single response: 1,360 * Multiple response: 11,925
====Alberta==== Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=1341688&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110528&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |title=Data tables, 2016 Census: Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, Alberta |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2019-06-17 |access-date=2022-04-26}}</ref> * Total: 107,800 * Single response: 14,320 * Multiple response: 93,480
=====Calgary (CMA)===== Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=1341810&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110528&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |title=Data tables, 2016 Census: Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, Calgary (CMA) |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2019-06-17 |access-date=2022-04-26}}</ref> * Total: 37,955 * Single response: 6,125 * Multiple response: 31,830
=====Edmonton (CMA)===== Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=1341817&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110528&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |title=Data tables, 2016 Census: Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, Edmonton (CMA) |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2019-06-17 |access-date=2022-04-26}}</ref> * Total: 28,275 * Single response: 3,325 * Multiple response: 24,945
====British Columbia==== Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=1341689&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110528&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |title=Data tables, 2016 Census: Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, British Columbia |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2019-06-17 |access-date=2022-04-26}}</ref> * Total: 131,060 * Single response: 22,145 * Multiple response: 108,910
=====Vancouver (CMA)===== Data in this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=1341834&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110528&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |title=Data tables, 2016 Census: Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, Vancouver (CMA) |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2019-06-17 |access-date=2022-04-26}}</ref> * Total: 58,535 * Single response: 11,145 * Multiple response: 47,395 <br> ''Many British Columbians of Russian descent are Doukhobors, historically concentrated in the West Kootenay and Boundary Country regions.''
== Religion == {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Russian Canadian demography by religion ! rowspan="2" |Religious group ! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="religion2021">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2023-05-10 |title= Religion by ethnic or cultural origins: Canada, provinces and territories and census metropolitan areas with parts |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810034101 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name=Religion2021|Religious breakdown proportions based on "Russian" ethnic or cultural origin responses on the 2021 census.<ref name="religion2021"/>}} ! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="religion2001">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2013-12-23 |title= 2001 Census Topic-based tabulations Selected Demographic and Cultural Characteristics (105), Selected Ethnic Groups (100), Age Groups (6), Sex (3) and Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/English/census01/products/standard/themes/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=68635&PRID=0&PTYPE=55430,53293,55440,55496,71090&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2001&THEME=44&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{efn|name=Religion2001|Religious breakdown proportions based on "Russian" ethnic or cultural origin responses on the 2001 census.<ref name="religion2001"/>}} |- !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} |- | Christianity | 253,035 | {{Percentage | 253035 | 548145 | 2 }} | 213,435 | {{Percentage | 213435 | 337965 | 2 }} |- | Islam | 3,980 | {{Percentage | 3980 | 548145 | 2 }} | 1,295 | {{Percentage | 1295 | 337965 | 2 }} |- | Judaism | 57,125 | {{Percentage | 57125 | 548145 | 2 }} | 36,270 | {{Percentage | 36270 | 337965 | 2 }} |- | Irreligion | 227,810 | {{Percentage | 227810 | 548145 | 2 }} | 84,730 | {{Percentage | 84730 | 337965 | 2 }} |- | Buddhism | 1,090 | {{Percentage | 1090 | 548145 | 2 }} | 815 | {{Percentage | 815 | 337965 | 2 }} |- | Hinduism | 270 | {{Percentage | 270 | 548145 | 2 }} | 70 | {{Percentage | 70 | 337965 | 2 }} |- | Sikhism | 85 | {{Percentage | 85 | 548145 | 2 }} | 70 | {{Percentage | 70 | 337965 | 2 }} |- | Indigenous spirituality | 265 | {{Percentage | 265 | 548145 | 2 }} | 435 | {{Percentage | 435 | 337965 | 2 }} |- | Other | 4,485 | {{Percentage | 4485 | 548145 | 2 }} | 900 | {{Percentage |900 | 337965 | 2 }} |- ! Total Russian Canadian population ! 548,145 ! {{Percentage | 548145 | 548145 | 2 }} ! 337,965 ! {{Percentage | 337965 | 337965 | 2 }} |}
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Russian Canadian demography by Christian sects ! rowspan="2" |Religious group ! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="religion2021"/>{{efn|name=Religion2021}} ! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="religion2001"/>{{efn|name=Religion2001}} |- !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} |- | Catholic | 50,505 | {{Percentage | 50505 | 253035 | 2 }} | 49,530 | {{Percentage | 49530 | 213435 | 2 }} |- | Orthodox | 59,285 | {{Percentage | 59285 | 253035 | 2 }} | 33,405 | {{Percentage | 33405 | 213435 | 2 }} |- | Protestant | 81,130 | {{Percentage | 81130 | 253035 | 2 }} | 111,250 | {{Percentage | 111250 | 213435 | 2 }} |- | Other Christian | 62,115 | {{Percentage | 62115 | 253035 | 2 }} | 19,250 | {{Percentage | 19250 | 213435 | 2 }} |- ! Total Russian Canadian Christian population ! 253,035 ! {{Percentage | 253035 | 253035 | 2 }} ! 213,435 ! {{Percentage | 213435 | 213435 | 2 }} |}
==List of notable Russian Canadians== <ref>References for the descent and/or birthplace of each individual can be found in their respective articles.</ref>
===Arts, entertainment and literature=== *Harvey Atkin – voice-over actor *Alex Battler – writer *Arnold Belkin – painter *Sasha Clements – actress, ''Majority Rules!'' *Ludmilla Chiriaeff – ballet dancer, choreographer and company director *Victor Garber – actor, ''Titanic'', ''Argo'', ''Star Trek'' *Natalie Glebova – Miss Universe 2005, Miss Universe Canada 2005 *Anais Granofsky – actress, ''Degrassi Junior High'' *Michelle Gurevich – singer, formerly known as "Chinawoman" *Boris Hambourg – cellist *Melissa Hayden – ballet dancer *Inna Korobkina – actress *Julia Ivanova - documentary filmmaker *Jessica Parker Kennedy – actress, ''The Secret Circle'', ''Smallville'', ''Black Sails'' *Nadia Litz – actress *Elena Lobsanova – ballet dancer *George London – singer *Eli Mandel – poet *Catherine Manoukian – violinist *Niall Matter – actor, ''Eureka'', ''Stargate Atlantis'', ''Melrose Place'', ''90210'' *Sophie Milman – jazz musician *Zara Nelsova – cellist<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/zara-nelsova "Zara Nelsova" ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515150007/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0002550 |date=May 15, 2009 }}</ref> *Greta Onieogou - actress *Alex Ozerov - actor *Kim Yaroshevskaya - actress, voice-over, story-teller and writer *Sarah Polley – actress and film director, Order of Canada *Duncan Regehr – writer and actor, ''Star Trek'' *Sasha Roiz – actor *Aleksei Serebryakov – actor *Elena Semikina – Miss Universe Canada 2010 *Socalled – musician *Ksenia Solo – actress, ''Black Swan''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm989959/ |title=Ksenia Solo|website=IMDb.com|access-date=2016-09-30}}</ref> *Madeline Sonik – writer *Jessica Trisko – Miss Earth 2007 *Boris Volkoff - ballet master, choreographer, "the father of Canadian ballet" *Watts – produced for Method Man, Redman, and Snoop Dogg<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hiphopcanada.com/2007/08/interview-austin-watts-garrick/ |title=Austin "Watts" Garrick [Interview] |publisher=Hiphopcanada.com |date=2007-08-07 |access-date=2014-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509142348/http://www.hiphopcanada.com/2007/08/interview-austin-watts-garrick/ |archive-date=2015-05-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Adele Wiseman – author *Chloe Stroll - singer-songwriter
===Business and other=== *Bluma Appel – philanthropist, recipient of the Order of Canada and Order of Ontario *Charles Bronfman – billionaire, member of the Bronfman family *Edgar Bronfman, Sr. – billionaire, member of the Bronfman family *Saidye Rosner Bronfman – billionaire, member of the Bronfman family, founder of the Seagram Company *Samuel Bronfman – billionaire, member of the Bronfman family *Arcadi Gaydamak – businessman *Ben Hatskin – founder of the Winnipeg Jets *Gregory Lekhtman – inventor of exercise boots *Sonia Scurfield – owner of the Calgary Flames in the 1980s and 1990s *Alex Shnaider – co-founder of the Midland Group, partner in the Trump International Hotel and Tower (Toronto) *Lawrence Stroll – businessman, part-owner and executive chairman of Aston Martin, and the owner of the Aston Martin F1 Team
===Politics=== *Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia – Russian Princess and youngest sister of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia *Alex Atamanenko – Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada *Vasile Balabanov – Imperial Russian émigré *Martin Dobkin – mayor of Mississauga *Catherine Doherty – Imperial Russian émigré, social activist, recipient of the Order of Canada *Siegfried Enns – member of the House of Commons of Canada *Lois Hole – Lieutenant Governor of Alberta *George Ignatieff – Canadian diplomat *Michael Ignatieff – author, journalist, academic, politician *Ted Lipman – diplomat, ambassador to North Korea, and South Korea *Tim Moen – former leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada<ref>{{cite web | title=Reddit - the heart of the internet | url=https://www.reddit.com/r/canada/comments/3k3ng4/comment/cuuhnjt }}</ref> *Tom Nevakshonoff – Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba *Reynold Rapp – Member of the House of Commons of Canada *John Tory – mayor of Toronto<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/11/07/john-tory-jewish-times-israel_n_6122804.html |title=John Tory Is Jewish, Claims Israeli Press |website=Huffingtonpost.ca |date= 2014-11-07|access-date=2016-09-30}}</ref> *Peter Vasilevich Verigin – Doukhobor leader *Pyotr Verzilov – activist *Roman Baber – Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
===Science=== *Gregory Chamitoff – NASA astronaut and engineer *Michel Chossudovsky – writer and professor of economics at the University of Ottawa *Andrew Donskov – professor of modern languages at the University of Ottawa; world-renowned Leo Tolstoy expert *Israel Halperin – mathematician *Martin Kamen – physicist, member of the Manhattan Project (first nuclear bomb); discovered the synthesis of the isotope carbon-14 *Harry Medovy – pediatrician and academic, Order of Canada *Pierre Milman – mathematician, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada *Sergei Plekhanov – Professor of Political Science at York University; former deputy director of the Institute for US and Canadian Studies in Russia *Louis Slotin – physicist, member of the Manhattan Project (first nuclear bomb) *George Volkoff, OC, MBE, FRSC – physicist who helped discover the existence of neutron stars *Leonid Ivanovich Strakhovsky - professor, pioneered Slavic studies at the University of Toronto<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bowman |first=H. E. |date=1964-01-01 |title=Leonid Ivanovich Strakhovsky (1898-1963) |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/00085006.1964.11417879 |journal=Canadian Slavonic Papers |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=97–98 |doi=10.1080/00085006.1964.11417879 |issn=0008-5006|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
===Sports=== *Ivan Babikov – Olympic cross-country skier *Artur Beterbiev – professional boxer *Patricia Bezzoubenko – rhythmic gymnast *Boris Blumin – chess grandmaster *Mark Bluvshtein – chess grandmaster *Debbie Brill – high-jumper<ref name="Chernoff">{{cite journal|last1=Chernoff|first1=Peter F.|editor1-last=Tarasoff|editor1-first=Koozma J.|title=Doukhobor stars in the Sports world|journal=Spirit-Wrestlers' Voice: Honoring Doukhobors on the Centenary of Their Migration to Canada in 1899|date=1998|pages=79–92|publisher=Legas|language=en}}</ref> *Édouard Carpentier – professional wrestler *Joshua Ho-Sang – hockey player with the OHL *Mike Chernoff – ice hockey<ref name="Chernoff" /> *Rob Chernoff – swimmer<ref name="Chernoff" /> *Tim Cheveldae – ice hockey<ref name="Chernoff" /> *Kevin Cheveldayoff – ice hockey *Yelena Davydova – gymnastics *Shawn Horcoff – ice hockey *Igor Ivanov – chess grandmaster *Pete Knight – rodeo bronc rider<ref name="Chernoff" /> *Chuck Kobasew – ice hockey *Lioudmila Kortchaguina – marathon runner *Crazy Leo – rally driver *Andrei Markov – NHL hockey player *Olya Ovtchinnikova – Olympic fencer *Andrei Rogozine – world champion figure skater *Mikhail "Misha" Goikhberg – racing driver *Bobbie Rosenfeld – Olympic gold medalist *Denis Shapovalov – tennis player *Igor Tikhomirov – Olympic champion in fencing *Marina Zoueva – ice dancing coach and choreographer *Lance Stroll – racing driver competing in Formula One racing for Aston Martin. *Stephen Gogolev – figure skater.
==See also== {{Portal|Canada|Russia}} *Canada–Russia relations *European Canadians *Polish Canadians *Ukrainian Canadians
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== <references> <ref name="statcan1">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&Geo=01&SO=4D|title=Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables|date=25 October 2017|publisher=statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
<ref name="statcan21">{{cite web |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810035501|title=Ethnic or cultural origin by gender and age: Canada, provinces and territories, 2021|date=26 October 2022 |publisher=statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> </references>
==External links== * [http://newspapers.lib.sfu.ca/islandora/object/vest2%3A1 Simon Fraser University Digitized Newspapers website] – digitized issues of ''Vestnik'' (''Herald'') newspaper, 1941–1993 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080922234936/http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/Encyclopedia/A-Z/r3 Richard A. Pierce – Russians in Canada]
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