List of Pakistani Canadians

Academics

Sajida Alvi – academic of Pakistani origin in Canada; historian of Islam in South Asia
Naz Ikramullah
Rukhsana Khan – children's author and storyteller
Munir Sheikh – 10th Chief Statistician of Canada, replaced Ivan Fellegi
Naweed Syed – Professor at and Head of Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy at the University of Calgary; first person to connect brain cells to a silicon chip
Zulfiqar Bhutta – Professor at the Department of Nutritional Sciences and the Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health of the University of Toronto.
M. Omair Shafiq – School of Information Technology, Carleton University

Hamza Haq – actor
Sitara Hewitt – actress
Omar Majeed – filmmaker
Ali Mukaddam – actor
Zarqa Nawaz – director and producer; known for CBC serial Little Mosque on the Prairie
Zaib Shaikh – actor
Kris Siddiqi – actor and comedian
Iman Vellani - actress
Ahad Raza Mir - actor

Salma Ataullahjan – Senator
Iqra Khalid – current member of the House of Commons of Canada
Wajid Khan – former member of the House of Commons of Canada
Yasir Naqvi – former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and Attorney General of Ontario
Shafiq Qaadri – former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Shad Qadri – Ottawa City Councillor for Ward 6
Shiraz Shariff – former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Salma Zahid – current member of the House of Commons of Canada

Cecil Pervez - Canadian cricket player
Qaiser Ali – Canadian cricket player
Umar Bhatti – Canadian cricket player
Saad Bin Zafar – Canadian cricketer
Rizwan Cheema – Canadian cricketer
Hamza Tariq – Canadian cricketer
Asif Dar – Canadian boxer
Mian Hussain – Canadian professional boxer
Obby Khan – offensive lineman of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Maria Toorpakay Wazir – Pakistani squash player currently resident in Toronto, Ontario