Afghan Canadians
Afghan Canadians are Canadians with ancestry from Afghanistan. They form the second largest Afghan community in North America after Afghan Americans. Their ethnic origin may come from any of the ethnic groups of Afghanistan, which include Pashtun, Tajik, Uzbek, Hazara, Turkmen, etc. In the Canada 2016 Census about 83,995 Canadians were from Afghanistan.
History
The first known Afghan immigrant to Canada was Zaman Khan who was naturalised in Montreal, QC on 27 January 1931.Demography
Population
Religion
Geographical distribution
By Canadian province or territory (2016">Canada 2016 Census">2016)
Media
The diaspora also have media outlets for the Afghan community, including private TV channels such as Watan E Maa, AfghanJavan TV and Afghan Nobel TV.Notable individuals
- Kawa Ada – actor and playwright
- Brishkay Ahmed - documentary filmmaker
- Fardaws Aimaq – basketball player
- Layla Alizada – actress
- Alexander Farah – filmmaker
- Hangama – singer
- Donnie Keshawarz – actor
- Sadi Jalali – soccer player
- Nasser Jamal – football player
- Mozhdah Jamalzadah – singer
- Maryam Monsef – member of Parliament for Peterborough-Kawartha; first Afghan-Canadian elected to Canada's House of Commons, former Minister of Status of Women
- Farkhunda Muhtaj – soccer player
- Ariel Nasr – documentary filmmaker
- Salar Pashtoonyar - filmmaker
- Nelofer Pazira – filmmaker and author
- Parween Pazhwak – Persian artist and poet
- Humira Saqib – Journalist
- Massih Wassey – soccer player
- Hamid Zaher – writer and gay rights activist