Palestinian CanadiansPalestinian Canadians are Canadian citizens of Palestinian descent or Palestine-born people residing in Canada. According to the 2016 Census there were 44,820 Canadians who claimed Palestinian ancestry.Geographical distributionThere are 4,020 Palestinians in Toronto, whom make up 0.2% of the city and metropolitan area's population, and there are 15,330 Palestinians in the Greater Toronto Area. There is Palestinian-Canadian cultural and civic center is Mississauga, Ontario. There are at least four Palestinian restaurants in Toronto.Notable Palestinian CanadiansNasri Ruba Nadda Belly Ty Wood Yasser Abbas Yasmine Mohammed Nemahsis, musician Ameer Idreis, writer Ziyad Saadi, writer and filmmaker Moain Sadeq, archaeologist Saeed Teebi, writer Fares Al Soud, politician