Trinidadian and Tobagonian Canadians
Trinidadian and Tobagonian Canadians are Canadian citizens who are fully or partially of Trinidadian and Tobagonian descent or people born in Trinidad and Tobago. There were 105,965 Trinidadian and Tobagonian Canadians in 2021, with the majority of them living in Toronto, Peel Region, and Durham Region.
History
Trinidadians and Tobagonians first to immigrate to the country in substantial numbers during the 1920s, when several hundred individuals arrived to work in the mines of Nova Scotia, the shipyards of Collingwood, Ontario, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, as well as serving as personal attendants in the East.Notable Trinidadian and Tobagonian Canadians
Activists
- Nicholas Marcus Thompson, activist
- Charles Roach, lawyer and co-founder of the Black Action Defence Committee
Athletes and sportspeople
- Stephen Ames, PGA golfer
- Ian Beckles, football player
- Sydney Boisselle, soccer player
- Josh Byrne, lacrosse player
- Andre De Grasse, sprinter
- Marisa Dick, gymnast
- Sam Gellard, ice hockey player, (WHA)
- Glenroy Gilbert, sprinter
- Gary Goodridge, kickboxer and mixed martial artist
- Stephen Hart, retired soccer player and current coach, former head coach of the Canada and Trinidad and Tobago men's national teams
- Joey Haywood, streetballer
- Atiba Hutchinson, soccer player
- Cory Joseph, basketball player
- Devoe Joseph, basketball player
- Kris Joseph, basketball player
- Maurice Joseph, basketball coach
- Arin King, soccer player
- Jamaal Magloire, retired basketball player and current coach
- Kenndal McArdle, ice hockey player
- Andrew McNeilly, bobsledder
- Mentallo, wrestler
- Naz Mitrou-Long, basketball player
- Darnell Nurse, ice hockey player, Edmonton Oilers
- Kia Nurse, basketball player and analyst
- Richard Nurse, football player
- Sarah Nurse, ice hockey player
- Greg Ranjitsingh, soccer player
- Jillian Richardson, track and field athlete
- Randy Samuel, soccer player, represented Canada at the 1986 FIFA World Cup
- O. J. Santiago, football player
- Adrian Serioux, soccer player
- Luke Singh, soccer player
- Dayne St. Clair, soccer player
- Ryan Telfer, soccer player
- Rick Titus, soccer player
- Nigel Wilson, baseball player, Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds
Media, film and television
- Brandon Ash-Mohammed, comedian
- Sean Cheesman, dancer, choreographer, and television personality
- Lateesha Ector, beauty queen and model
- Farley Flex, music promoter, motivational speaker, and television personality
- LaToya Forever, YouTube personality
- Richard Fung, video artist and filmmaker
- Ian Harnarine, filmmaker
- Ian Hanomansing, broadcast journalist
- Nissae Isen, voice actress
- Tajja Isen, voice actress
- Selwyn Jacob, filmmaker and producer
- Clark Johnson, actor and director
- Taborah Johnson, actress and singer
- Dean Marshall, actor
- Brandon Jay McLaren, actor
- Nathan Mitchell, actor
- Omari Newton, actor
- Shailyn Pierre-Dixon, actress
- Claire Prieto, filmmaker and producer
- RT!, music video director
- Frances-Anne Solomon, filmmaker and producer
- Director X, music video director
Musicians
- Keshia Chanté, R&B and pop singer
- Anslem Douglas, musician and composer
- Drew Gonsalves, singer-songwriter
- Molly Johnson, singer-songwriter
- Glenn Lewis, R&B singer
- Amanda Marshall, pop singer
- Tre Mission, rapper and producer
- Graph Nobel, singer-songwriter and rapper
- k-os, rapper, producer, and singer
- PartyNextDoor, singer, rapper, and producer
- Serena Ryder, singer-songwriter
- David Rudder, calypsonian
Politicians
- Bas Balkissoon, MPP for Scarborough—Rouge River
- Bernadette Clement, Mayor of Cornwall, Ontario
- Hedy Fry, MP for Vancouver Centre
- Marci Ien, MP for Toronto Centre, former broadcast journalist
- Belinda Karahalios, MPP for Cambridge
- Ceta Ramkhalawansingh, Toronto city councillor
- Christopher Skeete, MNA for Sainte-Rose
Writers
- Andre Alexis, novelist
- Neil Bissoondath, novelist and television host
- Shane Book, poet
- David Chariandy, novelist
- Ramabai Espinet, novelist and poet
- Cecil Gray, poet
- Rabindranath Maharaj, novelist
- Shani Mootoo, writer and visual artist
- Liselle Sambury, novelist
- Tasha Spillett-Sumner, graphic novelist
Other
- Stephen Blizzard, veterinarian, flight surgeon, military official, and first surgical resident at the National Defence Medical Centre
- Joe Fortes, first official lifeguard in the City of Vancouver
- Ahmad Ghany, accused terrorism suspect
- Tina Pereira, ballet dancer
- Bruce Poon Tip, entrepreneur