List of Ukrainian Canadians
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This is a list of notable Ukrainian Canadians, including both original immigrants who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Ukrainian Canadian or must have references showing they are Ukrainian Canadian and are notable.
Actors
- Peter Boretski, actor
- Erik Everhard, actor and director
- Jacob Ewaniuk, actor
- Sophia Ewaniuk, actress
- Fred Ewanuick, actor
- Tamara Gorski, actress
- Mariya Khomutova, actress and playwright
- Natalie Krill, actress and former dancer
- Jeremy Kushnier, actor/singer, currently in the Chicago cast of the musical Jersey Boys
- Andrew Kushnir, actor, playwright and LGBTQ rights activist
- Mimi Kuzyk, actress
- Phillip Lewitski, actor
- Daniel Maslany, actor, producer, and composer
- Tatiana Maslany, actress, who is best known for playing various roles in Orphan Black
- Caitlynne Medrek, actress
- Stacie Mistysyn, actress (Degrassi)
- Adrian Petriw, voice actor
- Seth Rogen, actor (of Jewish religion)[1]
- William Shatner, actor, who is best known for playing a role in Star Trek (of Jewish religion)
- Adam Smoluk, director, screenwriter and actor
- Katheryn Winnick, actress
Musicians
- Randy Bachman, musician
- Robbie Bachman, musician
- Tim Bachman, musician
- Paul Brandt, country music artist
- Ron Cahute, musician
- Rick Danko, musician, former bassist and singer of The Band
- Ivan Doroschuk, musician (Men Without Hats)
- Stefan Doroschuk, musician (Men Without Hats)
- Susan Jacks, singer-songwriter
- Gordie Johnson, musician
- Juliette, singer and CBC television host
- Brett Kissel, country music artist
- Chantal Kreviazuk, singer
- Luba, musician
- Victor Mishalow, composer, conductor
- Metro Radomsky, violinist and bandleader
- Nova Rockafeller, rapper, singer-songwriter, music video director
- Tyler Shaw, musician
- Leonid Skirko, opera singer
- Theresa Sokyrka, singer
- Aaron Solowoniuk, musician
- Roman Soltykewych, conductor
- Alex Tanas, musician, drummer of Magic!
Other artists and entertainers
- Marusya Bociurkiw, filmmaker, writer, scholar, and curator
- Edward Burtynsky, photographer
- Roman Danylo, comedian
- Denys Drozdyuk, ballroom dancer, Season 3 winner of So You Think You Can Dance Canada
- Darren Dutchyshen, sportscaster for TSN
- Luba Goy, comedian
- Alexander Hryshko, photographer
- Natalka Husar, painter
- John Kricfalusi, cartoonist, creator of the Nickelodeon animated series[2]
- William Kurelek, artist
- Oleg Lipchenko, artist
- John Max, photographer
- James Motluk, filmmaker
- Bryan Mudryk, sportscaster for TSN
- Paul Romanuk, sportscaster and writer
- Orest Semchishen, photographer
- Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman
- Marsha Skrypuch, writer
- Andrea Slobodian, television reporter
- George Stroumboulopoulos, media personality, television host, and podcaster
- Alex Trebek, television game show host (Jeopardy!)
- Meaghan Waller, model
- Daria Werbowy, model
Business and finance
- Cyril Genik, immigration agent
- Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, economist and economic advisor to the Ukrainian government
- Eugene Melnyk, owner of Biovail Pharma and the Ottawa Senators NHL hockey team
- Ray Muzyka, investor, entrepreneur, physician, co-founder of BioWare
- Iwan Pylypow, first Ukrainian Canadian immigrant and pioneer settler
- Michele Romanow, tech entrepreneur
Government and politics
Governors General
- Ramon John Hnatyshyn, former Governor General of Canada
- Edward Schreyer, former Premier of Manitoba and former Governor General of Canada
Lieutenant Governors
- Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian scientist, curler, and former Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
- Peter Liba, former Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
Premiers
- Ernie Eves, former Premier of Ontario
- Gary Filmon, former Premier of Manitoba
- Roy Romanow, former Premier of Saskatchewan
- Edward Schreyer, former Premier of Manitoba and former Governor General of Canada
- Ed Stelmach, former Premier of Alberta
Others
- Yvan Baker, member of parliament
- Mary John Batten, Assembly member for Humboldt
- Edward Bayda, former Chief Justice of Saskatchewan
- Alex Biega, lawyer and author
- James Bezan, member of parliament
- Annie Buller, union organizer
- Norman Cafik, member of parliament
- David Chernushenko, the former senior deputy to the leader of the Green Party of Canada, and a former leadership contestant for that party
- Sid Dutchak, lawyer
- Ed Ewasiuk, labour activist, city councilor
- Taras Ferley, first member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba of Ukrainian descent
- Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister
- Larisa Galadza, diplomat and Canadian ambassador to Ukraine from 2019 to 2023
- William Hawrelak, former Mayor of Edmonton
- Ambrose Holowach, member of parliament, businessman, WWII veteran
- Anthony Hlynka, second member of parliament of Ukrainian descent
- Stephen Juba, former Mayor of Winnipeg
- Michael Kawchuk, former mayor of Gilbert Plains
- Gerard Kennedy, Ontario cabinet minister
- MaryAnn Mihychuk, member of parliament, former Canadian Minister of Employment, Workforce, and Labour
- Taras Natyshak, Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- David Orlikow, House of Commons
- Steve Peters, Ontario cabinet minister
- Don Rusnak, member of parliament
- Tymofei Koreichuk, labour organiser
- Michael Sawchuk, legislative assembly
- Jake Sawatzky, member of parliament
- Andrew Shandro, first member of a Canadian legislature of Ukrainian origin, World War I veteran
- William Skoreyko, member of parliament
- Mark Smerchanski, member of parliament
- John Sopinka, puisne justice, Supreme Court of Canada
- Michael Starr (born Michael Starchewsky), former cabinet minister
- David Tkachuk, Canadian senator
- William Tomyn, legislative assembly
- Judy Wasylycia-Leis, former member of parliament, former Manitoba provincial cabinet minister
- Patrick Weiler, member of parliament
- Borys Wrzesnewskyj, member of parliament
- John Yaremko, longest serving cabinet minister
- Paul Yuzyk, former senator
Literature and journalism
- Stasia Evasuk, writer, journalist
- Janice Kulyk Keefer, novelist, poet
- Myroslaw Stechishin, editor, activist, and public figure
- Savella Stechishin, home economist and writer
- Miriam Toews, writer
Military
- Peter Dmytruk, war hero (World War II), Royal Canadian Air Force
- Yaroslav Hunka, a World War II veteran of the SS Galizien
- Vladimir Katriuk, alleged war criminal
- Filip Konowal, a World War I Victoria Cross recipient
- Paul Wynnyk, Lieutenant General, former Commander of the Canadian Army
Religion
- Nykyta Budka, priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Metropolitan Wasyly (Fedak), former primate and metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
- Metropolitan Yurij (Kalistchuk), former primate and metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
- Metropolitan Michael (Khoroshy), former primate and metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
- Metropolitan Ilarion (Ohienko), former primate and metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
- Bishop Andriy (Peshko), Bishop of Toronto and of the Eastern Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
- Metropolitan Hilarion (Rudnyk), primate and metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
- Patriarch Mstyslav (Skrypnyk), former primate and archbishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
- Metropolitan John (Stinka), former primate and metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
- Stephanie Petryk Potoski, received Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice from Pope Paul VI in 1964
- Severian Yakymyshyn, Catholic hierarch
Science and technology
- Albert Bandura, psychologist
- David Baszucki, entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of ROBLOX
- Roberta Bondar, astronaut
- Dmytro Cipywnyk, physician
- Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian scientist, curler, and former Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
- Isydore Hlynka, biochemist, Ukrainian Canadian community leader
- Joshua Kutryk, astronaut
- George S. N. Luckyj, scholar of Ukrainian literature
- Vladimir Mackiw, inventor and industrialist
- Yaroslav Pustovyi, astronaut
- Lubomyr Romankiw, scientist, Ph.D. degrees in metallurgy and materials
- Jaroslav Rudnyckyj, linguist, a founding father of Canadian multiculturalism
