| 释义 |
- Academics
- Activists
- Business
- Dancers
- Film and entertainment
- Journalists
- Musicians
- Politics and law
- Rebels
- Sports people
- Writers
- See also
- References
{{refimprove|date=September 2010}}This is a list of Sri Lankan Canadians, including both original immigrants who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian descendants, but not Sri Lankan nationals living or working in Canada. The list includes a brief description of their reason for notability. Academics- Chandre Dharma-wardana - principal research scientist at the National Research Council of Canada
- Veerasingham Dhuruvasangary - scientist and inventor
- Elagu V. Elaguppillai - businessman, nuclear scientist, university professor, medical researcher
- Ray Jayawardhana - astronomer at the University of Toronto
- Lakshman Marasinghe - academic and lawyer
- Janaka Ruwanpura - Director of the Centre for Project Management Excellence at the Schulich School of Engineering at University of Calgary
- Indira Samarasekera - President and 12th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Alberta
Activists- Cheryl Perera - children's rights activist, founder of OneChild
Business- Christopher Ondaatje - former athlete and philanthropist
Dancers- Elaine Cole - baila dancer
Film and entertainment- Rohan Fernando - visual artist, painter and filmmaker
- Suresh Joachim - actor, producer and multiple Guinness World Record holder
- Pardis Parker - director, writer, actor, and comedian
- Lenin M. Sivam - filmmaker
- Rajiv Surendra - actor
Journalists- D. B. S. Jeyaraj - freelance journalist
- Anne-Marie Mediwake - news anchor
- R.J. Smith - news anchor - radio/television journalist, community radio executive/founder[1]
Musicians- Nirmala Basnayake - musician in the band controller.controller
- Patrick Denipitiya - musician[2]
Politics and law- Gary Anandasangaree - Canadian Member of Parliament for Scarborough—Rouge Park
- Logan Kanapathi - Markham City Councillor for Ward 7
- Rathika Sitsabaiesan - former Canadian Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Rouge River
- Asoka Weerasinghe - former Deputy High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Canada
Rebels- Kumaravelu Vignarajah - LTTE cadre
Sports people- Trevin Bastiampillai - Canadian cricketer
- Manoj David - Canadian cricketer
- Ruvindu Gunasekera - Canadian cricketer
- Rohan Jayasekera - Sri Lankan and Canadian cricketer
- Arvind Kandappah - Canadian cricketer
- Ravishankar Puvendran - Canadian cricketer
- Sanjayan Thuraisingam - Canadian cricketer
- Zameer Zahir - Canadian cricketer[3]
Writers- Siri Gunasinghe - Sinhalese poet, novelist, literary critic
- Michael Ondaatje - poet and author of numerous novels, including The English Patient
- Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha - poet, writer, educator and social activist
- Shyam Selvadurai - novelist
See alsoReferences1. ^www.wdcr.ca
2. ^{{cite web|last=Abeyewardene|first=Mahesh|title=Blending music — Denipitiya family tradition|url=http://lankareporter.com/lr/2010/02/11/blending-music-%E2%80%94-denipitiya-family-tradition/|publisher=The Sri Lanka Reporter|accessdate=22 June 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914083617/http://lankareporter.com/lr/2010/02/11/blending-music-%E2%80%94-denipitiya-family-tradition/|archivedate=14 September 2011|df=}}
3. ^http://www.espncricinfo.com/canada/content/player/409474.html
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