List of Haitian Canadians

This is a list of notable Haitian 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 Haitian Canadian, or have references showing they are Haitian Canadian and are notable.

List of notable Haitian Canadians[]

Artists[]

• Marie-Denise Douyon - painter, graphic artist
• Leonel Jules - painter
• Guerdy J. Préval - painter

Athletes[]

• Jennifer Abel - Olympic swimmer
• Joachim Alcine - professional boxer
• Wyn Belotte - professional soccer player
• Patrice Bernier - professional soccer player
• Maxime Boisclair - professional Canadian hockey player
• Francis Bouillon - defenceman for the Montreal Canadiens
• Zachary Brault-Guillard - professional soccer player
• Félix Brillant - professional soccer player
• Dayana Cadeau - Haitian-born Canadian American professional bodybuilder
• Marc Calixte - professional soccer player
• Mikael Cantave - Profesional soccer player
• Obed Cétoute - professional Canadian Football League player
• Kenny Chery - professional basketball player
• Gilles Colon - former professional Canadian Football League player
• Samuel Dalembert - professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks
• Jonathan David - professional soccer player
• Anthony Duclair - professional hockey player^[1]
• Edrick Floréal - Olympic long and triple jumper
• Raymond Fontaine - professional Canadian Football League player
• Maxime Fortunus - professional ice hockey player
• Jems Geffrard - professional soccer player
• Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre - professional hockey player
• Ronald Hilaire - former CFL defensive lineman; current head coach of McGill Redmen
• Schiller Hyppolite - professional boxer
• Yves Jabouin - mixed martial arts fighter
• Dierry Jean - professional boxer
• Osvaldo Jeanty - professional basketball player
• Loudia Laarman - sprinter
• Georges Laraque - professional hockey player
• David Loiseau - mixed martial arts fighter, the first Haitian-Canadian to fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship
• Elkana Mayard - professional soccer player
• Josué Mayard - professional soccer player
• Pierre-Rudolph Mayard - professional soccer player
• Olivier Occéan - professional soccer player
• Jean Pascal - professional boxer
• Jimmy-Shammar Sanon - professional soccer player
• Adonis Stevenson - professional boxer, current WBC Light Heavyweight Champion
• Bermane Stiverne - professional boxer
• Bruny Surin - Olympian gold medal winning sprinter
• Claude Vilgrain - professional hockey player

Business[]

• Ralph Gilles - automobile designer (Chrysler 300)

Entertainment[]

• Benz Antoine - actor
• Bad News Brown - musician
• Jephté Bastien - film director
• Fabienne Colas - actress, director and producer and head of the Fabienne Colas Foundation
• Anthony Kavanagh - comedian
• Yasmine Mathurin - documentary filmmaker
• Panou - actor
• Quddus - MTV veejay
• Isabelle Racicot - television and radio host
• Wesli - musician

Literature[]

• Marie-Célie Agnant - author and poet
• Georges Anglade - geographer and writer
• Paul Arcelin - writer
• Gérard Étienne - writer
• Gary Klang - poet and novelist
• Dany Laferrière - novelist
• Nadine Magloire - writer
• Émile Ollivier - writer
• Anthony Phelps - writer

Music[]

• Marc Antoine - singer
• Athésia - singer-songwriter
• Carmen Brouard - pianist, composer and music educator
• Régine Chassagne - musician with group Arcade Fire
• Dominique Fils-Aimé - musician
• Pierre Gage - singer-songwriter
• Roi Heenok - rapper
• Imposs - rapper
• DL Incognito - rapper
• Kaytranada - electronic musician, producer and DJ
• Yvon Krevé - hip hop artist
• Mélissa Laveaux - musician
• Marie-Josée Lord - opera soprano
• Luck Mervil - Quebec-based rock singer
• Muzion - rap group
• Wesli - musician
• Édouard Woolley - tenor, actor, composer, and music educator

Politicians[]

• Jean Alfred - former MNA for Hull
• Dominique Anglade - MNA for Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne and leader of the Liberal Party of Quebec
• Vivian Barbot - former MP for Papineau in Montreal
• Frantz Benjamin - MNA for Viau and former Montreal city councillor for Saint-Michel
• Ulrick Chérubin - former mayor of Amos, Quebec
• Emmanuel Dubourg - MP for Bourassa, former MNA of Viau in Montreal
• Michaëlle Jean - journalist and Canada's first black Governor General
• Firmin Monestime - mayor of Mattawa, Ontario and the first elected black mayor in Canada

See also[]

• Canada–Haiti relations
• Haitian diaspora
• Haitian Americans
• List of Haitians
• List of Haitian Americans
• Black Canadians in Montreal

References[]

External links[]

• The Haitian Community in Canada
• Multicultural Canada: Haitians