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Iranian Canadians, the Glossary

Iranian Canadians or Persian Canadians are Canadians of Iranian origin.^[1]

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Agnosticism

Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, the divine, or the supernatural is either unknowable in principle or currently unknown in fact.

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Ali Cyrus Ehsassi (علی احساسی&lrm;; born April 24, 1970) is a Canadian politician currently serving as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Willowdale, Ontario riding of Willowdale in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. Iranian Canadians and Ali Ehsassi are Canadian people of Iranian descent.

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Ali Khademhosseini

Ali Khademhosseini (علی خادم‌حسینی, born October 30, 1975, Tehran, Iran) is the CEO of the Terasaki Institute, non-profit research organization in Los Angeles, and Omeat Inc., a cultivated-meat startup.

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Amir Khadir

Amir Khadir (امیر خدیر; born June 12, 1961) is a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec. Iranian Canadians and Amir Khadir are Canadian people of Iranian descent.

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Anahita Akhavan

Anahita Akhavan is an Iranian-Canadian painter based in Toronto.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber, (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre.

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Armenian Canadians

Armenian Canadians (Western Armenian: գանատահայեր, Eastern Armenian: կանադահայեր, kanadahayer; Arméno-Canadiens) are citizens and permanent residents of Canada who have total or partial Armenian ancestry. Iranian Canadians and Armenian Canadians are Middle Eastern diaspora in Canada.

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Armenian language

Armenian (endonym) is an Indo-European language and the sole member of the independent branch of the Armenian language family.

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Azerbaijani Canadians

Azerbaijani Canadians (Kanadalı azərbaycanlılar) are Canadian citizens and permanent residents of ethnic Azerbaijani background, or those who were born in Azerbaijan. Iranian Canadians and Azerbaijani Canadians are Middle Eastern diaspora in Canada.

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Azerbaijani language

Azerbaijani or Azeri, also referred to as Azeri Turkic or Azeri Turkish, is a Turkic language from the Oghuz sub-branch.

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Baháʼí Faith

The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people.

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Bardia Sinaee

Bardia Sinaee is an Iranian Canadian poet and editor,Shazia Hafiz Ramji,.

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Behdad Esfahbod

Seyed Behdad Esfahbod MirHosseinZadeh Sarabi (سید بهداد اسفهبد میر حسین&zwnj;زاده سرابی; born September 27, 1982) is an Iranian-Canadian software engineer and free software developer. Iranian Canadians and Behdad Esfahbod are Canadian people of Iranian descent.

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Biathlon

The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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BroadbandTV Corp

BBTV is a Canadian media and technology company founded by CEO Shahrzad Rafati in 2005.

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Burnaby

Burnaby is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada.

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television.

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Canadian English

Canadian English (CanE, CE, en-CA) encompasses the varieties of English used in Canada.

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Canadian French

Canadian French (français canadien) is the French language as it is spoken in Canada.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Christianity in Iran

Christianity in Iran dates back to the early years of the religion during the time of Jesus, predating Islam.

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Collins English Dictionary

The Collins English Dictionary is a printed and online dictionary of English.

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Coquitlam

Coquitlam is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada.

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Crime boss

A crime boss, also known as a crime lord, mafia don, big boss, gang lord, gang boss, mob boss, kingpin, godfather, crime mentor, criminal mastermind, or boss lady is the leader of a criminal organization.

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CSIEA-Ottawa

CSIEA-Ottawa stands for the Canadian Society of Iranian Engineers and Architects-Ottawa (کانون کانادايی مهندسين وآرشيتكت هاى ايرانی - مركز اتاوا., Société canadienne des ingénieurs et des architectes iraniens - Ottawa).

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ElectroBOOM

Mehdi Sadaghdar (born 13 January 1977) is an Iranian-Canadian electrical engineer who hosts the comedic educational YouTube channel ElectroBOOM.

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Endonym and exonym

An endonym (also known as autonym) is a common, native name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate themselves, their homeland, or their language.

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Ethnic minorities in Iran

This article focuses on the status of ethnic minorities in contemporary Iran.

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Fariborz Lachini

Fariborz Lachini (فریبرز لاچینی; born August 25, 1949) is an Iranian film score composer.

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Fariborz Sahba

Fariborz Sahba (فريبرز صهبا, born 1948 Mashhad) is an Iranian-American architect, living between Canada and the United States.

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Farid Haerinejad

Farid Haerinejad (Persian: فرید حائری‌نژاد) is a documentary maker and blogger.

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Formula One

Formula One, commonly known as Formula 1 or F1, is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).

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Future Shop

Future Shop was a Canadian electronics store chain.

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Ghazal Omid

Ghazal Omid (Persian غزل امید) is an Iranian-Canadian author. Iranian Canadians and Ghazal Omid are Canadian people of Iranian descent.

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Ghermezian family

The Ghermezian family (خانوادهٔ قرمزیان), is a Canadian business family of Iranian Jewish origin.

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Greater Montreal

Greater Montreal (Grand Montréal) is the most populous metropolitan area in Quebec and the second most populous in Canada after Greater Toronto.

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Greater Toronto Area

The Greater Toronto Area, commonly referred to as the GTA, includes the City of Toronto and the regional municipalities of Durham, Halton, Peel, and York.

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Greater Vancouver

Greater Vancouver, also known as Metro Vancouver, is the metropolitan area with its major urban centre being the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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HarfBuzz

HarfBuzz (loose transliteration of Persian calque حرف‌باز harf-bāz, literally "open type") is a software library for supporting text shaping, which is the process of converting Unicode text to glyph indices and positions.

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Harvard–MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology

The Harvard–MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, or HST, is one of the oldest and largest biomedical engineering and physician-scientist training programs in the United States.

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Hassan Khosrowshahi

Hassan Khosrowshahi (حسن خسروشاهی; born 1940) is an Iranian-Canadian business magnate, investor, and philanthropist.

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Hooman Majd

Hooman Majd (born 1957) is an Iranian-born American journalist, author, and political commentator who writes on Iranian affairs.

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Hossein Amanat

Hossein Amanat (حسین امانت, b. 1942) is an Iranian-Canadian architect.

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Iranian Azerbaijanis

Iranian Azerbaijanis (italics) are Iranians of Azerbaijani ethnicity.

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Iranian diaspora

The Iranian diaspora, also known as Iranian expats, are Iranian citizens or people of Iranian descent living outside Iran.

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Iranian Kurdistan

Iranian Kurdistan or Eastern Kurdistan (translit) is an unofficial name for the parts of northwestern Iran with either a majority or sizable population of Kurds.

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Irreligion

Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices.

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Jian Ghomeshi

Jian Ghomeshi (born June 9, 1967) is a Canadian broadcaster, writer, musician, producer and former CBC personality. Iranian Canadians and Jian Ghomeshi are Canadian people of Iranian descent.

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Karim Hakimi

Karim Hakimi (Persian: کریمحکیمی) (born 1933) is an Iranian-Canadian entrepreneur and optician, known for founding Hakim Optical, a large chain of eyeglass stores across Canada.

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Kaveh Farrokh

Kaveh Farrokh (کاوه فرخ) is a Greek author of several academic books and peer-reviewed publications specializing in Iranian history, and has been a frequent lecturer on Iran-related topics at the University of British Columbia as part of the UBC Continuing Education program.

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Kaveh Nabatian

Kaveh Nabatian is an Iranian-Canadian musician and film director, known as a trumpeter and keyboardist with the Juno Award winning orchestral post-rock band Bell Orchestre. Iranian Canadians and Kaveh Nabatian are Canadian people of Iranian descent.

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Khashayar Farzam

Khashayar Farzam (Khash Farzam) is a Persian-Canadian powerlifter, physician, professor and author.

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Kurdish Canadians

Kurdish Canadians refers to people of Kurdish origin who are born in or living in Canada. Iranian Canadians and Kurdish Canadians are Middle Eastern diaspora in Canada.

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Kurdish language

Kurdish (Kurdî, کوردی) is a Northwestern Iranian language or group of languages spoken by Kurds in the region of Kurdistan, namely in Turkey, northern Iraq, northwest and northeast Iran, and Syria.

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Languages of Iran

Iran's ethnic diversity means that the languages of Iran come from a number of linguistic origins, although the primary language spoken and used is Persian.

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Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada (LPC; region, PLC) is a federal political party in Canada.

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List of House members of the 42nd Parliament of Canada

This is a list of members of the House of Commons of Canada in the 42nd Canadian Parliament.

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Love Never Dies (musical)

Love Never Dies is a romantic musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater, and a book by Lloyd Webber, Ben Elton, Frederick Forsyth, and Slater.

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Majid Jowhari

Majid Jowhari (مجید جوهری, born October 24, 1960) is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament for the electoral district of Richmond Hill in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. Iranian Canadians and Majid Jowhari are Canadian people of Iranian descent.

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Mandaeism

Mandaeism (Classical Mandaic), sometimes also known as Nasoraeanism or Sabianism, is a Gnostic, monotheistic and ethnic religion with Greek, Iranian, and Jewish influences. Its adherents, the Mandaeans, revere Adam, Abel, Seth, Enos, Noah, Shem, Aram, and especially John the Baptist. Mandaeans consider Adam, Seth, Noah, Shem and John the Baptist prophets, with Adam being the founder of the religion and John being the greatest and final prophet.

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Mandaic language

Mandaic, or more specifically Classical Mandaic, is the liturgical language of Mandaeism and a South Eastern Aramaic variety in use by the Mandaean community, traditionally based in southern parts of Iraq and southwest Iran, for their religious books.

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Marina Nemat

Marina Nemat (مارینا نِمت, Марина Немат; born 22 April 1965) is the author of two memoirs about her life growing up in Iran, serving time in Evin Prison for speaking out against the Iranian government, escaping a death sentence and finally fleeing Iran to go and live in Canada.

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Markham, Ontario

Markham is a city in York Region, Ontario, Canada.

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Maziar Bahari

Maziar Bahari (مازیار بهاری; born May 25, 1967) is an Iranian-Canadian journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist.

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McGill University

McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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McLaren Group

McLaren Group Limited is a British holding company based in Woking, England, which is involved in Formula One and other motorsport and the manufacture of sports cars.

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Member of Provincial Parliament (Canada)

A member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) is an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Mercier (provincial electoral district)

Mercier is a provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec.

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Michael Latifi

Michael Mehrdad Latifi (born October 1962 in Iran) is an Iranian-Canadian billionaire businessman. Iranian Canadians and Michael Latifi are Canadian people of Iranian descent.

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Middle Eastern Canadians

Middle Eastern Canadians are Canadians who were either born in or can trace their ancestry to the Middle East, which includes West Asia and North Africa. Iranian Canadians and Middle Eastern Canadians are Middle Eastern diaspora in Canada.

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Minister of National Defence (Canada)

The minister of National Defence (MND; ministre de la défense nationale) is a minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada responsible for the management and direction of all matters relating to the national defence of Canada.

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Miss Universe Canada

The Miss Universe Canada or "The Beauties of Canada" is a national beauty pageant in Canada, which sends its winners to the Miss Universe pageant.

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Miss World 2003

Miss World 2003 was the 53rd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China on 6 December 2003.

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Miss World 2005

Miss World 2005, the 55th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 10 December 2005 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China.

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Miss World Canada

Miss World Canada is a national Beauty pageant in Canada held annually in different incarnations since 1957 to select representative to the Miss World contest.

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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), commonly referred to in the Western world as Mohammad Reza Shah, or just simply The Shah, was the last monarch of Iran.

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Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.

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Mostafa Keshvari

Mostafa Keshvari (مصطفی کشوری.) is an Iranian-born Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter.

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Moxy Früvous

Moxy Früvous was a Canadian politically satirical folk-pop band from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.

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Myriam Bédard

Myriam Bédard, (born December 22, 1969) is a Canadian retired biathlete.

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Name of Iran

In the Western world, Persia (or one of its cognates) was historically the common name used for Iran.

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National Assembly of Quebec

The National Assembly of Quebec (officially in Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the legislative body of the province of Quebec in Canada.

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Navid Khonsari

Navid Khonsari (نوید خونساری) (born 1970) is an Iranian-Canadian video game, virtual/mixed reality, film and graphic novel creator, writer, director and producer.

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Nazanin Afshin-Jam

Nazanin Afshin-Jam (نازنین افشین جم, Nāzanin Afŝin Jam, born April 11, 1979) is an Iranian-Canadian human rights activist, author, public speaker and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Canada 2003.

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Nazanine Hozar

Nazanine Hozar (born 1978) is an Iranian Canadian writer, whose debut novel Aria was published in 2019.

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Nicholas Latifi

Nicholas Daniel Latifi (born 29 June 1995) is a Canadian former racing driver who last raced in Formula One. Iranian Canadians and Nicholas Latifi are Canadian people of Iranian descent.

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Nikahang Kowsar

Nikahang Kowsar (نیک‌آهنگ کوثر; born 1969), also known as Nik Kowsar is an Iranian-Canadian cartoonist, journalist, and blogger, currently living in Washington, D.C., US.

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North Vancouver (city)

The City of North Vancouver is a city municipality on the North Shore of the Burrard Inlet, in British Columbia, Canada.

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North Vancouver (district municipality)

The District of North Vancouver is a district municipality in British Columbia, Canada, situated north of the city of Vancouver across the Burrard Inlet.

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Nowruz

Nowruz or Navroz (نوروز) is the Iranian New Year or Persian New Year.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Omid Tahvili

Omid Tahvili (امید تحویلی; born on 31 October 1970, in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-Canadian sexual offender and kingpin of an organized crime family in Canada which is connected to various international crime organizations.

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Ontario Liberal Party

The Ontario Liberal Party (OLP; Parti libéral de l'Ontario, PLO) is a political party in the province of Ontario, Canada.

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Ottawa

Ottawa (Canadian French) is the capital city of Canada.

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Parviz Tanavoli

Parviz Tanavoli (پرویز تناولی; born 1937) is an Iranian sculptor, painter, educator, and art historian.

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Payam Akhavan

Payam Akhavan (پیاماخوان) is an Iranian-born Canadian lawyer.

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Persian Jews

Persian Jews or Iranian Jews (یهودیان ایرانی; יהודים פרסים) constitute one of the oldest communities of the Jewish diaspora.

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Persian language

Persian, also known by its endonym Farsi (Fārsī|), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages.

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Peter MacKay

Peter Gordon MacKay (born September 27, 1965) is a Canadian lawyer and politician.

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Physician

A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.

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Powerlifting

Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.

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Québec solidaire

Québec solidaire (QS) is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada.

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Quebec

QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Radio Farda

Radio Farda (lit, Radio Farda) is the Iranian branch of the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) external broadcast service for providing "factual, objective and professional journalism" to its audiences.

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Radio Zamaneh

Radio Zamaneh (رادیو زمانه) is an Amsterdam-based Persian language exile news platform and former radio broadcaster with a leftist approach.

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Ramin Jahanbegloo

Ramin Jahanbegloo (رامین جهانبگلو, born 28 December 1956 in Tehran) is an Iranian philosopher and academic based in Toronto, Canada.

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Ramin Karimloo

Ramin Karimloo (italic; born) is a Canadian actor, singer and songwriter recognized for his work in London's West End and New York's Broadway theatre.

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Random House

Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House.

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Reza Baraheni

Reza Baraheni (رضا براهنی; 13 December 1935 – 25 March 2022) was an Iranian novelist, poet, critic, and political activist.

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Reza Moridi

Reza Moridi (رضا مریدی; born) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. Iranian Canadians and Reza Moridi are Canadian people of Iranian descent.

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Reza Shah

Reza Shah Pahlavi (15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was an Iranian military officer and the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty.

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Reza Zadeh

Reza Zadeh (رضا زاده) is an American computer scientist and technology executive working on machine learning.

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Richmond Hill (federal electoral district)

Richmond Hill is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

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Richmond Hill, Ontario

Richmond Hill (2021 population: 202,022) is a city in south-central York Region, Ontario, Canada.

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Salam Toronto

Salam Toronto (سلامتورنتو) is the first Persian-English bilingual weekly publications in Canada being published since October 2000.

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Sam Mizrahi

Sam Mizrahi (ساممیزراهی or ساممزراحی.; סם מזרחי, born 1971) is an Iranian-born Canadian real estate developer who is active in Toronto. Iranian Canadians and Sam Mizrahi are Canadian people of Iranian descent.

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Samantha Tajik

Samantha Tajik is an Iranian Canadian actress, model, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder.

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Sanaz Mazinani

Sanaz Mazinani (born 1978) is an Iranian–born Canadian multidisciplinary visual artist, curator and educator, known for her photography and installation art.

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Sasanian Empire

The Sasanian Empire or Sassanid Empire, and officially known as Eranshahr ("Land/Empire of the Iranians"), was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th to 8th centuries.

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Shahin Assayesh

Shahin Assayesh (born 1939, in Mashhad) is an Iranian publisher.

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Shahrvand

Shahrvand (Persian: شهروند) is the largest Persian language newspaper in North America, which serves the Iranian and Afghan communities across North America.

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Shahrzad Mojab

Shahrzad Mojab is an academic activist and professor, teaching at the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education and Women and Gender Studies Institute, at the University of Toronto.

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Shahrzad Rafati

Shahrzad Rafati is an Iranian-Canadian chairwoman and CEO of RHEI, formerly BBTV, a global media company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, which provides services to content creators and media companies.

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Shaya Goldoust

Shaya Goldoust (born 1 April 1986) is an Iranian-born Canadian journalist, human rights activist, radio host, and radio producer.

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Shia Islam

Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam.

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Siamak Hariri

Siamak Hariri, OAA, AAA, AIBC, FRAIC, RCA, Intl.

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Southern Ontario

Southern Ontario is a primary region of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Stanford University

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California.

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Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada (StatCan; Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture.

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Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.

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The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)

The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe and a libretto by Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe.

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Thornhill, Ontario

Thornhill is a suburban district in the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada.

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Touka Neyestani

Touka Neyestani (توکا نیستانی; born 1960) is an Iranian political cartoonist who lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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University of Toronto

The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park.

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Vaughan

Vaughan (2021 population 323,103) is a city in Ontario, Canada.

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West Asian Canadians

West Asian Canadians, officially known as West Central Asian and Middle Eastern Canadians are Canadians who were either born in or can trace their ancestry to West Asia and Central Asia. Iranian Canadians and West Asian Canadians are Middle Eastern diaspora in Canada.

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West Vancouver

West Vancouver is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada.

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Western world

The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Western Europe, and Northern America; with some debate as to whether those in Eastern Europe and Latin America also constitute the West.

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Williams Grand Prix Engineering

Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, currently racing in Formula One as Williams Racing, is a British Formula One team and constructor.

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Willowdale (federal electoral district)

Willowdale is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Zahra Kazemi

Zahra "Ziba" Kazemi-Ahmadabadi (زهرا کاظمی احمدآبادی; 1948 – 11 July 2003) was an Iranian-Canadian freelance photojournalist.

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Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrianism (Din-e Zartoshti), also known as Mazdayasna and Behdin, is an Iranian religion.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Canadians

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Iranian Canadians, the Glossary

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See also

Iranian diaspora in Canada

Middle Eastern diaspora in Canada