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Afghan Canadians areCanadians with ancestry fromAfghanistan. They form the second largestAfghan community inNorth America afterAfghan Americans. Their ethnic origin may come from any of theethnic groups of Afghanistan, which includePashtun,Tajik,Uzbek,Hazara,Turkmen, etc. In theCanada 2016 Census about 83,995 Canadians were from Afghanistan.^[4]

The first known Afghan immigrant to Canada wasZaman Khan (Persian:زمان خان) who was naturalised inMontreal,QC on 27 January 1931.^[5]

Province	Population	Percentage	Source
Ontario	54,535	0.4%	[7]
Quebec	10,940	0.1%	[8]
Alberta	8,545	0.2%	[9]
British Columbia	7,890	0.2%	[10]
Manitoba	1,015	0.1%	[11]
Saskatchewan	780	0.1%	[12]
Nova Scotia	230	0.0%	[13]
New Brunswick	25	0.0%	[14]
Newfoundland and Labrador	10	0.0%	[15]
Prince Edward Island	10	0.0%	[16]
Northwest Territories	10	0.0%	[17]
Nunavut	0	0.0%	[18]
Yukon	0	0.0%	[19]
Canada	83,995	0.24%	[6]

The diaspora also have media outlets for the Afghan community, including private TV channels such as Watan E Maa,^[20] AfghanJavan TV and Afghan Nobel TV.

• Kawa Ada – actor and playwright
• Brishkay Ahmed - documentary filmmaker
• Fardaws Aimaq – basketball player
• Layla Alizada – actress
• Alexander Farah – filmmaker
• Hangama – singer
• Donnie Keshawarz – actor
• Sadi Jalali – soccer player
• Nasser Jamal – football player
• Mozhdah Jamalzadah – singer^[21]
• Maryam Monsef – member of Parliament forPeterborough-Kawartha; first Afghan-Canadian elected to Canada's House of Commons, former Minister of Status of Women
• Farkhunda Muhtaj – soccer player
• Ariel Nasr – documentary filmmaker^[22]
• Salar Pashtoonyar - filmmaker
• Nelofer Pazira – filmmaker and author
• Parween Pazhwak – Persian artist and poet
• Humira Saqib – Journalist^{[citation needed]}
• Massih Wassey – soccer player
• Hamid Zaher – writer and gay rights activist^[23]

• Afghan diaspora
• West Asian Canadians
• Pashtun diaspora
• Hazara diaspora
• List of Afghans

• Rebuilding Afghanistan

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