The first Lebanese immigrant to Canada was Abraham Bounadere (Ibrahim Abu Nadir) from Zahlé in Lebanon who settled in Montreal.

In more recent years this pattern has changed, and large numbers of Lebanese Muslims and Druze have come to Canada.

Canada and Australia were the only Western countries to set up special programs to enable Lebanese to more easily emigrate.

In Toronto, people of Lebanese origin made up less than half of one per cent of the total population.

[14] There are also substantial Lebanese populations in Vancouver, Windsor, London, Edmonton, Fredericton, and Charlottetown.