Among these immigrants include members from the Tamil, Moor, Malay, Sinhalese and Burgher ethnicities.

[2] Sri Lankan Canadians are concentrated in the cities of Toronto (Malvern) and Montreal.

Sometimes, they get into small discussions on Sri Lankan politics as well as give some general information and tips necessary to help immigrants survive in Canada.

These newspapers can be picked up at some grocery stores where they sell Sri Lankan food, places of religious worship, etc.

Famous Sri Lankan Canadians include Michael Ondaatje and his financier brother Christopher Ondaatje; Principal Research scientist at the National Research Council of Canada Chandre Dharma-wardana; Academic Engineer Indira Samarasekera, musician Nirmala Basnayake, formerly of the band controller.controller; news anchor Anne-Marie Mediwake; anchor novelist Shyam Selvadurai; cricketers Sanjayan Thuraisingam, film Actor, producer and multiple Guinness World Record-holder Suresh Joachim; and Pubudu Dassanayake.