 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (July 2020) |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 96,810[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Greater Toronto Area, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton | |
| Languages | |
| Canadian English, Canadian French, Dari, Pashto, Uzbek and other Afghan languages | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly: Islam (92.44%) Minorities: Irreligion (5.6%) Christianity (1.1%) Hinduism (0.5%) Sikhism (0.2%) Judaism (0.04%) Buddhism (0.01%) Indigenous (0.01%) Others (0.1%) [2][a][3] |
Afghan Canadians are Canadians with ancestry from Afghanistan. They form the second largest Afghan community in North America after Afghan Americans. Their ethnic origin may come from any of the ethnic groups of Afghanistan, which include Pashtun, Tajik, Uzbek, Hazara, Turkmen, etc. In the Canada 2016 Census about 83,995 Canadians were from Afghanistan.[4]
- ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census Canada [Country] and Canada [Country]".
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Ethnic origin population". statcan. Statistics Canada. 2016. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
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