Arab Canadians

Arab Canadians
Arabo-Canadiens
كنديون عرب
Arab Canadians as percent of population by census division (2021)
Total population
690,000

1.9% of the total Canadian population (2021)

(2021 Census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Laval, Mississauga, Windsor, London, Edmonton
Languages
Religion
Related ethnic groups

Arab Canadians (French: Arabo-Canadiens) come from all of the countries of the Arab world. According to the 2021 Census, there were 690,000 Canadians, or 1.9%, who claimed Arab ancestry.[4] According to the 2011 census there were 380,620 Canadians who claimed full or partial ancestry from an Arabic-speaking country.[5][verify] The large majority of the Canadians of Arab origin population live in either Ontario or Quebec.[6]

  1. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (26 October 2022). "The Daily — The Canadian census: A rich portrait of the country's religious and ethnocultural diversity". www150.statcan.gc.ca.
  2. ^ "The Lebanese Community in Canada". Statistics Canada. 28 August 2007.
  3. ^ Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022), Religion by visible minority and generation status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts, doi:10.25318/9810034201-eng, Table: 98-10-0342-01, retrieved 10 May 2023
  4. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-02-09). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2016 Census of Population - Canada [Country]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  5. ^ Statistics Canada (8 May 2013). "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  6. ^ Mandil, Ghada (August 2019). "Insights into the Arab Population in Canada Based on the 2016 Census Data" (PDF). Square Space. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-05-24.