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 Population distribution of Icelandic Canadians by census division, 2021 census | |
| Total population | |
| 101,795 (by ancestry),[1] 0.3% of Canada's population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Manitoba | 31,090 |
 British Columbia | 26,410 |
 Alberta | 20,225 |
 Ontario | 13,215 |
| Languages | |
| Canadian English · Canadian French · Icelandic | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Predominantly Protestant) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Icelandic Americans Faroese Canadians Norwegian Canadians Swedish Canadians, Danish Canadians, Dutch Canadians, Flemish Canadians See Icelanders | |
Icelandic Canadians (Icelandic: Íslensk-kanadískur) are Canadian citizens of Icelandic ancestry, or Iceland-born people who reside in Canada.
Canada has the largest ethnic Icelandic population outside Iceland, with about 101,795 people of full or partial Icelandic descent as of the Canada 2016 Census.[1] Of that population in Canada, Gimli, Manitoba, is home to the largest Icelandic community outside Iceland.[2]
Many Icelandic Canadians are descendants of people who fled an eruption of the Icelandic volcano Askja in 1875.[3]
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- ^ "How Gimli, Manitoba, became the world's biggest Icelandic community outside Iceland". canadiangeographic.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
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