Portuguese Canadians

Portuguese Canadians
Luso-canadianos (Portuguese)
Canadiens portugais (French)
Population distribution of Portuguese Canadians by census division, 2021 census
Total population
448,310
(by ancestry, 2021 Census)[1]
Regions with significant populations

Toronto 85,165


Vancouver, British Columbia 22,765
Brampton, Ontario 18,700
Calgary, Alberta 6,170
Edmonton, Alberta 5,550
Bradford, Ontario 2,580
Halifax, Nova Scotia 1,435


Cambridge, Ontario:  10,685
Hamilton, Ontario:  14,110
Davenport, Toronto
Harrow, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario
Kitchener, Ontario:  17,220
Laval, Quebec
London, Ontario:  10,525
Mississauga, Ontario:  31,795
Montreal, Quebec:  46,535
New Westminster, British Columbia
Oshawa, Ontario
Ottawa, Ontario:  9,910
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Strathroy, Ontario
Victoria, British Columbia


Waterloo, Ontario[2]
Languages
Predominantly Canadian English, Quebec French and Portuguese and/or its dialects
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholic

Portuguese Canadians (Portuguese: luso-canadianos) are Canadian citizens of full or partial Portuguese heritage or people who migrated from Portugal and reside in Canada. According to the 2021 Census, there were 448,310 or 1.21% of Canadians claimed full or partial Portuguese ancestry, a decrease compared to 482,110 in 2016 (1.40% of the nation's total population).

Most Portuguese Canadians live in Ontario - 300,600 (67.05%), followed by Quebec 64,385 (14.36%) and British Columbia 39,755 (8.87%).[3]

  1. ^ "Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables". statcan.gc.ca. 25 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Population by selected ethnic origins, by city".
  3. ^ "Ethnic Origin, Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses and Sex for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census – 20% Sample Data". Retrieved 10 November 2010.