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Chinese Canadians Sino-Canadiens(French)
Chinese Canadians as a percentage of census divisions' population in 2021
Total population
1,715,770 4.63% of the Canadian population (2021)[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Greater Toronto Area, Metro Vancouver, Greater Montreal, Calgary Region , Edmonton
Languages
English, French, Cantonese, Mandarin, Min Chinese, Hakka, other varieties of Chinese
Religion
Irreligious, Chinese folk religions, Buddhism, Christianity, Taoism
Related ethnic groups
Hong Kong Canadians, Taiwanese Canadians, Overseas Chinese, Chinese Americans
Chinese Canadians
Traditional Chinese
華裔加拿大人
Simplified Chinese
华裔加拿大人
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Huáyì Jiānádà Rén
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Wàhyeuih Gānàdaaih Yàhn
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
加拿大華人
Simplified Chinese
加拿大华人
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Jiānádà Huárén
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Gānàdaaih Wàhyàhn
Chinese Canadians are Canadians of full or partial Han Chinese ancestry, which includes both naturalized Chinese immigrants and Canadian-born Chinese.[3][4][5] They comprise a subgroup of East Asian Canadians which is a further subgroup of Asian Canadians. Demographic research tends to include immigrants from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau, as well as overseas Chinese who have immigrated from Southeast Asia and South America into the broadly defined Chinese Canadian category.[6][7]
Canadians who identify themselves as being of Chinese ethnic origin make up about 5.1% of the Canadian population, or about 1.77 million people according to the 2016 census.[8]
While other Asian groups are growing rapidly in the country, the Chinese Canadian community fell slightly to 1.71 million, or 4.63% of the Canadian population, in the 2021 Canadian census.[9]
The Chinese Canadian community is the second largest ethnic group of Asian Canadians, constituting approximately 30% of the Asian Canadian population. Most Canadians of Chinese descent are concentrated within the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population – Canada [Country]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
^"Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity in Canada". statcan.gc.ca. May 8, 2013. Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
^Note that while the English term is ambiguous between "Chinese" (Han) culture and "Chinese" (PRC) nationality, the Chinese terms listed here refer specifically to those of Han Chinese descent.
^"People Name: Han Chinese, Cantonese of Canada". People Groups. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
^Tian, Guang (January 1999). Chinese-Canadians, Canadian-Chinese: Coping and Adapting in North America. Edwin Mellen.
^"Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada – Data table". 2.statcan.ca. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
^"Classification of visible minority – 1.1 – Chinese". Statistics Canada. November 25, 2009. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
^"Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. 2017. section "The 10 most commonly reported ethnic origins, Canada, 2016". Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population – Canada [Country]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
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