19,062,115 (2021 census)[1] 52.5% of the Canadian population (as self-identified by census respondents)
Regions with significant populations
All areas of Canada less prevalent in Northern Canada
Languages
English French Italian German Ukrainian Portuguese Other European Languages Historically: Scottish Gaelic · Irish
Religion
Christianity (60.3%) Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Mormonism, Other Latter Day Saints, Nondenominational and Other Christians Irreligion (37.5%) Judaism (1.2%) Converts and others (1.1%)
Related ethnic groups
European diaspora, Europeans, European Americans, European Australians, European New Zealanders, British (English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish), Irish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Portuguese
European Canadians, or Euro-Canadians, are Canadians who were either born in or can trace their ancestry to the continent of Europe.[2][3] They form the largest panethnic group within Canada.
In the 2021 Canadian census, 19,062,115 Canadians self-identified as having origins from European countries, forming approximately 52.5% of the total Canadian population.[4] Due to changes in the census format, these totals are not directly comparable with previous censuses. Further, as the census permitted a respondent to enter up to six possible ethnic origins in their census questionnaire, this figure includes individual respondents that reported a mixed ancestry of both European and non-European origins. Therefore, it is not possible to accurately assess the total number of European Canadians as a percentage of Canada's total population, or a precise change from previous years.[5]
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^Menzies, Charles (1994). "Stories from Home: First Nations, Land Claims, and Euro-Canadians". American Ethnologist. 21 (4). American Anthropological Association: 776–791. doi:10.1525/ae.1994.21.4.02a00060. JSTOR 646839. Example of Euro-Canadian being used
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Ethnic or cultural origin by gender and age: Canada, provinces and territories". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (March 30, 2022). "Ethnic or Cultural Origin Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
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