Canadians with Icelandic ancestry or were born in Iceland
Icelandic Canadians íslensk-kanadísk(ur)
Total population
101,795 (by ancestry),[1] 0.3% of Canada's population
Regions with significant populations
Canada
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 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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