Arab Canadians

Canadian ethnic group
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Arab Canadians
Arabo-Canadiens
كنديون عرب
Total population
690,000 

1.9% of the total Canadian population (2021)

(2021 Census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Laval, Mississauga, Windsor, London
Languages
  • Arabic
  • Canadian English
  • Canadian French
Religion
  • Islam (44%)
  • Catholicism (28%)
  • Eastern Orthodoxy (11%)
  • Irreligion (6%)
  • Mainline Protestantism (5%)
  • other (6%) [2007][2]
  • Druze (≤ 0.02%; total count: 5,455) [2021][3]
Related ethnic groups

Arab Canadians (French: Arabo-Canadiens) come from all of the countries of the Arab world. According to the 2021 Census, there were 690,000 Canadians, or 1.9%, who claimed Arab ancestry.[4] According to the 2011 census there were 380,620 Canadians who claimed full or partial ancestry from an Arabic-speaking country.[5][verify] The large majority of the Canadians of Arab origin population live in either Ontario or Quebec.[6]

Demographics

The distribution of the Arab population of Canada according to the 2001, 2011, and 2016 Canadian censuses was as follows:[verify]

Province or territory Arabs 2001 % 2001 Arabs 2011 % 2011 Arabs 2016 % 2016 Arabs 2021 % 2021
 Québec 73,345 1.0% 166,260 2.2% 213,740 2.7% 280,075 3.3%
 Ontario 88,545 0.8% 151,645 1.2% 210,435 1.6% 284,215 2.0%
 Alberta 19,320 0.7% 34,920 1.0% 56,700 1.4% 69,505 1.6%
 British Columbia 6,605 0.2% 14,090 0.3% 19,840 0.4% 28,010 0.6%
 Nova Scotia 3,610 0.4% 6,285 0.7% 8,110 0.9% 10,610 1.1%
 Manitoba 1,230 0.1% 3,240 0.3% 5,030 0.4% 7,820 0.6%
 Saskatchewan 900 0.1% 2,095 0.2% 4,300 0.4% 5,575 0.5%
 New Brunswick 580 0.1% 1,380 0.2% 2,960 0.4% 5,060 0.7%
 Newfoundland and Labrador 270 0.1% 370 0.1% 1,375 0.3% 1,740 0.3%
 Prince Edward Island 175 0.0% 200 0.1% 585 0.4% 1,125 0.7%
 Northwest Territories 80 0.2% 110 0.3% 100 0.2% 225 0.6%
 Nunavut 10 0.0% 15 0.0% 40 0.1% 35 0.1%
 Yukon 10 0.0% 0 0.0% 10 0.0% 20 0.1
 Canada 194,685 0.7% 380,620[7] 1.2% 523,235[7] 1.5% 694,015[7] 1.9%

By Arabic-speaking country

Country[8] 2016[5]
 Lebanon 219,555
 Algeria 104,395
 Morocco 103,945
 Syria 77,045
 Egypt 73,250
 Iraq 68,490
 Palestine 50,245
 Tunisia 25,645
 UAE 20,000
 Sudan 19,960
 Jordan 25,250
 Mauritania 9,325
 Libya 7,740
 Saudi Arabia 6,810
 Yemen 6,645
 Kuwait 2,235
 Canada total 750,925[9]

Religion

The 2011 Canadian census shows that 55% from Arab Canadians reported belonging to a Muslim faith and 34% reported belonging to a Christian faith. These number differ measurably from the numbers reported in the 2001 Canadian census, which showed an even split in the Arab Canadians community between those who practiced the Muslim faith with 44% and those who practiced the Christian faith 44%, (where 28% as Catholic, 11% as Eastern Orthodox Church and 5% as Other Christian). In 2011, about 3% from Arab Canadians population are Jewish.

That said the percentage of Arab Canadians were not affiliated with any religions only marginally increased from 6% in 2001 to 8% in 2011.

The greatest percentage of Arab Christians in Canada come from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Iraq, where the highest rates of Muslims come from Algeria and Morocco.[10]

Notable individuals

Business

Politicians

Political activists

Filmmakers and writers

Singers

Athletes

Others

See also

References

  1. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (26 October 2022). "The Daily — The Canadian census: A rich portrait of the country's religious and ethnocultural diversity". www150.statcan.gc.ca.
  2. ^ "The Lebanese Community in Canada". Statistics Canada. 28 August 2007.
  3. ^ Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022), Religion by visible minority and generation status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts, doi:10.25318/9810034201-eng, Table: 98-10-0342-01, retrieved 10 May 2023
  4. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-02-09). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2016 Census of Population - Canada [Country]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  5. ^ a b Statistics Canada (8 May 2013). "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  6. ^ Mandil, Ghada (August 2019). "Insights into the Arab Population in Canada Based on the 2016 Census Data" (PDF). Square Space. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  7. ^ a b c Statistics Canada. "2016 Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables: Data tables". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  8. ^ Including ethnic minorities.
  9. ^ "Canadian Arab Institute :: 750,925 Canadians Hail from Arab Lands". www.canadianarabinstitute.org. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  10. ^ Dajjani, Ghina. "Religion and Marital Status in the Canadian Arab Community" (PDF).
  11. ^ "À voir à la télévision le samedi 24 mars". Le Devoir. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

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