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South African Canadians
South African Canadians are Canadians of South African descent. Most South African Canadians are White South Africans, mostly of British and Afrikaner ancestry. According to the 2021 Canada census there were 51,590 South African-born immigrants in Canada. It includes those who hold or have ever held permanent resident status in Canada, including naturalized citizens. 12,270 people considered Afrikaans their mother tongue. Demographics South African-born immigrants in Canada by province and territory as recorded in the 2021 Canada Census: Notable South African Canadians *Luca Bellisomo, soccer player *Ngaire Blankenberg, former director of the National Museum of African Art *Neill Blomkamp, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and animator *Mike Botha, master diamond cutter *Kim Brunhuber, journalist *Arlene Dickinson, businesswoman *Robin Esrock, travel writer *Kevin Harmse, soccer player *Mpho Koaho, actor *Jay Manuel, director creative and make-up artist *Derek Mul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrikaner
Afrikaners () are a South African ethnic group descended from Free Burghers, predominantly Dutch settlers first arriving at the Cape of Good Hope in the 17th and 18th centuries.Entry: Cape Colony. ''Encyclopædia Britannica Volume 4 Part 2: Brain to Casting''. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1933. James Louis Garvin, editor. They traditionally dominated South Africa's politics and commercial agricultural sector prior to 1994. Afrikaans, South Africa's third most widely spoken home language, evolved as the First language, mother tongue of Afrikaners and most Cape Coloureds. It originated from the Dutch language, Dutch vernacular of South Holland, incorporating words brought from the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and Madagascar by slaves. Afrikaners make up approximately 5.2% of the total South African population, based upon the number of White South Africans who speak Afrikaans as a first language in the South African National Census of 2011. The arrival of Portugal, Portug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mpho Koaho
Mpho Koaho () is a Canadian actor. He portrayed List of Falling Skies characters#Anthony, Anthony on the TNT (American TV network), TNT science fiction series ''Falling Skies'' (2011–2015) and was also a series regular on the Teletoon action adventure ''MetaJets'' (2011) and the BBC America science fiction comedy ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV series), Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'' (2016–2017). Early life and education Mpho Koaho was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to South African parents. Career Mpho began his acting career when Maya Angelou cast him as the lead in her 1998 Miramax film ''Down in the Delta''. After that, he appeared in films such as ''The Salton Sea (2002 film), The Salton Sea'', ''Four Brothers (film), Four Brothers'', ''Get Rich or Die Tryin' (film), Get Rich or Die Tryin''', and ''Saw III''. In 2009, Koaho was nominated to two Gemini Awards; one for his supporting role on the Canadian TV series ''Soul (Canadian TV series), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Harmse
Kevin Mitchell Harmse (born July 4, 1984) is a South African-born Canadian soccer player. Club career Youth years Born in Johannesburg, Harmse grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, and began his youth career training at the Roman Tulis School in Coquitlam, British Columbia. Europe Harmse was drafted by the Vancouver Whitecaps in 2002 but did not sign with the club; instead, after training with both Bayern Munich and Benfica he signed with Tromsø IL in the Norwegian Premier League. He did not see much playing time, and returned to the Whitecaps in 2004, where he gradually worked himself to become a cornerstone of the defense, playing in 36 games and scoring once. He signed for Nitra in the Slovakian Corgoň Liga in 2006, spending a year with the club. Major League Soccer Harmse returned to North American and signed with Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer in April 2007. He made his MLS debut on April 12, 2007, coming on at halftime against FC Dallas. He scored his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Esrock
Robin Esrock ( ; born 1974 in Johannesburg, South Africa)South African Robin Esrock Documents His Travels for Networks All Over the World, Canadian Immigrant . '''', August 29, 2011. is a travel writer, bestselling authorLabrador Included in Bestselling Book [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlene Dickinson
Arlene Dickinson (born October 8, 1956) is a South African Canadian businesswoman, investor, author, and television personality. She is the general partner of District Ventures Capital and CEO of Venturepark. Dickinson joined the cast of the CBC business reality show ''Dragons' Den'' during its second season in 2007 and departed in the ninth season in 2015. She then returned to continue with the Dragons for the 12th season in 2017. She was selected to perform on the series after she won numerous awards, including Calgary Business Owner of the Year, ''PROFIT'' magazine's Top 100 Women Business Owners, the Pinnacle Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence, Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards and Canada's Most Powerful Women Top 100. The show describes her as a self-made multi-millionaire. Personal life Born in Germiston, Union of South Africa, and raised in Canada, Dickinson graduated from high school in Calgary, Alberta. She married at age 19 and had four children. She divorced at 31 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Brunhuber
Kim Barry Brunhuber is a Canadian journalist and author. He serves as a weekend anchor on CNN International hosting the European breakfast edition of ''CNN Newsroom''. He has previously served as anchor and reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, including on the flagship news program '' The National'' and on CBC News Network."Minority report: Taking a closer look at newsroom diversity" , 4 April 2012. Career Born in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Botha
Mike Botha is a master Diamond cutting, diamond cutter, with more than five decades in the profession. His training and subsequent career began in South Africa and has led him to Mauritius, Russia and Canada and from Vancouver to the Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan. Biography Michiel Josias "Mike" Botha (born 1947) is engaged in diamond design, cutting and polishing in North America. Trained under David du Plessis, he received his cross-working apprenticeship diploma in 1970 in South Africa. He has also worked as the occupational certification officer for the diamond industry in the Northwest Territories under the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, and was also the technical consultant for the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment for their Government Diamond Certification Program. Botha led the Diamond Training Program at Aurora College in Yellowknife. During his six-year tenure with Aurora College, he developed and delivered programs, earning the coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neill Blomkamp
Neill Blomkamp (; born 17 September 1979) is a South African filmmaker. He employs a documentary-style, Hand-held camera, hand-held, cinéma vérité technique, blending naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated imagery, computer-generated effects, and his films often deal with themes of xenophobia and social segregation. He is best known as the co-writer and director of the critically acclaimed and financially successful science fiction action film ''District 9'', for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He directed another dystopian science fiction action film ''Elysium (film), Elysium'', which garnered moderately positive reviews. He is known for his collaborations with actor Sharlto Copley. ''Time (magazine), Time'' named Blomkamp as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2009. A 2011 article in ''Forbes'' named him as the 21st most powerful celebrity from Africa. Early life Blomkamp was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Museum Of African Art
The National Museum of African Art is the Smithsonian Institution's African art museum, located on the National Mall of the United States capital. Its collections include 9,000 works of traditional and contemporary African art from both Sub-Saharan and North Africa, 300,000 photographs, and 50,000 library volumes. It was the first institution dedicated to African art in the United States and remains the largest collection. ''The Washington Post'' called the museum a mainstay in the international art world and the main venue for contemporary African art in the United States. The museum was founded in 1964 by a Foreign Service in Capitol Hill. The collection focused on traditional African art and an educational mission to teach black cultural heritage. To ensure the museum's longevity, the founder lobbied the national legislature to adopt the museum under the Smithsonian's auspices. It joined the Smithsonian in 1979 and became the National Museum of African Art two years later. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngaire Blankenberg
Ngaire Blankenberg (born ) is a Canadian-born South African museum designer, consultant, and administrator. She is a former director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Early life and education Blankenberg's parents are South African and she was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her mother is White and her father is Coloured (and albino); they had relocated to Canada as their interracial marriage was illegal in South Africa at that time. She earned a journalism degree from Carleton University and worked for 12 years in television and documentaries, including a year as a videographer on the CBC newsmagazine series ''Road Movies'',Bill Anderson"In Road Movies, CBC lets youths tell own tales; Network gets fresh viewpoints - and a TV series for $100,000 an episode" ''Montreal Gazette'', July 17, 1992. before moving to South Africa to study media and cultural studies, earning a masters degree from the University of Natal. She moved back to Canada and began working as a museum de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Bellisomo
Luca Bellisomo (born 25 October 1986 in Johannesburg) is a South African-born Canadian soccer player who last played for Finnish Veikkausliiga club IFK Mariehamn. Career Youth and College Bellisomo was born in South Africa, and moved with his family to the Greater Vancouver area in 1994. He played youth soccer on Lower Mainland, before moving again with his family, this time to Australia in 2001 In Australia, Bellisomo was student at The Cathedral School of St Anne & St James in the Australian town of Townsville, Queensland, and went on to play for the Queensland Academy of Sport, the Queensland U-17 state team, and the North Queensland schoolboys side. He also played on a couple of senior men’s soccer teams, notably the Brisbane Wolves in the Queensland Soccer Federation XXXX League. He returned to Canada in 2004 and played four years of college soccer at Simon Fraser University, where he was named an NAIA Third Team All-American in his third year and First Team All Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
