South African Canadians are

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South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

n descent. Most South African Canadians are

White South African White South Africans generally refers to South Africans of European descent. In linguistic, cultural, and historical terms, they are generally divided into the Afrikaans-speaking descendants of the Dutch East India Company's original settlers, ...

s, mostly of

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and

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: ...

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 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 hi ...

, soccer player *

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 ...

, former director of the

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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-gene ...

, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and animator *

Mike Botha Mike Botha is a master 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 Saskat ...

, master diamond cutter *

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 ...

, journalist *

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 C ...

, businesswoman *

Robin Esrock Robin Esrock ( ; born 1974 in Johannesburg, South Africa)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 Scho ...

, soccer player *

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 ...

, actor *

Jay Manuel Jay Manuel (born August 14, 1972) is a Canadian TV host, Creative Director, make-up artist, and author. He is most recognizable as the Creative Director on the popular reality television show ''America's Next Top Model'' for the first eighteen sea ...

, director creative and make-up artist *

Derek Muller Derek Alexander Muller (born 9 November 1982) is an Australian-Canadian science communicator, filmmaker, and television personality, who is best known for his YouTube channel Veritasium. Muller has also appeared as a correspondent on the Net ...

, science communicator, film-maker and television personality, also known by

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channel ''Veritasium'' *

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, business magnate, investor, engineer and inventor. Founder of

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, co-founder of

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and

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* Steve Nash, basketball player * Lisa de Nikolits, writer * Johannes Sauer, sport shooter *

Tony Dean Smith Tony Dean Smith (born 12 October 1977) is a screenwriter director and editor for film and television. Smith was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. An award-winning graduate of the Vancouver ...

, film and television director, screenwriter, and editor * D. T. H. van der Merwe, rugby union player * Murad Velshi, former politician in Ontario

References

{{South African diaspora

Demographics

Notable South African Canadians

See also

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