Igbo Canadians are citizens of

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that are of full or partial

Igbo Igbo may refer to: * Igbo people, an ethnic group of Nigeria * Igbo language, their language * anything related to Igboland, a cultural region in Nigeria See also * Ibo (disambiguation) * Igbo mythology * Igbo music * Igbo art * * Igbo-Ukwu, a ...

descent. The Igbo are an ethnic group from

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. According to the 2016 Canadian census, the number of people who identified as Igbo was 18,315. Some Igbo people may have identified as Nigerian. There were 51,835 people who self identified as Nigerian Canadian in the 2016 census. Additionally, 18,315 people identified Igbo as their mother tongue and 8,850 people said that they had some knowledge of Igbo. Some are descendants of

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slaves who escaped using the

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{{People of Canada Ethnic groups in Canada Canadian people of Igbo descent Igbo diaspora