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Indo-Canadians
Indian Canadians are Canadians who have ancestry from India. The term ''East Indian'' is sometimes used to avoid confusion with Indigenous groups. Categorically, Indian Canadians comprise a subgroup of South Asian Canadians which is a further subgroup of Asian Canadians. As of the 2021 census, Indians are the largest non-European ethnic group in the country and form the fastest growing national origin in Canada. Canada contains the world's seventh-largest Indian diaspora. The highest concentrations of Indian Canadians are found in Ontario and British Columbia, followed by growing communities in Alberta and Quebec as well, with the majority of them being foreign-born. Terminology In Canada, 'South Asian' refers to persons with ancestry throughout South Asia, while ' East Indian' means someone with origins specifically from India. Both terms are used by Statistics Canada,Sumartojo, Widyarini. 2012.'My kind of Brown': Indo-Canadian youth identity and belonging in Greater Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
South Asian Canadians
South Asian Canadians are Canadians who were either born in or can trace their Ancestor, ancestry to South Asia or the Indian subcontinent, which includes the nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. The term also includes immigrants from South Asian diaspora, South Asian communities in Asian Africans#Indians in Africa, East and South Africa, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Fiji, Mauritius, and the rest of the world. The term South Asian Canadian is a subgroup of Asian Canadians, Asian Canadian and, according to Statistics Canada, can further be divided by nationality, such as Indo-Canadians, Indian Canadian, Pakistani Canadians, Pakistani Canadian, and Bangladeshi Canadians, Bangladeshi Canadian. () As of 2021, South Asians (7.1 percent) comprise the second largest Panethnicity, pan-ethnic group in Canada after European Canadians, Europeans (69.8 percent). According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2,571,400 Canadians had South Asi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
