This is a list of ethnic interest groups in Canada, often engaged in

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. These are

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s in

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that are established along cultural, ethnic, religious, or racial lines by an

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for the purposes of protecting and advancing the interests of their particular social group either within Canada or abroad—as in the case of

foreign policy interest group __NOTOC__ A foreign policy interest group, according to Thomas Ambrosio, is a domestic advocacy group which seeks to directly or indirectly influence their government's foreign policy.Ambrosio, Thomas. 2002. "Ethnic identity groups and U.S. fo ...

—through (directly or indirectly) influencing

Canadian foreign policy The foreign relations of Canada are Canada's relations with other governments and nations. Canada is recognized as a middle power for its role in international affairs with a tendency to pursue multilateral solutions. Canada's foreign policy b ...

. This list is organized according to the ethnic divisions used by

Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...

African

Southern and East African

* Ugandan Canadian National Association

Asian

East and Southeast Asian

Chinese Canadian National Council The Chinese Canadian National Council (CCNC) (french: Conseil national des Canadiens chinois pour la justice sociale), known in the Chinese-Canadian community as Equal Rights Council (平權會), is an organization whose purpose is to promote eq ...

* Federation of Korean-Canadian Associations * Indonesian Canadian Congress * National Association of Japanese Canadians *

National Council of Canadian-Filipino Associations The National Council of Canadian Filipino Associations (NCCFA) (french: Conseil national des associations canadiennes des Philippines, lang-fil, Pambansang Sanggunian ng mga Samahang Kanadiano Pilipino) was an umbrella organization and advocacy gro ...

Taiwanese Canadian Association of Toronto Taiwanese Canadian Association of Toronto (TCAT), the largest general-purpose all-ages Taiwanese organization in the Greater Toronto Area, was established back in 1963 and later registered as a non-profit organization in the Province of Ontario i ...

* Vietnamese Canadian Federation

South Asian

Canada India Foundation The Canada India Foundation is a Canadian non-profit organisation established in 2007. The main stated objective of CIF comprises promoting Canada–India relations through their active intervention in public policy, which would cover domestic po ...

Canadian Malayalee Association The Canadian Malayalee Association (CMA) is a secular, non-political, non-partisan, and an incorporated non-profit organization (Reg. No:1701711) of Malayalees in Canada. All people of Kerala ethnic origin, living anywhere in Canada are eligible ...

* Christian Cultural Association of South Asians *

Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America The Federation of Tamil Sangams in North America (FeTNA) is a non-profit organization of Tamil organizations in the United States and Canada. It is a registered, non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization and founded in 1987 by five Tamil orga ...

* National Association of Canadians of Origins in India * National Federation of Pakistani Canadians

West Central Asian and Middle Eastern

* Armenian National Committee of Canada *

Canadian Arab Federation The Canadian Arab Federation (CAF) was formed in 1967 to represent the interests of Arab Canadians with respect to the formulation of public policy in Canada. It presently consists of over 40 member organizations. CAF's stated objectives include ...

* Federation of Canadian Turkish Association *

National Council on Canada-Arab Relations The National Council on Canada-Arab Relations (NCCAR) is a non-profit organization dedicated to building bridges of understanding and cooperation between Canada and the Arab world. NCCAR was established in 1985 by Canadians who believe that Ca ...

Caribbean

* National Council of Jamaicans and Supportive Organizations in Canada * National Council of Barbadian Associations in Canada * National Council of Trinidad and Tobago Organizations in Canada

European

Central European

* German Canadian Congress *

German Society of Montreal The German Society of Montreal (French: ''Société allemande de Montréal''; German: ''Deutsche Gesellschaft zu Montreal'') is a Montreal-based non-profit organization with the mission to promote the German language and culture in Montreal and to ...

Eastern European

* Belarusan Canadian Coordination Committee *

Canadian Polish Congress The Canadian-Polish Congress ( pl, Kongres Polonii Kanadyjskiej, KPK, CPC) is a Canadian not-for-profit organization federally integrated on the 7th of February 1933 in Winnipeg, Manitoba which was previously known as the Federation of Polish Soci ...

* Czech and Slovak Association of Canada *

Federation of Russian Canadians The Federation of Russian Canadians is a left-leaning cultural organization for Russian immigrants to Canada and their descendants. It is the successor of the Russian Farmer-Worker Clubs which were closed by the government at the beginning of World ...

* Latvian National Federation of Canada * Slovak Canadian National Council

Ukrainian

Association of United Ukrainian Canadians The Association of United Ukrainian Canadians (AUUC; uk, Товариство Об'єднаних Українських Канадтсив) is a national cultural-educational non-profit organization established for Ukrainians in Canada. With ...

Ukrainian Canadian Congress The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC; uk, Конгрес Українців Канади) is a nonprofit umbrella organization of Ukrainian-Canadian political, cultural, and religious organizations. History Originally known as the Ukrainian ...

(umbrella organization) *

Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association __NOTOC__ The Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association (UCCLA) (french: L'Association ukrainienne-canadienne des droits civils (''AU-CDC'')) is a Ukrainian organization in Canada. Established in 1986 after the Civil Liberties Commission (aff ...

* Ukrainian Canadian Students' Union *

Ukrainians in Canada for Democratic Ukraine Ukrainians in Canada for Democratic Ukraine is a public initiative established in Canada in March 2014 during the Russian Federation's invasion of the territory of the Autonomous Republic Crimea, Ukraine. The objectives of the initiative are co ...

Ukrainian National Federation of Canada The Ukrainian National Federation of Canada (U.N.F., Ukrainian: Українське Національне Об'єднання, УНО or UNO, said "oo-no") is a pan-Canadian cultural and non-for-profit organization of Ukrainian Canadians Its h ...

Ukrainian Youth Association The Ukrainian Youth Association ( uk, Спілка української молоді, transliterated as , known by the acronym , , pronounced "", and commonly rendered as CYM) is a youth organization in Ukraine, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, ...

Northern European

* Federation of Danish Associations in Canada

Southern European

* Canadian Hispanic Congress * Canadian Hellenic Congress * Cypriot Federation of Canada *

National Congress of Italian Canadians The National Congress of Italian Canadians is an umbrella organization that represents Italian Canadian organizations in Canada. It was founded in 1974 as a successor to the Federation of Italian Canadian Associations. The congress has a federated s ...

* Portuguese Canadian National Congress * Serbian National Shield Society of Canada * Slovenian National Federation of Canada * United Macedonians Organizations of Canada

Indigenous

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) (formerly the Native Council of Canada and briefly the Indigenous Peoples Assembly of Canada), founded in 1971, is a national Canadian aboriginal organization, that represents Aboriginal peoples ( Non-Sta ...

First Nations

Assembly of First Nations The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is an assembly of Canadian First Nations (Indian bands) represented by their chiefs. Established in 1982 and modelled on the United Nations General Assembly, it emerged from the National Indian Brotherhood, wh ...

Inuit

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, (Inuktitut syllabics: , meaning "Inuit are united in Canada") previously known as the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (Eskimo Brotherhood of Canada), is a nonprofit organization in Canada that represents over 65,000 Inuit acro ...

Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut The Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut (TFN, , ) was the organization officially recognized from 1982 to 1993 as representing the Inuit of what is now Nunavut, but was then part of the Northwest Territories, for the purpose of negotiating treaties an ...

Métis

Métis National Council The Métis National Council (french: Ralliement national des Métis) is the representative body of the Métis people of northwestern Canada. The MNC represents the Métis Nation both nationally and internationally, receiving direction from the el ...

Jewish

Canadian Jewish Congress The Canadian Jewish Congress (, , ) was, for more than ninety years, the main advocacy group for the Jewish community in Canada. Regarded by many as the "Parliament of Canadian Jewry," the Congress was at the forefront of the struggle for human r ...

Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee The Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee (CJPAC) is a Canadian national, independent, multi-partisan organization. Its mandate is to engage Jewish and pro-Israel Canadians in the democratic process and to foster active political particip ...

Québécois

* Mouvement national des Québécoises et des Québécois *

Mouvement Québec français Mouvement Québec français (MQF) is an umbrella group of organisations in favour of the preservation and defence of the French language in Quebec, Canada. History The MFQ was founded in the beginning of March 1971,Turcotte, p. 10 when François ...

Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society (french: Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste) is an institution in Quebec dedicated to the protection of Quebec francophone interests and to the promotion of Quebec sovereignism. It is known as the oldest patriotic assoc ...

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