Total population | |
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210,405 (2016 census)[1] 0.6% of the total Canadian population (2016) 262,625 (Persian-speaking Canadians)[2] 0.7% of the total Canadian population (2021) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Richmond Hill, Toronto, North Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa | |
Languages | |
Persian, Canadian English, Canadian French Azerbaijani, Armenian, Kurdish, Mandaic, and other languages of Iran. (see Languages of Iran). | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Shia Islam and Irreligion Minorities include Agnosticism, Bahaʼi Faith, Christianity (Protestantism and Catholicism), Judaism, Sunni Islam, Zoroastrianism and Mandaeism |
Iranian Canadians or Persian Canadians[3][4] are Canadians of Iranian origin.[5] From the 2016 Canadian census, the main communities can be found in Southern Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec. As of 2016[update] a total of 97,110 Iranians reside in the Greater Toronto Area,[6] 46,255 in the Greater Vancouver Area,[7] and 23,410 in the Greater Montreal Area,[8] with the remainder spread out in the other major cities of Canada, based on the 2016 Canadian Census. These numbers represent the people who stated "Iranian" as their single or joint ethnic origin in the census survey.
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