| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,182,485 19% of the population of Greater Toronto Area (2021)[1][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mississauga, Brampton, Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Markham, Milton, Oakville, Ajax, Scarborough, Etobicoke, | |
| Languages | |
| English, Urdu, Hindi, Bengali various other South Asian languages |Dari, Pashto| | |
| Religion | |
| Islam, Hindu, Christianity, Sikhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Indo Canadians, Pakistani Canadians Afghan Canadians, Indian Americans |
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South Asian Canadians in the Greater Toronto Area form 19% of the region's population, numbering 1.2 million as of 2021. [3] Comprising the largest visible minority group in the region, Toronto is the destination of over half of the immigrants coming from India to Canada, and India is the single largest source of immigrants in the Greater Toronto Area.[4] South Asian Canadians in the region also include significant Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans, and Nepalis, all representing several different ethnolinguistic backgrounds.
- ^ "Profile table". Statistics Canada. Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity in Canada". statcan.gc.ca. 8 May 2013. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (9 February 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Toronto [Census metropolitan area], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ Gee, Marcus. "South Asian immigrants are transforming Toronto." The Globe and Mail. Sunday July 3, 2011. Updated Monday July 4, 2011. Retrieved on October 28, 2014.
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