Filipino Canadians

Filipino Canadians
Filipino ancestry % in Canada (2021)
Total population
957,355[1]
2.58% of the Canadian population (2021)
Regions with significant populations
Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver
 Ontario363,650 (2.6%)
 Alberta216,710 (5.2%)
 British Columbia174,280 (3.5%)
 Manitoba94,315 (7.2%)
 Quebec44,885 (0.5%)
 Saskatchewan43,755 (4.0%)
Languages
English (Canadian, Philippine), Canadian French, Tagalog (Filipino), Visayan languages, Ilocano, Kapampangan, and other languages of the Philippines
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Iglesia ni Cristo
Minority: Islam and Irreligion
Related ethnic groups
Filipino Americans

Filipino Canadians (French: Canadiens philippins; Filipino: Mga Pilipinong Kanadyense) are Canadians of Filipino descent. Filipino Canadians are the second largest subgroup of the overseas Filipinos, surpassed only by the United States, and one of the fastest-growing groups in Canada.

Only a small population of Filipinos lived in Canada until the late 20th century. At the 2016 Canadian census, 851,410 people of Filipino descent lived in Canada, mostly in urban areas. The majority of Filipino Canadians being Tagalog. Filipino Canadians are the third-largest Asian Canadian group in the nation after the Indian and Chinese communities. They are also the largest group from Southeast Asia in the country. Between the 2011 and 2016 censuses, the Filipino community in Canada grew from 702,200 to 820,100, a growth of about 7%, compared to the rest of Canada, which grew by 5% during the same time period.

By the 2021 census, Filipino Canadians enumerated 957,355, or 2.58% of the total population, further displaying the community's rapid growth.[2]

  1. ^ Immigrant population in Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada, October 25, 2017, retrieved November 3, 2017
  2. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Canada [Country]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 26, 2022.

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