Latin American Canadian

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Latin American Canadian
Total population
381,280[1]
1.2% of Canadian population
Regions with significant populations
Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Leamington, London, Kitchener, Hamilton, Brandon, St. Catharines, Wood Buffalo, Sherbrooke, Red Deer
Languages

Spanish, Canadian English, Canadian French, Portuguese
Religion

Roman Catholic · Nonreligious
Related ethnic groups

Latin Americans, Spanish Canadians, Portuguese Canadians, Hispanic and Latino Americans

A Latin American Canadian or Hispanic Canadian is a Canadian of Latin American descent or birth. Latin American is the term used by Statistics Canada. The Latin American Canadian population comprises 0.97% of the population as of 2006.[2]

Other terms used sometimes are "Latino Canadian"[3] and "Latin Canadian".[4]

The majority of Latin American Canadians are recent immigrants who arrived in the late 20th century from El Salvador, Colombia, Mexico, Chile, and Guatemala, with smaller communities from the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and elsewhere, with nearly all Latin American countries represented.[5] Reasons for immigrating include Canada's better economic opportunities and politics or civil war and political repression in their native countries, as in the case of Cubans fleeing from the Fidel Castro revolution, Chileans escaping from Augusto Pinochet's rule, Salvadorans fleeing from the Salvadoran Civil War and Peruvians escaping from the Juan Velasco Alvarado dictatorship and from the July 1979 constitution's compulsory voting requirement.[citation needed]

The largest Latin American Canadian communities are in the census metropolitan areas of Toronto (99,290), Montreal (75,400), Vancouver (22,695), Calgary (13,415), and Ottawa (10,630),[6] and there are rapidly growing ones in the provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia.

The majority of Latin American Canadians are bilingual or multilingual, usually primarily speaking Spanish or Portuguese, however many are fluent in one or both of Canada's two official languages, English and French.

In 2002, 82% of those who reported Latin American origin said they had a strong sense of belonging to Canada. At the same time, 57% said that they had a strong sense of belonging to their ethnic or cultural group. People with Latin American origins are also active in Canadian society. For example, 66% of Canadians of Latin American origin who were eligible to vote did so in the 2000 federal election [7]

Latin American Canadians have made distinguished contributions to Canada in all major fields, such as politics, the military, music, philosophy, sports, business and economy, and science.

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Demographics[edit]

Latin American population of Canada by census year[edit]

Census Latin American population Change from previous census Total Canadian population Change from previous census Latin American population (%)
1996[8] 176,970 N/A 28,528,125 N/A 0.6%
2001[9] 216,980 22.6% 29,639,030 3.9% 0.7%
2006[10] 304,245 40.2% 31,241,030 5.4% 1%
2011[11] 381,280 25.3% 32,852,325 5.2% 1.2%

Immigration[edit]

Latin American immigrants to Canada by country of birth (2011)[12]
Country Number of immigrants  % of Latin American immigrants  % of total immigrant population
 Mexico 86,175 20.9% 1.2%
 Colombia 64,935 15.8% 0.9%
 El Salvador 44,800 10.9% 0.6%
 Peru 27,725 6.7% 0.4%
 Brazil 27,030 6.6% 0.4%
 Chile 26,795 6.5% 0.4%
 Argentina 19,665 4.8% 0.3%
 Venezuela 18,175 4.4% 0.3%
 Guatemala 16,170 3.9% 0.2%
 Ecuador 14,360 3.5% 0.2%
 Cuba 13,935 3.4% 0.2%
 Nicaragua 9,140 2.2% 0.1%
 Dominican Republic 9,035 2.2% 0.1%
 Paraguay 7,690 1.9% 0.1%
 Uruguay 6,895 1.7% 0.1%
 Honduras 6,525 1.6% 0.1%
 Bolivia 5,220 1.3% 0.1%
 Costa Rica 4,585 1.1% 0.1%
 Panama 2,645 0.6% 0%
 Puerto Rico 430 0.1% 0%
Total Latin American immigrant population 411,930 100% 5.7%
Total immigrant population 7,217,295 N/A 100%

List of Canadian census subdivisions with Latin American populations higher than the national average[edit]

Source: Canada 2011 Census[13]
National average: 1.2%

Alberta[edit]

British Columbia[edit]

Manitoba[edit]

Ontario[edit]

Quebec[edit]

List of notable Latin American Canadians[edit]

Entertainment[edit]

Photography[edit]

Politics[edit]

Science and Technology[edit]

Sport[edit]

2008 Montreal riots[edit]

The Latin American community of Quebec was brought into the spotlight when 18 year old Honduran immigrant Fredy Alberto Villanueva was shot and killed by police officers of the SPVM on 9 August 2008.[14] The following day, what started out as a peaceful protest against the officers' actions in the borough of Montréal-Nord, erupted into a riot in which neighborhood stores were looted, several cars and garbage cans were set on fire, one paramedic and two police officers were wounded and one female police officer shot.[15]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

 This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2008)
  1. ^ [1], National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011
  2. ^ [2], Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Province/Territory
  3. ^ ""Latino Canadians" -Wikipedia - Google Search". Retrieved 2008-10-14. 
  4. ^ ""Latin Canadians" -Wikipedia - Google Search". Retrieved 2008-10-14. 
  5. ^ Statistics canada: "Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories
  6. ^ [3], Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Province/Territory
  7. ^ http://www.myfriendfernando.ca/latin-calgary.php
  8. ^ [4], Total Population by Visible Minority Population(1), for Canada, Provinces and Territories, 1996
  9. ^ [5], 2001 Community Profiles
  10. ^ [6], Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Province/Territory
  11. ^ [7], National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011
  12. ^ [8], 2011 National Household Survey: Data tables | Citizenship (5), Place of Birth (236), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey
  13. ^ [9], National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011
  14. ^ "Family 'destroyed' by death of Montreal man shot by police". CBC News. 2008-08-15. 
  15. ^ http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=9ec92305-9cb6-493a-9271-dd569f0c50bd

External links[edit]
Latin American Canadians by national origin
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