Czech Canadians
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 94,805 (by ancestry, 2011 Census)[1] Additional 40,035 Czechoslovaks | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario | |
| Languages | |
| Canadian English and Czech | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism, Protestantism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Czech Americans, Slovak Canadians |
Czech Canadians are Canadian citizens of Czech ancestry or Czech-born people who reside in Canada. It also includes people descended from inhabitants of the territory of the historic Czech lands, constituting the Kingdom of Bohemia (consisting of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia), or successor states, now known as the Czech Republic, the Czechs' nation state. In the 19th century, they were frequently called Bohemians. According to the 2006 Canadian census, there were 98,090 Canadians of full or partial Czech descent.
Number of Czech and Czechoslovakian Canadians
Data from this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.[2]
| Percent | |
|---|---|
 Canada— Total |
0.4% |
 Newfoundland and Labrador |
0.0% |
 Prince Edward Island |
0.0% |
 Nova Scotia |
0.2% |
 New Brunswick |
0.1% |
 Quebec |
0.1% |
 Ontario |
0.4% |
 Manitoba |
0.5% |
 Saskatchewan |
0.7% |
 Alberta |
0.8% |
 British Columbia |
0.7% |
 Yukon |
0.6% |
 Northwest Territories |
0.3% |
 Nunavut |
0.0% |
Notable people
- Vasek Pospisil - tennis player
- Jenna Talackova - model, TV personality
- Otto Jelinek - businessman, former figure skater, politician
- Thomas J. Bata - businessman, "Shoemaker to the World"
- Josef Škvorecký - writer, publisher
See also
Further reading
- Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples. "Czechs:Origins.". Multicultural Canada.
References
- ^ Statistics Canada. "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables". Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "2016 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Ethnic Origin (247), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". Statistics Canada. 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-01-11.