List of ethnic interest groups in Canada

This is a list of ethnic interest groups in Canada, often engaged in diaspora politics.

These are advocacy groups in Canada that are established along cultural, ethnic, religious, or racial lines by an ethnic group for the purposes of protecting and advancing the interests of their particular social group either within Canada or abroad—as in the case of foreign policy interest group—through (directly or indirectly) influencing Canadian foreign policy.^[1]

This list is organized according to the ethnic divisions used by Statistics Canada.

African

Southern and East African

Ugandan Canadian National Association

Asian

East and Southeast Asian

Chinese Canadian National Council
Federation of Korean-Canadian Associations
Indonesian Canadian Congress
National Association of Japanese Canadians
National Council of Canadian-Filipino Associations
Taiwanese Canadian Association of Toronto
Vietnamese Canadian Federation

South Asian

Canada India Foundation
Canadian Malayalee Association
Christian Cultural Association of South Asians
Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America
National Association of Canadians of Origins in India
National Federation of Pakistani Canadians

West Central Asian and Middle Eastern

Armenian National Committee of Canada
Canadian Arab Federation
Federation of Canadian Turkish Association
National Council on Canada-Arab Relations

Caribbean

National Council of Jamaicans and Supportive Organizations in Canada
National Council of Barbadian Associations in Canada
National Council of Trinidad and Tobago Organizations in Canada
Jamaican Canadian Association

European

Central European

German Canadian Congress
German Society of Montreal

Eastern European

Belarusan Canadian Coordination Committee
Canadian Polish Congress
Czech and Slovak Association of Canada
Federation of Russian Canadians
Latvian National Federation of Canada
Slovak Canadian National Council

Ukrainian

Northern European

Federation of Danish Associations in Canada

Southern European

Canadian Hispanic Congress
Canadian Hellenic Congress
Cypriot Federation of Canada
National Congress of Italian Canadians
Portuguese Canadian National Congress
Serbian National Shield Society of Canada
Slovenian National Federation of Canada
United Macedonians Organizations of Canada

Indigenous

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

Jewish

Québécois

References

^ Ambrosio, Thomas (2002). Ethnic identity groups and U.S. foreign policy. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0-275-97533-9.

[Ambrosio2002-1] Ambrosio, Thomas (2002). Ethnic identity groups and U.S. foreign policy. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0-275-97533-9.

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