Chinese Canadians
Chinese Canadians are Canadians of full or partial Han Chinese ancestry, which includes both naturalized Chinese immigrants and Canadian-born Chinese. They comprise a subgroup of East Asian Canadians which is a further subgroup of Asian Canadians. Demographic research tends to include immigrants from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau, as well as overseas Chinese who have immigrated from Southeast Asia and South America into the broadly defined Chinese Canadian category.
Chinese Canadians as a percentage of census divisions' population in 2021 | |
| Total population | |
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| 1,715,770 4.63% of the Canadian population (2021) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Greater Toronto Area, Metro Vancouver, Greater Montreal, Calgary Region , Edmonton | |
| Languages | |
| English, French, Cantonese, Mandarin, Min Chinese, Hakka, other varieties of Chinese | |
| Religion | |
| Irreligious, Chinese folk religions, Buddhism, Christianity, Taoism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hong Kong Canadians, Taiwanese Canadians, Overseas Chinese, Chinese Americans |
| Chinese Canadians | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 華裔加拿大人 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 华裔加拿大人 | ||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 加拿大華人 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 加拿大华人 | ||||||||||
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Canadians who identify themselves as being of Chinese ethnic origin make up about 5.1% of the Canadian population, or about 1.77 million people according to the 2016 census.
While other Asian groups are growing rapidly in the country, the Chinese Canadian community fell slightly to 1.71 million, or 4.63% of the Canadian population, in the 2021 Canadian census.
The Chinese Canadian community is the second largest ethnic group of Asian Canadians, constituting approximately 30% of the Asian Canadian population. Most Canadians of Chinese descent are concentrated within the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia.