Indo-Canadians

Indo-Canadians
Indo-Canadiens (French)
	Indian ancestry in Canada (2016)
Total population
	1,858,755; 5.1% of the Canadian population (2021)
Regions with significant populations
	Toronto • Vancouver • Calgary • Edmonton • Montreal • Abbotsford • Winnipeg • Ottawa • Hamilton
Languages
	Canadian English • Canadian French; Punjabi • Hindi-Urdu • Tamil • Gujarati • Bengali; Other languages of India;
Religion
	Predominantly:; Sikhism (36%); Hinduism (32%); Minorities:; Christianity (12%); Islam (11%); Irreligion (8%); Buddhism (0.1%); Judaism (0.1%); Indigenous (0.01%); Zoroastrianism · Jainism · Others (0.7%);
Related ethnic groups
	Asian Canadians • South Asian Canadians • Indian Americans • British Indians • Overseas Indians;

Indo-Canadians or Indian Canadians, are Canadians who have ancestry from India. The term East Indian is sometimes used to avoid confusion with the Indigenous peoples of Canada. Categorically, Indo-Canadians comprise a subgroup of South Asian Canadians which is a further subgroup of Asian Canadians. According to Statistics Canada, Indians are one of the fastest growing communities in Canada and one of the largest non-European ethnic groups.

Canada contains the world's seventh-largest Indian diaspora. The highest concentrations of Indo-Canadians are found in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia, followed by growing communities in Alberta and Quebec as well, with the majority of them being foreign-born.

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