European Canadians
European Canadians, or Euro-Canadians, are Canadians who were either born in or can trace their ancestry to the continent of Europe. They form the largest panethnic group within Canada.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 19,062,115 (2021 census) 52.5% of the Canadian population (as self-identified by census respondents) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| All areas of Canada less prevalent in Northern Canada | |
| Languages | |
| English French Italian German Ukrainian Portuguese Other European Languages Historically: Scottish Gaelic ยท Irish | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (60.3%) Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Mormonism, Other Latter Day Saints, Nondenominational and Other Christians Irreligion (37.5%) Judaism (1.2%) Converts and others (1.1%) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| European diaspora, Europeans, European Americans, European Australians, European New Zealanders, British (English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish), Irish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Portuguese |
In the 2021 Canadian census, 19,062,115 Canadians self-identified as having origins from European countries, forming approximately 52.5% of the total Canadian population. Due to changes in the census format, these totals are not directly comparable with previous censuses. Further, as the census permitted a respondent to enter up to six possible ethnic origins in their census questionnaire, this figure includes individual respondents that reported a mixed ancestry of both European and non-European origins. Therefore, it is not possible to accurately assess the total number of European Canadians as a percentage of Canada's total population, or a precise change from previous years.