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كنديون عرب | |
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Total population | |
690,000 1.9% of the total Canadian population (2021) (2021 Census) [1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Laval, Mississauga, Windsor, London | |
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Arab Canadians (French : Arabo-Canadiens) come from all of the countries of the Arab world. According to the 2021 Census, there were 690,000 Canadians, or 1.9%, who claimed Arab ancestry. [4] According to the 2011 census there were 380,620 Canadians who claimed full or partial ancestry from an Arabic-speaking country. [5] [ verify ] The large majority of the Canadians of Arab origin population live in either Ontario or Quebec. [6]
The distribution of the Arab population of Canada according to the 2001, 2011, and 2016 Canadian censuses was as follows:[ verify ]
Province or territory | Arabs 2001 | % 2001 | Arabs 2011 | % 2011 | Arabs 2016 | % 2016 | Arabs 2021 | % 2021 |
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Québec | 73,345 | 1.0% | 166,260 | 2.2% | 213,740 | 2.7% | 280,075 | 3.3% |
Ontario | 88,545 | 0.8% | 151,645 | 1.2% | 210,435 | 1.6% | 284,215 | 2.0% |
Alberta | 19,320 | 0.7% | 34,920 | 1.0% | 56,700 | 1.4% | 69,505 | 1.6% |
British Columbia | 6,605 | 0.2% | 14,090 | 0.3% | 19,840 | 0.4% | 28,010 | 0.6% |
Nova Scotia | 3,610 | 0.4% | 6,285 | 0.7% | 8,110 | 0.9% | 10,610 | 1.1% |
Manitoba | 1,230 | 0.1% | 3,240 | 0.3% | 5,030 | 0.4% | 7,820 | 0.6% |
Saskatchewan | 900 | 0.1% | 2,095 | 0.2% | 4,300 | 0.4% | 5,575 | 0.5% |
New Brunswick | 580 | 0.1% | 1,380 | 0.2% | 2,960 | 0.4% | 5,060 | 0.7% |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 270 | 0.1% | 370 | 0.1% | 1,375 | 0.3% | 1,740 | 0.3% |
Prince Edward Island | 175 | 0.0% | 200 | 0.1% | 585 | 0.4% | 1,125 | 0.7% |
Northwest Territories | 80 | 0.2% | 110 | 0.3% | 100 | 0.2% | 225 | 0.6% |
Nunavut | 10 | 0.0% | 15 | 0.0% | 40 | 0.1% | 35 | 0.1% |
Yukon | 10 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 10 | 0.0% | 20 | 0.1 |
Canada | 194,685 | 0.7% | 380,620 [7] | 1.2% | 523,235 [7] | 1.5% | 694,015 [7] | 1.9% |
Country [8] | 2016 [5] |
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Lebanon | 219,555 |
Algeria | 104,395 |
Morocco | 103,945 |
Syria | 77,045 |
Egypt | 73,250 |
Iraq | 68,490 |
Palestine | 50,245 |
Tunisia | 25,645 |
UAE | 20,000 |
Sudan | 19,960 |
Jordan | 25,250 |
Mauritania | 9,325 |
Libya | 7,740 |
Saudi Arabia | 6,810 |
Yemen | 6,645 |
Kuwait | 2,235 |
Canada total | 750,925 [9] |
The 2011 Canadian census shows that 55% from Arab Canadians reported belonging to a Muslim faith and 34% reported belonging to a Christian faith. These number differ measurably from the numbers reported in the 2001 Canadian census, which showed an even split in the Arab Canadians community between those who practiced the Muslim faith with 44% and those who practiced the Christian faith 44%, (where 28% as Catholic, 11% as Eastern Orthodox Church and 5% as Other Christian). In 2011, about 3% from Arab Canadians population are Jewish.
That said the percentage of Arab Canadians were not affiliated with any religions only marginally increased from 6% in 2001 to 8% in 2011.
The greatest percentage of Arab Christians in Canada come from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Iraq, where the highest rates of Muslims come from Algeria and Morocco. [10]
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