Basque Canadians

Basque Canadians

Euskal kanadarrak (Basque) Basco-canadiens (French) Canadienses vascos (Spanish)
Regions with significant populations
Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario
7,745 (by ancestry, 2021 Census ) [1]
Languages
Canadian English, French, Spanish, and Basque
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
Basques, Basque Americans, French Canadians, Spanish Canadians

Basque Canadians (Basque : Euskal kanadarrak) are Canadian citizens of Basque descent, or Basque people who were born in the Basque Country and reside in Canada. As of 2021, 7,745 people claimed Basque ancestry. ^[2]

Basque sailors were whaling and fishing around Newfoundland beginning in 1525 and ending around 1626. ^[3]

See also

• Canada portal
• Spain portal
• France portal

• French Canadians
• Spanish Canadians
• Basque colonization of the Americas

References

1. "Ethnic or cultural origin by gender and age: Canada, provinces and territories, 2021". statcan.gc.ca.
2. "Ethnic origin population". statcan. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
3. "Basques". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 13 May 2017.

Sources

• Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples. "Basques.". Multicultural Canada.

Further reading

• Brad, Loewen (2016). "Chapter 3: Intertwined Enigmas". In Loewen, Brad; Chapdelaine, Claude (eds.). Contact in the 16th Century: Networks Among Fishers, Foragers and Farmers. Mercury Series. University of Ottawa Press. pp. 57–76. doi:10.2307/j.ctt22zmcgk.9. Examines the relationship between the Basques and the St. Lawrence Iroquoians.