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| 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 |
| Part of a series of articles on the |
| French people |
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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]