Norwegian Canadians

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Norwegian Canadians
Norsk-kanadiere (Norwegian)
Norvégo-canadiens (French)
Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Total population
463,275 (1.3%)
(by ancestry, 2016 Census ) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta 156,595 [2]
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia 138,430 [3]
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan 68,640 [4]
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario 59,335 [5]
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba 19,600 [6]
Languages
Religion
Related ethnic groups
Norwegians, Norwegian Americans, Norwegian Australians, Norwegian New Zealanders, Dutch Canadians, Danish Canadians, Swedish Canadians, Flemish Canadians

Norwegian Canadians (Norwegian : Norsk-kanadiere) refer to Canadian citizens who identify themselves as being of full or partial Norwegian ancestry, or people who emigrated from Norway and reside in Canada.

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Norwegians are one of the largest northern European ethnic groups in the country and have contributed greatly to its culture, especially in Western Canada.

According to the Canada 2016 Census there were 463,275 Canadians, or 1.3%, who claimed Norwegian ancestry, having an increase compared to those 452,705 in the 2011 Census.

Significant Norwegian immigration took place from the mid-1880s to 1930. [7]

History

Norwegian Canadian
Population History
YearPop.±%
192168,856—    
193193,243+35.4%
1941100,718+8.0%
1951119,266+18.4%
1961148,681+24.7%
1971179,290+20.6%
1981102,735−42.7%
1986243,680+137.2%
1991286,235+17.5%
1996346,310+21.0%
2001363,760+5.0%
2006432,515+18.9%
2011452,705+4.7%
2016463,275+2.3%
Source: Statistics Canada
[8] : 17  [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]
Note: 1981 Canadian census did not include multiple ethnic origin responses, thus population is an undercount.

Viking exploration

L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland and Labrador Authentic Viking recreation.jpg
L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland and Labrador
Leif Ericson discovered Canada and North America. Christian-krohg-leiv-eriksson.jpg
Leif Ericson discovered Canada and North America.

Norwegians have played important roles in the history of Canada. The first Europeans to reach North America were Icelandic Norsemen, who made at least one major effort at settlement in what is today the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador (L'Anse aux Meadows) around 1000 AD. Snorri Thorfinnsson aka Snorri Guðriðsson, the son of Thorfinn Karlsefni and his wife Guđriđ, is thought to be the first white baby born in Canada and North America. [21]

In 1960 archaeological evidence of the only known Norse settlement [22] in North America (outside of Greenland) was found at L'Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of the island of Newfoundland, in what is now the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Although this proved conclusively the Vikings' pre-Columbian discovery of North America, whether this exact site is the Vinland of the Norse accounts is still a subject of debate. There is a consensus among scholars that the Vikings did reach North America, approximately five centuries prior to the voyages of Christopher Columbus. [23]

The main sources of information about the Norse voyages to Vinland are two Icelandic sagas, The Saga of Eric the Red and the Saga of the Greenlanders . These stories were preserved by oral tradition until they were written down some 250 years after the events they describe. The existence of two versions of the story shows some of the challenges of using traditional sources for history, because they share a large number of story elements, but use them in different ways. For example, both sagas feature a mariner called Bjarni, who is driven off course on a voyage to Greenland, and whose authority is subsequently called into question; in "Greenlanders" he is Bjarni Herjolfsson, who discovers the American mainland as a result of his mishap, but in "Eric" he is Bjarni Grimolfsson, who is driven into an area infested with shipworms on the way home from Vinland, with the result that his ship sinks. A brief summary of the plots of the two sagas shows many more examples.

Organized immigration

The major reason for Norwegian migration appears to be one of economics. Farms in Norway were often small and unable to support a family. Added to that was the lack of other employment to augment the family income. Between 1850 and 1910 approximately 681,011 Norwegians made their way to North America. Very few originally stayed in Canada but some, after a stay in the American Midwest, made their way across the border and settled in the present provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. [24] One of the earliest Norwegian parties to America in the nineteenth century sailed from Stavanger. This party was led by Kleng Pedersen (Cleng Peerson). The ship, Restauration, of 45 tons, master being Helland, was a rebuilt sloop carrying 52 passengers. To that number was added baby Larson, who was born on the voyage. Many of this party were Quakers, leaving Norway for religious reasons. The voyage took 97 days and they arrived in New York on October 9, 1825. In 1836 the Norden and Den Norske Klippe sailed to America with 167 passengers. Another two vessels sailed the following year.[ citation needed ]

The British Government repealed the navigation laws in 1849 and from 1850 on, Canada became the port of choice as Norwegian ships carried passengers to Canada and took lumber back to Britain. The Canadian route offered many advantages to the emigrant. "They moved on from Quebec by rail and by steamer for another thousand or more miles for a steerage fare of slightly less than $9.00. Steamers from Quebec brought them to Toronto, then the immigrants often traveled by rail for 93 miles to Collingwood on Lake Huron, from where steamers transported them across Lake Michigan to Chicago, Milwaukee and Green Bay." In 1855 there were eight vessels reported from Norway to Canada in the immigration report, averaging a 45-day crossing. These vessels carried 1,275 passengers. The following year, 14 vessels made the voyage averaging 54 days, and carrying 2,821 passengers. One of these vessels, the Orion from Stavanger, was said to carry 50 paupers all heading for the American West but, due to a lack of funds were sent to Buffalo. The passengers of the Gifion, all proceeded to Wisconsin.[ citation needed ]

There were a considerable number of deaths among the Norwegians in 1857. Of the 6,507 immigrants who arrived in that year there were 100 deaths. In 1859, however, emigration dropped off with only 16 vessels arriving from Norway carrying 1,756 passengers. Of the over 28,460 Norwegians who came to Canada in the 1850s it is estimated that only 400 remained in Canada the majority moved on into the American west. A small settlement of Norwegians was begun at Gaspe Peninsula, Lower Canada, in 1854. A report in 1859, stated that 25 families, totaling 126 persons, were settled in the Gaspe. They were joined in 1860 by another 50 persons. However, the Norwegians were not content, and after a very hard winter in 1861-2 they began to make their way to the American Midwest. About 14 families who arrived on the ship Flora from Kristiania in 1856 went to the Eastern Townships, near present-day Sherbrooke. They were following in the footsteps of two other Norwegians who settled in this area in 1853. Johan Schroder, who travelled in the United States and Canada in 1863, reported that a group of Norwegian immigrants, led by an agent, settled in Bury in the Eastern Townships in 1856. One of the first settlers in this area was Captain John Svenson who died in 1878.[ citation needed ]

Settlements

New Norway, Alberta circa 1915 New Norway circa 1915.jpg
New Norway, Alberta circa 1915

Norwegian Canadians are found throughout the entire country but with a major concentration in Western Canada. The Prairies were the hub of the Norwegian settlement in Canada.

Settlements in Canada which were primarily created by Norwegian immigrants:

Culture and traditions

Language

Most second or third generation Norwegian Canadians today are anglophone, others are bilingual or francophone (particularly in Quebec). Older generations or recent arrivals from Norway may still be allophone (Norwegian as their mother tongue).

Today

A map of the United States and Canada with number of Norwegian Americans and Norwegian Canadians in every state and province including Washington, D.C. Norwegians-in-NorthAmerica.png
A map of the United States and Canada with number of Norwegian Americans and Norwegian Canadians in every state and province including Washington, D.C.
A map of the United States and Canada with percentage of Norwegian Americans and Norwegian Canadians in every state and province including Washington, D.C. Norwegians-in-NorthAmerica -.png
A map of the United States and Canada with percentage of Norwegian Americans and Norwegian Canadians in every state and province including Washington, D.C.
Little Norway, a Norwegian Army Air Service/Royal Norwegian Air Force training camp in Canada during the Second World War Little Norway 1940.jpg
Little Norway, a Norwegian Army Air Service/Royal Norwegian Air Force training camp in Canada during the Second World War

Canada is also the home of Little Norway and Camp Norway, both Norwegian military training facilities, during the Second World War, and the port of Halifax was a refuge for the Norwegian merchant marine and Royal Norwegian Navy during the same conflict.

Norwegian population in Canada (2016)

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68,640 people in Saskatchewan are of Norwegian ancestry.

According to Statistics Canada figures from the 2016 census, 463,275 Canadians reported themselves as being of Norwegian descent (multiple responses were allowed). The figures are also broken down by provinces and territories for Norwegians:

ProvinceNorwegian CanadianPercentage
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 463,275 [1] 1.3%
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta 156,595 [2] 3.9%
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia 138,430 [3] 3.0%
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan 68,640 [4] 6.4%
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario 59,335 [5] 0.4%
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba 19,600 [6] 1.6%
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec 7,820 [25] 0.1%
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia 5,170 [26] 0.6%
Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick 3,330 [27] 0.5%
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland and Labrador 1,710 [28] 0.3%
Flag of Yukon.svg  Yukon 1,380 [29] 3.9%
Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg  Northwest Territories 710 [30] 1.7%
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island 415 [31] 0.3%
Flag of Nunavut.svg  Nunavut 145 [32] 0.4%

Norwegian language by province (2016)

Province
 Norwegian Mother Tongue [33] Percent
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5,035< 0.01%
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia 2,160< 0.01%
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario 1,020< 0.01%
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta 885< 0.01%
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan 360< 0.01%
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec 230< 0.01%
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba 130< 0.01%
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia 115< 0.01%
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland and Labrador 65< 0.01%
Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick 50< 0.01%
Flag of Yukon.svg  Yukon 15< 0.01%
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island 5< 0.01%
Flag of Nunavut.svg  Nunavut 5< 0.01%
Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg  Northwest Territories 00.00%

List of Canadians of Norwegian descent

Joni Mitchell, one of the most famous Norwegian Canadians Joni Mitchell 1983.jpg
Joni Mitchell, one of the most famous Norwegian Canadians

Actors

Artists

Athletes

Explorers

Filmmakers

Musicians

Politicians

Writers

Others

See also

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