South Sudanese Canadians

South Sudanese Canadians

Total population
16,595 (combined North Sudan and South Sudan by ancestry) 715 (Dinka ancestry) (2011 Census) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto.
Languages
English Nuer language
Religion
Christian and traditional religions of South Sudan

South Sudanese Canadians are Canadians of South Sudanese ancestry, or a South Sudanese who has Canadian citizenship.

South Sudanese Canadians can also include children born in Canada to a Canadian parent and a South Sudanese parent.^{[ citation needed ]}

South Sudanese Canadians immigrated to Canada in the 1980s and 1990s as refugees from Second Sudanese Civil War, which was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army. ^[2]

Notable people

Marco Arop

Marial Shayok

• Mangisto Arop (born 1990), professional basketball player
• Marco Arop (born 1998), Olympic and world champion track and field athlete in the middle distance events
• Adongo Agada Cham (1959–2011), king of the Anuak people of South Sudan and the corresponding Western Ethiopian border region
• Emmanuel Jal (born 1980), actor, former child soldier, and political activist
• Bol Kong (born 1988), professional basketball player
• Reema Major (born 1995), rapper
• Tut Ruach (born 1985), professional basketball player
• Marial Shayok (born 1995), basketball player in the Israeli Premier Basketball League

See also

• South Sudanese Americans
• South Sudanese Australians
• Sudanese Canadians

References

1. Statistics Canada. "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables" . Retrieved 11 February 2014.
2. York, Geoffrey (26 September 2010). "Sudanese Canadians return to heal their shattered homeland". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 7 August 2016.