Southeast Asian Canadians

Southeast Asian Canadians

Southeast Asian ancestry % by census division in Canada (2021)

Total population
1,434,330
Regions with significant populations
Southern Ontario, Southwestern BC, Central Alberta, Montreal, Most urban areas
Languages
Canadian English  · Canadian French  · Filipino  · Indonesian  · Khmer  · Lao  · Malay  · Thai  · Vietnamese
Religion
Buddhism  · Christianity  · Islam  · Irreligion
Related ethnic groups
Asian Canadians  · Southeast Asians in the United Kingdom  · Asian Americans

Southeast Asian Canadians are Canadians who were either born in or can trace their ancestry to Southeast Asia. The term Southeast Asian Canadian is a subgroup of Asian Canadians. According to Statistics Canada, Southeast Asian Canadians are considered visible minorities and can be further divided by ethnicity and/or nationality, such as Cambodian Canadian, Filipino Canadian, Indonesian Canadian, Laotian Canadian, Malaysian Canadian, Singaporean Canadian, Thai Canadian, or Vietnamese Canadian, as seen on demi-decadal census data. ^[1]

Terminology

Southeast Asian Canadians are typically identified under the term "Asian"; popular usage of this term in Canada generally excludes both West and South Asians, instead solely referring to individuals of East Asian or Southeast Asian ancestry.

See also

• Cambodian Canadians
• Filipino Canadians
• Indonesian Canadians
• Laotian Canadians
• Malaysian Canadians
• Singaporean Canadians
• Thai Canadians
• Vietnamese Canadians

References

1. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-10-26). "The Canadian census: A rich portrait of the country's religious and ethnocultural diversity". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-01-10. In 2021, just over 25 million people reported being White in the census, representing close to 70% of the total Canadian population. The vast majority reported being White only, while 2.4% also reported one or more other racialized groups.