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{{Infobox ethnic group | {{Infobox ethnic group | ||
| group = | | group = Subcontinental-Canadians <br/> | ||
| native_name = <!-- Only list top three spoken | | native_name = <!-- Only list top three spoken Indian languages per latest census data in native script --> {{small|{{Lang-hi|उपमहाद्वीपीय कनाडावासी}}<br>{{Lang-pa|ਦੇਸੀ ਕਨੇਡੀਅਨ/{{Nastaliq|دیسی کنیڈین}}}}<br>{{Lang-ta|தென்னாசிய கனடியர்கள்}}}} | ||
| image = South_Asian_ancestry_in_Canada.png | | image = South_Asian_ancestry_in_Canada.png | ||
| caption = | | caption = Subcontinental ancestry % in Canada (2016) | ||
| pop = '''1,963,330'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110528&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=|title = Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data|date = October 25, 2017}}</ref><br />5.6% of the total Canadian population (2016) | | pop = '''1,963,330'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110528&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=|title = Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data|date = October 25, 2017}}</ref><br />5.6% of the total Canadian population (2016) | ||
| popplace = [[Southern Ontario]], [[Lower Mainland|Southwestern BC]], [[Calgary–Edmonton Corridor|Central Alberta]], [[Greater Montreal|Southern Quebec]], [[List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada|Most urban areas]] | | popplace = [[Southern Ontario]], [[Lower Mainland|Southwestern BC]], [[Calgary–Edmonton Corridor|Central Alberta]], [[Greater Montreal|Southern Quebec]], [[List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada|Most urban areas]] | ||
| langs = '''[[Canadian English]]'''{{·}}'''[[Canadian French]]'''{{·}}<br><!-- Only list top five spoken | | langs = '''[[Canadian English]]'''{{·}}'''[[Canadian French]]'''{{·}}<br><!-- Only list top five spoken Indian languages per latest census data -->{{smaller|[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]{{·}}[[Urdu]]{{·}}[[Hindi]]{{·}}[[Tamil language|Tamil]]{{·}}[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br>[[Languages of the Indian subcontinent|Other Indian languages]]}} | ||
| rels = '''Predominantly''':<br/>[[Sikhism]]{{·}}[[Hinduism]]{{·}}[[Islam]]<br/>'''Minorities''':<br/>{{smaller|[[Christianity]]{{·}}[[Buddhism]]{{·}}[[Zoroastrianism]]{{·}}[[Jainism]]{{·}}[[Irreligion]]}} | | rels = '''Predominantly''':<br/>[[Sikhism]]{{·}}[[Hinduism]]{{·}}[[Islam]]<br/>'''Minorities''':<br/>{{smaller|[[Christianity]]{{·}}[[Buddhism]]{{·}}[[Zoroastrianism]]{{·}}[[Jainism]]{{·}}[[Irreligion]]}} | ||
| related = [[South Asian Americans]]{{·}}[[Asian Canadians]]{{·}}[[British Asians]]{{·}}[[South Asian ethnic groups|South Asian people]] | | related = [[South Asian Americans]]{{·}}[[Asian Canadians]]{{·}}[[British Asians]]{{·}}[[South Asian ethnic groups|South Asian people]] | ||
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''' | '''Subcontinental-Canadians''' are [[Canadians]] who were either born in or can trace their ancestry to the [[Indian Subcontinent]], which includes the nations of [[Republic of India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Bhutan]], [[Nepal]] and the [[Maldives]]. | ||
The term | The term Subcontinental-Canadians is a subgroup of [[Asian Canadians|Asian Canadian]] and, according to [[Statistics Canada]], can further be divided by nationality, such as [[Indian Canadian]], [[Bangladeshi Canadian]] and [[Pakistani Canadian]].<ref name="Lindsay2001">{{cite journal | last = Lindsay | first = Colin | date = 2001 | title = The South Asian Community | url = http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-621-x/89-621-x2007006-eng.pdf | journal = Profiles of Ethnic Communities in Canada | location = Ottawa | publisher = Statistics Canada | access-date = 9 November 2014 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130623200352/http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-621-x/89-621-x2007006-eng.pdf | archive-date = June 23, 2013 | df = mdy-all }} ()</ref> Indian subcontinentals are the third largest pan-ethnic group in Canada after [[European Canadians|Europeans]] and [[East Asian Canadians|East Asians]]. | ||
As of 2016, | As of 2016, 19,63,330 Canadians had subcontinental geographical origins, constituting 5.6% of the Canadian population and 32% of Canada's [[Asian Canadian]] population. This makes them the largest [[visible minority]] group in Canada comprising 25.6% of the visible minority population, followed by [[Chinese Canadians|Chinese]] and [[Black Canadians]] | ||
respectively.<ref>"[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=PR&Code1=01&Data=Count&SearchText=canada&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=Ethnic%20origin&B1=All&Custom=&amp;TABID=1 NHS Profile, Canada, 2011 ]." [[Statistics Canada]].</ref> | respectively.<ref>"[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=PR&Code1=01&Data=Count&SearchText=canada&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=Ethnic%20origin&B1=All&Custom=&amp;TABID=1 NHS Profile, Canada, 2011 ]." [[Statistics Canada]].</ref> | ||
The largest communities are found in [[Ontario]], [[British Columbia]] and [[Alberta]], while metropolitan areas with large | The largest communities are found in [[Ontario]], [[British Columbia]] and [[Alberta]], while metropolitan areas with large Subcontinental-Canadians populations include [[Greater Toronto Area|Toronto]] (995,125), [[Greater Vancouver|Vancouver]] (291,005), [[Calgary Region|Calgary]] (122,515), [[Edmonton Capital Region|Edmonton]] (91,595) and [[Greater Montreal|Montréal]] (90,815).<ref>"[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=7&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=E&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=0&PID=105396&PRID=0&PTYPE=105277&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2013&THEME=0&VID=0&VNAMEE=Ethnic%20origin%20%28264%29&VNAMEF=Origine%20ethnique%20%28264%29 2011 National Household Survey: Data tables]." [[Statistics Canada]].</ref> Sixty-seven percent of Subcontinental-Canadians live in Metro Vancouver and Greater Toronto as of 2016; together they make up nearly 30% of the combined populations of the cities.<ref name="vancouver-2016">[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=5915&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=Greater%20Vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Visible%20minority&TABID=1 Census Profile, 2016 Census: Greater Vancouver, Regional district]. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2018.</ref><ref>http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/as-sa/fogs-spg/Facts-cma-eng.cfm?LANG=Eng&GK=CMA&GC=535&TOPIC=7 Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census; Toronto, (CMA) - Ontario</ref><ref name="Census Profile, 2016 Census 2017">{{cite web | title=Census Profile, 2016 Census | work=Statistics Canada | date=October 4, 2018 | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=PR&Code1=01&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=canada&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 | access-date=February 16, 2018}}</ref> | ||
==Terminology== | ==Terminology== | ||