Japanese Canadians
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Japanese Canadians (日系カナダ人, Nikkei Kanadajin, French: Canadiens japonais) are Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Canadians are mostly concentrated in Western Canada, especially in the province of British Columbia, which hosts the largest Japanese community in the country with the majority of them living in and around Vancouver. In 2016, there were 121,485 Japanese Canadians throughout Canada.[2]
Quick Facts 日系カナダ人Nikkei Kanadajin, Total population ...
日系カナダ人 Nikkei Kanadajin | |
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Total population | |
2001 Census: 85,000 (by ancestry, 77% native born)[1] 2016 Census: 121,485 (by ancestry)[2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Lethbridge, Edmonton | |
Languages | |
English, French and Japanese | |
Religion | |
Irreligion (46%), Protestant (24%), Buddhism (16%), Catholic (9%) and other (5%)[3] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Japanese, Japanese Americans, Japanese Brazilians, Japanese Peruvians, Japanese Mexicans |
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