East Asian Canadians

East Asian Canadians are Canadians with ancestry, origins, or citizenship from East Asia. The term East Asian Canadian is a subgroup of Asian Canadians. According to statistics Canada, East Asian Canadians are considered visible minorities and can be further divided by ethnicity and/or nationality, such as Chinese Canadian, Hong Kong Canadian, Japanese Canadian, Korean Canadian, Mongolian Canadian, Taiwanese Canadian or Tibetan Canadian.

East Asian Canadians
Total population
2,140,920[1]
6.2% of the total Canadian population (2016)
Regions with significant populations
Southern Ontario, Southwestern BC, Central Alberta, Montreal, Most urban areas
Languages
Canadian English · Canadian French ·
Mandarin · Cantonese · Korean · Japanese · Mongolian · Min Nan · Tibetan
Other East Asian Languages
Religion
Buddhism · Christianity · Irreligion
Related ethnic groups
Asian Canadians · East Asians in the United Kingdom · Asian Americans

As of 2016, 2,140,920 Canadians had East Asian geographical origins, constituting 6.2% of the Canadian population and 34% of Canada's Asian Canadian population.

Terminology

East 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 South East Asian ancestry.

History
Chinese labourers working on the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1884
Founding members of the Canadian Japanese Association at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Vancouver, 1920.

The first record of East Asians in what is known as Canada today can be dated back to 1788 when renegade British Captain John Meares hired a group of Chinese carpenters from Macau and employed them to build a ship at Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. After the outpost was seized by Spanish forces, the eventual whereabouts of the carpenters was largely unknown.

In the mid-late 19th century, early settlers from East Asia (China and Japan) emigrated to Canada, predominantly settling in British Columbia.

Demography
East Asian population by province or territory (2016)
Province / territory Population Percentage
Ontario[2] 1,003,750 7.6%
British Columbia[3] 678,105 14.9%
Alberta[4] 231,810 5.8%
Quebec[5] 139,925 1.8%
Manitoba[6] 37,685 3%
Saskatchewan[7] 22,840 2.1%
Nova Scotia[8] 12,495 1.4%
New Brunswick[9] 6,565 0.9%
Prince Edward Island[10] 3,105 2.2%
Newfoundland and Labrador[11] 2,955 0.6%
Yukon[12] 810 2.3%
Northwest Territories[13] 710 1.7%
Nunavut[14] 140 0.4%
Canada[1] 2,140,920 6.2%

Ethnic and national origins
Demography by region and ethnicity
2016[1]
Number %
Chinese1,769,195182.6%
Korean198,2109.3%
Japanese121,4855.7%
Taiwanese36,5101.7%
Tibetan8,0400.4%
Mongolian7,4800.3%
Total population2,140,920100%
1Including Hong Kong Canadians.

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Canada [Country] and Canada [Country]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  2. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Ontario [Province] and Canada [Country]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census British Columbia [Province] and Canada [Country]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  4. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Alberta [Province] and Canada [Country]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  5. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Quebec [Province] and Canada [Country]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  6. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Manitoba [Province] and Canada [Country]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  7. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Saskatchewan [Province] and Canada [Country]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  8. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Nova Scotia [Province] and Canada [Country]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  9. "Census Profile, 2016 Census New Brunswick [Province] and Canada [Country]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  10. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Prince Edward Island [Province] and Canada [Country]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  11. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Newfoundland and Labrador [Province] and Canada [Country]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  12. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Yukon [Territory] and Canada [Country]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  13. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Northwest Territories [Territory] and Canada [Country]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  14. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Nunavut [Territory] and Canada [Country]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
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