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During the late 20th and into the early 21st century, India was the third highest source country of immigration to Canada, with roughly 25,000–30,000 Indians immigrating to Canada each year according to Statistics Canada data. India became the highest source country of immigration to Canada by 2017, with yearly permanent residents increasing ...
South Asian Canadians in the Greater Toronto Area form 19% of the region's population, numbering 1.2 million as of 2021. [3] Comprising the largest visible minority group in the region, Toronto is the destination of over half of the immigrants coming from India to Canada, and India is the single largest source of immigrants in the Greater Toronto Area. [4]
The term "East Indian" was a historical term used widely in Canada to refer to people hailing from India as opposed to Aboriginal peoples who are also sometimes referred to as "Indian". This term has been made less common after the introduction of the general term "South Asian" in areas with significant Indian Canadian populations like Toronto .
The Indian diaspora was estimated in 2012 to have assets worth $1 trillion, [227] [228] equalling nearly 50 percent of India's GDP at the time. The income of the Indian diaspora is estimated at $400 billion a year. [229] The Indian diaspora has a significant impact on the globalisation of economy of India, especially in the following areas:
The Irish population, meanwhile, witnessed steady, slowing population growth during the late 19th and early 20th century, with the proportion of the total Canadian population dropping from 24.3 percent in 1871 to 12.6 percent in 1921 and falling from the second-largest ethnic group in Canada from to fourth − principally due to massive ...
Fiji Indian diaspora – people of Indian origin left Fiji following the racially inspired coups of 1987 and 2000 to settle primarily in Australia, New Zealand, United States and Canada. Smaller numbers have settled in England and other Pacific islands.
Punjabi diaspora in Canada (2 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Indian diaspora in Canada" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Indian Canadians · Pakistani Canadians Sindhi Canadians ( Sindhi : سنڌي ڪينيڊين ( Perso-Arabic ); सिंधी कनाडाई ( Devanagari );) refer to Sindhis that are citizens of Canada or those that have ancestry or heritage from Sindh , Sindhi Canadians come under the global Sindhi diaspora .