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Nigerian Canadians are a Canadian ethnic group of Nigerian descent. Nigerians began migrating to Canada during the 1967–1970 Nigerian Civil War . [ 2 ] Nigerians were not broken out separately in immigration statistics until 1973. 3,919 landed immigrants of Nigerian nationality arrived in Canada from 1973 to 1991.
They represent the second largest ethnic community of Nigerians in Canada. According to the 2016 Canadian census by Statistics Canada, 16,210 respondents spoke Yoruba at home ranking it as one of the most spoken Niger-Congo language in the country. Many are descendants of African American slaves while recent migrants come directly from West Africa.
There were 51,835 people who self identified as Nigerian Canadian in the 2016 census. [1] Additionally, 18,315 people identified Igbo as their mother tongue and 8,850 people said that they had some knowledge of Igbo.many are descendants of African American slaves who escaped using the Underground Railroad with some coming from west Africa and ...
This page lists Canadian citizens of full or partial Nigerian descent. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. .
Media in category "Images of Nigerian people" The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Akintola.JPG 207 × 249; 11 KB.
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