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Irish Canadians (Irish: Gael-Cheanadaigh) are Canadian citizens who have full or partial Irish heritage including descendants who trace their ancestry to immigrants who originated in Ireland. 1.2 million Irish immigrants arrived from 1825 to 1970, and at least half of those in the period from 1831 to 1850.
D'Alton Corry Coleman (1879–1956), president of Canadian Pacific Railway [1] [2] Jim Coleman (1911–2001), Canadian sports journalist and Member of the Order of Canada [1] [2] Stompin' Tom Connors – country and folk musician; Peter Cullen – voice actor; Philip J. Currie - author and historian; Peter Warren Dease - Arctic explorer
Pages in category "Canadian people of Irish descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 597 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Irish Quebecers (French: Irlando-Québécois, Irish: Éireannaigh as Québec) are residents of the Canadian province of Quebec who have Irish ancestry. In 2016, there were 446,215 Quebecers who identified themselves as having partial or exclusive Irish descent in Quebec, representing 5.46% of the population.
The current ambassador of Canada to Ireland is Nancy Smyth who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on March 23, 2021. [1] From 1928 to 1949, Canada sent High Commissioners to the Irish Free State, which was a fellow member of the Commonwealth and a Dominion at the time.
Canada and Ireland enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of Irish migration to Canada and the two countries' shared history as parts of the British Empire. Approximately 4.5 million Canadians – 14% of Canada's population – claimed to have Irish ancestors. [1]
French Canadians, English Canadians, Scottish Canadians, Irish Canadians Canadian ethnicity refers to the self-identification of one's ethnic origin or ancestral roots as being Canadian. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ a ] It was added as a possible response for an ethnic origin in the Canadian census in 1996. [ 4 ]
Old Stock Canadians is a term referring to European Canadians whose families have lived in Canada for multiple generations. It is used by some to refer exclusively to Anglophone Canadians with British settler ancestors, [ 2 ] but it usually refers to either Anglophone or Francophone Canadians as parallel old stock groups.