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High commissioners of Sri Lanka to Canada (12 P) Pages in category "Sri Lankan expatriates in Canada" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
News Papers catering Sri Lankan Canadians A number of newspapers are printed in Ontario to cater the Sri Lankan diaspora. They are printed in English, Tamil and Sinhalese languages and distributed free. These news papers mainly tell the stories from Sri Lanka (current and old) and talks about the achievements of Canadian Sri Lankans.
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 2001 Census recorded 67,938 Sri Lankan-born UK residents. [36] The 2011 census recorded 125,917 Sri Lankan-born residents in England, 1,325 in Wales, [37] 1,711 in Scotland [38] and 123 in Northern Ireland. [39] The Tamil Information Centre had estimated that, as of 2007, 170,000 Sri Lankans were resident in the UK. [40]
Sri Lankans have been migrating to Britain for several generations, up from the time of British ruled Ceylon (started in the 19th century). They include Sri Lankans of all ethnicities and backgrounds and boast a large population in the country. [citation needed] In 2021, the estimated population of the UK born in Sri Lanka was 131,000. [2]
This is a list of Sri Lankan Canadians, including both original immigrants who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian descendants, but not Sri Lankan nationals living or working in Canada. The list includes a brief description of their reason for notability.
There were about 129,076 Sri Lankan-born residents in the United Kingdom according to the 2011 census. [20] The majority of Sri Lankan immigrants in the United Kingdom live in London, with an estimated population of 84,000 in 2011. [21] There is also a community of European descent in Sri Lanka called the Burghers. These are people descended ...
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