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Icelandic Canadians (Icelandic: Íslensk-kanadískur) are Canadian citizens of Icelandic ancestry, or Iceland-born people who reside in Canada. Canada has the largest ethnic Icelandic population outside Iceland , with about 101,795 people of full or partial Icelandic descent as of the Canada 2016 Census . [ 1 ]
In 2008, Canada was Iceland's 20th largest trade partner with the top Icelandic export sectors being fish, crustaceans, molluscs (C$11.1m), chemicals (C$4.1m) and machinery (C$3.7m). [ 32 ] In February 2009, the Government of Manitoba proposed an initiative where skilled, unemployed workers from Iceland would work to fill vacancies in Manitoba ...
Icelandic settlements in Canada (3 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Canadian people of Icelandic descent" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total.
The town of Gimli, situated in this region, is perhaps the most famous Icelandic settlement in Canada and is still home to a large Icelandic-Canadian community. [22] Throughout the years, Icelandic-Canadians have made significant contributions to the broader Canadian society, notably in the fields of arts, politics, and literature.
William Stephenson, a Canadian soldier, airman, businessman, inventor and spymaster. Chester Thordarson, was an Icelandic-American inventor who eventually held nearly a hundred patents. Emilíana Torrini, an Icelandic-born singer currently living in London. Bjarni Tryggvason, an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a former NRC/CSA astronaut.
According to Statistics Canada, Manitoba is home to the largest Icelandic population outside of Iceland. [9] There are about 26,000 people with Icelandic ancestry living in Manitoba, [10] making up about 2 per cent of the total population of the province. About 35 per cent of the Icelandic Canadian population lives in Manitoba. [11]
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The 2020 General Social Survey revealed that 92% of adult Canadians said that "[ethnic] diversity is a Canadian value". [15] About 25% of Canadians were "racialized"; [2] By 2021, 23% of the Canadian population were immigrants—the "largest proportion since Confederation", according to Statistics Canada.