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Greek Canadians (Greek: Ελληνοκαναδοί) are Canadian citizens who have full or partial Greek heritage or people who emigrated from Greece and reside in Canada. According to the 2021 Census , there were 262,140 Canadians who claimed Greek ancestry.
According to the Canada 2016 Census, the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is home to 97,940 Greek Canadians (1.69% of its total population), making it the metropolitan area with the highest concentration of Greeks in the country. Toronto is an important Greek population centre in North America, along with Boston, Chicago, and New York City.
Pages in category "Canadian people of Greek descent" The following 173 pages are in this category, out of 173 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Media in category "Greek diaspora in Canada" This category contains only the following file. Tony Clement - 2007-06-30 in Kearney, Ontario.JPG 504 × 605; 211 KB
Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird and Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos; 2013. Canada and Greece first exchanged ambassadors in 1942. Both countries are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, NATO and the United Nations.
Some parts of Greektown are still dominated by Canadians of Greek descent (Greek-Canadians). As of the 2016 federal census, Greeks still constitute one of the most significant ethnic groups in the Toronto—Danforth ward (in which Greektown is located) by population, at 4.5% of the total ethnic origins reported.
Canada – Total 15.6% 5,677,205 In other countries. In the New Zealand census, "Canadian" is an ethnicity listed in the "European" category. In 2018, it was ...
The association was founded on March 3, 1971, by progressive members of the Greek diaspora, in opposition to the official diaspora organizations that were at the time aligned with the military regime ruling Greece. Its first offices were at the Montreal YMCA on 5550 Avenue du Parc. It has been housed in its current location since 1979.