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Dutch Canadians (Dutch: Nederlandse Canadezen) are Canadians with full or partial Dutch ancestry. According to the Canada 2006 Census, there were 1,035,965 Canadians of Dutch descent, [1] including those of full or partial ancestry. This increased to 1,111,655 or about 4.2% of the entire population of Canada in 2016. [2]
Data for 1841 and some 1851 data drawn from the 1931 Canadian census. [3] With the exception of Nunavut prior to 1996, the population figures largely reflect modern provincial boundaries; prior to 1996, the population of modern Nunavut is reported with Northwest Territories.
The main driver of population growth is immigration, [8] [9] with 6.2% of the country's population being made up of temporary residents as of 2023, [10] or about 2.5 million people. [11] Between 2011 and May 2016, Canada's population grew by 1.7 million people, with immigrants accounting for two-thirds of the increase.
Population growth in the Northwest Territories, and then the Western provinces, picked up when the Canadian government passed the Dominion Lands Act in 1872 to encourage the settlement of the Canadian Prairies, and to help prevent the area from being claimed by the United States. [10]
Immigration has been, and remains, the most important factor in Canada's population growth. [6] The 2021 Canadian census counted a total population of 36,991,981, an increase of around 5.2 per cent over the 2016 figure. [7] [8] Between 1990 and 2008, the population increased by 5.6 million, equivalent to 20.4 per cent overall growth. [9]
The 2006 Canadian census showed a population of 135,851. ... Dutch 865 0.65% 4 German 275 0.21% 5 Spanish 220 0.16% 6 Chinese languages 190 0.14%
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