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Asian Canadians are Canadians who were either born in or can trace their ancestry to the continent of Asia.Canadians with Asian ancestry comprise both the largest and fastest growing group in Canada, after European Canadians, forming approximately 20.2 percent of the Canadian population as of 2021, making up the majority of Canada’s visible minority population.
Syeda Saiyidain Hameed - Indian Canadian social and women's rights activist, educationist, writer, former member of the Planning Commission of India; executive assistant to the Minister of Advanced Education and Manpower, Government of Alberta, 1975; Director of Colleges and Universities at the ministry, 1978
Asian-Canadians have been eligible to become first ministers since they gained the right to vote, beginning in 1947. The four Asian-Canadians who have held this office are Joe Ghiz and Robert Ghiz of Prince Edward Island, Ujjal Dosanjh of British Columbia, and Ranj Pillai of Yukon. Dosanjh and Pillai earned their positions through a party ...
Erika Casupanan - Survivor 41; first Canadian to win; Darren Espanto - The Voice Kids Philippines season one runner-up, singer, recording artist; Elise Estrada – singer; recording artist; Pinoy Pop Superstar finalist; Elena Juatco – Canadian Idol finalist; roving reporter for season 4 of Canadian Idol; John Alvarez – Chef, Chopped Canada ...
This is a list of Chinese Canadians including both original immigrants who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian-born descendants who are notable, have made significant contributions to the Canadian or international culture or society politically, artistically or scientifically, or have prominently appeared in the news.
Beverly Thomson – anchor CTV News Network. Formerly host of Canada AM, Global News Toronto anchor, and former CTV Toronto anchor; Paula Todd – journalism professor, investigative journalist, non-fiction author; Asha Tomlinson – Marketplace; James Travers – Toronto Star political columnist, deceased; Anna Maria Tremonti – podcast host.
Ottawa – Nepean This Week, La Nouvelle Étudiant / L'Express Étudiant, Manotick News, UpFront Ottawa; Parry Sound – Lifestyles This Week; Pembroke – Pembroke News; Petawawa – Petawawa News; Port Perry – Scugog Standard; Prince Edward County – Picton Gazette, Picton County Weekly News, Prince Edward Free Press; Sarnia – Sarnia ...
For Canadian government census purposes and contemporary Canadian parlance, East Asian Canadians are typically identified and referred under the term "Asian"; popular usage of this term in Canada generally excludes both South and West Asians, both groups with ancestral origins in the Middle East and in the Indian subcontinent respectively, and instead solely referring to individuals who trace ...