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Nigerians began migrating to Canada during the 1967–1970 Nigerian Civil War. [2] Nigerians were not broken out separately in immigration statistics until 1973. 3,919 landed immigrants of Nigerian nationality arrived in Canada from 1973 to 1991. [3] There is a significant number of Nigerians living in the Greater Toronto Area. [4]
There were 51,835 people who self identified as Nigerian Canadian in the 2016 census. [1] Additionally, 18,315 people identified Igbo as their mother tongue and 8,850 people said that they had some knowledge of Igbo.many are descendants of African American slaves who escaped using the Underground Railroad with some coming from west Africa and ...
They represent the second largest ethnic community of Nigerians in Canada. According to the 2016 Canadian census by Statistics Canada, 16,210 respondents spoke Yoruba at home ranking it as one of the most spoken Niger-Congo language in the country. Many are descendants of African American slaves while recent migrants come directly from West Africa.
The demographics of Toronto, Ontario, Canada make Toronto one of the most multicultural and multiracial cities in the world. In 2021, 57.0 percent of the residents of the metropolitan area belonged to a visible minority group, compared with 51.4 percent in 2016, and 13.6 percent in 1981.
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. [12]
Nigerian emigrants to Canada (46 P) I. ... Pages in category "Canadian people of Nigerian descent" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
Date: 7 August 2020: Source: Empty map: File:BlankMap-World6.svg Information available on page Nigerians on the English Wikipedia and at Joshua Project; Since the map data is from Wikipedia's own pages and the Joshua Project, information may be omitted or out of date or maybe inaccurate.
In recent decades, a large number of people have come to Canada from India and other South Asian countries. As of 2016, South Asians make up nearly 17 percent of the Greater Toronto Area 's population, and are projected to make up 24 percent of the region's population by 2031.