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German Canadians (German: Deutschkanadier or Deutsch-Kanadier, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃkaˌnaːdi̯ɐ]) are Canadian citizens of German ancestry or Germans who emigrated to and reside in Canada. According to the 2016 census , there are 3,322,405 Canadians with full or partial German ancestry.
Sven Habermann – soccer player, former member of the Canada men's national soccer team, born in West Berlin [28] Hermann Kerckhoff – slalom canoeist born in Berlin [29] Brock Lesnar - American born professional wrestler and former MMA fighter, obtained Canadian citizenship during the 2010s; Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty – professional soccer player
German emigrants to Canada (3 C, 210 P) J. Canadian people of German-Jewish descent (1 C, 34 P) P. ... Pages in category "Canadian people of German descent"
A Socio-economic History of German-Canadians: They, Too, Founded Canada: a Research Report (Wiesbaden: F. Steiner Verlag, 1984) online review. Lehmann, Heinz. The German Canadians 1750–1937: Immigration, Settlement and Culture (1986) the major scholarly study; listing; McLaughlin, K. M. The Germans in Canada (Canadian Historical Association ...
There were 40 known prisoner-of-war camps across Canada during World War II, although this number also includes internment camps that held Canadians of German and Japanese descent. [1] Several reliable sources indicate that there were only 25 or 26 camps holding exclusively prisoners from foreign countries, nearly all from Germany. [2] [3] [4]
The Fraser Street area was a point of settlement for the German community, [2] and it was called "Little Germany" from the 1940s through the 1960s. [4] An area of Vancouver along Robson Street received the name "Robsonstrasse" after World War II because it had a number of German restaurants, including delicatessens and pastry shops, established by new German immigrants.
European Canadians in the British Columbia Regiment marching in New Westminster, October 1940. German immigration and settlement to Canada accelerated in the 1920s, when the United States imposed quotas on Central and Eastern European immigration.
Many German-Canadians anglicized their names – changing Braun to Brown and Schmidt to Smith, for example – and instead referred to their heritage as Dutch or Austrian. [127] A 1919 Order in Council forbade German immigrants to enter Canada, a restriction held in place until 1923. [126]