Scandinavian Canadians

E39776
diaspora community ethnic group in Canada

Scandinavian Canadians are Canadian residents and citizens of Scandinavian ancestry, typically including people with roots in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, who share cultural, historical, and linguistic ties to the Nordic region.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Nordic Canadians 1
Scandinavian diaspora 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group in Canada ⓘ
ancestralLanguage Danish ⓘ
Norwegian language ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian

Swedish language ⓘ
surface form: Swedish
ancestralLanguageFamily North Germanic languages ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalHeritage Nordic traditions ⓘ
Scandinavian culture ⓘ
culturalInfluence Canadian cuisine ⓘ
Canadian folk music ⓘ
Canadian place names ⓘ
culturalOrganizationType Nordic heritage societies in Canada ⓘ
Scandinavian cultural associations in Canada ⓘ
culturalPractice celebration of Christmas with Scandinavian customs ⓘ
celebration of Midsummer festivals ⓘ
demographicCategory European Canadians ⓘ
white Canadians ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Denmark ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
historicalOccupation farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
logging ⓘ
railway work ⓘ
immigrationWave 19th century immigration to Canada ⓘ
early 20th century immigration to Canada ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
migrationReason chain migration from Scandinavia ⓘ
economic opportunity ⓘ
land availability in Western Canada ⓘ
relatedConcept Nordic diaspora ⓘ
Scandinavian diaspora ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Danish Canadians ⓘ
Scandinavian Canadians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nordic Canadians

Norwegian Canadians ⓘ
Swedish Canadians ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
settlementRegion Alberta ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ
Manitoba ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Western Canada ⓘ
surface form: Prairie Provinces

Saskatchewan ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norwegian Canadians → partOf → Scandinavian Canadians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scandinavian diaspora
Scandinavian Canadians → relatedEthnicGroup → Scandinavian Canadians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nordic Canadians
Danish Canadians → relatedGroup → Scandinavian Canadians ⓘ
Icelandic Canadians → relatedGroup → Scandinavian Canadians ⓘ
Norwegian Canadians → relatedGroup → Scandinavian Canadians ⓘ