South Asian Canadians

E624283
ethnic group in Canada

South Asian Canadians are people of South Asian ancestry—such as Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, and Nepali—who live in Canada and form one of the country’s largest and most visible immigrant and ethnic communities.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Indian Canadian 1
Indian Canadians 1
South Asian community 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group in Canada ⓘ
continentOfOrigin South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributeTo Canadian arts ⓘ
Canadian culture ⓘ
Canadian economy ⓘ
Canadian politics ⓘ
Canadian sports ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
earlySettlementRegion British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicOriginCategoryInCensus South Asian NERFINISHED ⓘ
faceIssues discrimination ⓘ
employment barriers ⓘ
racism ⓘ
hasAncestryFrom Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bhutan NERFINISHED ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maldives NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
haveCommunityOrganizationsIn major Canadian cities ⓘ
haveCulturalFestivals Diwali celebrations in Canada ⓘ
Eid celebrations in Canada ⓘ
South Asian film and music festivals in Canada ⓘ
Vaisakhi parades in Canada ⓘ
haveHistoricalMigrationWavesSince late 19th century ⓘ
isOneOfLargestVisibleMinorityGroupsIn Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageCommunityIncludes Bengali speakers ⓘ
English speakers ⓘ
French speakers ⓘ
Gujarati speakers ⓘ
Hindi speakers ⓘ
Kannada speakers ⓘ
Malayalam speakers ⓘ
Marathi speakers ⓘ
Punjabi speakers ⓘ
Sinhalese speakers ⓘ
Tamil speakers ⓘ
Telugu speakers ⓘ
Urdu speakers ⓘ
majorSettlement Brampton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Calgary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edmonton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mississauga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ
migrationTypeIncludes economic immigrants ⓘ
family class immigrants ⓘ
international students ⓘ
refugees ⓘ
recognizedBy Statistics Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionCommunityIncludes Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jainism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sikhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionCommunityIncludes Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Pakistani Canadians → ethnicOriginCategory → South Asian Canadians ⓘ
Commercial Drive, Vancouver → hasDemographicFeature → South Asian Canadians ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Asian community
Eglinton East → hasSignificantCommunity → South Asian Canadians ⓘ
Pakistani Canadians → relatedGroup → South Asian Canadians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Canadians
Sri Lankan Canadian → relatedGroup → South Asian Canadians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Canadian