Arab Canadians Explained
Arab Canadians (French: Arabo-Canadiens) come from all of the countries of the Arab world. According to the 2021 Census, there were 690,000 Canadians, or 1.9%, who claimed Arab ancestry.[2] According to the 2011 census there were 380,620 Canadians who claimed full or partial ancestry from an Arabic-speaking country.[3] The large majority of the Canadians of Arab origin population live in either Ontario or Quebec.[4]
Demographics
The distribution of the Arab population of Canada according to the 2001, 2011, and 2016 Canadian censuses was as follows:
| Arabs 2001 | % 2001 | Arabs 2011 | % 2011 | Arabs 2016 | % 2016 | Arabs 2021 | % 2021 |
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| 73,345 | 1.0% | 166,260 | 2.2% | 213,740 | 2.7% | 280,075 | 3.3% |
| 88,545 | 0.8% | 151,645 | 1.2% | 210,435 | 1.6% | 284,215 | 2.0% |
| 19,320 | 0.7% | 34,920 | 1.0% | 56,700 | 1.4% | 69,505 | 1.6% |
| 6,605 | 0.2% | 14,090 | 0.3% | 19,840 | 0.4% | 28,010 | 0.6% |
| 3,610 | 0.4% | 6,285 | 0.7% | 8,110 | 0.9% | 10,610 | 1.1% |
| 1,230 | 0.1% | 3,240 | 0.3% | 5,030 | 0.4% | 7,820 | 0.6% |
| 900 | 0.1% | 2,095 | 0.2% | 4,300 | 0.4% | 5,575 | 0.5% |
| 580 | 0.1% | 1,380 | 0.2% | 2,960 | 0.4% | 5,060 | 0.7% |
| 270 | 0.1% | 370 | 0.1% | 1,375 | 0.3% | 1,740 | 0.3% |
| 175 | 0.0% | 200 | 0.1% | 585 | 0.4% | 1,125 | 0.7% |
| 80 | 0.2% | 110 | 0.3% | 100 | 0.2% | 225 | 0.6% |
| 10 | 0.0% | 15 | 0.0% | 40 | 0.1% | 35 | 0.1% |
| 10 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 10 | 0.0% | 20 | 0.1 |
Canada | 194,685 | 0.7% | 380,620[5] | 1.2% | 523,235 | 1.5% | 694,015 | 1.9% |
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By Arabic-speaking country
Country[6] | 2016 |
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Lebanon | 219,555 |
Algeria | 104,395 |
Morocco | 103,945 |
Saudi Arabia | 86,810 |
| 77,045 |
Egypt | 73,250 |
Iraq | 68,490 |
| 50,245 |
Tunisia | 25,645 |
| 20,000 |
Sudan | 19,960 |
Jordan | 25,250 |
Mauritania | 9,325 |
Libya | 7,740 |
Yemen | 6,645 |
Kuwait | 2,235 |
Canada total | 750,925[7] |
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Religion
The 2011 Canadian census shows that 55% from Arab Canadians reported belonging to a Muslim faith and 34% reported belonging to a Christian faith. These number differ measurably from the numbers reported in the 2001 Canadian census, which showed an even split in the Arab Canadian community between those who practiced the Muslim faith with 44% and those who practiced the Christian faith 44%, (where 28% as Catholic, 11% as Eastern Orthodox Church and 5% as Other Christian). In 2011, about 3% of Arab Canadians are Jewish. The largest Arab Jewish communities in Canada are Moroccan and Iraqi. Other Arabs Jews are of Egyptian, Syrian, Algerian, and Lebanese descent.[8]
The percentage of Arab Canadians were not affiliated with any religions only marginally increased from 6% in 2001 to 8% in 2011.[8]
The greatest percentage of Arab Christians in Canada come from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Iraq, where the highest rates of Muslims come from Algeria and Morocco.[8]
Notable individuals
Business
Politicians
Political activists
Filmmakers and writers
- Ould Abderrahmane Mazouz Born on January 27, 1941 in Mostaganem, Algeria and died on November 24, 2012 in Montreal, Quebec, is an Algerian actor, director, screenwriter, editor and writer.
- Rawi Hage (Author: De Niro's Game, Beirut Hellfire Society, Cockroach; Lebanese)
- Ruba Nadda - film director who won the Best Canadian Feature Film award in 2009 (of Syrian and Palestinian descent)
- Anisa Mehdi - Emmy Award-winning film director, journalist and director of Inside Mecca (of Iraqi descent)
- Wajdi Mouawad (Writer: Incendies, Lebanese)
- Habeeb Salloum (1924-2019) - prominent author and freelance writer
- Donald Shebib - documentary filmmaker (of Lebanese descent)
Singers
- Ali Gatie - singer (of Iraqi descent)
- Paul Anka - singer (of Syrian-Lebanese descent)
- Belly - rap/hip hop artist (of Palestinian descent)
- Andy Kim - pop singer/songwriter (of Lebanese descent)
- K.Maro - rapper (of Lebanese descent)
- Kristina Maria - singer/songwriter (of Lebanese descent)
- Massari - pop and hip-hop singer (of Lebanese descent)
- Narcy - rapper (of Iraqi descent)
- Nasri - reggae and pop singer (of Palestinian descent)
- Raffi - children musician and composer (of Egyptian descent), famous for Baby Beluga
- Vaï - rapper, hip hop singer (of Moroccan descent)
- Karl Wolf - singer (of Lebanese descent)
- Zaho - singer (of Algerian descent)
Athletes
Others
- Reema Abdo - former backstroke swimmer (of Yemeni descent)
- René Angélil - manager and husband of Céline Dion, (of Syrian descent)[9]
- Nahlah Ayed - journalist (of Palestinian descent)
- Rachid Badouri - comedian (of Moroccan descent)
- Hoda ElMaraghy - first woman to serve as dean of engineering at a Canadian university. Appointed as Canada Research Chair (CRC) in manufacturing systems in 2002. (of Egyptian descent)
- Mohamed Fahmy - journalist and reporter
- Ghassan Halazon - entrepreneur (of Jordanian-Palestinian descent)
- Jade Hassouné - known for his role as Meliorn in the US television series "Shadowhunters" and for that of Prince Ahmed Al Saeed in the Canadian series '"Heartland" (of Lebanese descent)
- Jesse Hutch - actor, model, director and musician (of Syrian descent)
- Mena Massoud - an actor best known for starring as Aladdin in the 2019 live-action adaptation (of Egyptian descent)
- Habeeb Salloum - author, cookbook author, writer, travel writer (of Syrian descent)
- Inanna Sarkis - internet personality, actress and director (of Syrian descent)
- Mamdouh Shoukri - former president of York University (of Egyptian descent)
- Ty Wood - an actor and model. Grand nephew of Miss Universe 1971 Georgina Rizk (of Palestinian-Lebanese Ukrainian descent.)
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . The Daily — The Canadian census: A rich portrait of the country's religious and ethnocultural diversity . www150.statcan.gc.ca . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-02-09 . Profile table, Census Profile, 2016 Census of Population - Canada [Country] ]. 2022-10-26 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
- Web site: 2011 National Household Survey: Data tables . Statistics Canada . 8 May 2013 . Statistics Canada . 11 February 2014.
- Web site: Mandil. Ghada. August 2019. Insights into the Arab Population in Canada Based on the 2016 Census Data. live. 2021-05-24. Square Space. https://web.archive.org/web/20210524150424/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e09162ecf041b5662cf6fc4/t/5e5c740baf79a531e0f29b9a/1583117323950/Insights+into+the+Arab+Population+in+Canada+Based+on+the+2016+Census+Data.pdf . 2021-05-24 .
- Web site: 2016 Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables: Data tables . Statistics Canada . Statistics Canada . 11 February 2014.
- Including ethnic minorities.
- Web site: Canadian Arab Institute :: 750,925 Canadians Hail from Arab Lands. www.canadianarabinstitute.org. 19 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20170319032124/http://www.canadianarabinstitute.org/publications/reports/750925-canadians-hail-arab-lands/. 19 March 2017. dead.
- Web site: Dajjani . Ghina . Religion and Marital Status in the Canadian Arab Community .
- Web site: À voir à la télévision le samedi 24 mars. Le Devoir. 24 March 2007. 29 March 2022.