Czech Canadians
Čeští Kanaďané | |
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| Total population | |
| 94,805 (by ancestry, 2011 Census)[1] Additional 40,035 Czechoslovaks | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario | |
| Languages | |
| Canadian English, Canadian French and Czech | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism, Protestantism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Czech Americans, Slovak Canadians |
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Czech Canadians are Canadian citizens of Czech ancestry or Czech-born people who reside in Canada. They were frequently called Bohemian Canadians until the late 19th century. According to the 2021 Canadian census, there were 98,925 Canadians of full or partial Czech descent.
Number of Czech and Czechoslovak Canadians
[edit]Data from this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.[2]
| Percent | |
|---|---|
 Canada— Total |
0.4% |
 Newfoundland and Labrador |
0.0% |
 Prince Edward Island |
0.0% |
 Nova Scotia |
0.2% |
 New Brunswick |
0.1% |
 Quebec |
0.1% |
 Ontario |
0.4% |
 Manitoba |
0.5% |
 Saskatchewan |
0.7% |
 Alberta |
0.8% |
 British Columbia |
0.7% |
 Yukon |
0.6% |
 Northwest Territories |
0.3% |
 Nunavut |
0.0% |
Notable people
[edit]- Karla Homolka - serial killer
- Vasek Pospisil - tennis player
- Jenna Talackova - model, TV personality
- Otto Jelinek - businessman, former figure skater, politician
- Thomas J. Bata - businessman, "Shoemaker to the World"
- Josef Škvorecký - writer, publisher
- Ivan Reitman - director
- David Nykl - actor
- Vaclav Smil - scientist and policy analyst
- Karina Gould - politician
- Travis Konecny - hockey player
See also
[edit]
- Demographics of the Czech Republic
- Canada–Czech Republic relations
- Czech people
- Czech Americans
- Czech Australians
- Czechs in the United Kingdom
- European Canadians
Further reading
[edit]- Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples. "Czechs:Origins.". Multicultural Canada.
References
[edit]- ^ Statistics Canada (8 May 2013). "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables". Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "2016 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Ethnic Origin (247), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". Statistics Canada. 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
