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Latin American Canadians

Latin American Canadians as percent of population by census division (2021)
Total population
Est. 1.2 million (all, 2023 Census estimates)[1] 3.3% of Canadian population
Regions with significant populations
Toronto and Leamington • Brampton• Montreal and Longueuil, Quebec • increasing populations in Ottawa–Gatineau, Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Calgary and Edmonton
Languages
Canadian English, Canadian French, Spanish, Portuguese, Spanglish, Frespañol, Porglish
Religion
Predominantly Christianity (Roman Catholicism; minority Protestantism)
Related ethnic groups
Latin Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Spanish Canadians, Portuguese Canadians, Native Americans

Latin American Canadians (French: Canadiens d'Amérique latine; Portuguese: Canadenses da América Latina; Spanish: Canadienses de América Latina) are Canadians who are descendants of people from countries of Latin America. The majority of Latin American Canadians are multilingual, primarily speaking Spanish, Portuguese, French and English. Most are fluent in one or both of Canada's two official languages, English and French. Spanish and Portuguese are Romance languages and share similarities in morphology and syntax with French.

Latin American Canadians have made distinguished contributions to Canada in all major fields, including politics, the military, diplomacy, music, philosophy, sports, business and economy, and science.

The largest Latin American groups represented in Canada are Mexican Canadians, Colombian Canadians and Salvadoran Canadians. The Latino population is mostly concentrated in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Ontario holds the largest Latin American population with Toronto having the largest concentration (including the suburbs of Mississauga and Brampton), as well as other cities such as London, Leamington, Ottawa and Kitchener-Waterloo. Quebec has the second-largest Latin American population with Montreal having the largest concentration.

Latin American Canadians make up one of the groups designated as a visible minority according to Statistics Canada.^[2]

Over 1 million (3% of Canadians) are of Latin American or Hispanic descent, according to 2023 Statistics Canada data estimates.

History

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The majority of Latin American Canadians are recent immigrants who arrived in the late 20th century from Mexico, Colombia, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Peru with smaller communities from Chile, Venezuela, Brazil, Cuba, Guatemala, and elsewhere, with nearly all Latin American countries represented.^[3] Reasons for immigrating include Canada's better economic opportunities and politics or civil war and political repression in their native countries, as in the case of Cubans fleeing from the Fidel Castro revolution, Chileans escaping from Augusto Pinochet's rule, Salvadorans fleeing from the Salvadoran Civil War, Peruvians escaping from the Internal conflict in Peru, Dominicans opposed to the regimes of Rafael Trujillo and Joaquin Balaguer, Mexicans escaping from the Mexican Drug War, Colombians from the violence in their country and Venezuelans opposed to the rule of the Socialist Unity Party.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

As of the 2021 Canadian Census, the largest Latin American communities are in the census metropolitan areas of Toronto (396,459; 3.5%),^[4] Montreal (287,856; 3.2%),^[5] Vancouver (151,500; 2.0%),^[6] Calgary (134,395; 2.3%),^[7] Edmonton (121,960; 1.6%),^[8] Ottawa (90,620; 1.4%),^[9] and Hamilton (30,605; 1.9%).^[9] The fastest growing are in the provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia.

Latin American population of Canada by census year

Census	Latin American population	Change from previous census	Total Canadian population	Change from previous census	Latin American population (%)
1996[10]	176,970	N/A	28,528,125	N/A	0.6%
2001[11]	216,980	22.6%	29,639,030	3.9%	0.7%
2006[12]	304,245	40.2%	31,241,030	5.4%	1%
2011[13]	381,280	25.3%	32,852,325	5.2%	1.2%
2016	447,325	17.3%	34,460,065	4.9%	1.3%

Latin American Canadian population in Canada by province or territory according to the Census

Province	2001		2011		2016		2021
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Ontario	106,835	0.9%	172,560	1.4%	195,950	1.5%	249,190	1.8%
Québec	59,520	0.8%	116,380	1.5%	133,920	1.7%	172,925	2.0%
Alberta	18,745	0.6%	41,305	1.2%	55,090	1.4%	66,520	1.6%
British Columbia	23,885	0.6%	35,465	0.8%	44,115	1.0%	65,970	1.3%
Manitoba	4,775	0.4%	9,140	0.8%	9,895	0.8%	12,835	1.0%
Saskatchewan	2,010	0.2%	3,255	0.3%	4,195	0.4%	5,680	0.5%
Nova Scotia	520	0.0%	1,360	0.2%	1,685	0.2%	2,915	0.3%
New Brunswick	425	0.0%	1,160	0.2%	1,285	0.2%	2,450	0.3%
Prince Edward Island	75	0.1%	235	0.2%	255	0.2%	585	0.4%
Newfoundland and Labrador	80	0.0%	185	0.0%	635	0.1%	755	0.2%
Yukon	45	0.1%	105	0.3%	130	0.4%	235	0.6%
Northwest Territories	60	0.2%	105	0.3%	135	0.3%	125	0.3%
Nunavut	10	0.0%	30	0.1%	40	0.1%	60	0.2%
Canada	216,980	0.8%	381,280	1.2%	447,325	1.3%	580,235	1.6%

Immigration

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Latin Americans in Canada by country of origin (2016)^[14]

Region	Number of immigrants	Region's share of total Latin American immigrants to Canada	As % of Canada's total immigrant population from all areas of the world
Mexico	80,585	18.8%	1.1%
Colombia	70,035	16.4%	0.9%
El Salvador	48,075	11.2%	0.6%
Peru	29,620	6.9%	0.4%
Brazil	29,116	6.8%	0.4%
Chile	26,705	6.2%	0.4%
Venezuela	20,775	4.9%	0.3%
Argentina	19,425	4.5%	0.3%
Cuba	17,850	4.2%	0.2%
Guatemala	17,270	4%	0.2%
Ecuador	14,970	3.5%	0.2%
Dominican Republic	10,605	2.5%	0.2%
Nicaragua	9,865	2.3%	0.1%
Honduras	7,785	1.8%	0.1%
Paraguay	7,300	1.7%	0.1%
Uruguay	6,535	1.5%	0.1%
Bolivia	4,395	1%	0.1%
Costa Rica	3,945	0.9%	0.1%
Panama	2,620	0.6%	0%
Puerto Rico	505	0.1%	0%
Total Latin American immigrant population	428,180	100%	5.5%