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Community of Canadians of Afghan descent or with Afghan citizenship From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Afghan Canadians are Canadians with ancestry from Afghanistan. They form the second largest Afghan community in North America after Afghan Americans. Their ethnic origin may come from any of the ethnic groups of Afghanistan, which include Pashtun, Tajik, Uzbek, Hazara, Turkmen, etc. In the Canada 2016 Census about 83,995 Canadians were from Afghanistan.[4]
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (July 2020) |
Total population | |
---|---|
96,810[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Greater Toronto Area, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton | |
Languages | |
Canadian English, Canadian French, Dari, Pashto, Uzbek and other Afghan languages | |
Religion | |
Predominantly: Islam (92.44%) Minorities: Irreligion (5.6%) Christianity (1.1%) Hinduism (0.5%) Sikhism (0.2%) Judaism (0.04%) Buddhism (0.01%) Indigenous (0.01%) Others (0.1%) [2][lower-alpha 1][3] |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
2016 | 83,995 | — |
2021 | 96,810 | +15.3% |
Source: Statistics Canada [1][5] |
Religious group | 2021[2][lower-alpha 1] | |
---|---|---|
Pop. | % | |
Islam | 89,485 | 92.44% |
Irreligion | 5,400 | 5.58% |
Christianity | 1,035 | 1.07% |
Hinduism | 465 | 0.48% |
Sikhism | 235 | 0.24% |
Judaism | 40 | 0.04% |
Buddhism | 10 | 0.01% |
Indigenous spirituality | 10 | 0.01% |
Other | 135 | 0.14% |
Total Afghan Canadian population | 96,810 | 100% |
Province | Population | Percentage | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Ontario | 54,535 | 0.4% | [6] |
Quebec | 10,940 | 0.1% | [7] |
Alberta | 8,545 | 0.2% | [8] |
British Columbia | 7,890 | 0.2% | [9] |
Manitoba | 1,015 | 0.1% | [10] |
Saskatchewan | 780 | 0.1% | [11] |
Nova Scotia | 230 | 0.0% | [12] |
New Brunswick | 25 | 0.0% | [13] |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 10 | 0.0% | [14] |
Prince Edward Island | 10 | 0.0% | [15] |
Northwest Territories | 10 | 0.0% | [16] |
Nunavut | 0 | 0.0% | [17] |
Yukon | 0 | 0.0% | [18] |
Canada | 83,995 | 0.24% | [5] |
The diaspora also have media outlets for the Afghan community, including private TV channels such as Watan E Maa,[19] AfghanJavan TV and Afghan Nobel TV.
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