Zimbabwean Canadians
Canadian citizens of Zimbabwean descent or Zimbabwe-born persons who reside in Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zimbabwean Canadians are Canadian citizens of Zimbabwean descent or a Zimbabwe-born person who resides in Canada. According to the Canada 2016 Census there were 16,225 Canadian citizens who claimed Zimbabwean ancestry and 15,000 Zimbabwean citizens residing in the country at the moment of the census.[1]
Total population | |
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by ancestry, 2016 | 16,225[1][2] |
by birth, 2016[1] | 15,000[1] |
Regions with significant populations | |
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Ottawa, Southern Ontario, Montreal, Edmonton, St. John's, NL | |
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In 2010, Southern African Migration Programme conducted a survey across Canada about Zimbabwean migration; this was the first major study of Zimbabwean Canadians. According to SAMP, the movement of Zimbabwean migrants into Canada started in 1980 after Zimbabwe gained independence, but a large influx of Zimbabweans started in the 2000s when inflation, poverty, and political oppression exponentially grew in Zimbabwe; the peak year was in 2004 when 1,456 Zimbabweans became permanent residents. In the 2006 Canadian Census, there were 8,040 Zimbabwe-born people in Canada, compromising 6,525 permanent residents and 1,515 students or temporary workers.[3]