Afghan Canadians

Afghan Canadians
Total population
	96,810
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%);

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]

Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...

Religious group	2021^[2]^[a]
Religious group	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]

Demography