Danish Canadians

Danish Canadians (Danish: Dansk-canadiere) are Canadian citizens of Danish ancestry. According to the 2006 Census, there were 200,035 Canadians with Danish background,^[2] 17,650 of whom were born in Denmark.^[3]

Danish Canadians

Dansk-canadiere (Danish) Dano-canadiens (French)
Total population
207,470 (by ancestry, 2016 Census)[1] 0.6% of Canada's population
Regions with significant populations
Western Canada · Ontario
Languages
English · French · Danish
Religion
Traditionally Lutheranism
Related ethnic groups
Danes · Greenlanders · Danish Americans

Canada became an important destination for the Danes during the post-war period. At one point, a Canadian immigration office was to be set up in Copenhagen.^[4] While most of the post-war immigrants settled in large cities, Danish-Canadian communities can be found in all of Canada's ten provinces.

The oldest Danish community in Canada is New Denmark, New Brunswick, first inhabited by Danish immigrants in 1872.^{[citation needed]}

History

Danish Canadian
Population History

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	21,124	—
1931	34,118	+61.5%
1941	37,439	+9.7%
1951	42,671	+14.0%
1961	85,473	+100.3%
1971	75,725	−11.4%
1981	57,940	−23.5%
1986	119,055	+105.5%
1991	135,520	+13.8%
1996	163,125	+20.4%
2001	170,780	+4.7%
2006	200,035	+17.1%
2011	203,080	+1.5%
2016	207,470	+2.2%
Source: Statistics Canada [5]: 17 [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Note: 1981 Canadian census did not include multiple ethnic origin responses, thus population is an undercount.

Notable Danish Canadians

• Earl W. Bascom – rodeo pioneer, artist, inventor, actor, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductee
• Karen Bulow – textile artist
• Erik Christensen – NHL player from the New York Rangers
• Hayden Christensen – actor (Danish paternal grandparents)
• Tove Christensen – actor and producer (Danish paternal grandparents)
• Scott Frandsen – Olympic athlete
• Ann Hansen – former anarchist
• Glenna Hansen – Inuvialuit politician
• Rick Hansen – paraplegic athlete
• Jens Haven – Missionary and Settler
• Valdy/Valdemar Horsdal – Singer-Songwriter
• Carly Rae Jepsen – pop singer
• K.V. Johansen – writer
• Rasmus Lerdorf – programmer
• Erik Nielsen – Deputy Prime Minister of Canada from 1984 to 1986
• Leslie Nielsen – actor and comedian (Danish father)
• Robert Nielsen – journalist
• Kaj Pindal – animator and animation educator
• Alf Erling Porsild – botanist
• Luke Skaarup – strength athlete, strongman
• Lauren Southern – political activist (Danish father)

See also

• Canada portal
• Denmark portal

• Canada–Denmark relations
• Danish Americans
• Danish diaspora
• European Canadians
• Finnish Canadians
• Icelandic Canadians
• Nordic and Scandinavian Canadians
• Norwegian Canadians
• Swedish Canadians