Nordic and Scandinavian Canadians

See also: Nordic countries, Scandinavia, and Scandinavian immigration to the Americas

Nordic and Scandinavian Canadians are Canadian citizens with ancestral roots in the Nordic countries and/or Scandinavia

Nordic Canadians
Scandinavian Canadians

Total population
1,201,315[1] 3.5% of the total Canadian population (2016)
Languages
Canadian English, North Germanic languages, Finnish language
Religion
Predominantly Lutheran; other Protestant denominations, Catholic
Related ethnic groups
North Germanic peoples, Nordic and Scandinavian Americans

The highest concentration of Scandinavian Canadians is in Western Canada, especially British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

As of the 2016 Canadian census, there are approximately 1.2 million Canadians of Nordic and Scandinavian descent, or about 3.49% of the total population of the country.^[1]

Terminology

They generally include:

• Danish Canadians (Nordic and Scandinavian)
• Norwegian Canadians (Nordic and Scandinavian)
• Sami Canadians (Nordic)
• Swedish Canadians (Nordic and Scandinavian)
• Finnish Canadians (Nordic)
• Icelandic Canadians (Nordic)

History

Nordic & Scandinavian Canadian
Population History

Year	Pop.	±%
1871	1,623	—
1881	5,223	+221.8%
1901	31,042	+494.3%
1911	112,682	+263.0%
1921	167,359	+48.5%
1931	228,049	+36.3%
1941	244,603	+7.3%
1951	283,024	+15.7%
1961	386,534	+36.6%
1971	384,795	−0.4%
1981	335,110	−12.9%
1986	690,925	+106.2%
1991	805,555	+16.6%
1996	917,185	+13.9%
2001	955,850	+4.2%
2006	1,120,805	+17.3%
2011	1,164,425	+3.9%
2016	1,201,315	+3.2%
Source: Statistics Canada [2]: 17 [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][1] Note: 1981 Canadian census did not include multiple ethnic origin responses, thus population is an undercount.

See also

• Canada portal

• European Canadians
• Vinland
• L'Anse aux Meadows