Arab Canadians
Arabo-Canadiens
كنديون عرب
Total population
690,000 

1.9% of the total Canadian population (2021)

(2021 Census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Laval, Mississauga, Windsor, London
Languages
Religion
Related ethnic groups

Arab Canadians (French: Arabo-Canadiens) come from all of the countries of the Arab world. According to the 2021 Census, there were 690,000 Canadians, or 1.9%, who claimed Arab ancestry.[4] According to the 2011 census there were 380,620 Canadians who claimed full or partial ancestry from an Arabic-speaking country.[5] The large majority of the Canadians of Arab origin population live in either Ontario or Quebec.[6]

Demographics

The distribution of the Arab population of Canada according to the 2001, 2011, and 2016 Canadian censuses was as follows:

Province or territory Arabs 2001 % 2001 Arabs 2011 % 2011 Arabs 2016 % 2016 Arabs 2021 % 2021
 Québec 73,345 1.0% 166,260 2.2% 213,740 2.7% 280,075 3.3%
 Ontario 88,545 0.8% 151,645 1.2% 210,435 1.6% 284,215 2.0%
 Alberta 19,320 0.7% 34,920 1.0% 56,700 1.4% 69,505 1.6%
 British Columbia 6,605 0.2% 14,090 0.3% 19,840 0.4% 28,010 0.6%
 Nova Scotia 3,610 0.4% 6,285 0.7% 8,110 0.9% 10,610 1.1%
 Manitoba 1,230 0.1% 3,240 0.3% 5,030 0.4% 7,820 0.6%
 Saskatchewan 900 0.1% 2,095 0.2% 4,300 0.4% 5,575 0.5%
 New Brunswick 580 0.1% 1,380 0.2% 2,960 0.4% 5,060 0.7%
 Newfoundland and Labrador 270 0.1% 370 0.1% 1,375 0.3% 1,740 0.3%
 Prince Edward Island 175 0.0% 200 0.1% 585 0.4% 1,125 0.7%
 Northwest Territories 80 0.2% 110 0.3% 100 0.2% 225 0.6%
 Nunavut 10 0.0% 15 0.0% 40 0.1% 35 0.1%
 Yukon 10 0.0% 0 0.0% 10 0.0% 20 0.1
 Canada 194,685 0.7% 380,620[7] 1.2% 523,235[7] 1.5% 694,015[7] 1.9%

By Arabic-speaking country

Country[8] 2016[5]
 Lebanon 219,555
 Algeria 104,395
 Morocco 103,945
 Syria 77,045
 Egypt 73,250
 Iraq 68,490
 Palestine 50,245
 Tunisia 25,645
 UAE 20,000
 Sudan 19,960
 Jordan 25,250
 Mauritania 9,325
 Libya 7,740
 Saudi Arabia 6,810
 Yemen 6,645
 Kuwait 2,235
 Canada total 750,925[9]

Religion

The 2011 Canadian census shows that 55% from Arab Canadians reported belonging to a Muslim faith and 34% reported belonging to a Christian faith. These number differ measurably from the numbers reported in the 2001 Canadian census, which showed an even split in the Arab Canadians community between those who practiced the Muslim faith with 44% and those who practiced the Christian faith 44%, (where 28% as Catholic, 11% as Eastern Orthodox Church and 5% as Other Christian). In 2011, about 3% from Arab Canadians population are Jewish.

That said the percentage of Arab Canadians were not affiliated with any religions only marginally increased from 6% in 2001 to 8% in 2011.

The greatest percentage of Arab Christians in Canada come from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Iraq, where the highest rates of Muslims come from Algeria and Morocco.[10]

Notable individuals

Business

Politicians

Political activists

Filmmakers and writers

  • Rawi Hage (Author: De Niro's Game, Beirut Hellfire Society, Cockroach; Lebanese)
  • Ruba Nadda - film director who won the Best Canadian Feature Film award in 2009 (of Syrian and Palestinian descent)
  • Anisa Mehdi - Emmy Award-winning film director, journalist and director of Inside Mecca (of Iraqi descent)
  • Wajdi Mouawad (Writer: Incendies, Lebanese)
  • Habeeb Salloum (1924-2019) - prominent author and freelance writer
  • Donald Shebib - documentary filmmaker (of Lebanese descent)

Singers

  • Ali Gatie - singer (of Iraqi descent)
  • Paul Anka - singer (of Syrian-Lebanese descent)
  • Belly - rap/hip hop artist (of Palestinian descent)
  • Andy Kim - pop singer/songwriter (of Lebanese descent)
  • K.Maro - rapper (of Lebanese descent)
  • Kristina Maria - singer/songwriter (of Lebanese descent)
  • Massari - pop and hip-hop singer (of Lebanese descent)
  • Narcy - rapper (of Iraqi descent)
  • Nasri - reggae and pop singer (of Palestinian descent)
  • Raffi - children musician and composer (of Egyptian descent), famous for Baby Beluga
  • Vaï - rapper, hip hop singer (of Moroccan descent)
  • Karl Wolf - singer (of Lebanese descent)
  • Zaho - singer (of Algerian descent)

Athletes

Others

  • Reema Abdo - former backstroke swimmer (of Yemeni descent)
  • René Angélil - manager and husband of Céline Dion, (of Syrian descent)[11]
  • Nahlah Ayed - journalist (of Palestinian descent)
  • Rachid Badouri - comedian (of Moroccan descent)
  • Hoda ElMaraghy - first woman to serve as dean of engineering at a Canadian university. Appointed as Canada Research Chair (CRC) in manufacturing systems in 2002. (of Egyptian descent)
  • Mohamed Fahmy - journalist and reporter
  • Ghassan Halazon - entrepreneur (of Jordanian-Palestinian descent)
  • Jade Hassouné - known for his role as Meliorn in the US television series "Shadowhunters" and for that of Prince Ahmed Al Saeed in the Canadian series '"Heartland" (of Lebanese descent)
  • Jesse Hutch - actor, model, director and musician (of Syrian descent)
  • Mena Massoud - an actor best known for starring as Aladdin in the 2019 live-action adaptation (of Egyptian descent)
  • Keanu Reeves - Hollywood actor (born in Lebanon)
  • Habeeb Salloum - author, cookbook author, writer, travel writer (of Syrian descent)
  • Inanna Sarkis - internet personality, actress and director (of Syrian descent)
  • Mamdouh Shoukri - former president of York University (of Egyptian descent)
  • Hatim Zaghloul - engineer, named as one of ten great Canadians by Maclean's magazine (of Egyptian descent)
  • Ty Wood - an actor and model. Grand nephew of Miss Universe 1971 Georgina Rizk (of Palestinian-Lebanese Ukrainian descent.)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (26 October 2022). "The Daily — The Canadian census: A rich portrait of the country's religious and ethnocultural diversity". www150.statcan.gc.ca.
  2. ↑ "The Lebanese Community in Canada". Statistics Canada. 28 August 2007.
  3. ↑ Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022), Religion by visible minority and generation status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts, doi:10.25318/9810034201-eng, Table: 98-10-0342-01, retrieved 10 May 2023
  4. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-02-09). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2016 Census of Population - Canada [Country]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  5. 1 2 Statistics Canada (8 May 2013). "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  6. ↑ Mandil, Ghada (August 2019). "Insights into the Arab Population in Canada Based on the 2016 Census Data" (PDF). Square Space. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  7. 1 2 3 Statistics Canada. "2016 Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables: Data tables". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  8. ↑ Including ethnic minorities.
  9. ↑ "Canadian Arab Institute :: 750,925 Canadians Hail from Arab Lands". www.canadianarabinstitute.org. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  10. ↑ Dajjani, Ghina. "Religion and Marital Status in the Canadian Arab Community" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "À voir à la télévision le samedi 24 mars". Le Devoir. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
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