Indo-Canadians
Indo-Canadians are Canadians whose family can trace back to India. The names "East Indian" and "South Asian" are used for people who originate from India, to tell them apart from the First Nations peoples of Canada who are often called Indian, and from the people of the Caribbean, who are sometimes called West Indian. Most Indo-Canadians call themselves "Indian", instead of "East Indian". This is because Christopher Columbus thought the Americas were India, and that Native Americans were Indian.
| Total population | |
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| 1,374,710[1] 3.99% of the Canadian population (2016)[1] | |
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Most Indo-Canadians come from India, but some come from the Caribbean, South America, Africa, and the Middle East. They usually live in cities like Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, and Vancouver. They are one of the fastest growing races in Canada, because of immigration.
Indo-Canadians Media
Streetcars passing at the 400 Block of Granville Street, Vancouver, in 1908
Sikh men on rail platform next to Canadian Pacific rail car, probably in British Columbia, circa 1905-1914 (AL+CA 6612)
Kitsilano Sikh temple, c. 1910
Komagata Maru Incident, Vancouver, 1914
Queensborough, New Westminster Sikh temple, 1931.
A group of Punjabi Indo-Canadians attending a Punjabi wedding reception
Gur Sikh Temple (Abbotsford)
Gurudwara Nanaksar Sahib, Edmonton, Alberta
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Vancouver Sikh Temple, c. 1911
The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Toronto in Etobicoke, Ontario, built by Canada's Gujarati Hindu community.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables". statcan.gc.ca. 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2016-05-02.