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.

Indian-Canadians
Canadians of Indian origin
_{Canadiens d'origine indienne (French)}

Total population
1,374,710 3.99% of the Canadian population (2016)
Regions with significant populations
Toronto Peel Region Markham Durham Region Waterloo Region Hamilton Ottawa Montreal Calgary Edmonton Winnipeg Vancouver Surrey Burnaby Abbotsford
Languages
English French Punjabi Malayalam Tamil Marathi Gujarati Sindhi Telugu Bengali Kannada Hindi Urdu Farsi Others
Religion
Predominately: Hinduism Islam sikhism Minorities: Christianity Buddhism Jainism Irreligion
Related ethnic groups
Asian Canadians Indian Americans Overseas Indian

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.jpg

  Punjabi Sikhs in Vancouver, 1908

• Sikh men on rail platform next to Canadian Pacific rail car, probably in British Columbia, circa 1905-1914 (AL+CA 6612)

• Sikh Temple at 2nd Avenue, Vancouver.jpg

  Kitsilano Sikh temple, c. 1910

• Komagata Maru incident VPL 127 (11326123445).jpg

  Komagata Maru Incident, Vancouver, 1914

• GurdwaraSukhSagar1931.jpg

  Queensborough, New Westminster Sikh temple, 1931.

• Canadian Provinces by Indian % 2021 Census.png

  Indian Canadians as % of population by province

• A group of Punjabi Indo-Canadians attending a Punjabi wedding reception

• Gur Sikh Temple 01.jpg

  Gur Sikh Temple (Abbotsford)

• Sikh Temple Manning Drive Edmonton Alberta Canada 01A.jpg

  Gurudwara Nanaksar Sahib, Edmonton, Alberta

• Sikh Temple at 2nd Avenue, Vancouver.jpg

  Vancouver Sikh Temple, c. 1911