Bangladeshi Canadians

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Bangladeshi Canadians
Canadiens Bangladais (French)
Total population
~100,000 - ~200,000[1][circular reference] (~0.15% - ~0.42% of Canada's population) as of 2021
Regions with significant populations
Greater Toronto, Greater Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa
Languages
Religion
  • Islam
  • Hinduism
  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Bangladeshi diaspora, Indo-Canadians, Pakistani Canadians, Asian Canadians

Bangladeshi Canadians (French: Canadiens Bangladais) are Canadian citizens of Bangladeshi descent, first-generation Bangladeshi immigrants, or descendants of Bangladeshis who emigrated to Canada. The term may also refer to people who hold dual Bangladeshi and Canadian citizenship.

Demographics[]

While there are no recent official data, however according to the Statistics Canada (2020)[2] there are 100,000 Bangladeshi origin Canadians. Some references show fewer of Bangladesh origin in Canada. The unofficial number of Bangladeshi Canadians as of 2016 is anywhere from 50,000 - 100,000.[3] As of 2012 more than 13,000 Bengalis live in Toronto, according to Statistics Canada.[4] Most of the Bangladeshi origin population concentrated in Greater Toronto area and Montreal.

Landing year Total landed
2006 4012
2007 2897
2008 2939
2009 2106
2010 4721
2011 2694
2012 2634
2013 3792
2014 2231
2015 3305
2016 3230
2017 3190
2018 3205
2006–18 40956

From 2006 to 2018, 40,956 new permanent residents from Bangladesh landed in Canada.[5]

Notable Bangladeshi-Canadians[]

  • Fahd Ananta, internet entrepreneur and co-founder of Tab Payments and Google Chrome extension Chime
  • Doly Begum, Member of Provincial Parliament for Ontario
  • Amit Chakma, 10th president of University of Western Ontario
  • Neamat Imam, writer
  • Ron Mustafaa, Hollywood TV actor, appeared on MTV's Skins
  • Mizan Rahman, mathematician and writer
  • Shamit Shome, soccer player
  • Mia Abbas Uddin, politician
  • , Businessman, Philanthropist


See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Bangladeshi diaspora
  2. ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics. "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables – Ethnic Origin (264), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey". www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  3. ^ "BC - Brown Canada". www.browncanada.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  4. ^ "Bengalis celebrating a legacy of art, culture and language".
  5. ^ "Bangladeshi Immigrants to Canada - Statistics - Immigration Trends". canadaimmigrants.com.
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