Czech Canadians

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Czech Canadians
Total population
94,805
(by ancestry, 2011 Census)[1] Additional 40,035 Czechoslovaks
Regions with significant populations
Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario
Languages
Canadian English and Czech
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
Czech Americans, Slovak Canadians

Czech Canadians are Canadian citizens of Czech ancestry or Czech-born people who reside in Canada. They were frequently called Bohemian Canadians until the late 19th century. According to the 2006 Canadian census, there were 98,090 Canadians of full or partial Czech descent.

Number of Czech and Czechoslovak Canadians[]

Data from this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.[2]

Percent
 CanadaTotal 0.4%
 Newfoundland and Labrador 0.0%
 Prince Edward Island 0.0%
 Nova Scotia 0.2%
 New Brunswick 0.1%
 Quebec 0.1%
 Ontario 0.4%
 Manitoba 0.5%
 Saskatchewan 0.7%
 Alberta 0.8%
 British Columbia 0.7%
 Yukon 0.6%
 Northwest Territories 0.3%
 Nunavut 0.0%

Notable people[]

  • Karla Homolka - serial killer
  • Vasek Pospisil - tennis player
  • Jenna Talackova - model, TV personality
  • Otto Jelinek - businessman, former figure skater, politician
  • Thomas J. Bata - businessman, "Shoemaker to the World"
  • Josef Škvorecký - writer, publisher
  • Ivan Reitman - director
  • David Nykl - actor
  • Vaclav Smil - scientist and policy analyst
  • Karina Gould - politician

See also[]

Further reading[]

References[]

  1. ^ Statistics Canada (8 May 2013). "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables". Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  2. ^ "2016 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Ethnic Origin (247), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". Statistics Canada. 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-01-11.


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