Nordic and Scandinavian Canadians

See also: Nordic countries, Scandinavia, and Scandinavian immigration to the Americas
Nordic Canadians
Scandinavian Canadians
Total population
1,201,315[1]
3.5% of the total Canadian population (2016)
Languages
Canadian English, North Germanic languages, Finnish language
Religion
Predominantly Lutheran;
other Protestant denominations, Catholic
Related ethnic groups
North Germanic peoples, Nordic and Scandinavian Americans

Nordic and Scandinavian Canadians are Canadian citizens with ancestral roots in the Nordic countries and/or Scandinavia

The highest concentration of Scandinavian Canadians is in Western Canada, especially British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

As of the 2016 Canadian census, there are approximately 1.2 million Canadians of Nordic and Scandinavian descent, or about 3.49% of the total population of the country.[1]

Terminology

They generally include:

History

Nordic & Scandinavian Canadian
Population History
YearPop.±%
18711,623—    
18815,223+221.8%
190131,042+494.3%
1911112,682+263.0%
1921167,359+48.5%
1931228,049+36.3%
1941244,603+7.3%
1951283,024+15.7%
1961386,534+36.6%
1971384,795−0.4%
1981335,110−12.9%
1986690,925+106.2%
1991805,555+16.6%
1996917,185+13.9%
2001955,850+4.2%
20061,120,805+17.3%
20111,164,425+3.9%
20161,201,315+3.2%
Source: Statistics Canada
[2]: 17 [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][1]
Note: 1981 Canadian census did not include multiple ethnic origin responses, thus population is an undercount.

See also

References

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