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Nigerian Canadians are a Canadian ethnic group of Nigerian descent. Nigerians began migrating to Canada during the 1967–1970 Nigerian Civil War . [ 2 ] Nigerians were not broken out separately in immigration statistics until 1973. 3,919 landed immigrants of Nigerian nationality arrived in Canada from 1973 to 1991.
Igbo Canadians are citizens of Canada that are of full or partial Igbo descent. The Igbo are an ethnic group from Nigeria . According to the 2016 Canadian census , the number of people who identified as Igbo was 18,315. [ 1 ]
Nigeria is a very ethnically diverse country with 371 ethnic groups, the largest of which are the Hausa, Yoruba and the Igbo. [1] Nigeria has one official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation.
The 2020 General Social Survey revealed that 92% of adult Canadians said that "[ethnic] diversity is a Canadian value". [15] About 25% of Canadians were "racialized"; [2] By 2021, 23% of the Canadian population were immigrants—the "largest proportion since Confederation", according to Statistics Canada.
Yoruba Canadians are Canadians of Yoruba descent. The Yoruba people are an ethnic group of southwestern Nigeria and southern Benin in West Africa. They represent the second largest ethnic community of Nigerians in Canada.
African immigration to Canada comprises citizens of countries in Africa who emigrated to Canada, as well as their descendants. According to Statistics Canada, African-born individuals comprised 13.4% of recent immigrants to Canada as of 2016. This was the second largest number of recent immigrants to the nation after Europe, and a four-fold ...
All citizens of Canada are classified as "Canadians" as defined by Canada's nationality laws. "Canadian" as an ethnic group has since 1996 been added to census questionnaires for possible ancestral origin or descent. "Canadian" was included as an example on the English questionnaire and "Canadien" as an example on the French questionnaire. [46]
This page lists Canadian citizens of full or partial Nigerian descent. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. .