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Canadian Sri Lankan Centre for Social Harmony; News Papers catering Sri Lankan Canadians A number of newspapers are printed in Ontario to cater the Sri Lankan diaspora. They are printed in English, Tamil and Sinhalese languages and distributed free.
Sunday's devastation in Sri Lanka has Canadians trying to reach loved ones, and social bans and travel advisories are making it challenging.
This is a list of Sri Lankan Canadians, including both original immigrants who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian descendants, but not Sri Lankan nationals living or working in Canada. The list includes a brief description of their reason for notability.
On March 6, 2024, the Wickramasinghe family, Sri Lankan immigrants, were fatally stabbed inside of their house in Barrhaven, a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Four children were killed, along with their mother, a male family friend and their father was injured. It was the worst mass killing in the city's recent history. [1]
MV Sun Sea is a Thai cargo ship that brought 492 Sri Lankan Tamils into British Columbia, Canada, in August 2010. [1] [2] Following their arrival, the passengers—seeking refuge in Canada after the Sri Lankan Civil War—were transferred to detention facilities in the Lower Mainland, [3] for which the Canadian Government would garner heavy criticism from various Canadian advocacy groups.
Sri Lankan-Canadian culture (2 C, 2 P) E. Sri Lankan expatriates in Canada (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Sri Lankan diaspora in Canada" The following 5 pages are in ...
Sri Lankan Canadians include members from all ethnicities of Sri Lanka, they are mainly concentrated in the cities of Toronto and Montreal, in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. As of 2006 there are 103,625 Sri Lankans in Canada.
Rae described Sri Lanka as "a very dangerous place to be a journalist" and that it is "a very dangerous place to be any kind of Tamil right now". The news sparked controversy for both Rae and Sri Lanka in Canada and made it to the headlines of newspapers in other countries. [42] [43] [44]