Asian Canadian
An Asian Canadian is a Canadian of Asian ancestry. Asian Canadians can either be born in Canada or be born overseas and later come to be citizens of Canada. They compose of about 10% of all Canadian citizens.According to Statistics Canada (2001), large Asian Canadian groups are:
- Chinese Canadians (1,094,700): 8th largest of all Canadian ethnicities
- East Indian Canadians (713,330): 13th, including several nationalities of ancestry
- Filipino Canadians (327,550): 19th
- Vietnamese Canadian (151,410): 28th
- Korean Canadian (101,715)
- Japanese Canadian (85,230)
- Pakistani Canadian (74,015)
Notable Asian Canadians include:
- Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada of Chinese ancestry
- Herb Dhaliwal, a MP and cabinet minister of Indian ancestry
- Ujjal Dosanjh, former premier of British Columbia, of Indian ancestry
- Atom Egoyan, a filmmaker of Armenian ancestry
- Ian Hanomansing, a CBC journalist of Indian ancestry
- Paul Kariya, an NHL star of partial Japanese ancestry
- Joy Kogawa, a writer of Japanese ancestry
- Sandra Oh, an actor of Korean ancestry starred in the film version of the autobiography of Evelyn Lau
- Natsuko Ohama, an actor of Japanese ancestry
- Deepa Mehta, a director of Indian ancestry
- David Suzuki, a scientist and television personality of Japanese ancestry.
- Roy Miki, poet of Japanese ancestry.
- For more Asian Canadians of Chinese ancestry, see Chinese Canadians.
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