Algerian Canadians

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Algerian Canadians
Total population
Population distribution of Algerian Canadians by census division, 2021 census
73,770 (by ancestry, 2021 Census)^[1]
Regions with significant populations
Quebec	65,860^[1]
Ontario	4,970^[1]
Languages
Arabic (Algerian Arabic), Berber languages, English and French
Religion
Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Irreligion

Algerian Canadians (Arabic: كنديون جزائريون) are Canadian citizens of Algerian ancestry or Algeria-born people residing in Canada, as well as people from the state of Algeria who are ethno-linguistic and religious minorities. According to the 2011 Census there were 49,110 Canadians who claimed full or partial Algerian ancestry.^[2] Canada is home to the largest Algerian community in North America, as well as the second largest (after France) regarding the Algerian diaspora.

Between 2004 and 2013, 42,252 permanent residents moved to Canada from Algeria.^[3]

Notable Algerian Canadians

Rabah Aït Ouyahia, actor
Mohamed Farsi, professional soccer player
Boualem Khouider, climate scientist
Zachary Lagha, ice dancer
Lynda Thalie, singer-songwriter
Zaho, singer

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Statistics Canada (9 February 2022). "Ethnic or cultural origin". 2021 Census of Population (table). Census Profile. Ottawa. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2021001.
^ Statistics Canada (8 May 2013). "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
^ "Facts and figures 2013 – Immigration overview: Permanent residents". Citizenship and Immigration Canada. April 23, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-07.

Ethnic origins of people in Canada

Canada

Africa

Horn of Africa	Eritrean Ethiopian Somali
North Africa	Berber Algerian Libyan Moroccan Tunisian Coptic Egyptian
East Africa	South Sudanese Sudanese
Southern Africa	South African Zimbabwean
West Africa	Ghanaian Nigerian Igbo Yoruba

Americas

North America	American Mexican
Caribbean	Barbadian Cuban Dominican Guyanese Haitian Jamaican Puerto Rican Trinidadian and Tobagonian
Central and South America	Argentine Brazilian Chilean Colombian Guatemalan Peruvian Salvadoran Uruguayan Venezuelan

Asia

Central Asia	Afghan Kazakh Tajik Tatar Uzbek
East Asia	Chinese Hong Kong Japanese Korean Mongolian Taiwanese Tibetan
South Asia	Bangladeshi Indian Anglo-Indian Tamil Nepali Pakistani Punjabi Romani Sri Lankan
Southeast Asia	Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian Malaysian Singaporean Thai Vietnamese
West Asia	Arab Iraqi Jordanian Lebanese Palestinian Saudi Syrian Yemeni Armenian Assyrian Azerbaijani Iranian Jewish Israeli Kurdish Turkish

Europe

Central Europe	Austrian Czech German Hungarian Polish Slovak Slovenian Swiss
Eastern Europe	Belarusian Russian Ukrainian
Northern Europe	Nordic and Scandinavian Danish Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish Estonian Latvian Lithuanian
Southeast Europe	Albanian Bosnian Bulgarian Croatian Greek Macedonian Montenegrin Romanian Serbian Yugoslav
Southern Europe	Italian Maltese Portuguese Spanish Basque
Western Europe	Belgian Flemish British Cornish English Scotch-Irish Scottish Welsh Dutch French Acadians Breton Québécois Irish Luxembourger

Oceania

v t e Arab Canadians by state of origin
Africa	Algerian Egyptian Libyan Moroccan Somali Sudanese Tunisian
Asia	Iraqi Jordanian Lebanese Palestinian Saudi Syrian Yemeni
Related topics	Asian Canadians
Based on state membership in the Arab League.

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Notable Algerian Canadians

See also

References