Czech Canadians are
Canadian citizens of Czech ancestry or Czech-born people who reside in
Canada
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. They were frequently called Bohemian Canadians until the late 19th century. According to the
2021 Canadian census
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, there were 98,925
Canadians
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of full or partial Czech descent.
Number of Czech and Czechoslovak Canadians
Data from this section from Statistics Canada, 2016.
Notable people
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Karla Homolka - serial killer
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Vasek Pospisil - tennis player
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Jenna Talackova - model, TV personality
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Otto Jelinek - businessman, former figure skater, politician
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Thomas J. Bata - businessman, "Shoemaker to the World"
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Josef Škvorecký - writer, publisher
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Ivan Reitman
Ivan Reitman (; October 27, 1946 – February 12, 2022) was a Canadian film director and producer. He was known for his comedy films, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. Reitman was the owner of The Montecito Picture Company, founded in 1998.
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- director
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Jamie Oleksiak - hockey player
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Penny Oleksiak - swimmer, Olympic gold medallist
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David Nykl - actor
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Vaclav Smil - scientist and policy analyst
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Karina Gould - politician
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Travis Konecny - hockey player
See also
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Demographics of the Czech Republic
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Canada–Czech Republic relations
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Czech people
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Czech Americans
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Czech Australians
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Czechs in the United Kingdom
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European Canadians
European Canadians are Canadians who can trace their Ancestor, ancestry to the continent of Europe. They form the largest Panethnicity, panethnic group within Canada. In the 2021 Canadian census, 19,062,115 people or 52.5% of the population sel ...
Further reading
*Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples
"Czechs:Origins." Multicultural Canada.
References
European diaspora in Canada
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