Saudi Canadians ( ar, , suʿudiyyūn kanadiyyūn) are

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of Saudi descent or Saudis who have

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. According to the 2011 Census there were 7,955 Canadians who claimed Saudi ancestry.

Demography

Most Saudi Canadians speak

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. According to the 2011 Census there were 7,955 Canadians who claimed Saudi ancestry. Until August 2018, there were over 16,000 Saudi students on government scholarships in Canada. There were more than 15,000 Saudi students in Canada in 2007, including 800 resident physicians and specialists who provided care to the Canadian population. In 2015, Saudi Arabian students represented 3% of total foreign students in Canada. Official figures provided by the Saudi Arabian Cultural Bureau in Canada (SACB) indicated that in 2014 there were 16,000 Saudi scholarship students in Canada and 1,000 medical trainees.

Notable people

* Ensaf Haidar,

Raif Badawi Raif bin Muhammad Badawi ( ar, رائف بن محمد بدوي, also transcribed Raef bin Mohammed Badawi; born 13 January 1984) is a Saudi writer, dissident and activist, as well as the creator of the website ''Free Saudi Liberals''. Badawi wa ...

's wife and children were granted

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by the Government of Canada in 2013 and currently reside in

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. Haidar and her three children with Badawi became Canadian citizens on Canada Day, 2018. On the same day Haidar called for the niqab to be banned.

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{{Saudi Arabian diaspora * Arab diaspora in Canada

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Demography

Notable people

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