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South Sudanese Canadians are
Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
of
South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the ...
ese ancestry or a South Sudanese who has Canadian citizenship. South Sudanese Canadians can also include children born in Canada to a Canadian parent and South Sudanese parent. South Sudanese Canadians immigrated to Canada in the 1980s and 1990s as refugees from
Second Sudanese Civil War The Second Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army. It was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil War of 1955 to 1972. Although it originated ...
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Notable people

* Bol Kong, professional basketball player *
Tut Ruach Tut Ruach (born April 30, 1985) is a Canadian former basketball player. Starting his professional career in 2009, he was named NBL Canada All-Star in 2012. Ruach played college basketball for York University and competed for Father Michael Goetz ...
, professional basketball player * Mangisto Arop, professional basketball player *
Emmanuel Jal Emmanuel Jal (born Jal Jok 1 January 1980) is a South Sudanese-Canadian artist, actor, former child soldier, and political activist. His autobiography, ''War Child: A Child Soldier's Story'', was published in 2009. Childhood Jal was born to ...
, musician, actor, former child soldier, and political activist *
Reema Major Reema Major (born June 26, 1995) is a Sudanese-Canadian rapper. She is signed to a joint-record label venture with G7 Records / Universal Music Canada / Cherrytree Records / Interscope Records Early life Reema Major was born in Khartoum, Suda ...
, rapper * Adongo Agada Cham *Amanie Illfated, singer, model and activist


See also

*
South Sudanese Americans South Sudanese Americans are an ethnic group of Americans of South Sudanese ancestry, or South Sudanese people who have American citizenship. South Sudanese Americans can include American descendants to South Sudanese ancestors or South Sudanese ...
* South Sudanese Australians *
Sudanese Canadians Sudanese Canadians include Canadians of Sudanese ancestry and Sudanese immigrants to Canada. They include refugees from the Second Sudanese Civil War. The Canada 2016 Census recorded 19,960 people who reported their ethnicity as Sudanese. See als ...


References

{{South Sudanese diaspora Ethnic groups in Canada African Canadian South Sudanese diaspora