Danish Canadians (
Danish: ''Dansk-canadiere'') are
Canadian
Canadians () 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 their being ''C ...
citizens of
Danish ancestry. According to the 2006 Census, there were 200,035 Canadians with Danish background, 17,650 of whom were born in Denmark.
Canada became an important destination for the Danes during the post-war period. At one point, a Canadian immigration office was to be set up in
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
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[Bender, Henning. ''Danish emigration to Canada''] While most of the post-war immigrants settled in large cities, Danish-Canadian communities can be found in all of Canada's ten provinces.
The oldest Danish community in Canada is
New Denmark, New Brunswick, first inhabited by Danish immigrants in 1872.
History
Notable Danish Canadians
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Earl W. Bascom – rodeo pioneer, artist, inventor, actor, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductee
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Karen Bulow – textile artist
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Erik Christensen – NHL player from the New York Rangers
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Hayden Christensen – actor (Danish paternal grandparents)
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Tove Christensen – actor and producer (Danish paternal grandparents)
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Scott Frandsen – Olympic athlete
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Ann Hansen – former anarchist
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Glenna Hansen – Inuvialuit politician
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Rick Hansen
Richard Marvin Hansen (born August 26, 1957) is a Canadian track and field athlete (Paralympic Games and Olympic Games), activist, and philanthropist for people with disabilities. When Rick was 15, he was riding in the back of a pickup truck ...
– paraplegic athlete
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Jens Haven – Missionary and Settler
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Valdy/Valdemar Horsdal – Singer-Songwriter
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Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly Rae Jepsen (born November 21, 1985) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. After studying musical theatre for most of her school life and while in university, Jepsen garnered mainstream attention after placing third on the fifth season of ...
– pop singer
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K.V. Johansen – writer
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Rasmus Lerdorf
Rasmus Lerdorf (; born 22 November 1968) is a Danish-Canadian programmer. He co-authored and inspired the PHP scripting language, authoring the first two versions of the language and participating in the development of later versions led by a g ...
– programmer
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Erik Nielsen – Deputy Prime Minister of Canada from 1984 to 1986
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Leslie Nielsen
Leslie William Nielsen (February 11, 1926November 28, 2010) was a Canadian actor and comedian. With a career spanning 60 years, he appeared in more than 100 films and 150 television programs, portraying more than 220 characters.
He made his a ...
– actor and comedian (Danish father)
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Robert Nielsen – journalist
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Kaj Pindal – animator and animation educator
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Alf Erling Porsild – botanist
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Luke Skaarup – strength athlete, strongman
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Lauren Southern
Lauren Cherie Southern (born 16 June 1995) is a Canadian alt-right YouTuber and political activist. In 2015, she ran as a Libertarian Party of Canada, Libertarian Party candidate in the 2015 Canadian federal election, Canadian federal election ...
– political activist (Danish father)
See also
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Canada–Denmark relations
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Danish Americans
Danish Americans () are Americans who have ancestral roots originated fully or partially from Denmark. There are approximately 1,300,000 Americans of Danish origin or descent.
Most Danes who came to the United States after 1865 did so for e ...
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Danish diaspora
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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 ...
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Finnish Canadians
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Icelandic Canadians
Icelandic Canadians () are Canadian citizens of Icelandic ancestry, or Iceland-born people who reside in Canada.
Canada has the largest ethnic Icelandic population outside Iceland, with about 101,795 people of full or partial Icelandic descent ...
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Nordic and Scandinavian Canadians
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Norwegian Canadians
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Swedish Canadians
References
{{Portal bar, Denmark, Canada
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