Estonian Canadians () are Canadian citizens or residents of

Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also

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Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n-born people who reside in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

. Currently 24,530 people of Estonian descent live in Canada.(according to some sources up to 50,000 people). In the late 1940s and early 1950s, about 17,000 arrived in Canada.The Estonian Presence in Toronto
. Post by Ended Aruia. The city with the largest population of Estonians outside Estonia is

Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

. The first Estonian World Festival was held in Toronto in 1972. Some notable Estonian Canadians and Canadians with Estonian ethnicity include Kalle Lasn,

Alison Pill Alison Pill (born November 27, 1985) is a Canadian actress. A former child actress, Pill began her career at age 12, appearing in numerous projects before transitioning to adult roles with a breakthrough role in the television series '' The Bo ...

, Uno Prii, Elmar Tampõld,

Endel Tulving Endel Tulving (May 26, 1927 – September 11, 2023) was an Estonian-born Canadian experimental psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist. In his research on human memory he proposed the distinction between semantic and episodic memory. Tulving ...

, and Andreas Vaikla.

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Estonians in Canada
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Toronto Estonian House

Estonian Central Council in Canada

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