Maltese Canadians are
Canadian citizens of
Maltese
Maltese may refer to:
* Someone or something of, from, or related to Malta
* Maltese alphabet
* Maltese cuisine
* Maltese culture
* Maltese language, the Semitic language spoken by Maltese people
* Maltese people, people from Malta or of Maltese ...
descent or
Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...
-born people who reside in
Canada
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. According to the
2021 census, there were 40,670 Canadians who claimed full or partial Maltese ancestry, having an increase compared to those 37,120 in 2006.
History
The Maltese emigration of significant manner occurred in 1840, followed by periods of emigration around 1907 and between 1918 and 1920. However, most Maltese emigrants settled in Canada after
World War II
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. Most these immigrants settled in
Ontario
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, mainly
Toronto
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, but over time other Maltese immigrants moved to other Canadian cities including
Montreal
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,
Vancouver
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, and
St. John's. Approximately 18,000 Maltese people emigrated to Canada between 1946 and 1981, but emigration slowly reduced over time. In 2006 only 145 people of Maltese origin settled in the country.
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Demography
Today, most of people of Maltese origin, some 18,680 live in Toronto
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(more than 50% of the total Maltese Canadian population). An area of Dundas Street West
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in The Junction
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is known as "Little Malta" due to the historic Maltese population, as well as the continued presence of Maltese clubs and businesses. There are also Maltese communities in other parts of Ontario
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as well as in Montreal
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, Quebec, Winnipeg
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, Manitoba and Vancouver
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, British Columbia.
See also
*European Canadian
European Canadians are Canadians who can trace their ancestry to the continent of Europe. They form the largest panethnic group within Canada. In the 2021 Canadian census, 19,062,115 people or 52.5% of the population self-identified ethnic ori ...
*Maltese Americans
Maltese Americans ( Maltese: ''Maltin Amerikani'' or ''Maltin tal-Amerika'') are Americans with Maltese ancestry.
History
The first immigrants from Malta to the United States arrived during the mid-eighteenth century to the city of New Orleans, ...
* Maltese Australians
*Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...
References
Bibliography
* Dan Brock
The Distribution of the Maltese in Canada up to the Eve of the Second World War
''The Maltese Canadian Club of London Newsletter'' Vol 38 No. 2, July/August 2017
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European diaspora in Canada
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