Southeast Asian Canadians are
Canadians
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who were either born in or can trace their
ancestry
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to
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...
. The term Southeast Asian Canadian is a subgroup of
Asian Canadians
Asian Canadians are Canadians who were either born in or can trace their Ancestor, ancestry to the continent of Asia. Canadians with Asian ancestry comprise both the largest and fastest-growing group in Canada, after European Canadians, forming ...
. According to
Statistics Canada
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, Southeast Asian Canadians are considered
visible minorities
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and can be further divided by ethnicity and/or nationality, such as
Cambodian Canadian,
Filipino Canadian,
Indonesian Canadian,
Laotian Canadian,
Malaysian Canadian,
Singaporean Canadian,
Thai Canadian, or
Vietnamese Canadian
Vietnamese Canadians (; ) are Canadians, Canadian citizens of Vietnamese people, Vietnamese ancestry. As of 2021, there are 275,530 Vietnamese Canadians, most of whom reside in the provinces of Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec.
Hi ...
, as seen on demi-decadal
census data.
Terminology
Southeast Asian Canadians are typically identified under the term "Asian"; popular usage of this term in Canada generally excludes both
West
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Etymology
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and
South Asians, instead solely referring to individuals of
East Asian
East Asia is a geocultural region of Asia. It includes China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan, plus two special administrative regions of China, Hong Kong and Macau. The economies of Economy of China, China, Economy of Ja ...
or Southeast Asian ancestry.
See also
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Cambodian Canadians
Cambodian Canadians (; ) are Canadians of Cambodian ethnic origin or descent. There are a total of 38,490 Canadian Cambodians, most of whom reside in Toronto and Montreal.
Aside from their primary language of Khmer, many Cambodians are known to ...
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Filipino Canadians
The Filipino Canadians (); () are Canadians who have a Filipino descent or ethnicity. The Filipino Canadians is the second largest subgroup of the overseas Filipinos, surpassed only by the United States, and one of the fastest-growing minority ...
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Indonesian Canadians
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Laotian Canadians
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Malaysian Canadians
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Singaporean Canadians
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Thai Canadians
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Vietnamese Canadians
Vietnamese Canadians (; ) are Canadian citizens of Vietnamese ancestry. As of 2021, there are 275,530 Vietnamese Canadians, most of whom reside in the provinces of Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec.
History
Mainstream Vietnamese ...
References
{{Canadians of Asian descent
Canadian people of Asian descent
Southeast Asian diaspora in Canada