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Total population | |
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155,120 (by ancestry, 2016 Census)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Calgary, Vancouver, Winnipeg | |
Languages | |
English • French • German • Italian | |
Religion | |
Christianity (Catholicism, Anabaptism (Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite)) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
German Canadians • French Canadians • Italian Canadians |
Swiss Canadians are Canadian citizens of Swiss ancestry or people who emigrated from Switzerland and reside in Canada. According to the 2016 Census there were 155,120 Canadians [2] who claimed Swiss ancestry, having an increase compared to those 146,830 in the 2011 Census.[3]
One of the earliest settlers in Canada was Pierre Miville (d. 1669).[4] Laurenz Ermatinger (1736 to 1789), a fur trader and merchant, arrived in Montreal from Switzerland and together with his son Charles Oakes (1776 to 1833), and Sebastian Freyvogel have explored the large Huron tract.[5] By 1871 about 3,000 Swiss had settled in Canada and in the time between 1887 and 1938, a reported additional 8,548 Swiss had moved to Canada.[4] Peter Rindisbacher was a Swiss artist who specialized in painting the Western USA and Canada until his death in 1834.
Until WWII, most Swiss immigrants were farmers who settled in Canada.[6] This changed after WWII, when several Swiss firms opened offices in Canada, leading to immigration of educated Swiss personnel including engineers, professors and merchants.[4][6] When farmland became unaffordable in Switzerland in the 1970s, a number of Swiss farmers bought farmland in Canada and settled there.[4] In the 1990s, rising unemployment in Switzerland led to another wave of emigration.[4]
Swiss Canadians by numbers[]
According to the 2011 National Household Survey,[7] the cities with the most people claiming Swiss ethnic origin are as follow:
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According to the 2011 National Household Survey,[7] the provinces and territories with the most people claiming Swiss ethnic origin are as follow:
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Notable people[]
See also[]
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- Canada–Switzerland relations
- European Canadians
- Swiss Americans
References[]
- ↑ Statistics Canada (8 February 2017). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ↑ Statistics Canada (8 February 2017). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ↑ Statistics Canada (8 May 2013). "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables". Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Schelbert, Leo (2005). "Swiss Diaspora". Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World. Springer. pp. 296–307. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-29904-4_29. ISBN 9780387299044.
- ↑ "Biography – ERMATINGER, LAWRENCE – Volume IV (1771-1800) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Kanada".
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Census Program". 15 January 2001.
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