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Canadians of Croatian ancestry

Croatian Canadians
Hrvati u Kanadi
Total population
114,880 (2011)
Regions with significant populations
 Ontario 74,020
 British Columbia 19,855
 Alberta 10,060
Languages
Canadian English, Croatian and Canadian French
Religion
Related ethnic groups
Croatian Americans, European Canadians

Croatian Canadians are Canadian citizens who are of Croatian descent. The community exists in major cities including the Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton, Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, Windsor, and Montreal.

A popular Croatian Canadian event is the Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament.

There are approximately 114,880 Canadians of Croatian ethnic origin as reported in the 2011 National Household Survey compiled by Statistics Canada. Croatian Canadians are present in most major Canadian cities. The ten largest Croatian communities are found in the following cities:

The town with the largest percentage of people of Croatian ethnic origin is Kenaston, Saskatchewan - 17.5% of its 285 inhabitants claim Croatian ethnic origin.

Statistics Canada also designates Census Metropolitan Areas in the collection of its data. The ten Census Metropolitan Areas with the highest concentration of Croatian Canadians are:

Most Croatian Canadians are Roman Catholic who follow the Latin Rite of their ancestors in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. A very small minority of Croatians are Byzantine Rite Roman Catholics. There is also a community of Croats who follow Islam, the descendants of those who converted after the 16th century, after the conquest of much of Croatia by the Ottomans. Communities of Protestants have historically been negligible in Croatia.


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