Hungarian Canadians
 
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
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316,765 (by ancestry, 2011 Census) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Ontario | 151,750 (1.3 %) |
| Alberta | 48,655 (1.48 %) |
| British Columbia | 43,515 (1.12 %) |
| Saskatchewan | 24,400 (2.5 %) |
| Quebec | 16,490 (0.23 %) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 245 (0.05 %) |
| Prince Edward Island | 415 (0.30 %) |
| Languages | |
| Canadian English, Hungarian, Canadian French | |
| Religion | |
| Catholic, Reformed | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hungarians | |
Hungarian Canadians (Hungarian: Kanadai magyarok) are persons in Canada of Hungarian ancestry. According to the Canada 2011 Census, there are 316,765 Canadians of Hungarian ancestry. The Hungarian minority is the 23rd largest ethnic group of Canada. The bulk of Hungarian immigration occurred after World War II, with the wave peaking after the 1956 Hungarian revolution against communist rule, when over 100,000 Hungarian refugees went to Canada. The Hungarian-Canadian community is among the country's multiple ethnicities; Canada is one of the top five countries of the Hungarian diaspora.
After the Canada 2006 Census 48,665 people (1,48% of the population) have Hungarian roots and 6,770 of them speak the Hungarian language (0.21%).
The first Hungarians arrived in Alberta in 1866 with Count Paul Oskar Eszterhazy, who wanted Hungarians to re-settle after they had emigrated originally to Pennsylvania. The memorial of János Mráz, in 1895 in Bashaw indicated that there were already 25 Hungarian families, each of which farmed a homestead. The 1900 Census counted 167 Hungarians in the Lethbridge area.
A larger influx of immigrants into Alberta is recorded in 1914-1915. At that time 300 Hungarian labourers arrived in the area. In the 1930s there was a greater immigration wave to Alberta. In 1921 there lived 1045 Hungarians there, in 1931 this number was 5502.
The Canada 2006 Census showed 27,395 people living in Saskatchewan who have Hungarian roots or were born in Hungary. In local, oral Hungarian usage the name of the province was Saskanada.
By 1921 the Hungarian population grew to 8,946, in 1931 to 13,363, and in 1941 to 14,576. Because of migration to Ontario and eastern Canada, the population declined to 12,470 by 1951. In 2001 there lived 24,340 Hungarians in Saskatchewan, of whom 24% (5,875 people) claimed to be born in Hungary.
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