Mexican heritage days in Edmonton.
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Total population | |
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By birth: 69,695 By ancestry: 26,360 Total: 96,055 (0.3%) |
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Regions with significant populations | |
Canada | |
Ontario | 31,685 (0.25%) |
Quebec | 25,040 (0.32%) |
British Columbia | 15,950 (0.37%) |
Alberta | 14,465 (0.41%) |
Manitoba | 6,420 (0.55%) |
Languages | |
English, French, Spanish, and a minority of indigenous Mexican languages. | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and Indigenous beliefs. | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Mexican people, Mestizo, Spanish people, Latin, Native Americans. |
Mexican Canadians (Spanish: Mexicano-canadiense, French: Mexicain canadien) are Canadian citizens of Mexican ancestry or a Mexican-born person who resides in Canada. According to the National Household Survey in 2011, 96,055 Canadians indicated that they were of full or partial Mexican ancestry (0.3% of the country's population). Mexican people are the largest subgroup of Latin American Canadians.
The Mexican ancestry population in Canada is quite small despite Canada's proximity to Mexico and especially when compared to the United States where as of July 2014, there were 35,320,579 Mexican Americans comprising 11.1% of the population (see Mexican American).
Mexican Canadians trace their ancestry to Mexico, a country located in North America, bounded south from the United States; and many different European countries, especially Spain, which was its colonial ruler for over three centuries.
The metropolitan areas with the largest populations of people with Mexican ancestry are: Montréal (15,195; 0.9%), Greater Toronto Area (15,160; 0.3%), Vancouver (10,965; 0.5%), Calgary (4,865; 0.4%), Edmonton (3,630; 0.3%), Ottawa (3,165; 0.3%).
Most Mexican Canadian settlement concentrations are found in metropolitan areas across Canada, with the highest concentrations in Greater Toronto and Quebec and are also present in other provinces of Canada such as British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba.