Asian Canadian

An Asian Canadian is a Canadian of Asian ancestry[?]. Asian Canadians can either be born in Canada or be born overseas and later come to be citizens of Canada. They compose of about 10% of all Canadian citizens.

According to Statistics Canada (2001), large Asian Canadian groups are:

• Chinese Canadians (1,094,700): 8th largest of all Canadian ethnicities
• East Indian[?] Canadians (713,330): 13th, including several nationalities of ancestry
• Filipino Canadians (327,550): 19th
• Vietnamese Canadian (151,410): 28th
• Korean Canadian (101,715)
• Japanese Canadian (85,230)
• Pakistani Canadian (74,015)

The Chinese Canadians are the largest group in all provinces except Manitoba, where the Filipino Canadians are the largest.

Notable Asian Canadians include:

• Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada of Chinese ancestry
• Herb Dhaliwal[?], a MP and cabinet minister of Indian ancestry
• Ujjal Dosanjh, former premier of British Columbia, of Indian ancestry
• Atom Egoyan[?], a filmmaker of Armenian ancestry
• Ian Hanomansing[?], a CBC journalist of Indian ancestry
• Joy Kogawa[?], a writer of Japanese ancestry
• Sandra Oh[?], an actor of Korean ancestry starred in the film version of the autobiography of Evelyn Lau[?]
• Natsuko Ohama[?], an actor of Japanese ancestry
• Deepa Mehta[?], a director of Indian ancestry
• David Suzuki, a scientist and television personality of Japanese ancestry.
• For more Asian Canadians of Chinese ancestry, see Chinese Canadians.

In 2002, Asian Canadians were especially concerned for their security when several Asian women and girls were harassed, some seriously attacked or even killed. (See International student)

See also: Asian American

External Link

• Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (http://www.asiapacific.ca/)
  • 2001 Statistics I (http://www.asiapacific.ca/data/people/demographics_dataset1_byprov.cfm)
• Arts, Literature, Culture (http://www.asiancanadian.net/menu)
• 2001 Statistics II (http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/demo28a.htm)