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Dutch Canadians (Template:Langx) are Canadians with full or partial Dutch ancestry. According to the Canada 2006 Census, there were 1,035,965 Canadians of Dutch descent,[1] including those of full or partial ancestry. This increased to 1,111,655 or about 4.2% of the entire population of Canada in 2016.[2]

History

Template:Historical populations The first Dutch people to come to Canada were Dutch Americans among the United Empire Loyalists. The largest wave was in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century when large numbers of Dutch helped settle the Canadian west. During this period significant numbers also settled in major cities like Toronto. While interrupted by the First World War this migration returned in the 1920s, but again halted during the Great Depression and Second World War.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

After World War II, a large number of Dutch immigrants moved to Canada, including a number of war brides of the Canadian soldiers who liberated the Netherlands. There were officially 1,886 Dutch war brides to Canada, ranking second after British war brides.[3] During the war, Canada had sheltered Crown Princess Juliana and her family. The annual Canadian Tulip Festival held in May commemorates her with a generous number of tulips coming from The Netherlands. Due to these close links Canada became a popular destination for Dutch immigrants. The Canadian government encouraged this, recruiting skilled workers. This post-war wave went mainly to urban centres such as Toronto, Ottawa, and Vancouver. With the economic recovery of the Netherlands in the post-war years immigration to Canada slowed.

While one of the largest minority groups in Canada, Dutch Canadians have tended to rapidly assimilate and there are relatively few Dutch Canadian organizations and media. One important institution is the Christian Reformed Church in North America, with most congregations found throughout Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario. The Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto, The King's University in Edmonton, and Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario are associated with this Dutch Reformed/Calvinist denomination. Christian Schools International, the Christian Labour Association of Canada, and the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario are organizations with strong Dutch-Canadian roots. In his book To All Our Children: The Story of The Postwar Dutch Immigration to Canada, Albert VanderMey explains that in Edmonton, Dutch Canadian immigrants "also set up a credit union, a burial fund, three elementary Christian schools and one Christian high school, and a home for senior citizens."[4]Template:Efn

Dutch Canadians, because of their shared cultural and religious heritage, tend to form tight-knit communities. This has led to an in-joke known as "Dutch bingo",[5] where it is said that a Dutch Canadian is able to figure out his/her connection to another Dutch Canadian by asking questions about the other's last name, town of birth, church and the college they attended.

Geographical distribution

Data from this section from Statistics Canada, 2021.[6]

Provinces & territories

Province / Territory Percent Dutch Total Dutch
File:Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta 4.2% 174,625
File:Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia 3.9% 189,985
File:Flag of Manitoba.svg Manitoba 3.3% 43,390
File:Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick 1.8% 13,310
File:Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and Labrador 0.4% 1,830
File:Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg Northwest Territories 2.3% 940
File:Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Nova Scotia 2.9% 27,375
File:Flag of Nunavut.svg Nunavut 0.5% 185
File:Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario 3.4% 478,860
File:Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Prince Edward Island 3.0% 4,465
File:Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec 0.3% 22,385
File:Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Saskatchewan 2.7% 29,410
File:Flag of Yukon.svg Yukon 4.6% 1,825
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada — Total 2.7% 988,585

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See also

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