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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,434,330 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Southern Ontario, Southwestern BC, Central Alberta, Montreal, Most urban areas | |
| Languages | |
| Canadian English · Canadian French · Filipino · Indonesian · Khmer · Lao · Malay · Thai · Vietnamese |
Southeast Asian Canadians are Canadians who were either born in or can trace their ancestry to Southeast Asia. The term Southeast Asian Canadian is a subgroup of Asian Canadians. According to Statistics Canada, Southeast Asian Canadians are considered visible minorities and can be further divided by ethnicity and/or nationality, such as Cambodian Canadian, Filipino Canadian, Indonesian Canadian, Laotian Canadian, Malaysian Canadian, Singaporean Canadian, Thai Canadian, or Vietnamese Canadian, as seen on demi-decadal census data.[1]
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-10-26). "The Canadian census: A rich portrait of the country's religious and ethnocultural diversity". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
In 2021, just over 25 million people reported being White in the census, representing close to 70% of the total Canadian population. The vast majority reported being White only, while 2.4% also reported one or more other racialized groups.