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Iranians in Canada: a history

Skilled immigration since the 1990s built large communities in Toronto's North York, known as Tehranto, on Vancouver's North Shore and in Montreal.

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Iranians in Canada: a history

Skilled immigration since the 1990s built large communities in Toronto's North York, known as Tehranto, on Vancouver's North Shore and in Montreal.

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داسہ
اکیڈمی126 کورس، ہنوز ہچ اسٹ داخلہ کن پاچ افشہری3 مہم، 5 پروگرامورثہسانبھنگ کن 116 دے، 40 تاریخ وار اندراجخبراک88 منظور مسونا ماخذ، تصدیق مسونا تقریباک ہنوز افشاخاکجوڑ مننگ ٹی. ہنوز ہچ اسٹ تسلیم متنے

History

The census asks about ethnic origin and mother tongue, so the community is visible.

The account

کینیڈا

Skilled immigration since the 1990s built large communities in Toronto's North York, known as Tehranto, on Vancouver's North Shore and in Montreal. Toronto hosts the Tirgan festival. Canada severed diplomatic relations with Iran in 2012. The downing of flight PS752 on 8 January 2020 killed many Iranian-Canadians.

This history is being expanded. Each claim gets its citation as it is reviewed.

How people arrived

2 waves
  1. 01
    1980s refugees
  2. 02
    1990s to 2020s skilled

Figures

Figures are shown with their measure, year and source. They are never added together across different measures.

Born in Iran (stock)

2024
205,304
پیمانہ
born in Iran (stock)
سال
2024
ماخذ
UN DESA بین الاقوامی مہاجراک نا ذخیرہ 2024
حالت
تصدیق شدہ
تصدیق کبو، ماخذ گچ کبو یا رپورٹ کبو
دا عدد نا چیک کننگ ٹی کمک کبو

دانا گڈ انت مریک. اسٹ نگران نما نوٹ ءِ خوانیک و ماخذ ءِ چیک کیک. صفحہ اوڑ آن گڈ بدل مریک. نما پن ہلنگ پک.

Birth and ethnic origin

2021
213,160 born in Iran; 200,465 'Iranian' and 80,340 'Persian' ethnic origin (overlapping)
پیمانہ
birth and ethnic origin
سال
2021
ماخذ
Statistics Canada, Census 2021, via secondary sources
حالت
تصدیق طلب
تصدیق کبو، ماخذ گچ کبو یا رپورٹ کبو
دا عدد نا چیک کننگ ٹی کمک کبو

دانا گڈ انت مریک. اسٹ نگران نما نوٹ ءِ خوانیک و ماخذ ءِ چیک کیک. صفحہ اوڑ آن گڈ بدل مریک. نما پن ہلنگ پک.

Sources

Each figure keeps the measure, year, source and label the page gives it.

Sources

2 sources