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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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History · Canada

Canada · Canada

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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01 Waves

  • 1980s refugees
  • 1990s to 2020s skilled

02 Figures

  • 205,304

    born in Iran (stock), 2024

    UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024 Verified

  • 213,160 born in Iran; 200,465 ‘Iranian’ and 80,340 ‘Persian’ ethnic origin (overlapping)

    birth and ethnic origin, 2021

    Statistics Canada, Census 2021, via secondary sources To verify

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