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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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Canada · history

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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Academy126 courses, none open for enrolment yetCivic3 campaigns, 5 programmesHeritage116 days to keep, 40 chronology entriesNews88 approved sources, no confirmed events yetChaptersforming. None is recognised yet

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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.

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How people arrived

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

Figures

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Born in Iran (stock)

2024
205,304
Measure
born in Iran (stock)
سال
2024
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UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024
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Birth and ethnic origin

2021
213,160 born in Iran; 200,465 'Iranian' and 80,340 'Persian' ethnic origin (overlapping)
Measure
birth and ethnic origin
سال
2021
ماخذ
Statistics Canada, Census 2021, via secondary sources
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