Back كنديين كوريين ARZ Orang Korea Kanada ID 韓国系カナダ人 Japanese 한국계 캐나다인 Korean Korean Canadians SIMPLE 韩裔加拿大人 Chinese
 Population distribution of Korean Canadians by census division, 2021 census | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 218,140 0.58% of the Canadian population (2021)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Greater Toronto Area (Koreatown), Greater Vancouver (Lougheed Town Centre) | |
| Languages | |
| Korean, English, French | |
| Religion | |
| Protestant (51%), Catholic (25%), Irreligion (20%), Buddhism (4%)[2] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Korean Americans, other East Asian Canadians |
| Korean Canadians | |
| Hangul | 한국계 캐나다인 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 韓國系 캐나다人 |
| Revised Romanization | Hangukgye Kaenadain |
| McCune–Reischauer | Han'gukkye K'aenadain |
Korean Canadians (French: Coréo-Canadiens) are Canadian citizens of full or partial Korean ancestry. As of 2016, Korean Canadians are the 8th largest group of Asian Canadians.
Korean immigration to Canada began with seminary students in the 1940s and accelerated during the 1990s. According to the 2021 Canadian Census, there were 218,140 Korean Canadians in Canada.[3] According to South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, there were 241,750 ethnic Koreans or people of Korean descent living in Canada as of 2019[update],[4] making them the fourth-largest Korean diaspora population (behind Koreans in China, Koreans in the United States, and Koreans in Japan, and ahead of Koreans in Russia, Koreans in Uzbekistan and Koreans in Australia).
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada.
- ^ "The Korean Community in Canada". www150.statcan.gc.ca.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Canada [Country]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
- ^ 재외동포현황(2019) [Total number of overseas Koreans (2019)] (in Korean). South Korea: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.