Mexican Canadians

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Mexican Canadians
Canadiens mexicains
Canadienses mexicanos
Mexican Dancers at Heritage Days, Edmonton.jpg
Mexican heritage days in Edmonton.
Total population
155,380 (less than 0.5% of Canadian residents by ancestry, 2021 Census ) [1]
90,585 (by birth, 2021 Census ) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Greater Toronto Area • Brampton • Leamington and Windsor area, Ontario • Greater Montreal • Metro Vancouver • Calgary-Edmonton Corridor
Languages
English, French, Spanish, and a minority of indigenous Mexican languages.
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and Indigenous beliefs.
Related ethnic groups
Mexican people, Mestizo, Spanish people, Latinos, American Canadians, Guatemalan Canadians, Native Americans.

Mexican Canadians (Spanish : Canadiense mexicano, French : Canadien Mexicain) are Canadian citizens of Mexican origin, either through birth or ethnicity, who reside in Canada. According to the 2021 Census, 55,380 Canadians indicated they were of full or partial Mexican ancestry (0.42% of the country's population). [1] They are part of the broader Latin American Canadian community.

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While the Mexico-origin population in Canada is relatively small, Canada has the third largest Mexican population after the United States and Mexico. Nevertheless, Canada's Mexican population is far behind that of the United States, where as of 2021 there were 38.2 million people of Mexican ancestry comprising 12.2% of the population (see Mexican Americans). [2] [3]

As the Canadian Hispanic population is estimated as per 2023 at being over 3% of the population, twice from what it was in 2016, the Mexican population most likely had risen as well along with people of other Latin American groups.

Demographics

The metropolitan areas with the largest populations of people with Mexico-related origins (2023) are: Montreal (40,795; 3.9%), Greater Toronto Area (60,969; 4.3%), Vancouver (30,995; 2.5%), Calgary (10,965; 1.4%), Edmonton (9,830; 1.3%), Ottawa (5,865; 0.9%). Brampton a suburb of Toronto contains a growing Mexican community migrating outside of the Toronto city limits. [4]

Geographical extent

While approximately 5,000 people of Mexico origin enter Canada each year as temporary students or contract workers for agriculture. However, these are not counted as immigrants because of their explicitly temporary legal status. Unlike the United States’ Bracero program, the temporary-worker program in Canada has various mechanisms to discourage workers from overstaying their permits. [5]

Migrant workers from Mexico are prevalent in Leamington, Ontario's cucumber and tomato harvesting industry. Leamington has one of the largest Mexico-born communities in Canada. [6] [7] There are 2,700 Mexican immigrants living in Leamington, as of 2011. [8]

In the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Mexico-born labourers are employed in the wine and orchard industries. Kelowna has a sizeable community of Mexico-born. [9] [10] [11] In the summer of 2016, about 2,000 of Mexico-origin labourers were working on Okanagan Valley farms. [12] Langley, British Columbia has a Mexican population working and/or living in town, having a Hispanic grocery store, mainly Mexican, and Central and South American products. [13]

Statistics

Population by ancestry by Canadian province or territory
ProvincePopulation (2016)Population (2021)
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario 43,120 [14] 54,725 [15]
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec 26,935 [16] 34,310 [17]
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia 23,055 [18] 28,445 [19]
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta 22,470 [20] 25,450 [21]
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba 8,790 [22] 7,430 [23]
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan 2,125 [24] 2,620 [25]
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia 810 [26] 930 [27]
Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick 695 [28] 985 [29]
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland and Labrador 240 [30] 135 [31]
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island 95 [32] 255 [33]
Flag of Yukon.svg  Yukon 90 [34] 145 [35]
Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg  Northwest Territories 55 [36] 45 [37]
Flag of Nunavut.svg  Nunavut 10 [38] 20 [39]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 128,380 [40] 155,495 [41]
Number of Mexican nationals granted permanent residence in Canada by year [42]
YearNumber of Mexican nationals admittedTotal number of permanent residents admittedProportion of permanent residents admitted
20021,918229,048
20031,738221,349
20042,245235,823
20052,854262,242
20062,830251,640
20073,224236,753
20082,831247,246
20093,104252,174
20103,866280,691
20113,642248,748

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