Scandinavian Canadian

Scandinavian Canadians

Notable Scandinavian Canadians : Lena Anderssen · Malin Åkerman · Hayden Christensen · Joni Mitchell · Rick Hansen · Leslie Nielsen · Pamela Anderson · Tom Cochrane · Tricia Helfer · k.d. lang ·
Total population
Scandinavian 1,300,000 Canadians 4.1% of the Canadian population
Languages
Canadian English, Scandinavian languages
Religion
Predominantly Lutheran; other Protestant denominations, Catholic; Agnosticism or Atheism
Related ethnic groups
Scandinavians, Scandinavian Americans

A Scandinavian Canadian is a Canadian citizen with ancestral roots in Scandinavia ("Scandinavia" as a geographic region has varying definitions.) However, they generally include:

• Danish Canadians
  • Faroese Canadians
  • Greenlandic Canadians
• Finnish Canadians
• Icelandic Canadians
• Norwegian Canadians
• Swedish Canadians

The highest concentration of Scandinavian Canadians is in Western Canada, especially British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. There are nearly 1.2 million Canadians of Scandinavian descent, or 4% of the total population of the country.

See also

• European Canadian
• Nordic countries
• Vinland
• L'Anse aux Meadows

External links

• (English) (Swedish) "Immigration Handbook for Scandinavian Settlers in Canada, with Comprehensive Descriptions of Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and British Columbia" from 1899