Indian Canadians

For the Indigenous Canadians historically known as Indians, see First Nations in Canada. For Canadians with ancestry from the Indian subcontinent, see South Asian Canadians.

Indo-Canadians

Indo-Canadiens (French)
Indian Canadians by census division (2021)
Total population
1,858,755 5.1% of the Canadian population (2021)
Regions with significant populations
Toronto • Vancouver • Calgary • Edmonton • Montreal • Abbotsford • Winnipeg • Ottawa • Hamilton
Languages
Canadian English • Canadian French Punjabi • Hindi • Urdu • Tamil • Gujarati • Bengali Other languages of India
Religion
Predominantly: Sikhism (36%) Hinduism (32%) Minorities: Christianity (12%) Islam (11%) Irreligion (8%) Buddhism (0.1%) Judaism (0.1%) Indigenous (0.01%) Zoroastrianism · Jainism · Others (0.7%)
Related ethnic groups
Asian Canadians • South Asian Canadians • Indian Americans • British Indians • Overseas Indians

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Indian Canadians (or Indo-Canadians) are Canadians of full or partial Indian ancestry. The term East Indian is sometimes used to avoid confusion with Indigenous groups. Categorically, Indian Canadians comprise a subgroup of South Asian Canadians which is a further subgroup of Asian Canadians. As of the 2021 census, Indians are one of the largest non-European ethnic groups in the country and form one of the fastest growing national origins in Canada.

Canada contains the world's ninth-largest Indian diaspora. The highest concentrations of Indian Canadians are found in Ontario and British Columbia, followed by growing communities in Alberta and Quebec as well, with the majority of them being from India as well as other nations with Indian communities.