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Total population | |
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44,820 (by ancestry, 2016 Census) [1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Toronto, Montreal | |
Languages | |
Canadian English · Canadian French · Palestinian Arabic | |
Religion | |
Islam · Christianity · Druze · Baháʼí | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Arab Canadians, Palestinian American, Palestinian people |
Palestinian Canadians ( Arabic: فلسطينيو كندا) are Canadian citizens of Palestinian descent or Palestine-born people residing in Canada. According to the 2016 Census there were 44,820 Canadians who claimed Palestinian ancestry. [2]
There are 4,020 Palestinians in Toronto, whom make up 0.2% of the city and metroplitan area's population, and there are 15,330 Palestinians in the Greater Toronto Area. [3] [4] There is Palestinian-Canadian cultural and civic center is Mississauga, Ontario. [5] There are at least four Palestinian restaurants in Toronto. [6]