Nigerian Canadians are a
Canadian ethnic group of
Nigerian descent. Nigerians began migrating to Canada during the 1967–1970
Nigerian Civil War.[2] Nigerians were not broken out separately in immigration statistics until 1973. 3,919
landed immigrants of Nigerian nationality arrived in Canada from 1973 to 1991.[3]
There is a significant number of Nigerians living in the
Greater Toronto Area.[4] In the
2016 census, 51,800 people identified themselves as Nigerians, of whom about half lived in Ontario. There are many more Nigerians in Canada, who identified themselves by their tribe instead of their country, such as 16,210 are
Yoruba, 18,315 are
Igbo, and 17,275 are from minor tribes. There has also been a steady increase in the number of Nigerians living in the western cities of Canada, such as
Calgary,
Edmonton, and
Winnipeg.[5]
^Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics (2018-04-12).
"Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca.{{
cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)
Sources
Ogbomo, Onaiwu Wilson (1999),
"Nigerians", in Magocsi, Paul R. (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples, University of Toronto Press,
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