Total population | |
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16,595 (combined
North Sudan and
South Sudan by ancestry) 715 ( Dinka ancestry) ( 2011 Census) [1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto. | |
Languages | |
Religion | |
Christian and traditional religions of South Sudan |
South Sudanese Canadians are Canadian of South Sudanese ancestry or a South Sudanese who has Canadian citizenship. South Sudanese Canadians can also include children born in Canada to a Canadian parent and South Sudanese parent. South Sudanese Canadians immigrated to Canada in the 1980s and 1990s as refugees from Second Sudanese Civil War. [2]