Canadians of Flemish ancestry

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According to the 2001 Canadian census 11,665 Canadians claim full or partial Flemish ancestry. Of the 129,780 people that claimed Belgian ancestry, 80% are Flemish, putting the total number of Flemish Canadians close to 116,000.

[edit] Notable Flemish Canadians

• Glenn De Baeremaeker, Toronto city councillor
• Lara Fabian, international French-language singer, is a famous Belgian expatriate of Flemish and Sicilian extraction
• Émilie Heymans, Canadian diver
• Charles John Seghers, Jesuit clergyman and missionary, was a Flemish-Belgian expatriate in Canada
• Paul Vermeersch, Canadian poet

[edit] External links

• Canadian Encyclopedia - Belgian
• http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume7/countries/belgium.htmlCanadian Museum of Civilization - Belgian Canadians]