Talk:Latin American Canadian

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What are the top 3 Latino Canadia ethnicities? anyone know?

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[edit] Latin Canadian??

Do Haitian people fall under the "Latin" race? This article was originally about Canadians of Latin American origin (specifically spanish-speaking countries), and now there isn't an article about that! There already is an article about Haitian Canadians. Personally, I think that these edits should be reverted and the Haitian Canadian article should be edited instead of this one. Does anyone agree? Blackjays1 01:36, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Puerto Ricans and Dominicans in Canada

This article states that Puerto Ricans and Dominicans are a major source of Latin immigrants to Canada. Where are they? I am a Puerto Rican born New Yorker and lived in Toronto last summer. I met people from over the world, but I didn't meet one Puerto Rican or Dominican. I have also been to Montreal and Vancouver and didn't see any Puerto Ricans or Dominicans. Does Canada have census list by country of origin? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.230.147.130 (talk) 08:07, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

The article 'Ethnic groups in Canada' has a big list from Statistics Canada. The three largest groups of Latinos in Canada (to answer the question at the top) are Mexicans, Chileans and Salvadorans. There are only about 1,000 Puerto Ricans in Canada: They should live in the USA since they're already considered American citizens. The number of Dominicans is unknown because Dominicans can be from the Dominican Republic OR Dominica. The total number of both come to almost 7,000, but Toronto has a sizable Flag of Dominica Dominican community, so the number of Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominicans in Canada is probably similar to that of the Puerto Ricans. Blackjays1 04:27, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
"Puerto Rican" may not be used but the politically correct semantics is they are Americans or from the U.S. (the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is an U.S. territory), same would go for Mexican-Texans in Alberta (the state does have many U.S. American descendants) whose families are from Texas being in the U.S. but are originally of Mexican descent. The city of Toronto has a Puerto Rican presence, except recent Latin American immigration has dwarfed their size and 1,000 is an underestimate, since I feel they are actually 10 times the number. + 71.102.53.48 (talk) 08:18, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] More women, please

There's currently just Keshia Chanté; all the rest are men. She can't be the only notable Latina Canadian, can she? SamEV (talk) 00:45, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Québec as Latin

When Napoléon first invented the term Latin America, he applied it to all persons inhabiting the Americas speaking Romance languages (French, Spanish, Portuguese), rather than Germanic Languages (English, Dutch). He explicitly considered the Québecois to be Latin Americans, as the French are Latin Europeans. Why are they not included here? samwaltz (talk) 00:01, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Which terms are used most?

Is Latino Canadian more frequently used than Latin American Canadian, Hispanic Canadian, etc.?

If there is no one predominant term, perhaps Latin American Canadian would be the clearest name for the article, with the others being redirects. At least some of the cited sources use this term. --JWB (talk) 17:48, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Would you be willing to research it a little, please? Help us out. SamEV (talk) 22:36, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Latino Canadian: 2660 hits (including Wikipedia)
  • Latin Canadian: 2760 hits
  • Latin American Canadian: 12600 hits

--JWB (talk) 22:45, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

OK. How about a sampling of scholarly sources, books, academic papers, "Latino Canadian" organizations themselves? SamEV (talk) 22:51, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Same searches on Google Scholar: Latino 29, Latin 22, Latin American 54. --JWB (talk) 00:02, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. I think you should take your pick between "Latin American Canadian" and "Canadians of Latin American descent" and move it. SamEV (talk) 00:23, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
P.S. I think "Latin Canadian" is highly disqualifiable as it raises the issue of whether "Latin" includes Francophone Canadians. "Hispanic" would similarly seem to lump in Spanish (Spain) Canadians. SamEV (talk) 00:27, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, performed move, cited and used all 4 terms in article body, and noted the Statistics Canada reference uses Latin American. --JWB (talk) 01:07, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Excellent work. Nice working with you. SamEV (talk) 01:28, 17 May 2008 (UTC)