Russian Canadians
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A Russian Canadian is a citizen or permanent resident of Canada who is from Russia or has Russian descent.
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[edit] Number of Russian Canadians
Data from this section from [1]
- Total: 337,960
- Single Response: 70,895
- Multiple Response: 267,070.
[edit] Provinces with high Russian Canadian Populations
[edit] Ontario
Data in this section from [2]
- Total: 106,710 (31.6% of national total, rounded).
- Single Response: 28,830 (40.7% of national total, rounded).
- Multiple Response: 77,885 (29.2% of national total, rounded).
[edit] British Columbia
Data in this section from [3]
- Total: 86,110 (25.5% of national total, rounded).
- Single Response: 17,420 (24.6% of national total, rounded).
- Multiple Response: 68,690 (25.7 of national total, rounded).
[edit] Alberta
Data in this section from [4]
- Total: 62,750 (18.6% of national total, rounded).
- Single Response: 8,140 (11.5% of national total, rounded).
- Multiple Response: 54,610 (20.4% of national total, rounded).
[edit] Quebec
Data in this section from [5]
- Total: 22,630 (6.7% of national total, rounded).
- Single Response: 7,725 (10.9% of national total, rounded).
- Multiple Response: 14,900 (5.6% of national total, rounded).
[edit] List of notable Russian Canadians
- Vasile Balabanov - Imperial Russian émigré.
- Catherine Doherty - Imperial Russian émigré, social activist, recipient of the Order of Canada.
- George Ignatieff - Canadian diplomat.
- Michael Ignatieff - Author, journalist, academic, politician.
- Natalie Glebova - Miss Universe 2005, Miss Universe Canada 2005.
- Inga Skaya - Miss Universe Canada 2007.
- Peter Vasilevich Verigin - Doukhobor leader
[edit] References
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