| Notable Scandinavian Canadians : Lena Anderssen · Malin Åkerman · Hayden Christensen · Joni Mitchell · Rick Hansen · Leslie Nielsen · Pamela Anderson · Tom Cochrane · Tricia Helfer · k.d. lang · |
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| Scandinavian 1,300,000 Canadians 4.1% of the Canadian population |
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Predominantly Lutheran; |
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Scandinavian Canadians are Canadians with ancestral roots in Scandinavia (note that "Scandinavia" as a geographic region has varying definitions). However, they generally include:
The highest concentration of Scandinavian Americans is in Western Canada, especially British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. There are nearly 1.2 million Canadians of Scandinavian descent, or 4% of the total population of the country.