The four metropolitan areas with the largest Chinese Canadian populations are the Greater Toronto Area (631,050), Metro Vancouver (474,655), Greater Montreal (89,400), and the Calgary Region (89,675).
Montreal is considered a very safe city, but it is not the safest one in Canada. Tourists need to be watchful and pay attention to the suspicious people around them to avoid any kind of unpleasant situations while in Montreal.
City of Montreal
Blacks contribute to the largest minority group, with Montreal having the 2nd highest number of Blacks in Canada after Toronto. Other groups, such as Arabs, Latin Americans, South Asians, and Chinese are also large in number.Despite the fact that there are around 300 million Americans in the world, in Montreal we are a bit of a rare breed. We're a lot like Anglo-Canadians, except there's even fewer of us and we're foreign.
The Greeks called themselves Hellenes and their land was Hellas. The name 'Greeks' was given to the people of Greece later by the Romans.
As of 2016, the Indo-Canadian population numbers 1.37 million.
4.0%
| City | Montréal |
|---|
| Province | Quebec |
|---|
| Indian | 48,485 |
|---|
| Percentage | 1.2% |
|---|
Population settlement
| Province | Indian | % |
|---|
| Prince Edward Island | 615 | 0.4% |
| Northwest Territories | 360 | 0.8% |
| Nunavut | 65 | 0.1% |
| Canada | 1,374,710 | 3.9% |
Canada
| City | Province | Vietnamese people |
|---|
| Greater Montreal | Quebec | 38,660 |
| Greater Vancouver | British Columbia | 34,915 |
| Calgary Region | Alberta | 21,010 |
| Edmonton Capital Region | Alberta | 14,180 |
Quebec allophones account for 9% of the population of Quebec. The vast majority of them (88%) reside in Greater Montreal. Anglophones are also concentrated in the region of Montreal (80% of their numbers). Francophones account for 65% of the total population of Greater Montreal, anglophones 12.6% and allophones 20.4%.
City of Montreal
| Visible minority and Aboriginal population |
|---|
| Population group | Population (2011) |
|---|
| Visible minority group | Arab | 102,625 |
| Southeast Asian | 39,570 |
| West Asian | 12,155 |
Montreal is one of the most bilingual cities in Quebec and Canada, with over 59% of the population able to speak both English and French. Montreal is the second-largest primarily French-speaking city in the developed world, after Paris.
Ethnic origin
| Ethnic origin | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Italian | 279,800 | 7.0% |
| Irish | 239,460 | 6.0% |
| English | 138,320 | 3.4% |
| Haitian | 132,255 | 3.3% |
| Geography | Total population | Immigrant population |
|---|
| Number | Number |
|---|
| Montréal | 1,663,220 | 570,940 |
| Laval | 410,850 | 116,935 |
| Longueuil | 234,955 | 41,580 |
The largest concentrations of Romanian-Canadians are in the Greater Toronto Area (approx. 75,000) and in the Greater Montreal Area (approx. 40,000). According to the Canada 2001 Census, the number of people of Romanian mother tongue in Canada was 50,895 and 61,330 Canadians claimed to speak Romanian.
Punjabi Canadians number nearly 700,000 and account for roughly 2% of Canada's population. Their heritage originates wholly or partly in the Punjab, a state in northern South Asia, which encompasses India and Pakistan. Punjabis first arrived in Canada during the late 19th century to work in the forestry industry.
Canadian Sikhs are often credited for paving the path to Canada for all South Asian immigrants as well as for inadvertently creating the presence of Sikhism in the United States. Sikhism is a world religion with 27 million followers worldwide, with majority of their population in Punjab, India.
Sikhism can be found predominantly in the Punjab state of India but Sikh communities exist on every inhabited continent, with the largest emigrant population being in United States, Canada and United Kingdom.
Punjabi Canadians
- Punjabi Canadians number nearly 700,000 and account for roughly 2% of Canada's population.
- Today, the largest Punjabi communities in Canada are situated in the province of British Columbia, concentrated in Vancouver, and the province of Ontario, particularly in Toronto.
The highest concentrations of Indian Canadians are found in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia, followed by growing communities in Alberta and Quebec as well, with the majority of them being foreign-born.
Punjabi Canadians number nearly 700,000 and account for roughly 2% of Canada's population. Their heritage originates wholly or partly in the Punjab, a state in northern South Asia, which encompasses India and Pakistan. Punjabis first arrived in Canada during the late 19th century to work in the forestry industry.
